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Russell Hicks

@akage72.bsky.social
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Up North. Stop motion, 2D animator. Having a go at comics. Autistic, ADHD. Autobio webcomic stargazinginthecity.wordpress.com Stop-mo Telly work vimeo.com/11681775 2D animation work vimeo.com/781060444

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Joseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
New from 404 Media: we solved which AI company is buying massive shipments of rare books, scanning and destroying them to train AI. We put an Apple AirTag in a rare book, followed it. It ended up at an Amazon facility. Its logo is a dinosaur ripping through a book www.404media.co/we-tracked-a...
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We Tracked a Shipment of Rare Books. It Ended at an Amazon AI Training Facility
We placed a tracking device in a shipment of rare books to see which AI company was buying it, and found an Amazon facility where Amazon scans and destroys books.
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Robin Ince @robinince.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
A new podcast about Channel 4’s framing of their ADHD documentary will be on www.cosmicshambles.com imminently - part of a series on ableism - here is a conversation on neurodivergence with Gina Rippon, Camilla Pang and me #autism #adhd #neurodiversity m.youtube.com/watch?v=Q2TJ...
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Weirdly Normal: The Science of Neurodiversity | Robin Ince, Gina Rippon & Camilla Pang | Latitude
YouTube video by The Cosmic Shambles Network
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Twonks @twonks.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Monsters
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The Cosmic Shambles Network @cosmicshambles.com · 08/08/2026
New on our Substack, @drdeanburnett.bsky.social has soem questions for the producers of a new Channel 4 documentary...
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Some Questions for Channel 4, about their documentary ‘The Great ADHD Myth?’
Dr Dean Burnett has some polite queries about an upcoming television show.
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Richard Smyth @rsmythfreelance.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Bede's World! Bede's World! Party time! Venerable!
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Colson Whitehead @colsonwhitehead.com · 27/07/2026
See also: writing about war, family, slavery, love, hope, whatever…someone smarter & more talented than you has already done it, so just do your own thing. And make it not suck.
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Byron C Clark @byroncclark.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
The creator of Roger Rabbit (who is 85 years old by the way) is a good sort Crossposted with @openvibe.social
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I've had to unfriend a few fans lately, all for the same reason. They made ridiculing, unkind, and in some cases outright cruel comments about pictures I posted of young women cosplaying Jessica. 
More than a person, Jessica is a state of mind. To play Jessica, you need self -confidence, a sense of humor, and a Jessican -attitude-. There is no such thing as a Jessica cosplayer being too short, too flat chested, too heavy, too thin, too unattractive, too black, too Asian, or even too male!!! All Jessica, any Jessica, every Jessica is good Jessica. 
I'm not giving any warnings or second chances. A single disparaging comment on a Jessica cosplayer, and I'm throwing you out of the rainbow colored Toontown Tent.
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Grae Hall @graemation.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Sometimes you are happy to have an election candidate turn up at your doorstep! #Nerdlings
Troublemaker Games's Count Binface 28mm scale figure.
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Fraser Campbell @fraserc69.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
The kind of common sense use of public money that would have your Clarkson types sputtering with rage, so another good reason to do it.
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Sarah Dempster @dempster2000.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Here is my dad’s Sean Connery joke: “Q: What time does Sean Connery arrive at Wimbledon? A: Sean Connery died on the 31st of October 2020 and is therefore unlikely to attend any future sporting events”.
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Russell Hicks @akage72.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
Recent comic, took an age as per usual. Takes a while this comics lark eh? Quite happy with it though. Comic lives here Stargazinginthecity.wordpress.com
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Russell Hicks @akage72.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
Recent comic, took an age as per usual. Takes a while this comics lark eh? Quite happy with it though. Comic lives here Stargazinginthecity.wordpress.com
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Derf Backderf @derfbackderf.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
One of today's political prisoners. Cartoonist & zine maker Daniel Rolando Sanchez Estrada wasn't even at the ICE protest. He was accused of "moving" a box of anti-Trump zines THE NEXT DAY. A rightwing judge sentenced him to 30 years! Just for possessing zines. The darkness is descending.
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Dr Jamie Gallagher @jamiebgall.co.uk · 02/06/2026
It’s Pride 🏳️‍🌈 Spare one repost for a small creator? 🥺 My science and sci fi pins raise money for homeless LGBTQ+ people. Just sent another £800 to @aktcharity.bsky.social bringing total to £47,521 New for Pride 2026: 🌈Scientist🌈 🏳️‍🌈🐥🦜🦅🏳️‍🌈 🌈pronouns🌈 www.jamiebgall.co.uk/shop
Pin badge “scientist” in rainbow motif Two bird pins. A series if birds sitting on a branch. Each bird is the colour of a stripe on the rainbow flag. Pronoun pins with rainbow motif:
She her 
He him 
She they 
He they 
They them An array of pride themed science and sci fi pins.
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Rose Ruane @regretteruane.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
Please donate if you feel comfortably able able to www.justgiving.com/page/susan-y...
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3 Peaks for Melissa
Help Susan Young raise money to support The Canmore Trust
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beetle moses @beetlemoses.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
Three panel comic. Panel 1: God (depicted as an old man with a long white beard) is napping on the couch and suddenly wakes up. He says “zz-HUH!” There’s an open back of chips next to him. The Earth is sitting on a dresser like a television, and even has a small screen. Panel 2: God rubs his eyes as he wakes up. He has cheesy dust on his fingers. In the other hand he clicks the TV remote. He says, “better check on the dinosaurs.” Panel 3: flabbergasted, he exclaims, “what the hell!?” On the Earth television, there’s two people absolutely destroying some glizzies in a hot dog eating contest.
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Bebe Neuwirth (she/her) @bebeneuwirth.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
This makes me laugh so much
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e.w. niedermeyer @niedermeyer.online · 07/05/2026
wandering the Sonora desert in a carefree fashion like
A Saguaro cactus that looks as if it has two eyes and is striding through the landscape in a jaunty manner, perhaps whistling a tune
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Tom Reagan’s Witch’s Hat @rufustsuperfly.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
Phil Collins played Gary, one of the Nostromo crew but his scenes were cut. As he was stalked by the xenomorph he said ‘I can feel it coming in the air tonight, oh Lord’ which later inspired him to write a massive hit. #AlienDay
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jess m. ☕🍂 @jametc.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
I'm into it.
a mockup of a theater full of people, wherein the scrolling credits includes a fingerprint logo to show it was made without the aid of AI
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Nato Green @natogreen.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
We clipped my sermon about hope from @thebugle.bsky.social if you want to enjoy and share it and my dopey face: www.instagram.com/reel/DXUrVZ8...
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Create an account or log in to Instagram - Share what you're into with the people who get you.
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Andrew 🐻 @awd.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
The late great Bob McKnight's legacy and animation history is in danger of being seized and destroyed. Help donate. gofund.me/ae656c68a
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Donate to Preserve Bob McKnight’s Incredible Art Legacy, organized by Robert Griggs
Hi, I’m Robert Griggs. I’ve worked in animation for over 30 years. You all… Robert Griggs needs your support for Preserve Bob McKnight’s Incredible Art Legacy
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Robin Rimbaud - Scanner @scannerdot.com · 23/02/2026
This is one of the most revelatory and inspiring things I've heard recently - a reverse engineered version of Suzanne Vega's song 'Tom's Diner,' revealing all the sounds stripped out when encoded to an MP3. youtu.be/efpZ_jR8kiU?...
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32 of 36: The Ghost in the MP3 (2014) RYAN MAGUIRE
YouTube video by Museum of Portable Sound
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Brian Groom @groomb.bsky.social · 21/02/2026
‘The need for support is everywhere’: working-class arts group expands to north of England. www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
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‘The need for support is everywhere’: working-class arts group expands to north of England
The Working Arts Club is working to counter the stark class disparity within the UK creative sector
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House & Field Negro Quarterly @morethanmud.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
fuck ai www.avclub.com/read-this-co...
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Read this: This Alaska college student eats AI art for lunch
Read this: This Alaska college student eats AI art for lunch
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Dan Berry inexplicably @thingsbydan.co.uk · 30/01/2026
Last couple of days left on my January sale. Ends at midnight, uk time on the 31st. Get 15% off with the code NEWLEAF.
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James McConnachie @jamesmcconnachie.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
'the UK creative industries — which contributed £125 billion to the economy in 2024 and supported 2.4 million jobs — are being destroyed by an AI sector that... contributed just £11 billion in the same year and supported only 85,000 jobs." www.thetimes.com/culture/film...
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All 2.4m of Britain’s creative workers are at risk — and we know why
A new report into the impact of AI on the creative sector makes for apocalyptic reading. The government must act now
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Angry Robot Books @angryrobotbooks.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
"The sensation of the eerie occurs either when there is something present where there should be nothing, or there is nothing present when there should be something" The Weird and The Eerie by Mark Fisher
 A photo of a copy of the Repeater edition of The Weird and The Eerie by Mark Fisher. The book was designed by Johnny Bull.
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Mick Life Crisis @shangadge.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
Any excuse to bollock on about this again... Snub TV is available, nearly entirely, on YouTube here, complete with VHS glitches and BBC2 idents... youtube.com/playlist?lis...
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Snub TV (UK) - YouTube
Snub TV was an alternative culture television program that ran from 1987 to 1989. The original program, while made in the UK, was developed by American produ...
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Sarah Dempster @dempster2000.bsky.social · 25/12/2025
7 reasons why The Thing (1982) is a Christmas film: 1) snow 2) bearded men concealing surprises 3) compulsory party games 4) introverts shunning group activities 5) digestive issues 6) revellers bursting open to reveal partially assimilated canine lifeforms 7) knitwear
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Fran @sydmus.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
Lynda Barry (2016)
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Laura McInerney @missmc.bsky.social · 07/12/2025
My dad abhors any negative comments about immigrants. Asked him recently why he’s so strong on it: ‘Because we’re always happy to take the rich and clever ones. Which means it’s not about disliking immigrants. It’s about disliking the poor and vulnerable. And that’s a bad human instinct.’
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Craig Winstanley @cwinstan.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
This from the latest @bylinetimes.bsky.social in an article by Mic Wright about a Spectator awards bash, where the key awards went to the most far right politicians to honour their racism & intolerance. And yet, there are Labour people attending, validating & normalising this far right publication…
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Scott Gray @scott1gray.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
Zadie Smith.
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Little Deer Comics @littledeercomics.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
Closing for the day and even 1 online sale overnight would tip us past the rent line (and honestly no harm in 2 sales just to play it safe!) littledeercomics.ie
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Creative UK @creativeuk.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
🎬 The arts aren’t a luxury - they’re an export. At #Lab25, @aiannucci.bsky.social reminds us that the UK’s Creative Industries make up 6% of our economy and 7% of our workforce - the GDP equivalent of oil + car industries combined. 🎥 Watch more clips from the Creative UK Pavilion hubs.ly/Q03QVhV90
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Keith W. Dickinson @keithwdickinson.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.
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John Freeman @johnfreeman.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
Creative businesses and freelancers outside of London are in line for major government support to help them innovate, up-skill and attract private investment downthetubes.net/six-uk-regions-rec…
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Robin Ince @robinince.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
Refugees are quite often a product of our arms industry - perhaps there should be a special tax on the arms industry to go towards expenses related to refugees ?
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Grae Hall @graemation.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
With all the money being thrown at AI nonsense, it's worth sharing an appeal from genuine hand-crafted indie animation. One6th need help to promote & distribute this fantastic short, based on a poem by Dean Atta. Please take a look & repost. #StopMotionAnimation www.indiegogo.com/projects/two...
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Two Black Boys in Paradise
We’ve made the film. Now we need your help to share its message of self-acceptance with the world. | Check out 'Two Black Boys in Paradise' on Indiegogo.
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Press Gazette @pressgazette.co.uk · 04/09/2025
From Washington Post to Manchester's @millmedia.bsky.social for new investigations editor Cameron Barr Barr wants to help "restore and revive the kind of investigative accountability, tough minded, rigorous reporting that that we all need" pressgazette.co.uk/the-wire/med...
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Bobbi Elman @autismadvocate.co.uk · 03/09/2025
This is utterly superb! “Static images on a wall that appear #animated as Train moves.” #Reddit R\InterestingAF #TrainSky #Animation
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Michelle @michelle-h-libms.bsky.social · 23/08/2025
If you can donate or share it would be most appreciated. gofund.me/2d92938d #filmmaker #filmproduction #shortfilm #gofundme #donate #creative #film #director #queer #neurodivergent #adhd #autism
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Arts Emergency @artsemergency.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
A grassroots movement like Arts Emergency rarely lasts or grows as we have.Our work changes lives, but we rely on monthly donations.Those donations are down £50k since 2021. We've cut all we can, now we're appealing to you for £2/month to plug the gap & go on www.arts-emergency.org/donate%F0%9F...
A red banner with black cut out letters reading 'The future is another place. Allow yourself to believe a better life is possible. Say it loud, defiantly to everyone'
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猫好きな人 @valoisdubins.bsky.social · 27/07/2025
BBC news currently has no article on this. According to organisers, it broke their own records by far and was the biggest trans rights events in the world. Otoh the BBC does have coverage of far right anti-refugee protests which were much, much, smaller. www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
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Tens of thousands of people take to streets for London Trans+ Pride 2025
Event becomes biggest of its kind as more than 100,000 turn out to support its ‘existence and resistance’ theme
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Katy Derbyshire @katyderbyshire.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
Whole book “translated” for $100? You get what you pay for, and if you don’t understand what makes human translators valuable, maybe you don’t value the creative work that goes into the writing process either. www.theguardian.com/books/2025/j...
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AI translation service launched for fiction writers and publishers prompts dismay among translators
UK-based GlobeScribe is charging $100 per book, per language for use of its services, but translators say that nuanced work can only be produced by humans
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