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Professor in Boston (posts do not represent my employer) internet alpaca | he/they 🏳️‍🌈 demi, polyam, open, ΘΔ 💜 @samael.gay 💜 pfp @senornutria.bsky.social, banner @plaguedaemonart.bsky.social

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Tofte ➡️ MFF, NYFB @tofte.bsky.social · Nov 15

For new folks: Hiya! I'm Tofte, Boston-based professor of classical studies, alpaca, fursuiter, amateur artist, regular con panelist, cat dad, and co-director of a furry archive and history non-profit (@fangfeatherfin.furryhistory.org). Nice to see ya here! 🦙🧡🏳️‍🌈

Front cover of "Catullus and Roman Comedy: Theatricality and Personal Drama in the Late Republic" showing a Roman mosaic of a man holding a theatrical mask.

Alpaca fursuiter in a blue shirt and khaki shorts standing in a peach orchard holding a box full of peaches that says "Quality Fruit"

Black and white linocut print of a fox screaming "GAY!" against a background of small black and white triangles

Digital painting of an alpaca sitting on hay bales in front of a red wooden barn wall, surrounded by various decorative gourds

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Tofte ➡️ MFF, NYFB @tofte.bsky.social · 1h

Do ai techbros have a finger kink? Is that the real reason hands are always so fucked up?

a close up of a computer keyboard with a bunch of wires hanging off of it .

ALT: a close up of a computer keyboard with a bunch of wires hanging off of it .

media.tenor.com

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Tofte ➡️ MFF, NYFB @tofte.bsky.social · 2h

*brushes my seventeen misshapen fingers over your chest*

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Tofte ➡️ MFF, NYFB @tofte.bsky.social · 2h

Tired: "I'm going to cum so hard for you."
Wired: "I'm going to burn through so much potable water for you."

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Tofte ➡️ MFF, NYFB @tofte.bsky.social · 2h

lol can't wait for the plagiarism robot to start asking "do you RP?"

Matt Burgess (WIRED) @mattburgess1.bsky.social · 1d

Oh good, ChatGPT is getting "erotica for verified adults" later this year

We made ChatGPT pretty restrictive to make sure we were being careful with mental health issues. We realize this made it less useful/enjoyable to many users who had no mental health problems, but given the seriousness of the issue we wanted to get this right.

Now that we have been able to mitigate the serious mental health issues and have new tools, we are going to be able to safely relax the restrictions in most cases.

In a few weeks, we plan to put out a new version of ChatGPT that allows people to have a personality that behaves more like what people liked about 4o (we hope it will be better!). If you want your ChatGPT to respond in a very human-like way, or use a ton of emoji, or act like a friend, ChatGPT should do it (but only if you want it, not because we are usage-maxxing).

In December, as we roll out age-gating more fully and as part of our “treat adult users like adults” principle, we will allow even more, like erotica for verified adults.

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Tofte ➡️ MFF, NYFB @tofte.bsky.social · 2h

Well at least now I know whomst I'm not telling my crimes to >:c

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Tofte ➡️ MFF, NYFB @tofte.bsky.social · 2h

Other work friend: "No, I'd want you to have an opportunity to experience the consequences and learn from your mistake."
Me: "But I don't want to learn, I want to get away with it!"

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Tofte ➡️ MFF, NYFB @tofte.bsky.social · 2h

Me: "Hypothetically, would you lie to help me cover up a crime?"
Work friend: "No! Would you lie if I committed a crime?"
Me: "Of course! But now I feel like this friendship isn't quite as two-sided as I thought."

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Tofte ➡️ MFF, NYFB @tofte.bsky.social · 3h

lol I do not yet, but I've got it in my cart now

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Scramble 🦊☕ 🔜 Furpoc, ANE @scramblefox.bsky.social · 3h

Hi, I'm Scramble!

I'm a fursuit photographer based in the Boston area, and I absolutely love to incorporate bold lighting and interesting architectural elements into my photos!

fops.coffee
scramblefox.com

#furry #fursuit #photography #portfolioday

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Tofte ➡️ MFF, NYFB @tofte.bsky.social · 4h

I'd swipe right (respectfully)

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Kasey Gifford @kaseygifford.bsky.social · 11h

ART FOR SALE: All my original drawtober inks are up for grabs. They're each $60 total (that includes shipping) If one strikes your fancy shoot me a DM!

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Tofte ➡️ MFF, NYFB @tofte.bsky.social · 4h

I'm gonna bite you

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🅺🅴🅴🆂🅷 ➡️𝕁𝕄𝕠𝔽 @keeshwashere.bsky.social · 19h

#portfolioday

keeshkeesh.carrd.co

#furry #furryart #illustration

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Tofte ➡️ MFF, NYFB @tofte.bsky.social · 4h

🦙🤔

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Tofte ➡️ MFF, NYFB @tofte.bsky.social · 4h

lol I was coming here to say the same thing

Tofte ➡️ MFF, NYFB @tofte.bsky.social · 16h

Now rank tails

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Tofte ➡️ MFF, NYFB @tofte.bsky.social · 16h

After several rough months, life is feeling pretty good 🦙💖

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Tofte ➡️ MFF, NYFB @tofte.bsky.social · 16h

It's little alpacas all the way down 🦙🦙🦙🦙🦙🦙🦙🦙🦙🦙

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The Fuzz Factory 🔜 MFF! @thefuzzfactory.com · 20h

New items gonna get added to the store soon! Excited to share more 🐾🏳️‍🌈

New custom printed objects that will soon be added to our store! Image features paws, therian tags, and more

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🅺🅴🅴🆂🅷 ➡️𝕁𝕄𝕠𝔽 @keeshwashere.bsky.social · 1d

I'm not sorry at all 😆

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Suzanne Karr Schmidt @drkarrschmidt.bsky.social · 1d

Boo!

Happy looking ghost annotation at the top right of a printer page.

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Tofte ➡️ MFF, NYFB @tofte.bsky.social · 20h

Lol

Tofte ➡️ MFF, NYFB @tofte.bsky.social · 20h

One of these days the little alpaca in my head will scream loud enough that I put on the damn PPE before I start flipping through sheets of glass. But it is not this day.

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Tofte ➡️ MFF, NYFB @tofte.bsky.social · 20h

Played yet another game of "Oh I don't need to put on cut gloves just to do this simple task" and lost :/

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Tofte ➡️ MFF, NYFB @tofte.bsky.social · 21h

Gorgeous work!