Over on threads I adviced a "Mexican" USian to get their MX passport (I wrote this in Spanish), and even provided a link with practical information on how to get it. I got an "I ain't reading all that" and was called a bitch, in case you wonder why Mexicans don't like the US-born diaspora.

Worth reiterating every time that this is not some cancel-culture purity test: JK Rowling has pledged more than a billion dollars of her Harry Potter money towards bankrolling anti-trans lawsuits. This finances that.

Nicholas Hoult In 'Harry Potter' Season 2 As Gilderoy Lockhart - Excl.

Nicholas Hoult has joined Season 2 of HBO Max's 'Harry Potter. He will play Gilderoy Lockhart, portrayed in the second movie by Kenneth Branagh.

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I'm making signed prints of my Mr. Gotcha comic available for the first time ever—you can get the full comic or a large giclée of just the last panel. Signed and numbered as part of this Kickstarter: www.kickstarter.com/projects/gle...

Here's the thing. If I know/notice genAI used in any part of your project, no matter how small, I will assume you used it for all of it, and I won't be interested at all. Why should I care if you don't?

dr. hazel 🕯️@hazelmonforton.com · 3d ago

Seeing writers use AI to make “book covers” is so disappointing. Where is the professional respect?

Concept art by Nizo Yamamoto for Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland (1989), dir. Masami Hata and William Hurtz, TMS

@andybobrow.bsky.social Wanna feel old? FB "on this day" just showed me a bunch of pics from when I went to visit at The Last Man on Earth set 🥴👵 ✨Hollywood✨

Crowdfunding campaign to help the National Film Archive of Japan, which preserves tens of thousands of films, including more than 3,000 animes. Among the supporters: Mamoru Oshii, Sunao Katabuchi, Rintaro, Koji Yamamura. >> readyfor.jp/projects/NFA...

I keep talking about how much I hate AI, and how much AI generated flyers cringe, but I always spoke from a theoretical perspective. Today I found a business I wanted to buy salsas from, but all their graphics being AI-generated (minus the actual product pictures), made me go "hmm this is sus..."

Been seeing some gringos who've moved to Mexico City claiming "life here truly moves at a slower pace," and I'm like "I'm sorry, are y'all doing coke and meth 24/7 in the US or something??" CDMX is a Top 5 chaotic city in the world. Everyone is always going somewhere. Fast. (except when traffic)

I saw someone on threads posit the theory that the US is helping out the yen as a way to eventually try to take China out (militarily) and I was like: 1) This is too complex of a "secret plan of attack" for an admin that has been openly stating their military intentions 2) The US is out of ammo

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couple months ago: let's show these assholes why americans are drowning in medical and other personal debt now: wait what we don't even have the weaponry now either

The book Inside UPA is a visual tour of one of the greatest animation studios of all time. With its author's permission, we've shared the whole thing online for free. Our latest issue dives into the book and UPA's place in animation history: animationobsessive.substack.com/p/stepping-i...

Something mortifying (not in a catastrophic way) happenned to me yesterday. There is a Japanese youtuber that goes by Mr. Fuji. He always showcases people from different nationalities in his videos and asks them questions about their countries or their opinions about Japan.

Starting to see people complaining about Katara "not looking racialized enough" in the movie, and seriously I am just... so tired... The animation industry has gone through so much the past couple of years... and then you also have to worry about social media creators and their rage bait...

Coming to Blu-ray in North America for the first time ever, own Hideaki ANNO's profound live action feature debut LOVE & POP. Includes a booklet and bonus features never-before available in North America. Out on October 6. Pre-order now exclusively at the GKIDS Store! brnw.ch/21x3Pai

She was Hayao Miyazaki's "right-hand" collaborator from the '70s onward. Her name was Michiyo Yasuda -- the best color designer in animation. Yasuda's eye for color gave Ghibli's work a totally different look. We explore her methods: animationobsessive.substack.com/p/the-artist...

Hello? Yes My brain is ready to start worrying about having some sort of autoimmune neurodegenerative disease because every once in a while I find myself having to clear my throat while talking, and that never used to happen.

"Millennium Actress" by Satoshi Kon is available for free on YouTube (in North America only). >> www.youtube.com/watch?v=sMqg...

Fantastic longread on how copyright law as it stands is NOT equipped to deal with the AI nightmare we are living in.

Copyright Is Not Enough — The Dial

Why writers need new strategies to stand up to AI.

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Background paintings from The Secret of NIMH (1982), dir. Don Bluth, Don Bluth Productions

So many incredible animation women talking about turning 30 soon, and I am turning 40 next year and have achieved like, 25% of what they've done... 💀💀💀💀

Complaining ciswomen writing MM Romance is as intellectually fallacious as complaining about non-serial-killers writing crime thrillers.

The world if gay men stopped thinking cis women (you know the people whose right to bodily autonomy has been overturned and their right to vote and divorce is being debated by people in power) writing MM Romance is the biggest threat to their livelihoods

I was VERY STRONG for not clicking "post comment" here...

Had a dream that I was running late to the airport bc I was packing lots of tote bags with tiny tchotchkes, and the phones of all my family members (bc they'd forgotten tovpack them) only to suddenly learn my dad was gonna be moving to a house in Occupied West Bank 1/3

I just. Hate AI so much.

There is a very specific type of humiliation no one prepares you for: Your hairdresser with a social media account not posting the pictures they took of your haircut. Even worse: Them not even taking pictures.

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I wonder if Dana Terrace knows about Yatabe Touko. I feel like they are kindred spirits...

Breaking Bad would be a better show if at any point Walt had said "you could say I am... Breaking Bad..." And then a guitar solo plays in the BG.