Against the Censorship of Adult Content By Payment Processors

This is a furry blog, where I write about whatever interests me and sign it with my fursona's name. I sometimes talk about furry fandom topics, but I sometimes also talk about applied cryptography. If you got a mild bit of emotional whiplash from that sentence, the best list of posts to start reading to get a feel for my usual fare is…

http://soatok.blog/2025/07/24/against-the-censorship-of-adult-content-by-payment-processors/

I saw a post on X from someone who works in the productivity space who said that it's "morally repugnant" NOT to use AI.

Incredible that it's becoming the norm for people to shame others and call them stupid on public platforms (someone else literally said that) for not using AI.

Remember how everyone freaked out about Microsoft’s Recall feature (spyware) in Windows 11? And Microsoft said it would be fine because it’s all processed locally?

Guess what’s not processed locally anymore. https://www.theregister.com/2025/07/23/microsoft_copilot_vision/

You should always be cautious when using random online services like image optimizer (for example)! In this video I talk about why that is and how you can use a self-hosted app called Mazanoke to shrink your image sizes and stay safe!

Watch Here: https://youtu.be/aQq0mo5RN34