Tau Switchblade

@tauswitchblade.bsky.social

Circa 1960, he/him, occasionally NSFW. Here for a good time, not for a long time! Fursuits by MagpieBones & myself linktr.ee/tauswitchblade

Hey, Tommy Tuberville -- I get it. That night at the furry convention with the pilot in the cute fursuit was amazing. You thought that you had found the One. The next day, you found out that he had a guy in every city his carrier served. It hurts. You will find the right guy. I believe in you.

Editorial cartoon: I couldn't decide which idea I preferred so I drew them both. It's incredible how some politicians don't hesitate to embarass themselves.

caricature of Tommy Tuberville speaking while Baloo and Don Karnage stand in the background
TT: Would you be comfortable with a mentally ill furry being your pilot?
DK: He is to be talking about us, yes no?
Caption: Sen. Tommy Tuberville says 'Deranged' furry culture is flight safety risk
Forbes.com Sept24/2026cartoon: Peanuts style of Tommy Tuberville standing next to Snoopy as the World War One Flying Ace with his Sopwith Camel
Caption: GOP Senator Ahead of Midterms: Furry Airline Pilots are 'Terrifying'
Rolling Stone Sept23/2026

The reason not to triangulate against trans people isn't that it's bad politics (although I believe it is) or unnecessary (although I believe it is). It's because YOU MUST NOT ABANDON THE VULNERABLE TO DEPRAVED PEOPLE WHO WILL DO THEM HARM. If we will, what's the point of anything else we do?

A salient observation: “The elite meticulously engineer culture wars so the starving peasants violently butcher each other over trivial, fabricated differences. As long as the slaves are completely soaked in each other’s blood, the master’s castle remains completely untouched.” ~ Hunter S. Thompson


A sepia-toned photo of a seated and bespectacled Hunter S. Thompson, holding a cigarette in one hand:

“The elite meticulously engineer culture wars so the starving peasants violently butcher each other over trivial, fabricated differences. As long as the slaves are completely soaked in each other’s blood, the master’s castle remains completely untouched.”
~ Hunter S. Thompson

To all the folks frustrated by Google and how they have ruined their own search with genAI slop: I cannot stress enough that there are other search engines out there. They offer little-to-no genAI slop*. Are they AMAZING? No, but they are passable, workable options.

Search Engines That Don't Use AI: 8 Options | The Write Direction

Looking for search engines that don't use AI? Compare 8 private, link-first options, learn what "no AI" means in practice, and how to turn off AI in Google.

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The difference is, the dinosaurs could not stop the asteroid. What you feel at the pumps, the grocery checkout, the atm is the same feeling they had. Looking up wondering wtf to do, seeing it coming. We can stop this asteroid, we all know how. With one, simple task: #Vote.