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Professional software engineer, personal finance enthusiast, and part-time toaster. 📍 Bay Area, CA Get financial coaching for furries, by a furry at https://asyncprotogen.carrd.co Likes and follows may be NSFW. He/They

Shitpost dialog of Song Zhensong, emperor Song China during the introduction of champa rice into the region. Champa rice critical to the growth of Chinese population and commerce growth during that period (or so I've heard). Wikipedia (original image): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperor_Zhenzong#/media/File:Portrait_assis_de_l'empereur_Song_Zhenzong.jpg Champa rice: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Champa_rice
A picture of a protogen with a blue bird. The bird is holding a plushie with TAXES on it in big bold red lettering.
A screenshot of Flightaware delays by airport, focused on Pittsburgh international airport (PIT). As an origin airport, there have been 7 cancelations (3% of flights) and 47 delays (23% of flights) today.
A still of Gojii's set, the closing set at Anthrocon 2026. They are deep in focus, emotions running high. The lights are going. A hand, making a heart sign, is in the foreground.
A photo of the Pittsburgh cityscape. A protobean is in the foreground, blurred
"Your AI Compass" results. The archetype is "The Skeptic", with the patron saint Ed Zitron. The description reads: "It's oversold, it's losing staggering amounts of money, and the harms are arriving faster than the value. You've done the math on the unit economics and it doesn't close. You are loud about this, prolific about this, and you suspect history will vindicate you."
A vertical photograph taken from a moving vehicle of the Seattle skyline. The space needle is visible in the middle, slightly obscured by a nearby building.
A TSA precheck display at an airport. A pop up reminder to update Windows is visible, on top of the existing TSA text and graphics.
A fursuit photo with a protogen head from a hotel room in Las Vegas. The Las Vegas Sphere is in the background.
A condor flight is arriving at LAS in final approach. A southwest flight is departing in the background.
A protobean is facing the camera. The focus shifts from the protobean to the Las Vegas skyline in the background, with the Sphere visible.
A protogen bean is staring at a toasted burrito (lengua, toasted with guacamole, sour cream and cheese).
Screenshot from FAA advisory dashboard. DCA ground delay avg. delay 121 mins due to thunderstorms, IAD ground stop due to thunderstorms, departure delay avg. 30 mins. (and increasing) due to "tm initiatives:swap:wx"
A selfie picture from the Furality Ultra's fireworks show. In the background, colored lights are flying towards a center column before concentrating in a down-firing beam. A lit up drone show reads: "Thanks for playing!" - with the P hidden. A regulus is in the foreground, taking the photo.
API Issues for VRChat on June 7th, 2026. The latest report reads: Identified - We've identified the issue as a hardware failure and are working to mitigate it. Posted June 08, 2026, 03:24 UTC.
Iris split ortholinear keyboard, without the tenting kit
A screenshot from the same Business Insider article, featuring a mostly-empty room. A protogen helmet kit sits on the table, alongside a protogen bean plushie on top of a monitor. A person is sitting at the desk in the middle of the room.
A screenshot from a Business Insider article, featuring a picture of a protogen with a fried egg on its head. The caption reads: "Zeng's 'fursona' is a robot-dog-like creature. Courtesy of Raymond Zeng".
A closeup shot of my protogen head from the side profile. The purple LEDs forming the face are illuminated, with the visor reflecting some light from outside of the fursuit head.
A spread of horchata and a massive burrito. A purple protobean, 2 sauce cups of salsa roja, and a Logitech Ergo Lift is also visible.
Fursuit family photo for Umi/Cuili
Stair access to floor 6. A red "7" is painted after the 6.
Shot of the Marriott Atlanta Marquis, facing towards the sky, from the 2nd floor level.
A picture of myself in partial fursuit (protogen head), arms wrapping a giant inflatable boykisser.
A piechart breakdown of my convention spending for TFF 2026. The categories are food ($254.94, 36.9%), registration ($100, 14.5%) and flight/transit ($336.72, 48.7%).
A protogen head looks out of the window into the Dallas downtown and surrounding suburbs below. A note is duct taped onto the visor, staring "//TODO: COMPLETE"
A protogen head, missing the side badge and inner ear of fur. A yellow note is stuck to the visor that reads: //TODO: Complete. The protogen lights are on, face smiling in a purple glow.
A spread of scran, mostly prepared by myself. There is a bowl of lobster noodles and a ribeye steak, along with a box of assorted cakes. A protogen bean is placed looking at the cakes.
A display of 3 photorealistic faces of different sizes. The faces are driven by motors that allow them to move, rotate, and move certain facial features such as their eyelids.
A piechart breakdown of my total spending at Further Confusion 2026: Flight/Transit: 0.8% ($7.50) Registration: 11.3% ($100) Hotel/Lodging 39.7% ($351.10) Food: 32% ($282.95) Miscellaneous: 16.3% ($143.93)
Asriel suiter staring at the camera. Their mouth is agape, with the top half of their eyes hidden
Resources section of the new realfood.gov website. The cards on the left read "The Scientific Foundation For The Dietary Guidelines For Americans". The cards, stacked on top of each other, are in a monochrome format similar to cards from the card game "Cards Against Humanity"
Early morning view of the Singapore skyline from a hotel room. The Parkroyal Collection Marina Bay is most prominently visible, with the left side of the frame covered by the Pan Pacific Marina Bay Hotel.
Purple protobean staring at The Sands casino and hotel in Singapore in the background.
A protogen plushie sits next to a center console of a business class seat.
Sunrise picture over gate 89 at SFO. The sky is lit up in warm yellow and orange tones under a more grey cloud layer. A plane is parked at the gate and connected by jetbridge.
Google Opinion Rewards survey. The question reads "Would you consider yourself to be a water sports enthusiast?" with the options "definitely", "probably", "somewhat", "probably not", "definitely not" and "prefer not to say".
The quick settings and notification bar on Android. A notification from Duolingo is present, which is just a series of owl emojis for both the title and description.
Neko Atsume 2 screenshot of two cats on a cat tree. The one on the left, black and white, is lying down with a happy expression on their face. The one on the right, black, white and yellow, is face planted onto the cat tree.
A picture of the moon. Shot on a Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra, ISO 50 shutter speed 1/350s
From a Business Insider article titled "Job seekers at their wits' end are finding a few silver linings": "Frustrated job seekers can try out alternatives like contract work or starting their own businesses."
From Bluesky's response to the new Mississippi policy: How This Differs From Our Approach in Other Places Mississippi's new law and the UK's Online Safety Act (OSA) are very different. Bluesky follows the 0SA in the UK. There, Bluesky is st.ill accessible for everyone, age checks are required only for accessing certain content and features, and Bluesky does not know and does not track which Uk users are under 18. Mississippi's law, by contrast, would block everyone from accessing the site-teens and adults- unless they hand over sensitive information, and once they do, the law in Mississippi requires Bluesky to keep track of which users are children.
Still frame of Morganite's set from Anthrocon 2025, throwing a heart emote out to the crowd
3 boykisser keychains, with details of the front and back of the PCB. The back shows a simple circuit of a battery providing current to 2 red LEDs through a switch and resistor.
A set of 3 boykisser keychains, with red LEDs shining through the back of the PCB.
A snippet of the Anthrocon 2025 schedule. The event in question is "Data Structures & Algorithms" hosted by Bunsen Bitti and Unsigned Long
A picture of Super Sonic. The caption reads: New rule: never trust how you feel about your life past 9pm
A cropped still shot from the S4 open decks event at FWA. 4 DJ controllers are visible, as well as a laptop connected to the S4 VRChat world.
A set of luggage and fursuit heads
A Google opinion rewards survey. The prompted ask is: "Describe the overall task you were trying to accomplish when searching for tralalero tralala."
Laminated badge for Eva, with a D20 in their mouth
A 3 year line graph of a Fidelity account between March 25, 2022 and March 25, 2025. The line graph shows a steep increase.
A teaser clip of a DJ mix titled "Speed | Hardstyle/Frenchcore/Hard Techno Minimix". The 2 tracks being mixed are Le Tube De l'Ether (JKLL) into Number One (Dr. Peacock & Frenzy).
An excerpt from my first proper DJ mix titled "0", transitioning from "Delilah (pull me out of this)" by Fred Again into "Hold me Closer (Purple Disco Machine Remix)" by Elton John and Britney Spears.
A box containing the Pioneer DDJ-FLX4.
Updates to Checked Baggage Policy We will offer two free checked bags to Rapid Rewards® A-List Preferred Members and Customers traveling on Business Select fares. We will also offer one free checked bag to A-List Members and other select Customers. In addition, Southwest will credit one checked bag for Rapid Rewards Credit Cardmembers. All remaining Customers will pay to check their first and second bags, and we will continue to charge for the third and fourth checked bags. Changes will apply to flights booked on or after May 28.
A protogen bean plushie "holding" a bread knife cuts into a tiramisu
An excerpt from the AP news article around the Republican House of Representatives budget proposal. It reads: '"If you add work requirements to Medicaid, it makes sense to people. It's common sense," Johnson said. "Little things like that make a big difference not only in the budgeting process but in the morale of the people. You know, work is good for you. You find dignity in work. And the people who are not doing that, we're going to try to get their attention."'
A squirrel standing upright