Foxy Gekkerson 🖤🩶🤍💜

A post from Mike LaPorte, a head of talent acquisition on LinkedIn: "I owe job seekers an apology. Not for anything I did intentionally. But for what the industry I've spent my career in has normalized. We normalized ghosting candidates after interviews. Just never responding. Like the 3 hours they spent preparing and the PTO they burned to come in didn't matter. We normalized job descriptions that are 40% aspirational fiction. Listing 15 "required" qualifications when we'd happily hire someone with 8 of them. We normalized 6 round interview processes for mid level roles. Panel interviews where half the people in the room haven't read the resume. We normalized asking candidates to show all their cards, current comp, competing offers, career goals, while giving them almost nothing in return. We normalized treating candidates like a pipeline metric instead of people making one of the most consequential decisions of their lives. I'm not saying every recruiter does this. I know a lot of great ones who fight these patterns every day. But as an industry we've built a system that asks candidates to invest enormous time, energy, and emotional labor into a process that gives them almost nothing back unless they get the offer. That's broken. And a lot of it has nothing to do with technology. It's choices we stopped questioning. But I do think we can build better systems and smarter tools to start fixing it. What would you change first? Genuinely asking."

Then let us begin normalizing the acknowledgment and understanding of this grim reality so many have found themselves ensnared in. A large number simply don't know because they're not currently affected by it. The existence of this post alone is a wonderful beginning move.

A vertically positions red fox levitates against a warm dark brown background. Spangles of prismatic diamonds radiate from the head and back.

Played with some MaxPack gouache brushes in Procreate.

"Jay is the reason BlueSky is still here."

Bull fucking shit.

BlueSky is here despite Jay, and Aaron, and the rest of these fucking dipshits.

BlueSky is here because of the trans people, the furries, the sex workers and the people of colour who refused to let it turn into another nazi bar.

If you're not into celebrating plumber mascots of companies who sue independent artists into oblivion for fan art, it is also my fursona's birthday <3

(The anniversary of her very first ref being finished)

I am indebted to her and every artist who has drawn her for giving me so much of myself.

Fun fact: A hummingbird's heart rate is around 21 beats per *second,* and 20Hz is just high enough a frequency that humans perceive it not as a rhythm, but as a tone.

Sure, our logo wouldn't be as charming as the Luxo Jr. lamp, or as regal as the MGM Lion.

But a ferret Cerberus in a business suit, with each head wearing a different hat alluding to different art mediums, still gets the message across all the same.

Another one of my vague daydreams of "If I ever became spectacularly wealthy overnight" would be to start what I've tentatively named "The Big Business Multimedia Co-Op"

Art and animation studio collectively owned by every employee that works for it, down to the overnight janitor.

Glacius Dracalopex

Not sure what compelled me to draw this suddenly but here’s a style guide to how I draw TLK style pawhands! Mostly just to show the shapes I envision when I draw them!

“International Women’s Day” ending up on the only 23 hour day of the year.

Happy international women’s day, from me! Wolf woman!!!!!!
#furry #fursuit

krystal minigunfox

#starfox

Oh? Do you have a link?

Have a Diane!
(and a Rosie Riveter tribute)
#foxpopvli #art

I wonder if there's a Bluesky starter pack for furry brewers.

Photo of a Fermentation Vessel for beer, filled with a beautiful golden wort. The temperature gauge is ath 17c, but it is steadily dropping towards the "Lager" temperature range

And we're off. Time for my first ever Pilsner
Good thing my shed and workshop is at the perfect temperature for brewing Lager

Happy International Women’s Day ✨💪🏹⚔️

Screenshot from the Planet of the Bass Tiktok where lyrics on screen say "Women are my favorite guy"

Screenshot from the Planet of the Bass Tiktok where lyrics on screen say "Tell the world 'stop the war'"

This song feels incredibly relevant today.

Every single Republican in government is a filthy traitor, and so is any democrat who votes to give even a single penny to support this genocide.

The Coyote VS Acme trailer is eminent. Let's get it trending my Legion: #GoSeeCoyoteVsAcme

An anthro fennec lady in revealing garbage dances in front of an ancient Egyptian themed chair and wall art

Old fen lady art

Image of Jacob Wysocki screaming with poorly edited text that says "you are AN ARTIST WITH FREE WILL."

YOU ARE AN ARTIST WITH FREE WILL. YOU CAN DRAW YOUR FAVORITE THINGS. YOU ARE AN ARTIST WITH FREE WILL. YOU CAN DRAW BAD AND ITS OK. YOU ARE AN ARTIST WITH FREE WILL. YOU CAN TRY DIFFERENT MEDIUMS. YOU ARE AN ARTIST WITH FREE WILL. YOU CAN DRAW YOUR FAVES FUCKING NASTY. YOU ARE AN ARTIST WITH FREE WI

Never reflect on who you are as an individual after 9PM. It's never a good idea, or a good time. Let those thoughts rest and just enjoy who you are here and now, and keep taking steps forward in life knowing you're still here, still alive, and because of that, things can still change for the better.

Today is international womens day

But what does it mean to be "into national women"?

Picard: It's a computer simulation of thoroughbred horse racing called Umamusume Pretty Derby. The program was quite popular in the 21st century.
Riker: Mm. 'Pretty' is accurate. That Goldship is quite something.
Picard: I hadn't noticed. I enjoy the simulation's tactical qualities.
Riker: Yes, sir.

A painted Warhammer 40,000 Space Marine Intercessor shown from the right. The armor is green with yellow eyes, and a black backpack and pauldrons belonging to the Salamanders. There is a purity seal on the right pauldron.

A painted Warhammer 40,000 Space Marine Intercessor shown from the rear. The belt and rear pouches are painted brown, indicative of leather.

A painted Warhammer 40,000 Space Marine Intercessor shown from the left. The base shows a small monument in the shape of a cloaked figure holding a sword and a golden halo.

A painted Warhammer 40,000 Space Marine Intercessor shown from the front. Without any transfers, there are no chapter markings on the pauldrons.

It took a few hours and I inadvertently wound up mixing different techniques, but I officially painted my first Warhammer mini!

I bet this will do some good for gas prices, amirite?