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Kyle Tsetso @kyletsetso.bsky.social · 20/12/2025

To all my former coworkers, and the coworkers who could have been - thank you for everything. I lived a richer and full life because of you. Love to you all, Kyle

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Kyle Tsetso @kyletsetso.bsky.social · 20/12/2025

I got to express myself in ways I never thought possible. I’m happy to have learned this hidden language called animation, so I could speak it to so many people. 4/

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Kyle Tsetso @kyletsetso.bsky.social · 20/12/2025

Unable to pay for rent, I restarted once, and barely got through the second time. But my persistence paid off. I got a job straight out of college, and from that point on I never had to worry about getting work. The people I worked with wanted me around, and that helped. 3/

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Kyle Tsetso @kyletsetso.bsky.social · 20/12/2025

Animation was a pie in the sky dream that I thought I could never fulfil. It seemed impossible to obtain, and one day I just decided to try. I threw everything I had at it. I failed multiple times in securing employment while schooling. 2/

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Kyle Tsetso @kyletsetso.bsky.social · 20/12/2025

I’ve asked for this to be posted after my death. I accepted government assistance in dying. I’m proud to have been part of the animation industry during my short career, and meeting lots of fun, interesting people. 1/

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Kyle Tsetso @kyletsetso.bsky.social · 16/11/2025

unfortunately, my cancer treatment is no longer effective. the nodules have grown and the cancer has infected my liver with my primary treatment gone all i have left is clinical trials. ill find out more about them tomorrow wish me luck

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Kyle Tsetso @kyletsetso.bsky.social · 27/10/2025

i bought a hard cover journal today, something i could leave for my spouse. it's... it's fucking surreal lol the enormity of everything is really hitting today with the news that surgery isnt viable for me and i have to ride this out

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Kyle Tsetso @kyletsetso.bsky.social · 27/10/2025

im so thankful that before the end i got to pursue animation, even just for the 10-ish years i was able to do it professionally im thankful for my loving spouse, who is going through hell right now im thankful for your support, which i really need right now

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Kyle Tsetso @kyletsetso.bsky.social · 27/10/2025

he did say he was surprised at how well im doing at this point in my treatment. when pressed, he said there are edge cases where someone in my position lasts more than a few years "ill try to be an edge case then", i said "yes, exactly," he replied

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Kyle Tsetso @kyletsetso.bsky.social · 27/10/2025

unfortunately, it looks like surgery is not in my immediate future the surgeon really impressed upon me the severity of my diagnosis, that im already doing much better than others in the same position. surgery could take that all away better to stay the course

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Kyle Tsetso @kyletsetso.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

im so nervous about next week im gonna find out of i get okay'd for the surgery that will probably prolong my life by no small amount or be told that the complications are too great for it to be safe whatever happens, we're gonna fight on. but my nerves!

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Kyle Tsetso @kyletsetso.bsky.social · 21/10/2025

oh no! we must console wall street!

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Kyle Tsetso @kyletsetso.bsky.social · 03/10/2025

obviously not the best possible outcome we were hoping for (continued shrinking) but this is still very good news. let's hope the surgeon has the confidence to get in there and rip the evil out!

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Kyle Tsetso @kyletsetso.bsky.social · 03/10/2025

the scar tissue thing is a positive in that if that's what it is that means the mass is smaller than it appears since parts of it are either dead or dying from the treatment. it shows up as *something* on the scan but it's not super clear what it is exactly

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Kyle Tsetso @kyletsetso.bsky.social · 03/10/2025

we got the ct scan results today my cancer seems to have stabilized, and sections of it could be scar tissue. it's small enough now that it's difficult to see everything clearly. good problem to have, at least! im being referred to the surgeon so he can make his assessment

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Kyle Tsetso @kyletsetso.bsky.social · 23/09/2025

so this friday ill be getting a new ct scan that will determine my immediate future best case scenario: my cancer has continued to shrink as much as last time and a surgeon will find surgery viable to remove it and treat the nodules. then id almost certainly be in remission!

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Amber ✨🦇💄 @ambattii.com · 14/07/2025

while obviously this is not exclusively a woman's problem, i just also just want to point out that this generation specifically has more women working in animation than EVER before and yet the career opportunities and upward mobility available to us is nonexistent.

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Kyle Tsetso @kyletsetso.bsky.social · 26/06/2025

we got bad news for so long so this feels incredible

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Kyle Tsetso @kyletsetso.bsky.social · 26/06/2025

great news! got a call from my oncologist who told me 1) my cancer mass has shrunk about 25% and 2) the cancerous nodules in my stomach lining have shrunk as well, some are so small she can barely see them if this keeps up i may be able to have the mass removed by year's end!

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Kyle Tsetso @kyletsetso.bsky.social · 05/06/2025

saw the family doctor today. not much to report other than she's very happy with how everything is going i might need some physio for my knees because i am both tall (6'3") and old (42), though lol

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Kyle Tsetso @kyletsetso.bsky.social · 30/05/2025

good news: my oncologist says that my cancer nodules are either not growing or actively shrinking. the new treatment is effective!

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Kyle Tsetso @kyletsetso.bsky.social · 28/05/2025

my hair actually grew back enough that i needed a little trim, new treatment sure is neat

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Kyle Tsetso @kyletsetso.bsky.social · 27/05/2025

trust your good friends' judgment. you're better than you allow yourself to believe

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Kyle Tsetso @kyletsetso.bsky.social · 26/05/2025

being unable to break from societal expectations to the point that youre accusing the people helping you dispel it of deceit is just kinda sad really

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Kyle Tsetso @kyletsetso.bsky.social · 15/05/2025

good news and bad news bad news: as a result of my not-doing-anything-all-day lifestyle i have formed a kidney stone. boo! good news: to diagnose it they needed a CT scan so i asked them to send the results to my oncologist, who just told me my cancer has improved! hooray!

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Kyle Tsetso @kyletsetso.bsky.social · 11/05/2025

nausea has finally decided to back the hell off now we're gamin

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Kyle Tsetso @kyletsetso.bsky.social · 10/05/2025

man my new chemo treatment seemed to be the jackpot on not feeling any side effects but for the past day or so ive been suffering from some awful nausea, enough to call in and ask about it. we might have to make some adjustments cumulative side effects suck ass man

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Kyle Tsetso @kyletsetso.bsky.social · 02/05/2025

yeah cant avoid that one ive tried

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Kyle Tsetso @kyletsetso.bsky.social · 01/05/2025

as well as i can be, considering lol

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jess m. ☕🍂 @jametc.bsky.social · 01/05/2025

there's so much to talk about with the choices made here animation-wise. controls are often not all exactly in sync with the frame they're on, in a way that emulates early 90s stop motion, like the really rough shit. Like the animators were told not to worry about that or crashing or breaking rigs

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Kyle Tsetso @kyletsetso.bsky.social · 01/05/2025

oh I havent watched this yet id better check it out

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Kyle Tsetso @kyletsetso.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

im weirdly calm exactly because there was a backup plan waiting in the wings

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Kyle Tsetso @kyletsetso.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

it's not the result we wanted, obviously. but there's a weird calming effect to knowing what's happening. we simply change the chemo treatment and scan again in a couple months to see if there's any improvement head down, do the new treatment, hope for the best

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Kyle Tsetso @kyletsetso.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

got some bad news on my CT scan: my cancer has grown the major growth went from 4.1cm to 6cm and the cancerous nodules all grew a couple millimeters. my oncologist says this is likely because of a mutation i have called BRAF thankfully, though, there is targeted treatment

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Kyle Tsetso @kyletsetso.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

just looked at a sample and this looks real interesting. thank you!

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Kyle Tsetso @kyletsetso.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

oh dig the vibe on this cover ill try to find this. thank you!

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Kyle Tsetso @kyletsetso.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

anyone happen to have any sci-fi graphic novel recommendations? looking for some inspiration for something im working on tone and content isnt a factor, really. just looking for some really inspired written and drawn works to get the juices flowing

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Kyle Tsetso @kyletsetso.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

feeling's mutual, dev. youre good people and i always brighten when i see you around on the internets thanks very much!

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Kyle Tsetso @kyletsetso.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

tomorrow is my 6th round of chemo after that it's time for The Big Scan where we determine what all this treatment has or hasnt done to the cancer. it's pretty scary. but im still asymptomatic and only feel like garbage while on chemo. im young and healthy. i have a lot going for me wish me luck

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Kyle Tsetso @kyletsetso.bsky.social · 09/02/2025

okay i think ive bounced back damn was that ass 2 more treatments to go before we do The Big Scan

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Kyle Tsetso @kyletsetso.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

i seem to be bouncing back thanks to a lot of rest thankfully!

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Kyle Tsetso @kyletsetso.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

thanks so much! every two weeks

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Kyle Tsetso @kyletsetso.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

holy shit this round of chemo kicked my ass ugh

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Kyle Tsetso @kyletsetso.bsky.social · 08/01/2025

i clicked a drawing video on the yootoobs and now im getting inundated with recommendations that seem to amount to "how to draw the hottest minors" with these recurring proportions in the thumbails

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Supervising Animation Wizard @brendering.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

One thing I miss from pre-Elon Twitter is that it was the main hub for animators. I'd love to find each other again and build that back up. Here's a starter pack of some animation peeps I follow but I know I'm missing tons so please tell me who to add! go.bsky.app/6tBDXaK

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Kyle Tsetso @kyletsetso.bsky.social · 30/12/2024

in the sf universe they'd actually give her muscles lol

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Kyle Tsetso @kyletsetso.bsky.social · 30/12/2024

the only thing more depressing than pieces of art like squid game being appropriated by the very system it is condemning is how everyone just kinda goes along with it lol we saw this with season 1 when the games were unironically recreated irl and we'll see it again and again and again and again an

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