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As we get into our 6th season groove we try out a few new things. Let us know if you liked the new segments.  Taebyn takes a long look back at their notes from seasons gone by, TickTock brings us furry news, Cheetaro reviews another furryesque movie, and Bearly tries to keep the train on the rails!  We tell jokes and puns and generally confuse everyone. So tune in for another confusing episode of BFFT. Moobarkfluff everyfur!

This podcast contains adult language and adult topics. It is rated M for Mature. Listener discretion is advised.

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Thanks to all our listeners and to our staff: Bearly Normal, Rayne Raccoon, Taebyn, Cheetaro, TickTock, and Ziggy the Meme Weasel.

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Bearly Furcasting S6E2 - It’s “Pun”ishment

You were right all along. Rat and Mole are boyfriends. Welcome to the River Bank. It's cottagecore, but with internet. Let's look in on Toad Hall and the goings-on of the various waistcoated creatures of the modern day. A short story by Tempe O'Kun. Read by Khaki. Find more free furry audio short stories on The Voice of Dog website or a podcast service near you. https://thevoice.dog/episode/toad-toad-hall-by-tempo/ Merch, Sweet Tees and stuff: https://culturally-fd-merchandise.creator-spring.com/ Support Culturally F'd: https://www.patreon.com/culturallyfd Listen in on TEMPO TALKS with Tempe O'Kun https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLIPk-itLl1jPyIK2c7mK-LpbvfDNqfcSW Check out Tempe O'Kun's books "Sixes Wild" and "Windfall" here: http://furplanet.com/shop/?affillink=YOUTU2907 Here's a playlist of his other Culturally F'd videos: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLIPk-itLl1jPS7tnT4hdJwBI-CeLF8Kb_

Once again, the publisher comes up with a far better quick title than we ever could. Thank you! What are we talking about? DC X Sonic the Hedgehog, a new limited series, that’s what. “It’s a crossover event unlike any other! The monstrous Darkseid crosses dimensions to invade the world of Sonic the Hedgehog, seeking the ultimate power. Sonic and his friends have faced everything from mad scientists to ancient spirits, but the forces of Apokolips may be too much for them. Thankfully, the full heroic might of the Justice League arrives to back them up!” Brought to you by writer Ian Flynn and artists Adam Bryce Thomas and Matt Herms. Issues are going fast! (Sorry, sorry…)

image c. 2025 DC Comics

Today we lost one of our own after a serious illness. Of The Wilds was a brilliant writer who especially liked to write about dragons, probably best known for his serialized novel The Dragon in the Dungeon.

The loss of anyone in our community is painful, especially someone as young as Wilds. I only met him once in passing, when he leaned over his partner Resolute’s chair and waved at me via Zoom. I remember his smile and the happy mischief in his expression. While he was a quiet person, he left a positive impression on everyone he met.

His work lives on, a permanent window into his personality, humor, imagination, and skill as a writer. We will all miss him and grieve his loss, but we can also celebrate him by reading his stories. Like the last note of music that never quite fades, Of The Wilds will remain forever in his words.

ArenaNet and NCsoft have announced that Guild Wars 2: Visions of Eternity launches on October 28, 2025, and, like the previous two expansions, will bring with it a year of story chapters and three major content updates. Read all about the new features below and on the expansion's official sites.

The Story:

"Tyria’s leaders are anxious about rumors of covert Inquest voyages launched in search of Castora, an island so remote that it’s long been thought to be inaccessible—or even nonexistent. The risks involved prevent all but the most tenacious (and perhaps foolhardy) of pursuers from investigating the Inquest’s plan." Your race to discover the Inquest’s plot will lead you across two new open-world regions at launch, each filled with magical energies and strange creatures. Two additional maps will open as the story continues over the course of a year.

Expansion Features

• New Elite Specializations
• Skimmer Mastery
• Raids and Strikes consolidation
• New Raid Encounters and challenges
• Six New Legendary Treasures
• New Homestead
• Seasonal Rewards
• Fashion Templates (Free)

ArenaNet's Official Announcement Press Release

Announcement Trailer (YouTube)

Every year, there seems to be a game that comes out and does something to really grab gamers attention, to where every developer wants to capitalize on it in their own way; From the many Half-Life style games to those aping Doom Eternal’s gameplay. This year, it seems the game to take inspiration from was Vampire Survivors. Now, we had Vampire Hunters which took the core concept but put it in first person (and, speaking personally, was one of my favorite games of 2024), so what happens when you take the concept of Survivors and, say, put it in space? That’s where Greedland comes in: A game, outside of accidentally calling it Greenland, is another fun ‘Vampire Survivor-like’ game, if not just slightly rough around the edges.

TigerTails Radio Season 16 Episode 25 Join the Discord Chat: https://discord.gg/SQ5QuRf Join the Telegram Chat: https://t.me/+yold2C77m0I1MmM0 Visit the website at http://www.tigertailsradio.co.uk. See website for full breakdown of any song credits, which is usually updated shortly after the show. Credits: Opening music: Magic by Hedge Haiden (Double Hedge Studios) Character art: Fitzroy Fox - https://www.furaffinity.net/user/lunara-toons / https://bsky.app/profile/fitzroyfox.bsky.social Background art: Charleston Rat - https://www.furaffinity.net/user/charlestonrat / https://bsky.app/profile/charlestonrat.bsky.social If you like what we do and wish to throw some pennies our way to support us, please consider sending a little tip our way. https://streamlabs.com/tigertailsradio/tip * Please note, tips are made to support TigerTails Radio and are assumed as made with good faith, so are therefore non-refundable. Thank you for your support and understanding.

None other than J. Michael Straczynkski himself (yes, the Babylon 5 fella) brings his writing skills to the Marvel universe with a very specific assignment: Combine well-known characters in unusual team-ups. That’s certainly the case with Doctor Doom & Rocket Raccoon, illustrated by Will Robson. “Doctor Doom does the one thing he never wants to do: Ask for a favor! What awaits Rocket in Latveria? Mischief, miscommunication, and an emotional journey across space and time in the Mighty Marvel Way!” This full-color one-shot is available now.

image c. 2025 Marvel Comics

Welcome to "Fresh Fur!" Our bi-weekly installment going over the newest game releases, and which ones you can expect to find anthros/furries in!

Check the list below for all the games we could find with animal/anthro influences and characters.

Major New Releases for the Weeks of July 1 - July 11, 2025:

• Mecha Break (PC, PS5, Xbox Series X|S) - July 1
• Harvest Moon: The Lost Valley / Harvest Moon: Skytree Village (Switch) - July 3
• Missile Command Delta (PS5, Xbox Series X|S, Switch, PC) - July 8
• Islanders: New Shores (PS5, Xbox Series X|S, Switch, PC) - July 10
• Cats Away (PS5, Switch, PC) - July 10
• Mycopunk (PC) - July 10
• EA Sports College Football 26 (PS5, Xbox Series X|S) - July 10
• Everdeep Aurora (Switch, PC) - July 10
• Patapon 1 + 2 Replay (PS5, Switch, PC) - July 11
• Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 + 4 (PS5, PS4, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, Switch, Switch 2, PC) - July 11

*Bolded games have furry/animal influences/characters

Furry & Animal Steam Game Finds:

These games were found in the New Releases section of Steam this week and will be updated as more come out throughout the week!

Savrin and Ajax survived their 8-day adventure to Anthrocon and back, so Fuzz joins as they chat about their overall very lovely convention experience. 

<3

 

Episode 568 - Fox & Doggo Travelogue Time

Wouldn’t consider Harley Quinn to be a furry fan  at all (look at what she did to Captain Carrot!) — but she does have a couple of interesting pets! And now they’re starring in their own DC Comics graphic novel, written and illustrated by Ben Hed (Pixie and Brutus). “When Harley’s hyenas, Bud & Lou, are framed with stealing the lasso of truth they’re forced to team up with two members of the Super-pets, Ace & Jumpa, to find the culprits. The unlikely team sets off on an adventure that leads them from Oswald Cobblepot’s penguins to Mr. Freeze’s polar bears. At the chance of being reunited with their beloved Harley, will Bud and Lou save the day and be the good guys for a change? If they aren’t careful, the lasso of truth might reveal how they really feel about being heroes!” Harley Quinn’s Bud and Lou: Trouble Times Two is available now.

image c. 2025 DC Comics

I said it once and I'll say it again: I love Star Wars, but even I will admit that the series has had some missteps throughout the years. The recent shut down of Star Wars Hunters comes to mind, and I think, personally, would've had a better longevitiy if it made it to Steam and Xbox. But, I digress, as that's neither here nor there. Today, I want to focus on a title that came out last year that seems to have been ignored by many and passed off by others: Star Wars Outlaws. It's a pity it got such a weird reception from fans as this is actually a pretty fun Star Wars game, if not one of my favorites.

Hello, Papabear,

I am a furry from Kuwait. So basically, I am an Arab furry. My issue is that in Kuwait (Or any other Arab country in particular) really HATES furries. I wish I was joking. I once ended a friendship in school because when my friend founded out I was a furry, he completely called me stuff like "doggy" and kept mocking me as an animal. Someone in 6th grade once tried to choke hold me because I was a furry, but I luckily managed to break his grip and ran away. I hid and saw him carrying a shoe trying to find and hit me. Luckily, he didn’t remember who I was, and now I’m in 7th grade. My brother was a furry hater and really would bash me for my opinions, but luckily now he respects me and doesn't care if I'm a furry. But he brought me to the discussion; my mom completely hated me being a furry, saying it was stupid stuff that brainwashed me online. But luckily my father came and discussed it happily. My father advised me not to be an anti-furry but not a furry either. Now I'm a furry after one year, and they don’t really care.


But I want to address the main issue. It’s hard to be a furry while living in an Arab country; they treat you more harshly than other stereotypes! They use the Holy Quran as a way to try and silence me. The verse was talking about how you shouldn’t imitate an animal, although furries DON'T imitate animals! It’s been a really hard time for me trying to cope with the environment. I always have to hide the fact I am a furry every time I’m near people. What advice could you please tell me to try and be more comfortable around them?

From,
Cherry (age 12, Kuwait)

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Dear Cherry,

Many apologies for the late reply. Apparently, there was a server problem, and I didn't see your email.

Okay, yes, to be a furry in a religious Arabic country is complicated--or in any conservative society, for that matter. And, yes, I am very aware of how the Quran says people should not imitate animals nor even put them in art (people shouldn't be portrayed in art, either, especially not the Prophet). Even though the Bible does not prohibit such things, hatred of furries is also expressed in conservative Christian households, so it's not just about being Muslim; it's about being conservative, inflexible, and hateful about people who are different and don't follow one's religion to the letter.

As long as you live where you do, this will be a problem. It's great, though, that your father understands that your interest in furries is not necessarily sinful or bad in any way, and he seems to have influenced the rest of your family, too, not to bother you about it.

I would suggest that you follow your father's advice and not do anything furry in public. The best thing for you to do is explore the virtual furry community. Now, you seem to have access to a computer (since your email indicates you are not using a school or library server), which means you can access various furry worlds. The most fun for you would be to do so in places where you can have a furry avatar such as SecondLife or VRchat. Are you familiar with these? They offer virtual worlds to explore, many of which specialize in furry communities. You can purchase avatars to "wear" in both of these games, or, once you get more adept at using them, design your own unique furry avatars. VRchat has surpassed the older SecondLife for popularity, probably because you can experience it in 3D if you have VR goggles. You can also do a lot of furry stuff in online games such as World of Warcraft.

Since you are only 12 years old, even if you were in the USA, which has the largest furry community and a vast array of furcons and furmeets to attend, you wouldn't be able to do much in the real world because things like transportation and hotel fees would be an issue (unless your dad went with you). Of course, even adult American furries do more furry stuff online than in the real world, so this is not too much of an issue. As long as your parents are okay with your being a furry online (and do agree to let them supervise you; it's for your own good because you can sometimes run into trolls and bullies even in the furry world), then that is the best option for you.

Write again if you have questions, and I promise a quicker reply!!!

Bear Hugs,
Papabear

Full series out July 17. The first 12 minutes of the first episode:

The Furry Detectives docuseries — The story they don’t want told, emerging against 7 years of backlash and interference.

Coming on AMC+: this 4-episode series introduces furries who investigated the 2018 zoosadist leaks. (More summary of the leaks.)

The leaks exposed evidence of deep-rooted, ongoing animal abuse networks in the community. They use furry as a cover, for organizing that isn’t easily dismissed with “anyone can be a furry, we can’t gatekeep it” disclaimers. Half of the truth is that abuse happens in any community — and internet tech and platforms are big factors not fully in our power — but the whole truth is that this behavior is uniquely among us in real-life organized ways seen nowhere else. It’s nobody else’s problem when our groups are run by and for us.

Making our own destiny is how fandom works at its best. However before the show releases, it’s catching some backlash for airing problems that the community didn’t properly deal with for 7 years. It’s like some people want things brushed under the rug so ignoring it can make it worse. That behavior was always holding back investigation over 7 years while publishing tens of thousands of words of reporting at Dogpatch Press.

There was a lot of generous team work as well, but some of the most counterproductive behavior was not just from incuriosity and denialism, putting optics over solutions, or random bad actors… Most alarmingly, there’s also corruption from influence at the top.

Bad leadership and suppression

Not everyone gives permission to abusers, but some complicit members did and still do, and a lot of the extent of the abuse has stayed deliberately hidden for decades. This community has a faction of long-time members, who tacitly or even openly treat zoophilia as a harmless sexual identity, instead of a vector for abuse where there is no safe place for it. This situation existed since the 1990’s, before furry was in mainstream media at all.

Some names are named at bottom. Example: the fandom’s longest sitting con chair since the 1990’s is a zoophile sympathizer who repeats their talking points, lies about it, drives attacks at people who dare criticize it, and has done it as a group co-runner with a zoosadist from the leaks.

Sympathizers with influence may use it insidiously in private channels. That’s hidden from the superficial level of social media, that can distort any info you learn about anything. This behavior from closed crony spaces is the shadow side of online bewares, that often get dismissed in those same spaces. Even organizers with good intentions want to dismiss these stories for being hard to handle. Ignorance is exploitable: some of the worst abusers use trust and privilege to access victims and protect what they do, and get dark social credit over others that keeps them from talking. The result is underreporting and only superficial public awareness, even when a few high profile individuals get notice (like Kero the Wolf, who is investigated in the docuseries.)

Backlash started before a word was reported here, from the day the leaks tagged the site without warning in 2018. Later in the show, you can see how Dogpatch Press was a target of suspicious, coordinated and pre-emptive messages to throw off looking at the leaks. There was also furry con organizer pressure to cover up, discredit reporting, or gain silence with threats. It didn’t succeed. Dogpatch Press stands by reporting all the way to winning lawsuits, and will face down threats all the way to exposing what they hide on TV.

Secret work and the tip of an iceberg

The backlash, and untrustworthiness of groups with guilty people inside, forced an initial year of investigation by Dogpatch Press to happen in secret. A 5-part series published by surprise in 2019 on the 1-year anniversary of the leaks. This reporting reached the producers of The Furry Detectives and made the show happen. Nothing was pitched to them to get deals, they were brought here by pro-bono public service reporting.

As a rule, documentary doesn’t pay sources for interviews.

Secret investigation, done for free, is very time consuming and thankless. A lot of it in 2018-2019 went into an exhaustively researched evidence channel with multi-source analysis of chat logs, like no other investigation did. This was hundreds of hours of unpaid work, including much still-unpublished sensitive evidence that most of the world is completely unaware of and gets dismissed by attacking the source.

The Furry Detectives is coming out against the same old interference. People with influence want to keep the lid on. They often do it with rhetoric against “cancel culture”, even while they know what they’re hiding. Many zoosadists outed 7 years ago got away, and are still here under new names only known by their friends, who will aggressively protect them by attacking and suppressing attention.

This story isn’t old or fully told. You can see the tip of an iceberg by number of arrests vs. number of ring members in the leaks who had no consequences. The total of people in abuse networks may be a small fraction of the community, but this is beside the point. The proportion doesn’t measure their influence and the impact on victims while they persist.

Propaganda and chaos holding back solutions

Zoosadists are here now, and aided by organized zoophile groups on the level of thousands of members. They feel safe to use furry as cover with podcasts and magazines for propaganda. Very little of their open content is about physical behavior because it exists to justify. They tend to claim “trust me, we’re against abuse” while using deceptive hairsplitting to re-define abuse as some animals can consent, and coercing our victims isn’t real abuse. These mental gymnastics blur the fact that zoophiles and zoosadists are the same spectrum of crossing the line of consent. They only belatedly throw token “real abusers” under the bus to shed liability, after making opportunity and access for the most extreme abusers to establish roots and network with each other while their victims can’t tell.

They push this propaganda because it works, at least long enough to not get caught, but private tips to this site say that some furry organizers who covered for zoophiles are finally catching heat for it now, 7 years late. It’s catching up to people who hid things, like uncovering church or school abusers who got moved around to keep their influence. They’re worried about what’s going to be in this show, after they made it everyone’s problem and are desperate to point fingers elsewhere about what they let go for so long. Their go-to recrimination is usually about “cancel culture”, as if they’re the real victims of having secrets exposed.

On top of that, there has been long time interference from the Kiwifarms website. It complicates investigation by spoiling evidence and adding outside backlash to the kind inside. Kiwifarms was created for smear tactics, not justice. Boiled down to simple structure, such websites can shield anonymous whistleblowing when furry and corporate sites don’t, but the upside of identifying zoosadists is a side effect, and often driven by bigotry towards LGBT people who did nothing wrong. The result is lack of rigor and vision from many directions, that holds back organized solutions about organized abuse.

This chaos helps organized abuse groups thrive here like nowhere else. Can you name any other group that zoophiles use as cover for coming out by the thousands? Now think, do you see pedophiles organizing on this level? Changing this isn’t asking for a lot. It’s been done before within gay culture who faced similar coattail-riding, and had to overcome internal resistance that lingered due to the challenge of coming out for gay rights. We’ve been here before.

Cutting through the noise

The show producers came to this mess, read reporting against interference, picked committed sources to work with, and applied good intentioned and well resourced production. They got sensitivity advice from furries over several years of making it, all before the most recent election.

Positive image is actively created, not selected from only the parts you want told. If we forget the root of a problem and only worry about how it looks, it will never go away. Either this gets told, or it gets brushed under and guilty people continue using your spaces. Then it gets worse, and next time, outsiders will tell the story for you with even less agency in how you are seen.

When the show trailer released, notice how optics-based suppression was some people’s priority before even seeing much of anything. Now the more notice it’s getting, the more comments there are about “actually it looks good”.

From seeing the theater premiere at the Tribeca Festival in New York on June 10, it is good and there’s nothing to regret. The question is, can it do enough? It does what a TV show is for and tells a watchable story with a beginning and end, but it’s really just a start. Let’s see what happens for Season 2.

Sources for informed viewing

• Soatok’s blog – Furries Need To Learn That Sunlight Is The Best Disinfectant
• Coverup from con staff in 2018 – Investigation blocked: Safety concerns meet a wall of silence at furry conventions.
• A con chair’s grievance – “Banning known actual zoophiles was a step too far for some members of exec and the board and people threatened to walk out.”
• Naming names at the top – Cheetah, the chair of Eurofurence, the fandom’s longest sitting con chair since the 1990’s, has been a zoophile apologist for decades, who lies about it and uses influence to backlash. (Scroll down half way to Corruption.)
• Naming names of influence – Furry party house runner Quentin “Coyote” Mohos, a zeta-tattoo zoophile, approached Dogpatch Press to try manipulating reporting with pro-zoophile propaganda.
• Abusive organizer was reported for years – Bad leadership surrounds sex crime case with Party Animals West (PAW) owner in San Francisco
• Analysis of online community – How to love the freedom of leaderless fandom, and fight the flipside of organized abuse
• How to identify and handle bad actors – Community Organizing Notes

Even more info behind the scenes

There was no pitching or pay for being a documentary interview subject, after 7 years of hard reporting work. Extra, personal non-news stories (such as a trip report and a show review) may post here: https://www.patreon.com/c/dogpatchpress

Like the article? These take hard work. For more free furry news, follow on Twitter or support not-for-profit Dogpatch Press on Patreon. Want to get involved? Try these subreddits: r/furrydiscuss for news or r/waginheaven for the best of the community. Or send guest writing here. (Content Policy.)

TigerTails Radio Season 16 Episode 24 Join the Discord Chat: https://discord.gg/SQ5QuRf Join the Telegram Chat: https://t.me/+yold2C77m0I1MmM0 Visit the website at http://www.tigertailsradio.co.uk. See website for full breakdown of any song credits, which is usually updated shortly after the show. Credits: Opening music: Magic by Hedge Haiden (Double Hedge Studios) Character art: Fitzroy Fox - https://www.furaffinity.net/user/lunara-toons / https://bsky.app/profile/fitzroyfox.bsky.social Background art: Charleston Rat - https://www.furaffinity.net/user/charlestonrat / https://bsky.app/profile/charlestonrat.bsky.social If you like what we do and wish to throw some pennies our way to support us, please consider sending a little tip our way. https://streamlabs.com/tigertailsradio/tip * Please note, tips are made to support TigerTails Radio and are assumed as made with good faith, so are therefore non-refundable. Thank you for your support and understanding.

Papabear,

I’d like to know if there are any fursuit makers you know who are below the price range of $500. If not, would you happen to know any good fursuit makers? I’m really excited to commission my suit, but I can’t find a good suit maker!

Bitey the Shark Dog (age 19)

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Dear Bitey,

As the saying goes (a little modified), "Do you want it good, or do you want it cheap?" Papabear can find you cheap fursuits online for under $500, but they are crap (go to Etsy, find some BS company in Asia, and get something that looks like a Halloween costume from Walmart). I can also find you a good fursuit maker, but you will easily spend $3,000 or more (and, these days, more like $4,000 to $5,000 on average) to get good quality.

You can't have both.

However, there are alternatives:

1. The most ambitious would be learning to sew and craft one for yourself; then you're paying just for time and materials. There are many YouTube videos that offer free lessons for making suits. I'm guessing you don't want to learn to sew and learn other building skills (although there is so much help these days, including head bases, premade parts and patterns, etc. Rather than doing everything from scratch, you can go a route these days that is almost like assembling a Mr. Potato Head).
2. If you are not overly concerned about having a fursuit that expresses your personal fursona, you can get a used one on a site like The Dealers Den or check out social media groups for fursuiters.
3. If you still want a personalized suit, go with a partial, starting with the head. If you shop around, you might be able to find a maker who will construct a personalized head based on your fursona for under $500 but take your time looking. Don't leap at the first maker who says they will make you a head for $250 without checking their work first. And ask your friends and furry acquaintances if they know of good makers who can do this for a more modest price. The head is usually the toughest part of the suit to make (unless you're making something really complex like a quadsuit or a suit with, say, animatronic wing movement), so start with that. Then, work to save up money to buy additional parts, starting with the forepaws, tail, and hindpaws. Also, instead of getting a fullsuit torso, you can invest in a lycra suit or get costume clothes appropriate to your character and just wear those with your head and paws.

Good luck with the fursuit! And, if you feel like it, give me an update later and let me know how it went!

Bear Hugs,
Papabear

Hoo boy: The things we forgot to ask for for Christmas! Petpool: Pool Party is a very strange one-shot that Marvel Comics brought us last holiday season. “How many PetPools does it take to collect a comic? Find out in this oversized, fan-favorite, once-in-a-lifetime, Tony Award-winning, DOGgone, CATastrophic, MOUSE… somethingorother comic book, collecting EVERY SINGLE INSTALLMENT EVER of the Dogpool, Catpool, Mousepool and Dogpool Team-Up infinity comics. What’s that? You want more?! Well, it’s your lucky day, because we’ve also thrown in a brand-new, never-before-seen PetPool holiday instant classic that we created just for this printing. Why? Because you $@&%ing deserve it.” Why, thank you. This strangeness comes to us from the mind of writer MacKenzie Cadenhead (Marvel Mutts) and artist Enid Balam. And, it’s still on the loose.

image c. 2025 Marvel Comics

Every so often, a game comes along that grabs my attention to where I can’t stop thinking about it. It’s not often but it does happen and today’s game is one such game. Not just for how many times I called it BAD Bunny Nemesis (don’t ask me why I did) and not Bunny Battle Nemesis, but for some fun, if basic, gameplay and a neat artstyle that I instantly fell in love with.

Happening now: Anthrocon and Room Party show at Bunker Projects, 5106 Penn Ave, Pittsburgh

Anthrocon has competitors for the world’s biggest furry convention, but is unsurpassed in other ways. Their street parade is a wonder of the furry world, uniquely partnered with Pittsburgh and swarmed by cheering residents on a blocked off city street.

Fursuiters make public image by flaunting millions in art at such events, but it’s also about the artists. They’re enjoying how Pittsburgh welcomes furries like nowhere else, with their own art show at a gallery apart from the con.

SEE ROOM PARTY: http://room-party.com. The show has a 6-week run with film screenings, workshops, and informal art-making gatherings. Curators include Brett Hanover (previously in furry news with his movie Rukus.) Brett sent info:

Room Party is the first-ever large-scale group exhibition of contemporary and experimental furry art, featuring over 50 artists working in drawing and painting, comics, photography, installation, video, and new media. Curated by furry artists Lane Lincecum, Brett Hanover, Cass Dickenson, and Paul Peng, Room Party takes its name from the unofficial hotel room parties held during conventions—embodied virtual realities where furries try on unimagined identities, invent new sexualities and artistic expressions, and discover alternative ways of being known. Room Party brings the love and creativity of these events to Pittsburgh’s Bunker Projects, putting furry artists in conversation with the fine art world, the broader queer community, and the contemporary moment.

Mainstream media is cranking out Anthrocon headlines. You can find those on nonfurry channels, but they probably won’t show you all the unique meetings with characters on the scene, like the time Patch O’Furr met a drag queen film maker on a Pittsburgh street corner who was looking for a furry boyfriend.

Furries are on NPR, no matter what the White House wants: new Close All Tabs podcast

Close All Tabs goes “inside the world of furry funerals” for their podcast about internet culture, on KQED, the San Francisco Bay Area’s NPR channel. Host Morgan Sung interviewed Changa Husky and Patch O’Furr about how furries memorialize members who have passed: How the Furry Fandom Says Goodbye.

The show was originally going to feature a certain furry project, until they learned it was corrupt from evidence at Dogpatch Press. Setting it aside and reading the site led them to 2024’s Your fursona has an afterlife: Online community has unique ways to memorialize. That became the new show – proof that hiding bad things doesn’t make good things, and reporting everything can do more good.

Furries are on the Republicans list of “woke” things to attack. A 2025 White House press release put a furry story on a list of media from NPR and PBS as a reason to strip their funding. Hiding from hate won’t stop it; putting this on NPR looks like being an ally to defy bad government.

we did it guys we got furries on the npr app

one.npr.org/i/fis-126707…

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— morgan sung is on Close All Tabs (@morgansung.bsky.social) July 3, 2025 at 9:29 AM

Public image and The Furry Detectives docuseries trailer from AMC+ 

The Furry Detectives 4-episode true crime docuseries goes public on July 17. Since it was announced in April, Dogpatch Press attended the June theater premiere in New York and saw the show. (Review: all furry viewers agreed it was great and handled a loaded story with skill.)

The show features community members who report abusers, and the exposure of an abuse ring in 2018. The story is current because in 2025, most of the same abusers are still active without consequences. It’s the tip of an iceberg; there are corrupt people involved who hold community influence today, who held it in the 1990’s before the media said anything. This timeline shows the futility of blaming the media for causing bad image, when exposure is how to get to the root of it.

• Soatok’s blog: Furries Need To Learn That Sunlight Is The Best Disinfectant

Being part of society includes the full spectrum of human behavior, and showing it all doesn’t remove the good parts. Remember, The Fandom is a very positive documentary that just turned 5 years old.

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The “furry detectives” series on Kero the Wolf and the whole story might not be exactly a bad thing. In fact, I understand it could be a sort of “justice” and a side B to a whole untold story; the one from the heroes who unmasked the nightmare.

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— Zyly! BFF (@zylythefox.bsky.social) June 16, 2025 at 1:32 PM

More politics and crime news, for a good reason

One complication of putting sunlight on problems is when right-wing bad actors scapegoat furries to throw shade on them for political gain. It’s like two ships passing in the night: REAL problems need attention within, while FAKE ones are invented without.

Furries are on the “woke” attack list of some Republicans in Colorado, who sued a journalist and news outlet for reporting about those attacks. Good news: a Colorado court just dismissed the Republican’s libel lawsuit.

• Colorado’s appeals court dismisses defamation lawsuit over article about ‘furries’ discussion

Here’s a big story that such interference does nothing to help, but never the less is getting progress.

In 2020, an extreme abuser emerged out of furry fandom to target its members. Krystal Scott tortured and killed animals on video to shock them, earning the label “Omegle Cat Killer”, until she was caught and convicted in Indiana. Scott was in federal prison for a few years, then released. Rehabilitation failed and in June 2025, Scott was caught doing the same crimes again.

• Original 2021 story (Updated) The Omegle Cat Killer: A true crime tale of stopping online animal abuse
• June 2025: Woman on federal probation for ‘animal crushing’ found with dogs, cats in Fountain Square
• July 3: Gruesome details of what she was doing.
• July 4: New Animal Cruelty Charges for Woman with Violent History

As long ago as 2019, furry Bewares had first raised alarm about Scott, a year before she got wider notice. She was doing serious crimes that the police didn’t take seriously at first. After Scott went back to the same behavior in 2025, an alert citizen made incredible effort to get her caught and save a lot of animals. The value of reporting it is to help stop the next such incident with the power of community.

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