Orion Reilly

@oreillyiam

Me thinks, therefore I am… so often wrong. I eat plants & occasionally attempt to invent stuff. Cat Dad x6. Wannabe Birder. Friend to animals & nature. Science is cool & necessary. Please be kind to one another. 💙

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Orion Reilly@oreillyiam· 17d

Little prezel boy says Happy #Caturday, hoomans! #cat #CatSky #kitty #kitten #Manx #AdoptDontShop #RescuesRule #SupportTheShelter 🐈🐈‍⬛🐾💕

Orion Reilly@oreillyiam· 21d

Napping on the couch every day off like any other well adjusted human who is inexplicably very sad & wants to be fit again but is so very sad that he can’t even get his sorry ass off the couch to go to a gym. Different, yet similar-ish. FWIW, you are a source of motivation, Doc. 🩷

Middle aged memoji, slapping a hand to the front of his face, uncertain as to why someone with a fairly decent life is just so forlorn, pathetic & unmotivated.

Orion Reilly@oreillyiam· Jul 10

The kids are doing six hour shifts - half of the pride at a time - doing their kitty juju thing for Zig. Sending all of their love - plus mine & the other three napping kitties - o’er the pond, MJ. 🩷

Three kitties, ranging from 15-ish to exactly one year old… huddled together to maximize their cat power in order to her their cousin Ziggy heal. 💕

Orion Reilly@oreillyiam· Jul 9

PeeWee’s 1st Birthday! 🧡🤍🤎 #cat #CatSky #kitty #kitten #ginger #beans #AdoptDontShop 🐈🐈‍⬛🐾 #RescuesRule #SupportYourShelter

PeeWee the loooong ginger kitten is wiped out from celebrating her first birthday with all of her rescue sibs.

Orion Reilly@oreillyiam· Jul 4

Happy #Caturday, All! May everyone have an enjoyable holiday weekend… and may we all gain independence from the orange shitbag very, very soon. #cat #CatSky #kitty #tabby #torbie #AdoptDontShop #RescuesRule #SupportYourShelter 🐈🐈‍⬛🐾

Orion Reilly@oreillyiam· Jun 27

Happy #Caturday, All! May you all enjoy some quiet time this weekend. #cat #CatSky #kitty #kitten 🐈🐈‍⬛🐾 #AdoptDontShop #RescuesRule #SupportYourShelter #Tabico

Super sweet Tabico girlie, enjoying some tunnel time away from her younger spaz sibling.

Orion Reilly@oreillyiam· Jun 27

Well… and the entire fucking RepubliKKKan party. It’s infuriating that our current federal government & so may states fail to recognize the wishes of Thomas Jefferson (et al) to have a distinct separation of church & state. www.americanhistorycentral.com/entries/demo...

The Democratic-Republican was the second political party established in the Uniter States, following the Federalist Party. Democratic-Republicans supported states' rights, a strict interpretation of the Constitution, and opposition to a strong central government, aristocracy, and elitism. The party was founded in opposition to tne Federalist Party and was led by Thomas Jefferson. The party's foreign policy preferred an alliance with France and was cautious toward any dealings with Great Britain. Following the 1824
Presidential Election, the Democratic-Republican Party split into two factions, which eventually led to the formation of the Democratic Party and the Whig Party.

Orion Reilly@oreillyiam· Jun 25

@creatrixbritt.bsky.social And here she is splooting in the heat. I love her. #Squirrel #SquirrelSky #wildlife #SPLOOT

Orion Reilly@oreillyiam· Jun 25

@creatrixbritt.bsky.social NutNut gets some snacks. 🥜 #Squirrel #SquirrelSky #wildlife

Orion Reilly@oreillyiam· Jun 24

We call her Penguino - one of her 387 nicknames - but I think she’s part Walrus.

Orion Reilly@oreillyiam· Jun 24

Happy #WhiskersWednesday, All! #cat #CatSky #kitty #kitten #Ginger #AdoptDontShop #RescuesRule #SupportYourShelter #Tabico 🐈🐈‍⬛🐾🩷

An aerial shot of a rare Catticus Tabico.

Orion Reilly@oreillyiam· Jun 23

Maxie agrees with you, Pal. Happy #TabbyTuesday! 🩶🖤🤍

Orion Reilly@oreillyiam· Jun 23

👋🏻 Punky! I’ve been a 🦆 🦆 ⬅️ user for several years now… and I just started using the Proton suite. I’d much rather buy a secondhand set of Encyclopedia Brittanica & go back to writing letters by hand on my fave scarcely populated PNW island w/ no phone or internet service. How’s that for punk? 💙

Cartoon me ponders life back when only landlines & libraries existed.

Orion Reilly@oreillyiam· Jun 22

Always.

Orion Reilly@oreillyiam· Jun 20

When you really love your adopted Mommy, even while sleeping. Happy #Caturday, All! 🧡🖤🤍 #cat #CatSky #kitty #kitte 🐈🐈‍⬛🐾 #ginger #Tabico #AdoptDontShop #RescuesRule #SupportTheShelter

Orion Reilly@oreillyiam· Jun 19

Cats are the bestest. Please give all of your kitties lotsa love & pets from me. 🩷

A purrfect Torbie gets some chin & ear rubs from her doting Daddy.

Orion Reilly@oreillyiam· Jun 16

@melissjpeltier.bsky.social Hi MJ! 🧡 Just checking in on our boy & I wanted to let you know that PeeWee is doing her best to focus & transmit love + well wishes to Zig, you & Huz. #CatPower #LoveConquersAll

A not so smol anymore orange kitten, facing North in her favorite bird & squirrel viewing perch.

Orion Reilly@oreillyiam· Jun 16

Fan-fucking-tastic, Deb. Use this handy link to see if a Data Center will be arriving on your doorstep… and ruining your air & water quality & availability. Scroll down for individual state info. And please read the quotes below. George knew stuff. cleanview.co/data-centers...

Progress is not an illusion, it happens, but it is slow and invariably disappointing.

A machine evolves by becoming more efficient, that is, more foolproof; hence the objective of mechanical progress is a foolproof world - which may or may not mean a world inhabited by fools.

- George Orwell

And even technological progress only happens when its products can in some way be used for the diminution of human liberty.

- George Orwell

The masses never revolt of their own accord, and they never revolt merely because they are oppressed. Indeed, so long as they are not permitted to have standards of comparison, they never even become aware that they are oppressed.

- George Orwell

Orion Reilly@oreillyiam· Jun 15

His understanding & logic applies to the NY art scene as well as the political, social & economic unrest in America.

Clear, accessible, and effective communication is a political choice. It's also a political tool. We were taught the function of jargon in the cultural anthropology classes I took in college.
While it can be a way to have very specific and nuanced conversations about a subject within a field, jargon can also be used to hide knowledge, exclude the uninitiated, and maintain or build power. If you want to engage working people and the general public politically and make convincing arguments about transforming society, why make those arguments in a form that excludes all of those people? How will you convince anyone of anything if people put down your writing before they finish reading it? You can make urgent ideas legible for readers outside your industry without dumbing them down.

One starting point would be addressing the low entry-level salaries and wages paid across the art industry in New York City. These salaries filter out and exclude working- and middle-class candidates for jobs. And along with them, their concerns and the exhibitions they'd make.
This is part of why we see so few shows about class in America. If these entry level jobs were better paid, candidates who don't have financial help from their parents could get on the ladder and enter our field. It would be a long-term project.

The problems in our field are all linked to the larger crises in our country. Many of the structural problems we face in art can only be solved through political action. If our local, state, and national governments were properly funded and capable of spending money responsibly, we could fund our museums the way some European countries still do-along with funding healthcare, education, and a social safety net. America is the richest country on Earth, but 12 people here have gotten ahold of most of those riches. They have as much wealth as the bottom 50 percent of the population, 150 million people.

Orion Reilly@oreillyiam· Jun 14

Hang in there, Zig… and you too, Mom & Dad. 🤎 Me + all of da kitties are sending mucho love + good energy to you. Meggie has adjusted her position to face your direction for maximum positive transmission.

The sweetest Tabico is laying next to the window with her eyes closed, sending good vibes & loads of love to her cousin Ziggy across the pond.

Orion Reilly@oreillyiam· Jun 13

I’m home this weekend, well beneath the weather, & this little angel has been trying to nurse me back to health. Blurry indeed, but I’m surprised it’s even this much in focus with the way my brain & body feel. Happy #Caturday, All! 💕 #cat #CatSky #kitty #kitten 🐈🐈‍⬛🐾 #AdoptDontShop #RescuesRule

Orion Reilly@oreillyiam· Jun 11

Meggie is loafing to conserve & send all of her positive kitty juju to Zig. Please give our sweet boy lotsa love & hugs from his family afar. 🤎

Orion Reilly@oreillyiam· Jun 9

Well yeah - of course he fell asleep. The game was sooooo boring & The Dipshit was probably exhausted after tweeting all night & planning to fuck up every New Yorker‘s & attending fan’s life. I wish MSG refused him access to the stadium. Moreover, both teams should’ve agreed to boycott the game.

The Garden (MSG) maintains a zero-tolerance policy toward disruptive, abusive, or unsafe behavior. Anyone engaging in such conduct may be
removed without refund.

Orion Reilly@oreillyiam· Jun 6

Happy #Caturday, All! Wishing everyone a pleasant weekend filled with joy, good people & - of course - a cat or thirty. #cat #CatSky #kitty #kitten 🐈‍⬛🐈🐾 #AdoptDontShop #RescuesRule #SupportYourAnimalShelter #tabby #tortie #torbie

The World’s Sweetest Torbie in pike position

Orion Reilly@oreillyiam· Jun 6

Happy #Caturday, Miss! 🖤🤎🤍

A sleepy Tortie girl, laying in her favorite wildlife overlook.

Orion Reilly@oreillyiam· Jun 4

@creatrixbritt.bsky.social I didn’t even realize that the photos failed to attach to my initial message. I never said I was smart. Here’s NutNut in all of her glory, Britt.

NutNut the squirrel strikes a sploot pose.

Orion Reilly@oreillyiam· Jun 4

I will do just that today when I hand her some snacks. 🥜 Lemme talk to my kitty, Meggie… aka Squeeks. She’s fluent in squeaky-speaks, as evidenced by her nickname, and would enjoy chatting with NutNut thru the window screen.

Squeeks, lying in wait for her adopted kitten to pass so she can start another marshmallow war.

Orion Reilly@oreillyiam· Jun 4

Must read, Bsky. 💔 Sadly, all three of the proposed solutions would never occur while the GOP is in power. Hi, V! 🩷 Great share...

War
Edwin Starr

(War) h'uh
Yeah!
(What is it good for?)
Absolutely (nothin) uh-huh, uh-huh (War) h'uh Yeah!
(What is it good for?)
Absolutely (nothin')
Say it again, y'all
(War) h'uh (h'uh) look out!
(What is it good for?)
Absolutely (nothin')
Listen to me
Ooh war, I despise
'Cause it means destruction of innocent lives
War means tears, to thousands of mother's eyes When their sons go off to fight and lose their lives
I said, war (h'uh)
Good God, y'all!
(What is it good for?)
Absolutely (nothin' 'gin
Say it, again
(War) whoa (h'uh) whoa-whoa, Lord
(What is it good for?)
Absolutely (nothin')
Listen to me!
(War)
It ain't nothin' but a heartbreaker!
(War)
Friend only to the undertaker
Ooh, war
Is an enemy to all mankind
The thought of war blows my mind
War has caused unrest
Within the younger generation
Induction, then destruction
Who wants to die?
Ooh war, Good God (h'uh) y'all!
(What is it good for?)
Absolutely (nothin')
Say it, say it, say it (War)
Woah-h'uh (h'uh) yeah uh (What is it good for?)
Listen to me
(War)
(War)
Ooh, war
It can only take it away
Oh, war!
(H'uh) Good God, y'all (What is it good for?)
Absolutely (nothin')
Say it, again (War)
Whoa (h'uh) whoa-whoa, Lord (What is it good for?)
A-absolutely (nothin")
Listen to me!
(War)
It ain't nothin' but a heartbreaker (War)
Friend only to the undertaker
Woo!
Peace, love and understanding tell me
Is there no place for anything else?
They say we must fight To keep our freedom
But Lord, knows there's got to be A better way
Oooh
(War)
God, y'all! (uh)
(What is it good for?)
You tell 'em! (h'uh)
Say it, say it, say it (War)
Good God (h'uh) now, h'uh (What is it good for?)
Stand up and shout it (Nothin'!)

Written by: Norman Whitfield, Barrett Strong Album: War And Peace
Released: 1970
Lyrics provided by Musixmatch

Orion Reilly@oreillyiam· May 30

Happy #Caturday, All! May you enjoy a quiet weekend, far from the nonsense & noise… and maybe even take a long nap or seven. #cat #CatSky #kitty #Kitten #Manx #AdoptDontShop #RescuesRule #SupportYourShelter #SaveStrays 🐈‍⬛🐈🐾🧡🤍🖤🩶🤎

A sweet little Manx boy sleeps deeply on the arm of a grey couch - his limbs dangling.

Orion Reilly@oreillyiam· May 27