david wolfpaw • 8 Aug 2025 • Reading time: 5 minsHow can I keep getting sick? I presumed all week that it’s allergies, but I woke congested and sneezing, accompanying the sneezing yesterday. How is a dog supposed to work on crafts and code for clients under these circumstances! 🤧🐕
It’s the same story of the past month or so: lots of designing, printing, and sewing. Honestly, I’m looking forward to a month from now when Megaplex is over for the year, I have less work to do around that, visitors have gone home, and I have a chance to take a bit of a break on these particular projects.
I’ve been working on the layout of my Artist Alley table, which I want to improve for future events as well. Since my shop is called Barks’ Cafe, I’m working on giving it a coffee shop vibe. In a three foot by two foot area 
I’ll have some pics to share next week. I’ll have to, because if I don’t, I’ll be dangerously close to not being ready. The end of the month is so close ahhhh!
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This is such a wonderful local market, one that provides community that Orlando greatly needs. Queer folks, furries, marginalized identities, all are welcome and made to feel welcome.
The Goblin Market has started a YouTube channel as well, so you can see some of the fun of the Pride Market!
It seems counterintuitive, but makes some sense when you read through the explanation. I’d rather have AI that knows what it is to be evil, and chooses to eschew that.
Walled Gardens may have taken up most of our online time and space, but we still have some ownership. We must simply choose to wield it.
Right, because more stuffy law firms are “better” than dragons.
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It’s really hard to produce and distribute physical products with so many middlemen wanting cuts and actually make a living off of it.
As always, I love the positive side of the fandom put on display to counterbalance the drama youtubers.
Seeing close up footage of animals doing interesting animal things is always so impressive.
If you don’t like it and it’s not harming anyone, ignore it. Easy.
This is so rad. Not just because they’re giving it all away, but because I didn’t realize how important this magazine was when seemingly no one else was reporting on video games in the mid-to-late 80’s.
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Polybius might be fake, but it speaks to a real fear of arcades.
I really hope that the pressure being put onto credit card companies and payment processors actually leads to change this time around.
Another taboo subject that has been around and helped shape the internet from near the start.
I think that a YouTube Poop video is probably the best way to go 
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