This is something i need to highlight for artist friends. I used to be able to see genAI clearly, then needed zooms, now the zoomed proof needs an artist's skill to interpret which i don't have. It might still jump out to an artist, but it looks fine to the untrained eye now. It's not obvious

I'm gonna try to resist those "I'm so old" memes from now on though, realizing a bit late they're just the boomer facebook memes for elder millennials

About a year of the project reduction project. So, how's it going? Well, lesson 1: don't backfill with new projects until you're actually ready (4 posts)

It appears my hand isn't broken, which is almost a surprise, but also not a surprise In some kind of fucked up equivalent exchange situation, they found a tumor on my cat's paw though and he'll have to have some kind of surgery tbd :<

ASMR. That's already how my every month goes but that's OK

It's Halloween, we've got bowls of candy sitting here. Where 👏 are 👏 the 👏 trick-or-treaters What's wrong with the youths these days that they don't want to go around begging for free diabetes

Working from home in my kigu hoping someone starts a video teams call :3

my FFXIV FC had a mascot competition (couldn't post this until now since it just now ended) and I got 1st place ayy. I wrote an UNHINGED amount of lore for this little freak literally just to justify giving him short ears because I couldn't make long carbuncle ears look right lol.

That's right, on the absolute last possible pull on the last day I'll be raiding for like a year, the A2B™️ brand static brought to you by PAWB Protectors®️ beat the last boss of FFXIV Dawntrail's second Savage tier :D

When life goes from kinda boring to everything going right and wrong so rapidly it averages back out to neutral

Haven't had to worry about this in Canada yet, so fellow Canadians especially Albertans, what's the best play if you need your hand xrayed? ER or family doctor?

I'll give myself one compliment, I'm really good at reflexive protective ragdolling somehow

With how much I use the bicycle, I've had a few crash outs in my time. Weird that I've never broken a bone that way, only ever broke a bone when someone stomped on my arm on accident Not sure yet if my right hand is just sprained or broken from this one. It's tightening up over time

Oops forgot about Discord DMs long enough someone unfriended me for taking 4 days to respond >_> Phone is distracting enough that everyone's on mute by default, exceptions for Tannyk and project/group leaders. In Telegram, DMs are in the main list, can't miss them when I look. In Discord...👻

As usual after a day of feeling too good, didn't sleep much. Usually that'd be the start of a slump, but hoping to head it off by going easy on myself today. Not the end of the world if I'm not firing on all cylinders. Got so much done yesterday it doesn't really matter

First utility bill came in and uh.. yikes :O So now when I'm not studying I'll be: * setting up motion lighting (mostly done) * setting up temp & humidity sensors and smart plugs * adding cat flap on utility room door so we can close it * moving my Linux VM to Tannyk's server so I can shut off my PC

My first XIV tier cleared ever! Thanks @juniisabear.bsky.social for putting together this pity M8S for me since I have to stop raiding soon XD It went really smoothly! Still hope to get this done with the A2B crew too, but only got two sessions left. Let's go A2B and get that clear pic this week!

Oh yeah forgot to post the kigu i got at Fureh! Saw the lava tiger and said "it me" 🧵: @apoxonindustries.bsky.social

I aggressively follow anyone who meets one of: * we've met irl and had an actual conversation * furry living in the same city * working on a mutual project * we're in the same online gaming group If you were wondering where my follow came from, you're probably in one of those categories~

Oh this cat...running under the couch as we were moving it. There was a tragedy almost 2 decades ago that started the same way. Got him out of the room while Tannyk held the couch up by himself, but after the furniture was settled I broke down. Breaking my "no alcohol alone" rule tonight

I feel like a 3 but think i can come across much higher to some

Got a hotel room and all set to provide attendees with the option of karaoke, whether they want it or not! :D

When you have a limited number of raid sessions left to kill the last boss, it's frustrating to have other people's issues cause scuffed raids. But it's worse when my own brain decides not to work that day and contributes to another session mostly dying to stuff we've done a million times

XIV : dunno when, but sometime I need to get a group to run easy stuff with me as tank and/or heals to get used to them. Anything at the edge of my abilities in an mmo, i can't bring myself to do with randos even if its "easy". need a safe group

Ready for the supposed plan for global elites to force me onto insect protein. I breathe in a dinner plate of gnats on the ride home every day already

The paradox of feeling good: neuroticism is down so not as hung up on little things or as worried about what ifs. Not hypervigilant, so there's a few holes in the neurodivergence masking today

ElementSMR 🟧✨ 📽️&✂️ @kartfox.bsky.social

And on the other side of the transition to life without caffeine and extremely limited added sugars and alcohol: energy, mental clarity, positivity This is how it always works. Why why why do I always go back in the end?

Going through some ancient backups and found some music I recorded like 20 years ago. It's rough, but not nearly as bad as I thought. If I didn't have to get a job and let it go, I'd probably be burning out on performing around now and going into rehab

I had a 5 year Minecraft phase from late Oct 2019 to Oct 2024. Dropped it completely for the last year. Now in Oct 2025, the XIV FC opens a Minecraft server...

I said this to someone for themselves but I tell you, being in a relationship where we have opposite values about collections gets tense sometimes since the space is shared and the collector naturally ends up using more of the space. It's an ongoing series of compromises

Pawbs Day at the FC! With over 50 attendants so far! Half the day to go. Amazing photo by our very own Basil.

Bravo. xD youtu.be/pk-Oq8iYtVA?...

Found a new Thai place around here, can you guess what drew my eye to it online?? (BTW it's good)

Many reasons i avoid social media politics but a big one is: it's already playing in my head 24/7. Right now there's a huge train of thought constipated in my brain, like PhD of Political Philosophy thesis length. And no time to shit it out into a word doc or whatever and move on with my life

Found a secret hack for instant stress relief: All the shit I'm doing that's not my job so I'm stressed because I don't know what I'm doing, I sent it to the people whose job it is. Turned the week right around!

Adjusting to lack of added sugar didn't hit right away. Instead it's crept up slowly, reaching higher heights each day. Today's been rough both mentally and physically. Billions of gut bacteria used to free sugar starving to death and releasing depression chemicals. Gotta push through

Had to set a time limit on raiding yesterday. Want to finish what I started, but also wanted to do last 2 professional certs by end of '25 and now only gonna get 1 of them. Nov needs to be study month to get that exam done, hardest of the bunch. We have to the end of Oct to kill with me in party :/

Was gonna do possibly the last hike of the season today, but we're fighting off a cold in the house and I'm also taking this weekend to cold turkey several addictive things (sugar, alcohol, etc). It's gonna be grumptastic!

A week ago someone in a chat said "when I was your age" and Weird Al's song about that has been stuck in my head ever since youtu.be/SnAF2o5y63w?...

English as a tonal language: Toby Fox edition Stress pattern mid-low-high (To-by-FOX): a person first name Toby last name Fox Stress pattern high-mid-low (TO-By-fox): A furry named Toby who is a fox

Had an amazing time at the lights festival over the weekend…

On the plus side: 👨‍🍳: @tannyk.bsky.social

XIV : Half hour in Ridorana queue, it pops and I'm stuck in a quest that won't let me out. Miss it the queue, get a penalty. Back in queue for 66 mins, still 0/0/1 and now dragon has breakfast ready and I gotta go. These raids are required for other content and uh, yeah. This is gameplay. 🙃

Waiting for EA to go on sale for $1 so I can buy it and release an edited copy of wing commander 3 without the double agent twist that infuriated me as a child, call it canon, and then sell the whole company again for a loss

Ran out of steam for most Drag Race a while ago, but catching up on Canada's Drag Race (S4,vsW,S5) is kinda refreshing. They're trying different things while Mama Ru isn't looking. Seems like they're having more fun with it even when it's kinda scuffed

Gotta participate in this year's -tober challenge

Most of my time in Canada I've felt like this. Only felt at home visiting friends in central VA or family down south. Probably why the last 15 years have been very dissociative and I hardly remember them Finally feeling at home in Calgary now thanks to this move. Hope the feeling stays :0

You'd think I'd learn i get angsty on Saturday morning after Friday night social drinking and starting the weekend vyvanse break. You'd think i'd choose to do things differently, or at least avoid the phone until I've eaten something 🤔

* Political discussion where a position I agree with is blown up to include something i think is completely different and incorrect * type up a long thing trying to inject nuance * backspace, restart * backspace, restart * backspace, restart * backspace, restart * select all, delete, close