Ryan O'Loughlin
@ryanoloughlin.bsky.social
Film & TV Director #BlueEyeSamurai
Character Designer, Animator,
Emmy winner
https://www.ryanoloughlin.com/
Art @gallerynucleus.bsky.social
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0641675/
Character Designer, Animator,
Emmy winner
https://www.ryanoloughlin.com/
Art @gallerynucleus.bsky.social
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0641675/
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Blue Eye Samurai: Season 2 | Official Start of Production | Netflix
YouTube video by Netflix Anime
youtu.be
Blue Eye Samurai Season 2 Teaser! From one of the upcoming episodes I directed. Amazing work by our incredible team! Hope you all enjoy…
#blueeyesamurai #netflix #animation
youtu.be/iWYp0f1H-fA?...
#blueeyesamurai #netflix #animation
youtu.be/iWYp0f1H-fA?...
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Like some kind of zombie cockroach, THE BAN ON STATE AI REGULATIONS IS BACK FROM THE DEAD!! 🪦
Please call your senators and rep NOW and tell them no state AI regulation ban!! A cheat sheet of who to call, scripts of what to say here: tinyurl.com/msa69nkv
Please call your senators and rep NOW and tell them no state AI regulation ban!! A cheat sheet of who to call, scripts of what to say here: tinyurl.com/msa69nkv
November 19, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Like some kind of zombie cockroach, THE BAN ON STATE AI REGULATIONS IS BACK FROM THE DEAD!! 🪦
Please call your senators and rep NOW and tell them no state AI regulation ban!! A cheat sheet of who to call, scripts of what to say here: tinyurl.com/msa69nkv
Please call your senators and rep NOW and tell them no state AI regulation ban!! A cheat sheet of who to call, scripts of what to say here: tinyurl.com/msa69nkv
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Zach has done a great job bringing a lot of resources, sample scripts, etc on how to call your senators AND representatives to urge them to vote NO on the AI moratorium in the NDAA!
Check em out!
Btw I thought at first, it was only Senators we needed to call. Please call your representatives too!
Check em out!
Btw I thought at first, it was only Senators we needed to call. Please call your representatives too!
Like some kind of zombie cockroach, THE BAN ON STATE AI REGULATIONS IS BACK FROM THE DEAD!! 🪦
Please call your senators and rep NOW and tell them no state AI regulation ban!! A cheat sheet of who to call, scripts of what to say here: tinyurl.com/msa69nkv
Please call your senators and rep NOW and tell them no state AI regulation ban!! A cheat sheet of who to call, scripts of what to say here: tinyurl.com/msa69nkv
November 19, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Zach has done a great job bringing a lot of resources, sample scripts, etc on how to call your senators AND representatives to urge them to vote NO on the AI moratorium in the NDAA!
Check em out!
Btw I thought at first, it was only Senators we needed to call. Please call your representatives too!
Check em out!
Btw I thought at first, it was only Senators we needed to call. Please call your representatives too!
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Blender is struggling. it's the best piece of 3d software on the market, and it's free. I'm not going back to autodesk.
please donate if you can!
fund.blender.org
please donate if you can!
fund.blender.org
Blender Development Fund
Join the Development Fund and support Blender Foundation to work on core Blender development.
fund.blender.org
November 18, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Blender is struggling. it's the best piece of 3d software on the market, and it's free. I'm not going back to autodesk.
please donate if you can!
fund.blender.org
please donate if you can!
fund.blender.org
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And?
AI advocates have warned that if every author in the class action filed a claim, it would "financially ruin" the entire industry.
Authors celebrate “historic” settlement coming soon in Anthropic class action
Advocates fear such settlements will “financially ruin” the AI industry.
arstechnica.com
November 18, 2025 at 3:00 AM
And?
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Here’s @realgdt.bsky.social in NYC expanding on his rallying cry of ‘fuck AI!’, talking about how art and even love come from shared pain and movies can save your life. This shit made me and others in the audience cry as much as his version of Frankenstein…
November 2, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Here’s @realgdt.bsky.social in NYC expanding on his rallying cry of ‘fuck AI!’, talking about how art and even love come from shared pain and movies can save your life. This shit made me and others in the audience cry as much as his version of Frankenstein…
A Goofy Movie was my first ever film credit. The Sydney studio animated a few sequences. I inbetweened the final shot!
The New Beverly Cartoon Club presents an animated favorite! A GOOFY MOVIE (1995) screens in 35mm Saturday, November 8th, at 10:00am. Tickets: buff.ly/tw1I1Ox
October 25, 2025 at 2:12 AM
A Goofy Movie was my first ever film credit. The Sydney studio animated a few sequences. I inbetweened the final shot!
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Here’s Nick Cave replying to a correspondent called Valerio who was asking him about how to respond to a growing sense of cynicism - here. www.theredhandfiles.com/do-you-still...
October 24, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Here’s Nick Cave replying to a correspondent called Valerio who was asking him about how to respond to a growing sense of cynicism - here. www.theredhandfiles.com/do-you-still...
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The New Beverly Cartoon Club presents an animated favorite! A GOOFY MOVIE (1995) screens in 35mm Saturday, November 8th, at 10:00am. Tickets: buff.ly/tw1I1Ox
October 24, 2025 at 3:08 AM
The New Beverly Cartoon Club presents an animated favorite! A GOOFY MOVIE (1995) screens in 35mm Saturday, November 8th, at 10:00am. Tickets: buff.ly/tw1I1Ox
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The main achievement of the tech industry has been increasing the flow of money from people who make or do things to people who already have more money than they could spend in a hundred lifetimes
“Average musician makes $12 a month on Spotify. The fact that they are not even able to sell a record and it’s taken from them by rich motherfuckers on streaming platforms who get paid royally by record labels,Ticketmaster, merch companies. They’re all fucking getting paid, except for the musician.”
Garbage’s Shirley Manson Speaks Out Against Music Industry Economics: “This Is An Alarm Call”
Just before they kicked off their current run of dates, the ’90s alt-rock greats Garbage announced that it would be their final North American headline tour. When the band played at Denver’s Mission B...
www.stereogum.com
October 19, 2025 at 4:36 PM
The main achievement of the tech industry has been increasing the flow of money from people who make or do things to people who already have more money than they could spend in a hundred lifetimes
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Two starring Jimmy Wang Yu! ZATOICHI MEETS THE ONE-ARMED SWORDSMAN (1971) screens at 6:30pm followed by BLOOD OF THE DRAGON (1971) at 8:35pm TODAY, Sunday October 19th, both in 35mm. Tickets: buff.ly/iZQEwvw
October 19, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Two starring Jimmy Wang Yu! ZATOICHI MEETS THE ONE-ARMED SWORDSMAN (1971) screens at 6:30pm followed by BLOOD OF THE DRAGON (1971) at 8:35pm TODAY, Sunday October 19th, both in 35mm. Tickets: buff.ly/iZQEwvw
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There's so little for teens at the box office that Netflix released a movie that had been streaming for two months already and it still made $18M in just one weekend. KPOP DEMON HUNTERS is a great example of doing it right in 2025.
October 11, 2025 at 10:34 PM
There's so little for teens at the box office that Netflix released a movie that had been streaming for two months already and it still made $18M in just one weekend. KPOP DEMON HUNTERS is a great example of doing it right in 2025.
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PIVOT!!
OpenAI is backing off its Sora IP opt-out policy after a wave of backlash, promising new controls and dangling possible revenue sharing.
www.cartoonbrew.com/tech/openai-...
www.cartoonbrew.com/tech/openai-...
OpenAI Retreats From Controversial Sora IP Opt-Out Policy
OpenAI says it will give creators more control over how their characters appear in Sora and plans revenue sharing after backlash to its IP opt-out model.
www.cartoonbrew.com
October 6, 2025 at 7:26 PM
PIVOT!!
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Really want to encourage libraries - especially school libraries - to put no-AI content into your collection development policy. At the very least, if you have a clause in there about requiring accurate information, you can use that to weed out or prevent genAI purchases.
“When you get a suspicious book, “you look it up to see what else the [author] has written. And you see there's 30 things, and none of them have any reviews, and they were all written in the last two years,” DeMeester-Lane says.”
How Local Librarians Keep AI Slop Off the Shelves
AI is being used to create nonsensical, sometimes dangerously inaccurate books. Local librarians are tasked with keeping these volumes out of their collections.
www.governing.com
October 6, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Really want to encourage libraries - especially school libraries - to put no-AI content into your collection development policy. At the very least, if you have a clause in there about requiring accurate information, you can use that to weed out or prevent genAI purchases.
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Author and filmmaker Justine Bateman on generative AI
October 4, 2025 at 9:41 AM
Author and filmmaker Justine Bateman on generative AI
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The most important human story in the entertainment industry right now is the severe downturn in film and TV production in LA and how it's affecting middle-class crew workers. I spoke to dozens of them for this story about the depressed Hollywood economy. www.wsj.com/business/med...
L.A.’s Entertainment Economy Is Looking Like a Disaster Movie
Work is evaporating, businesses are closing, longtime residents are leaving, and Los Angeles’s creative middle class is hanging on by a thread.
www.wsj.com
October 3, 2025 at 1:44 AM
The most important human story in the entertainment industry right now is the severe downturn in film and TV production in LA and how it's affecting middle-class crew workers. I spoke to dozens of them for this story about the depressed Hollywood economy. www.wsj.com/business/med...
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So this is a very, very desperate move - a very silly app of generative AI slop that will be incredibly expensive for OpenAI to run, and on top of it, they're requiring rights holders to *opt out* once they see violations. You can't do it in advance. They're washed, and trying everything to survive.
September 29, 2025 at 10:05 PM
So this is a very, very desperate move - a very silly app of generative AI slop that will be incredibly expensive for OpenAI to run, and on top of it, they're requiring rights holders to *opt out* once they see violations. You can't do it in advance. They're washed, and trying everything to survive.
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"single-use plastic of the mind" had me GAGGED
September 29, 2025 at 7:24 PM
"single-use plastic of the mind" had me GAGGED
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This has been pushed to the background, but pay attention:
Right now, a stack of bills aimed at reining in AI companies and big tech sits on Gavin Newsom's desk in California. These are the bills Silicon Valley and the GOP tried to ban outright. Now they await Newsom's signature—or veto.
Right now, a stack of bills aimed at reining in AI companies and big tech sits on Gavin Newsom's desk in California. These are the bills Silicon Valley and the GOP tried to ban outright. Now they await Newsom's signature—or veto.
We're about to find out if Silicon Valley owns Gavin Newsom
A guide to the AI and tech bills that have passed the California legislature, and await the governor's signature — or veto.
www.bloodinthemachine.com
September 26, 2025 at 6:36 PM
This has been pushed to the background, but pay attention:
Right now, a stack of bills aimed at reining in AI companies and big tech sits on Gavin Newsom's desk in California. These are the bills Silicon Valley and the GOP tried to ban outright. Now they await Newsom's signature—or veto.
Right now, a stack of bills aimed at reining in AI companies and big tech sits on Gavin Newsom's desk in California. These are the bills Silicon Valley and the GOP tried to ban outright. Now they await Newsom's signature—or veto.
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not sure I'll ever get tired of Drunken Master II, one of the best Jackie Chan movies - and one of the best actioners - ever made
September 25, 2025 at 3:57 AM
not sure I'll ever get tired of Drunken Master II, one of the best Jackie Chan movies - and one of the best actioners - ever made
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Union strong✊
It's been a historic work for animation labor rights. Workers at Netflix Animation, DreamWorks' Ted, and indie studio SpindleHorse ('Hazbin Hotel,' 'Helluva Boss') have all moved to unionize with TAG.
www.cartoonbrew.com/artist-right...
www.cartoonbrew.com/artist-right...
Animation Guild Celebrates Historic Week Of Union Organizing
Netflix, DreamWorks’ 'Ted,' and indie studio SpindleHorse workers unite with The Animation Guild in a landmark week for animation labor rights.
www.cartoonbrew.com
September 18, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Union strong✊
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if DoorDash is asking me to veto a bill "to keep delivery affordable," I'm pretty sure that means I should write in to make sure the bill gets approved
September 18, 2025 at 8:14 PM
if DoorDash is asking me to veto a bill "to keep delivery affordable," I'm pretty sure that means I should write in to make sure the bill gets approved