The server for Othercon 2025 is currently open and active! Come join in on the fun! Please note that the last chance to join the server will be tomorrow night. An invite link is currently listed on our website #alterhuman #othercon

Othercon's schedule for 2025 is now available! othercon.zohobackstage.com/Othercon2025... By default it is shown in EST, but can be changed near the top where it says "Date and time is shown in (UTC -05:00) America/New_York". #alterhuman #othercon

FURRYMUCK USERS: The memorial service for Tugrik on FurryMuck will be this coming Friday (August 8, 2025) at 9 pm CST (10 EST, 8 MST, 7 PST). Instructions for how to attend are on the Park bulletin board. Please pass the word to all who may be interested.

@frameacloud.bsky.social's gay alterhumans doodles spotted in the wild

This is a video I made back when the Texas FURRIES Act was still being voted on. I was too scared to post it at the time, because my activism on this matter and perspectives as a survivor of anti- therian conversion abuse got me harassed off my platform. I wont be silent any more, now.

My Patreon newsletter for May 2025. A list of articles I wrote for Otherkin News, mostly about anti-furry bills; a Discord server for befriending local alterhumans in the southeastern US; adventures tabling at a zine fair; and more! www.patreon.com/posts/may-20...

Texas HB 54, the 11th anti-furry bill based on the litter box hoax, is scheduled for a hearing on Tuesday. Read my article about why Republicans are doing this, with context, history, analysis, & sources: otherkinnews.dreamwidth.org/97521.html Mirror: otherkinnews.tumblr.com/post/7819926...

Texas HB 54, the 11th anti-furry bill based on the litter box hoax, is scheduled for a hearing on Tuesday. Read my article about why Republicans are doing this, with context, history, analysis, & sources: otherkinnews.dreamwidth.org/97521.html Mirror: otherkinnews.tumblr.com/post/7819926...

This is the GOP's 11th anti-furry bill based on the litter box urban legend. Read why the GOP is doing this, with context & sources: otherkinnews.dreamwidth.org/97521.html The bill author suggested he's baiting furries to make a spectacle at the hearing. Furries, please take care with publicity.

📢 The Internet Archive needs your help. At a time when information is being rewritten or erased online, a $700 million lawsuit from major record labels threatens to destroy the Wayback Machine. Tell the labels to drop the 78s lawsuit. 👉 Sign our open letter: www.change.org/p/defend-the... 🧵⬇️

Read this part. Diverting public funds into private pockets at the cost of kids education wasn't popular. Not even among Texas Republicans(!) So, the governor made it a loyalty test, separating sheep from goats, attacking those not in line with his agenda. The school issue didn't even matter for it.

Why the governor of Texas was spreading lies about furries, making a distraction with a mission to crush anyone under the tank treads while rolling this forward. bsky.app/profile/prop...

A useful info source. bsky.app/profile/fram...

Texas Republicans proposed HB 4814, the "F.U.R.R.I.E.S. Act," to criminalize allowing furries in public schools, based on an urban legend. Here's my roundup of media coverage of the bill in the month since. otherkinnews.dreamwidth.org/97162.html Mirror: otherkinnews.tumblr.com/post/7812940...

A Roundup of News Coverage of Texas’s F.U.R.R.I.E.S. Act Collected and annotated by myself for the Otherkin News blog: otherkinnews.dreamwidth.org/97162.html Mirror: otherkinnews.tumblr.com/post/7812940...

Join the Fictionfolk Webring! "Are you fictionfolk? Do you have a personal website? We'd love to have you join our webring!" otherkinnews.dreamwidth.org/96686.html

Otherkin News - Rules version 1.1. This post tells about the Otherkin News project, the code of conduct for participating in it, and the style guide for submitting news articles to it. otherkinnews.dreamwidth.org/96841.html

Our latest article! Dæmonism (or daemonism) is the practice of creating and interacting with an animal personification of one's subconscious, inspired by the His Dark Materials series. The daemonism community also created the word "otherhearted." #alterhuman #daemonism #dæmonism

'AI Destroyed the Digital Artist' (from our BLFC show) is based on the 80's hit by The Buggles. This parody is a modern commentary on AI art. In the same vein as the original, it's a reflection on how technological advancements can disrupt established creative artforms with sad consequences.

Othercon 2025 artist and panelist submission forms are open. Deadline is June 1st, 2025 for both. Artist Registration: forms.gle/VMrprcUtf1e2... Panelist Registration: forms.gle/NVrGbmj53CYx... #othercon #alterhuman

Are you an Alterhuman? It's more likely than you think

New Yorkers, please call your state rep, state senator, and Kathy Hochul and tell them NO MASK BANS. This garbage proposal would kill people. We're on the verge of a measles epidemic and this terrible governor is pushing this? NO. Find your reps here: reps.fyi gothamist.com/news/gov-hoc...

I see a lot of DON'T TALK TO THE MEDIA posts due to rightwing smearing. Opposing media does harm too, especially in cases of injustice and misinformation spreading within. Example: rumors about the MFF 2014 chlorine attack made false belief in an "accident" rather than deliberate terrorism. 🧵

Texas Governor Wants Constitutional Amendment to Punish “Non-Human Behaviors” in Schools Gov. Abbott spoke approvingly of TX HB 54, the FURRIES Act, to justify defunding public schools. More about what the 11th anti-furry bill means & what you can do: otherkinnews.dreamwidth.org/96509.html

Texas Governor Wants Constitutional Amendment to Punish “Non-Human Behaviors” in Schools Gov. Abbott spoke approvingly of TX HB 54, the FURRIES Act, to justify defunding public schools. More about what the 11th anti-furry bill means & what you can do: otherkinnews.dreamwidth.org/96509.html

bookshop.org - great deals and gives profits to bookstores kobo.com - great for e-reading, not ecosystem locked itch.io - by far the biggest payouts to artists and writers

Ok, y'all, It's TIME! Clip Studio version 4 is for sale for the RIDICULOUS price of US$ 23,40, for the PERPETUAL license. Yep. You read it right. Go grab your best artist software and get yourself FREE from Adobe right now! www.clipstudio.net/en/ This is NOT an ad, I'm just a really big fan.

## Democrats stand united; cloture vote FAILS in Senate Holy shit, team. That thing I told you to do? Last week? The anti-trans bill, and the attempt to cut off debate, and how we had to stop it here or we wouldn’t, because then it could pass with only […] [Original post on solarbird.net]

US friends! If you/an org you're part of think the Trump admin's EOs on gender are bad: The 30-day public comment period for US passport apps, passport renewal, and name change/data corrections are open! These are three (3) separate items due mid-March, all linked below. Please share and write in!

If anyone uses Libby and has difficulty finding queer authors, this program links to your Libby account and has a library specifically for queer titles I got it and was able to find books I couldn’t find online or at my used book store so I thought I’d share with yall www.queerliberationlibrary.org

## Call your Senators RIGHT NOW Republican Senators will file TODAY for cloture on SB-9, an anti-trans bill in the US Senate. The actual vote could be today, tomorrow, or Monday. Axios reports it’s probably Monday, **BUT IT COULD BE TODAY.** _What does this […] [Original post on solarbird.net]

## February 28th: no spending for 24 hours I’ve seen a couple of variations on three protests going around via this graphic: The first definitely has some momentum behind it, with decent social media coverage and some traditional media coverage as well. I’m […] [Original post on solarbird.net]

It would be very nice and cool if you nominate furry stuff for Ursa Major Awards, you have until Feb 28! Please consider the Fur And Loathing podcast under Nonfiction, with me and @nickywoolf.bsky.social uncovering suspects of the Midwest Furfest 2014 chemical attack. dogpatch.press/2025/02/06/n...

New article... On the feeling of being gaslighted when they say a problem is just a few bad apples, but it keeps repeating with a pattern nobody sees. Doormat behavior by organizers, and how to raise standards. dogpatch.press/2025/02/21/f...

I've started a Therian Starter Pack! If you're a therian and want on it, please let me know! (if you're on it and don't want to be, please let me know as well). go.bsky.app/N2ALQVb

Remember: If you wanna stay out of politics, that's fine. But remember that the bigots want to eliminate ALL safe spaces for furries, queers, and minorities ever. That's the endgame, and if you wanna wait for the furpocalypse, you'll be alone with no one and no where to turn for help.

NEW: A group known as the 'puppygirl hacker polycule' has leaked thousands of police training & policy manuals from departments across the country www.dailydot.com/debug/lexipo...

Here's the now-deleted letter about furries, sent to university president Randy Boyd by Republican rep Timothy Burchett. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Bur...

A congressman targeted University of Tennessee for pressure about a club for furries, at the same as they're starting with military schools (West Point) and removing any club that isn't for straight white men. www.wate.com/news/top-sto...

We've created a tracker that covers all executive orders affecting LGBTQ folks along with federal and state legislation. We're at 334 anti-LGBTQ bills. docs.google.com/spreadsheets... Credit @alli.gay @erininthemorning.com @evanurquhart.bsky.social @miralazine.bsky.social @lizsaila.bsky.social

Mississippi and Oklahoma just proposed laws against students who identify as nonhuman animals. For the third year running, Republicans have been writing these sorts of bills to satirize transgender students. otherkinnews.dreamwidth.org/95979.html

Long-Acting Reversible Contraceptives such as IUDs & the birth control implant are effective for years. People in the US can get them now to brace to endure the political onslaught against all forms of birth control. More info about them here. frameacloud.tumblr.com/post/7730601...

New York Senate Bill 723 would make it a misdemeanor to wear a costume or mask in public. It's meant to interfere with protests. It could also impact cosplay, fursuits, quadrobics, & COVID masks. Gov site: www.nysenate.gov/legislation/... My post about it: otherkinnews.dreamwidth.org/95526.html

## let’s all go to the EXIT Did you know BlueSky and Mastodon users can follow each other? They can, through something called a Bridge. And while the big rush from both Twitter and Facebook at the moment is to BlueSky, I’m also picking up a bunch of new […] [Original post on solarbird.net]

Trans people: Don't forget to renew your drivers licenses this next couple of weeks. Trump using RealID to target drivers licenses is a long shot, but better safe than sorry, and many states have renewal periods that go beyond his presidency.

I’m thrilled to introduce ‘The Reality of Hope’, a short film premiering at Sundance Film Festival 2025, portraying the story of an international kidney donation as a result of a friendship made in #VRChat. We will be at #Sundance2025 physically & online (US). See you soon #RealityofHopefilm!

If you need to contact me, my post on Dreamwidth has my e-mail address and a list of my handles on other social media sites. frameacloud.dreamwidth.org/476111.html

I followed a lot of accounts on here, but aside from some who are longtime friends, I haven't thoroughly checked who all of them are, and I might not find out. I don't tend to use these microblogging sites much.

Today I wrote this article for the Otherkin News blog: In Russia, Senator Kosikhina and the Kremlin-aligned Safe Internet League propose banning quadrobics and the furry fandom due to connections with LGBT. Propaganda and rumors build about these hobbies. otherkinnews.dreamwidth.org/95252.html

My absolute favorite part of the dead salmon wearing trend (scientists are, as the article says, reasonably sure it's a fashion trend) is not that orcas have fashion, it's that they, too, have the occasional wave of 80s nostalgia.