Toon4Thought

Animation is Film Festival 2025, At the TCL Chinese Theater

And now for the main reason I came over to LA this weekend in particular.

I swear, every single time I go on a trip has at least one instance where I find my phone battery draining like an oil tank and I always just make it back to my lodging before it dies.

This is the beauty of BlueSky. No-one will be force-fed this via algorithm. Trolling draws blocks rather than amplification.

Recent Lorcana pieces have been feelin good to me- it's always such a boost to get to work on characters you're excited about

Fuck it. I got time today.

Ive been using AI professionally since 2022. Ive used it for generating "art", training an AI model and marketing for a large corporation.

I can tell you factually, that not only is AI currently NOT TRANSFORMATIONAL... its annoying to use and LESS than useless.

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Wikipedia is worth $10/month because if it dies so does reliable knowledge. Cough up if you can -- it's cheaper, more interesting and morally superior to Netflix.

Hollywood

I fall asleep and next time I know, I'm 2200 miles away from home.

Wonder how that happened.

Age verification could potentially "create a whole archive of closeted trans users whose identities are at risk of exposure"

@fightforthefuture.org Director, @evangreer.bsky.social shares how online ID checks actually pose a safety risk for the entire internet.

f yeah

Congrats on the fiancee

Kpop is so powerful, it cured Netflix's theaterphobia. 🙏

MeTV Toons is absolutely CRUSHING it with their acquisitions as of late. To obtain the catalog that Paramount has gatekept from the public FOREVER is a testament to their dedication.

I hope I live to see the day the very concept of CEOs are yeeted from our society.

Lacey's right. Social Media shouldnt be used to "cure" boredom.

Most of my time here is spent liking art and sharing stuff. Whenever I realize Im mindlessly scrolling to "feel something", I close Bsky and do something productive.

Humans are not evolved enough to handle this level of connection.

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Can you even reasonably make anything with the Jetsons in this day and age considering... (waves all around), y'know?

Reading this article, I'm starting to feel like Elmo frustrated with Rocco.

"Rocco can't think! Rocco can't fact check! Rocco can't tell right from wrong! Rocco isn't a person! Rocco's not alive!!!"

Why is YouTube right now functioning notably better running off my mobile data than my Fios Wi-Fi where it's just crashing every other video?

YouTube video by Alane Adams Studios Smudge's First Adventure | Episode 1 | Smudge Full Episodes | Original Animated Cartoons

@dungeonflippers.bsky.social turned me onto a cute little show called SMUDGE, an original character who doesnt quite know what kind of story they're supposed to be a part of!

Its really charming and its developed by Literacy Advocate, @alaneadams.bsky.social! Check it out!

youtu.be/MxKQY0VlRXY?...

So THIS is how it must've felt when the Lion King had just come out.

Hollywood Has a Major AI Hype Problem Studio execs and major media outlets claim that AI is "inevitable" and poised to take over film and TV. The reality is much different.

studio execs & major outlets claim AI is "inevitable" and poised to take over Hollywood. the reality is much different. i spoke with filmmakers, producers, and editors about how AI is actually showing up in productions – and what it still can't do:

Can the bubble popping please be the beginning of capitalism's downfall?

Yeah on second thought, you're right.

I just hope whatever the kids of 20 years from now are exposed to is far, far removed from this. *shivers*

Considering the AI epidemic, the ICE recuitments, and the orange prune in DC... maybe that's for the best. At least for THAT generation.

It genuinely feels at this point like Sam is openly and intentionally flexing what obscene tactics he is allowed to get away with just to prove to the world that he can.

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I sincerely hope the popping of the AI bubble serves as the beginning of the end of this capitalistic nightmare because I don't know how much more of this I can take.

RIP Drew Struzan - a man whose talent and imagination etched onto so many minds throughout the last 40+ years.

His art & posters are some of the first visuals I think of when I think about cinema - an invitation to watch these stories and worlds.

A massive loss 💔

A ★★★★ review of Elio (2025) Rewatching this with the context I have now does indeed make me take more notice of the film's flaws. The focal characters have a habit of sticking to the center-frame most of the time, and they don't...

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I saw this in the theater.
It was about as pumped as you'd expect.