Rakeela Windrider @rakeela.bsky.social · 25mI get the impression that most philosophers throughout history have maintained a divide between humans and animals which I do not think is actually valid. Emotion, memory, intention, and knowledge: none of these are unique to humans. We can't establish crows and dolphins to lack philosophy. 100
Reposted by Rakeela WindriderMisha the bday boy 🎉 @mihamihoku.bsky.social · 1hHAPPY BIRTHDAY @kleowolfy.bsky.social !!! #artshare #sfwart #furryart #gryphon #avian 0297
Rakeela Windrider @rakeela.bsky.social · 2hOn at least one occasion, I frustrated someone observing me illicitly by my willingness to live forever in this world, without recourse to some future paradise. Paradise dwells where people are ready for it. I am discontent, sure, but I see the potential of this world as limitless and worthy. 021
Rakeela Windrider @rakeela.bsky.social · 3hIndividuality is not an error. It is the thing to be preserved, the heart of all value, the kernel of perfection in life. All true loves are loves of individuals. To love someone as a manifestation of a collective is not to love them at all. 030
Reposted by Rakeela Windrider🌱 Helga 🌱 @helga-dragon.bsky.social · 17h🐟 Net Raider 🐟 Slot 5 for spicymirs (FA) 0208
Reposted by Rakeela Windriderチキン太郎(CHICKEN-Taro) @chikichikitaron.bsky.social · 6h#furry #furryart #oc 18223
Reposted by Rakeela Windrideradira winters @adira-winters.bsky.social · 18hdid someone say gryphons *sprints up, puts these here, runs and hides* 3268
Reposted by Rakeela WindriderPatrick Stokes @patrickstokes.com · 7hIf nothing else AI is making clear that there are people all around us for whom writing, art, and music are not communion with another mind, but just - wallpaper. Just pleasant things to look at. They think AI is conscious because they have no actual grasp of what it is to encounter another mind. 16430132
Reposted by Rakeela Windrider🐲✨ @introdile.bsky.social · 9hOffering Received: a DnD night, hosted by an actual dragon, of the dragon, by the dragons, and for the dragons. at least the rules are understandable this time! (#958) Bahamut seems to enjoy the dragon's company, and pulled Ash and Nove into it too. Nove is a bit nervous... 319459
Reposted by Rakeela WindriderMelissa DuVant @melissaduvant.bsky.social · 11hso much of the AI techboro stuff is *deeply* solipsistic and highly creepy - "the entire world must be made for me, and anything not specifically for me is bad and wrong" 850537
Rakeela Windrider @rakeela.bsky.social · 9hI think the most sacred thing is to be distinctly individuated, yet also kind. Don't smush people together into homogeneous masses. It is kinder to love difference than to destroy it. Remember that everyone you meet is a special and unique individual, and you are as well. 130
Rakeela Windrider @rakeela.bsky.social · 11hI expect the reality of an infinite multiverse, and I suspect the soul is the navigator of the slight variations of the multiverse. To say I 'expect the reality' of something is distinct from saying I believe in it, as I am aware I have no proper evidence on which to base such a belief. 030
Rakeela Windrider @rakeela.bsky.social · 11hI sometimes struggle with my Youtube algorithm and try to twist it in new directions by seeking out stuff outside of what it shows me. I kind of wish there was a button I could hit that would cause "bubble randomization", so that Youtube would temporarily randomize my preference vectors. 120
Rakeela Windrider @rakeela.bsky.social · 16hMiserly dragon selling advertising space on the underside of their wings so they can earn money during their morning commute. Gotta build that hoard one coin at a time. Always hustling. 051
Reposted by Rakeela WindriderSneakyBarioth @sneakybarioth.bsky.social · 18hMrrwehwreow, wrrrrwehweaohw~ ^w^ 💐🐆🩵 Wanna go watch dah shining lights of dah night sky with mew? Mew even gat sum purretty plants fur yew... Mew purromise nawt to bite when we cuddle... mewbey... just a little nibble... purrhaps sum affectionate gnawing... 👉👈 🎨 Art by @/mollin.bsky.social 24014
Rakeela Windrider @rakeela.bsky.social · 18hI find it really interesting how leftist support for the free speech of adult content creators never required leftist support for predators, but right-wing support for adult content creation immediately produced swathes of sexual abuse allegations, non-prosecution for elite pedos, and CSAM AI. 130
Rakeela Windrider @rakeela.bsky.social · 18hAlthough I am an antinatalist, I support a limited build-out of maternity care centers in underserved areas. Not only are the deaths of women and children frequently avoidable tragedies, I actually think that human populations overcompensate for death risks and grow less if child mortality is low. 110
Rakeela Windrider @rakeela.bsky.social · 19hI feel like people who mix up their kids' names should have had zero kids. 120
Rakeela Windrider @rakeela.bsky.social · 22hRedmond needs more benches. And more drinking fountains. Drinking fountains are great; they're not just for schools. 060
Reposted by Rakeela WindriderNnaly @nnaly.bsky.social · 19/01/2026Day 139 of drawing Princess Luna #mlp #mylittlepony #dailyluna 927785
Reposted by Rakeela WindriderBirdie @pacificbirdnerd.bsky.social · 29/09/2026“Dancing Everyday,” 09/29/26 Inspired by the wonderful concert I went to; danced and felt all kinds of emotions; Callie enjoys dancing on very rare occasions. #gryphon #oc #fursona #truesona #furryart #furry #dance #concert #forkingandcountry #griffin #avian #bird #selfsona #selfinsert #personalart 34014
Rakeela Windrider @rakeela.bsky.social · 29/09/2026I'm reading Jacques Choron's Death and Western Thought. The intro was a slog that smelled of arrogant imperialist anthropology, but everything after that has been an absolute delight to read. I'm on chapter 9 of 26 and frankly I already recommend the book. 010
Rakeela Windrider @rakeela.bsky.social · 29/09/2026I love that kobold fans are an observable demographic on Bsky. 190
Rakeela Windrider @rakeela.bsky.social · 29/09/2026AI companies claiming their AI systems are too powerful to control are pursuing yet another corporate strategy to escape legal accountability for crimes committed by organizations that want the right to be above the law. Hold them accountable for what their AIs do! 021
Rakeela Windrider @rakeela.bsky.social · 29/09/2026It galls me that right-wing authoritarians still insist on calling their project "libertarian". Thiel is a fucking totalitarian. The others are more like him than they are like libertarians. They're not rebelling against state control; they ARE state control. 130
Rakeela Windrider @rakeela.bsky.social · 28/09/2026I envisioned god as the process of change, as time itself, as that which unfolds the potentials of creation, and as progress: the reaching of the cosmos towards the good. And a few years after I had this concept, during which time I held it through a period of spiritual exploration, I had a vision. 120
Reposted by Rakeela WindriderCitriNocthara @citrinocthara.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Portrait comm for @starryrazi.bsky.social 💛 #digitalart #art #avian #birdart #bird #phoenix 420166
Rakeela Windrider @rakeela.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Being a singular mind preexisting creation sounds very lonely. I think such a mind would desire friends, if it could comprehend the idea of having them. Therefore I say, seek not union with the one mind, but seek to be a friend of the one mind, and develop in yourself both empathy and distinction. 010
Reposted by Rakeela WindriderRub-a-Dub @rub-a-dub.bsky.social · 28/09/2026A Thistle for @kerekes.bsky.social ! 214649
Reposted by Rakeela WindriderLaser Fire @01laserfire01.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Raffle prize for @0cdisorder.bsky.social! 6454130
Reposted by Rakeela WindriderChu 🔜 BLFC @raizap.com · 28/09/2026Slightly Damned 1187: Resolving this conflict isn't about picking sides! Although only one of these Angels-acting-as-Gods deserves presents on Father's Day... Find this page's place in the archive: sdamned.com/comic/1187 [ #art #furryart #webcomic #readsdamned] 210225
Rakeela Windrider @rakeela.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Obedience doesn't defray moral responsibility. It intensifies it. When you decide something for yourself, that's just you. When you obey someone else, you're validating an entire structure of power. There's no "just" in following orders; the fact that you followed orders meant you meant it. 010
Reposted by Rakeela Windrider🌺✨zagiir✨🍓 @zagiir.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Icon comm for @ekkosangen.bsky.social! 413138
Reposted by Rakeela WindriderNnaly @nnaly.bsky.social · 15/02/2026Day 166 of drawing Princess Luna #mlp #mylittlepony #dailyluna 429489
Rakeela Windrider @rakeela.bsky.social · 28/09/2026I sometimes fantasize about being the richest person in the world, and the fantasy is specific in some ways. It's not focused on the luxuries I get, but upon the idea of merging with a powerful AI (modern LLMs do not have this potential) and using its assistance to help as many people as possible. 130
Rakeela Windrider @rakeela.bsky.social · 28/09/2026My charity budget isn't ready yet. It accumulates money over time rather than representing a sudden amount of available funds. Long-term, this should encourage me to give more. There's so much need in this world... It doesn't have to be like this. 040
Reposted by Rakeela WindriderRed-Izak 🔜 Futrołajki 2026; NFC 2027 @redizak.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Artists! QRP with your fire 🔥🐲 322954
Reposted by Rakeela WindriderNeBanan @nebanan.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Hey-hey, a new synth adopt is here ~ 33610
Rakeela Windrider @rakeela.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Conservatives wield really outsized influence for the crap quality of their ideas. Private school vouchers aren't tried because they work (research shows they do not help), nor because they're a low-cost method of attempting something difficult (they're expensive), but as a sop to conservatives. 120
Reposted by Rakeela WindriderMatthew A Kraft @matthewakraft.com · 28/09/2026New @nytimes.com piece ranks 30 education interventions on both effectiveness & costs. For me, the key takeaway is NOT about what academics (including myself) rated as most effective or least costly. It is about the decision making process districts use. 🧵 www.nytimes.com/2026/09/28/u...nytimes.com30 Ideas for Fixing U.S. Schools, Ranked by ExpertsMath and reading scores are in a decade-long slump. We asked three dozen experts: What could turn things around? 25218
Reposted by Rakeela WindriderCross-Posted News #TheyLiedToYou @crosspostnews.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Report from Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor. #Gaza 086
Rakeela Windrider @rakeela.bsky.social · 28/09/2026The voices are telling me I'm the purest person on Earth (even though I'm not very pure), but I'm neither narcissistic nor misanthropic enough to believe them. It'd be narcissism to put myself above everyone else like that... and misanthropy to put everyone else so low! 120
Rakeela Windrider @rakeela.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Wow, the Reasons and Persons audiobook is over 29 hours long. 020
Rakeela Windrider @rakeela.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Release day of Rebel of Talonia: Friday, October 2nd. 130
Reposted by Rakeela WindriderRunic! @runic.bsky.social · 23/09/2026The Valley of Giants. 02 I'll do one more page before I start a thread here. 68 more pages to complete! ;; 06518