Cartoon of The Day: Playing Possum

 

Taken at the SL23B. One of the girls had a pet opossum that when she wasn't moving lay limp over her arm. In real life, the creatures go into catatonic shock when frightened. But it used to be thought it was playing dead, or "playing possum."

 

By Bixyl Shuftan 

 

A Few SLB Exhibits

 

 The Second Life Birthday is full of noteworthy exhibits. One that caught my eye was "The Great Carrot Caper" in SLB Marvelous by Owlie Fairlander, Beth Ghostraven, and several other contributors. In this tribute to Abbot & Costello and Alfred Hitchcock, you take part in a mystery comedy in which the goal is to find fourteen golden carrots (a pun on 14 karat gold).

 

 https://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/SLB%20Marvelous/67/137/21

 

"The Great Movie Ride" at SLB Breathtaking by On A Whim Designs

Welcome, movie lovers, to the On A Whim Great Movie Ride! Please keep your hands, arms, feet, and any runaway screenplays safely inside the vehicle at all times. We're hoping to catch a little movie magic today, and you've picked the perfect cast for the job. Please do not exit the vehicle once you've sat down.  I'm Cody, and alongside me is Roxy. Together we'll be your guides through some of the most memorable moments in cinema history. Lights, camera, action!

 

 https://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/SLB%20Breathtaking/185/140/21

 

 "Expendable Space - The Ocean Floor" at SLB Stupendous by the International Spaceflight Museum, and Helena Kiama and Roy Sutton.

 

What goes up must come down. While we often look to the sky to see the future of spaceflight, the history of our journey is written on the ocean floor. Come explore a detailed underwater graveyard featuring discarded boosters, fuel tanks, and engine clusters from the rockets that built our modern world. Also, discover an underwater habitat used for astronaut training.

 

 https://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/SLB%20Stupendous/116/185/21

 

Discover more at the Second Life Birthday grounds 

 

Bixyl Shuftan

 

Events This Week at the Sunweaver and Montecito Bay Clubs, Furry Fashion, and Urban Furry

 

Here's what's going on at the Sunweaver, Montecito Bay, Furry Fashion, and Urban Furry clubs.

Club Cutlass: Neon 80s, Unicorns & Rainbows, TBA

Happy Vixen: DJ Charlee, DJ Scratch, DJ Umbra, TBA, DJ Khyra

Club Zero Gravity: DJ Snowy - TBA

 

Bouncing Bunny Beach Club:  TBA

Xanadu: DJ Jesse 

 

Montecito Bay:  CAYA, After Dark

 

Furry Fashion: Barely There, TBA, Pajama Party

 

Urban Furry :  DJ Charlee, DJ Emma, DJ Emma

 

Read the schedules in SL Clubbin'

 

RFL Announcement: Relay Kiosks Reset To Offseason As "Wild For A Cure" Ends

 **Relay For Life 2026 is one for the books!** 

As of **July 1**, all Relay For Life kiosks have been reset, and all new donations will now benefit the **American Cancer Society's General Fund

Our  2026  Relay season was truly phenomenal, raising an incredible **L$391,443**!

You've helped create **real change** and **real hope** for everyone impacted by cancer. Every donation, every event, has made a meaningful difference.   Thank you for making this another unforgettable Relay year.  We are deeply grateful for our community!  

The Happy Vixen's 15th Anniversary

 

Some clubs don't make it to their first year. So when one reaches 15 years, it's reason to celebrate. Last month, the Happy Vixen Beach club turned 15 years old. And at the end of the month, Nydia Tungsten held an anniversary party for it. 

 

Read more in SL Clubbin'. 

 

Wedding Bells

With so much going on lately, it's been easy to miss smaller events.  On Friday June 26 came a special occasion: The wedding of Lilybeth Patterson (LilyBethPatterson) and Ardo Topaz. Yours truly was among those invited, and took a few pictures.

 

See more in Events. 

 

A Fun Weekend

 

 

The weekend had some fun activities. With this being the 250th Fourth of July weekend, while some went to celebrations in both Washington DC and locally in real life, there were some inworld as well. Sometimes they were a day early, such as the one at Club Cutlass. Sadly, community Rita Mariner wasn't there, possibly due to power outages that took down some residents. But Jenni Greenfield took a break from her hiatus to appear for the red white and blue celebration. 

 

 

Cutlass and other places would be closed on Saturday July 4, as were others. But some places had small parties, such as a the pool party at Raglan Shire's "Ool" (the running joke here is there should be no "p" in the "pool"). One resident showed up as a cloud of red, white, and blue fireworks. 

 

 

 

 

Sunday July 5 had some events. At the Second Life Birthday grounds at SLB Delightful, there was a "Dream Machine Gala" at 12 Noon by Carolyn Handrick, which lasted for about three hours. 

 

Also at Noon was the Anniversary Ball of Antiquity, at,it's Buckingham Palace. The community has been around for nineteen years. For the upper crust, the wearing of crowns and sashes was encouraged as for roleplay purposes this was a state event. The ladies and gentlemen danced, as well as chatted, and mused, about goings on. There was also a note of thanks from the Relay for Life for it's contributions to Team ACTS. 

 

There was also a Homes For Our Troops fundraiser. But sorry to say real-life would drag me away from seeing it. There will be another one for today, Monday July 6.  

 

Finally at 5:30 tonight was a small party at the Happy Vixen Beach Club with "Mister E" DJing the tunes. Hostess Kitacelia brought her own fireworks. 

 

It was a great Fourth weekend.

 

Bixyl Shuftan 

 

Cartoon of The Day: Like Wearing Clouds

 

 Taken at Club Zero Gravity

 

By Bixyl Shuftan 

 

Happy Fourth of July

 

 Happy American Independence Day from the Second Life Newser.

 

Bixyl Shuftan

 

 

SL Video: "Merryjest: Opening Act at Second Life's 23rd Birthday"

 

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 From Merryjest Starchild on June 27, "For those who missed the SL23B concert, we're doing a watch party on Youtube for it- this was recored on my computer so you'll get to see me frantically typing at people (or trying to) while singing, when things go wrong. And the hilarious reaction in the chat when thy get YEETED to another region in the middle of the finale XD  starting at the top of the hour"

The SL23B Swaginator Hunt

 

 

Besides seeing the exhibits at the Second Life Birthday, there's the Golden Ticket Giveaway, and the Shining Stars Hunt. But there's one more, an SL Birthday classic: The Swaginator Hunt. 

 

Join the fun and follow the hints to each SL23B Swaginator kiosk to collect a series of awesome SL23B themed gifts. The SL23B Swaginator kiosks are hidden throughout the Second Life Birthday Event, so grab a bottle of water and let's start hunting! 

 

To start, head to the Red Carpet Welcome in SLB Incredible and head to the Swaginator HUD giver at (151/106/21). Clicking on it, you'll get the HUD. Go to your inventory and click and "add" it to your avatar. It should appear on your viewer on the upper right. 

 

Seconds after putting it on, you should get your first clue. Clicking on Teleport, you'll end up somewhere in the vicinity of where the clue is, but you'll still need to search around for it.

 It may take some looking around for a while. But eventually, you'll find it.

 

 And the first prize is, something fun for watching a movie or sports event. So what are the next four? That's something you'll have to find out for yourself.

 

Happy Hunting,

 

Bixyl Shuftan 

 

Scenes From The SLB: Uncle Philip

 

 Taken at SLB Marvelous. Looks like Philip Linden is in a patriotic mood with him wearing an Uncle Sam outfit.

 

Bixyl Shuftan 

 

 

Press Release: HFOT "America's 250th" Benefit Concert July 6

 

Frets Nirvana, longtime supporter and contact for Homes For Our Troops in Second Life, in conjunction with the US Military Veterans Group, announces the 2026 July 250 benefit for Homes for Our Troops benefit in Second Life.   The benefit will be held on July 6, 2026 from 5PM - 8 PM SLT at Veteran’s Isle.  

http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Veterans%20Isle/176/58/3501.

Frets Nirvana states:  “HFOT is a privately funded 501(c) (3) nonprofit organization building specially adapted, mortgage-free homes nationwide for the most severely injured Veterans from Iraq and Afghanistan. Most of these Veterans are multiple amputees, paraplegic, quadriplegic or have suffered severe traumatic brain injury (TBI).  Since its inception in 2004, nearly 90 cents of every dollar spent by Homes for Our Troop has gone to directly support Veterans. DURING THAT TIME HFOT HAS BUILT 441 SPECIALLY ADAPTED HOMES NATIONWIDE FOR EXTREMELY INJURED VETERANS.” 


This HFOT benefit concert celebrates the United States 250th birthday and will feature the following DJ’s and artists from 5 PM- 8 PM July 6, 2026:


DJ Yume Yoshikawa 5 PM
Marqs Desade 6 PM
Grace Loudon 7 PM


Sponsored by Frets Nirvana and the U.S. Military Veteran’s Group of Second Life.  To learn more about Homes for Our Troops visit https://www.hfotusa.org 

 

SL Video: "SL23B - Meet the Lindens: Second Life Studios Team"

 

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 From Linden Lab on June 27, the last of the "Meet the Lindens" events of the SL23B on Friday June 26, "Members of the Second Life Studios team answer community questions in this special "Meet the Lindens" event from Second Life's 23rd Birthday Celebration"

At The SLB23 Shop & Hop

 

One of the biggest annual shopping events is the Second Life Birthday's Shop and Hop. With hundreds of shops to go through, there's plenty to see. Netera Landar decided to go check it out. So what did she find?

 

Read Netera's article in Fashion. 

 

The SL23B Pod Tours

 

There's a few ways to get around the sims of the Second Life Birthday. You can walk around, fly around, take a balloon, or you can take the Pod Tours. While you can look around for one roaming around the sims, it's best to start where they're rezzed, at SLB Incredible (134/224/21), near the Red Carpet Welcome. 

 

Nothing too complicated. Just hop on one and wait for it to get going, which may take a while, or click on the pod and it will get going. As they go past exhibits, sometimes they'll give a little information on them.  

 

Compared to previous years, there's more detail to this year's pods. They look like small, wheelless cars. 

 

Normally they go s few feet off the ground. But at one point I was going several feet in the air. Not sure if this was a glitch or not. 

 

Enjoy the tours 

 

 https://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/SLB%20Incredible/134/224/21

 

Bixyl Shuftan 

 

Press Release: America's 250th Homes For Our Troops Concert at Voodoo Bayou Blues

 

 Hello to all Homes For Our Troops supporters.  I am writing you to inform you of several events that will happen in July in celebration of our country's 250th birthday that will be supporting HFOT.  

We hope you take note and attend these celebrations and support. Homes For Our Troops.

July 4 and all month at Creator's Park, Cat Fish Cove and Bear Skin Mall.  Thank you Starry Moonlight and Catrinia Beck 

Lots of simple low prim things for the 4th,   Visit the SIMs below and take a walk! 

Bear Skin Mall on Rockport

https://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Rockport/22/32/22
Cat Fish Cove Home for the Celtic Cross Family

https://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Cat%20Fish%20Cove/208/25/23
Creator's Park, Shops and Fishing on Strawberry Bank

https://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Strawberry%20Bank/212/25/22

July 5.  Voodoo Bayou Blues is sponsoring a full day of DJ's and performers to celebrate United States  250th.  All donations go to HFOT.  Thank Marty Jacobus, Bundy Xue and all the folks at Voodoo Bayou.  Go to the LM Below

Voodoo Bayou Blues and Motown

https://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Tomorrowland%20Estate/117/27/27

Check out this lineup!

6-8am Gospel -DJ DeeDee
8-10am DJ Brin
11am DJ DeeDee
10am DJ Ashley
12am DJ Cel Magic
1pm Mavenn
2pm Frets 
3pm NeoMaximus
4pm Marina Sharpsire
5pm  PensacolaPete
6pm DJ DeeDee
7pm Cajun
8pm Dj CG
9-pm DJ Marty

 

*  *  *  *  *  

July 6  Veteran's Isle 250th HFOT celebration 5-8 PM

DJ Yume Yoshikawa and the Yummies 5 PM
Marqs Desade 6 PM
Grace Loudon 7 PM

US Military Veterans Center - Hangar Stage
https://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Veterans%20Isle/227/67/3501

July 13 Veteran's Isle 250th HFOT celebration continues 6-8 PM

DJ Zack 6 PM
Noma Falta and Frets Nirvana Dual Stream 7 PM

US Military Veterans Center - Hangar Stage
https://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Veterans%20Isle/227/67/3501


If there is anyone else sponsoring an event in July to celebrate the 250th and benefit HFOT ...let us know!   We hope to see all of you out there while we celebrate our heroes and this great event.

Frets Nirvana

SL23B Announcement "BBB Studios Ribbon Cutting Party"

 

 

 DJ Fu will provide the music at a party to open the BBB Studios Movie Theatre on July 3rd at 12 noon to 2pm SLT

 

SURL:  https://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/SLB%20Breathtaking/190/37/21 

 

SL Video: "SL23B - Meet the Lindens: Second Life Marketing & Growth Team"

 

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 From Linden Lab on June 25, the Meet the Lindens event on Thursday June 25, "Members of the Second Life Marketing & Growth team answer community questions in this special "Meet the Lindens" event from Second Life's 23rd Birthday Celebration"