Raptor4694 🖌 TEAM COMEDY

@raptor4694.bsky.social

aka Xaeron • 26 • he/him • blue protogen/raptor/dragon • Artist, Programmer, Gamer, Dev • Anti-zoo • Anti-NFT • Anti-AI SFW but likes may be weird/suggestive

We are entering the FINAL WEEK of the Aerbunny Plush rerun! We're already over 70% funded, so we really only need a final push to get the campaign over the finish line. If you missed out on the Aerbunny the first time round, make sure to pick one up for yourself before the campaign ends!

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Today, July 22nd 2026, marks 15 years since the release of the original Aether mod Please enjoy this special anniversary artwork and message written by the Aether Team Lead, Katie Payn, to commemorate this amazing milestone

Anniversary artwork featuring a Glowstone Aether Portal in the shape of the number 15 in front of landscape images of various Aether Projects. Text below the Glowstone Portal image reads "15 years exploring the skies together, Thank you all for making The Aether a special place for us all"Today, July 22nd 2026, marks 15 years since the release of the original Aether Mod for Minecraft by our team's founders. Since then our team has expanded and our roster has rotated over time. Talented engineers, artists, musicians, community managers, and designers have joined the team, developed their skills and talents, and left to work on bigger and better projects and teams including Mojang, Hypixel Studios, Skybound Entertainment, and more. But our team's core philosophy of delivering awe-inspiring experiences in breathtaking worlds has remained the same. 

10 years ago I became the steward of this project as its Team Lead. Since then, we have fleshed out The Aether's world, remastered the original mod and brought it back into the mainstream of Minecraft modding, revived and enriched the project's long-awaited sequel The Aether II, launched an amazing collaboration with the Origin Realms server, launched official merchandise with Makeship, and most recently finally released an official version of The Aether on the Minecraft Marketplace with Aether Legends.

This all represents an absolute resurgence in The Aether Project, with now over 120 million downloads on Curseforge, over 2000 Makeship plushes sold, and thousands of new fans brought in by our various collaborations and new releases. The project is now in the healthiest state it has ever seen since its inception, and we are incredibly excited to continue evolving this world via updates to our existing projects and incubating new projects going forward. So please look forward to new content and project announcements over the next few years.

We absolutely could not have achieved any of this without all of you, so shout out to our Patrons, people who put aside their hard-earned money long term to help keep our project afloat over the last decade, and shout out to all of you who have continued to play, enjoy, and talk about The Aether Project over the years. 

I also want to shout out a few important people wh…

Over 800 wildfires are burning across Canada right now. Canada also holds more than a quarter of the world's boreal forest and is warming at twice the global average rate. The smoke is the part getting attention. Here is everything else. 🧵

A severe crown fire burns through a boreal forest at night. Tall conifer trees are engulfed in intense orange and red flames, with charred trunks visible in the foreground against the wall of fire behind them. Photo by Stefan Doerr.

[He/Him](Feral, Reference Sheet) 3HR Ref Sheet for Anon! Ty this was really fun! I really don't ever get to go all out with little scenes like this on refs.

a reference sheet of a cross fox in various city-based scenes

Hideo Kojima is 'really sad' about PlayStation ending disc production in 2028 🎮 • He's actively buying up physical media — including movies and CDs • He's 'frightened' about the future of ownership as streaming becomes more dominant (via IGN)

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