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@lumincity.bsky.social
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Organizing the Antifascist Democratic Socialist Furry Left fighting for working Furries against the rise in Fascism, while resisting AI-driven greed and corporate exploitation in the Fandom.

They/Them ♾️ NB Ace 🇨🇳 20s
PFP: HearthFox
Fursuit: Shellsews
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We fucking did it @jakeephros.bsky.social @joel4jc.bsky.social
Me in fursuit in between Joel Brooks (left) & Jake Ephros (right) 📸 a fellow comrade
December 3, 2025 at 4:22 AM
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Clippies for @jakeephros.bsky.social & @joel4jc.bsky.social because Clippy would never sell you out to MAGA billionaires & their tech broligarchs so they can buy land meant for affordable housing to build data centers that jack up your water & electricity bills
Me in Fursuit holding a sign with Clippy saying "Jim McGreevey is so 2004" in Microsoft Powerpoint font paid for by the New Jersey Working Families Party
November 29, 2025 at 9:01 PM
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Gay Cuomo AKA Jim McGreevey thinks he's slick putting his sign in front of an inclusive church & I'd like to let him know that the Furries are for Democratic Socialists @jakeephros.bsky.social & @joel4jc.bsky.social for the Jersey City council runoff against his candidates on December 2nd
Me in Fursuit holding a jakeforjc.com Jake Ephros for Jersey City Democratic Socialist for City Council Ward D sign in front of Jim McGreevey's sandwich board with his Ward D endorsed candidate Catherine Healy Me in Fursuit holding a jakeforjc.com Jake Ephros for Jersey City Democratic Socialist for City Council Ward D sign in front of a progress pride flag saying "Every one is welcome here" on an inclusive church
November 23, 2025 at 7:51 PM
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Least out of touch nepo baby who's the daughter of the former mayor over a decade ago thinks renters are dangerous because we're just carpetbaggers & not trust fund babies who can afford to buy million dollar houses outright
www.reddit.com/r/jerseycity...
November 19, 2025 at 10:15 PM
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As someone who has been subject to abuse due to my identity, I condemn the violence against the attendees were subject to & I hope they're ok. Everyone deserves to feel safe & welcome at a fur con wherever they are from Slovenia, Eastern Europe or the Deep South.
We are issuing this official statement to inform, be transparent with the public and to prevent the spread of misinformation in regards to what happened on the nights between Friday, November 14 and Saturday, November 15 during the GoldenHorn 2025 convention. On the night of the 14th of November, we received reports regarding firecrackers being thrown towards the party houses our attendees were staying at. The perpetrators were neither attendees nor guests at the resort. The resort security and local police were notified immediately. We increased our security around the resort and no serious incidents were reported. The following night of the 15th, a similar group was spotted near the party houses again and both resort and police were once again notified. Local police confirmed the arrest of one person. After performing a security sweep around the resort, none of the reported individuals were spotted and we announced that the Some time later, we were informed by attendees that they were attacked in their party rooms, as well as getting sprayed by a fire extinguisher. Resort security and police were notified again, all attendees were advised to stay indoors and lock their rooms. Another security sweep was performed, notes were taken by both witnesses and victims, and statements recorded by local police. All immediate medical attention was provided and all reported injuries were treated. After the security sweep, we advised attendees to remain in their rooms, keep their doors locked, and keep window shutters closed for the night. Attendees at the main hotel building were safely escorted back to their rooms. On behalf of both SloFurs and GoldenHorn, I sincerely apologize for the events that took place and to everyone attending. For 2026, attendee safety will remain our highest priority. We have secured a new convention venue which our security team will ensure the safety of all attendees and make GoldenHorn a fun and enjoyable experience for everyone.
November 16, 2025 at 6:01 PM
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Happy Indigenous Peoples' Day! I'd like to shout out a Native fur & good friend @tonyasong.bsky.social & talk about Christopher Columbus "discovering" America (causing a genocide to the Natives through violence & disease) as whitewashing to counter anti-Italian discrimination.
The Sorpanos Columbus meme frame with my fursuit edited over Tony Soprano with the text "He resisted George Custer is what he did. He was a brave Native resistance fighter, and in this house, Sitting Bull is a hero, end of story!"
October 13, 2025 at 8:19 PM
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Wake up babe a new endorsement dropped because Furries already have enough sex predators & AI grifters in positions of power we don't need Cuomo as NYC mayor claiming to create jobs when he's already using AI to steal the work artists & creatives like us create to save a few bucks
Me in Fursuit in front of an upside down Progress Pride flag holding a "FURRIES FOR ZOHRAN" sign
October 5, 2025 at 12:42 AM
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"I've grifted my stupid audience of pay pigs' piggy banks with a sob story about how I got fired & about to go homeless with 1 foot in the grave without insulin for my Type I diabetes to spit in their faces about attending a fur con which they'll enjoy"
Sotalo > Megaplex @sotalo.bsky.social‬ I am at Megaplex!!! I'll be roaming different panels and helping @pandapaco.bsky.social and @koidelcoyote.bsky.social with their booth! If you wanna say hi, come on by! We'll be in the left rear of the Dealer's Den and ready tomorrow! Panda Paco organizing 17 different T-Shirt designs in boxes Koidel Coyote and Jerry working on the booth display. Sotalo Sarasota, FL https://sotalo.wixsite.com/printsbysotalo About me Furry Artist living in Sarasota, FL. VRChat user. Curator and creator of Virtual Furry Museum. Friday, August 29 8:00pm EDT Animal Venom & Toxins Panels 2 - Plaza International J & K 8:30pm EDT Mental Health & You! Panels 7 - Celebration 12 & 13 9:30pm EDT To Absent Friends Panels 2 - Plaza International J & K 10:30pm EDT Cards Against Humanity: Charity Edition Panels 1 - Orlando Ballroom Saturday, August 30 10:00am EDT Opening Ceremonies Main Events – Windermere Ballroom 11:00am EDT Meet the Guests of Honor Main Events – Windermere Ballroom 11:30am EDT South Florida Furry Meetup Panels 4 - Celebration 3 & 4 This Episode of Bluey is Called: Megaplex - We're back again! Panels 1 - Orlando Ballroom 2:00pm EDT Central Florida is a Postmodernist Hellscape Panels 6 - Celebration 7 & 8 3:30pm EDT Pokémon Trading Meet & Greets 3 – Bayhill 31 & 32 4:30pm EDT Let’s LEGO Panels 3 - Celebration 1 & 2 6:00pm EDT Dessert Social Second Stage – Plaza International Ballroom 8:00pm EDT Animal Transformation, Shapeshifters, and Werewolves Panels 2 - Plaza International J & K 11:00pm EDT Babyfur/Kidfur Meetup Second Stage – Plaza International Ballroom Sunday, August 31 1:30pm EDT Scales and Tails (Scalie Meet) Meet & Greets 1 – Bayhill 17 & 18 4:00pm EDT History of Kobolds Panels 7 - Celebration 12 & 13 6:00pm EDT Art Jam The Zoo (Outside of the Dealer’s Den) 6:30pm EDT MP After Dark: Objectumsexuality in the Furry Fandom Panels 6 - Celebration 7 & 8 9:00pm EDT Furaoke Panels 4 - Celebration 3 & 4 Monday, September 1 11:00am EDT From Trash to Treats: Upping Your Cooking Game Panels 6 - Celebration 7 & 8 12:00pm EDT Sticker Swap The Zoo (Outside of the Dealer’s Den) 1:00pm EDT Sketchbook Swap Panels 3 - Celebration 1 & 2 3:30pm EDT Paws and Effect Main Events – Windermere Ballroom 6:00pm EDT Closing Ceremonies Main Events – Windermere Ballroom 9:00pm EDT Furaoke Panels 4 - Celebration 3 & 4
August 30, 2025 at 11:00 AM
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"Zucc is censoring posts made by me & my group's members (ignore the fact that I refused to remove Dogpatch's obsessed stalker because I don't want to get involved in "feuds" where "both sides" were at fault because not tolerating the intolerant is "gatekeeping" & bad)"
Kevin Hile So, in the last year, I have had two notices from Facebook that one of the groups I manage has violated their standards. One notice said that a post on my group violated intellectual property, and another one said it had nudity or sexual content. Along with the notice, there is a note saying the post was removed. So! Here's my question: How can I know what the problem is if Facebook removed the original post? I have absolutely no idea what the content of the post was. How can I prevent it from happening again in the future? Given the fact that one of my posts was removed for sexual content when it wasn't sexual at all (a photo of Trump with a ball gag in his mouth but no nudity or profanity whatsoever--I just wanted him to shut up), I do not trust that FB actually found something that was truly in violation. But, again, I can't challenge the decision because I don't know WTF the post said or showed. So frustrating.
August 28, 2025 at 5:14 PM
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Gee I really hope people don't ask him why he's defending a cub porn & Nazi fur con defender for the *Good* Furry Award while disqualifying a con set up in response to him despite claiming to be opposed to Trump's fascism & pedophilia in an Ouroboros of liberals who bleed fascist when scratched
Grubbs Grizzly @kevinhile.bsky.social‬ Have questions about the furry fandom? Ask Papabear! Www.askpapabear.com Ask Papabear, the First Advice Column for Furries advice column, furry advice, furry fandom, ask papabear, ask papa bear
August 28, 2025 at 5:14 PM
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Nazi fur con PR Sotalo's white knighting for crony Shy Matsi who gave him the position & crony NIIC who he chose as GoH appears to be rubbing on Greymuzzle Grubbs who's white knighting for him & attacking @dogpatch.press who again destroyed him like he did for Sotalo
sotalo.bsky.social 12/29/24 Dogpatch Press decided to block me after I addressed his disparaging remarks about me and my history with Sylys. Many of you know how close Sylys and I were, how he contributed to the Virtual Furry Museum, and how we shared history every night in VRChat. Rather than assume defamation, ask me. scarthefur.bsky.social 12/29/24 [QP] An absolute misstep but also not the first of its kind for Dogpatch. Sotalo was a good friend of Sy's in his waning time. The museum and memorial he made were beautiful epitaths not only to the man but the community he helped create. Grubbs Grizzly kevinhile.bsky.social‬ 08/27/25 Rod O'Riley has also vouched for Sotalo and asserted that Sy liked what Soralo was doing with the museum. Patch needs to STFU. dogpatch.press‬ Kevin, you can STFU or explain how does a low-literacy Uncle Touchy like yourself play editor, when you can't even read the post you reply to? How did Sy like the way Sotalo, acolyte of an antigay church, hijacked his memorial to preach about fetishes and porn for children? [QP] / This is a sizzling hot take you had about Sotalo's "aykshyually the age of consent is too high". Why do you insist on making the fandom look like it's run by pedos? Ooh, do the one about how this is just a screenshot, so it can't be real evidence of you doing creepy things! archive.ph/GNBkw / People who have their heads screwed on backwards like to flock together. That's how we get a creepy uncle kissing ass to a manipulative preacher who plays champion of porn for children, for some sick reason, while declaring himself furry historian to people who were members before he was born. siegfriedwatson.bsky.social‬ I can already tell you're rigging your voting to spite Dogpatch. Prove me wrong. He has done nothing but provide physical evidence that this person is a problem, and you defended his pedophilic desires. Kinda gross, buddy... Do better. Instead of wising up and saying "This was a mistake" you dug in.
August 28, 2025 at 5:14 PM
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Apparently despite being supposedly let go from his job he's still planning to go to Megaplex where he's going to call the cops anyone who makes fun of him defending a Nazi fur con because clearly a fur con is more important than his mortgage & insulin he's ebegging for donations to pay
Sotalo taking a mirror selfie in a changing room barefoot
August 28, 2025 at 1:18 PM
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"Intolerance is bad & empathy is good so that's why we need to be tolerant to everyone including intolerant Nazi furs (ignore the fact I block anyone who calls me out for this & am the bully who's stubborn struggles to show others empathy & incapable of learning)"
Sotalo > Megaplex @sotalo.bsky.social‬ Sexuality has never posed a problem to the world. But intolerance has posed many problems to people throughout history. I want to see the world move past intolerance and towards a brighter future. That future starts with us. Sotalo > Megaplex @sotalo.bsky.social‬ Empathy is the enemy of bullies and key to knowledge. When people struggle to show others empathy, the result isn't just stubborness, but someone who is incapable of learning. Those who empathize with others are much more capable of understanding the experience of others and learning from them.
August 28, 2025 at 1:18 PM
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wow thats a lot of words too bad im not readin em when you said AI art "looks really cute & anything that promotes Furry art styles in public should be welcome" which apparently also includes multibillion conglomerate tech bros stealing Furry artists' art for they can easily pay
‪Sotalo > Megaplex‬ ‪@sotalo.bsky.social‬ 1/13 - People asked about my opinion on AI. It's a long one in many parts, please read through. For generations artists found new ways to make art and improve their tools. Camera obscura/lucidia in the Renaissance made it easy for artists to project real scenes on their canvas and draft accurately. 2/13 - When computer programs got better and digital art became popular, using images in a similar way was bemoaned, called "tracing." But artists still had to assign composition and lighting to the image. Design was a real talent and rendering was a real skill. Unfortunately AI replaces even those. 3/13 - Artists who input a prompt to get a picture are making decisions about words to get the program to produce the result rather than building on centuries of art education to understand and develop their own style. They can ask AI to make something look like Pixar, and it will comply. 4/13 - People who don't understand the principles of art and design can make beautiful things, but they don't understand why it works. Some artists use AI to provide that image to trace, removing all comprehension of design, perspective, figure drawing, and even direction from the process. 5/13 - It's all predicated on the success of other artists who have taken that time to understand art and design, and the nuances of it with direction. I am in favor of any tool or method that helps more people become artists, but not if it eliminates the artistry and process from its creation. 6/13 - Being a good artist requires decisionmaking and creation, too. The more people lean on AI the less they have to think about what they're doing, the less they need to understand why, and the less they physically do to bring a vision to life. What we often see isn't even their vision at all. 7/13 - There are exceptions. People who support more Furry artists than I can imagine are now on fixed income pairing AI art with their stories. People desire images more than words. I've also seen AI propel inspiration in artists who use references. Rather than finding sources, they make their own. 8/13 - But I've seen AI water down skills that used to require hundreds of thousands of dollars in education, years of experience, and replace workers. Perpetuating this technology professionally waters down fields that used to employ people with disabilities who can't perform other jobs. 9/13 - To the naysayers, AI IS capable of producing award-winning art, even if that art is heavily borrowed from others. Copyright lawsuits are going to have a massive impact, but so many businesses are seeing the future through the lens of AI, and it's impacting all of us right now. 10/13 - In summation, AI has changed the world of art practically and economically in ways we are not prepared to comprehend. AI cannot truly replace a fine artist, but that's exactly what businesses are trying to do now. Skills and talent aren't valued: AI tries to make the artist a replacable cog. 11/13 - The Virtual Furry Museum championed digital art in a world that was so traditional and refused to see Furry as genine art in its own right. I champion the artists, their vision, technique, and artistry. For stealing so much of that, I can't accept AI art in the Virtual Furry Museum. 12/13 - And I urge those currently relying on AI to do all the thinking and production of the work to learn the principles and techniques and understand how art works for themselves. Not the AI tools or obsessing over brushes, but design, visual communication, and critical thinking through style. 13/13 - Even an ugly, poorly rendered Fursona sketch is life YOU brought into the world. It's YOUR vision and what YOU can make without anyone or anything else making it for you! It's yours. Take ownership of that and be proud! Never think less of yourself. Learn, improve, and enjoy the process.
August 28, 2025 at 1:18 PM
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"Also vote for Nazi fur con GoH Photographotter for the *Good* Furry Award just because he's a kidney donor who was the subject of a VR film which everyone including the lamestream media's praising as a feel good story because that totally excuses him being GOH of a Nazi fur con"
Sotalo > Megaplex @sotalo.bsky.social‬ For your consideration for the Good Furry Award, I'd like to reshare our blitz about @photographotter.bsky.social. An author, kidney donor, Sundance star, convention co-director, and VRChat video series director, Photographotter is absolutely deserving of the Furtastic award! Guest Of Honor Photographotter YouTube video by Garden State Fur the Weekend https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mBt5oJt5nSs
August 28, 2025 at 1:18 PM
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"Please give me $100 a month from your piggy banks so you can get a shout out on my Virtual Furry Museum pay pig wall because I made it & feel entitled to go to Nazi fur cons white knighting GoH NIIC going on a Nazi fur podcast (who hasn't returned the favor)"
Sotalo > Megaplex @sotalo.bsky.social‬ The Virtual Furry Museum has just been updated to feature the Patron Wall! Displays will glow like this when patrons are present in the world. Please join our Patreon today to secure your name on the wall and help support the Virtual Furry Museum! patreon.com/Sotalo A VRChat screenshot of the Virtual Furry Museum "Patrons of the Museum" wall
August 28, 2025 at 1:18 PM
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When he confirmed his panel info I did email @anotherfurrycon.com about this & you can too [email protected] especially if you're planning to attend the con but don't want a panel that platforms hate including Nazi furs because apparently that's "drama" caused by "gatekeepers"
The Good Furry Award Kevin Hile Admin August 9 at 6:42 PM We have a time now for the Good Furry Awards Live Ceremony at Another Furry Con! It will be: Saturday, September 20, 4:30 pm - 5:30 pm - Panel 1 (203) If any nominees are going to be there, please let me know! Grubbs Grizzly, Chairfur, The Good Furry Awards
August 18, 2025 at 3:09 PM
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Greymuzzle Cassidy Civet would plagiarize TechLead saying those who don't dox themselves are losers & in his latest crashout gave a "hearty fuck you" to the "haters" "bitching" over him for defending nominees that actively supported "Garden State Fur Con" including Guest of Honor Photographotter.
Grubbs Grizzly — Thu 14 Aug 2025 - 15:11 #5 Your rating: None Average: 2.2 (6 votes) The comments above are made by people with 2 things in common: 1. They are afraid to give their real names 2. They have not done anything with their lives worthy of an award or any other kind of recognition and probably never will It is impossible for me to be offended by people I neither know nor respect. Kevin Hile, Publisher, Uncle Bear Publishing Wolf-N-Bone (visitor) — Thu 14 Aug 2025 - 19:45 #6 Your rating: None Average: 3 (6 votes) I NEVER 1-star hardly anybody but holy fuck, how DARE YOU imply people are cowards for not DOXXING themselves! I don't see YOU doing it! Or are you going to be like one of the digital Wal-Martians that are FB users and dump a box of screencaps from your days as an indy wrestler, "sacrificing your body for the sport" in a fucking high school gym? Okay, well even he wasn't giving his real name on the site defined by "being the real you" where it's a POLICY, and hello, furry fandom?! I'm dying of smoke inhalation from the Nova Scotian wildfire, the fuck makes you think we take any of this shit seriously? GTFO. You ain't shit. Go doxx minors somewhere else, they don't tend to kick it here, it's too 90's! Go Fucky Awards (visitor) — Sat 16 Aug 2025 - 02:45 #7 Your rating: None Average: 3 (2 votes) Welcome to the internet, boomer. People don't put their real names on their fursonas because it is the internet. Some of us run things here and stay extra careful. Some of us don't want to put up with stupid boomers and annoying kids. Some of us are just private so we can stay in character. What absolute dogshit PR you have. Grubbs Grizzly — Thu 14 Aug 2025 - 23:20 #8 Your rating: None Average: 1.8 (4 votes) Read my comment above. Kevin Hile, Publisher, Uncle Bear Publishing Go Fucky Awards (visitor) — Sat 16 Aug 2025 - 02:47 #9 Your rating: None Average: 3 (2 votes) If your "Good furry award" nominees are consistently mired in controversy, then it might be a systemic issue with your award. Just saying. This award really has no standing or credibility. https://bsky.app/profile/dorje.stego.dad/post/3lw6gw6fsqk2t Wolf-N-Bone (visitor) — Fri 15 Aug 2025 - 18:59 #10 Your rating: None Average: 3.7 (3 votes) Read a pop-up book. The Good Furry Award Kevin Hile Admin August 15 at 10:06 AM One of our nominees for the Good Furry Award's Furtastic Award is PhotographOtter, who I just found out is the main focus of this video produced by New Yorker magazine: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SMWpcHrIMBo I want to take a moment to note that, in the slew of negs in my email box of people bitching that some of the nominees this year are bad people, one of them was PhotographOtter because of his association with Garden State Fur Con. He is one of a couple of people who were labeled as Nazis by association. NOW do you furs see how righteous indignation and guilt by association have plagued the furry fandom? To all you haters out there: a hearty fuck you. To all you Good Furry nominees out there, I love you and appreciate you. Thanks for making the world a better place. YOUTUBE.COM How the Bonds Among V.R. Furries Saved a Life | “The Reality of Hope” | The New Yorker Documentary
August 18, 2025 at 3:09 PM
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So apparently back on July 1st someone else called out Sotalo's GFA nomination & Grubbs absolutely crashed out saying he doesn't support Nazi furs because he said so while using the Elon Musk defense because neurodivergent people totally call the cops on protestors
archive.ph/GNBkw
7/1/2025 6 Comments Editorial: Objections to a GFA Nominee [Papabear note: Over the course of the last week, I have received mail protesting a nominee for the Good Furry Awards. Below is my response.] [From a person who describes themself as a "greymuzzle investigator"]: I would like to speak as a person who has observed the behavior of Sotalo. With evidence from Dogpatch Press (Screenshots of Sotalo's penchant for drama), I've also personally experienced him. He's a hostile person who tries to destabilize anyone who disagrees with him or exposes his behaviors. He's childish and attacks people quickly. I discovered him through my own connections, a furry I've been tracking for years who is a well-known pedophile. By proxy, said furry (Tuskyn) had come in contact with people that Sotalo has been in contact with, and features in his museum if I recall (I have not personally visited it). Sotalo has gone on record multiple times saying he wishes the age of consent was lower than 18. Furthermore, I have to ask... Why do you allow people to nominate themselves in such a way for such rewards? This just reeks of self ego inflating. That should disqualify, these awards should be nominations by their communities, by those they've touched, not themselves. I saw where his draft of his self nomination was. His museum is not unique. It also does not cover 'the fandom', but people -he- personally finds interesting or 'worthy of being historical'. This includes many people who have a foot fetish who perk his interest, as well as those who are associated with the Furry Raiders or other pedophile furries. In recent drama, Sotalo was part of a PR representation of a convention that wasn't even in his own state, and he frequently got verbally violent with anyone who questioned him. The PR was brought because the convention welcomed the Furry Raiders, well known Nazi furs (complete with red armbands) who allow pedophiles into their groups (This is part of ANOTHER Tuskyn connection, since he is part of the raiders now as well.) He claimed Dogpatch Press was spreading misinformation by linking literal screenshots of Sotalo's own messages in an open group. He claimed that the convention failed because of him, and not the fact that they welcomed the Furry Raiders, a group that the fandom has long sense rejected for their hate, as well as one of them that brought Fox News into the convention the year prior against con-goers' consent being welcomed back. He was forced to defend the convention's image, and defend literal nazis by doing so. I do not use the term 'nazi' as an insult or lightly. This man still attacks dogpatch, as well as anyone who dares speak up against him or offer a means of him to act more mature. He also attacks anyone who questions his comments on wanting to marry/have sex with teenagers under 18. You will have a lot of people losing faith in your awards you select this man. And I will say once more... Why do you allow people to nominate themselves? It feels like it is done in bad faith. * * * Dear X: ​First of all, Sotalo did not nominate himself. I personally know the furry who nominated them. Sotalo did not know he was nominated until I told him. (Also, I never "allow" people to nominate themselves; it specifically says in the rules you cannot do that.) Another accusation I got from someone else was that the nomination was written by AI. It was not. If the grammar looks too good, it is because I clean up the text. I'm a professional editor. Thirdly, I have investigated the claims I have heard. I have also spoken with people I respect (including Rod O'Riley) who have defended Sotalo. I also know that the late great Mark Merlino believed that the museum was well done and just needed some additions. I have also spoken with Sotalo at length. I am satisfied by our long discussions that he in no way supports the FR or Nazis. How do I know? Because if you support the FR, you don't say, "Why would anyone support Nazis?" By the way, it is highly interesting to me that you yourself say you have not visited the VR Furry Museum, yet you are disparaging the contents of a museum you haven't even seen. Also, you assign guilt to Sotalo for apparently coming into contact with people who have come into contact with Tuskyn. By such logic, I'm guilty too, because I probably know someone in the fandom who knows someone who knows someone who knows Tuskyn. Also, you might not be aware, but the age of consent in 15 states in the USA is under 18. Many people feel it should be 16. So, if it is indeed Sotalo's position that the age of consent should be, say, 16, he is not alone and that doesn't make him a pedophile. ​​ What we have here in Sotalo is someone who is not adept at social situations. As Rod explained to me, Sotalo can has been known to behave in inappropriate and even aggressive ways that turn people off. But he is not a Nazi lover. I believe he is on the spectrum. People on the spectrum can have outbursts and be difficult to deal with (I have a grandson who is, so I know from personal experience.) People on the spectrum can also react frightfully bad to OTHER people on the spectrum for perceived bad behavior. For the last several years, I have also observed furries having knee-jerk reactions to what they believe to be a person associating with bad actors (either fascist or communist) and then proceeding to try and trash their reputations out of some ill-conceived, egotistical belief that it is their job to gatekeep the fandom. It is not. This is the same attitude that has made our society malignant with the likes of the Tea Baggers, MAGAts, and TERFs. You and others who have threatened to trash the reputation of the Good Furry Awards are behaving like gatekeepers. (Yes, you did. It was an implied threat.) The nominees are chosen by people in the fandom, not me. If you don't like the museum or have a personal beef with Sotalo, then don't vote for him. If nobody but one or two furries likes Sotalo, then that certainly means he will not win an award. I sincerely doubt you actually care about the reputation of the GFAs (or the fandom in general). I believe you and others are trying to weaponise the awards to alienate and disenfranchise people you personally do not like. I fully suspect that leaving Sotalo's nomination up will result in his haters launching a campaign against the GFAs. That's okay. I've dealt with behavior like this before in the fandom, and I am sure I will again. I've seen other people who are my friends get trashed too. Oh, and someone threatened to dox me once! LOL that is not a threat. Literally everyone knows I am a sexually open gay furry bear. They know my address, phone number, email etc. etc., too. It might profit you to spend a little less time hating others and a little more time trying to find the good in your fellow furries. Blessed Be, Grubbs Grizzly, Admin, the GFAs P.S. Just for the record: Of course, if someone has a criminal record or other documented illegal activity, they will not be given a space in these awards.
August 18, 2025 at 3:09 PM
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Damn they've plagiarized @soatok.bsky.social too it's almost like they think we're so stupid that we wouldn't notice
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Age Verification Doesn’t Need to Be a Privacy Footgun Written by Miss Moth in Blog “Won’t someone think of the poor children?” they say, clutching their pearls as they enact another stupid law that will harm the privacy of every adult on Earth and create Prior Restraint that inhibits the freedom of speech in liberal democracies. A sticker of their Fursona slapping their face not loading Art: CMYKat
August 10, 2025 at 12:43 AM
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Imagine being the Temu Furry Valley plagiarizing @dogpatch.press' entire article about @heika.dog & @laelaps.fyi anti-zoo monitoring work because your ChatGPT AI slop wasn't getting any attention
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Two years of anti-zoophile community moderation: Heika’s work with Laelaps on Bluesky Written by Miss Moth in Blog Founder heikadog In Greek mythology, Laelaps is a dog that never fails to catch what it is hunting. On Bluesky, tens of thousands of users use the Laelaps anti-zoophile labeler. This volunteer-run project collects evidence of animal abusers and enablers, publishes a list, and shows a label on listed accounts so you’re informed before interacting. A labeler utilizes third-party moderation service, hooked up to Bluesky features that help you choose how to use the platform. It lets you actively curate rather than passively consume what you’re fed. After backlash fades, support makes a lasting reason to do it. A witness of grooming by zoophiles sent this thanks for all the service. Hey, Heika. I just wanted to say thank you for all the hard work you do... without getting too deep into it, I'm honestly sickened and shaking just at the notion that these people believe what they believe. I've had friends fall in line with them and the results were... not pretty. Seriously, thank you. Your work is helping my mental health, whether you know it or not. Cheers ^^ thank you !! means a Like the article? These take hard work. For more free furry news, follow on Twitter or support not-for-profit Dogpatch Press on Patreon. Want to get involved? Try these subreddits: r/furrydiscuss for news or r/waginheaven for the best of the community. Or send guest writing here. (Content Policy.)
August 10, 2025 at 12:07 AM
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His website with broken links features artists & contributors including Nazi fur con GSFTW's former chair ShyMatsi & GoH NIIC along with him on racist GSFTW attendee Yappyfox's Funday Pawpet Show with a planned exhibit for it but not the Furry Raiders despite defending NIIC's interview with them.
Photo of the Funday Pawpet Show ep. 917 in the Virtual Furry Museum
August 8, 2025 at 7:18 AM
lumincity.bsky.social
His Temu Garoshadowscale Patreon currently has 8 pay piggies he treats like piggy banks paying $135 a month for exposure with 1 $50 "Sponser" & his highest tier is the $100 "Philantropist" in an "insanely difficult" job market which will likely go to Nazi fur cons instead of a dictionary.
Supporter $5 / month The Supporter tier gets your name listed on the wall as a supporter of the Virtual Furry Museum. Name on the wall You might like Patron Bronze $10 / month Limited (98 of 100 remaining) The Patron Bronze tier gets your name on the wall along with a small sticker! Sticker on the wall Name on the wall Patron Silver $20 / month Limited (47 of 50 remaining) The Patron Silver tier gets your name and a bigger sticker on the wall! Sticker on the wall Name on the wall Patron Gold $30 / month Limited (25 of 25 remaining) The Patron Gold tier gets your name and a small piece of art on the wall. Thank you so much for your support! Name on the wall Art on the wall Sponser $50 / month Limited (9 of 10 remaining) The Sponser tier gets your name and a medium-sized piece of art on the wall! I can custom-make the art myself for anyone supporting this tier for at least one year. Name on the wall Art on the wall Philantropist $100 / month Limited (10 of 10 remaining) The Philantropist tier gets your name and art on the wall. The art can be custom-made for anyone supporting this tier for 6 months. Plus, this tier gets you 4 hours of guaranteed 1:1 consultation time per month for 3 months to assist with your art and personal projects, research, or anything I can help you with! Name on the wall Art on the wall 1 Hour 1:1 Consultation Weekly for 3 months annually. Sotalo Creator/Curator of the Virtual Furry Museum 1 post $135/month Virtual Furry Museum Creator/Curator. Furry Artist from Sarasota, FL. Total members 9 Paid members 8 Post 1 Per month $135
August 8, 2025 at 7:18 AM
lumincity.bsky.social
He claimed to have put 10k hours into the VFM since October 2022 (roughly 10 hours a day for the past 1k days) on top of his full time job with a 22 minute video with sad music that's not loud enough to drown out him talking with a rigged 3d model like a insincere manipulative apology video.
Sotalo > Megaplex @sotalo.bsky.social‬ The Virtual Furry Museum... Needs Your Help. Since beginning the project in October 2022, about 10,000 hours have been sunk into the research, development, and outreach for the world, along with educational tours. Now, we need your help. https://youtu.be/B9Aj17uFq9A The Virtual Furry Museum Needs Your Help YouTube video by Virtual Furry Museum August 7, 2025 at 11:18 AM Everybody can reply 12 reposts 2 quotes 18 likes
August 8, 2025 at 7:18 AM
lumincity.bsky.social
In his DeviantArt rant he projected over his toxic work environment of "falsified investigations", ungrateful coworkers who hate the "young, experienced, intelligent & disabled" & a rigged job market made worse by Trump's tariffs & disability cuts.
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Losing my Job, Trauma Stories, Being a Good Furry 5 days ago 7 min read By Sotalo Published: 5 days ago Well, it was a long time coming, almost 10 solid years with an employer who laid off 30% of staff previously and sees any stepback in growth as a reason to lay off employees. People in that environment harassed me for reasons beyond my control, and the amount of falsified investigations was absurd. I presented evidence proving otherwise and they didn't care. I do not recommend anyone come out as LGBTQ right now, or say they are a Furry, or even say they have a medical disability. It also becomes very difficult when knowledgable people in technical positions end up superceding the knowledge of their coworkers and contacts. Sometimes you can help people who don't help you back. Nobody likes someone who's young, experienced, intelligent, and disabled. The job market right now is insanely difficult. So many people are out of work thanks to the big, atrocious bill jacking tarriffs and decades of racing to the bottom. Many companies respond by either raising prices or issuing layoffs, anything in order to maintain their incredibly high profit margins. It will be a struggle to get back on my feet. My Type One Diabetes has caused me to fall over at blue collar jobs, and my inability to walk for long distances in shoes without my legs locking up severely limits the types of jobs I can obtain. Disability has been cut so much they refuse people who are wheelchair bound and need oxygen to live. I have friends who tried to find work for over a year to no avail, and others on Disability who have to suffer horrible conditions. For the longest time I served as a light to so many people, providing financial assistance when I could, showing kindness to minorities who had faced severe unkindness from others, raising communities where primary rule is respect, and it is fully ingrained in our culture. I teach the stories that are given to me from so many who are marginalized, including people who are only marginalized in this fandom. A Christian Furry with ADHD struggled to accept their sexuality and NSFW artwork. He'd suffered severe insomnia trying to avoid any thoughts of it to the point it was harming his health. I explained to him people with ADHD lack dopamine and need a safe, healthy means of gaining it. While medications continually cause side effects in so many people, the artwork does help, staving off depression, anxiety, and suicide. I told him Jesus preached forgiveness and knew nobody could live a sinless life. The horrible things people do to themselves and others in that pursuit was not His message. Perhaps his life was God's test for others' willingness to forgive, and a test for him to accept himself. As a former Christian I understood what to say. And it helps to have that experience growing up and hearing it from others. We are not alone as Furries on this Earth. But no story in my life came close to what I heard from real survivors of abuse... people who use Furry art as a means to cope with their experiences together with others who shared similar experiences. This community could've helped more people if the Fandom was more accepting of each other and less toxic. All the while the Good Furry Awards are running. Right now, you may cast your vote in 3 categories. I've been given a nomination for the Image Award. If you nominated me, I'd really like to speak with you. But also on the docket are people who raised hatred over Shymatsi, a pansexual African American community leader who organized Furry events in New Jersey and volunteered at dozens of Furry conventions for over 30 years. They raised hatred against some of our Fandom's greatest benefactors. It would be nice to receive the award for all the work done to preserve Sylys' memory and history in the museum, but as a result of my inclusion the award platform was eventually captured and used by my enemies to promote people that raised hate. I'm not sure if people did what they believed was righteous, that somehow our convention represented everything they hated, but it wasn't that. We showed the nominee for Best Short Film at Sundance, The Reality of Hope. The first Furry documentary ever accepted to the festival. We had awesome performers and dances. We had people presenting their favorite things, and a fun game room, and raised thousands for charity. People who inspire hate, issue death threats, and promote defamation do not deserve this honor. And it's wild to see people so ignorant of the truth, so malignant against the Fandom's (and each others') success, being honored in the same way. I'd spent thousands of hours gathering stories, research, and education on Furries to help people through this platform, and presented some of it in the Virtual Furry Museum. I asked for no money, only for people to be kind and respect one another. I fear the Furry Renaissance spawned by Zootopia is officially dead. Even now that people have the resources to learn more about this community, people are not always going to be interested to learn the truth about each other, and how this fandom helps so many across various communities, including ABDL, Furries with neurodivergence, and others. The forces of evil have grown so great in number and so powerful that all sense of respect for the preservation and growth of our community and culture is gone. Communities with hundreds or thousands of people get slashed and burned. The Furry Fandom, much like people's economic, emotional, and physical stability these days, are held together by tape and string. And there are far too many scissors. It becomes difficult to promote this fandom and the ways it helps people when the scissors have so much power. So many people are seeing instead the overwhelming toxicity as an insurmountable problem, making those communities and subcultures unable to operate effectively, and making so many people buy into the hate, giving it fuel and attention. So... where do we go from here? Recognize first and foremost that behind the username and every work of art is a living, breathing person, and an intention. Behind our conventions are staff filled with people who do not all think alike. And everyone who comes into this Fandom has clearly come in here for different reasons. They have their own history before finding Furry, and their own story through this Fandom, and how this Fandom was able to serve them. They bring their skills and knowledge here to either construct a space where they see a need, help others, or find a place in a world where so very often there isn't a place for us. Many people are worried. Many people are confused. Many people are scared. But this Fandom should not be a place for worry, confusion, or fear. It should be a place for people to come together. Paraphrasing someone wise who I spoke with tonight, there is no such thing as good or bad people, there are only choices. And the imbalance of information makes it very easy for everyone to assume their choice is good, but it's in truth very difficult to know for sure. I spent years researching Furries and still uncover more. I know one thing - raising hatred and mass campaigns against others is never good. Ask. Learn. Share compassion, empathy, kindness, and respect. Try your best to understand each other, because there may come a day I will not be able to do it for you. Many of my friends gathered to me upon hearing my job loss and offered sympathy and help. I'm going to do my best to come up with a plan to survive. Hopefully my next post will be more joyous. But though I have stood on the shoulders of giants, it is still tough to see through the weeds.
August 8, 2025 at 7:18 AM