Ån (Fox)
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Pro floof. Poly queer.
"therian dazzleship-lookin-ass MFer"
Still building the metaverse liberals want.
"therian dazzleship-lookin-ass MFer"
Still building the metaverse liberals want.
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August 2026 Midway Menagerie Roundup: Where is Furry?
Next up: Enii is hosting the September 2026 Midway Menagerie on the theme "Identity and the Self" — any format welcome, not just blog posts. Go send them something! These are the…
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Hey all! Ever wonder where furry is located? Eight of your friends have taken a shot at the answer, and they're all amazing.
The Midway Menagerie Aug edition "Where is Furry" drops now:
foxriot.com/blog/midway-...
The Midway Menagerie Aug edition "Where is Furry" drops now:
foxriot.com/blog/midway-...
Hey, you've been meaning to check this out, I know it... (please come and invite your friends!)
A ton has been happening in the community VR space. If you're free this FRIDAY you should come check out BASISVR COMMUNITY EVENT/load test.
Come watch a movie, do yoga, help us break 1500 users in a single session, meet some amazing folks!
store.steampowered.com/app/3157090/...
Come watch a movie, do yoga, help us break 1500 users in a single session, meet some amazing folks!
store.steampowered.com/app/3157090/...
September 17, 2026 at 6:09 PM
Hey, you've been meaning to check this out, I know it... (please come and invite your friends!)
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Money is for two things. Reducing entropy and having experiences. If you are a millionaire or a billionaire you fucked up so bad. You have to spend that shit to help people and then go see a metal show or buy some art at a gallery show or something
September 16, 2026 at 9:06 PM
Money is for two things. Reducing entropy and having experiences. If you are a millionaire or a billionaire you fucked up so bad. You have to spend that shit to help people and then go see a metal show or buy some art at a gallery show or something
Perfect fluff day
This looks like a fox-yote.
September 16, 2026 at 5:55 PM
Perfect fluff day
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I am LOSING MY SHIT at how much I love this commission I got from @mustachemutt.bsky.social 🔞
We got everything. EVERYTHING. EVERYTHING IS HERE. Foxes. Tired. Cawlin. Synthesizer. It's my soul.
We got everything. EVERYTHING. EVERYTHING IS HERE. Foxes. Tired. Cawlin. Synthesizer. It's my soul.
September 16, 2026 at 1:45 AM
I am LOSING MY SHIT at how much I love this commission I got from @mustachemutt.bsky.social 🔞
We got everything. EVERYTHING. EVERYTHING IS HERE. Foxes. Tired. Cawlin. Synthesizer. It's my soul.
We got everything. EVERYTHING. EVERYTHING IS HERE. Foxes. Tired. Cawlin. Synthesizer. It's my soul.
Plus I’m like a registered fox now
September 16, 2026 at 12:22 AM
Plus I’m like a registered fox now
My first week at City Hall.
Trying to build pro-social technology in the context of a private, for-profit platform was one of the most infuriating experiences of my career. Excited to be doing it IRL this time.
Trying to build pro-social technology in the context of a private, for-profit platform was one of the most infuriating experiences of my career. Excited to be doing it IRL this time.
September 15, 2026 at 11:47 PM
My first week at City Hall.
Trying to build pro-social technology in the context of a private, for-profit platform was one of the most infuriating experiences of my career. Excited to be doing it IRL this time.
Trying to build pro-social technology in the context of a private, for-profit platform was one of the most infuriating experiences of my career. Excited to be doing it IRL this time.
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I love that every fur I know clocked this as “AI slop, not today satan” in about two seconds flat
Found out about this fake meetup through @nyfurs.org . The "meet" is just bait to get furry hate content for a livestream known as Sam Hyde's Fishtank.
September 14, 2026 at 1:19 AM
I love that every fur I know clocked this as “AI slop, not today satan” in about two seconds flat
Does plonderphonics hit like it used to? If The Avalanches “Since I Left You” dropped today would anyone recognize it or just think it was AI?
youtu.be/qLrnkK2YEcE?...
youtu.be/qLrnkK2YEcE?...
The Avalanches - Frontier Psychiatrist (Official HD Video)
YouTube video by TheAvalanchesVEVO
youtu.be
September 13, 2026 at 4:51 PM
Does plonderphonics hit like it used to? If The Avalanches “Since I Left You” dropped today would anyone recognize it or just think it was AI?
youtu.be/qLrnkK2YEcE?...
youtu.be/qLrnkK2YEcE?...
I picked up this record from 1989 yesterday and it blew my mind, dedicated to the founder of the chaos computer club likely murdered by the CIA during the Cold War.
September 13, 2026 at 4:08 PM
I picked up this record from 1989 yesterday and it blew my mind, dedicated to the founder of the chaos computer club likely murdered by the CIA during the Cold War.
"We cleaned up, paved over and built our memorials, but I think we should start digging now. I think we should remember."
feralresearch.org/rememberin/
feralresearch.org/rememberin/
Remembering 9/11?
Memory and Forgetting
Hello friends.
So much has happened this year that I keep meaning to write an update and then... it all happens again, slightly differently. There's a lot to cover, and I proba...
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September 11, 2026 at 9:57 PM
"We cleaned up, paved over and built our memorials, but I think we should start digging now. I think we should remember."
feralresearch.org/rememberin/
feralresearch.org/rememberin/
Here's a lovely personal story that got me actually thinking about my 9/11, sent by a close friend who helped made NE home for me:
"the same city that taught me I was not alone also taught me that a place can choose to be brave before its people are ready"
www.wbur.org/cognoscenti/...
"the same city that taught me I was not alone also taught me that a place can choose to be brave before its people are ready"
www.wbur.org/cognoscenti/...
When the world felt uncertain, Boston gave me a place to become myself
“It is a strange thing to arrive at your own life in the middle of a national grief,” writes Dimitrios Aletras, Jr. “The city was jumpy and the news was apocalyptic, and alongside all of it I was quie...
www.wbur.org
September 11, 2026 at 7:05 PM
Here's a lovely personal story that got me actually thinking about my 9/11, sent by a close friend who helped made NE home for me:
"the same city that taught me I was not alone also taught me that a place can choose to be brave before its people are ready"
www.wbur.org/cognoscenti/...
"the same city that taught me I was not alone also taught me that a place can choose to be brave before its people are ready"
www.wbur.org/cognoscenti/...
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"They're not misunderstanding the film; they're co-opting a message"
September 11, 2026 at 5:25 PM
"They're not misunderstanding the film; they're co-opting a message"
I used to believe that the companies/people instrumentalizing social media didn't know their data was all bullshit, but I came to realize not only are they extremely aware, they are working to normalize the idea that facts are irrelevant. The truth is whatever you say it is online.
As a concrete example: one of the early HCI studies on social media and sentiment analysis leaned heavily on reading the uptick of fear and negativity online shortly after the 9/11 attacks.
September 11, 2026 at 6:41 PM
I used to believe that the companies/people instrumentalizing social media didn't know their data was all bullshit, but I came to realize not only are they extremely aware, they are working to normalize the idea that facts are irrelevant. The truth is whatever you say it is online.
As a concrete example: one of the early HCI studies on social media and sentiment analysis leaned heavily on reading the uptick of fear and negativity online shortly after the 9/11 attacks.
September 11, 2026 at 6:28 PM
As a concrete example: one of the early HCI studies on social media and sentiment analysis leaned heavily on reading the uptick of fear and negativity online shortly after the 9/11 attacks.
My overwhelming memory of 9/11 (I was in my 20s, and had just moved to Boston for grad school) was watching, in real time, the powers that be transition from “we’re all really scared and confused and nobody knows what’s going on” into “oh wow, we can weaponized that for the next 30 years”
September 11, 2026 at 6:25 PM
My overwhelming memory of 9/11 (I was in my 20s, and had just moved to Boston for grad school) was watching, in real time, the powers that be transition from “we’re all really scared and confused and nobody knows what’s going on” into “oh wow, we can weaponized that for the next 30 years”
So difficult to explain boiling-the-frog to folks enjoying their free hot tub.
September 11, 2026 at 6:13 PM
So difficult to explain boiling-the-frog to folks enjoying their free hot tub.
Almost everything makes more sense as a gift economy, and the thing is the entire project is about convincing you otherwise.
I would feel less salty about this if I felt that any companies actually gave us value, but they largely don't.
I would feel less salty about this if I felt that any companies actually gave us value, but they largely don't.
“Mathematics only makes sense as a gift economy. It has no trade secrets. Substituting a monetizable ersatz culture for the one evolved through historical experience is a particularly insidious form of knowledge collapse.”
Mathematician Michael Harris on the AI companies coming for math:
Mathematician Michael Harris on the AI companies coming for math:
Knowledge Collapse
AI companies are racing to mechanize mathematics. Where does that leave human understanding?
www.bostonreview.net
September 9, 2026 at 9:26 PM
Almost everything makes more sense as a gift economy, and the thing is the entire project is about convincing you otherwise.
I would feel less salty about this if I felt that any companies actually gave us value, but they largely don't.
I would feel less salty about this if I felt that any companies actually gave us value, but they largely don't.
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It’s not life itself that sucks
we all deserve warm shelter, hot food, and cold drinks. We all deserve to be heard. We all deserve to be able to relax. We deserve a right to free education and clean resources.
it’s just that we’re being constantly exploited. Life could be a lot better.
we all deserve warm shelter, hot food, and cold drinks. We all deserve to be heard. We all deserve to be able to relax. We deserve a right to free education and clean resources.
it’s just that we’re being constantly exploited. Life could be a lot better.
September 9, 2026 at 8:26 PM
It’s not life itself that sucks
we all deserve warm shelter, hot food, and cold drinks. We all deserve to be heard. We all deserve to be able to relax. We deserve a right to free education and clean resources.
it’s just that we’re being constantly exploited. Life could be a lot better.
we all deserve warm shelter, hot food, and cold drinks. We all deserve to be heard. We all deserve to be able to relax. We deserve a right to free education and clean resources.
it’s just that we’re being constantly exploited. Life could be a lot better.
Reposted by Ån (Fox)
Reposted by Ån (Fox)
this goes hard af
September 9, 2026 at 8:35 PM
this goes hard af
My ebay account is older than some friends (1998). Today it went tits-up and I am lost in AI hell, none of their automated systems can understand my email address, my phone number or the fact that this is a real account, it's just old.
I did not survive Y2K apparently, it just took 26 years to hit
I did not survive Y2K apparently, it just took 26 years to hit
September 9, 2026 at 8:31 PM
My ebay account is older than some friends (1998). Today it went tits-up and I am lost in AI hell, none of their automated systems can understand my email address, my phone number or the fact that this is a real account, it's just old.
I did not survive Y2K apparently, it just took 26 years to hit
I did not survive Y2K apparently, it just took 26 years to hit
Reposted by Ån (Fox)
Three Animals by Franz Marc, 1912
https://botfrens.com/collections/212/contents/137811
https://botfrens.com/collections/212/contents/137811
September 9, 2026 at 5:41 PM
Three Animals by Franz Marc, 1912
https://botfrens.com/collections/212/contents/137811
https://botfrens.com/collections/212/contents/137811