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3D Animator Looking for Work | Currently working on RWBY: Dust Queen | Twitch Affiliate | A nerd who likes a anime and giant robots
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Ace 🤖 @aceciolek.bsky.social · Jan 13
Happy First #PortfolioDay of 2026!

I'm Alex, a 3D Animator located in Buffalo, NY looking for remote work! I have experience in character, previz, layout and mocap animation in Blender, Maya, and MotionBuilder!

#b3d #maya #lookingforwork

💼 www.alexciolek.com
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February 17, 2026 at 12:16 AM
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chuckwendig.bsky.social
“Earth is a pleasure cruise for 1000 people and we're all just the staff.”
crobertcargill.bsky.social C. Robert Cargill @crobertcargill.bsky.social · 16h
I literally saw a post two weeks back in which a guy with two jobs was flagellating himself because he was short on rent, lamenting that had he donated plasma more, maybe his rent would be on time. This system is deeply fucked. Earth is a pleasure cruise for 1000 people and we're all just the staff.
moreperfectunion.bsky.social More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 4d
Is this the “golden age” economy we’ve heard so much about?

www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
February 16, 2026 at 8:48 PM
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histoftech.bsky.social
mom they’re roasting the US economy on mastodon again
Jennifer @JenYetAgain@beige.party in 2017 a popular twitter game was to type a partial phrase then see what your phone auto-completes it with. this proved so popular that it is now the only business model in the US. Feb 9, 2026 at 4:35:18PM Boosted by 968: Favourited by 1324:
February 16, 2026 at 7:37 AM
aceciolek.bsky.social
Finising ZZZ 2.5 So I Can Start HSR 4.0 Sooner And Stop Getting Spoiled
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February 16, 2026 at 12:47 AM
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dagnificent.bsky.social
Animators, i want to remind you that like 10 or 15 years ago there was a wage-fixing conspiracy involving 3 major studios, and they were found guilty in court and had to pay affected employees, but our rates never recovered.

We have to make them pay all of us more than the minimum, when it pops.
cursedpingu.bsky.social Former Pingu Child Actor (Communist) @cursedpingu.bsky.social · 2d
lol this is gonna burst so fucking hard
r/analytics • IOh We just found out our AI has been making up analytics data for 3 months and I'm gonna throw up. Support So we've been using an Al agent since November to answer leadership questions about metrics. It seemed amazing at first fast answers, detailed explanations, everyone loved it. I just found out it's been hallucinating numbers this entire time. Our VP of sales made territory decisions based on data that didn't exist. Our CFO showed the board a deck with fake insights. The Al was just inventing plausible sounding percentages. I only caught it by accident when someone asked me to double check something. I started digging, and holy shit, it's bad.
February 15, 2026 at 2:45 AM
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kilomonster.art
I appreciate theses bits. ESPECIALLY ACTUAL SALARIED ANIMATORS.
That distinction is crucial. At Glitch, there was no inherited 2D framework, no established departmental flow, no default budgeting model, and no long-standing executive hierarchy telling her how it had always been done. For a creator who spent years navigating those structures at a major U.S. studio, that absence was liberating. "I learned a lot working my way up through the studio system," she said. "I learned from people I admire, and I learned from toxic leadership, things I didn't want to emulate. I wanted to take everything I learned and see if I could create a workable pipeline and make something stunning and beautiful with the resources we had.” Terrace has been candid about the differences between her experience inside a major studio and her current arrangement at Glitch. On a traditional television production, she might have been juggling 10 or more episodes simultaneously under tight broadcast windows. On Knights of Guinevere, the scale is more contained, allowing for longer board schedules and more iterative problem-solving. "At Disney, if something needed to be re-boarded, we were kind of boned," she said. "Here, if something isn't working, we can say, 'This isn't working.' And they'll say, 'Okay, let's try something else.'" That flexibility extends to staffing, too. Rather than relying primarily on freelancers, the production employs salaried in-house animators at Glitch.
February 14, 2026 at 7:17 PM
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stevoisiak.bsky.social
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...
Google with AI buttons Google without AI buttons
February 3, 2026 at 12:30 AM
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bjaudette.bsky.social
Every game worker, but especially those working remotely should be paying attention to and supporting this strike.
moreperfectunion.bsky.social More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 4d
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.
Ubisoft workers are on strike: 'We are treated like children'
The strike comes after the publisher revealed plans to cut up to 200 jobs and ordered remote workers back into the office
www.polygon.com
February 12, 2026 at 10:57 PM
aceciolek.bsky.social
WE'RE SO BACK!!! This Trailer was HYPE!!!

youtu.be/TnFbw2IfuBI

#HonkaiStarRail #yaoguang #hsr
Animator Reactions To Yao Guang Character Trailer: "All the Best" | Honkai: Star Rail
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February 12, 2026 at 7:18 PM
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dylanmacri.bsky.social
Brennan Lee Mulligan on the set of game changer looking slightly unhinged with a speech bubble implying he's saying the quoted post.
February 11, 2026 at 3:27 AM
aceciolek.bsky.social
my wrists hurt....
February 11, 2026 at 6:49 AM
aceciolek.bsky.social
Catching up on ZZZ before HSR 4.0 Drops!
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February 10, 2026 at 11:48 PM
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theblindarcher.bsky.social
It could be really bad for Discord if Californians contact the office of the Attorney General to report the potential violations of CCPA and CALOPPA citing the recent breach from a few months back where 1.5tb of user data and millions of IDs were leaked, but who can say for sure?
February 9, 2026 at 4:57 PM
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mrdo.pro
all i want to do online is play video games, talk to my friends, and look at girls boobs and every fucking day some freak i've never met decides to make it harder and harder to do that
February 10, 2026 at 2:04 AM
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allisteranim.bsky.social
Kinda Fucked Up that in our lifetimes we've gone from "never share personal info on the internet" to "hand over your identity to the most incompetent corporations imaginable".
February 9, 2026 at 6:25 PM
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kaius.bsky.social
"Guys it's ok we'll only be stealing the personal info of minors"
legendofnerd.bsky.social Brian M @legendofnerd.bsky.social · 7d
Discord is already starting to walk things back a little, so people should keep doing what they're doing (cancel Nitro, leave feedback/criticism, direct contact through support tickets/phone/email/etc)
Tl;dr: The vast majority of adults will never have to interact with our age assurance systems and their experience won't change, because we know Discord and how people use it, so we're designing to respect privacy and deliver a safer experience while minimizing friction for adults. Hey folks – I’ve been on Discord since very early 2016 and actually joined the company in 2017. Safety is one of my areas, so today’s announcement on our blog is something I’ve been pretty involved with. I’ve always cared about Discord's approach to privacy (E2EE for A/V was another of my projects here), so I figured I’d add some more context to today's news. I can say confidently that the vast majority of people will never see age verification. I say this because we launched age assurance in the UK and Australia in 2025, and we have some pretty good data on this now. The idea here is that we can pre-identify most adults based on what we already know (not including your messages!), and that looks to get us pretty far here. No face scans, no IDs, for the vast majority of adults. And if you are one of the smaller subset of folks that we can't definitively pre-identify, then still, you only have to do it if you're accessing age-restricted servers or channels, or changing certain settings. That's really not most users. (Altho... might be more Redditors, tbh.) Last, I know that there is concern about privacy and data leaks. That's a real concern. The selfie system is built purely client-side, it never leaves your device, and we did that intentionally. That'll work for a bunch of users who aren't pre-identified as adults. But if you do end up in the ID bucket, then yeah, you're right that has some risk. We're doing what we can to minimize this by working with our range of partners (who are different partners than the data leak you read about), and if it's any help, we learned a lot internally from the last issue. But I get if that doesn't necessarily inspire more confidence. Anyway, we’ll be sharing more next month as we get closer to the global roll out about the system, including the technology behind it in March. I honestly wouldn't be happy if we didn't build something good and I am excited about what we’re launching, but please let us know what you think when we share more details. And I really appreciate everybody's feedback here today. We’re definitely reading it!
February 10, 2026 at 2:05 AM
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emrys.gay
Just got this email back. Don't use email, use their form: support.discord.com/hc/en-us/req...

If you haven't used their support portal, you may need to request activation and use the email you have associated with your disc account.

Hit the same points as you would in an email, tips below ⬇️
February 9, 2026 at 4:35 PM
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broadwaybabyto.bsky.social
Former Washington Post journalists have launched a GoFundMe to help repatriate fired staff members who are effectively stranded in foreign countries.

One of the richest men in the world fired them from the paper and didn’t even pay to ensure they got home.

Abolish the billionaire class:
Donate to Support for Washington Post international employees, organized by Michelle Lee
Among the hundreds of journalists laid off by The Washington Post on … Michelle Lee needs your support for Support for Washington Post international employees
www.gofundme.com
February 8, 2026 at 4:37 AM
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aceciolek.bsky.social
Happy First #PortfolioDay of 2026!

I'm Alex, a 3D Animator located in Buffalo, NY looking for remote work! I have experience in character, previz, layout and mocap animation in Blender, Maya, and MotionBuilder!

#b3d #maya #lookingforwork

💼 www.alexciolek.com
📼 vimeo.com/1093935790
January 13, 2026 at 4:26 PM
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arithrashvo.bsky.social
I’m honored and quite ELATED to announce that I am the EN Voice for #YaoGuang 🦚 in #HonkaiStarRail

It’s been such a privilege and joy to bring this character to life and I hope you trailblazers, new and old, will enjoy her as much as I have had fun recording her! 💚💙
February 5, 2026 at 8:01 PM
aceciolek.bsky.social
My IMDb is wild, what do you mean a fan project is rated higher than the multimillion dollar budget movies I worked on?
February 5, 2026 at 6:32 PM
aceciolek.bsky.social
Localized Metabots Classics Plus for Switch/Switch 2
nintendeal.com Nintendeal @nintendeal.com · 12d
share your most unrealistic expectations for the Nintendo Direct
February 4, 2026 at 8:29 PM
aceciolek.bsky.social
nothing is more infuriating that getting rejected from a job i applied to only for the same company to post a new listing of the EXACT SAME job posting of the position I was just denied from 🙃
February 4, 2026 at 4:59 PM
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jocat.net
Hey artists looking for work, @digitalvagrant.bsky.social wants to pay someone for some art. DM him your portfolio or share it here for him to see
"Hey Jo, this might not be in your wheelhouse, but do you know anyone who does game concept art or the like? Who might be available for commission?"
February 3, 2026 at 8:03 PM
aceciolek.bsky.social
Rough blocking WIP of a super relatable Mori Calliope quote
#wip #b3d
February 3, 2026 at 12:22 AM