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Hal Hickel

@halhickel.bsky.social

Animation Director Industrial Light + Magic

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OH NO THEY'RE GONNA DESTROY CNN

You mean the "news" network that integrated an online political gambling site into their programs and turned every segment into Crossfire? Oh fuck. How will we ever recover

26.02.2026 23:15 β€” πŸ‘ 1725    πŸ” 250    πŸ’¬ 77    πŸ“Œ 29
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Mid-70s Prog-Rock double album cover, in the BEST possible way #StarWars #Mandalorian

25.02.2026 21:49 β€” πŸ‘ 21    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1

2/2 He’s a useless piece of excrement. The sooner we scrape him off of our collective shoe, the better

24.02.2026 21:00 β€” πŸ‘ 13    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

1/2 A lot has been (rightly) made of Drumpfs misogynistic β€œjoke” during his congratulatory call to the Men’s hockey team. For those wanting to dismiss or minimize it, notice also that he did not even call the women’s team to congratulate them.

24.02.2026 21:00 β€” πŸ‘ 13    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Hey #BAFTA when you’re doing your β€œin Memoriam” segment, the point is to honor those passed, not to feature the person singing. Spending a bunch of time panning the camera across the singer is missing the point entirely

24.02.2026 03:51 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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ICE whistleblower Ryan Schwank, a former ICE instructor and attorney, testifies that agents were trained to disregard constitutional rights.

23.02.2026 22:22 β€” πŸ‘ 3012    πŸ” 1217    πŸ’¬ 84    πŸ“Œ 94

Do you love weird? Hate Ai? Want to see original, non prequel/sequel/reboot cinema? Then get off your ass and go see Good Luck Have Fun Don’t Die while it’s in theaters! #Cinema

23.02.2026 03:49 β€” πŸ‘ 14    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

It was actually a tough beat to get right. We kept over complicating it. As the cut developed, we realized that what was needed was a short, kinetic action β€œbutton” on all the action that had come before. That trick maneuver by the β€˜Crest to take out the last Tie was the last piece of the puzzle

21.02.2026 19:24 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Oh geez, yeah your original comment is actually completely clear, don't know why I misunderstood it.

21.02.2026 01:12 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Durning played Hudsucker. Or maybe I'm misunderstanding?

20.02.2026 22:52 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I was the overall Anim Supe for that season of Mando. Unfortunately, my brain is too soft to recall the names of the specific animators involved.

20.02.2026 20:56 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Stop it. Stop it now.

20.02.2026 01:50 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
The Mandalorian and Grogu | Official Trailer | In Theaters May 22
YouTube video by Star Wars The Mandalorian and Grogu | Official Trailer | In Theaters May 22

A little peek at what we’ve been cookin up here in the @ilmvfx kitchens youtu.be/IHWlvwu8t1w?...
#StarWars #VFX #Animation #Mandalorian #Grogu

17.02.2026 15:22 β€” πŸ‘ 36    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0
The Mandalorian and Grogu | Trailer Tomorrow
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πŸ‘€ www.youtube.com/watch?v=dsPc...
#StarWars #VFX #Animation #ILM

16.02.2026 18:10 β€” πŸ‘ 42    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 2
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Yesterday morning kids were sent running from their bus stop in panic because ICE showed up. This guy at today’s ICE Out of Lindenwold protest is a must watch 😭. @maddow.bsky.social

14.02.2026 02:37 β€” πŸ‘ 23636    πŸ” 8265    πŸ’¬ 603    πŸ“Œ 1357

Brilliant brilliant brilliant!

15.02.2026 01:39 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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ICYMI

12.02.2026 21:28 β€” πŸ‘ 5441    πŸ” 1665    πŸ’¬ 108    πŸ“Œ 61

β€œCommon sense ICE reform” is bullshit. ABOLISH

04.02.2026 00:38 β€” πŸ‘ 15    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

From the famously "woke" Cato Institute: immigrants pay far more in taxes then they receive in benefits.

(And even if this were not the case, immigrants still deserve to be treated humanely.)

03.02.2026 23:54 β€” πŸ‘ 109    πŸ” 28    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1
Screenshot from "Tortoise Wins by a Hare," a 1943 Bugs Bunny cartoon. It's a newspaper front page, banner headline: 
HARE RACES TORTOISE TODAY
Further down the page, near the fold, is a much smaller headline:
ADOLPH HITLER COMMITS SUICIDE

Screenshot from "Tortoise Wins by a Hare," a 1943 Bugs Bunny cartoon. It's a newspaper front page, banner headline: HARE RACES TORTOISE TODAY Further down the page, near the fold, is a much smaller headline: ADOLPH HITLER COMMITS SUICIDE

One of my favorite jokes of all time is "Adolph Hitler Commits Suicide" being a tiny headline under the banner story about a hare-vs-tortoise race ... in 1943, two years before Hitler committed suicide. He was alive and well when the Warner Bros. cartoonists made this joke.

02.02.2026 17:04 β€” πŸ‘ 5321    πŸ” 1544    πŸ’¬ 41    πŸ“Œ 48
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I heard it all! πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚

02.02.2026 03:30 β€” πŸ‘ 1131    πŸ” 301    πŸ’¬ 13    πŸ“Œ 35

That Nvidia news is legit terrifying

31.01.2026 02:19 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

It’s pretty fucking wild that the DOJ is releasing files that include accusations that the President of the United States raped underage girls, to distract from the fact that the DOJ is covering up murders of US citizens by their own government.

30.01.2026 20:00 β€” πŸ‘ 5285    πŸ” 1707    πŸ’¬ 101    πŸ“Œ 59

Yeah, this neck brace is starting to chafe

28.01.2026 20:01 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Would be super ironic if the actions of the regime caused the loop to close between left and right with regard to the importance of a citizens right to bear arms to protect themselves from tyranny

24.01.2026 23:16 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Minnesota is the best of us.

23.01.2026 22:52 β€” πŸ‘ 42570    πŸ” 9700    πŸ’¬ 656    πŸ“Œ 720

The double pardon really gives away the game. Adriana Camberos started her second round of fraud just weeks after her first pardon. She was charged, convicted, imprisoned…and pardoned again. Trump supporters are permitted unlimited crimes, while the rest of us can get beaten by the secret police.

16.01.2026 19:42 β€” πŸ‘ 2024    πŸ” 857    πŸ’¬ 33    πŸ“Œ 18
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there’s so many other places!

12.01.2026 23:51 β€” πŸ‘ 188    πŸ” 63    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 8

Dream

12.01.2026 00:23 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0