Cristin Pescosolido
@rocketdyke.bsky.social
#VFX supervisor for film and TV. You've probably seen my work, but probably didn't think it was VFX.
I'm most active on mastodon, but I'm here for the news and fun. @rocketdyke@mastodon.social
https://imdb.me/cristin
https://sobo7.com
I'm most active on mastodon, but I'm here for the news and fun. @rocketdyke@mastodon.social
https://imdb.me/cristin
https://sobo7.com
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Intro!
I'm Cristin. I've been working in visual effects for a very long time in the media I love dearly: movies and tv.
I post about all kinds of stuff from machine learning to #vfx to disability rights to camera design and more.
I am a #wheelchair user, queer AF, and intersectional feminist...
I'm Cristin. I've been working in visual effects for a very long time in the media I love dearly: movies and tv.
I post about all kinds of stuff from machine learning to #vfx to disability rights to camera design and more.
I am a #wheelchair user, queer AF, and intersectional feminist...
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If you want to start a newsletter and don't want to use Substack because they currently platform/sponsor Nazis: consider using the free and open-sourced alternative that has been around for over a decade.
I'll personally walk you through it.
I'll personally walk you through it.
The Alternative to Medium/Substack - Sharpie Posts
Stop using closed-sourced solutions and move towards free and open-sources options that scale better, especially for indie creators.
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November 8, 2025 at 3:03 PM
If you want to start a newsletter and don't want to use Substack because they currently platform/sponsor Nazis: consider using the free and open-sourced alternative that has been around for over a decade.
I'll personally walk you through it.
I'll personally walk you through it.
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These questions were really fun!
It's Friday afternoon in A Month of Rain & Reads, and after a foggy morning, it's time for an interview.
This time, we hear from author and game creator Dave Dobson (@davedobson.bsky.social) about the challenges of writing bios.
www.readindiefantasy.com/amorar-inter...
#AMoRaR #BookSky
This time, we hear from author and game creator Dave Dobson (@davedobson.bsky.social) about the challenges of writing bios.
www.readindiefantasy.com/amorar-inter...
#AMoRaR #BookSky
November 7, 2025 at 8:07 PM
These questions were really fun!
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“Now the city attorney says in a leaked memo the real problem is that ‘anyone can claim they are a Journalist.’ Fine. Maybe those anyones shouldn’t get shot in the head, either.”
Perfect editorial. No notes.
Perfect editorial. No notes.
Los Angeles city attorney to press: drop dead
Why does the city attorney hate the press so much she literally wants ink-stained wretches — and their contemporary multi-media cousins — shot by the police?
www.dailynews.com
November 7, 2025 at 1:50 AM
“Now the city attorney says in a leaked memo the real problem is that ‘anyone can claim they are a Journalist.’ Fine. Maybe those anyones shouldn’t get shot in the head, either.”
Perfect editorial. No notes.
Perfect editorial. No notes.
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“Since news of Patel’s pricey weekend fling went national, the FBI has forced FlightAware, a site that monitors international air traffic via publicly available information, to stop keeping tabs on Patel’s plane.”
A reminder that #FlightTrackingisFreeSpeech
A reminder that #FlightTrackingisFreeSpeech
Kash Patel Loses It Over Report He Used FBI Jet to Go on a Date
A veteran FBI official has also lost his job over the story.
www.yahoo.com
November 4, 2025 at 7:47 PM
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the feds don't care if thousands die from a tsunami.
this administration is anti-science and anti-life.
this administration is anti-science and anti-life.
NOAA cancels funding for data collection crucial to tsunami warning systems
NOAA cancels funding for data collection crucial to tsunami warning systems
Direct feeds from seismology stations across Alaska are expected to stop in mid-November, state officials say.
www.adn.com
November 5, 2025 at 7:57 AM
the feds don't care if thousands die from a tsunami.
this administration is anti-science and anti-life.
this administration is anti-science and anti-life.
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I am no longer employed so I'm not blogging Zohran tonight but I can just repeat exactly what I said in June :-)
he won on the back of a pro-migrant, pro-trans, pro-working class campaign. and also: Dem pundits are full of shit
he won on the back of a pro-migrant, pro-trans, pro-working class campaign. and also: Dem pundits are full of shit
The Democratic Party Needs to Learn from Zohran Mamdani's Guts and Backbone
Zohran Mamdani did something different, and it made all the difference.
www.teenvogue.com
November 5, 2025 at 2:29 AM
I am no longer employed so I'm not blogging Zohran tonight but I can just repeat exactly what I said in June :-)
he won on the back of a pro-migrant, pro-trans, pro-working class campaign. and also: Dem pundits are full of shit
he won on the back of a pro-migrant, pro-trans, pro-working class campaign. and also: Dem pundits are full of shit
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I'm happy that Mamdani won. But I won't let that get in the way of my celebrating Cuomo losing.
November 5, 2025 at 2:37 AM
I'm happy that Mamdani won. But I won't let that get in the way of my celebrating Cuomo losing.
November 5, 2025 at 3:12 AM
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I am so upset.
Last week Time Magazine solicited a piece from me on Zohran Mamdani & anti-Muslim hate. I pitched a framing re the dehumanization of Muslims & how Mamdani’s inclusive, socialist campaign in its content resists that. They agreed. I wrote the piece. 1/
Last week Time Magazine solicited a piece from me on Zohran Mamdani & anti-Muslim hate. I pitched a framing re the dehumanization of Muslims & how Mamdani’s inclusive, socialist campaign in its content resists that. They agreed. I wrote the piece. 1/
To be asked to write about racism only to be racially aggressed in the editing process is a new level unlocked I have to say.
November 3, 2025 at 9:35 PM
I am so upset.
Last week Time Magazine solicited a piece from me on Zohran Mamdani & anti-Muslim hate. I pitched a framing re the dehumanization of Muslims & how Mamdani’s inclusive, socialist campaign in its content resists that. They agreed. I wrote the piece. 1/
Last week Time Magazine solicited a piece from me on Zohran Mamdani & anti-Muslim hate. I pitched a framing re the dehumanization of Muslims & how Mamdani’s inclusive, socialist campaign in its content resists that. They agreed. I wrote the piece. 1/
oh, you're still on #substack?
why?
here is a list of reasons you should leave.
no reason to stay. leave it now.
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why?
here is a list of reasons you should leave.
no reason to stay. leave it now.
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You Should Probably Leave Substack
You should probably leave Substack. Here’s why and how.
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November 2, 2025 at 10:07 PM
oh, you're still on #substack?
why?
here is a list of reasons you should leave.
no reason to stay. leave it now.
leavesubstack.com
why?
here is a list of reasons you should leave.
no reason to stay. leave it now.
leavesubstack.com
If asked and you are a citizen with means, refuse. Get the ACLU on your side.
Because requiring compliance with facial scanning is not legal.
Because requiring compliance with facial scanning is not legal.
New from 404 Media: you can't refuse to be scanned by ICE's new facial recognition app, according to internal DHS document I obtained. Photos captured by the app are stored for 15 years, including U.S. citizens. We've seen officers scanning faces w/ phones on streets
www.404media.co/you-cant-ref...
www.404media.co/you-cant-ref...
You Can't Refuse To Be Scanned by ICE's Facial Recognition App, DHS Document Says
Photos captured by Mobile Fortify will be stored for 15 years, regardless of immigration or citizenship status, the document says.
www.404media.co
November 1, 2025 at 10:05 PM
If asked and you are a citizen with means, refuse. Get the ACLU on your side.
Because requiring compliance with facial scanning is not legal.
Because requiring compliance with facial scanning is not legal.
This dj wins
November 1, 2025 at 5:43 AM
This dj wins
EFF has a toolkit for folks with #ring cameras and for their neighbors.
and a request that they turn them off for Halloween and eventually remove them and replace them with something that doesn't share data with ICE.
www.fightforthefuture.org/actions/ring...
and a request that they turn them off for Halloween and eventually remove them and replace them with something that doesn't share data with ICE.
www.fightforthefuture.org/actions/ring...
Ring = ICE
www.fightforthefuture.org
October 31, 2025 at 6:33 AM
EFF has a toolkit for folks with #ring cameras and for their neighbors.
and a request that they turn them off for Halloween and eventually remove them and replace them with something that doesn't share data with ICE.
www.fightforthefuture.org/actions/ring...
and a request that they turn them off for Halloween and eventually remove them and replace them with something that doesn't share data with ICE.
www.fightforthefuture.org/actions/ring...
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This was just posted by a CBS News producer on their Instagram stories.
October 29, 2025 at 9:44 PM
This was just posted by a CBS News producer on their Instagram stories.
This film, "The Patriot" was made by immigrants.
fuck DHS's fascist messaging.
I'm pretty sure the American Revolution's messaging was more of "stop taxing us and sending your goons in to kill us and disappear us."
Also, fuck the fake chromatic aberration they added to this shot.
fuck DHS's fascist messaging.
I'm pretty sure the American Revolution's messaging was more of "stop taxing us and sending your goons in to kill us and disappear us."
Also, fuck the fake chromatic aberration they added to this shot.
October 28, 2025 at 8:42 PM
This film, "The Patriot" was made by immigrants.
fuck DHS's fascist messaging.
I'm pretty sure the American Revolution's messaging was more of "stop taxing us and sending your goons in to kill us and disappear us."
Also, fuck the fake chromatic aberration they added to this shot.
fuck DHS's fascist messaging.
I'm pretty sure the American Revolution's messaging was more of "stop taxing us and sending your goons in to kill us and disappear us."
Also, fuck the fake chromatic aberration they added to this shot.
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L.A. TACO caught up with Leo Martinez of VC Defensa to get his full breakdown on what happened the day ICE agents rammed and T-boned his truck out in Oxnard on the morning of Thursday, October 16th.
Reporting by Izzy Ramirez & Aisha Wallace-Palomares
Editing by Errin Vasquez
Reporting by Izzy Ramirez & Aisha Wallace-Palomares
Editing by Errin Vasquez
October 23, 2025 at 8:29 PM
L.A. TACO caught up with Leo Martinez of VC Defensa to get his full breakdown on what happened the day ICE agents rammed and T-boned his truck out in Oxnard on the morning of Thursday, October 16th.
Reporting by Izzy Ramirez & Aisha Wallace-Palomares
Editing by Errin Vasquez
Reporting by Izzy Ramirez & Aisha Wallace-Palomares
Editing by Errin Vasquez
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FYI :“Destruction of federal property is a federal crime. 18 U.S. Code § 1361 defines the crime as willfully injuring or committing any depredation against U.S. government property. If the damage exceeds $1k it is a felony with a fine, up to ten years in prison or both.”
Awaiting law enforcement.
Awaiting law enforcement.
October 22, 2025 at 9:34 PM
FYI :“Destruction of federal property is a federal crime. 18 U.S. Code § 1361 defines the crime as willfully injuring or committing any depredation against U.S. government property. If the damage exceeds $1k it is a felony with a fine, up to ten years in prison or both.”
Awaiting law enforcement.
Awaiting law enforcement.
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@adamrose.bsky.social , commenting on Bass’ silence, told me “…this is her chosen chief and her police commission. It’s her LAPD. She has said nothing. She has been more absent on this issue than when she was out of the country during the fires.”
latenfour.com/2025/10/20/p...
latenfour.com/2025/10/20/p...
Protests After No Kings Greeted By Horses Protecting Federal Detention Facility
It’s her LAPD. She has said nothing. She has been more absent on this issue than when she was out of the country during the fires.” -Adam Rose
latenfour.com
October 21, 2025 at 4:52 AM
@adamrose.bsky.social , commenting on Bass’ silence, told me “…this is her chosen chief and her police commission. It’s her LAPD. She has said nothing. She has been more absent on this issue than when she was out of the country during the fires.”
latenfour.com/2025/10/20/p...
latenfour.com/2025/10/20/p...
Just before you block them, report them to bluesky for their violations of the Hatch act on their posts.
Clearly illegal for most of these accounts to post political/partisan messages.
Clearly illegal for most of these accounts to post political/partisan messages.
white house has joined bluesky
click here to block all official us government accounts instantly
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click here to block all official us government accounts instantly
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October 18, 2025 at 9:29 AM
Just before you block them, report them to bluesky for their violations of the Hatch act on their posts.
Clearly illegal for most of these accounts to post political/partisan messages.
Clearly illegal for most of these accounts to post political/partisan messages.
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Once again, @govpritzker.illinois.gov's state police have attacked protesters while doing crowd control for ICE in Broadview. Pritzker positions himself as a Trump opponent, but he's doing ICE's dirty work in Broadview. It has to stop.
October 17, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Once again, @govpritzker.illinois.gov's state police have attacked protesters while doing crowd control for ICE in Broadview. Pritzker positions himself as a Trump opponent, but he's doing ICE's dirty work in Broadview. It has to stop.
State troopers in riot gear just plowed into the crowd, started arresting protesters and clergy.
October 17, 2025 at 7:07 PM
"Look upon my works, ye mighty, and despair"
Conservative-leaning tech investors are racing to build a new American colossus, and they want something much, much bigger than the Statue of Liberty. Meet the new monuments men of the tech right and their plans for statue-maxing:
www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
America’s Tech Right Is Obsessed With Building Giant Statues
With proposals for a 450-foot statue of Prometheus on Alcatraz and a 650-foot George Washington, MAGA adherents are racing to build America’s largest statue.
www.bloomberg.com
October 17, 2025 at 6:57 PM
"Look upon my works, ye mighty, and despair"
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Spotify is now running recruitment ads for ICE.
It’s time to cancel your account.
It’s time to cancel your account.
October 13, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Spotify is now running recruitment ads for ICE.
It’s time to cancel your account.
It’s time to cancel your account.
October 10, 2025 at 6:23 AM