Beals

Beals

@beals.gay

They / Them πŸ³οΈβ€βš§οΈ | Oregon, USA 🌲 | Dev πŸ–₯️ | Idiot with a camera πŸ“Έ | Thoughts posted here are my own: https://beals.gay

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No matter what happens, lets be here for each other. Lift up those who are struggling and be kind to one another. I am still a firm believer that love and compassion will always win in the end.

I am feeling proud of some of the photos that I got on the #BLFC2026 dance floor.

My take on using Machine Learning and AI for photography. Classifiers that run locally can be really useful tools. The kind of software that identifies people, objects, out of focus photos. This technology has been around for a long time. Generative AI is cancer and should die in hellfire.

We need a version of the Creative Commons licence that is generally permissive but prohibits the usage in generative AI.

Im feeling the desire to photograph more events and go outside my comfort zone. Also want to expand on subjects, furries are fun but there are so many different things to photograph out there

Circle avatars is the worst thing that has ever happened to modern web design.

Double whammy this year with con scheduling :/. Hopefully things smooth out for 2028

Get Out The Float@getoutthefloat.com

getoutthefloat.com/gotf-postpon... With heavy hearts, we have to postpone GOTF 2027 to 2028. This is not a decision we take lightly, and we will continue to work from where we needed to stop. Nobody wants this, but it is the Bestway forward for GOTF.

I think the dates are going to hurt furlandia's attendance this year. This is a very unfortunate conflict :(

Wahooo!! Furlandia 2027 registration is NOW OPEN! Join us from May 7, 2027, to May 9, 2027, at the Portland Marriott Downtown Waterfront hotel in Portland, Oregon. Get your controllers and gaming gear ready for Ready Furry One! www.furlandia.org/2027/register

While stuff like this can tell a nice story, you have to be really careful to account for bias when parsing through data. I could easily cherry pick a bunch of factors to turn the map blue. Ie. Cost of living, homeless population, wealth inequality. This could all just be made up as well.

darren32359.bsky.social@darren32359.bsky.social

This con is truly something special. It's really well ran by a small group of passionate people who genuinely care about the community. While the event is modest, the passion behind it is extraordinary Please consider helping them

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Today was the last day the mostly abandoned PDX Lloyd Center Mall was open to public, so hundreds of people just showed up and hung out, no one cared if you drew on the walls since its getting demolished Had fun drawing critters. Tomorrow they’ll stare into an empty building before they’re gone

I think the US government cheaped out on new passports. I had it in my pocket for a day and it's already faded. This is a new passport that I used for one trip.

My old passport which spent multiple days hanging out in my pocket while I was in New Zealand last year.

The custom kigu is back in my possession. Honestly this is just reinforcing my bias to never fly with things that are irreplaceable such as my fursuits.

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I'm honestly impressed. KLM left my bag behind in Schiphol Airport on my way to Europe and then did the same thing on my way home.

I'm honestly impressed. KLM left my bag behind in Schiphol Airport on my way to Europe and then did the same thing on my way home.

I've connected with so many cool people at #awoostria. It's been surprisingly easy to meet new furs here

Someone handed me this sticker and ran off. I can only aspire to reach this level of gremlin