Read the whole thing. It's good, I promise.

Oooo...eeee! Wings 'n rings and new Will Trent tonight after this! 😸

hey remember when a bunch of middle-aged drunk korean lawmakers climbed the locked gates to the national assembly to hold an emergency session after the president gave illegal orders to the military, all of which ended with said president being sentenced to prison

*squeezes bridge of nose* okay so no further actions are anticipated but if anyone interferes with the oil companies we have a second bigger strike ready and we’re not nation building but we will be running the country and we left most of the regime intact but don’t support the opposition. Right?

Deep in the forest, a forgotten temple ruin overgrown by moss is the final resting place of an old god. A stone is heaved aside, sunlight warms ancient flagstones. An offering is placed on the altar - salt, bread, oil. A prayer is said: "If you can help, do so. If not, persist." It is answered.

Midnight. ___________________ See more on www.patreon.com/SafiruART and join my discord discord.gg/6XyYhaZR2g ✨ #furryart #furryartist #furry

repost to give those 2 or 3 followers who always like your weird posts a little forehead kiss & a grilled cheese cut diagonally

Thread. One of the head fakes of selling genAI as “intelligent” is being able to lay agency on it and away from the humans who build and maintain the algorithms that drive it. It doesn’t “think”! It echoes. Which could be intermittently useful, but does not absolve its creators of responsibility.

What a dreary day...... to get my cyborg hearing implant go go activated finally!

Happy Winter Solstice! Beer can, pinhole camera photos of the Summer to Winter Solstice (2024) and the Winter to Summer Solstice (2025). You never know quite what you're going to get with these photos, set the beer can pointing towards the sun at hopefully the correct angle and wait 6 months!

Happy Solstice everyone. An older piece, but one worth bringing back this year, as it's been nearly as rough for many as the year it was made. "Sing Back the Sun". Goodbye to long nights, bring back the sunshine. We made it halfway. Many cold nights left, but we'll make it through.

How to Train Your Grinch ..... or my favorite..... The Dark Grinch Rises.

Usually when I see political/AI posts lately, it's either being thoughtful at what happened now/learn, or just Sighhh, or annoyed, or generally 'wth again'. This... ... this just pissed me off, and probably not for the reason intended. (1/3)

have we tried... paying creatives a decent wage?

Well, that was a nice little 'mini-vacation' starting with tiredly sore pampered lethargic recovery, to getting to just hole up and tinker on stuff! Too cold out.... dun wanna go back to work (and super early!)! (although these health-expensive couple months need to get financed /somehow/...) ;P

*defunctland voice* The Imagineers, unprepared for park guests' new addiction to generating images of Elsa smoking weed, and indeed their *expectation* to smoke weed with *the real* Elsa at the park, had a difficult road ahead

This week in recuperation: sleep, rest, loaf, sleep, watch stuff, read, make paper holiday stars, rest, some chores, get out for once!!, chat, make more stars, actually shower!, try a new great restaurant, chat, more rest! emails/business/play, enjoy the company of my cat/mom, fix my glasses. Oy.

Talk to people. Make shit. Learn new things.

Every part of this is bonkers. The intro is bonkers. The transition to his health is bonkers. The mention that other presidents didn't need cognitive exams is bonkers. The claim that this screening test is somehow hard is bonkers. The idea that criticism of him is treason is bonkers. All of it.

THE MERCHANT

Love to see the Sedgwick County Zoo putting out a good explainer on why GenAI slop videos of animals are a problem & how to identify them! It’s succinct, easy to read, and doesn’t shame people for not knowing better. A+ useful link to share with family and friends. scz.org/blog/the-rea...

that one french ad wolf

You've got this.

Waaay too early in the morning to be awake... ... nngghh..... but I'm on my way to become a dual-implanted cyber-hearing kitty!

Cyber Monday...... ... only... it's a soon-to-be cyber-implanted kitty instead! 😸

Ferocity

I paused, out of breath. The Void had taken all my frustrated screaming and absorbed it. "I'm sorry," I whispered. "You must have heard all this before, countless times." 'only you,' said the Void, 'scream your frustration like you do' I took a deep breath to resume, then smiled. "Thanks."

Nearly the end of the day of November 21st, and this sentimentally bemused geek is recalling this day, 3 years ago, on a similar dark chilly eve, when I brought this sweet shy mellow slowly-affectionately-growing little stinker home! From the first pic, in stages to now, happy Gotcha Day Russell!

I’m howling.

Don't mention NSFW and don't mention the word commission as well, to be safe. Sharing to help many. Keep going guys and be careful.

Wanted to paint this dog

Lots of folks captioning aurora photos like "for a few minutes we didn't think about politics" guess I'm built different, every time I'm out trying to see night sky stuff I frequently think about how much light pollution is entirely preventable with just a tiny bit of regulation

The German sausage truck is in town! *wriggles with her flavorful bratwurst and potato soup* 😺 😻

My poor allergicky suffering face and dread of cold aside, I admit it /has/ been pretty..... nice 'fall' back to a small park I grew up going to....... before the temp drops dramatically again! ;P

Do what we tell you and we won't abandon you to everlasting torment

Remember remember the Fifth of November Gunpowder, treason and plot; I see no reason why gunpowder treason Should ever be forgot.

Normal People Don’t Want This Shit is running away with the vote tonight

Trans rights is a winning platform. Pro immigration is a winning platform. Taxing the rich is a winning platform. Affordable housing is a winning platform. Free childcare is a winning platform. Hating Andrew Cuomo is a winning platform. SOCIALISM IS A WINNING PLATFORM

Without downloading anything new - Where are you today?

Zohran Mamdani caught lying that he understood Plato’s allegory of the cave, yet when asked to explain it, he seemed to instead explain Baudrillard’s theory of Simulacra and Simulation where reality has been replaced by symbols and signs, which seems similar to Plato’s theory but is not the same

Speaking of being poor, people please donate to local food banks, many of us on SNAP will not get funds for groceries next month because of the government shutdown. It’s absolutely ridiculous that families will starve because of the government having a temper tantrum.

"What treasure did your adventure yield?" villagers would ask on her return. "None," she would laugh, "except memories, scars, and a favour owed me by a wolf!" Or a dragon, toad, sow, or gorgon. "When will you call in all the favours owed you?" "Only when I must," she said. She never had to.

ME: Now Mom, just remember, there's a lot of disinformation and AI in your social feed and your friends' Facebook. MOM: I know! My friend sent me this crazy post where someone used AI to make an image of a giant frog fighting Army troops! ME: ... okay, no, that one's ... goddamit, Portland.

2025 Furry Species Census Servy Once again I bring you a furry species census! The last time I did this in 2023 y'all submitted over 10,000 characters! I wonder if we'll beat that this time? Survey: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... Formatted Results: docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

May the right fire burn within me.

Jane Goodall, ethologist and conservationist, has died. She was 91

..... ...... ..... *blinks.... just mixed staring, then facepalms downwards.......* And there it is....... 🤦‍♀️

actions that will contribute more to pushing against bluesky's censorship than a blackout: -submitting a feedback request -@ing moderation about it -commenting on mods posts about it -making and sharing memes (ex: "i consent!" sticker) -leaving an app store review -just generally posting about it