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Richard Smithson

@rgsmith.bsky.social
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Animator/Designer. NFTS Directing Animation Alumni

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 21h
It’s genuinely sad to watch. The President is so weak and incapable of negotiating a real deal that he just posts fake ones on social media and hopes people believe him, until every party involved puts out a statement calling him a liar. We’ve never seen weakness like this in the Oval Office.
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God @thegodshow.com · 10/10/2026
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Richard Smithson @rgsmith.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Ray Gunn is classic Brad Bird, I’ve missed this angle of animation, when it feels like someone wants to make a film that happens to be animated #LFF
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Richard Smithson @rgsmith.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
First film of #LFF Rogue Trooper! Great start, wonderful to see a big mad sci fi film like this, hope we get more! Cheers @manmademoon.bsky.social
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Richard Smithson @rgsmith.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Finally getting round to sharing my entry for Eat My Shorts London x In Motion We Are Playgrounds with the theme 'London Moves' Maybe perhaps a little too subtle, my number was '2' and it was very much walking around St James's Park where it leapt at me, and remembering the old BBC 2 idents.
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HappyToast @happytoast.co.uk · 06/10/2026
#VanityFair
Vanity fair cover with Sam Altman stealing everything
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Richard Smithson @rgsmith.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Sketchbook drawings of some fave animals from the past month ✍️
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4fuxake @blueheartedly1.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Count on it 👇
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Richard Smithson @rgsmith.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
What with spooky season starting, drafting the list for this month to watch 🖊️
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Richard Smithson @rgsmith.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
You’d think there’d be one animated show on there…
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What Are You Doing Marshall Cuso
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Cartoon Brew @cartoonbrew.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Disney has been cutting jobs all year, and another round could be close. Its top lawyer is warning of “hard choices” ahead. Meanwhile, the company made $2.64 billion in profit last quarter and is spending billions buying back its shares. www.cartoonbrew.com/business/dis...
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More Disney Layoffs Loom Amid Billions In Share Buybacks
Disney’s legal chief warned his department will shrink as separate companywide cuts reportedly approach. The company earned $2.64 billion last quarter.
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Richard Smithson @rgsmith.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
The most ridiculous thing is people who run hollywood don’t watch movies outside of hollywood 🤷‍♂️
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Richard Smithson @rgsmith.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Brad I’ve missed you…
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Kiyone @kiyonescarlet.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Oh shit, it’s today.
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Robot Dreams Animation
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BRICS News 📄 @bricsinfo.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
JUST IN: 🇮🇷🇺🇸 Iran says Strait of Hormuz will remain closed until President Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu are removed from power.
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Unusual Whales @unusualwhales.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
BREAKING: 60 Minutes has shown people saying they can get pardons from Trump for a price. Pardon brokers Jack Burkman and Jacob Wohl said that for $300,000, they could help a felon get a pardon from the president. They said their services included working with influencers to advocate for his case
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Look at this loathsome repulsive creature yelling at a reporter. In addition to the fact that he’s the worst president in US history, he’s one of the worst human beings on planet earth. His supporters have a very serious defect in their character.
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🦷👁️Alex Rochon👁️🦷 @alexrochonva.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
We’ve got a great thing going with indie animation - but there’s a lot of incredible lesser-known talents out there, outside of your Glitch and Spindlehorse shows. The cool thing about indie stuff is it can come from anyone and anywhere; you just gotta look for it and share what you love.
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Sebas @ohlookbirdies.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
If you're not using asbestos yet, you are being left behind. Everyone is using asbestos, there's no point in trying to fight it. Asbestos is the future.
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C. Robert Cargill @crobertcargill.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
As it is Skynet Day, it seems as good a time as any to share that data center based LLM Ai is caught in a death spiral which is going largely unreported in the media. In short, major insurers are creating carve outs for Ai, refusing to insure it, causing corporations to abandon its front facing use.
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Richard Smithson @rgsmith.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Really enjoying The Prestige on a rewatch, but man I forgot Scarjo’s cockney is…. something…
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Richard Smithson @rgsmith.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Unpopular opinion, but I like Scott doing these, they’re wild and wacky! 🤪
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Jorge A. Caballero, MD @datadrivenmd.social · 27/08/2026
Bill Gates publicly regretted his current association with generative AI faster than he publicly regretted his prior association with pedophiles convicted of sex trafficking children
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Richard Smithson @rgsmith.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
It’s alright for me, but not for thee
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HappyToast @happytoast.co.uk · 19/08/2026
Laurence Fox must be furious that his campaign for smaller childrens lungs failed. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Ulez led to better lung size and function among London children, study finds
Researchers find capacity stunted by pollution restored after introduction of ultra-low emission zone
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Richard Smithson @rgsmith.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
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Shocked Monkey Puppet Reaction
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Richard Smithson @rgsmith.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Also have my birthday today, very much a fun coincidence 🕷️
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4fuxake @blueheartedly1.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
If you owe a woman 5 million dollars for sexual assault, you also owe the country your resignation.
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HappyToast @happytoast.co.uk · 06/08/2026
Mankind is doomed until we work out a way to prosecute people who are actively promoting/accelerating climate change.
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Greenpeace International 🌍 @greenpeace.org · 04/08/2026
Stop calling them "data centers." Start calling them pollution centers. 🧵👇
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Angelica Shalagina Official🇺🇦 @angel-shalagina.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
We are exhausted from holding on so long. We are angry that this still continues. We are grieving people the world will never know. But we are still breathing. And Ukraine is still here
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Richard Smithson @rgsmith.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Winnie Animation along with the roughs 🍯 🐝
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Richard Smithson @rgsmith.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Pretty sure we’re in the north sea and not the med…
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Mrs Quent @quarkquent.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Millennials waiting for Jared Leto to be held accountable for his actions:
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Man's Face Aging Over Time
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Julia Lundman 🩵🧚🦄🧌 @paintkatt.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
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Pixar's Layoffs Came Days After Receiving a $26 Million Tax Credit. So I Wrote California Officials.
State tax incentives should create and retain jobs for Californians, not subsidize corporate layoffs.
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Fryda Wolff @frydawolff.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
One animator put it plainly: “You have no idea how frustrating it is to see press release after press release touting how much money our animated film made and how many nominations we got; then [the studio] turns to people who have worked here forever and says, ‘We don’t need you anymore.’” Heh.
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Hollywood Can’t Survive Without Animation. So Why Won’t the Industry Respect It?
Animated films made billions in 2026 while Pixar and Netflix cut jobs. Inside animation's paradox and its long shut-out from the best picture race.
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Richard Smithson @rgsmith.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
Oh so hes fucked it then…
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
E. Jean Carroll spent nearly a decade in court fighting one of the most powerful men in the world. She fought with tenacity and grace — and she won. She is one of my personal heroes. We all owe her a debt of gratitude.
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Richard Smithson @rgsmith.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Sooo… a waste of everyones time then
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Richard Smithson @rgsmith.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Groovin’ Snake animation, along with the roughs ✏️ 🐍
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TRG Movies & Entertainment @trg-commentary.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Fascist logic: Supergirl is "woke" because she's a girl. Wonder Woman is "woke" because she's a woman. And Nolan's "The Odyssey" is "woke" because the most beautiful woman in the world of the movie is a black woman. You get where I'm going with this? Fascists are misogynistic, racist dumbfucks.
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Richard Smithson @rgsmith.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Such A Tosser
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Richard Smithson @rgsmith.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Is it hot beef diarrhoea proof? Think he’ll stink it out before a drone is fired at him
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Richard Smithson @rgsmith.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Ok, what did I miss?
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Richard Smithson @rgsmith.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
🧥 🦝 👀
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Richard Smithson @rgsmith.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Some actual hand drawn animation with pencil and paper from a while back, Ant lifting a leaf 🐜 🍃
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Richard Smithson @rgsmith.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
BUY. PHYSICAL. MEDIA 📀
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Covie @covie93.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
The fact that stephen miller is saying the US is closed to asylum seekers from Haiti while granting asylum to white South Africans should tell you all you need to know.
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Duncan Jones @manmademoon.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
Just realized we don’t have nearly enough Ken Russell gifs on this ap-
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Richard Smithson @rgsmith.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Heatwave post 🔥 🔥 🔥
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