Radio Spiral Hosts 7-Hour Bunny Hop Event

 

Netera Landar was recently at Radio Spiral, a place in Second Life that regularly performs electronica music, where you can find some longtime musicians such as Cypress Rosewood. The occasion was their "Bunny Hop" event. There was a bunny hunt with prizes, a riverboard ride, seven hours of relaxing music, and lots of company. 

 

Read Netera's story later today

 

Fantasy Faire Banning AI Content

 

Content created by artificial intelligence, or AI, has been quite a controversial topic. And some days ago, the Fantasy Faire addressed the issue. They are banning all content created by AI at the festival.

 

It seems that before, content in which AI had a hand it it's creation was acceptable as long as it wasn't part of something for sale, that is, it could be used for marketing or items to decorate an area. Now, whether it's items for sale or marketing or decorations for areas, any AI-created content is banned from the Faire.

Fantasy Faire’s current (2025) stance toward Gen-AI (generative artificial intelligence) is that selling anything created with it is not allowed at the Faire. We have so far allowed its usage in marketing textures or decorations if they are not for sale, but the global situation has worsened so much during the last years that we are going to change this rule to cover everything that has been produced with the help of Gen-AI, regardless if they are for sale or not.

Starting Fantasy Faire 2026 no Gen-AI produced items are allowed anywhere within the Fairelands, whether they are for sale or not.
 

The reason given. the Fantasy Faire is about fantasy, about the magic of imagination and letting one's mind experience the magic of the imagination and creativity of others. And this is something a machine can't really duplicate, at best mimic (some would call stealing) the work of others.

 

Fantasy Faire has always been about imagination and inspiration, and the human talent in bringing your visions to life. We want to celebrate what people dream into being with their own imagination and skill sets instead of what a machine can cobble together from other people’s work. 

 

As for the writing of this article, the Fantasy Faire starts in fifteen days, on April 23. 

 

Bixyl Shuftan 

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

 

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

Club Cutlass: Outer Space, Food, No Event (RFL Relaystock)

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

Club Zero Gravity: Snowy - TBA

 

Bouncing Bunny Beach Club:  DJ Snowy - TBA

Xanadu: DJ Jesse 

 

Montecito Bay:  CAYA, After Dark

Club Scorn: Th 8-12, Sat 2-12

 

Furry Fashion: TBA, TBA, Pajama Party

 

Urban Furry :  DJ Juana, DJ Charlee, DJ Whiskey, DJ Vantox

 

Read the schedules in SL Clubbin'

 

RFL Announcement: Relaystock 2026 - The Last Dance

 

 Get Ready For RelayStock© – One More Time

On April 10-12 the Relay Rockers will host the 13th annual gathering of the teams at
RelayStock ©  (Annual Multi Team Fundraising event)  

The team, which was founded in 2005 and has participated in every Relay For Life in Second Life has decided that 2026 will be the final RelayStock©.  The team itself will retire from active relaying after this season.

The Rockers are dedicating their final season to long-time member Madelyn Majestic, who is currently undergoing treatment for Breast Cancer.  Mady was diagnosed late last year after being reminded to get her exam by the Making Strides campaign.  “Never doubt what you do here is important.”  Mady stated, “Making Strides prompted me to schedule my exam that found the  cancer. With all the knowledge I gained from all of you and the ACS website, I knew what questions to ask and what to expect. As I go through this journey, I’m so immensely grateful to all of you and everything you’ve done to help fight back against cancer.”

In addition to RelayStock the team is currently planning to hold Bid The Lindens Bald©, its annual collaboration with Linden Lab, on Wednesday, April 15th.  This event, the 10th annual iteration of the popular fund raiser, will also be the last one.

Registration for  RelayStock ©– The Last Dance opens March 2d.  Space is limited and allocated on a first come first serve basis.

Info at: www.relayrockers.org

Team: Relay Rockers

SLURL: TBD 

Giant Fox In Royier

 

 When I dropped by a Relay location in the Royier sim, among the things I noticed was a giant fox statue. It was looking over the hedge as if trying to get a better look. 

 

 Maybe someone told him there was a Kentucky Fried Chicken on the other side. Or perhaps, a fifty foot vixen. 

 

You can see the fox at http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Royier/54/172/80

 

Bixyl Shuftan 

 

Whatever Happened To: The Dahlia Linden Flower Mountain

 

So what happened with the mountain at the New Bloom Mountain sim that had all of those mysterious blue flowers on the top that was the subject of Dahlia Linden's searches and supposed to return to "normality" on March 25? I had a heads up from Zada Bury that there were some changes, so went over. And there were a couple houses on the sides, though the flowers at the top were doing just fine. 

 

So what happens around the 16th? Time will tell. 

 

 Bixyl Shuftan

 

"Syndicats" At The River For Fundraiser Concert

 

 

Easter Sunday, April 5, was a little quieter in Second Life as some people had real life events to attend to. But there were still some, such as a performance by the Dinkie band "Syndicats" at The River, with donations to the Relay for Life accepted instead of tips. 

 

The River has gone WILD! Come join us for this feralfest! First up, it's the return of the SYNDICATS! Those crazy dinkies are swarming The River Rock Club for a tribute to the GORILLAZ! Then, at 5slt the culmination of our Bid me Feral and Bid me Bald Auctions. Our bidding auctions GO LIVE and it's not too late to lose that hair or get bid FERAL in the spirit of Wild for a Cure! 

 

The event went from 2 to 4PM SL time, with about 14,000 Linden dollars raised for teams Sugar Skols and Hope Floaters. 

 

Bixyl Shuftan 

 

RFL Announcement: The Great Beary Hunt (Mama Bears Scavenger Hunt) April 5 - 25th

 

The Great Beary Hunt is a grid-wide scavenger hunt inviting you to explore over 20 Relay teams’ lands across Second Life. Follow the paw prints, find the pot of honey, discover beary fun stops, and enjoy the adventure while supporting Relay For Life in Second Life. Complete the hunt and you’ll be rewarded with 6 delightful prizes at the end — all for a beary good cause! 

April 5 - 25th 

 

http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Royier/77/187/80 

Happy Easter Part Two

 

 Taken at "The River." How this guy was on the shoulders of a bunny, we can only imagine. But I could think of a few ways.

 

By Bixyl Shuftan

 

Happy Easter

 

 Originally posted in 2015, Valkyrie Ice was a choco bunny at the party one night, but someone bit off her hear.

 

By Bixyl Shuftan

 

 

 

Free Rabbit Avatar by Jesris

 

Just in time for Easter, there's a free pair of rabbit avatars, or rather the parts for an avatar.

 

Jesris has made available for free the parts for two rabbit avies, the Moon Rabbit and the Chocobunny Moon Rabbit.

 

I am thrilled to announce a very special addition to my store: a 100% free furry avatar!

This initiative is a gesture of kindness and solidarity towards all members of our beloved furry community in Second Life. I understand that not everyone has access to lindens, but I believe everyone deserves to express their creativity and identity in the best possible way. With this in mind, I have created a furry skin using only free parts, allowing anyone to build a complete avatar at no cost. I hope this free skin will help many of you explore new possibilities and connect even more with other furries. 

The avatars are available in the SL Marketplace.

Moon Rabbit : https://marketplace.secondlife.com/p/100-FREE-FURRY-Moon-Rabbit/26085931 

 

Chocobunny Moon Rabbit: https://marketplace.secondlife.com/p/100-FREE-FURRY-Moon-Rabbit-ChocoBunny-Version/23493855

 

You can see them also at a store at the Kore Community Gateway at 

 Kore CommuniFur (220/101/35). Though instead of a buy option, you're given links to the Marketplace. 

 

DeniseUnicorn Toonie would try it out, and give it two carrots up.

 

Bixyl Shuftan (with a little help from Denise)

 

SL Video: Friends Tribute

 

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 From Texy Fox on May 2013, "Sorry about, "SL Furry Dance: Who's That Fox" video gone, it's cause of YouTube putting it down. But anyways I have something a little special for my friends that I've made on SL, I hope you guys like it. And to those who unfortunately couldn't be in the video, you all know who you are as my friends. I love all of you guys."

 

 

1890s Creede, Colorado

 

Netera Landar recently checked out a roleplay community, one with a Wild West theme: 1890s Creede, Colorado. It's been only a few years since the territory was officially made a state, and in Creed County, the discovery of silver has led to an influx of people, including some entertainers from Denver as the city has been cracking down on gambling and prostitution. The roleplay has been around for over ten years, has a few SL business in addition to those strictly for the roleplay, and has some lively characters. 

 

Read Netera's article in People. 

 

EOTB: Linden Lab to Introduce "Onboarding Experiences Built by Second Life Creators"

 

One problem Second Life has had to contend with over it's history is retaining newcomers, only a small fraction of those who log in for the first time keep coming back after the first few visits, many not even after the first. This virtual world has a steep learning curve, as well as it can be a challenge to find out where to go and what to do, and newcomers unless they have friends to guide them or extremely persistent, grow frustrated and lose interest in sticking around. 

 

Linden Lab has been trying various things over the years to try to keep new residents coming back, and encouraging other residents to help out.  On Monday March 30, Linden Lab announced on their blog "new onboarding experiences ... built by talented community creators." 

 

As part of our ongoing experimentation with improving the new user experience, we’ve recently launched a new set of onboarding destinations in Second Life designed to make Residents’ first moments more social, interactive, and fun.

Each experience has been independently built by a group of talented community creators and are currently among the first locations newly-registered community members will experience for a limited time as we continue to assess what types of experiences and locations retain and engage our newcomers.  

 

The blog entry would go on to say the work, "was part of a pilot New User Experience Working Group (NUXWG)," and it had finished up a week earlier, calling it, "an outgrowth of our ongoing Creator Partnership Program, where we work directly with the community for select partnerships across a variety of initiatives." The Lab stated the same group was behind "several new mobile-specific landing locations" in 2025. 

 

Over the next few weeks, we will be testing these and other starter locations as we continue our ongoing efforts to experiment, learn, and evolve the new user experience - with ongoing consideration for our Community Gateway partners and other collaborations. 

We invite the community to check these locations out for yourself and support these creators who put lots of love and labor into this project.  

 

Currently, there are six of these Onboarding Experiences:  

 

Madpea Scardey Cats,  in which the player rescues kittens from a playfully spooky funhouse.

 

Driving Dirty , described as "where you can play different games, grab free prizes, meet new people, and hang out with others."  

 

Rush Week, which looks like a college-themed dating area.

 

Brazil Tour, a place in the theme of the country Brazil where one can play a few games or interact with others, some of whom may be from the country.

 

Club Midnight Pulse, a newbie-oriented nightclub where besides dancing to the music, you can play a few quests and meet others.

 

The Learning Center,  a space-stationed theme place described as "an interactive destination designed to teach the basics through gameplay. Explore obstacle courses, collect hidden stars, and learn core skills while progressing through challenges."

 

To read the blogpost in full, Click Here.  

 

Bixyl Shuftan 

Some More April Foolery In, And Out, of Second Life

 

Wednesday was April Fools Day, and the posting of a yearly Newser tradition, the April Fool article. But it wasn't the only April Fool going around. Linden Lab would play one, and there were a couple others inworld I caught wind of. And there were a few in computer gaming as well.

 

Read the story in Extra.  

 

This Saturday at The Science Circle

 

 Saturday April 4

 

    ~*~

 

At 10 AM PST  

 

Functional Morphology and Eye Evolution in The Trilobite

 

By Dr. William F. Schmachtenberg

 

Exact location in sim unknown

 

    ~*~

 

    NOTE: Non-members required to register once

    IM Jes Cobalt or Nymf Hathaway

╚══════════════════════════════ The Science Circle (72,129,30) ═╝  

 

Cartoon of The Day: Mouse Approved

Taken at Bay City's Food Truck Festival. Among the trucks there was one with wheels of cheese. While real mice prefer grain over cheese, no doubt this much would get a furry mouse's day rolling.

 

By Bixyl Shuftan 

Fantasy Faire Opens In Three Weeks

 

For those who can't wait for the Fantasy Fair, just hold on a little longer. It will be opening three weeks from today, Thursday April 23. 

 

The Fantasy Faire is one of the major events of the Relay for Life fundraising season in Second Life, with many highly skilled performers and builders behind it, offering shopping, music events, roleplaying, story reading, the Fairelands Quest game, and lots of gorgeous scenery to explore across many sims. 

 

For more information, check the blog here: https://fantasyfairesl.wordpress.com/