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Hal Hickel @halhickel.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Very proud to once again be speaking at the amazing View Conference, in beautiful Torino! Amazing line up this year (as always), join us! #viewconference2026 #Film #VFX #Animation @viewconference.bsky.social

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LBC @lbc.co.uk · 07/09/2026

This is @mrjamesob.bsky.social's London.

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Hal Hickel @halhickel.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

I honestly don't know where the time has gone, but today marks the 30th anniversary of passing through this door to become a part of @ilmvfx.bsky.social So grateful for spending the last three decades (?!?) amongst the most generous, brilliant, low-ego folks in the industry. Luck me. #VFX #Film

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Hal Hickel @halhickel.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

Without saying your age, what’s your favourite movie that came out when you were 18?

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UAW @uaw.org · 14/07/2026

"Labor organizing on campus is vitally needed in academia. It’s also a necessary step in connecting academics to the other workers facing the same struggles." The New Republic 📰 ow.ly/3GkH50Zny2b

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How Unions Can Save Higher Education—and Democracy | The New Republic

Labor organizing on campus is vitally needed in academia. It’s also a necessary step in connecting academics to the other workers facing the same struggles.

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Hal Hickel @halhickel.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

Hard to believe, but it's 20 years today that Pirates of The Caribbean 2: Dead Man's Chest was released into the world. Lightning in a bottle, as they say. #VFX #Film #Animation #PiratesofTheCaribbean

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Hal Hickel @halhickel.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

#Annecyfestival once again proved to be amazing, inspiring, and energizing (despite the brain-melting heat!). A feast for the eyes and heart! ☀️🔥❤️ #Film #Animation #VFX #StopMotion

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Hal Hickel @halhickel.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

One of my favorite things about Annecy, is watching as much animation as possible. I try to see as many short films (in/out of competition, Graduate Films, etc, etc) as possible. Such an incredible range of styles, technologies, and artistic points of view! #Animation #Art #AnnecyFestival #Film #VFX

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Hal Hickel @halhickel.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

I have a Paramount+ account (for now), and I still won’t watch that bullshit dear-leader nonsense

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Hal Hickel @halhickel.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

If you're at #AnnecyFestival this year, and are interested in #TheMandalorianandGrogu, and the general topic of character animation in live-action #VFX, come to our panel "When Animation Goes Live", 4pm, Thurs, 6/25. I'll be joined by sother luminaries in our field! #ILM #Film #Animation #StarWars

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Alicia Stella @alicia.social · 01/06/2026

🚨NEW AUCTION! This Indiana Jones Inspired Giclée Print by @studiosheila.bsky.social is signed, and inspired by Temple of Doom! It's 9"x12" on velvet rag fine art paper using archival inks. The original was created with pencil & ink. And it's named "Oh Shit" Bid Here! www.ebay.com/itm/25754035...

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Hal Hickel @halhickel.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

Hello #Animation peeps! Who’s coming to beautiful #Annecy for the #AnnecyFestival? I’ll be there participating in a few panels at the #MIFA, and cramming as much animation into my eyeballs as possible. Also going to make time for a hike this time around! #VfX #Film #HauteSavoie

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Joe Dator @joedator.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

Today's Daily Cartoon for @newyorker.com by Kevin Maher and me.

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Hal Hickel @halhickel.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

Making Mando & Grogu was a blast, we had SO many creatures, characters, and vehicles to animate! Favreau loves the universe so much, and it was an amazing mash-up of Dark Crystal, OT Star Wars, and Ray Harryhausen. For an animator, nothing could be better. #StarWars #VFX #Animation

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Hal Hickel @halhickel.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

It's finally here! Get out there and enjoy yourself some Star Wars. We had an absolute blast making this. This is not "corporate content", it's a work of art and craft, made by people who love Star Wars, love movies, and love the theater experience. #TheMandalorianandGrogu #StarWars #Film #VFX

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Maria Elena Gutierrez @elenagutierrez.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

Star Wars Mandalorian & Grogu movie opens in Italy tomorrow! Go see it then join us @viewconference.bsky.social for @halhickel.bsky.social exclusive #viewconference2026 presentation. www.viewconference.it/pages/regist... #animation #vfx #mandalorianandgrogu #starwars #ai #filmmaking #games #film

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Hal Hickel @halhickel.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

Lovely that #TheMandalorianandGrogu premiere is happening on GWL’s birthday. That’s some nice cosmic serendipity. #StarWars

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Hal Hickel @halhickel.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

Happy May the 4th everyone! So great to see all the love for that galaxy far far away! #TheMandalorianandGrogu #StarWars

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Hal Hickel @halhickel.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

When I post about a film that I worked on, particularly when it's #StarWars, I sometimes wonder if folks think I'm a shill, just part of a corporate publicity push for the film. I can assure you that is not the case. In fact, I'm always half expecting to be told to pipe down a bit. :) #Grogu

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Hal Hickel @halhickel.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

My Mandalorian journey began in 2018, during pre-production for season 1, with work on the movie starting in 2023. 8 years creating creatures, droids, characters, spaceships, you name it. I’m super excited to get to the theater and see this film with the fans. #StarWars #TheMandalorianandGrogu

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Maria Elena Gutierrez @elenagutierrez.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

@viewconference.bsky.social announces that @halhickel.bsky.social is a confirmed speaker attending in person. Hal will be speaking on #ILM’s latest #StarWars movie: #TheMandalorianandGrogu. www.viewconference.it/pages/regist... #Meetyourheroes at #viewconference2026! #animation #vfx #movie #art

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StudioSheila 🎨 @studiosheila.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

"Big Harry Selfie" Harry is in your timeline, ready to give you a big hug if you need one! 🧡 Posting my pencil & ink Harry from HARRY & THE HENDERSONS (1987) piece again just for fun. Drew this in 2015 for a gallery show honoring Rick Baker in L.A. (he was there w/his art on the wall, too!). #Art

My black, gray, and white pencil and ink drawing of Harry from HARRY AND THE HENDERSONS (1987). He's smiling with his mouth open and has blue eyes (normally my drawings are entirely black, gray, and white). He's huge and hogging the photo space from the shoulders up so that it looks like a selfie.

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Hal Hickel @halhickel.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

Have to say, I’m pretty excited about helping to deliver this baby. I hope folks have a great time, that’s what it’s all about. #Mandalorian #StarWars

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Hal Hickel @halhickel.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

Perfect day at the Tourist Club SF

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Hal Hickel @halhickel.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

The documentary categories regularly give the best speeches

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Hal Hickel @halhickel.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

Hearing that a big reason Tr@mp dumped Noem is the expensive ad campaign, and no bid contract thing. I have a hard time believing he gives fig about waste, so it must be because she didn't kick up to him

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Hal Hickel @halhickel.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

There is an image of Rotta the Hutt circulating on social right now. It’s BS. It’s not from the film. Ignore it #TheMandalorian #StarWars

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James @gravitysra1nbow.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

OH NO THEY'RE GONNA DESTROY CNN You mean the "news" network that integrated an online political gambling site into their programs and turned every segment into Crossfire? Oh fuck. How will we ever recover

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Hal Hickel @halhickel.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

Mid-70s Prog-Rock double album cover, in the BEST possible way #StarWars #Mandalorian

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Hal Hickel @halhickel.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

1/2 A lot has been (rightly) made of Drumpfs misogynistic “joke” during his congratulatory call to the Men’s hockey team. For those wanting to dismiss or minimize it, notice also that he did not even call the women’s team to congratulate them.

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Hal Hickel @halhickel.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

Hey #BAFTA when you’re doing your “in Memoriam” segment, the point is to honor those passed, not to feature the person singing. Spending a bunch of time panning the camera across the singer is missing the point entirely

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Molly Ploofkins @mollyploofkins.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

ICE whistleblower Ryan Schwank, a former ICE instructor and attorney, testifies that agents were trained to disregard constitutional rights.

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Hal Hickel @halhickel.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

Do you love weird? Hate Ai? Want to see original, non prequel/sequel/reboot cinema? Then get off your ass and go see Good Luck Have Fun Don’t Die while it’s in theaters! #Cinema

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Cooper River Indivisible @crindivisible.bsky.social · 14/02/2026

Yesterday morning kids were sent running from their bus stop in panic because ICE showed up. This guy at today’s ICE Out of Lindenwold protest is a must watch 😭. @maddow.bsky.social

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Hal Hickel @halhickel.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

“Common sense ICE reform” is bullshit. ABOLISH

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Karl Jacoby @karl-jacoby.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

From the famously "woke" Cato Institute: immigrants pay far more in taxes then they receive in benefits. (And even if this were not the case, immigrants still deserve to be treated humanely.)

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Eric D. Snider @ericdsnider.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

One of my favorite jokes of all time is "Adolph Hitler Commits Suicide" being a tiny headline under the banner story about a hare-vs-tortoise race ... in 1943, two years before Hitler committed suicide. He was alive and well when the Warner Bros. cartoonists made this joke.

Screenshot from "Tortoise Wins by a Hare," a 1943 Bugs Bunny cartoon. It's a newspaper front page, banner headline:
HARE RACES TORTOISE TODAY
Further down the page, near the fold, is a much smaller headline:
ADOLPH HITLER COMMITS SUICIDE

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