Animation is Key

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Gargoyles is such a fantastic example of the fact that you don't just have to keep recycling old IP if you want to build an audience. This cartoon emerged feeling so fully-formed and so confident in its storytelling that it remains a strong influence on fantasy animation to this day.

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After learning of the unfortunate passing of Hayden Panettiere, who was originally the voice of Kairi from Kingdom Hearts and Dot from the Pixar movie A Bug’s Life, I decided to make this drawing of Kairi as an ant to honor her memory. Don’t ever forget, wherever you go, we’re always with you.

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"A bunch of people would rather post on Race War Now Dot Swastika rather than Bluesky because you keep making fun of their imaginary computer friend" is a RESOUNDING endorsement for the concept of hostility.

Part of a thread from some bluecheck:
Multiple people I know have told me that they love the idea of Bluesky, and want it to succeed, but have abandoned it for X because the use agentic tools in their work and find them incredibly useful, and feel that any mention of their usage here leads to hate and ridicule.

I wouldn't bring this up if it was just one person, but it was multiple people since the beginning of August who mentioned in passing something to the effect of either "I'd spend more time on Bluesky if people weren't so anti-AI" *or* "As much as I hate to be there all the useful AI talk is on X."

I'm not saying it's anyone's responsibility to praise AI usage. I agree with much of the criticism of the tool. But for many, many people, it is a useful tech (I have talked about the ways I find it extraordinarily useful, only to have people here mock me, insisting my lived experience is a lie).

I am just noting that for all the people here who say that people should get off X and spend more time here, the reason I keep hearing from people in various circles who would *like* to do that, but don't, is the vociferous belief of many here that there are no possible positive uses of AI.

How it should be on here tbh. I have blocked ppl I’ve never even interacted with for being weird, loud and rude in others messages for no reason beyond “engagement” because if they’ll do it to them, they’ll do it to you. And BS has a whole lotta of all three

post malone ergo propter malone@proptermalone.bsky.social · yesterday

new policy: if I think you’re acting like an asshole, unless I have a good reason not to block you, I’m going to block you