Auto same-URL crossposting, on top of auto-hiding crosspost dupes on the main feed? Dang, Lemmy just gets better and better π
I'd suggest the crosspost button instead (copy icon between the "Save post" star and the "More" ellipsis)
Very good analysis of Furry from the outside, nicely done π Some thoughts I had as I watched it:
Most of the pearl-clutching about Furries seems to come from Puritan countries, esp. USA & UK. Other countries? Quite the opposite. Examples off the top of my head:
Notions of "children"'s mascots almost never occur to any of us Furs, except for the obvious Rule 34 moments. It more feels like, without consciously thinking about it, my childhood interests grew up with me. Does nostalgia play a role? Perhaps some unstated rebellion against squeaky-clean Puritan and Corpo media?
Xenophilia & neophilia are probably the strongest drivers, conscious or not. Every day in this fandom, someone comes up with something both strange and wonderful.
Accordingly, Furry art is a wondrous baptism-by-fire of Queer acceptance (also conscious or not), especially regarding body-positivity. As one gets used to seeing an 8-foot fox with 3 pairs of watermelon-size breasts & multiple tentacle dicks, the discomfort of trans and intersex bodies falls away. (I admit to my shame that transmen once made me uncomfortable; Furry art slowly slapped me out of it.)
It's both flattering and amusing to have "deeper meaning" / "deep sense of self" ascribed to our silly cartoon animals. Most days it feels like Furry simply is, no hidden depths needed. Is all art like this? Β "Just shat out this portrait of some lady over the weekend, it's whatever" ~Leonardo da Vinci, probably
https://x.com/merzb0w/status/1494437006851522573
Original meme image from "Master Forrest Enjoys A Banana" [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VgMseckYGtE]
https://www.bats.org.uk/support-bats/international-bat-night
Inspired by the one currently blocking the St. Lawrence to reminisce about 2021. My sympathies to the crew of the Heemskerkgracht; hopefully it's just engine trouble as stated.
Main/thumb art by Loimu: https://www.furaffinity.net/view/41217515/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ever_Given
https://twitter.com/merzb0w/status/1376317267038793729/
In-game footage (no sound):
https://x.com/LinTheShark/status/1792999899287503306
Wishlist on Steam to help boost her game's visibility (iirc if a game gets wishlisted 1000 times, it automatically gets put on the Steam Store front page):
As promised, Part 2 of my series on making safe, humane AI is now out on July 31st! Yes it is July 31st, the promised deadline. I wouldn't be late by almost two weeks. What, naw, couldn't be me.
This part's chockful of Robot Catboy comics, like this one:
Agreed. Interpersonal relationships are stronger bonds then us tech dudes (myself included) tend to appreciate.
People are still on Facebook despite all their unacceptable actions over the years, because the alternative is to completely uproot your whole social circle (everyone all at once, good luck with that) or seriously risk cutting off people you care about.
Almost the same applies to Furs still on Telegram, though afaik TG hasn't ever done anything remotely as bad as Zuck, Elon or Spez
EDIT: sidestepping the uprooting part is what's fantastic about the Fediverse btw; compat and futureproofing between diff websites being a must-have from the start, and that's awesome <3
Gettin' those performance gains ποΈββοΈ
Clearly the answer is to send Synths and Protogens. Boston Dynamics x Freedom of Form Foundation collab when?
Yes, I agree -- the dirty emissions were prob causing acid rain or other serious problems that needed to be addressed anyway.
Absolutely wasn't trying to dunk on cleaner tech or climate change, sorry if it seemed like it. Leftie enviro-hippie doesn't even begin to fully describe me fam, lol. We're on the same team.
Put a tiny Mindstorms chip in the minifig's head, and I'm sold π€π°
Ah yes, I remember this news from months ago.
TL;DR for peeps in a hurry: Dirty emissions from cheap fuel-oil were making/seeding extra clouds over the ocean, enough to reflect a measurable amount of incoming sunlight.
New cleaner fuels (or electric power?) = no more extra clouds = slight uptick in global temp. Oopsie whoopsie.
Link to the Steam page still works, so at least the megalist of Furry games is still there
Leaves without giving Mal0 a hug? That's just rude >:C