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Waffles

@arcticfoxjay.bsky.social
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aged late-20s ~ ♂️ male ~ 🇺🇸 US-MA > Machine learning can't make art. < —furry internet creature, arctic fox/scrub jay hybrid —choral musician, audio engineer, composer —bookworm, bicyclist, hiker, and history nut —atheist, humanist, unrepentant heretic

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Waffles @arcticfoxjay.bsky.social · 3h
Oh no... any possibility generative AI was involved? Could also be that marketing team used a different edit of the same image, but the product team had already shipped the puzzle prints or something. Puzzle design is a field I have just realized I know less than nothing about.
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jnw-artstudio.bsky.social @jnw-artstudio.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Digital landscape art done this week of a mystical coast. #art #landscape
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Waffles @arcticfoxjay.bsky.social · 7h
The only time I let myself criticize others' works is if they insist that they are better or that others are somehow worse. If they invite the heat, they're gonna get the smoke! But ideally we all recognize this is a zero sum game and that more art is more better, nearly always.
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Jonathan Edwards @jontofski.bsky.social · 10h
Thumbnails.
A page of black & white drawings
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randitawu🍁 @randitawu.bsky.social · 10h
In the field of remembrance
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Waffles @arcticfoxjay.bsky.social · 14h
This outfit really does just make you infinitely more puntable.
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Waffles @arcticfoxjay.bsky.social · 17h
the gamers have siezed the means of production
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Flick 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🔜 Pawsome, Doggy Weekend! @yip.cymru · 06/10/2026
"Can I still be a biker if I only own a bicycle?" Got to debut my new gear at Pawsome with photos from the AMAZING @robynmeows.bsky.social
Me stood in front of a window at Pawsome, facing the camera. Leg is slightly cocked, and I'm doing that gay little hand gesture where I put my hand on my hip.
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Waffles @arcticfoxjay.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Awesome picture, u look so happy! :3 Good pose, I think
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Eric Orchard @inkybat.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Medieval leaf guy
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Waffles @arcticfoxjay.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Okay, one more bout if intonation sorcery this morning for your listening pleasure youtu.be/RogleZJa-Yg
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THE SYNTONIC COMMA, RISING
YouTube video by The Graphical Guide to Tunings
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Waffles @arcticfoxjay.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
"Sir, a second manual has hit the cembalo" my ALT text is wrong, there are way more keys per octave than nineteen depending on, literally, how you slice it. Multiple versions of this layout exist and Vicentino's ideas didn't exactly get standardized This is what I meant about singers, btw 😈
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MICROTONAL RENAISSANCE CHOIR!?!?! Musica Prisca Caput--Transcription
YouTube video by Collin McCook
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Waffles @arcticfoxjay.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Been poking around with a fiddly pure temperament based on keeping some of the core harmonic ratios pure, and I'm basically running into the same thing Vincentino did in the 16th century that led him to develop split keys I NEED MORE B-FLATS 😭 youtu.be/0akGtDPVRxk singers can just do it freely 😈
screenshot of a musician's tuner/multi-tool application called Tonal Energy Tuner, with an alternate temperament screen openKeyboard diagram of Nicola Vicentino's Archicembalo, an advanced keyboard with 19 keys per octave, including three steps between each major 2nd and split "black" keys
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Waffles @arcticfoxjay.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
..... Bull fursona, maybe. Or, like... some sort of lizard? Kenneth Copeland the anthro snake? Would be oddly fitting for him
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Waffles @arcticfoxjay.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Oh, none taken, haha! Truuuuuuust me, after growing up in the Roman Catholic church I have been exposed to my fair share of hypocrites, LMAO
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Waffles @arcticfoxjay.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
I don't care to communicate further. Peace.
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Waffles @arcticfoxjay.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
You do not seem to be acting in good faith, and you seem uncomfortable with the idea of disagreement or pushback. Bluesky is at its best when we can talk openly and honestly, but it requires a level of grace and care. Your words can make others feel uncomfortable, independent of your intentions.
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Waffles @arcticfoxjay.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
I responded not to your original message, but to your statement that you "NEVER once indicated the three were related". I believe the juxtaposition of the words structured as I explained certainly looks like a co-relation. Anyway, peace to you. Happy Monday!
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Waffles @arcticfoxjay.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Have a good day, friend. I don't feel superlative, and I'm not piling on. You can delete your post if you do not want it to continue to be visible. You can adjust your posts' interaction settings to turn off replies. You must remember that everything here is inherently public, and open to comment.
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Waffles @arcticfoxjay.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Seconded
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Waffles @arcticfoxjay.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
I WISH I KNEW There is a reason Waffles is always either shirtless or wearing a very open vest.
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Waffles @arcticfoxjay.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
you made an and sandwich with "transgenders" as the meat and "meth" and "orgies" as the bread, and slathered it in scandalous mayonnaise. It speaks for itself.
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Waffles @arcticfoxjay.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
All road users deserve to LIVE
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Alex Tomlinson @alextomlinson.com · 05/10/2026
Flat, illustrated poster graphic entitled "All the Colors of Fall" featuring a male and female Wood Duck surrounded by a grid of fall leaves that coordinate with their colors.
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Waffles @arcticfoxjay.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Hard to think of a more appropriate time to ask this question again.
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Waffles @arcticfoxjay.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
I might be stepping in it to even write this, but. I can see an argument that sonic stuff isn't necessarily furry art. BUT if I moderated a site like FA, I wouldn't consider it my job to decide what was or wasn't furry. Those opinions don't need to translate to removal actions. I can just scroll
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Waffles @arcticfoxjay.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
(btw not talking ill of these games or their players. I am one of these people and I love myself, autism brain and all! It's just... accidentally spending 8 hours straight optimizing flow of resources and watching the sun come up is a core memory LOL)
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Waffles @arcticfoxjay.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Trust me, you don't want the Factorio/Satisfactory/Tekkit/GregTech autism, you don't want that smoke. xD I've lost far too many hours of my life to games like that... Perfect dopamine machine hahaha
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Waffles @arcticfoxjay.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Perhaps that is due to SEGA breathing down their neck? Hard to say, I didn't know that was an issue
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Waffles @arcticfoxjay.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Exactly, exactly. Best we can do is to not be one of the worse people and do our best to make sure our friends aren't one of them either. I'm glad you took the time to leave a note in my thread, I wasn't sure anyone would engage with it. 🫂
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Waffles @arcticfoxjay.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
youtu.be/Y8yEH8TZUsk This should be required viewing for anyone in queer spaces. =P @autumngogogoat.bsky.social, watch this if you have a spare moment sometime, it's a great intro to the world queer culture came out of. It's easy to forget that being gay was illegal less than a lifetime ago.
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How gay men used to speak - A short film in Polari
YouTube video by Brian and Karl
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Waffles @arcticfoxjay.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Not disagreeing with you or knocking you down btw. Tone is so difficult to read over text and I am also autistic which just makes it even harder LOL I promise I mean well and completely agree with you. I hope you are never treated that way by abusive people. 🫂
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Waffles @arcticfoxjay.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
This is absolutely true, and an even bigger problem than the thing I was exposed to. I'm so damn grateful I have never had a campaign against me like this, and I feel for everyone who has been hit by it. It is horrible, abhorrent behavior and can't be tolerated. That's why I emphasize MUTUAL trust
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Waffles @arcticfoxjay.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
I think you might have responded to the wrong message.
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Waffles @arcticfoxjay.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Perfect cut for this clip, too. Comedic timing is excellent straight to the end.
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Waffles @arcticfoxjay.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Dogs sniff each other's butts to get to know their scent, but also to check for disease. Make sure your friends pass the sniff test. This is an animalistic behavior I am in full support of. Metaphorically, of course. ... okay, maybe literally too. Don't sleep with someone who smells bad to you!
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Waffles @arcticfoxjay.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
signed, someone who was abused by a "furry". I'm still not sure how much of his identity was genuine, and how much was an act to gain trust of young people like me. I'll never know, will I?
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Waffles @arcticfoxjay.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
So, if you meet a furry you've never heard of, make friends with them. Ask them questions, get to know them. And in the back of your mind, be on the lookout for signs of predatory behavior. Do not trust people blindly, and do your homework before dating them or sleeping with them or anything else
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Waffles @arcticfoxjay.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
I'm not trying to sow fear or doubt or distrust, actually quite the opposite. What I am trying to do is express that this is not the fandom from 2016, or 2011, or 2006. The world is changing around us, and we have to be sure to protect what matters. The stronger our community is, the better we are.
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Waffles @arcticfoxjay.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Don't trust strangers, even if they are furries, if they are not vetted by anyone. Don't be mean, though! Be welcoming and invite them in, but ask them questions. Don't let the answers be dodges and parries. Find someone who can vouch for them, and someone who can vouch for the voucher.
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Waffles @arcticfoxjay.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
It is not a difficult thing for someone to buy a fursuit, make an account, play the part, start attending cons, and very quickly have access to a large number of vulnerable people. Our community relies on mutual trust for stability, and that trust is being eroded within furry and without.
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Waffles @arcticfoxjay.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Okay, disturbing thought that has become clear to me this morning: We need to be vetting each other in the furry community. We need to be gatekeeping. Let me explain: There are people who are seeing the furry community as a target pool for abuse, and using it as a tool to gain trust. Vet them.
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Waffles @arcticfoxjay.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Trying to ignore it would be like trying to ignore the need to go #2. You could do it for a long time, but something has to give eventually. I am forever confused by men who claim it is some battle of will or some moral weakness, unless they are lying, or their hormones are just different.
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Waffles @arcticfoxjay.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
This is honestly how it feels as an asexual guy. I'm thankfully not sex-repulsed, but I used to be and it was/is a regular struggle. The body is producing all kinds of hormones and fluids. I can't stop it without serious changes, and it is technically a good thing from a men's health perspective.
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Anfor @anforsorrow.bsky.social · 21/09/2025
We are getting spooky!
Profile drawing of a anthro magpie in front of a tome. There is green light emanating from the book and the magpie's eyes and mouth. Otherworldy eyes surround the scene.
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Gwendolyn Ann Smith @gwensmith.com · 02/10/2026
It's funny: the times when my income has been scant are usually also my least productive. I'm too worries about surviving, then. When my basic needs are met, I can flourish.
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Crystal Frasier @amazonchique.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Every time some pundit claims that no one would work if their basic needs were met, I think about how, after he retired, my dad would just show up at estate sales with his truck and offer to help folks take their furniture home because he just wanted to keep busy and be around people.
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Waffles @arcticfoxjay.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
"IV—A Discordian shall Partake of No Hot Dog Buns, for Such was the Solace of Our Goddess when She was Confronted with The Original Snub." HAHAHAHA Okay, that is pretty funny. I have always been fond of the church of the flying spaghetti monster after a friend introduced it to me long ago.
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Waffles @arcticfoxjay.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
You know... this is something I have never stopped to consider. I've got some research to do. Is GPT trained to be multilingual or is it trained in English and then refined? I'll have to do some homework.
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Waffles @arcticfoxjay.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
I've now changed it anyway, always could be a bit better.
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