"Friday the 13th, Valentine's Eve" just has a nice ring to it.

Is Hollywood becoming conservative? (Spoiler: No. Because it always was) This week's newsletter

Also, even though you can see him working Kermit and doing the voice, your focus is entirely on Kermit, not Jim. Sorcery!

Dude regularly works for Disney, DreamWorks, Netflix and CN so speculate away. But this sucks no matter which studio is doing it, and gross to think some major movie this year is running with a plagiarized image from ChatGPT.

I swear I've learned more about Chicago after moving away years ago than during all the time I grew up in the area. Great read!

I somehow wrote a book review during the first two months of my baby’s life. I am pleased to share my debut in @mekongreview.com, a piece which examines how the life of one immigrant ancestor is remembered and celebrated, but also how we might criticize his choices in the name of survival. (1/)

Among other reasons why the billionaire media owners in the U.S. suck up to the Trump regime...👇 apnews.com/article/hong...

One of my favorite anecdotes from Proto Anime Cut is the one explaining how GITS background painter Hiromasa Ogura's decision to give the film's scenes a hazy look was inspired by his camera fogging up in Hong Kong's humid summer air after walking out from an A/Ced building during a '93 trip.

The haters said the Japanese opposition couldn't do it. And they were correct. Honestly, great call by the haters

Forest has made an active study of the goofy ear scratchies and the BAP-BAP contest.

Doing some reference searches and tripped over the best art of a cat I've ever seen. Credit: Léo Forest, a France-based artist

I think the conversation to have on this topic is on the illusion of ethical cultural appreciation from ppl seek to enrich themselves and accrue social capital. Let’s never sanitize acts of theft that leave minority groups poor and othered while “nice whites” get rich respectfully or some shit.

The real kicker is that Logan got his partnership from an Asian American woman’s brand lol But hey, white supremacy is not just a cult for white folks, it’s about preserving the authority and value of whiteness.

It is funny when I predict the future. When I wrote about the economics of cultural appropriation in 2023 I saw Logan rising as a white guy Asian food creator and I knew he’d eventually launch products, get partnerships and profit off over Asian creators. objectivejournalism.org/2023/04/nood...

It'll be interesting to see how Raman and Rae Huang compare as the two socialist candidates for mayor. It's a race. 😃

On Feb 7 2020, Dr Li Wenliang, known as one of the first whistleblowers on COVID, died from the disease in Wuhan.

Linkedin cracks me up, sometimes.

The Yellow Economic Circle appears in Minnesota!

America is learning from the Chinese model of inflating box office numbers for patriotic films by organising mandatory viewings for government/SOE employees.

"Ski jumpers shooting acid in their dicks to get bigger jumps" was not on my bingo card for today.

Sound design is so cool. www.youtube.com/watch?v=2yMz...

I just completed a study for SAJE on whether LA should try to back out of hosting the 2028 Olympics. The short answer: It could cost billions to extricate LA from its Olympic contract, but could cost even more billions to go through with it, so it's worth considering. www.saje.net/wp-content/u...

I made a filterlist for uBlock Origin to remove Generative AI features on websites. Includes blocks for * Google AI Summaries * YouTube Ask button & chat summaries * GitHub Copilot * Facebook AI chat * X's Grok buttons * Deviantart DreamUp * Booru AI images * And more github.com/Stevoisiak/S...

I'll believe the 2/28 date when I've watched the whole thing because this has been announced and then quietly delayed a few times before, but they never had a preview trailer going along with those announcements, so that's something. www.youtube.com/watch?v=X4at...

This got funded within HOURS. But if you are still looking for a way to support Minneapolis, please consider the Near North Mutual Aid fund. It’s been paying rent for dozens of families for the last two months. gofund.me/12cc5b4cd

Don’t worry guys, everything is very cool and normal at the Wegman’s parking lot!

This week, my illegally detained neighbor -- an asylum seeker with a wife and two children -- will have a hearing that gives him a chance to get home to his family and get his asylum case back on track. But he will need to pay a $6000 bond. www.gofundme.com/f/bring-our-...

Hawk pants Red-tailed Hawk 📷🌿🪶

Happened to see one of these in the neighborhood yesterday.

Right, so video game company stocks are crashing because the power of AI supposedly renders them irrelevant. Meanwhile, Microsoft and Oracle stocks are crashing because they spent too much on AI and the market knows they'll never make a return. The economy is absolutely hosed

lol good job LA www.latimes.com/california/s...

It’s really difficult & disorienting but the feds hit LA extremely hard today. There were kidnappings all over & reported cluster raids in Chinatown, East LA, Ktown. This list shows to 1130 AM but they haven’t stopped all day Just because the media attention stopped doesn’t mean the abductions have

Based on the replies I'm going to guess this is in fact because of how many spam sites there are hosted there and not whatever ideological things people blame this on

I haven't looked through Batman Animated in a while, but it includes this study by Bruce Timm that was probably the basis for what was used in the test animation. If you haven't read it, Batman Animated's well worth a read and is on Internet Archive: archive.org/details/batm...

Just realized today's the 40th (!!!) anniversary of this legendary all-timer. Often imitated, never replicated, and uniquely Chicago like a slice of deep dish. 😎 www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...

I've had a promotional VHS for the test animation that became Batman: The Animated Series for a long time, I bought it on eBay in like...1999? The version they put as a bonus on the DVD said they lost the audio but uh, here it is. You're welcome Bruce Timm.

I was never a huge fan of Spectacular Spider-Man, but I always found Sal's style interesting. Rest in peace. comicbookclublive.com/2026/01/26/s...

Being a journalist is sick: I just contacted a pre-eminent jaguar conservationist in Argentine with a question that has been weighing on me for ages and he wrote back right away with an informed answer.

*Insert "worst person you know" meme here* www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

Animation by Eisaku Kubonouchi* ( @eisakusaku )* #penciltest #sakuga #genga #2danimation

Conceal-and-carry was always bullshit, and ICE is always going to be trigger happy when they see someone other than their own or the PD carrying guns, regardless if people have permits for them.

My favorite Bob Kane story:

This bubble froze within seconds of @amyulo.bsky.social blowing it and moving out of frame. This isn’t sped up

Trying to think of the last time Twitter copied a feature from another social media site that wasn't gen AI-related, it's been a while. If I remember right, I don't think you could even post videos directly to Twitter until 10 yrs. ago, around Trump's 1st term. techcrunch.com/2026/01/21/x...

I like how you got rough storyboards,THEN layouts defining details, and FINALLY real animation, CONTRARY to US animations trend last decade of near full animation and lines/layout, in storyboard phase 😰 Read deadlines were shorter, pay lower when they should triple time & salaries for the poor guys

CG riggers breaking the model to make the animation work from one specific camera angle only.