The conference hotel I'm staying at is a former prison, and the decor is... uh... interesting

Made it to Helsinki! Unfortunately I will not get to see the city due to the flight cancellation, but Turku (where I'll be attending a conference this week) should also be nice

Okay, let's try again to fly to Finland

One day I will actually be able to vote for a Eurovision entry

Well I was supposed to be flying to Finland now but my flight was cancelled - anyone have Eurovision plans this evening? xP

Today I learned that there was a 1990s mail order computer accessories company that commissioned dozens of extremely detailed adorable raccoon art scenes for their advertisements spanning the better part of a decade: technologizer.com/home/2025/04...

*has been thinking mostly about Star Fox for the past 24 hours*

NEW STAR FOX GAME YESSS

... what in the holy heck is going on with the California governor's race this year

[Friday night lonely raccoon noises]

In Berlin for another weekend! Here is a river and a TV tower

Apparently they do make graduation clothes for quadrupeds! Someone should have told me earlier...

Nice ceremony! I got to walk in the procession, shake lots of hands, and clap a lot. And my silly robes were very popular :3

Graduation day! First time I get to wear my silly robes since I got my own PhD 15 years ago. Hopefully they still fit (as much as they ever did)...

I have survived my Rail Replacement Replacement journey and made it home from the Lake District. (Just in time for the weekend...)

Passenger getting off the Rail Replacement Bus, passing the queue of 60 people trying to get on the Rail Replacement Bus, muttering as he walks with a glazed look in his eye: "Horrible."

Lake District scenery II

Two years later, still causing problems

Lake District scenery

Time to spend a few days communing with the sheep

Unintentionally topical postcard commission from CFz 2025, by @shaggi.bsky.social

New furry(ish) sculpture just dropped! Seemingly randomly in a closed-off gravel lot near the cruise terminal...

Hmm... is it worth having to endure watching the Mario sequel solely to see the Fox cameo...

This windstorm added some exciting new gameplay elements to the walk home from the train station, like jumping over tumbling crates and spitting gravel...!

Afternoon walkies

Had a great time visiting friends and celebrating an wonderful couple. Flying home now, back to work tomorrow. Fortunately a four day weekend is coming up soon!

Hello again San Francisco!

"Golden Find" - doodle for Procyon featuring their raccoon doing what raccoons do best - finding stuff that nobody expects them to find ^v^// #art #feral #raccoon

Well, that was a movie that was not particularly concerned with plot coherence (but it was still fun and cute!)

*sad raccoon noises*

Maybe I should stick to watching women's hockey at the Olympics in the future x| wapo.st/40qNNZP

Learning, far later than most, that it's those who come the closest who can cause the most pain. Time to move on with my life

The Overwhelming Sadness of returning home, alone, from a convention...

Time to fly home after a week at NFC! Had a great time as always - I'm so privileged to have so many kind and creative friends and be part of such a positive community :)

Door sign commission for Procyon! Can you guess where they are? [ #art #furryart #cityscape ]

US vs Canada Olympic hockey gold medal game starting soon! Planning on watching in my Clarion room if anyone wants to come by :) (Hotel internet permitting...)

Spent today in Copenhagen visiting my old research group (and then at the bar with former postdoc buddies) as "usual". Back into furry mode for the next five days though!

A gift for @itsthebeanie.bsky.social, one of my incredible discord moderators! They requested something with critters and something spaced themed, so it naturally followed that I had to draw space raccoons ✨

At Manchester airport, flying out to Copenhagen shortly for NFC! The new upgraded terminal (which even Easyjet flies out of now) is pretty nice - I'm still mentally adjusting to this airport no longer being a sinkhole of despair...

Appparently when someone wins at the Olympics this year and takes the podium, they are awarded (1) a medal but also (2) a plush of the cute stoat mascot?? Amazing

On the train home now - it was a short con for me but I had a great time! Looking forward to doing it again in a week or so 8)

On my way to Scotiacon!!

Hope everyone travelling to Scotiacon today has a safe journey and a great time there! I'll be there myself, but not until Saturday afternoon. Looking forward to seeing you all then!

At a campus event that somehow looks as if it is being set up as a Nerds vs Jocks throwdown

Back to work today! Very unfortunate, I could use another week of being a fun party raccoon...

And now with video as well!

Landed in London. There was a CRAZY aurora outside on the flight over, I've never seen anything like it! Absolutely surreal...

Further Confusion was really good this year, as it always is! Going in I'd been worried it would be a quiet one but it was lots of fun start to finish. Thanks to the many many wonderful friends I was able to spend time with, see you again next year or (hopefully) even sooner!

Finally at FC!!! Time to..... sleep I guess *passes out*