Reposted by Kaj TaotsuNidonocu @nidonocu.com · 08/09/2026We need to make more noise about this: feedback.vrchat.com/feature-requ...feedback.vrchat.comRequire content using generative AI to declare it | Feature Requests | VRChatContent that uses generative AI should have to declare that it is being used, and should be able to be filtered out of search results and recommendations by 6496313
Reposted by Kaj Taotsuarnaerr 🦭⭑。 @arnaerr.bsky.social · 24/08/2026Please share your feedback on how genAI destroys the livelihoods of artists on the official EU website. You can do so even if you're not an EU citizen. We have to be loud so the change will come, and practice shoes that voicing hatred towards genAI works ec.europa.eu/info/law/bet... 848504765
Reposted by Kaj TaotsuMar Cromwell 🌹 > BLFC @marandart.bsky.social · 27/08/2026If you find and join an immigration solidarity network in your area, you'll know this already. Just because it's not in your feed doesn't mean it isn't happening. 03715
Reposted by Kaj TaotsuBruce Little @brucedlittle.bsky.social · 26/08/2026More than 1.2 million Texans are on the state’s Voter Suspense list ahead of the fall’s contentious midterm elections. Texans still have time to check if they’re registered to vote before the October 5 deadline. Here’s how.sacurrent.comMore than 1.2 million Texans' voter registrations are suspendedSome voters dropped from Texas voting rolls may not be aware until they show up to cast a ballot. More than 1.2 million Texans are on the state's Voter 51922749
Reposted by Kaj Taotsukaidzsu 🔜 BLFC @kaidzsu.com · 26/08/2026If an artist exclusively posts on twitter their art might as well not exist to me, which is a pity but hey there's already more Cool Art here than what I can keep up with! My tummy is full all the time 521239
Reposted by Kaj TaotsuNeato Tito @neatotito.bsky.social · 26/08/2026You have to keep living! You have to hear Dolly's last song! 021278
Reposted by Kaj TaotsuM. Belanger @sethanikeem.bsky.social · 26/08/2026“How will we ever replace them?” FUND. THE. ARTS. 2394813251
Reposted by Kaj TaotsuDanielle Ryan (Lestat Era) @danirat.bsky.social · 26/08/2026I think another lesson to take from the loss of both Dolly and Tim Curry is that neither of them took themselves seriously but they took the work dead serious that's the most important thing pour all of yourself into the craft but have fun and don't get an ego. 37108322304
Reposted by Kaj Taotsu✨Neo✨ @neoscottie.bsky.social · 30/07/2026Taiga tears it up at the club!! Commission for a friend :3 #art #commission 12310
Reposted by Kaj TaotsuPhil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 26/08/2026Judge strikes down Texas ban on drag shows, tells people offended by them ‘just don’t go’nbcnews.comJudge strikes down Texas ban on drag shows, tells people offended by them ‘just don’t go’The federal judge, who cited Dolly Parton in his ruling, found that the state law violated the First Amendment. 817283186021
Reposted by Kaj TaotsuRowan || Aurora || ECLIPSA @ruadhain.bsky.social · 26/08/2026-IMPORTANT- Gumroad has recently updated their website with the intention of phasing out the ability to manually edit your storefront and allowing you to only edit your storefront via AI agents. I will be dropping gumroad support entirely in the near future. More to come as I sort things out. 9532742176
Reposted by Kaj TaotsuNeal 🔜 BLFC-MFF-FC @verdantsculpts.bsky.social · 26/08/2026Hey furries? Stop supporting this awful company. 121061525
Reposted by Kaj TaotsuAuuuulet 🍂👻 @aulet.es · 26/08/2026"LibreOffice 26.8 contains no generative AI features. Documents are not transmitted to remote services for processing, and no component of the suite requires network access to function. This is a deliberate position." 3585534069
Reposted by Kaj TaotsuAlex Zalben @azalben.bsky.social · 25/08/2026Here's the official announcement of Parton's passing from her reps, along with the request that in lieu of flowers, the family asks for donations to be made to Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library at www.imaginationlibrary.com 69135088680
Reposted by Kaj TaotsuStarbucks Workers United @sbworkersunited.org · 25/08/2026🚨BREAKING: Our union of over 12,000 baristas are officially calling for a Starbucks boycott. Read this statement penned by Starbucks workers on why a boycott from ALL customers, allies, and organizations is necessary to fight back against corporate greed: 9465764509
Reposted by Kaj TaotsuInternet Archive @archive.org · 25/08/2026We've been getting a lot of questions about how the Internet Archive digitizes books. The short answer: page by page, by hand. You may remember our viral 2021 video of Eliza Zhang scanning a book. That's still how we do it. Meet Eliza, and learn how we scan books: blog.archive.org/2021/02/09/m... 6642711343
Reposted by Kaj TaotsuPhazed @phazedwolf.bsky.social · 25/08/2026Exploring a cool level before the flight home 6362
Reposted by Kaj TaotsuAlex Zalben @azalben.bsky.social · 25/08/2026Dolly Parton, among a thousand other amazing things she did in her life, gifted over 330 million books to kids through her Imagination Library program. Her passing is a tremendous loss to the world, but you can support the program today to keep it going imaginationlibrary.comimaginationlibrary.comDolly Parton's Imagination Library | USA, UK, IE, CA, AUDolly Parton’s Imagination Library is a book gifting program that mails free books to children from birth until they begin school in participating areas. 45121525979
Reposted by Kaj TaotsuIron Spike @ironspike.bsky.social · 25/08/2026The tip of the iceberg of the good she did 0921237
Reposted by Kaj TaotsuRetro Tech Dreams @retrotechdreams.bsky.social · 20/08/2026Zoo Tycoon (2001) 221941
Reposted by Kaj TaotsuBubbleWolf ❤️➡️NFC @bubblewolf.bsky.social · 19/08/2026'TOGETHER' - Conbook cover for #Eurofurence #EF30! ✨ 471524418
Reposted by Kaj TaotsuYour Local Gay Cryptid @kraest.bsky.social · 20/08/2026D&D character design commission for @diggdawg.bsky.social! Just look at them I love them so many :3 310736
Reposted by Kaj Taotsuinnes mck @innes.bsky.social · 19/08/2026again i am just not that interested in debating whether human rights should theoretically extend to robots and ai when we currently don't even extend them to all humans 3356171769
Reposted by Kaj TaotsuEtherington Brothers @etheringtonbros.bsky.social · 19/08/2026Our feature artist/reference for today is this lovely page of FOLD and CREASE studies, but the talented @therobuts! Those notation lines are great for showing how a PULL in fabric at one point can result in an ANGLE CHANGE at the hem! #anime #manga #characterdesign #illustration 1734102
Reposted by Kaj TaotsuColette Delawalla, PhD @cdelawalla.bsky.social · 18/08/2026Real food! With real parasites! And real bacteria! And real GI illness! 14212
Kaj Taotsu @kajtaotsu.bsky.social · 18/08/2026Dark Cloud 2 Oh how I would love to explore this game's world ❤️🔥 121
Reposted by Kaj TaotsuCay @caymanwent.bsky.social · 01/05/2026Repost to make it die faster 5395026972
Reposted by Kaj TaotsuMatt @matt.lionpri.de · 18/08/2026Has anyone ordered from Hyena Agenda recently and actually received your order? Two and a half months and I'm considering putting in a chargeback 455
Reposted by Kaj Taotsu🔞 PuppyGirlAsh 🔜 MFF @ashofcenturiesad.bsky.social · 18/08/2026I'm going to be honest. This isn't even worth pirating. I know people love to suggest "JuSt PiRaTe It" No. Do not. There is no separating the art from artist. Rowling's bigotry is baked into the world. 1244108
Reposted by Kaj TaotsuDavid Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · 18/08/2026Enough internet for today 5674
Reposted by Kaj TaotsuBoop @boopcat.bsky.social · 16/08/2026I'd argue that, for the metrics, it's vastly MORE important that viewers turn this off. There's more viewers than streamers, so even if every streamer turned this off, if viewers don't, the executives can still claim that "most users don't care" and cram it down our throats even harder. Opt out. 017151599
Reposted by Kaj TaotsuThe Werewaffle @werewaffle.bsky.social · 13/08/2026Big Bend is one of the wildest places left in Texas. Border barrier construction threatens protected lands, wildlife corridors, and communities on both sides of the Rio Grande. This is a region with remarkably few crossings. This place means so much to me; please help protect it c.org/tf7vc9Hkqf 11610
Reposted by Kaj TaotsuAcid Rain @bearysweet.bsky.social · 11/08/2026Food and art baked into a yummy package. 🫓 A stunning, traditional Uzbek bread known as Patir - a dense and celebratory flatbread. The bread is meticulously decorated by hand with detailed patterns stamped into the center and a sculpted, flower-like border. It is then baked in a tandoor oven. 27173501293
Reposted by Kaj Taotsu🌈Opal✧.* @opalmutt.bsky.social · 10/08/2026Coyote del Desierto Pintado 2026 Acrylic and digital ·· ─ ·✶· ─ · · I'll have large and mini prints at my Furswap table in Seattle, Aug 23! 3574228
Reposted by Kaj TaotsuU.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission @cpsc.gov · 10/08/2026Check your Cuisinart food processor blades! Recall from 2016: www.cpsc.gov/Recalls/2017...cpsc.govCuisinart Food Processors Recalled by Conair Due to Laceration HazardConsumers should immediately stop using the food processor’s riveted blade and contact Cuisinart for a free replacement blade. 13268197
Reposted by Kaj TaotsuDieselbrain @dieselbrain.bsky.social · 05/08/2026SOME GOOD NEWS! continue to contact your reps re: KOSA and the KIDS Act, but also give yourself a pat on the back if you called! Your voice mattered! 2523481682
Reposted by Kaj TaotsuFree Speech Coalition @fsc.bsky.social · 05/08/2026SCREEN Act, which would have required mandatory age-verification for sites (like this) that allow "material harmful to minors" failed to pass out of committee after thousands and thousands of people called their Senators. More work ahead! 832461677
Reposted by Kaj Taotsudeli 🍓 @deliciest.bsky.social · 05/08/2026dude i don't even know how chatgpt looks like 6453732145
Reposted by Kaj Taotsu🐊 Gateau 🔜MFF @gateaupardeux.bsky.social · 17/07/2026Hey local Orlando/Orange County friends, go get your early voting done, and know who you're voting for. Alicia Farrant is a Moms For Liberty homophonic transphobic pest who's vying for control of our local schools and education to ban books and erase lgbt kids. 12919
Reposted by Kaj Taotsufekaiki @ cms closed @fekaiki.bsky.social · 17/07/2026Rings and fluff for drpineapple !! #transfur 6935183
Reposted by Kaj TaotsuTS is heading to the mothership🛸 @taintedstar.bsky.social · 16/07/2026 Ych for @kajtaotsu.bsky.social #furryart #nsfw 1676
Reposted by Kaj TaotsuPumpkeen🧡🖤🎃 @pumpkeen-spice.bsky.social · 15/07/2026Please call, there's two more stops in the senate, and they're rumoured in trying to aim for the 29th of this month for a markup!! 1162247
Reposted by Kaj TaotsuFight for the Future @fightforthefuture.org · 16/07/2026Massachusetts folks: we're in the home stretch. Age verification could still become law if we don't fix this bill. Call today and call again! 978-485-4694 or www.stoponlineidchecks.org/ma/ 4100118
Reposted by Kaj TaotsuSam Thielmonster @samthielman.com · 16/07/2026I think one reason data center outrage is so pronounced is people spent decades recycling and composting and otherwise scrimping to offset energy use and protect clean water, and the second we hit an inflection point for cheap electricity the banking industry said we’re taking all of it, fuck you 31155664218
Reposted by Kaj TaotsuProPublica @propublica.org · 16/07/2026NEW: After ProPublica and @texastribune.org revealed Ken Paxton repeatedly voted while registered at an address where he appears to no longer live, Democrats called for an investigation into whether the Texas attorney general committed election fraud.propublica.orgTexas Democrats Ask for Investigation Into Ken Paxton After Our Reporting Found He May Have Violated Election LawThe complaint asks the Texas secretary of state to examine whether Paxton committed election fraud by voting in the May primary runoff while registered at an address where he no longer appears to live... 15444371602
Reposted by Kaj TaotsuFight for the Future @fightforthefuture.org · 15/07/2026‼️ KOSA update: ICYMI Earlier this month, a bill package that incl this bill passed out of the House in a rushed vote. www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-ne... This is alarming BUT it isn't the end of the road. Here's what we know:nbcnews.comKids online safety package clears House, drawing warnings from digital rights and tech groupsThe KIDS Act received broad bipartisan support. But the legislation is expected to face challenges in the Senate. 5224219
Reposted by Kaj Taotsujenny tightpants @jtp.bsky.social · 16/07/2026you can bypass bluesky's age gate with a ublock origin filter, among other methods detailed heregist.github.comBluesky's age assurance sucks, here's how to work around it.Bluesky's age assurance sucks, here's how to work around it. - bluesky-osa.md 2034362194
Kaj Taotsu @kajtaotsu.bsky.social · 10/07/2026Been listening to this quite frequently lately. Another excellent album by @acloudyskye.com ❤️ acloudyskye.bandcamp.com/album/in-a-w...acloudyskye.bandcamp.comIn a while this will all be gone, by acloudyskye9 track album 030
Reposted by Kaj TaotsuHold on! @holdon.templeoftherat.com · 10/07/2026Bsky now requires age verification to use in any capacity. As always, Firefox users can bypass these things with a custom uBlock Origin filter on mobile and desktop, which is easier than completing the age verification itself: gist.github.com/mary-ext/6e2... 70838380