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Jen Carling (mangledpixel)

@mangledpixel.bsky.social

[she/her] You may know me: from making intros for LoadingReadyRun, from the Desert Bus tech team, for being a designer for Retro Games' line of mini retro computers, for making random nerdy nonsense; or you may not know me at all – in which case, hi! 🏳️‍⚧️👩🏻‍💻

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Duncan Hothersall@dhothersall.bsky.social · 2d ago

If attendance at a major women's conference was down 80% due to a boycott fighting against trans *inclusion*, it would be all over the Times, Telegraph, Mail etc. This last weekend, attendance at a major women's conference was down 80% due to a boycott fighting against trans *exclusion*. Crickets.

Robin Moira White@robinmoirawhite.bsky.social · 3d ago

The Labour Party’s women’s conference on 26/9/26 was an embarrassing farce, with only 200 delegates of the 1,000 normal attendance (no major unions) in protest of the Labour Party’s shameful abandonment of trans people following the legally absurd ruling of the Supreme Court in FWS in April 2025.

christhebarker@christhebarker.bsky.social · 2w ago

Admittedly there are potential risks in the rapid development of Dalek tech: extermination, loss of civilisation, possible destruction of all human life. But we must consider potential benefits in productivity, medicine, scientific discovery. And even if we DO slow down, other countries might not...

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Jen Carling (mangledpixel)@mangledpixel.bsky.social · 3w ago

A brief tutorial on how to do this effect in Blender. First, animate and render a regular beauty pass, but do so by leaving the ship static and animating the camera (actually how most physical model shots are done). Then, turn off all sun lights and such, and give the ship a nice blue fill...

Jen Carling (mangledpixel)@mangledpixel.bsky.social · 3w ago

Happy 60th Anniversary, Star Trek! Excelsior model by Chris Kuhn, vfx shot by me. #startrek #blender #vfx

Jen Carling (mangledpixel)@mangledpixel.bsky.social · 3w ago

A brief tutorial on how to do this effect in Blender. First, animate and render a regular beauty pass, but do so by leaving the ship static and animating the camera (actually how most physical model shots are done). Then, turn off all sun lights and such, and give the ship a nice blue fill...

Jen Carling (mangledpixel)@mangledpixel.bsky.social · 3w ago

Happy 60th Anniversary, Star Trek! Excelsior model by Chris Kuhn, vfx shot by me. #startrek #blender #vfx

Bethany Black@bethanyblack.bsky.social · 3w ago

What is consciousness? What is sentience? These are philosophical question that have been asked since the dawn of time. How lucky we are to live in a time where 7 people in Northern California realised the answer is “being able to predict the most statistically significant next word in a sentence”

Emoria - Aftertaste OUT NOW@emoria.bsky.social · 3w ago

Artists: never, ever restrain your vision for fear of being too over-the-top or exaggerated. Look at our actual, real world. Thousands of traumas more painful than you could ever write and thousands of joys more pure than most can imagine both happened today, to real people. Make bold art.

Elise Schuenke@troubledminnesotan.bsky.social · last mo.

Oh my god… an artist on tumblr made a fancomic about an adult trans woman Calvin from Calvin and Hobbes… who still talks to Hobbes…and it’s in the style of Watterson’s art… revolutionary… mind blowing… perfection…

Alejandra Caraballo@esqueer.net · last mo.

One thing I wish people would realize is just how central JK Rowling is to the entire anti-trans ecosystem. Looking at a network node analysis of the top 200 anti-trans X accounts, she is the most central figure spanning both sides of the Atlantic from Republicans to Labour.

A network graph visualization on a dark background showing connections between various accounts. The central, highly connected node is labeled "J.K. Rowling," with lines radiating out to many other nodes color-coded by region (UK, US, etc.). A detail panel on the right displays stats for her account, including her role as "Author & commentator," an in-degree of 153, an out-degree of 84, and 14 million followers.A scatter plot graph on a dark background comparing accounts based on "followers (log)" on the x-axis and "in-degree" on the y-axis. The data points are color-coded by region. J.K. Rowling is highlighted as a major outlier in the top right corner, possessing the highest number of followers and the highest in-degree. Other labeled points lower on the graph include various politicians, individuals, and campaign organizations.
Sean Chiplock 🟡 🔜 SiouxperCon (Sioux Falls, SD)@sonicmega.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Remember that folks in the UK can’t speak their honest feelings because she can (and does) immediately use her country’s legal system surrounding defamation to threaten them into silence, so we have to be twice as vocal for them: JK Rowling’s a hateful, bigoted, and transphobic disgrace to society.

Ashley Lynch ✂️🎞️@ashleylynch.bsky.social · 2mo ago

I'm actually fairly heartened to see in normie spaces people talking about JK Rowling honestly and describing her as a motivated bigot that funnels profits into hate crimes. I saw a writer from Variety making it very clear HP funds her hate. It feels like the tide is making a significant turn.

Weird Alex@jackalpants.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Sometimes I see people bemoaning the UK and talking about how they are going to leave, and you're not wrong that it's really fucking bad but some of us can't leave. Some of us won't. This isn't cursed land; we can steward it better.

Without History@withouthistoryband.bsky.social · 2mo ago

I did incredibly well in my A levels. And got a doctorate and a bunch of publications and all sorts of clever shit. Sadly, I had principles so fucked that all when I was still perceived as cis and now I'm an unemployable disabled tranny. Take what vengeance you can when you can. Fuck exams.