No, I don't think I will.

https://kotaku.com/microsoft-ai-slop-satya-nadella-2000656473

Microsoft CEO Says People Need To 'Get Beyond' Calling It AI Slop

CEO Satya Nadella says people 'need to get beyond' the gen AI slop debate

^{Ethan Gach (Kotaku)}

Happy holidays everyone. 💙 Wishing you all the fluffiest of hugs.

🧵 @selkiesuits
📷 Huskin
⌚ #FursuitFriday

So economists are always talking about "Financial indicators" But they're always some stupid thing that doesn't relate to most people. So I have a couple new ones that I think we should universally adopt.

If you have Billionaires, this is a sign of a failing economy. Someone has managed to amass so much wealth that they're clearly breaking the system. If you have Trillionaires, the problem is even more severe and your economy is nearing collapse.

If the number of homeless people you have is not trivial, you have a failing economy. Yes there will always be homeless people, it should never be a significant portion of the population.

Which leads into the next one,

Anyone working a full 40hr work week should be able to afford a home. At least something small like a single bedroom apartment. If people are living on the street because they can't afford a home, while working full time, that obviously means they are not being paid enough and that contributes to a failing economy.

If any of these are true, your economy is failing. Regardless if "number go up" or not. Because sooner or later, the people that you rely on to keep those numbers going up will not be able to afford to live, and the house of cards that is your economy will collapse.

Currently, all of these are true for the United States, and I'm willing to bet we're not the only ones, we're just the farthest along.

Isn't it cold right now for a water fight? This would go better on a warmer day! They don't care, there is laughter in the air, and absolutely no sense of strategy.

Cyber confidently soaks Goric with a garden hose, fully convinced the game is already won. What Cyber doesn’t realize is that Goric’s small water gun is about to unleash way more pressure than expected.

Traditional drawing made with markers and colored pencils over a toned tan paper. During Artists Alley at MFF for Cyberblade and Goric

Content warning: UsPol Reveal/hide

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Hey look it's this fluffbrain again. :)

Happy first #FursuitFriday or 2026 everyone! Wishing you the cuddliest and warmest of hugs throughout the new year!

🪡 @selkiesuits 📷 https://bsky.app/profile/sotix.bsky.social

Starting the year with derg pawbs! 🐾💜 #FursuitFriday

Photo by @Kishi

A year ago, a panda named Tubs went to Anthro Northwest and debuted his new panda fursuit.
But people kept calling him Paco Panda, even though he had no idea who that was.

He messaged me online asking, “Who are you?”
That’s how we met and started chatting.

This year I finally made it to ANW, and I made matching badges for us to avoid any panda confusion :D

We panda bears are rare in the fandom.
I had an amazing time welcoming 2026 with Tubs and his friends at ANW!!

Archer enjoying a quiet moment of his own, starting the new year exactly as he wants to. Smiling softly, confident that what’s coming will be good. This past year brought knowledge and experience. Even the moments that weren’t happy, even the ones that hurt, gave us something valuable, lessons we carry with us and we can use as a new year begins.

I started this drawing during flight hours and finished it yesterday that I spent entirely with myself in Seattle, just before 2026 and Anthro Northwest began. In a way, it feels poetic: I was painting Archer while feeling exactly what he might have been feeling. Being alone isn’t sad when you know how to enjoy your own company. These moments with ourselves matter. For me, this was the perfect way to close the year, and to begin a new one surrounded by the community I love, wishing for the best ahead.

This piece was inspired by the balcony of a hotel I stayed at a few months ago in Puerto Vallarta. From there, we could see the other side of the bay. We saw raccoons!! One of many small, meaningful highlights of this year.

Picture for Archer, who has been a big supporter of my art this year, I appreciate it a lot!
Digital. Procreate

I also shared a full version of that video, plus the full resolution version of this picture, exclusive for Patreon and Ko-Fi monthly supporters!! And also this year I’m celebrating 10 years on Patreon, I will start something nice for my supporters, announcing it in some days but only there.
Links on bio!!
Thank youuuu!!

Happy 2026!!! And thank you all for everything! Thank you so much for your support, for your love, for your friendship!! Let’s make a very great new year together!!

"Can you open one of these?" the treasure hunter asked.

He showed the witch an egg shell, with an intricate pattern of silk thread knotted around it.

"Put that back!"

"There's something inside, it must be valuable. But when-"

"Someone locked their grief away. Break one, and it's yours."

"Oh..."

#TootFic #MicroFiction #SmallStories

Merry Christmas Eve!

I revived the tradition of making stamps and cards, this year Roni and I are featured on the stamps.

Traditional. Watercolor.

I'm sharing, on the first comment of this submission on my Telegram art channel, the photo of how the envelopes looked printed with these, and also a short time-lapse video process. Check it out at: https://t.me/panda_paco

It was kind of funny that, when sending the envelopes, they were stamping these stamps as if they were official, and leaving the real stamp with no stamp.

Storm, a cabbit, pauses to admire the first Christmas lights of the season. The beginning of holidays always carries a quiet kind of excitement, that kind of joy of going out the streets and see there is some kind of spirit, that we can't feel the same way as we were kids but somehow is still there.

This piece was drawn during BLFC, but I waited to share it until now, I think the season matches better the scene.

Piece for Storm the Cabbit.
Traditional. Color pencils over toned tan paper.

Happy Holidays!

We would ask that users ignore the rumours being put about by the abysmal Intellitree Corporation, and its shoddy products, that the code of conduct at SmarTree.AI forbids us from talking about.

We would like to reassure all SmarTree.AI customers that it is not 'stealing your presents'. The Agentinsel is simply sensing the area around the SmarTree to get a better understanding of its environment and how to improve your experience of the SmarTree.AI service.

Our review of the Remote Telemetree data suggests that only a semi-few customers have been impacted by unplanned Agentinsel to present interface events, and that no presents were actually stolen. Customers will continue to be able to open their presents on Christmas as if nothing had happened. Because nothing has happened. We would like to reassure customers of that. We would like to be able to reassure customers of that very much.

Taking the time to share an experience, not to teach, but simply to let another person feel what it’s like. The joy comes from trust, movement, and the quiet understanding that this moment matters, even if no one says it out loud.

This picture shows us Tammy and Tycloud, as an early memory of his cousin doing this to him so he could see what it was like to skateboard. Definitely those kind of nostalgic scenes I love to portrait!

Traditional. Color markers over toned tan paper. For Tycloud.
Done during the Artists Alley at MFF.

The Analog Cat is now digital! ⌚ 🐈

You can pick up my story collection from BadDogBooks:

https://baddogbooks.com/product/the-analog-cat-and-other-animals/

The Analog Cat and Other Animals

Robot cats, four hundred drunk rabbits, a kitsune fighter pilot, and a gerbil who thinks she’s James Bond. The Analog Cat is a collection of speculative fiction stories featuring whimsical cr…

^{Bad Dog Books}

Oggy sitting on a terrace, enjoying a mug of Kofola served draft from a keg.
A small moment of curiosity draws Oggy's attention when a butterfly lands nearby, it turns into a simple decision to share a bit of the drink.
This lingers on the idea of slowing down, noticing the world, choosing kindness in small, almost invisible ways.

This piece was made as an art trade with Oggy, an artist whose work I admire and enjoy.
This was her part of the trade, which I loved:
Twitter: https://x.com/OggyOsbourne/status/1841731490939330947?s=20
Bsky: https://bsky.app/profile/oggythefox.bsky.social/post/3l5onugvn3t22
(Yeah...it took me more than a year to make my part of the trade, my bad!)

Definitely you should check her art at: https://t.me/OggyTheFox

Digital. Procreate

There is a short time-lapse video process of this image, you can watch it on the first comment of this submission on my Telegram art channel: https://t.me/panda_paco

Or you can watch a longer version of that video, and downloading the full resolution version of this picture, along getting access to see other pictures I haven't posted yet. All this at supporting me on Patreon or Ko-Fi:
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/c/pandapaco
Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/panda_paco
On January I will make something special there for my 10th anniversary of Patreon, don't miss it out!
Thank you!

Mausie and Iris enjoying a winter ride through snowy Nordic forests, cold weather is way more fun when you’re not doing it alone, and it makes you forget about frozen paws.

Painting for NordicFuzzCon, featuring my dear Mausie and Iris, two characters that, if you have seen my art for long ago, I enjoy a really lot drawing and painting. Also featuring Svæn, definitely not-Sven, he is Sven's cousin.

It's my very last picture of the year, I really hope all you had a great (or at least decent) 2025, and hoping for a 2026 way better!!

Digital. Procreate
Ironically… made during a meeting on an IKEA

There is a short time-lapse process video on the first comment of this submission on my Telegram art channel, check it out: https://t.me/panda_paco

And I also shared a full version of the process video, available to download, as well as the full-resolution version of this and other pictures, exclusive for monthly supporters on Patreon and Ko-Fi:
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/c/pandapaco
Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/panda_paco
And also, at the beginning of the year I will announce a little gift that I will do for Patreon and Ko-Fi supporters, celebrating my 10th anniversary on Patreon, don't miss it out!
Thank you so much for your support!

Happy 2026!!

I have never thought so deeply about a movie than I did while reading this post:

https://reactormag.com/the-secret-weirdo-underbelly-of-the-muppet-christmas-carol/

The Secret Weirdo Underbelly of The Muppet Christmas Carol - Reactor

Holiday fun, or a roleplay gone wrong? You decide!

^{Emmet Asher-Perrin (Reactor)}

Many of you have reached out to express your concerns about how much power it takes to run SmarTree.AI.

We hear you.

We have taken active measures to ensure that our electricity is as green as possible. Each piece of coal is mined in an environmentally sustainable way, with pit props that are sourced only from Forestry Monitoring Corporation approved forests. Each piece is carefully washed in biodegradable soap to make it the cleanest coal there is.

Lastly, the coal is burnt in our sustainable power station boilers, made only from recycled steel and iron, with a specialist dye made from sustainably farmed plants to ensure that any smoke is as green as possible before it leaves our reclaimed brick chimneys. All our water is sustainably sourced bottled water, meaning there is no need to use any local water.

SmarTree.AI cares about the environment in which its paying customers have to live and we believe that it is possible to be green and profitable sustainably.

Final four photos from my personal fav picks of 2025.
Here we have:

FoxyVix x2.
Cream bun.
Shanie.
Hazel.

3/3

And four more from my ‘Best of 2025’ selection.
Here we have:

Gaz as the mirrored fox.
Brok & Mel.
Edward Poodle.
Shanie at the double.

These were all taken during ConFuzzled in May.

2/3

As we approach the end of 2025, it’s time to pick my fav photos of the year. I managed to whittle it down to 12.

This first selection includes:
Arkie at Scotiacon in Feb.
Draks, also at Scotiacon.
Mutley during ConFuzzled in May.
Kanda at The Phoenix Park, Dublin.

1/3

#ShinyDressSaturday

A silver satin outfit I picked up a few years ago.