Sven Slootweg (soft-deprecated) @joepie91@pixie.town

We are Covid Safe Furs, a group of furries supporting each other and advocating for Covid safety and inclusivity within the furry fandom. We believe that through education and solidarity, we can help keep each other safe and make furry a more inclusive place for all.

I am Yatchi, and I started Covid Safe Furs at the beginning of 2023 because, as I started going back to in-person events, I noticed that I wasn't the only fur wearing a mask and taking precautions. Covid has remained a top-of-mind concern for many of us within the fandom.

I realized there were many furs just as passionate about Covid safety and inclusivity as me, and I thought it'd be great if we got together to say:

You are not alone!

Your comfort and safety matter!

You have a place here within the furry fandom!

We began attending cons where we hosted educational panels on Covid safety and handed out free N95 masks and rapid tests. You may have seen us at #GoldenStateFurCon, @lasvegasfurcon, or @blfc this year, and we'll be at #AnthroNorthWest in the new year!

We love seeing all our friends at cons and events, and we also believe we can have fun while still keeping ourselves safe. We do not judge or dictate the behavior of others, but we do want to make sure you have the knowledge and tools you need to make informed decisions.

Here are the PDF slides from our most recent #BLFC2023 panel, hosted by Yatchi and Junius, and jam-packed with the most important, up-to-date, and practical information you need to know about Covid to protect yourself and others. https://covidsafefurs.org/Covid%20Safe%20Furs%20@%20BLFC%202023.pdf

If you've ever wondered

- What kind of mask should I bring to a con?
- How can I evaluate the safety of a crowded space?
- If I'm hosting a room party, is there anything I can do to make it safer?
- Can I wear a mask while fursuiting?

We have answers to these and more!

If you're looking for a supportive group of Covid-conscious furries, come join our Telegram chat at http://covidsafefurs.org/telegram! We're here to share information, answer questions, collaborate on projects, and simply be there to support each other.

For more resources and information on our events, visit our website at http://covidsafefurs.org. And if you'd like to help out with art, writing, web design, panels, or anything else, we'd love to hear from you! Together we can help make furry safer and more inclusive for all.

thinking about 'closeness lines over time' again, as I often am

“Assuming a large, polished and centralized web service adding an open protocol will somehow bring new users to many indie, rough-around-the-edge, underfunded websites, then somehow become less dependent on the large web service.” is the most optimistic thinking I have read this year.

Why do so many people, even people in favor of blocking threads, say that doing so will "split the fediverse in half" like that's a bad thing? Oh you mean we'll split the good half from the bad half? Aren't we supposed to be the social media people who want smaller communities with more integrity?

The provider with the best coverage in Germany is called “Kein Netz”, apparently

ARGH

What's a good website for hosting, and writing, stories? I like Word but also want people to be able to like, leave editing suggestions and critique, ideally ON the text of the page they're reading. Google Docs COULD work but doesn't have a side-by-side view which is... I mean *why.*

Web Platform Baseline, recently re-announced by Google Chrome, does not consider browser support for #accessibility features built into the web platform.

Accessibility is a fundamental requirement for devs (legal compliance, contracts). Yet Web Platform Baseline does not actually cover baseline support.
https://adrianroselli.com/2023/12/baseline-does-not-really-cover-baseline-support.html

#a11y

This might be one of the most horrible hacks I've heard about in a while.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38661103

(h/t @bluecmd)

#2867 - DateTime

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any restaurant where you might have to wait a decent amount for your server or food should do the paper tablecloth + crayons thing