Elfi @elfi@pixie.town

cw: pediophobia, doll/mannequin

Rosalyne, Blade of Dusk
Character of @lykrast

I summoned my inner nihei - fan ("blame!" was my very first manga series) for this :'D

#DigitalArt #sketch #FanArt

the duality? :'D

characters from @Anna and @darkwitchclaire

the lines on the scaled tail got wobbly as i was melting irl

#DigitalArt #FanArt #FurryArt #Sketch #MastoArt

i'm not melting anymore! (though if you have better alt text i'd be glad as my brain's still mush... orz)

fae character of @elfi
and a character of @NiwlCraft

#FanArt #fantasy #DigitalArt #MastoArt #Sketch

sigh

Currently using a GeForce GTX 1060 6GB on Debian 12.

Let's say I wanted to switch to an AMD or Intel card. What's my cheapest option that's equal to or superior to the above card? I cannot keep track of video cards anymore.

Happy Tail Appreciation Day from @flann !

(With inspiration from @artologica)

#FurryArt #FediArt #MastoArt #TailAppreciationDay

BREAKING: we have just completely removed all ads from OSNews. The ad industry sucks, so I've put my money where my mouth is. OSNews is now entirely ad-free, for everyone.

Since this means losing a chunk of income, I would greatly appreciate it if you could support us by becoming a Patreon, by making an individual donation through Ko-Fi, or by buying our merch.

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Stay weird, nerds. ♥️

Seriously, don't be a push-over. Drop github.

Microsoft doing terrible things was reason enough, but until now github was separate-ish.

https://www.theverge.com/news/757461/microsoft-github-thomas-dohmke-resignation-coreai-team-transition

#github #ai #microsoft

It's Rae again. Depression hitting me like a train. Kid needs uniforms, I have bills to pay and 20 cents in my acct after buying food. I have photo prints for sale, & I'm available for sensitivity reading for Black & disabled topics

155/550 (uniforms & tuition is safe!)
Cash/Venmo: spooniewolf

https://throne.com/singsongraptor

https://www.pictorem.com/gallery/LunarRise.Photography

#MABoost #MutualAid #HelpFolksLive2025 #BlackMutualAid #TransCrowdFund #MutualAidRequest #TransMutualAid #BlackTransMutualAid #DisabledCrowdfund

I created a stupidly small soundfont. All so it could be fit into a 1 MB segment of RAM on an unpopular video game console.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=172dfYUQ6ok

Download the soundfont at https://dafor.link/soundfont

Big thanks to @glairedaggers for commissioning this!

#vgm #midi #homebrew #retro

"I'm just saying," the first witch said. "A cat familiar is more traditional."

"Or a raven," the second witch said. "Where did she even get a dragon from, anyway?"

"She tamed it. In her last job," the third witch said.

"What job was that?"

"Princess."

"Oh. Well. No wonder she changed careers."

#MicroFiction #TootFic #SmallStories

A new project, @cyberlicense, aims to provide an alternative to Creative Commons licences, with an explicit prohibition on use for AI purposes.

There is no detail / draft licence text yet, which of course will be vital, but this might be worth a look.

Unclear if the drafting process will be collaborative or public.

https://cyberlicense.org/

Frustrated w/ the Itch/Steam thing?

There's literally TONS of dedicated payment processors that handle NSFW/adult/etc content. Problem is we need more info on which ones allow what, and how much they cost, because this tends to not be on their sites.

We need help w/ emailing sales reps! See below👇🏻

We're collecting (public! free!) information on all of these processors, what their negotiable ranges are, any "hidden" costs, etc, as part of our work on Conjured Ink, but this is literally the kind of thing that could help e.g. Itch itself and others.

Join our Discord: https://discord.gg/VgGHggJdka

Talking to all of these places is a lot of legwork, so having more folks doing this—especially folks who might be creatives themselves who would be interested in using these services and who know how to talk to sales reps—will help us get this huge task done in a short amount of time.

Also, we're gonna have a landing page and FAQ coming soon, but we're doing all this research so we can build a new space where creatives can host and sell THEIR OWN stuff without being beholden to the whims of sweeping platform-level policies (or paying platform fees a cut, even)

BOOSTS WELCOME!!

(Footnote: I am begging mastodon people to not derail this conversation just because they see Discord here. Please meet people where they are, and creatives are not going to use Matrix, as much as I would like them to. I am also begging people to not derail this into talk about cryptocurrency. I am not going to discuss either of these things and will simply mute you at even the slightest mention of either one)