Lightnews — Scholar-powered news

Reposted by Toumal

SoFurry @sofurry.com · 18d

We also have to resize the storage array from the beta sizing before going live, and fix a few other issues. But we're getting there!

Expect more news soon! We know it took a while but the goal is in sight! Thanks for sticking with us ❤️ [2/2]

10 8 72

Reposted by Toumal

SoFurry @sofurry.com · 18d

#SoFurryServerMoveUpdate

We're in the process of fixing some important bugs before opening the site. SF2 users who never logged into SFX should now be able to recover their account if their password doesn't work (provided their email still works). [1/2]

3 14 88

Toumal @toumal.bsky.social · 25d

Thanks bud <3

1

Toumal @toumal.bsky.social · Sep 12

I know we haven't been communicating enough about the recent progress in bringing #SoFurry back online - there's gonna be some updates in a few hours. We also have a dedicated sfx-discussions channel on Discord.

2 1 9

Toumal @toumal.bsky.social · Sep 5

Switching to librewolf also worked :)
I think I had these changed, but not sure TBH

1 1

Toumal @toumal.bsky.social · Sep 5

Normally we would've done all that in the background, but the forced move made that impossible. Also, the business model of SF is to be there for the users. We don't have a budget, employees, or really a business. (handful of ad banners that don't cover the cost notwithstanding)

5 5 31

Toumal @toumal.bsky.social · Sep 5

I have been on a business trip for the past week, with no chance to work on SF. Terra is still on a business trip. We're the two critical resources for this.
Money isn't the issue right now, it's people. And it's more than just a server move, it's also about migration etc.

1 6 29

Toumal @toumal.bsky.social · Aug 27

Every single update of Firefox now re-enables the sidebar. Time to switch to LibreWolf.

3 1

Reposted by Toumal

SoFurry @sofurry.com · Aug 19

3) Backup server is up and running, has SF2 db loaded & working for the migration. This server will also get approx. $1000 worth of SSDs added once SFX is going.

4) Noticed the games changing every day on sofurry.com?

Thanks! We know this takes longer but we wanna do this the right way [3/3]

SoFurry is on the move!

sofurry.com

6 9 64

Reposted by Toumal

SoFurry @sofurry.com · Aug 19

2) Firewall is almost ready, after some issues initially, it seems to work now. We're gonna do some more testing just to be sure, then send it to the data center.
If this firewall shouldn't work out, there is a fallback solution but that's an additional $1500 - which we try to prevent [2/3]

1 6 39

Reposted by Toumal

SoFurry @sofurry.com · Aug 19

#SoFurryServerMoveUpdate

1) The SFX server gets moved soon. We've already received the neccessary network config information for the new data center. No concrete date yet, but we hope it's not much longer now [1/3]

2 17 67

Reposted by Toumal

Cuda -> Canfurence 🇨🇦 @cuda.bsky.social · Aug 12

Yesterday it was announced that GitHub's CEO resigned and GitHub would be folded into CoreAI.

I got this email 10 minutes ago. Microsoft has updated the TOS of many of their products and it includes a large section on AI and the use of your "content".

email from Microsoft stating that their TOS have changed

12 130 190

Reposted by Toumal

SoFurry @sofurry.com · Jul 15

We mourn the recent passing of @ofthewilds.bsky.social, one of the most prolific writers on SoFurry. You will be missed :(

13 41 110

Toumal @toumal.bsky.social · Jul 15

My most sincere condolences to you. He's been a part of @sofurry.com for a long time and was always cheerful and positive. The best people are taken from us the earliest.

1 10

Toumal @toumal.bsky.social · Jul 10

Thank you! And yesh, not the kind of news we wanted to get, but at least the colo host gave us a very good discount compared to normal pricing these days.

1 3

Reposted by Toumal

SoFurry @sofurry.com · Jul 10

Update regarding the down time: Still in the process of creating redundant off-site backups prior to the server move.

The whole process until we're online again will take a few weeks. We will keep you updated on the progress.

For everything else, please refer to the FAQ: www.sofurry.com/faq.html

SoFurry FAQ

www.sofurry.com

12 20 77

Reposted by Toumal

SoFurry @sofurry.com · Jul 6

REMINDER! Tomorrow around 12:00 AM CEST (in about 15 hours) the extended downtime will begin! And again: SoFurry 2.0 will be DEPRECATED! Read up on it in the quoted skeet.

SoFurry @sofurry.com · Jul 2

Important❗SoFurry 2.0 will be deprecated EARLIER than planned and #SoFurryNext will have an extended downtime!

More information, an FAQ and a thorough explanation here: www.sofurry.com/groups/news?...

Likes and shares appreciated! Thank you ❤️

SoFurry News | Earlier SF2 Deprication and SFX Extended Downtime + FAQ

Hey everyone,We got some bad news from our data center. They have informed us that they are cancelling all contracts below a certain price threshold, and will require those customers to pay a much hig...

www.sofurry.com

10 11 23

Toumal @toumal.bsky.social · Jun 4

How to make me instantly hate your project:
☑Vibecoding
☑Visual Editor
☑React
☑Cursor

3

Toumal @toumal.bsky.social · Jun 2

PSA: If you're running a TerraMaster NAS and have qBittorrent installed - go and uninstall that immediately. This is getting exploited right now. Also check if there's any processes with random letters running that don't look familiar.
playspoon.com/2025-06-02/

Terramaster NAS Security Alert

Uninstall qBittorrent ASAP

playspoon.com

2

Toumal @toumal.bsky.social · Apr 25

So I trained a nice HAL9000 voice for my local LLM and now it gives me this...

8

Toumal @toumal.bsky.social · Feb 14

We were internally thinking about bringing it back in a different form. Maybe a "clapping hands" button or a "chapeau button". The inadvertedly funniest thing about the cum button on Yiffstar was that it worked on journals.

1 4

Toumal @toumal.bsky.social · Jan 28

FYI, I am no longer on Twitter.

2 6

Toumal @toumal.bsky.social · Jan 20

I seem to have misplaced my portal gun.

1 1

Reposted by Toumal

SoFurry @sofurry.com · Nov 17

A wild #SFXFeatureShowcase #4 appears!

Do you have any artwork that looks rubbish if blown up? Like #PixelArt? We got the solution for you! 🖼️❗

Use the #PixelPerfectDisplay option in our uploader, so artwork won't fill out the whole screen!

Check out the example here 👇

4 8

Toumal @toumal.bsky.social · Oct 23

Really, #GNUParallel?
savannah.gnu.org/news/?id=10687