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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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Russell Hicks @akage72.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
I'd completely forgotten that David Sedaris did Mr Rossi's voice
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Russell Hicks @akage72.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
1. Some weird Polymarket thing 2. Fav Placebo song 3. Hideous occult significance
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Russell Hicks @akage72.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Ugh!
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Russell Hicks @akage72.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
I do hope you calmly pointed out that they rang you 😐
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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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Russell Hicks @akage72.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
That's great, very familiar
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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
Gary K. Wolf •  
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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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Russell Hicks @akage72.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
Why would you 'quietly' release a show you've worked really har- oh
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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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Russell Hicks @akage72.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
Crikey
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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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Russell Hicks @akage72.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
What are "legacy studios"? Is this a plagiarism biz label for normal (ie. human made) animation studios?
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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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Russell Hicks @akage72.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
I'm sure you must've been an animator in a past life. Lovely stuff
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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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Russell Hicks @akage72.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
There's only one way to find out!
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Russell Hicks @akage72.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
All that cash and natural resources spaffed on AI, still can't do hands. Awful
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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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Instagram
Create an account or log in to Instagram - Share what you're into with the people who get you.
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Russell Hicks @akage72.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
You're welcome, yeah there's a whole load of tiny details!
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Russell Hicks @akage72.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
podcastaddict.com/podcast/wald... This is a great podcast that digs into the (not so) hidden messaging in the painting
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Waldy and Bendy’s Adventures in Art
Listen to Waldy and Bendy’s Adventures in Art by ZCZ Films on Podcast Addict. Welcome to ‘Waldy and Bendy’s Adventures in Art’ – the podcast they couldn’t stop. I’m Waldy – otherwise known as Waldemar Januszczak, art critic of the Sunday Times – and with my co-host Bendor ‘Bendy’ Grosvenor, the celebrated art historian and TV presenter, we’re going to be looking at interesting things that are happening in art during the great lockdown.
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Russell Hicks @akage72.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
Yes, a great heartfelt, thoughtful monologue, nice one
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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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Russell Hicks @akage72.bsky.social · 04/04/2026
Been said a million times before but knowing how to play the piano, and then knowing which wrong notes are funny. I didn't really appreciate these things when Inwas seven
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Russell Hicks @akage72.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
^ agh, Sentimental Value, rather
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Russell Hicks @akage72.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
The last two Joachim Triers were great, Sentimental Journey and The Worst Person in the World
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Russell Hicks @akage72.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
It feels like the label content has been wrongly applied to actual human creativity for years (when the epithet 'content creators' started to be applied to YT and Insta video makers) and has only now found it's true home as a label for AI generated things.
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Russell Hicks @akage72.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
"I didn't get where I am today by watching Americanizations of The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin"
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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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Russell Hicks @akage72.bsky.social · 21/02/2026
To my shame, I've never seen that film! He's very cute. Ray knew his stuff, shooting on film with no video assist, having to wait til the end of the week to get the film back from Boots to see if it came out ok. The only other place I've come across an eohippus is this song which is nice
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More Nature Songs - Eohippus
YouTube video by vektorgt
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Russell Hicks @akage72.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
CONRAD POOHS DISAPPEARANCE SOLVED
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Russell Hicks @akage72.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
I'd like to think Turn the Page was inspired by Mandelson in the same way Toxic was inspired by Noel 'Supervet' Fitzpatrick
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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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