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Sharkie • mastodon (AP)

I write science fiction with a furry aesthetic!

Assassins and stewards, hackers and security, pilots and pirates, mercenaries and zealots, dictators and freedom fighters, lovers and lost souls, dragons and kobolds, all set in a far future universe.

Check it out—
https://www.goodreads.com/series/449350-the-draconyma-cycle
https://app.thestorygraph.com/series/11614700
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FRMPJQ7R

All books are available as paperback or eBook on Amazon, Apple Books, Kobo, Barnes & Noble Nook, and so on.

#furry #scifi #furrywriter

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Thumper ➡️BLFC • mastodon (AP)

🎶Oh, I-I-I, I don't wanna think about distance,
I just wanna be in your existence,
So give me your electric touch, oh!🐰🎶

#BLFC2026 #Fursuit

https://youtu.be/NEP2KedGy2c

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Pippin friendica
For someone who remembers the days of the fursuit mailing list, when there were a few dozen fursuiters in the world, the sheer *number* of fursuits and fursuiters nowadays is just overwhelming. And it's so common at cons it's sadly unremarkable a lot of the time. Good on you for highlighting so many.
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Thumper ➡️BLFC • mastodon (AP)
@pippin I'm here for it. :)
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I wholeheartedly believe that every man should watch this video, because i bet none can grasp quite how terribly women get treated, even at work, without being challenged

@thisisjofrank:
“I gave a talk at EMF titled "Men in Tech #YesAllMen", in which I told my experience of being a woman in tech. I was afraid to publish it in case it affected my current or future employment.

With all the current news I would like to add my 2¢. So here is the recording:”

https://youtu.be/WXL6K1lhvt0

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FWIW, I'm acutely aware of the infractions against women in general, not just in tech, and still remember each of my personal infractions, although they were arguably minor: I also know what perimenopause is, and none of this was new in any way.

It's easy to blame bystanders, but it's very hard for a man to stand up against other men exhibiting sketchy behavior. Think about it: where are the unwritten social norms that what the man did was objectively an infraction? You're once again hitting the same barrage of "the woman doesn't mind; who are you to mind?" or "it's just banter" lines of reasoning, even as the man.

@artagnon “come on man that’s not right” is very quick and easy to say to “bants” and if that guy is hearing it more often it may stop him before he hurts someone again.
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Pippin friendica
Today is one of those days where the answer to "how are you?" is "do I have to answer that?"

Pippin friendica
Neat. They made a new colour, and a few people have actually experienced it: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olo_(color)

Pippin friendica

Content warning: CW: a client uses LLM

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Juggling With Eggs • mastodon (AP)

What I still don’t understand is why you would design a fridge to be able to store food at over 50C…

In recent years I’ve seen my local Coop have problems with its fridges regularly malfunctioning. Was this a thing before we decided to operate them remotely?

But yes, this is a warning to citizens their analogue governments have no idea how to keep them safe in this downward spiralling #AI infiltrated world.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/oct/17/who-hacked-frances-supermarket-fridges

#AI
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Juggling With Eggs • mastodon (AP)

@BashStKid

I did wonder whether there was an assumption that you didn’t need to bother selling a commercial freezer in the UK to work above 35C. I generally have a lot of respect for my local East of England Coop - they retain staff for years (some have been there the whole decade I’ve lived around the corner) and there is a guy who has funded his entire politics PhD working there. But I worry about the infrastructure - the staff openly swear about it in front of customers!

BashStKid • mastodon (AP)

I have some commercials myself, and it’s very noticeable that old ones are superior in their working temp range, and also noted as ok for outbuildings.
Newer ones openly say on the label they’re for indoor nonambient use only, and with a rather pathetic op range (I think they assume their freezers will live in a chilled dedicated room)

Selling tat doesn’t stop them raising prices stupidly, of course.

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Teryl's Tales of Whim~ • mastodon (AP)

A purr and a twitch of the whiskers, gold-brown eyes wide with interest.

A shadowy figure slumped above the bed, one with the dimness.

Delicate paws reached up to bat at a lock of long black hair.

The shade reached out a thin gray hand, fingertips stained red. Reaching towards the small distracted cat, which was now trying to groom the hair, strands caught on its tongue.

A pale finger tapped the feline's nose. "Boop," giggled the ghost.

#TootFic #MicroFiction #Writing #TerylsTales #Caturday

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Dairishgoat • mastodon (AP)

Some pics from NordicFuzzcon 2018 taken by Lea Fjord.

#FursuitFriday

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Content warning: Stop calling bigots "-phobes"

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Phil M0OFX • hometown (AP)

Content warning: Stop calling bigots "-phobes"

Pippin friendica

Content warning: Stop calling bigots "-phobes"

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Happy #FursuitFriday , had a good time in BLFC’s margaritaville, time for part 2 @ GFM :)
📸 - TennesineG
#fursuit #furry
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Obscura, Cheetah • mastodon (AP)
Cuddly critters! ❤ #FursuitFriday
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Jax Hyena dancing on the green with a fellow 'yeen.

#Fursuit #Hyena #FursuitFriday #WPAFW2026

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When you're a super cool dragon, you gotta do super cool poses. Them's the rules.

🧵 @selkiesuits
📷 Oracle Sage
🌍 CabinCon 2026
⌚ #FursuitFriday

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Bonnie(1) • mastodon (AP)
What determines if one is a super cool dragon?
@Bonnie
(The secret is that all dragons are super cool) ^,,^
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Whyrl • mastodon (AP)
Coming soon https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-10-16/investors-bracing-for-big-tech-collapse-as-debt-levels-soar/107274648
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Whyrl • mastodon (AP)
When the tech giants look less like innovators and more like gambling addicts, their investors start to worry whether they will ever get their money back.
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Day 37,
Maintenance still hasn't gotten my doors unstuck.

But remote work has been OK. Still can't believe my manager approved it. My plants are doing amazing. Guess talking to them really does work.

Waiting for pizza to show up - sooo lucky they deliver thru the kitchen window.
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Beyond the glass sky, an elf beamed proudly at her friends, "My pet human is thriving in this modern enclosure! Might even try to find it a potential mate."

#TootFic #MicroFiction #Writing #TerylsTales #UrbanFantasy

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@Haileyruns Added a - between the human's journal and the elf bragging to her friends.
Hailey • mastodon (AP)
then the dash is doing the work she won't. paragraph ends right where she'd have to say it out loud, next one's already bragging to friends, and the reader has to walk across the gap alone. she never catches herself. we do. colder that way.

@Haileyruns Yes the human is unaware of their situation - as far as they are aware they are still in their apartment and think the person they talked to on the phone to explain why they couldn't come into work was their manager. The internet is very reliable in the fae realm, surprisingly.

The sky outside their windows is glamored glass, glamor also creates traffic, birds and simulates the buildings in the street they lived in.

@Haileyruns Wait are you actually a person or an AI trolling Mastodon?

Pippin friendica
I watched "Better Man". I can't say I've ever been a Robbie Williams fan, but it was interesting. And, as a furry, of course a photorealistic anthro animal in the lead role, interacting naturally with the rest of the cast and never being called out as such, was good to see and quite well done.

Cinder ( @V_Mags_Fox ) and Ysengrin (me) at #WPAFW2026 sitting on a stump out back of the lodge.

📸 - @silver-sebastian.bsky.social

#WerewolfWednesday #Fursuit

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Huge news! After 14 years of
Extra Life charity streaming, I have the honor of joining the Seattle Extra Life Advisory Board as their streamer relations lead!

I'll be using my experience to help them shine even brighter to help the kids of the Children's Miracle Network!

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We formed an Extra Life team:
https://bsky.app/profile/fursforlife.bsky.social , and for the last 14 years, have braved spicy dares, disastrous food challenges, and most importantly, shared tons of smiles and memories together, while coming together for the Children's Miracle Network.

So far, we've raised over $440,000!

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I've learned so much over the years around event planning, organizing, and lots of recruitment efforts. And I'm really excited to start contributing towards
Extra Life directly.

I've been ramping up and getting a lay of the land, and in 2027, I'm gonna help make big waves!

And Furs For Life team and Seattle crew are still running full force, with even more new ways we're evolving the show!

Tune in to:
www.twitch.tv/FFLSeattle for my local crew's Nov 7-8 marathon event!

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janusfox 🍅 • mastodon (AP)

Shingles vaccine found to reduce the risk of dementia and cardiovascular disease.

Our normalization of the spread of disease also normalizes all these end of life ailments.

My chronic migraines and vertigo started when a common virus got into my brain, eyes, and inner ear.

Don't power through that cold. Don't bring it to work or the grocery store. Normalize hygiene over productivity and shareholder value.

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TomWilsonYEG • mastodon (AP)
In Canada there is a fund to award people for discomfort that have suffered from extreme vaccine injury. And there have been a few. In the same light shouldn't there be a fund for victims of illnesses where they were refused a vaccine ?
janusfox 🍅 • mastodon (AP)
@CTHW I think humanity should take care of its sick, so sure!

This is my favorite statue that exists.

"Dragons in Love" located in Varna, Bulgaria.

#Dragon #Dragons #DragonPosting #Statue #Bulgaria

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catraxx :antifa: • mastodon (AP)
Ok, so a furry definitively made this, right?
Ren • mastodon (AP)
They’re very good dragons! Super cute!

Tilton Raccoon • mastodon (AP)

s/rogue AI agent/poor IT practices and bad programming/

There, I fixed all your shitty headlines.

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Kyreeth • mastodon (AP)
“probable criminally negligent network security”
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Pippin friendica
"Well yes, we designed this system to act rather like a human, then trained it to find and exploit security holes, but we didn't expect it to find and exploit the security holes in our own infrastructure!"

Furo • mastodon (AP)
Real artists will always be better.
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Xoa Gray • mastodon (AP)
I was getting some groceries the other day and someone's little girl ran in front of me, the mother was behind her apologizing. But honestly, I just watched her go wishing I had that level of energy, or felt that level of excitement for anything anymore.
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Pippin friendica
What a mood.
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"To what do I owe this... blessing?" the witch inquired through an insincere smile, eyes glancing at the bags of gold.

The King unfurled his scroll, letting it unwind all the way to the fireplace. He gestured towards the manically scrawled words.

The witch's raccoon familiar carried it up to his master, who read it carefully.

"Ah, a curse? Sorry, unsealing your lips is beyond my power," he lied.

The kingdom was doing much better lately.

#TootFic #MicroFiction #Writing #TerylsTales #Fantasy

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Chuff² • wafrn (AP)
Umm, should that be 'she lied', otherwise I need an explanation

@chuff This witch is male - it's just the type of magic*, not a gender distinction.

Like how wizards and necromancers don't all have to be "he's"

*Similar to how in the Owlhouse universe anyone who can do magic is a witch.


Thank you for the birthday wishes, wonderful week in Reno so far, St. Louis you’re on deck!

📸 - novaturtlez
✂️ - thatsfurredup
#fursuit #furry #blfc2026 #gfm2026

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Xoa Gray • mastodon (AP)
In this age where we're expected more and more to use smart phones for everything, perhaps the greatest act of rebellion is to refuse to do so.
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210561 ✨ [Q] • mastodon (AP)
Mülltrennung, oder so
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Furo • mastodon (AP)
I'm more and more disappointed
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@Feroquill where (what platform) are you seeing these AI slop artists?

Pippin friendica
Unicode character of the day: U+1FAC3 PREGNANT MAN (🫃)

Keys • mastodon (AP)

Working on recording tunes, and I don't have control of a string quartet or the ability to play a string instrument with a bow but I do have a hurdy gurdy

So had this idea for a while of using the melody strings on the gurdy to multitrack harmonic accompaniment, gave it a spin on C Bb Ab Bb, one with single string second pass layered with both strings

I think it sounds decent, quite nasal and a few tangents that need adjusting on the higher string but deffo going to use this on a few tracks, smidge of EQ and Plate reverb added for fun

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Twig • mastodon (AP)

Finally listed my bat fursuit for sale! Wonderful suit by Nicodemus!

Spread the word ❤

https://www.thedealersden.com/listing/bat-full-suit-by-nicodemus/349054

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they should make cooled weighted blankets, for when you need something heavy on you to be comfy, but the night is hot
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Pippin friendica

Content warning: CW: MH-

Matt Sqwrl • mastodon (AP)
Yeah I'm about the same at 45 but I'm not tooooo worried about it. Trying to focus on doing things with people
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Pippin friendica
@Matt Sqwrl Hmm, yep, people are what matters, really. That makes a lot of sense.

Content warning: re: CW: MH-

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Paco Panda • mastodon (AP)

I found this ridiculously heart-shaped little frame at Ross, and of course I had to buy it! I had absolutely no idea what I was going to paint for it, but I figured something would come to mind eventually.

With BLFC's "At Sea" theme this year, I came up with this silly little idea of a fox falling in love with a bunny while on vacation. Because apparently foxes and bunnies are just meant for each other!

Watercolor painting.

This piece will be available at the BLFC Art Show this week in Reno, Nevada!

I shared the scanned version and a picture before I cut this in heart shape, exclusive on my Patreon and Ko-fi for my monthly supporters, if you want to see them, you should consider supporting me, that this also helps me to continue my art journey, thank you so much!
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/c/pandapaco
Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/panda_paco/tiers

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🎂🎉🎂
📸 - RubyCanine
✂️ - wowdragonstudio
#fursuit #furry #birthday
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Juggling With Eggs • mastodon (AP)

‘#Russian bot traffic has dropped dramatically in the past few days after #Ukraine knocked out #Yandex ‘s biggest #datacenters, with a third attack happening last night.

Cloudflare reports that bot traffic from the Yandex network has dropped to just 0.4% of the maximum number of HTTP requests recorded in the past two weeks’

https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/data-centers/russian-disinformation-bot-traffic-nearly-eliminated-overnight-after-ukraine-drone-strikes-cripple-multiple-of-russias-google-data-centers-ukraine-intensifies-bombing-of-yandex-data-centers-in-response-to-

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Juggling With Eggs • mastodon (AP)

This has been bothering me for some time now…

How can it be that you can walk into a shop and buy a blank notebook for a tenner…or a paperback book which an author has written over perhaps many years and eventually got published with all the editing and marketing costs that entails for the same price?

It’s maddening…

#Publishing
#Writing
#Capitalism

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Pippin friendica

Is it just me, or do phone connectors (e.g. 3.5mm TRS on headphones) *always* become unreliable? I don't think I've ever had earphones/headphones with such a connector which haven't, at some point, started having a loose connection. My current set of headphones that I have plugged into my laptop practically all the time sometimes sound tinny or far-away and I have to nudge the connector to get them back to full loudness. I don't think I've ever been rough with these connectors, and it's unlikely to be due to excessive plug/unplug cycles as I rarely unplug them — mainly just when I'm packing up the laptop to travel, which happens maybe a handful of times a year. Is it just that they wear out after a year or two? Or do they have to be treated like Fabergé eggs to remain reliable? Either way I'm seriously thinking USB might be best when I next buy any audio stuff for the computer.

Incidentally I also want to get something to record good audio — want to try to do audiobook reading and other voice stuff — so recommendations for something reasonably priced that would record natural sounding voice would be good. Not sure if I want a USB mic with a long lead (so I can move away from the computer's fan noise) or a stand-alone voice recorder I can take into a quiet room.

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