SoftBank has gone from "that one company which *still* sponsors Ingress to have an item named after them" to now also being "untitled goose company" in my mind given that recent presentation leak…

🎶 Every kiss begins with Kay..DE That's right, Kisses are now powered by KDE Plasma. Brought to you by users like you, asking questions such as "why is it called KMyMoney?"

Whenever I see people post screenshots of the text they wanted to post if the character limit was higher, a tiny part of my data efficiency soul dies. (I don't blame the self-screenshot posters)

Hey! Do you have a band? Do you know someone who has a band? (Located in West-Europe, preferably NL) Does said band want to work together on a free music video, or free live recording (+ mastering!!)? For a business I'm starting, I'm looking for bands who want to […] [Original post on woof.tech]

Deciding that I should avoid ambiguity and change my pronouns to simply "he/him", rather than the "he, him (A.I)" as I had before. While, yes, I play as a synthetic on the Internet (a data-fox), it's not necessarily a part of how to refer to me. I can keep that to the profile bio instead. And […]

I forgot one of the best things about Mastodon v4.6.0's web UI update, in beta/rc - I can finally hide boosts/reposts when looking at someone's profile, not just after following them!

[This is not a serious post] Emoji reactions in chat apps? We have reactions at home. It's called.. actions: /me nods with a tail swish. For those unfamiliar with "legacy" messaging platforms, it would show up like this: -*- digitalfox nods with a tail swish.

_This_ is an important article. And I want nothing to do with anyone who’s going around taunting or making the lives worse of anyone in crisis. And if you give me some explanation why they supposedly ‘deserve’ it or why it’s ‘actually punching up’ I think I will be done with you from that […]

The blast of heat the first time the AC turns on for the day… (The schedule is set a bit aggressively - 81°F-ish during the day, 77°F at night, so there's a long time for the air to bake in the attic at first)

Mastodon v4.6.0-beta.1 upgrade went smoothly, no issues! I'll poke at the new features as time permits. For now, I enabled "discovery" features so others can add me to collections if they want to (I might change my mind later).

Spotted this via a bug report link in the Firefox Nightly blog post, feels like a mood… Source: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2031837

> Firefox: hey did you know we have a free VPN? *ignores* > Firefox, with emphasis: HEY WE HAVE A VPN— (I am 95% certain this is a bug with hi-DPI scaling, but it *is* funny to me. I did not remove the icon, so it's not them putting it back.)

[tech frustration: enterprise LLM support chat bot] > "Hello [first lastname] ! Welcome to Oracle Lab Support. I'm here to assist you with your queries. Please note that I'm an AI-powered assistant and responses may occasionally be incomplete or inaccurate." *for some reason […]

It's one of *those* nights where I've written a few draft posts, then deleted them. On multiple levels, I'm tired. I wish I had more spoons (social energy, etc).

RE: https://meow.social/@CorruptedFox/114760112923722172 Today, May 20th, stop, take some deep breaths, and relax when you can. Don't forget to top off your morning brew with whichever kind of beans you may prefer. (Still my lockscreen wallpaper :fox_happy:)

RE: https://furry.engineer/@binaryfox/114781926304346244 Happy Paw Day (5/20) to those who celebrate! To those who don't, that's fine too (I hope it's not overwhelming).

If brief videos are called Shorts, long videos should be called Pants. In this essay, I will […]

I was updating Client Push on Nextcloud, checked the changelog, only to see @nilsding - congrats on getting that database fix in!

[tech, Linux: Wayland is fine, I guess] Wayland. It's here (Kubuntu 26.04), and it.. largely works for me? Yeah, a couple of things have broken so far (e.g. RSIBreak for screen break reminders), and I haven't looked into KDE's Spectacle screen recording or the KDE RDP server. But I'm […]

Big Chat doesn't want you to know that the "Instant" in "Instant Messaging" is optional. Everything can be asynchronous like email, the power is in your hands. ↗️ Promoted by the Critters with Social Anxiety Association

Well this is a new one for me - from my parents' kitchen: > "Software Update Available for Your Induction Cooktop" > [...] This update includes performance improvements and addresses an issue that may cause some units to turn off or restart unexpectedly. If you’ve experienced this behavior, we […]

[USpol adjacent - short form video arguments] Even if you're correct, if you open a few minutes of an argument by spending half a minute or more appealing to us being rational creatures, then end it with much the same, I'm going to feel suspicion about what you say. I hate what feels like […]

Work has been occasionally sprinkling in episodes of KnowBe4's "The Inside Man" cybersecurity training series/TV drama, which.. while definitely educational-leaning and leaning a bit much into awkwardness, has been fun enough. Still, every time the closed captions refer to "[THE HANDLER] ..." […]

Hearing from a friend getting hit by the token/session cookie stealing malware.. yeah it's not fun. They're exploiting things like creating a new game page on itch.io to appear more legitimate. I have to wonder how easy I would have been to catch with my guard down if the malware had a Linux […]

I'm really excited to see that NASA is getting to continue space exploration, and you can watch matters live! https://www.nasa.gov/blogs/missions/2026/04/01/live-artemis-ii-launch-day-updates/ #artemis #artemisii #nasa

https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2026/03/a-redesign-for-profiles/ > The new Activity tab has a dropdown menu, allowing you to view any of these combinations by filtering both boosts and replies. Hallelujah! I will finally be able to see "just posts, no boosts and no replies" when looking at folks […]

[[negative-ish] meta remarks on relationships/friendships, time sharing] Social dynamics and relationships (not just romantic) are so incredibly complex. Being caught up in some that fell apart (friends, relatives, groups), having dealt with some friendships of my own that fell apart… There's […]

[silly, subpost (compliment), paws] When you see someone posting themselves posing in fursuit, and want to compliment their paws, but you don't know if they're comfortable with that attention… Better to err on the side of caution, unless someone says otherwise.

[tech ramble: Bangle.js 2 open smart watch failure, replacement] After about 3 years, my open source smart watch (Bangle.js 2) died, with the Bluetooth antenna inside disconnecting from the main board. A known issue that I could fix with some careful disassembly (temperature controlled […]

Always a weird feeling when you go to send someone you haven't talked to recently a compliment, only to see that their account is gone.

[silly, niche reference] e1car0 If you know, you know.

[Grumpy fox and state of chat platforms] As of last week, I have added yet another chat platform to my "bridge everything into my IRC client" workflow. Given recent kerfuffles with Discord, I look forward to adding 15 new chat platforms to IRC by the end of 2026. :fox_weary:

@arilin This feels like something you'd find either cathartic or frustrating to read, and I'm not sure which: https://tonsky.me/blog/tahoe-icons/ (I don't mean this as a hot take; there's plenty to pull apart about non-Apple UIs)

Hairy Balls! :neocat_owo_blep: Since I've got your attention now, I've released the hair shader, it's free: https://ko-fi.com/s/2822208802 It comes with a 9 page overview of the parameters and several examples and presets. If you download and use it […] [Original post on mastoart.social]

> Our survey takes about 6 minutes. :fox_googly: Among the top ways to make me feel like I am slow as molasses…

Now that's the look I was going for! :blobfoxcute: Still using the chiang model as a base but adding extra control with a medulla cortex split, both having extra diffuse layers and allowing full roughness control. On top also a diffuse layer with normal […] [Original post on mastoart.social]

[US politics: ICE, why accountability matters, video essay] https://youtube.com/watch?v=zkgNnbTrsgw "Why Do Lawyers Want to Abolish ICE?", 35m:07s, by Moon Channel This is the most clear and straight articulation I've found of my concerns with the current situation with immigration enforcement […]

Late heads up - if you have an OPPO/OnePlus/Realme Android device that is normally locked, this may be your last chance to unofficially (via exploit) unlock the bootloader. Security update is this month […]

This is where I find your email. Your email doesn't find me. #vrchat https://vrchat.com/home/launch?worldId=wrld_2f580adc-02f5-47ce-be5a-2567d86eb834 (Props to @corbin for photo)

Commission for Skayo #furry #mastoart #fediart #fox #vulpine #krita #digitalart #art #furryart #corruptedfox #commissionsopen #commsopen #charcoal

> "hey, I just need feature XYZ, then I'll be happy with your project" *implements XYZ* > "Oh cool" *proceeds to ignore your project* Not a subpost, sometimes I am the one. (Still feel a bit bad I asked a project about keeping Linux support, yet still haven't bought their hardware despite […]

(A data-fox can have a little re-boost of art, as a treat) (I won't keep doing it though, don't worry)

Realizing that I just gotta post art, don't fret so much about formatting and describing it as best as possible. Here's to 2026 being the year I post monthly or something to catch up.

[Collab art: friendly macro/micro, looming footpaw] It's one thing to talk about getting smaller. It's another thing entirely for a friend to show you first hand - or foot! - what it's like… A while back freder shared some sketches, including one of […] [Original post on yip.vulpine.engineer]

> This voice assistant device uses Garfield microphones for better recognition of speech. Wait, don't you mean far field mics..? > No. Voice assistant: "Ordering lasagna as requested…"

[macro/micro, intense squish (implied harmless), weight lifting, fursuit paws] As 2025 wraps up, I resolved to help friends finish off their goals. Here, you can see me spotting for @qdot's deadlifting. …this weighted-blanket-enjoying fox is definitely […] [Original post on yip.vulpine.engineer]

[Mild venting on not understanding food allergies] I'm not actually upset about this, just.. tired as it usually goes like this - there are exceptions: > "It's much nicer to hang out at in-person events (instead of virtual), we can get food at [XYZ] restaurants." "I have food allergies […]

USB-C Power Delivery is neat. Using a rudimentary PD trigger circuit board, I now have a portable fan with up to 5 speeds.

[tech hot take: oh snap (Linux packaging)] "Huh, yt-dlp's going forward with the external JS runtime…" "I wonder…" sudo snap install deno "…and it just works." I mean this in jest. I am generally "do what you need to do to make your computer do what you want to." I dislike several aspects […]