I walked out of Hamnet last night (what I saw was great, for the record) because I couldn't handle it. I normally have a strong stomach but considering the state of the world, I'm just not mentally prepared to deal with a movie that confronts mortality, especially that of a child, right now. :(

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‘ELIO’ scores 10 nominations at the Annie Awards: • Best Feature • Best FX • Best Character Animation • Best Character Design • Best Music • Best Production Design • Best Storyboarding • Best Voice Acting • Best Writing • Best Editorial #Elio #AnnieAwards

‘KPop Demon Hunters’ and ‘Elio’ both lead the 53rd Annie Awards for animation with 10 nominations each.

The Annie Award nominations have been announced. The nominees for Best Animated Feature this year are The Bad Guys 2, Elio, KPop Demon Hunters, Little Amelie and Zootopia 2. A Magnificent Life, Arco, I Am Frankelda, Lost In Starlight and Scarlet are nominated in Independent Film.

As I always say, it's not gonna be this dark forever. That said, to all my Venezuelan followers, please stay safe, I hope you'll all be okay.

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Cancel the LA Olympics, scrap the World Cup, the United States cannot be a trusted part of the international community so long as the White House operates this violently and with impunity.

Just woke up even angrier. Impeach, convict, remove. Draft articles now. Either we have a representative government or we don’t. Do not shut up about this until there’s a vote.

I think what I want to see above all else, is for us to move nowhere but forward. Not just punishment for the actions we are seeing now, but for this whole reign to be the death of the right. To break the cycle and make it a winning move to promise none of this will ever happen to the US again.

Venezuela has their right to remove Maduro from power. America does not.

Dear fellow leftists. Will you please stop fucking scolding people for not putting 10,000% attention on the horrors 100% of the time? People need a mental break now and then. Also, we aren’t all from the dumpster fire that is the US. Fixing your shit ain’t on my plate today, sorry.

It's been nearly three years since it came out and the climax of Nimona still gets me every single time. Words cannot describe how much of a miracle it was that this film got released, how it is, and what it means to me. It's the film Blue Sky deserves to be remembered for.

As I said with my resolutions, NEVER dedicated yourself to doomerism 24/7. It’s ok to be sad of what’s been happening, but it’s very important to take care of yourselves too. Being optimistic, joyful, and hopeful is what matters the most than to spend time drowning in negativity and despair.

I'm not going to let doomerism have a grasp on me. I'm going to keep creating to at least brighten some people's day.

Rewatched Nimona (my favorite movie of all time) last night with my friends, and I had a rather curious thought watching the climax again: going off what I've heard, the original third act of Elio sounded like it was basically THAT but not as well executed.

Happy new year, everyone. 2025 really kicked our ass. Now let's kick 2026's ass.

My thoughts going into 2026.

As we enter a new year in a couple of days, I do feel confident that there's promise ahead for what lies next in filmmaking and animation. It might be bumpy, but we're still getting amazing works and we're always gonna get art that will inspire. And that makes me happy.

I made a thing (reuploaded in HD, oops) youtu.be/PxrR6vWhCCE

I deactivated my Twitter account, in case anyone is wondering. Their "people can run your images through their shitty AI without your consent" update was the final straw for me.

Some mockups I threw together a while ago for a hypothetical Blade Runner style collection of multiple cuts of Elio. I doubt it'll ever happen for real, but a guy can dream, right? 🥺

I am no longer friends with @/ThePolishArtist. Over the past year, he has taken an alarming, heartbreaking turn towards right-wing ideology that has repulsed me and destroyed any remaining respect I had for him. I do not wish to associate with him anymore.

I somehow found 'Eye of the Zombie' at a record shop in Alabama and bought it on the spot as a joke. The train ride home that followed was utterly miserable in contrast to the one we took there. @shadowtodd.bsky.social I think this album might be cursed.

We as a group are never going to forgive America for putting us through this.

"What if we took a website that was 75% trans people making art and attacked them directly?" -The brilliant people running Bluesky

Just got back from watching "One Battle After Another" to find a feed full of videos of ICE raids in the US and Badenoch promising to introduce it here. Whatever horror you put on film can't beat reality.

Here's why I think the far-right's Outrage Cycle over LGBT+ rep will fail: They're obsessing over shows that were already cancelled or ended that didn't get much backlash when they released. This won't appeal to normies. They'll move on to the next Outrage Cycle in about a week.

No it does not, you dumb fucking assholes.

Negativity is important, but I feel the internet has created a sort of world where Negativity is ALL that matters... I'd like to fight against that.

And there it is. The entire attack on Netflix is just a grift for far right influencers to promote a religious streaming site.

It literally costs nothing to be a good person in life. It's not that hard and honestly, I don't think anyone should want to be mean and nasty all the time. What's the fun in that?

As an LGBTQ+ writer/creator, I stand in solidarity with @hamishsteele.bsky.social & all other LGBTQ+ creators. #lgbt #solidarity #writer

If you seriously can't watch an animated show just because it has queer and transgender characters, then you're beyond help.

This is proof that conservative parents don't spend actual time with their kids (well, we know Graham doesn't). If they did, they'd know that there have been queer characters on Netflix (and Disney, Nickelodeon etc.) for decades. Like, they're only just discovering Dead End Paranormal Park.

at this point he exists solely to troll people.

there are a lot of affluent (and not so affluent) liberals in this country who are very angry and don’t know how to properly direct that anger and Disney gave them a very easy target something for the next big corp that wants to bend the knee to consider

The most powerful people on earth think I’m running around transing everyone when I plan my entire day around where and when I can shit without offending cis people.

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It is so deeply disappointing that the leadership team of Bluesky has continuously chosen to try and brush the Singal mess under the rug for months now. A man who has been identified as a bad actor and threat to trans lives in America by GLAAD and other leading trans organizations. And now this.

Guess platforming Dave Chappelle stretching the attack helicopter joke for three specials didn't save Netflix

If you have two minutes free right now, call Netflix and leave a comment in support of this programming and ask them to stand up for their shows against political pressure. Phone number is 1-866-952-4456, and I waited less than a minute before a human picked up.

Going on an indefinite hiatus. Might come back, might not. Take care of yourselves.

I hope there are advertising execs who are looking at the run-up marketing campaigns that glitch runs for its shows/episodes and how extremely successful they are when they believe in their own product, instead of just cynically dumping it and moving on

Okay, I'll be real, the more I hear about the original version of Elio, the more thankful I am for the version we got, because V1 sounded like an overstuffed, tonally confused mess with a really bad third act.

I was listening to an old Casey Kasem American Top 40 (I find this soothing these days) from 1985 where he told the story of Wendy Carlos, who scored The Shining and Tron, and her journey to becoming trans. Casey got all the pronouns right and it was presented as a slice of life, feel good story

The right wing press is just making up shit to terrorize trans people.