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Ryan O'Loughlin @ryanoloughlin.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Had the pleasure of storyboarding on Ray Gunn…

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Ryan O'Loughlin @ryanoloughlin.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Prints of Bud now available via @gallerynucleus.bsky.social here: www.gallerynucleus.com/artists/ryan...

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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 04/09/2026

Amazon's own balance sheet presents the most compelling evidence that we are stuck in the Enshittocene, the era in which everything is turning into a pile of shit, because the worst ideas of the worst people now make the most money. 1/

Hieronymus Bosch's 'The Conjuror,' a painting depicting a medieval con artist playing a shell game for an audience of astonished peasant rubes. The image has been altered: the conman now has Jeff Bezos's grinning head, and the mouths of all the peasants have been replaced with inverted Amazon 'Smile' logos, so they are now frowning.

Image:
Steve Jurvestson (modified)
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Jeff_Bezos%27_iconic_laugh_crop.jpg

CC BY 2.0
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/deed.en

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Animation Obsessive @ani-obsessive.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Storyboards by Shinji Kimura for Tekkonkinkreet (2006), dir. Michael Arias, Studio 4°C

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Ryan O'Loughlin @ryanoloughlin.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Come see this guy at "Portraits of the Wildly Polite", guest curated by Anna Chambers and Sandra Equihua, at Gallery Nucleus this weekend! Featuring artists from across the animation industry Opening Reception: August 22, 5:00-8:00PM On Display: August 22-September 6 Free admission, no RSVP required

A smoking macaque wearing crooked spectacles and a shirt

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Tanner Johnson @tannertrue.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

THIS. 100% THIS! Your stupid band flyer should be drawn by a high school student or college student. Your small business logo should be done by your sister-in-law who "likes to draw"! Will it look professional or polished? MAYBE. But it will be 1000x better because it was made by a human being.

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Diana Huh @dihuh.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

4,500 jobs alone would wipe out the animation industry in LA

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Ashley Nichols @ashleynichols.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

You ever see something so beautiful it makes you feel sick

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jessielauren.bsky.social @jessielauren.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

The collapse of privacy and labor rights in post-Reagan America and the mass expansion of copyright over the same period are part of the same phenomenon, aspects of two generations' worth of policies designed to benefit capital at the expense of workers, and corporations at the expense of consumers.

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Ryan O'Loughlin @ryanoloughlin.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

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editR @editr.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

the most awesome thing Ive seen today

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Nat Gertler, only mildly scarier @nat.gertler.com · 11/08/2026

When you're as evil as Montgomery Burns, but not as smart.

Simpsons shot of Mr Burns, evilly grinning. Caption: Let the fools have their tartar sauce.

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Catsuka @catsuka.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

Evangelion walk cycle in the style of James Baxter ❤️ By Kushal Kishore (instagram.com/kushalkishore)

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ToonHive @toonhive.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

‘Avatar Aang: The Last Airbender’ debuts with 91% on Rotten Tomatoes. “Premieres” July 25th on Paramount+.

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Tanner Johnson @tannertrue.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

Tl;dr: Same as it ever was. Animation props up the industry. Audiences crave more. People working in animation are treated like shit. The medium is treated like a punchline. No end in sight. variety.com/2026/film/aw...

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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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Omar Wasow @owasow.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

New business model just dropped: Insider Trading As A Service

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Rory Blank @roryblank.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

The Amazing World of Tomorrow

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Tanner Johnson @tannertrue.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

Friday mood:

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Animation Obsessive @ani-obsessive.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

Mulan is one of Disney’s best-designed films. For that, you can thank Chen-Yi Chang. He was the character designer, and he put an amazing amount of care and research into his work. It lifted the whole team, as we explore: animationobsessive.substack.com/p/the-charac...

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The Saint of Sinners! @thesaintofsinn1.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

Stages of Decomposition

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Catsuka @catsuka.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

Guillermo del Toro about his new animated feature film "The Buried Giant": - "a stop motion movie for adults, being produced without any concession to a family audience" - "I want all the creatures to be of the same material. It's gonna take us years." 💪💪💪 deadline.com/2026/05/guil...

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Animation Obsessive @ani-obsessive.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

This style of light doesn't really appear in animation anymore. You know it when you see it -- it's bright, hot and almost dangerous. Our new issue explores the tricks behind it, and how one artist has revived the look for the digital age: animationobsessive.substack.com/p/dangerous-...

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James Hamilton @jameshamiltonwriter.com · 15/04/2026

In the last few weeks I've spoken to two executives at a major streamer - one in adult animation, one in preschool content for both animation and live action - and both basically told me the same thing: they're looking for YouTube success stories with huge subscriber bases. 🧵

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

Disney's new CEO, whose pay package is worth nearly $45M, just announced 1,000 layoffs. Reminder that Disney paid an effective federal income tax rate of ZERO in 2025 and aims to buy back $7B of its own stock in 2026. This is what corporate greed looks like.

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Animation Obsessive @ani-obsessive.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

From: Bobby's Girl (1985), dir. Toshio Hirata, Madhouse/Project Team Argos A famous piece of animation by Takashi Nakamura

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Cartoon Brew @cartoonbrew.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

‘Digital Circus’ finale presales hit a Fathom-record $5M in four days, pushing the release to 1,800+ screens in the U.S. and new territories abroad as theaters scramble to keep up with fan demand. www.cartoonbrew.com/distribution...

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'Digital Circus' Finale's Record Presales Force Theater Expansion

A two-week theatrical window, fan-driven demand, and exhibitor pressure are turning this release into a truly exciting industry phenomenon.

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Karla Ortiz @kortizart.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

Devastated to hear the entire Marvel Studios’s Visual Development team has been let go. This was my old home but more importantly, the home of so many incredible artists and peers. Absolutely heartbreaking 😔 Sending all my impacted peers my love and support. Please reach out if you need anything!

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Disney Layoffs Hit Marvel Studios Hard

The Academy Award-winning artists behind some of Marvel's biggest hits are among the casualties from company wide staff reductions.

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Ryan O'Loughlin @ryanoloughlin.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

Had the pleasure of storyboarding on Ray Gunn. Very excited to see it progress…

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Cat Manning @catacalypto.bsky.social · 07/03/2026

This reminds me of something Toni Morrison wrote.

You know, they straightened out the Mississippi River in places, to make room for houses and livable acreage. Occasionally the river floods these places. "Floods" is the word they use, but in fact it is not flooding; it is remembering. Remembering where it used to be. All water has a perfect memory and is forever trying to get back to where it was.

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Catsuka @catsuka.bsky.social · 07/03/2026

From Kodansha's "Light Hole" papercraft stop-motion branded film, featuring Akira, Attack on Titan, Ghost in the Shell and many other mangas. Directed by Toru Katori (Animation director: Takuro Oishi). Full video >> www.youtube.com/watch?v=iIL_...

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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

This is a very very very obvious point to make but shops and movie rental places and record stores are all more fun than buying things online

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Pamela in CA @pamica.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

Cancer survivor here. This is fucking insane.

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Cartoon Brew @cartoonbrew.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

Tubi, the ad-supported free streaming platform, was already awesome, but it's about to become one of the best streaming platforms out there for animation when it starts adding 100 Warner Bros. cartoon titles on March 1. www.cartoonbrew.com/streaming/tu...

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Tubi To Add 100 Warner Bros. Animated Titles Starting March 1

On March 1, Tubi will begin adding a 100 Warner Bros. animation titles, including all-time classics and some of the studio's weirdest endeavors.

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Mike Boylan-Kolchin @mbkplus.bsky.social · 08/02/2026

The whole article is repulsive but this passage is at the core of it. She has no interest in writing books, she wants to win some kind of competition that nobody entered

The way Ms. Hart sees it, romance writers must either embrace artificial intelligence, or get left behind.
"If I can generate a book in a day, and you need six months to write a book, who's going to win the race?" she said.

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Omg. WTF is Happening? @lalahaenzy.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again. #Pinks #ProudBlue

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Ryan O'Loughlin @ryanoloughlin.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

James Baxter is living legend so check this out if you want to learn sumthin about bipedal locomotion…

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Becky & Frank @beckyandfrank.com · 04/02/2026

Is it bad if your stock is down almost 40% over a year despite quadrupling down on AI during a stock market bubble?

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Karli! @karlicartoons.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

Now that the Adobe debacle has started to die down, please don’t forget about the animators. There are a lot of crafts, including animation, that have gotten the shit end of the stick during bargaining for decades. My craft is dying. We need more in house animation.

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Ryan O'Loughlin @ryanoloughlin.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

Or Adobe could’ve done the right thing by its customers in the first place…

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Kelly Turnbull @coelasquid.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

Looooooolllllllllllll they made Disney angry

Screenshot From the adobeanimate community on Reddit
Updates on the Status of Adobe Animate
(Text Preview) Hey everyone, my name is Mike Chambers, and I work on the community team at Adobe-

Commentary on screenshot-
"Adobe Animate is in maintenance mode.
While we are no longer adding new features to Animate, we will continue to support it and provide ongoing security and bug fixes. More importantly, Animate will continue to be available for both new and existing users. This is a change from what we communicated in the email yesterday for the status of Adobe Animate, its time-frame, and availability."
"To be clear, we are not discontinuing or removing access to Adobe Animate and it will continue to be available to both existing and new customers."

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Ryan O'Loughlin @ryanoloughlin.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

The enshittification of Adobe continues…

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Ashley Nichols @ashleynichols.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

Reposting for no particular reason

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Parker Simmons @parkersimmons.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

Adobe Customer Support: 800-915-9428 Their phone line is, obviously, pretty backed up. But I think it's worth registering your displeasure as a customer when a company just decides that work you've done over a decade is going to become completely inaccessible at their whim.

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Cartoon Brew @cartoonbrew.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

Exclusive: Check out Netflix's official English-subtitled trailer for 'Samuel,' the minimalist French animated micro-series that will debut worldwide on the platform on February 5. www.cartoonbrew.com/interviews/e...

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Cartoon Brew @cartoonbrew.bsky.social · 09/01/2026

Exclusive: Oscar-shortlisted animator Pierre-Luc Granjon breaks down his favorite shot from 'The Night Boots' and the painstaking pinscreen technique behind the woodland adventure's coziest scene. www.cartoonbrew.com/awards/pierr...

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