look look, @moon made this!!! i believe they're still open for commissions aaaa
twitter.com/MissIxis
furaffinity.net/user/moon
PSA, security disclosure: do not use Hive
Some reputable security researchers and SREs on birdsite are sharing that Hive has already had a major security breach and responded to private disclosure with public whataboutism instead of immediately patching:
* https://twitter.com/dynamicsymmetry/status/1598330367374680064
Direct article link: https://zerforschung.org/posts/hive-en/
Avoid, avoid avoid avoid with anything resembling sensitive data. This is about as big a red flag as they come.
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Uploaded a beta version of my Traegia avatar onto my Patreon for early access tier, source files will come later on in the month when the avatar is feature complete.
Right now just got a jaw flap for mouth movement, and the fins don't yet have any physics on them, but that'll come. Also will have body customization but that's not been implemented just yet.
Stable release will be in January.
Good morning! As you may know, it is bandcamp friday. Today you get the chance to see 100% of the money you spend through music on bandcamp go directly to the musicians who made it.
While I don't have new music for you today, I have spent some time cataloguing my bandcamp works. One of the flaws of that service is that you can't organize how your catalogue appears on the page, so I have done it myself! Thread to follow
The captain on a Star Trek show is what the show sees itself as and wants to be.
The main cast's engineer is what the show actually is.
Kirk: "I manned my way into this mess and I'll man my way out of it."
Scott: < drunk technobabble >
Picard: BEHOLD MY GRAVITAS
La Forge: "This extra suitcase is for my competence porn and also my regular porn."
Sisko: "You still have a spinal column because I want you to still have a spinal column, also I'm space Jesus, have I made myself clear?"
O'Brien: < suffers in disaster bi >
Janeway: "I came out here to make a good impression on distant aliens and do war crimes and I'm all out of good impressions."
Torres: "Goddamnit" < breaks something >
Archer: "Revenge means never having to say your[sic] sorry."
Tucker: "Aw, shucks" < removes shirt >
I loved these silly IKEA sheets people got for their characters a few years ago - if you'd like your own, @moon is still making them!
Pokémon SV mild spoilers, glitch mentions
The fact you can abuse glitches in SV now to explore everything has given me a newfound appreciation for how Nintendo accepted this when they built Breath of the Wild, and how their solution to players accessing content early was essentially "go for it". GameFreak tried to meet this half way with gating, and players have immediately overridden their decision.
This helps me appreciate why BotW just gives you the tools from the start. Maybe SV should, too.
From over on birdsite (while it remains): a pretty good, informed take on how to acclimate to Masto from a user with ~60k followers: https://twitter.com/garius/status/1588827775628369920
Sets some good ground expectations while offering good tips on setting things up and easing the migration process.
#feditip: go to https://{your mastodon server}/users/{any username}.rss to get an RSS feed for your RSS reader.
Level 2: go about your day without internet, then in the evening settle down at your Computer Desk with a nice cup of tea to RSS-digest the day's shitposts.
Level 3: Aggregates your RSS feeds into epub format. Load the output onto your 2000's e-ink e-reader via USB cable. Sit in an overstuffed armchair with a nearby lamp, say aloud "Ah, yes, today's internet" and sip your port.
vr selfies
This avatar is extremely good and validating. I'm gonna keep repeating that, because aaaaa
Mastodon's image upload is *really* slow, so for some extra variants have this Twitter thread: https://twitter.com/Tayruu/status/1579345674428362753
Dragon. Agender, otherkin, occasional artist and writer, infosec engineer, in about that order. Avatar by Fleeks. Singular they/them preferred.
Also on @Goldkin (meow.social) for follow requests that don't work here.