Charles Kenny
Industry observer at The Animation Anomaly with a focus on the intersection of art and industry.
Producer of Space Base 8.
Former admin of Socel.net.
Industry observer at The Animation Anomaly with a focus on the intersection of art and industry.
Producer of Space Base 8.
Former admin of Socel.net.
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Having re-watched Avatar: The Last Airbender recently, I can safely say that it is one of the very best animated TV shows ever made.
It's starting to show it's age at this point, but it could be released today and still amaze.
RE: https://mas.to/@famousblueben/116737659977258587
What about the other alternate world scenario where he didn't turn down a job offer from Joseph Hanna and William Barbera to become an animator at the MGM studio? :blobthinking:
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Now for tip from me to you:
Hash tags are very helpful on Masto. The Mastodon Hashtag Helper extension for firefox-based browsers helps collect recent tags used. And puts them as buttons under the toot-maker.
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Hearing a piece of classical music on the radio that sounds really familiar and you wonder where you've heard it before and then it hits you:
Earlier this year I was impacted by the mass layoffs at Block, which sucks. One upside, however, is that it finally gave me time to work on a major update to PageTurn, my app for hands-free document and sheet music reading.
This release adds a bunch of new features, including:
• Set lists
• Ebook support
• Web page support (surprisingly great for recipes when your hands are messy)
It's on the App Store: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/pageturn/id1589601355
Downloads/boosts/shares very much appreciated 🙂
I'm watching ABBA: The Movie and it is an absolute trip. Something like it couldn't be made today.
Heard a familiar melody while an episode of Batwheels was on in the background and just couldn't place it until I realised it was a piece of the Frakazoid! theme :blob_laughing:
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"In the name of the moon, I will punish you",anime and Rubber Hose style combination.Drawing made with Krita.🌙✨🎨✍🏻💻 #rubberhose #sailormoon #krita #vintagestyle #kritaart
Animation Dingle co-founder Maurice Galway shares a few highlights of this year's big Irish animation event.
#AnimationDingle
https://www.animationmagazine.net/2026/03/animation-dingle-organizer-maurice-galway-shares-the-2026-highlights-of-the-esteemed-irish-event/
The local #PBS station is hurting so badly they've started soliciting donations door-to-door :yikes:
As a kid, I found 'Matilda' by Roald Dahl a brilliant book but having just re-read it as an adult, it is downright SUPERB!
Socel is one week from the end of its fundraise for Jan 20 to Feb 19. If you can help pay for the next month, please do.
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#XMPP / #Jabber accounts to follow:
➡️ @joinjabber - Collective helping ordinary people join and use XMPP/Jabber
➡️ @xmpp@fedigroups.social - Discussion group about XMPP/Jabber
➡️ @xmpp@fosstodon.org - Official account of XMPP standards foundation
➡️ @xmpp_providers - Site featuring curated list of XMPP providers
➡️ @gajim - FOSS XMPP app for Linux, Mac, Win
➡️ @Monal - FOSS XMPP app for iPhone, iPad, Mac
➡️ @kaidan - FOSS XMPP app for Linux, Android
➡️ @prav - Free open XMPP app developed by co-op in India
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The Fediverse isnt unlimited. All social media has to be paid for. All social media has a cost. Big box social' pays costs by selling user data to the data brokerage industry.
On the Fedi, we try to be a community. And most instances are paid by the admin. And hopefully, the community contributes to server costs. It's not required. But servers can be not very cheep, to hold so much.
Any amount you can give to your instance is helpful.
Socelites, please consider.
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