Hope I'm not going to bore people by posting this too often, but since I have no cons coming up: if you are running an event at ANY FUR CON this year and it could use some music or sound design (like a spoof game show theme, a sting to make something more exciting, or just a chill intro), in any style, I will try to make something for you FOR FREE. You can hear my music on Shadow Raccoon's Price Is Right, or London Weekend Televixen, or on almost any gaming video on my YT channel.
Over on bsky I saw a post calling for a General Strike across the US on March 15th; and while I think this is a good idea, the particular post had a "click here to sign up" which is a HUGE red flag.
You don't sign up for protests. You don't sign up for marches. Most likely, it's a "honeypot" for bad actors to find out who their enemies are and where they live. But even if it IS put there by people with good intentions, that data can be SUBPOENA'd... by bad actors who want to find out who their enemies are and where they live.
If you intend to march, protest, storm the bastille or whatever DON'T talk about it on social media or anywhere else that leaves a trail.
(Also turn off your phone, disable biometric ID, and leave it at home.)
When my community organizes we use secure communication practices online and safe places offline to do our work. Often times we donβt even know each otherβs legal names. And anyone who comes to an event is encouraged to take all the necessary precautions when showing up (leave the phone at home/use a burner, dress in nondescript clothing, wear a mask, etc). We go to all that trouble because the risks to our safety and community are considerable if weβre identified.
Nobody should ever ask you to register for a protest. They either donβt know what theyβre doing , which is dangerous, or itβs an op, and that could kill you.
There's also grift, enthusiastic incompetence, and cults of long standing and some degree of sincerity. In any case, the net result is the same.
There's a lot of that in LA at the moment, along with more legitimate (or organic) actions. Signal to noise ratio not very good just now. But it's not all noise.
Gosh. the 6502 is 50 years old, and so am I. I don't remember much of its assembler at all now (although I think I still have the manual for the Atari assembler cartridge somewhere), but it certainly seemed pretty nifty when I was 10.
A webdemo dedicated to the MOS Technology 6502 microprocessor whose 50th anniversary we will celebrate this year, in the Sally version used in all #Atari8bit computers, original Atari 400/800 NTSC apart https://krystone.pl/6502/?Sally #atari #mos6502 #retrocomputing
6502 CPU is 50 years old. A special webGL audio-visual presentation. A tribute to the almighty MOS 6502. Done by Krystone in February 2025. Music by Moonshine Fox.
I finally put that oval canvas I once bought to use. I had the idea of ββmaking a portrait, and this time it fit in very well when I was asked for a piece with complete artistic freedom, even about what it had to be.
Maybe I can open commissions for portraits in this style at some point, and maybe I'll finally get around to working in oil paint instead of acrylics, but to do that I'll need to get my backyard in shape, since I wouldn't like to work in oils indoors.
Painting for Salmy. Traditional. Acrylics.
I also recorded a time-lapse video with my phone, you can watch it on the first comment of this submission on my Telegram channel: https://t.me/panda_paco
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Is there a name for the irrational and silly (but nonetheless real) fear that someone else is working on the thing youβre working on and theirs will be miles better and youβll have just wasted all your time?
I think itβs a silly and petty fear generally, because the act of creating should be the reward in itselfβ¦ but likeβ¦ sometimes itβs nice to have some recognition.
Everything I could think of is some mix of atelephobia (fear of imperfection), atychiphobia (fear of failure) and constant comparing your work to others
Hah, I get a similar feeling when I stumble upon some problem in an open-source app/lib that's been there for months or even years, start working on it, and then worry "oh no, what if somebody is also doing it right now and they'll beat me to it".
Oh god, I get this a lot. It typically takes me years, possibly even decades (possibly even never) to do the things I want to do, though, so it's kinda justified. I wanted to make my own fursuit back in the 1990s and even started working on it. I still haven't got very far, and now look at all the thousands of fursuit makers who beat me to it. Anything I make now is going to look like crap - basically it'll look like a suit from the 1990s! I still want to do it someday though, when I get the time, energy and resources to coincide - that's what delays things so much.
once you get that static ip and domain, itβs hard not to recognise outwardly that you have transcended mere mortality. The world is enslaved by eye hungry feeds which you are liberated from. It is your duty to evangelise.
@CheetahObscura I'm not sure how much of it there is reflection and how much is the lenses actually being florescent under the lighting, but either way I absolutely love them on the dance floor for that. ^,,^
@CheetahObscura The lights in the dance were going up and down in tandem with the music, so almost every shot I took in that ballroom looks different. And most were out of focus, heh. Low light pics are hard.
Yup - definitely just gotta go with it and shoot and see what happens! I have some really amazing shots from dances, and tons of too dark and out of focus shots... XD @Doran_Eirok @selkiesuits
Ugh. How does Severance manage to be so bleak and dismal? I'm a couple of episodes into season 2 and I still have yet to see a single shot of anywhere I'd consider *nice*. Not a single place that looks cosy or friendly. The outdoor landscape is entirely desolate. Indoors is stark and clinical. There's no warmth anywhere. It can't be just the palette and colour grading, can it? They must have gone to great lengths to make the whole thing depressing as hell.
Experts are split between concerns about future threats and present dangers. Both camps issued dire warnings, says Guardian Europe columnist Alexander Hurst
Despite high-profile attention and even US sanctions, the group hasnβt stopped or even slowed its operation, including the breach of two more US telecoms.
the world might be slowly devolving into utter shit but at least we have fursuiters to remind ourselves that "hey, no matter what happens, you'll always find something in your life to make you happy"
I really enjoyed this video from @bernadettebanner which demonstrates how check the quality of clothes before buying them, without looking at the price tag.
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It's super useful! Her video about her stolen photographs/fancy dress thing was also very informative and got me interested in sewing beyond just button repairs and the like.
Had an absolute blast partying with this dragon at #Scotiacon all weekend! Moral of the story: bring your furry-adjacent friends to their first furcon!
This was a LOT of work. But this was a childhood dream of mine, and I HAD to do it.This was inspired by Animusic. If you haven't heard of it, go check it out...
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"I recently received a phonecall from a former student of mine who said that he had recently been contacted by the Internal Revenue Service. He said:
'They asked if I'd be willing to answer a couple of questions, but they say that I'm not a suspect, and I know in my heart I don't think I've done anything in violation of the Internal Revenue Service Provisions'.
Lord have mercy⦠There's no one on Earth who can say with complete confidence that they know they've never violated any provision of the Internal Revenue Service."
Nope. Couldn't do it. Nearly instantly overheated and couldn't see any seating in there like there was last year. Constantly bumped and jostled despite having 2 neon rainbow aircraft guide sticks o.<
Couldn't even cool off outside >.< Back in room. May put the stream on for the final song.
My mother used to recite the following poem in this situation:
Here lie the remains of Martin O'Day Who died defending his right of way His right was clear; his will was strong But he's just as dead as if he'd been wrong.
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My stupid food-brain wants me to go to the shops and get a bag of crisps or something to munch on, but it's raining and horrible out there. I don't know why the "proper" food I have in the house isn't good enough and Only A Savoury Snack Will Doβ’, but I'm not the boss of my food-brain, apparently.
βNo, not rich. I am a poor man with money, which is not the same thing.β - Gabriel GarcΓa MΓ‘rquez
This is an important difference. I see it all the time in the people at work, as we draw recruits from two very different walks of life.
The people from rich families are on exactly the same salary as the people from poor families, and they now often buy the same things.
The people from rich families treat what they buy with contempt, because they know they can buy another one. The people from poor families make everything last, even though they could also buy another one and because they know it could be taken away at any time.
Devil's advocate here. Isn't that what Musk and his jolly gang are doing? Invading the bureaucracy of the United States on the promise of liberating the people of the United States?
Whether they actually intend to liberate us or just become the new boss remains to be seen.
you mean the US would intervene and destroy the local democracy and put a puppet state there? Perhaps this commentary of what the US does to fragile states is more accurate than it wanted to be
Nazis have invaded the United States, and the United States is now controlled by a joint occupying force of mobsters, theocratic nuts, technocratic buffoons, antivaxxers, and Nazis. For short: Nazis.
Just need to figure out how to get US oil rights into the hands of a foreign adversary and you can plausibly start a very productive war with this information.
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When my community organizes we use secure communication practices online and safe places offline to do our work. Often times we donβt even know each otherβs legal names. And anyone who comes to an event is encouraged to take all the necessary precautions when showing up (leave the phone at home/use a burner, dress in nondescript clothing, wear a mask, etc). We go to all that trouble because the risks to our safety and community are considerable if weβre identified.
Nobody should ever ask you to register for a protest. They either donβt know what theyβre doing , which is dangerous, or itβs an op, and that could kill you.