Rivaclaw🏳️‍⚧️ΘΔ @renbymon@computerfairi.es

brb getting my futatsudomoe thigh markings replaced with debian swirls

Foxy Moves ✨🦊 Speedling for XavTWolf

#furryart

Lethal Company is really fucking good but the protogen mod elevates it another level 💜

#LethalCompany #furry #protogen

libertarian excellence on display once again

hey, the 1991 Raymond Briggs-illustrated, Mel Smith-voiced Father Christmas short film is on youtube. :D

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bysCNISb3uE

This began as a bit of a jokey 'How the Amiga started (tuxedo gala launches and Apple-like ambitions for North America and to take on IBM in the office) and where it went (firmly in the hands of the European games and demoscene), but I think it does reflect its evolution.

(That's the Bitmap Bros on the bottom left)

#Amiga #Retrocomputing #commodore #demoscene #CommodoreAmiga

Cozy coffee leem from @mrlemur_arts ☕

Thank you so much, it looks absolutely amazing!! 💜💜💜

#lemur #art #furryart #tf #transfur

Snowrunner and chill, come join me! https://www.twitch.tv/caseyexplosion

Does anybody know the name of this typeface which was prevalent in the 1950s and 60s? People often say it's Stymie Bold Italic, but it isn't. Stymie letters such as 'O' and 'U' are more rounded and the top of the 'A' has serif lines left *and* right, whereas my examples don't.
#typography #graphicdesign #fonts

My summary of the pro-federation camp's arguments:
-not every FB user is bad
-more is better
-the fediverse could draw people away from threads
-this represents an opportunity for innovation
-porting an account between instances is hard

These aren't unreasonable arguments on the face of it. However, the consistent flaw is that the people presenting these arguments studiously avoid mentioning any of the real reasons the anti-federation camp are opposed, to wit:

-FB's documented history of enabling genocide
-the obvious fact that since they allow e.g. Libs of Tik Tok on Threads, it is already in violation of most "good" instances' terms of service
-FB's documented current practices of abusing workers in lieu of doing actual moderation
-FB's documented history of doing unethical experiments on their users
-FB's documented history of of enabling illegal (in the USA!) racial and religious discrimination

The one thing that the pro-federation camp WILL mention is the concern over EEE (Embrace, Extend, Extinguish), but I've never seen a reasonable explanation for why this is a scenario we shouldn't fear. It's just handwaving.

The pro-federation camp has also repeatedly tried to dishonestly frame the possibility of an admin making an instance block decision with which their users disagree as an example of tyranny. This, I believe, is because "porting instances is hard" is a wack-ass argument and they know it; thus they must catastrophize it and make it sound worse than it is.

So, overall, I've tried to keep an open mind towards the enthusiasts, but the more I listen to them, the less impressed I become. Over several months, none of them (that I've interacted with) have acknowledged, without prompting, that people who aren't straight and cis and Christian and white and able-bodied and moderate/liberal/conservative have a different set of risks to consider than those who are.

And that's the irritating part. Because we're RIGHT FUCKING HERE, we're your mutuals in many cases! We're doing our best to tell y'all what OUR experiences with Mark Zuckerberg's company have been like. The information is there. Thus, we can observe that you remain ignorant out of callousness and carelessness, or you are deliberately lying about our motivations. Really, one or the other, it doesn't matter: both options mean you suck.

Please suck less, #Fediverse.

#meta #MetaMeta #Facebook #FuckZuck #Mastodon

Looking to take some sketch comms to be done next week! All of the funds are going towards bills. #furry #furryart

$40 painted BW sketch.
$50 detailed BW sketch.
$75 colored sketch.

Any species/gender. Commission form here: https://forms.gle/SxZSCR6TGhDPPVRy8

Hey, everyone! In less than 1 hour and 30 minutes from now at 2am UTC, the Worldwide PRIDE Net, also known as the Pride Radio Group Net, will convene on the Pride Radio Network. All licensed ham radio operators are welcome to join and unlicensed folks are welcome to listen in. This net will also be live-streamed on YouTube as well. Details on how to connect can be found at https://prideradionetwork.weebly.com

#hamradio #amateurradio #lgbt #lgbtq #lgbtqia

art by @Zwiebelprinz! wanted me sona as a snep and of course she's up to something witchy :3

I can imagine the meeting.

VC: "Why aren't so many people buying your products any more?"

CEO: "It's because we've had to jack the price fourteen times in the last year so that you can squeeze more profit out of us."

VC: "Nah. It can't be that. It must be because your recipes are too spicy. Make them mild and bland. That'll fix the problem."