Rivaclaw🏳️‍⚧️ΘΔ @renbymon@computerfairi.es

Look at this #wolf!
#wolf #bot

We are finally ready to announce that EMF 2026 will happen on July 16-19, 2026, at Eastnor Castle Deer Park, Herefordshire.

Expect more updates soon as we start spinning up the organisation again.

Here's Spottacus giving a talk at Berkeley for 'Furries at Berkeley'... In fursuit, of course.

https://youtu.be/uE20gAvnru0

I think it was EF where I first met him, and he had so much energy. He was a personality that radiated.

I only got a few opportunities over the years to talk.

He will be missed.

Millions of books were destroyed in the process of scanning them to feed “AI” databases. You have no idea how upset this makes me. I love books, they kept me company during my childhood/teen years while figuring out myself (although still am) https://arstechnica.com/ai/2025/06/anthropic-destroyed-millions-of-print-books-to-build-its-ai-models/

Cross-post from bsky. Direct link to article: https://filmstories.co.uk/news/no-generative-ai-does-not-count-as-fair-use-eu-report-finds/

Original post: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:k3gvqm5dcvzj2usg53agsqlz/post/3lucqoawka62y

happy #fursuitfriday from the #furry boat

🪡 Daley
📸 @itjesse

#fursuit #anthrocon2025

I can confirm PBS Passport is a VERY good deal for $5/month or less if you choose an annual membership.

Thousands of hours of top notch content. 40 seasons of NOVA. Great kids programs. The new Ken Burns doc on Leonardo da Vinci is excellent.

You can sign up at the link below!

https://www.pbs.org/passport/learn-more/

Any other UK business people and FOSS lovers seen the HMRC changes coming to how business taxes are filed?

> From 1 April 2027, all companies will need to file their annual accounts using commercial software. This means we'll be closing our web and paper-based systems for account filings on that date.

At a quick glance the lists of commercial software contains NO open source/libre options. Looks like a win for proprietary.

Please boost for visibility!

#UK #hmrc #FOSS #OpenSource #business

The new party The Left by Jeremy Corbyn and Zarah Sultana, despite not even having an official name yet, is currently polling at 15%, and hence even with Labour.

This is an incredible feat and I wish best of luck to the party and its success!

Here's one from way back - late 1980s or very early 1990s. This was the werewolf look I was sporting before doing haunt stuff.

#WerewolfWednesday #Fursuit

Oh and by the way, these age verification things are pure bullshit. This is the leading "open source" one people are talking about. I thought I'd have to employ some AI image generation stuff to spoof it. That was... overly optimistic about their capabilities.

"Highly Effective Age Verification" they said.