The Academy has banned AI from ever winning an Oscar. • Only roles “demonstrably performed by humans with their consent” can be nominated for acting Oscars • Screenplays “must be human-authored” to qualify for a nomination

and no one's ever thought of it since!

Sneakpeek at ‘LIMBO’, the new film from ‘Flow’ creator Gints Zilbalodis: • He spent nearly 2 years completing this first animatic shot. • The entire film is contained in a single Blender file.

The main thing in art and entertainment to keep your finger on the pulse of the fans and what they want, their feedback is so important.

I love this text post so I drew it

First look at ‘Ray Gunn’, a new animated film from Brad Bird (‘The Incredibles’). The film follows a private investigator pulled into a high-stakes case involving aliens and murder in the futuristic city of Metropia. Premiering later this year on Netflix.

my son has escaped me #lvfc2026

oh, and after you see the movie, maybe join this: theaidocgetinvolved.com

I just saw The AI Doc: How I Became An Apocaloptimist, and you know what? So should you! m.imdb.com/title/tt3915...

OpenAI is shutting down its AI video slop-making platform Sora.

Disney has cancelled their deal with OpenAI. They planned to invest $1 billion into the company and let Sora have access to AI generate videos of characters from Disney, Marvel, Pixar and Star Wars. (Source: www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/dig...)

Parker Goldsmith, a transgender assistant editor on ‘The Bad Guys 2’, is suing DreamWorks Animation and NBCUniversal over alleged anti-trans harassment. The lawsuit claims Goldsmith was sent transphobic memes, outed to coworkers, deadnamed, and asked invasive questions by a supervisor. ⬇️

A sequel to ‘THE WILD ROBOT’ is officially moving forward. Troy Quane and Heidi Jo Gilbert are set to direct the film. Chris Sanders is returning to write the script. (Source: www.thewrap.com/creative-con...)

AI-generated artwork is officially not eligible for copyright protection after the U.S. Supreme Court declined to review the appeal. The court ruled that a work must have a human creator in order to qualify for copyright. (Link: www.reuters.com/legal/govern...)

The first trailer for ‘THE BACKROOMS’ movie has been released. In theaters on May 29.

if you have more than $100 million in net worth, you should fundamentally have fewer rights vmfunc.re/blog/persona

The upcoming live-action / animated ‘Oswald the Lucky Rabbit’ series will feature 2D animation. (Source: @laughingplace.com)

We absolutely must not let this pass:

If I can't have a girlfriend, I can at least have pizza after work

Lumity is officially back. ❤️

Over 1,000 Ubisoft workers around the world have walked off the job. In response to a return-to-office mandate, layoffs, and the cancellation of several games, workers launched a three-day strike. The workers walked out in response to five French unions issuing the strike call.

We've been looking forward to sharing this news for a long time. We're making a graphic novel! The Owl House: The Long-Lived King Written by me and the amazing @mikkicrisostomo.bsky.social Illustrated by the incomparable @dindu99.bsky.social We're so excited to tell a brand new story.

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Matt Braly announces new indie animated project ‘CLARA AND THE BELOW.’ An indie gothic horror pilot based on the story of The Nutcracker. The crowdfunding campaign to fund it will launch on March 13th.

Matt Braly announces his own animation studio ‘Fantasy Project’: “The only ones who can protect art are the ones who value it.”

the primary reason rightwingers will never control culture is because everything they do is hinged upon it being a reaction to the broader culture. the TPUSA half time event would not exist without it being a representation of their grievences

The Trump admin will do anything but admit its popularity is declining.

Trans teacher followed home by right-wing mouthpiece Tommy Robinson https://www.thepinknews.com/2026/02/06/trans-teacher-tommy-robinson/?utm_content=1770574800&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky

we know how this "race" ends

His GoFundMe is here: www.gofundme.com/f/support-le... - I donated a few days ago.

A ‘BALDUR'S GATE’ TV series is in the works at HBO. • Craig Mazin (‘The Last of Us’) will serve as showrunner • The show will be a continuation of the games, set after the events of ‘Baldur’s Gate 3’ • ‘Baldur’s Gate 3’ developers Larian have no involvement with the show

Utah friends, please contact your representatives about this le.utah.gov/~2026/bills/... <- the bill in question.

Presumably, this guy considers himself part of the party that keeps insisting their top priority is "protecting women and girls"

Predicting that this week we’ll hear more conciliatory words from the Administration regarding Minnesota (since they’re starting to realize that ICE has become politically toxic) but everyone outside of Minnesota needs to know that nothing on the ground has changed.

Ruth Spencer! Vice captain and shipwright to my pirate sona Captain Mulholland!

Comm for @claytonoceanside.bsky.social

I can’t stress this enough. The state of 4th Amendment law is that the cops can’t force you to type in a passcode but they can force you to swipe your finger or present your face. Never stop using passcodes/passwords to unlock your devices. And consider additional code to unlock Signal.

It's a new year, now's a great time to start calling the PayPros because they aren't expecting to get bugged again. More and more games are getting cancelled for Stateside releases or forced to get censored (see the Dispatch release on Switch) and with the X stuff going on, go yell about that

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We did not properly punish the confederates. We did not properly punish the insurrectionists on January 6th. We have to punish ICE. They can’t be allowed to slink back into their communities quietly. Expose them. Arrest them. Convict them. Imprison them.

Here is a list of 30 current & former ICE & Border Patrol terrorists who have been charged with offenses like gunpoint sex assault; child sex trafficking; aggravated assault; robbery; rape; torture; kidnapping; sexual abuse of a minor; & possession/production of child sexual abuse materials #FuckICE

Kansas just passed a monstrous bill enabling criminal penalties and vigilante lawsuits for trans people using the bathroom according to their gender identity and requires them to surrender their current drivers licenses and birth certificates if it does not match their sex assigned at birth.

may I offer some bnnuy? 🐰

Video from this morning shows ICE agents deploying tear gas outside a Minneapolis preschool as parents shout, “This is a preschool! There’s kids here!”

not enough! Followers, please watch and support this series! I really need season 4!