Outside the library today I saw someone who was very visibly trans and absolutely dressed to kill, and now I want a T-shirt that says "not presenting, just slaying"
Up until the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022, I regularly attended large scale non-violent climate protests and witnessed other groups protesting on the streets of Norwich.
Those protests have dwindled to a trickle of mostly elderly people brave enough to walk out into the city silently holding a handmade placard.
Many climate activists my age have children, they cannot risk being locked up for years away from them.
Young people find it hard enough to find employment, they don’t need a criminal record to add to it.
And so it’s a segment of the elderly who have always freely protested, that continue to do so. They are scared for the sake of their children and grandchildren.
Meanwhile farmers block central London with their huge tractors, genuinely impeding people going about their lives…and nothing.
Crackdowns on climate activists have increased alarmingly over the last decade, with Australia and the UK arresting protestors three times more than the global average.As climate protests become more frequent amid a lack of action by world leaders, a
(Headline Prediction) "Apple to disable passwords for UK users. UK users will simply tap a button that says "honestly, it's me" before being allowed access to their account."
@longbottle "Where am I?" "In the Village." "What do you want?" "We want information." "You won't get it!" "By hook or by crook we will." "Who are you?" "You are number 6." "I AM NOT A NUMBER, I AM A FREE MAN!"
when I first started reading this, I thought of John de Lancie as Q from Star Trek TNG. Instead of a drone, a white flash brings forth the resignation letter.
Now I’m thinking how cool it would be for him to play Q in a 007 movie.
Official Live Video for Sultans Of Swing. Taken from Dire Straits – Alchemy: Dire Straits Live.Dire Straits – Live 1978-1992' is out now (UK/ROW). Out Januar...
I've been watching Disenchantment at a rate of 2 or 3 episodes a day for a while now and I don't know what I'm going to do when I run out of episodes (which will be soon now)! Definitely loving it.
Dear every news website. It doesn't LOOK LIKE I'm using an ad blocker. I am ABSOLUTELY using an ad blocker. I just want you to know this. You don't have to pop up the stupid ad blocker thing anymore. Rest assured, I am absolutely blocking your ads.
Ugh. Today did not go well. I thought it was going well, I managed to get my bike's side-stand greased so it (hopefully) won't be such a (literal) pain to manipulate with my left boot. Then I got entirely ready to go for a ride to my old home, check some things, collect post, get more stuff ready to bring, etc. Packed my bags, got all my gear on, ear plugs in, GPS running, pushed the bike out of the garage (very difficult, I noticed), did the pre-ride checks, and discovered that the chain is tight. And not just slightly tight, extremely tight. Barely any play at all. So tight it's surprising it hasn't snapped. Must be what's making the bike so stiff to push by hand. Only recently I cleaned, adjusted and lubed the chain after working the kinks out of it, and I'm sure I got it just right, certainly nowhere near as tight as it is now. But now it's far too tight. Had to abandon my ride, didn't get anything else done today, feeling annoyed and out of sorts and useless. Maybe I'll redo chain maintenance tomorrow an see if I can get it right this time. Or maybe the chain's just knackered - it is a little rusty after all. This kind of thing makes me wonder why I bother.
I redid the chain adjustment, and wow it was far too far out. I don't know what I did wrong, but the chain's kinked and rusty and horrible and I think it's going to have to be replaced. I replaced the chain and sprockets myself maybe 10 years ago so it's lasted pretty well, I expect (I've done just over 30k miles since I bought the bike, not sure how many before I replaced the chain). I don't know if I'll do it myself again or take it somewhere to get it done. I was quite pleased to have done it myself (even bending the stupid front sprocket washer like you're supposed to, which is a right pain to do), and I'm not entirely sure if I want to do it again.
Tokyo Disneyland's Enchanted Tale of Beauty and the Beast attraction is one of Walt Disney Imagineering's finest creations. Watch as I try my best to explain...
Ignoring women when they don’t consent to having sex with you is where it starts.
Then making women carry to term pregnancies that are the result of rape is where it leads…
Before you know it they are blaming whole nations for being attacked by their larger, dominating neighbour…and claiming they are at fault for not doing ‘a deal’ with the barbarians.
Gerhard Kretschmar was the first handicapped child to be killed by the Hitler regime, on the request of the father, Richard Kretschmar. This act grew into the T4 program which through trial and error created the methodology used in Nazi death camps.
Never underestimate throw away comments by fascists.
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 don’t even know each other’s 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 we’re identified.
Nobody should ever ask you to register for a protest. They either don’t know what they’re doing , which is dangerous, or it’s 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 making 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 you’re working on and theirs will be miles better and you’ll have just wasted all your time?
I think it’s a silly and petty fear generally, because the act of creating should be the reward in itself… but like… sometimes it’s 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, it’s 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 hasn’t 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!
That would be amazing
Many climate activists my age have children, they cannot risk being locked up for years away from them.
Young people find it hard enough to find employment, they don’t need a criminal record to add to it.
And so it’s a segment of the elderly who have always freely protested, that continue to do so. They are scared for the sake of their children and grandchildren.
Meanwhile farmers block central London with their huge tractors, genuinely impeding people going about their lives…and nothing.
Extremists would not need to create an authoritarian state in Britain: Starmer is doing that for them
George Monbiot (The Guardian)