Friday, November 6, 2026

Club Squeaks Is Back

 

 In July, it was announced Club Squeaks was temporarily suspending it's events due to the future of it's longtime location, the Sunweaver sims, being in question. Yesterday, Brandi Streusel announced the club would be reopening, in the Royal Island sim about 500 meters off the ground. It's grand reopening party is tonight at 7PM SL time. 
 
It's schedule is set for  Mon 9 - 11am slt and Fri 7 - 9pm slt
 
 

Press Release: Homes For Our Troops Veterans Week Benefit Concert, Sunday November 8

 

 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 November Veteran’s week  benefit for Homes for Our Troops benefit in Second Life.   The benefit will be held on November 8, 2026 from 4PM-7PM 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 449 SPECIALLY ADAPTED HOMES NATIONWIDE FOR EXTREMELY INJURED VETERANS.” 


This HFOT benefit concert celebrates Veteran's Day week and will feature the following DJ’s and artists from 4PM-7PM on November 8, 2026.

DJ Zack 4 PM
Hogan Baily 5 PM
Mavenn 6 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
 

Announcement : This Saturday At The Science Circle

 
Algorithms at Work: Post-Brexit AI Governance, Cross-Border Workers and the Imagined State

Saturday November 7

10 AM SL time

Aerial Beaumont As AI becomes embedded in how people are recruited, managed and evaluated, the workplace has emerged as a key testing ground for AI governance. Since Brexit, the United Kingdom and the European Union have charted increasingly distinct courses. The EU AI Act designates workplace AI as “high-risk”, although the recent Digital Omnibus has deferred these obligations until December 2027. The UK has instead opted for a principles-led, “pro-innovation” model spread across existing regulators. This lecture suggests that these approaches reflect more than differing legal strategies. They produce competing understandings of what fairness, responsibility and protection at work mean in practice. These questions grow more complex as employment stretches across national boundaries. The lecture explores how cross-border workers come to understand their place in relation to the state when algorithmic systems increasingly mediate their working lives.

https://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/The%20Science%20Circle/67/131/30

Thursday, November 5, 2026

Burning Barrel Race, Saturday November 7

 
New Babbage Burning Barrel Race 2026

Saturday November 7

4 to 6PM SL time

New Babbage Academy of Industry (Somewhere in the community of New Babbage, SURL unknown)
 

 

Wednesday, November 4, 2026

Cartoon of The Day: "Manwich"

 

 Taken at Caledon's Halloween Party. Yep, that's what he called his costume. 
 
Thinking later on, I realized I missed an opportunity for a response.
 
By Bixyl Shuftan 
 

"Annual Cleanup Week"

 

 My Firestorm Viewer mentioned a Second Life tradition that may or may not be widely followed still, "Annual Cleanup Week." In fandom.com, it's described as "Sometime during the first week in November, take 10 minutes to an hour cleaning up your inventory. Make sure that you purge that trash and put things in nice lil' folders!"
 
For a newcomer, it shouldn't take long. For some "oldbies," they could take a few minutes here and a few minutes there adding up to over a few hours, and just barely make a dent. Oh well, progress is progress.
 
Bixyl Shuftan  
 

Tuesday, November 3, 2026

Announcement: Election Day, And Night, At The PBC

 

The Premier Business Center is having an Election Day event, for people to watch returns streamed live as they come in.  The event has been organized by Jarden Alexis. 
 
HAPPENING NOW: LIVE ELECTION COVERAGE STREAMING AT PBC

SLURL: https://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/PBC/189/65/1150

TODAY: MIDTERM ELECTIONS IN THE USA TUE, NOV 3, 2026!

The midterm election determines which political party controls Congress. It's our chance to shape the direction of our country, state, and local neighborhoods.YOUR VOTE IS YOUR VOICE!
To check registration status and find local polling locations go to: [https://vote.org Vote.Org]  or  [https://CanIVote.org CanIVote.org] 

To Preview Ballots and read unbiased information go to:[https://Vote411.org Vote411.org]  or [https://Ballotpedia.org Ballotpedia.org] 

TAKE A MOMENT TO VOTE! LET YOUR VOICE BE HEARD!

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WHAT ARE MIDTERM ELECTIONS
The midterm election determines which political party controls Congress. The elections include Senate races, but not all of the senators are up for election at the same time. The senators serve a six-year term, so only about one-third of the one hundred seats for U.S. Senate are included on the ballot during midterm elections. 

HERE IS WHAT YOU ARE VOTING FOR AT THE FEDERAL, STATE, AND LOCAL LEVELS:
AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL: You are deciding who controls Congress. Every single seat in the U.S. House of Representatives and about one-third of the U.S. Senate are up for election. These are the leaders who write national laws, manage the federal budget, and decide the big-picture future of our nation.

AT THE STATE LEVEL: You are choosing the leaders who make decisions closest to your home. Depending on where you live, you will be voting for Governor, your state legislators, and key positions like Attorney General and Secretary of State. They make the rules on state taxes, education funding, and reproductive rights.

AT THE LOCAL LEVEL: This is where your vote has the most immediate impact on your daily life. You are electing your city mayor, city council members, county commissioners, local sheriffs, and judges. These individuals run your local schools, manage public safety, and maintain your roads.

BALLOT MEASURES: You will vote "yes" or "no" on specific local laws, state constitutional amendments, and bonds that fund things like public parks, school renovations, and infrastructure.

Your vote is your power. It is your say in how your hard-earned tax dollars are spent and what rules your community lives by. 

YOU MATTER AND YOUR VOTE MAKES THE DIFFERENCE! Don't sit this one out! Be the difference. CAST YOUR VOTE!  
 
  

Events This Week In SL Clubbin'

 
Here's what's going on at the Sunweaver-Angel, Montecito Bay, Cafe Lilardo, and Furry Fashion clubs.

Club Cutlass: Temporarily Closed

Happy Vixen: DJ Charlee, DJ Scratch, DJ Mr. E, DJ Khyra

Club Zero Gravity: DJ Rose - TBA

Xanadu: DJ Jesse 
 
Montecito Bay:  DJ Moni, DJ Cookie, DJ Chucklepuppy, DJ Moff
 
Furry Fashion:  Creepy vs Cute, TBA, Halloween
 
Cafe Lilardo: TBA 
 
Read the schedules in SL Clubbin'
 

Monday, November 2, 2026

Busy Time

 
Yours truly has been busy, and while I wanted something about the Mole questions, as well as some Halloween parties, up by now, they will have to wait as I deal with real life while not quite having recovered from the weekend yet, and rest afterwards. But don't fret too much, I should have something up soon.
 

"The Belfry" Internet Comic Archive Is Down

 
Around mid-October, the Internet comic archive known as "The Belfry" (https://new.belfrycomics.net/) went offline, clicks on the link showing only a blank page. There was no panic at first as it's gone down for a few days before.  Then people in a few comic forums began commenting it wasn't coming back, some wondering if it was related to a widespread incident online in which AI bots exposed weaknesses in a great many websites. 

The Belfry had been around since the later 1990s, and had links to hundreds of online comics, including inactive ones.  It was one of the largest online comic lists, if not the largest. 
 
The internet archive has a record of it you can access (here). 
 
Bixyl Shuftan 

Sunday, November 1, 2026

Cartoon of The Day: "Tree-Mendous Legs"

 

 Taken at the Mole Protest at Governor Linden's manor  on Friday. Why this lady's leg included a branch, I didn't ask. But I had a few ideas.
 
By Bisyl Shuftan
 
 

Announcement: Embers of Hope Fundriaser, Today 12 to 8 PM

 
Embers of Hope — Dragons in the Fight Against Cancer is a monthly charity event at Dragon’s Nexus @ Xanadu Love Boat, bringing together the diverse Second Life community for eight hours of spectacular music, entertainment, friendship and fundraising in support of the American Cancer Society. 🎗️💖 Through the combined spirit of dragons, mermaids, centaurs, humans and other residents, this celebration transforms music and community unity into a powerful symbol of compassion, courage and hope in the fight against cancer.

Where: Dragon's Nexus @ Xanadu Love Boat
Date:    Sunday (Nov-1) | 12 pm to 8 pm (SLT)
Events: 12 - 2 pm: Iron & Thunder - DJ DragonPoet & Host Mystique
             2 - 4 pm: Dragon Wings of Hope - DJ Geerkil & Hosts Lord Equis & Bianca Krampus
             4 - 6 pm: Empire of Rock - DJ Travis & Host Tsukae
             6 - 8 pm: The Dragons Rave - DJ Windragon & Host Afrogitana    

Teleport:  Winward Islands (167,92,2251) (Adult) 
 
 
 

Saturday, October 31, 2026

Announcement: Wooburn's Halloween Party

 
 

 October 31st!  Come get your spooky on...for the Halloween Party!

1pm slt
Music by: DJ Mariska

All Welcome!

https://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Wooburn/103/174/1502
 

Firestorm Celebrating Halloween

 

 Today, the Firestorm team changed the login image for Halloween, giving the phoenix a spooky look with red eyes, and the words "Happy Halloween." 
 

What's Going On With The Moles?

 

 There's been a lot of chatter about the Linden Moles in the past few days. About the only thing yours truly really knows is some have changed their names. So what else is going on? I'll have more soon.
 
Bixyl Shuftan
 

Cartoon of The Day: Furry Ghostbuster

 

 Taken at a Merryjest Starchild Halloween event. Nothing wrong with a furry being a Ghostbuster, though it would invite puns.
 
By Bixyl Shuftan
 

Announcement: "Ghouls and Grooves Party"

 

Saturday November 1
 
Host and DJ Lily Cairparavel
 
Co-Host Friederich Valerian 
 
Lily's Cafe 
 
 

It Came From Bellisseria Chat: "Evil Enough"

 

 At one point in Bellisseria chat, the subject of evil masterminds as a costume came up, and if a white kitty was a mandatory par tof the look. Rosina Evergarden would show this picture, "I don't need a cat, I look evil enough iin SL without a white cat (big grin)."
 

SL Video: "Raglan Shire at it's Scary Best! 2026 Second Life Halloween Tour!"

 

 
 From Linda Doune Joanne Silvey SL Videos on October 30, "Prepare to be scared! A video tour of the 2026 Raglan Shire lands, not just events, but the entire spooky realm across the many locations, in Second Life during our annual display of Shocktober related events. Known wide for the quality of the Tinies, Dinkies and other talented peoples in their displays, sit down, try to relax, and hold onto your waffles! 13 rooms with their own unique vision and touch as to what is scary, fun and very creative! Enjoy the creativity in being scared waffle-less! Be skeered. Be very skeered! Visit when you can as we konw Turkey Day is coming soon!, so hurry down so you can experience it yourself! All are invited -- human, furry, dragons, tinies, dinkies, bring your friends and be skeered with them!"