Toumal

Toumal

@toumal.bsky.social

What's this? An airplane? A whale?? It's... it's a whale.

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Let us know what you think! We really appreciate your #feedback and are still working hard on making #SoFurry even better for you. Try out the updated interface after we're back and tell us your option ❤️ [6/6]

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To sum up this update: We have removed some unnecessary steps so that you can upload the most complex of submissions much easier and quicker. [5/6]

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New image / photo adding interface: Adding images (artwork or photos) to your submission has also gotten a makeover. Pimp up your story with some nice cover art or upload a page long comic even easier. [4/6]

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New Story Editor: Writing a story? Take a look at the new editor which makes it very easy to see which chapter / part you're editing in a multi-part story. [3/6]

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New Submission Uploader and Editor: As you can see, everything is a lot easier to find and there's fewer steps involved. A much cleaner and refined workflow. [2/6]

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We will take #SoFurry offline for about a day on June 13th. Besides some #maintenance, we will also #update our UI/ front end after collecting your feedback after out initial launch! We've shown parts of the new UI in previous news updates but here are the final versions! [1/6]

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We worked on the frontpage, story overview, general browsing experience, search, DMs, uploader and of course notifications! For more information plz check out the news entry on SoFurry: sofurry.com/news/W0mv41vj What do you think? We're open for constructive #feedback! ❤️ [2/2]

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It’s been a hot minute since SoFurry re-launched. You may have noticed the new UI and functionality 🌟 We already got a bunch of #feedback from you which we took into account! Wanna see the result? Here is a little #RedesignPreview! When is it available for you to try? Soon!(™) [1/2]

There's some spicy database changes pending that should improve performance. SFX has mostly been running great, but we want to fix those few overload situations as soon as possible.

SoFurry@sofurry.com

SoFurry will have a short downtime of an hour or two for maintenance to improve the general performance and stability.

My hobby is to add the word "metric" in front of imperial units. Thanks to the metric pound they can never be sure if it's actually a thing or not.

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We also have to resize the storage array from the beta sizing before going live, and fix a few other issues. But we're getting there! Expect more news soon! We know it took a while but the goal is in sight! Thanks for sticking with us ❤️ [2/2]

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#SoFurryServerMoveUpdate We're in the process of fixing some important bugs before opening the site. SF2 users who never logged into SFX should now be able to recover their account if their password doesn't work (provided their email still works). [1/2]

I know we haven't been communicating enough about the recent progress in bringing #SoFurry back online - there's gonna be some updates in a few hours. We also have a dedicated sfx-discussions channel on Discord.

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3) Backup server is up and running, has SF2 db loaded & working for the migration. This server will also get approx. $1000 worth of SSDs added once SFX is going. 4) Noticed the games changing every day on sofurry.com? Thanks! We know this takes longer but we wanna do this the right way [3/3]

sofurry.comSoFurry is on the move!

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2) Firewall is almost ready, after some issues initially, it seems to work now. We're gonna do some more testing just to be sure, then send it to the data center. If this firewall shouldn't work out, there is a fallback solution but that's an additional $1500 - which we try to prevent [2/3]

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#SoFurryServerMoveUpdate 1) The SFX server gets moved soon. We've already received the neccessary network config information for the new data center. No concrete date yet, but we hope it's not much longer now [1/3]

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Yesterday it was announced that GitHub's CEO resigned and GitHub would be folded into CoreAI. I got this email 10 minutes ago. Microsoft has updated the TOS of many of their products and it includes a large section on AI and the use of your "content".

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REMINDER! Tomorrow around 12:00 AM CEST (in about 15 hours) the extended downtime will begin! And again: SoFurry 2.0 will be DEPRECATED! Read up on it in the quoted skeet.

SoFurry@sofurry.com

Important❗SoFurry 2.0 will be deprecated EARLIER than planned and #SoFurryNext will have an extended downtime! More information, an FAQ and a thorough explanation here: www.sofurry.com/groups/news?... Likes and shares appreciated! Thank you ❤️

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A wild #SFXFeatureShowcase #4 appears! Do you have any artwork that looks rubbish if blown up? Like #PixelArt? We got the solution for you! 🖼️❗ Use the #PixelPerfectDisplay option in our uploader, so artwork won't fill out the whole screen! Check out the example here 👇

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Did you know? We are on other websites, too! You can find us on #Mastodon, as well. meow.social/@sofurry We could link you that other social network formerly portrayed with by that #BlueBird, but none of you would want that on here, right? Feel free to like and reshare to spread the message! ❤️

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Number 1 on the #SFXFeatureShowcase are our new multi content submissions! Got a painterly cover for a #story you write? 🖼️✍️ Perfect for uploading #comics you want to share with the world! 💬🍆💥 Simply upload multiple pieces of content into one submission and sort them!

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#SFXFeatureShowcase #3❗ A new function for our #uploader! If you are drawing a #comic which you upload weekly or #story chapters you can mark it as "Work in Progress" and your submission will gain a WIP-mark! The last comic page changes from “The end” to “The end - for now!”

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Welcome to the second #SFXFeatureShowcase! We continue with features regarding our brand new #uploader: proper #chapter support for stories! 📖🔖 Simply create a #writing submission and add chapters with the "add story chapters" button! Easy as pie! 🥧

Major flooding, entire basement is full. My lab, RC models, and the storage batteries are destroyed. Burnt smell coming from the basement. Ready for evacuation if a fire breaks out.

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We're got some news for you: The public beta for #SoFurryNEXT will start soon! For more info on how to get access as soon as we enter the open beta and how you can help to make the new site even better, check out the announcement on the website: www.sofurry.com/groups/news?...

sofurry.comSoFurry News | SoFurry NEXT - Open Beta AnnouncementSoFurry is one of the largest and longest-running furry art, ficton, chat and community sites. Serving the furry community since 2002 and home to over 400.000 registered users. Your furry home on the ...

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We mourn the loss of @dragoneer.bsky.social. The furry fandom needs community spaces now more than ever. Running furry services is exhausting, expensive and requires a lot of dedication. Dragoneer donated to SoFurry when we needed it the most. You will be missed.

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I liked #DunePart2, but it kinda took me out of the movie when the Emperor said that he killed the Atreides because Leto didn't have enough cowbell.

TIL that Microsoft not only keeps placing Edge onto your desktop and taskbar, but they also convert any Chrome or Firefox shortcuts you have on your desktop to Edge. Found out about this after my sister complained that gmail "is acting weird". A reminder that MS thinks it owns your PC.

It's disappointing to see OLight using fishy sales tactics like fake "sales". See screenshot before and during such a sale. The price never actually changes. Stay away from these companies.

Fenix, LedLenser and Surefire are often problematic for various reasons as well, mostly price/performance, integrated batteries and quality & design issues. Meanwhile Kronos, Astrolux etc. are cheaper, brighter, modular, often with built-in USB-C charger, using modern emitters and built like tanks.

Working on a little homage to the old microprose flight sims in Rust + Bevy. Trying to go for a similar look too, like the purple night sky and point light sources that never get smaller than a 320x200 VGA pixel. Got proportional navigation for guided missiles working too!

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