I fiiiiinally got myself together enough to actually phone the motorbike service place near Guildford and ask them stuff. My bike's chain almost certainly needs replacing, along with the sprockets, because it has a few stiff links that, while I thought I'd managed to free them up, still seem to be making it very hard (nigh impossible) to adjust the chain properly. The left fork oil seal has just slightly started leaking so that needs doing, and they suggested replacing both at the same time, which makes sense - both would be around the same age, after all. And the front tyre is near the limit.
The place near Guildford can do all these things, and I've been there before to have tyres replaced (as that seems to be their speciality) (and also they give IAM members a discount) but, once I'd reached the end of my list, the guy did ask how much the bike was worth, presumably with the suggestion that it might actually be better to replace it than get it fixed. And now I don't know what to do.
I don't want to start bike-shopping at this point - I like my SV and have always assumed I'll stick with it until I can afford to switch to an electric motorbike. I don't want to spend lots of money, but I do want to get the bike roadworthy again. Ugh. Maybe I should phone other places and ask them the same things and see if I get different answers. But I also don't want to have to make yet more phone calls. Hmmmm.
That morning, Nican and Zenith decided to go out early to skate on the frozen lake.
The blue red panda giving confidence to the bunny, showing how to glide over the ice without fear.
The snow in the trees hadn’t started melting yet, and the world felt like it was still stretching, still waking up.
It was just one of those mornings where everything felt simple.
Cold cheeks, warm hearts, and the quiet certainty that the day would be even better if it started together.
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How this drawing reached Zenith is its own little story:
Nican didn’t just show the illustration to Zenith. He had it printed as a 1,000-piece puzzle, and gave it to Zenith all scrambled in a box.
They had to solve it together, piece by piece, not knowing what image would appear, and slowly, as the picture revealed itself: mountains, morning light, a frozen lake, and two familiar shapes that began with the eyes; Zenith realized it was a gift meant to be shared.
You can see how the puzzle came together on their bsky accounts:
https://bsky.app/profile/nican.net
https://bsky.app/profile/zenith.pawgge.rs
Or, I’m also sharing it, along with the short time-lapse process video, on my Telegram art channel:
https://t.me/panda_paco
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Attached: 4 images · Content warning: wetsuitYiff.Life - It's not what you think...
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"Can it be wrong to love?" the young woman asked.
The witch suppressed a sigh and a slew of memories. "You need to be more specific."
"There's a woman... Wise, patient, kind, and... she knows magic..."
"Nothing wrong with loving a woman," the witch said at last. "It might be unrequited, though."
Based on a recent post I saw, two important things about Paypal:
1 - Use invoices, not send/receive requests. It's more protection for you.
2 - Never, NEVER add any notes or descriptions. Say its 'art commission' etc, not 'vore piece ;3'. If flagged, one or both accounts can get permabanned.
I cant stress the second point enough. Many artists have Paypal as their only viable means to receive payments internationally, and a single 'Cool NSFW art' note can literally ruin their main source of income.
Armistead Maupin's Tales of the City books chronicle the lives and loves of a group of unique people living in San Francisco in the late 1970s. Probably the ...YouTube
"Advanced AI suffers ‘complete accuracy collapse’ in face of complex problems, study finds"
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/jun/09/apple-artificial-intelligence-ai-study-collapse
‘Pretty devastating’ Apple paper raises doubts about race to reach stage of AI at which it matches human intelligenceDan Milmo (The Guardian)
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Mercury doesn’t remember exactly how Hydrar ended up riding around on his head. Hydrar might not say much, but Mercury is pretty sure they understand each other.
Acrylic painting for Quicksilver
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"There are protests, your majesty."
"Good," said the Emperor. "What are they protesting?"
"Grain prices. But why are protests good?"
"What would you call a society with no protests?"
"Happy, your majesty."
"I would call it oppressed. Prepare a report on their grievances."
life hack for people who use glasses, if you're without glasses and want to quickly read or look for something, make a pinhole lens with your hand
curl your index finger as tight as possible while leaving a small hole, then look trough it, try closing or opening the hole to get the best balance between not blurry and not too dark
Derwin looks back the path he has walked, not in regret, but in recognition.
The road ahead is just as uncertain, but with one paw forward, he chooses to keep going.
Healing isn’t about forgetting where you’ve been, it’s about deciding that what’s ahead still matters.
Piece made to honor Derwin, who is choosing to live fully, to connect, to rebuild, and to keep walking no matter the obstacles.
Happy first anniversary in the furry fandom!
Digital. Procreate.
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Thank you!
@phantomkitty I could facetiously reply, "What about species that don't have paws?" but I take your meaning. :)
But I also think that if one of the goals of the parade is inclusivity...and if it's not, then perhaps it should be...then we start to have to ask ourselves why it should matter what they're wearing at all.
Het waterwerk van ons geld (2022) In samenwerking met Martijn Jeroen van der Linden (Lector New Finance Haagse Hogeschool), Thomas Bollen (onderzoeksjournalist Follow The Money), Follow The Money en De Haagse Hoge School. In residentie bij De...carlijnkingma.com
The Terrible Tower of Terror crumbled.
"Thus ends an Era," the Elf said.
"Aye," the Dwarf nodded. "I reckon the Age of Man begins now."
"And our kin, old friend, and all magic, will fade."
"Wait, what?" said the Human.
"It is Fated."
"Then I'll fight Fate."
"You have my axe!"
"And my bow!"
this is fascinating! Thanks for sharing! I've definitely learned something new about this.
Extra points for the CRT throwback!
Ouch!
“When people plan vacations, they usually avoid countries with soaring prices, random arrests on the street, and measles outbreaks,” a travel expert said.Andy Borowitz (The Borowitz Report)
No job? No life.That’s not a joke—it’s the default setting of the current economic game. In this video, we dismantle the polite fiction that economics is abo...YouTube
Good quote. I tracked down where it came from. It's from this interview that Ansel Adams did with writer David Sheff in 1983:
"Here is an important point: Only two and a half percent of the land in this country is protected. Not only are we being fought in trying to extend that two and a half percent to include other important or fragile areas but we are having to fight to protect that small two and a half percent. It is horrifying that we have to fight our own Government to save our environment. Our worst enemy is the person the President designated with the responsibility of managing the country’s environment: James Watt. No wonder it is a monumental battle."
Hoping this will be good, but I'll wait to see more about it first. I will say that Seth Rogan is a horrible choice to play Napoleon though
https://www.worldofreel.com/blog/2025/6/2/animal-farm
Serkis, known for pushing performance capture and digital storytelling forward, would like to think he’s the filmmaker who can finally crack the code and deliver a version that does Orwell’s message justice.Jordan Ruimy (World of Reel)