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Tempe O'Kun @tempowrites.bsky.social · 6d

Having pokémon named after my characters is a really fun honor, since it means people want to think about my talking animal people when they're not even reading my books. : )

Gale Tazzin @galetazzin.bsky.social · 25d

She's named for the otter from Windfall by @tempowrites.bsky.social (a book you should go read if you haven't already)

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Furry Film Burrow (formerly Culturally F'd) @furryfilmburrow.bsky.social · Sep 10

A new chapter of "Puplift: A Dog's Guide to Space" by @tempowrites.bsky.social all about the button that brings your star ship to other places youtu.be/4X5ibZ9qBD0

Puplift: A Dog's Guide to Space 🐕 🚀 The Go Somewhere Else Button 🔴

YouTube video by Furry Film Burrow

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Ruth EJ Booth (she/they) @ruthejbooth.bsky.social · Aug 14

"If your books were uploaded to LibGen/fed into the LLMs, add your name to the potential class action lawsuit by tomorrow." Details:

LibDem database: www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...

Attorney form: www.lieffcabraser.com/anthropic-au...

(This information comes via a reliable Discord source.)

Search LibGen, the Pirated-Books Database That Meta Used to Train AI

Millions of books and scientific papers are captured in the collection’s current iteration.

www.theatlantic.com

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Arilin Thorferra @giants-club.net · Aug 11

New post: “Review: Fairy Tales” https://giants-club.net/articles/review-fairy-tales/

A low-stakes, charming lesbian romantasy between a modern-day coyote witch and a beautiful, fairy-obsessed tabby cat.

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Furry Film Burrow (formerly Culturally F'd) @furryfilmburrow.bsky.social · Jul 22

In this audio short by @tempowrites.bsky.social The Wind in the Willows has a modern twist, where Toad is obsessed with the latest gadgets (even if he doesn't understand them) and his friends Rat, Badger and Mole are all queer.
youtu.be/qzkf9JYkMeg?...

"Toad @ Toad Hall" by Tempe O'Kun | Voice of Dog Podcast

YouTube video by Furry Film Burrow

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Furry Film Burrow (formerly Culturally F'd) @furryfilmburrow.bsky.social · May 12

This year the @furrywritersguild.bsky.social asked us to host the 2024 Cóyotl Awards video on Furry Film Burrow. A very serious ceremony and a high honour. youtu.be/A0SaZwmsBXI

2024 Cóyotl Awards | Furry Writers Guild

YouTube video by Furry Film Burrow

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Faora Meridian @faorameridian.bsky.social · May 13

I have never beheld such wonders and production values as we have been bestowed this day. Congrats to all the winners and nominees of the @furrywritersguild.bsky.social Coyotl Awards!

Furry Film Burrow (formerly Culturally F'd) @furryfilmburrow.bsky.social · May 12

This year the @furrywritersguild.bsky.social asked us to host the 2024 Cóyotl Awards video on Furry Film Burrow. A very serious ceremony and a high honour. youtu.be/A0SaZwmsBXI

2024 Cóyotl Awards | Furry Writers Guild

YouTube video by Furry Film Burrow

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Furry Found Footage @furryfootage.bsky.social · May 6

I love men who wear makeup

Bast and Anubis in: Time to Go (2016) directed by Alejandro Cardenas

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Rhetor Dark End @dark-end.bsky.social · May 2

I'm (finally) digging into Windfall by @tempowrites.bsky.social

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Furry Film Burrow (formerly Culturally F'd) @furryfilmburrow.bsky.social · May 2

Reincarnating is tough and lonely. Either building intergenerational monuments or sharing knowledge, but trying not to accidentally start a new religion. After centuries of near misses, these two cats meet for coffee in "Every Nine Lives or So" by @tempowrites.bsky.social youtu.be/mW26At18nIo

"Every Nine Lives Or So" by Tempe O'Kun | Voice of Dog Podcast

YouTube video by Furry Film Burrow

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Furry Film Burrow (formerly Culturally F'd) @furryfilmburrow.bsky.social · May 1

New video, a short story by @tempowrites.bsky.social as featured on @thevoice.dog. Two reincarnating cats finally meet after a few thousand years of distant flirtation in "Every Nine Lives or So".
youtu.be/mW26At18nIo

"Every Nine Lives Or So" by Tempe O'Kun | Voice of Dog Podcast

YouTube video by Furry Film Burrow

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Pyke Redrock @pykeredrock.bsky.social · Apr 4

Books acquired from the FurDU Dealers’ Den:

“Illicit Alliance,” @rukis.bsky.social

“Manifest Destiny,” @tempowrites.bsky.social

“Relinquished Realms,” @joabaldwin.com

“Traitors, Thieves and Liars,” @rickgriffin.bsky.social

Wanted many more books, but too little space in my travel bag 😔

Photo of four books. “Illicit Alliance” by Rukis, “Manifest Destiny” by Tempe O’Kun, “Relinquished Realms” by Joaquin Baldwin, and “Traitors, Thieves and Liars” by Rick Griffin.

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Rhetor Dark End @dark-end.bsky.social · Apr 17

@tempowrites.bsky.social has posted one of my favorite published stories of his to FurAffinity. I highly encourage you all to read it. www.furaffinity.net/view/60274851/

Every Nine Lives Or So (Heat 15 Story) by tempo321

Every Nine Lives Or So. by Tempo. . Two reincarnating kitties have been trying to get together for literal ages, but still manage to be ...

www.furaffinity.net

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The Voice of Dog Podcast @thevoice.dog · Mar 25

REMINDER: Submissions for VoD #PrideMonth are open until the end of April.

If you haven't submitted something yet please get in touch.

The voice of dog is looking for stories and poems for pride month 2025. This coming June, in what has regularly been our biggest broadcast event of any given year, we want to again feature stories that show facets of the LGBTQ+ experience through a furry lens.
Think in terms of "what story do you wish you had had, when first you were coming out?"
Stories should be under 10k words. Poems may be any verse form. No minimum length for either. As ever, usual Voice of Dog standards apply: no promotion of bigotry, stories should end on a hopeful note, and must be your own words - ie no use of generative AI, no work you have commissioned, no characters not original to you.
We want to feature as many different queer perspectives as possible.
Submissions will be accepted until May 1st. There is no cap on number of submissions for Pride Month.
For more information, and for submission templates, please visit thevoice.dog/?page=rules.

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Furry Film Burrow (formerly Culturally F'd) @furryfilmburrow.bsky.social · Mar 14

10 YEARS?!!?! Join @tempowrites.bsky.social and @culturallyfd.com tomorrow at 2 (EDT) for a livestreamed retrospective in celebration of our 10 year anniversary youtube.com/live/5tavoJC...

Culturally F'd's 10 Year Anniversary Stream

YouTube video by Furry Film Burrow

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The Voice of Dog Podcast @thevoice.dog · Mar 10

A dog from the future advises you about when not to press the emergency FTL button.

Today’s story is “Puplift: A Dog's Guide to Space - The Go Somewhere Else Button” by @tempowrites.bsky.social.

#FurryLit #Writing

The Voice of Dog: “Puplift: A Dog's Guide to Space - The Go Somewhere Else Button” by Tempo (read by the author)

A dog from the future advises you about when not to press the emergency FTL button.Today’s story is “Puplift: A Dog's Guide to Space - The Go Somewhere Else Button” by Tempe O'Kun, who is the staff wr...

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Tempe O'Kun @tempowrites.bsky.social · Mar 10

Can I ask what you liked about the series? : ) Amazing covers aside. 🎨

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Tempe O'Kun @tempowrites.bsky.social · Mar 10

Writing books is hard and time-consuming. I have lots of ideas for projects, so I try to pick whichever idea is the most ready to go. SW3 has not gotten to the front of the line yet.

You can check out my various work here:
www.furaffinity.net/gallery/temp...

www.youtube.com/channel/UCTL...

Artwork Gallery for tempo321 -- Fur Affinity [dot] net

Location: North Dakota. Orientation: Bisexual. Relationship Status: Taken. Alignment: Neutral Good. Interests: Tabletop RPGs, video game ...

www.furaffinity.net

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aquaticpopsicle.bsky.social @aquaticpopsicle.bsky.social · Feb 17

the writing and voice work were both superb

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aquaticpopsicle.bsky.social @aquaticpopsicle.bsky.social · Feb 17

techbro toad is completely on point. it's good to see that he has friends controlling him and some of them are even gay
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aquaticpopsicle.bsky.social @aquaticpopsicle.bsky.social · Feb 17

mole is similarly lucky that his friends can recognize basic as not synonymous with bad. if he wants a warning about what happens when people throw everything into Not Being Basic he need look no further than toad
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aquaticpopsicle.bsky.social @aquaticpopsicle.bsky.social · Feb 17

badger has dilf energy and also parent energy (canonically, but also in the story here, but especially in the way khaki narrates him) (3/3)

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ShinigamiGirl 🔜 BLFC dealer 502 @shinigamigirl.bsky.social · Feb 20

Cover I illustrated for the first Sixes Wild book!

Six from "Sixes wild: manifest destiny", holding a pistol and cocking her hat

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The Voice of Dog Podcast @thevoice.dog · Feb 17

You were right all along. Rat and Mole are boyfriends.

Today's story is “Toad @ Toad Hall" by Tempe O'Kun.

Read by @khaki.dog.

#FurryLit

The Voice of Dog: “Toad @ Toad Hall” by Tempo (read by Khaki)

You were right all along. Rat and Mole are boyfriends.Welcome to the River Bank. It's cottagecore, but with internet. Let's look in on Toad Hall and the goings-on of the various waistcoated creatures ...

thevoice.dog

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The Voice of Dog Podcast @thevoice.dog · Nov 25

Two reincarnating kitties have been trying to get together for literal ages, but still manage to be nervous for their first date.

Today’s story is “Every Nine Lives Or So” by @tempowrites.bsky.social.

#FurryLit

The Voice of Dog:

Two reincarnating kitties have been trying to get together for literal ages, but still manage to be nervous for their first date. Today’s story is “Every Nine Lives Or So” by Tempe O'Kun, who is the s...

thevoice.dog

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