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Tufty Indigo 🪗 mastodon (AP)

What really stuck out for me at #CambridgePride this weekend wasn't the shows, the banners, or the hot topless guys. It was a group of kids in their v early teens. One of them had a masc body type but was wearing a very fem chiffon blouse thing over a tight vest: possibly just going for a femboy look, or maybe dressing as their preferred gender. (The outfit looked more like the latter but I don't want to assume, especially in the setting!) They looked a bit flustered but happy enough to be dressed like that among a (mixed but all cis looking) group of peers. And as it's Pride, I wondered if it might be their first time dressing that way. Either way, I hope they learned that day whether they liked it or not.

Even among an atmosphere of campaigning, protesting, and supporting, it was the most wholesome thing I saw that day, and it gave me hope. Do what you like, transphobes. You're too late, the kids already know how to be true to themselves.

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Paco Panda mastodon (AP)

"Bajo el Cielo de Verano"

El sol comenzaba a caer, tiñendo el cielo con tonos dorados y anaranjados. El campo, cubierto de pasto fresco y flores silvestres, parecía suspirar con la brisa suave de la tarde, como si supiera que aquel momento era especial. Sentados entre las sombras de unas hojas, dos figuras peludas compartían risas y miradas cómplices. El azul de uno contrastaba con el rojo intenso del otro, pero entre ellos no había diferencias: solo calidez, cariño y una conexión que iba más allá de las palabras y más allá de una simple amistad.

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"Under the Summer Sky"

The sun was beginning to set, dyeing the sky shades of gold and orange. The field, covered in fresh grass and wildflowers, seemed to sigh in the gentle evening breeze, as if it knew this moment was special. Sitting among the shadows of some leaves, two furry figures shared laughter and knowing glances. The blue of one contrasted with the intense red of the other, but there was no difference between them: only warmth, affection, and a connection that went beyond words and beyond simple friendship.

Original written in Spanish by SgtoChera.
Picture inspired in a real place and a real moment.

Picture for Sgto Chera and Sinh the Husky

Result of a charity auction commission, where the funds were donated to the Mexican Bat Conservation Program (PCMM for its initials in Spanish) (https://bioconciencia.org.mx/nosotros/) , charity auction organized by Confuror in their 2024 edition.

Digital. Procreate.

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You can watch the short time-lapse process video, shown on the first comment of this submission on my Telegram art channel: https://t.me/panda_paco

You can watch the full time-lapse video, download the high resolution, see the WIPs I was doing of this drawing, WIPs of drawings I haven't shared yet, and even finished drawings I haven't shared on my galleries. At supporting me on Patreon or Ko-Fi, that also helps me to keep working on art.
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Thank you!

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Siphedious - He/Him mastodon (AP)

I have grave doubts...but that was kind of more fun than I expected it to be.

https://youtu.be/ZNJr59zY_z8?si=BalBDc_FRxZ1nIvM

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Pippin friendica
It occurs to me that I just can't use drawers properly. In my office room at the new house I have a bunch of chests of drawers, but… I just don't use them. I've put a few things in a couple of the drawers, but all that means is that I can't find those things, or I forget I have them. Most of the drawers are empty, but I don't have space and everything's cluttering up the floor and tops of the chests. I need shelves, not drawers, so I can see everything and find stuff when I want it. Drawers are just… non-space to me. When they are closed, their insides don't exist, so they're useless. Shelves, and transparent boxes, are so much easier.
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Mira mastodon (AP)
I used the file-by-pile method for many years. Worked great as long as no one tried to neaten things up
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Pippin friendica
@Mira To be honest, shelves are quite compatible with file-by-pile. They just give you more surface space for the piles! (Technically, so do drawers, I suppose, but I need to be able to see my stuff…)
@Mira
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Pippin friendica
There are so many things I want to do or feel I ought to do and I have virtually no motivation for any of them.
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Pippin friendica
@Matt Sqwrl Yeah, actually achieving something would help a lot, I'm sure. Today I'm cleaning up a few sets of shelves my sister was throwing away (and was persuaded to throw in my direction) which should help a lot with tidying the place up and giving me room for both storing and doing things. Hopefully it'll help with feeling I've actually got something done.
Matt Sqwrl mastodon (AP)
Yeah it’s nice to get the place sorted, I think I need a tidying spree
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"May I have your name?" the faerie said.

"William," she said with a smile.

"Ah ah!" The faerie gave a wicked laugh. "I have your name! Now no-one will call you by it!"

"Thank you," she said.

"To win it back, you must- what?"

"I will find me a new one," she said, "one that suits me better."

#MicroFiction #TootFic #SmallStories

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Tim mastodon (AP)
brainglow8

Pippin friendica
Finally, I've had an email with proposed dates for the solar panel installation. And now I'm in a horrible mood and feeling awful and I can only assume it's anxiety about the install, and how it has to be done on a specific schedule, and I've got to have everything prepared for those dates (space cleared for them to work, etc), and I don't know what cable routing they are going to do and if they can't do what I want to ask for they're going to come up with something else and I'll have to make a decision there and then whether that's okay, and there will be pressure to get it done that day and it'll probably be so expensive if I have to say I need to think about it and replan things and get them to come back another day to finishe, and oh god oh god oh god. I am also putting off phoning about the car and bike servicing that needs to be done because I hate phoning them, and I also need to phone British Gas about getting a meter reader to our old house to finally get the account updated with the new meters that were installed nearly 18 months ago but they are *still* sending my dad estimated bills based on the old meters, and oh god oh god oh god again. I HATE interacting with people and companies, it's just so horrible.
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TheDragon 🔥 mastodon (AP)

ahh that's perhaps not as bad as I feared it may have been...

I've honestly hated having to say I need communication like this, and sadly I've had to be extremely forceful in some circumstances - just to get communication in a format that is accessible for me.

Sadly it's had consequences too - for example, one credit card company offered an interest free repayment plan... Really cool huh? Well... Only if you phoned them... I couldn't email and ask for it, I couldn't even do snail mail....

So I complained to them, got nowhere, had to go to the Ombudsman not one, or twice, three times!!

All occasions they ruled in my favour... I got a small amount of compensation, but still not the same thing they offered people without a disability.

The end result was they terminated my account. Presumably because people like me are not worth the effort... 😞

I think my aspie brain struggles with injustice, especially when I've experienced it myself, so always encourage people to stand up for their rights!

Anyhow, apologies if I was projecting a bit!

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Pippin friendica
@TheDragon 🔥 Heheh, no worries! Thank you for looking out for me :)
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sirlan <( rawrr ) sharkey (AP)
tfw you get so used to vim keybinds, using a 'normal' text editor becomes harder
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Furo mastodon (AP)
Some people still doesn't understand this, so let me say it again
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sirlan <( rawrr ) sharkey (AP)
writing genesequa just to annoy french people
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Pippin friendica
Have a barbecue without overeating challenge — impossible, it would seem. Urp.
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Skintight Chee mastodon (AP)
Yup - BBQ and associated foods are just too tasty! XD
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Phil M0OFX hometown (AP)
The meat, it is too good!
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Pippin friendica
A happy father's day (well, what's left of it) to all the fathers out there. 🤗🤗🤗

Juggling With Eggs mastodon (AP)

‘#NoKings organisers have released an estimate of the turnout for today’s protests, saying the day’s events have drawn several million people so far. Several hundred demonstrations are still under way.

Protests were held at about 2,100 locations nationwide, in all 50 states and in some cities abroad.’

How many other news outlets are reporting the scale of this protest?

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2025/jun/14/trump-birthday-military-parade-no-kings-protest-live-updates?

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Pippin friendica
Took me a few minutes to find out what that "no kings" protests were about, given that King Charles's official birthday is today. Turns out Trump's (actual) birthday is also today, and a big military parade is also today, and those are the things being protested, not the actual king. I admit, at first I did wonder "what's Trump done now?" as almost everything negative these days seems to be due to a thing Trump's just done…
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"This again?" the dragon said. "It's been just a few centuries since the last time.'

"Please," the knight said.

"I asked you to make sure you had a way of getting rid of bad kings yourself, before you made any new ones."

"We didn't understand we made a king."

"You are such fools. Very well."

#MicroFiction #TootFic #SmallStories #NoKings

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@jens sorry, there was no "slaying".
Tuftears mastodon (AP)
@frang I imagine the 4th line being "The money was too good to turn down." 😹

I honestly believe that this is the best talk that I've ever given on secure by design, and all it took was a non-nuclear audience.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X7Y1OBsqlFM&ab_channel=NetUK

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Pippin friendica
Interesting! :]

Paco Panda mastodon (AP)

Now Rudie is the floor, and Afi is victorious.
Light as a feather, smug as a champion, and absolutely not moving anytime soon.

Drawing for Ironwolf, including Rudie the hyena and Afi the dragon.

Digital. Procreate. Taken at TFF but done during the flight back.

And since I did it on Procreate, you can see the short video process on my Telegram art channel: https://t.me/panda_paco

(Hey, psst, you can watch the whole video, download the full resolution, and see pictures before I post them on my galleries!
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/c/pandapaco
Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/panda_paco
Thanks a lot for your support!)

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Cheetah Obscura mastodon (AP)
Sassy shiny enby chee! 💛🤍💜🖤 #FursuitFriday
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If you're a Windows user, the writing is on the wall. It's time to start learning other operating systems and looking at other options for your main OS before changing goes from an option, to a necessity.
Microsoft won't fall tomorrow, but they're already showing signs of a relatively swift decline.

https://youtu.be/01Hee3AXbLg?si=cYYzG8SSyFPjybWZ

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Pippin friendica
I wanna write stories but I have no idea how to get ideas. Once I have the kernel of an idea I don't have much of a problem building it up into something worthwhile (at least, I think), but getting the initial idea-seed is just something I have no idea how to go about doing.
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Pippin friendica

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.

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Pippin friendica
@Charlie If there wasn't still quite a bit of tread depth left on the back tyre I would. The idea of throwing away a tyre with quite a bit of life left in it doesn't sit well with me though!
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Charlie mastodon (AP)
yeah I agree with you there!
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sirlan <( rawrr ) sharkey (AP)
'e sports' is what happens when you do the "optimise the fun out of games" but as an actual end goal
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Full moon and #WerewolfWednesday - werelion Wednesday for that matter. AnthrOhio 2024; werelion is
Walkathon on bluesky
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well done! bark or roar at the moon, as needed, I love it ~Kris

Paco Panda mastodon (AP)

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

And if you’d like to see the full-resolution image, the full process video, and drawings before I post them elsewhere, you can support me on Patreon or Ko-Fi. It truly helps me keep making more art.
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/pandapaco
Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/panda_paco
Thank you!

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Skintight Chee mastodon (AP)
Got any #WetsuitWednesday photos on your phone? :3
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Pippin friendica
Very nice. I wish I had more to show, but my wetsuit's shoulder(s) are gradually disintegrating and I'm anxious about even putting it on now for fear it'll just tear through. I ought to get another someday! Sadly my standards are quite high while my wallet is kinda thin, so it might just not happen. Story of my costume-related life, really! :p

Are Musk and Trump going to release a breakup track? Maybe they could get AI to write one.
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patter mastodon (AP)
@arakin is this a reccommendation or a curse? :P
Arakin mastodon (AP)
@patterfloof I've been watching their videos for a while - they have some great combinations, occasionally with surprise extras showing up.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=njos57IJf-0

Darac Marjal mastodon (AP)
Give a man a fish, and he'll eat for a day. Teach a man to fish and he'll accuse you of info-dumping, complain that he only wanted a fish, and stop asking you for help.
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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."

#MicroFiction #TootFic #SmallStories

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Denian mastodon (AP)
I'm quite honestly not certain whether I'd consider that a comparatively nice way to turn someone down... or one of the most cruel ones I've seen.
This entry was edited (3 weeks ago)

Paco Panda mastodon (AP)

For now, Mayo is not just a horse, he’s a unicorn, and everything feels a little more possible.
(Like searching for carrots, I was supposed to draw him eating a carrot and I forgot)

Pic for Mayo. At TFF's Artists Alley
Traditional. Pencil.

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eeee horsie! very nice sketch mew

And now, some bullshit. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VvQ6OSI9YPc
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maneymaw mastodon (AP)

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.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=APyn8Otui_w #prideisthefeelingyouget
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Just going to throw this out there because it's VERY important. Any site that wants you to sign up for a Protest with your real name or other personal information is VERY likely to be something the government is setting up.
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Avon DeRussate mastodon (AP)

"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

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Avon DeRussate mastodon (AP)
https://youtu.be/UvCxE5Dy24g

Paco Panda mastodon (AP)

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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Watch the time-lapse process video on the first comment of this submission on my Telegram art channel: https://t.me/panda_paco
And also you can watch the full video, get the scanned version and all the high resolutions of my drawings, seeing drawings before I share them on my galleries, and see WIPs, and more... at supporting me on Patreon or Ko-Fi
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Thank you!

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Content warning: orwell, 1984, uspol, quote from a book

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Content warning: re: orwell, 1984, uspol, quote from a book


jamesb (MW1CGG) gotosocial (AP)
I haven't opened the link but it's somewhere in Somerset isn't it?
Pippin friendica
Ha, I would *love* to be able to give out my address as being on Treacle Mine Road!

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Simon Tatham mastodon (AP)
Who called it "cloud identity provider" when they could have called it "Attack Surface as a Service"
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José Albornoz mastodon (AP)
@clairikine cloud finally overtook gender as identity’s soft spot
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