Mike Schnier
@mikeschnier.bsky.social
In Halifax/Kjipuktuk // He/Him // Connecting artists to animation jobs through @cartoonrecruit.com
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godspeed sexy cg mermaid woman
the economy is in your hands
the economy is in your hands
November 25, 2025 at 5:22 PM
godspeed sexy cg mermaid woman
the economy is in your hands
the economy is in your hands
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Are you ready, recruits? Industrial Light and Magic is currently searching for a Digital Matte Painter (Expression of Interest) working #Hybrid in #Vancouver. Interested? Visit the direct link below.
Looking for more opportunities? Bookmark cartoonrecruit.com for an ad-free animation job directory.
Looking for more opportunities? Bookmark cartoonrecruit.com for an ad-free animation job directory.
Generalist Artist - Digital Matte Painting for Feature Animation - Expression of Interest at DISNEY
Learn more about apply for the Generalist Artist - Digital Matte Painting for Feature Animation - Expression of Interest at DISNEY here.
jobs.disneycareers.com
November 26, 2025 at 5:02 AM
Are you ready, recruits? Industrial Light and Magic is currently searching for a Digital Matte Painter (Expression of Interest) working #Hybrid in #Vancouver. Interested? Visit the direct link below.
Looking for more opportunities? Bookmark cartoonrecruit.com for an ad-free animation job directory.
Looking for more opportunities? Bookmark cartoonrecruit.com for an ad-free animation job directory.
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Good news, recruits! Titmouse is currently searching for a Director (90s Anime) working #Remote in #NewYork City. Interested? Visit the direct link below.
Looking for more opportunities? Bookmark cartoonrecruit.com for an ad-free animation job directory.
Looking for more opportunities? Bookmark cartoonrecruit.com for an ad-free animation job directory.
Airtable | Everyone's app platform
Airtable is a low-code platform for building collaborative apps. Customize your workflow, collaborate, and achieve ambitious outcomes. Get started for free.
airtable.com
November 26, 2025 at 5:18 AM
Good news, recruits! Titmouse is currently searching for a Director (90s Anime) working #Remote in #NewYork City. Interested? Visit the direct link below.
Looking for more opportunities? Bookmark cartoonrecruit.com for an ad-free animation job directory.
Looking for more opportunities? Bookmark cartoonrecruit.com for an ad-free animation job directory.
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At ease, recruits! Titmouse is currently searching for a Character Designer (90s Anime) working #Remote in #NewYork City. Interested? Visit the direct link below.
Looking for more opportunities? Bookmark cartoonrecruit.com for an ad-free animation job directory.
Looking for more opportunities? Bookmark cartoonrecruit.com for an ad-free animation job directory.
Airtable | Everyone's app platform
Airtable is a low-code platform for building collaborative apps. Customize your workflow, collaborate, and achieve ambitious outcomes. Get started for free.
airtable.com
November 26, 2025 at 5:17 AM
At ease, recruits! Titmouse is currently searching for a Character Designer (90s Anime) working #Remote in #NewYork City. Interested? Visit the direct link below.
Looking for more opportunities? Bookmark cartoonrecruit.com for an ad-free animation job directory.
Looking for more opportunities? Bookmark cartoonrecruit.com for an ad-free animation job directory.
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stupid young people, stop buying a new phone every year if you don't want to be broke. wait no, not like that.
November 25, 2025 at 5:51 PM
stupid young people, stop buying a new phone every year if you don't want to be broke. wait no, not like that.
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This week Kidscreen asked their readers: “Is an AI animation festival a good idea?”
Cartoon Recruit Recap: Production Coordinator at Sony Pictures Animation
Attention recruits! And welcome to the Cartoon Recruit Recap, where we reflect on the past week across the animation industry. And highli...
blog.cartoonrecruit.com
November 24, 2025 at 5:56 PM
This week Kidscreen asked their readers: “Is an AI animation festival a good idea?”
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girl just play the Sims
November 23, 2025 at 6:09 AM
girl just play the Sims
I hate advertisements so I make advertisements which appeal to people who hate advertisements.
November 23, 2025 at 3:11 AM
I hate advertisements so I make advertisements which appeal to people who hate advertisements.
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Friends hold friends accountable and tell them they are in the wrong
That’s what friends do
That’s what friends do
November 22, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Friends hold friends accountable and tell them they are in the wrong
That’s what friends do
That’s what friends do
If only someone could have warned the New York Times that this would happen. www.npr.org/2023/02/15/1...
Two parents of a trans child discuss scrambling to support their daughter under the U.S. government's efforts to ban transgender care.
Listen to "The Daily."
Listen to "The Daily."
Parenting a Trans Kid in Trump’s America
An interview with two parents who are scrambling to support their daughter under the government’s efforts to ban transgender care.
nyti.ms
November 22, 2025 at 3:38 AM
If only someone could have warned the New York Times that this would happen. www.npr.org/2023/02/15/1...
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also adding to say for my under 18s. IF AN ADULT shows positive interest in you as a FRIEND and tells you things about their life/involves themselves in yours.
Also get out of there.
Predators in animation have utilized fan's interests to access and groom victims since forever
👏BOUNDRIES R GOOD👏
Also get out of there.
Predators in animation have utilized fan's interests to access and groom victims since forever
👏BOUNDRIES R GOOD👏
Hey.
Kindly reminder.
Content creators are not your friends just because you like their work. You do not know who we are.
This goes double for anyone under 18; be very careful about interacting with adults.
If any adult makes you feel uncomfortable, DO NOT ENGAGE THEM. RUN.
Kindly reminder.
Content creators are not your friends just because you like their work. You do not know who we are.
This goes double for anyone under 18; be very careful about interacting with adults.
If any adult makes you feel uncomfortable, DO NOT ENGAGE THEM. RUN.
November 21, 2025 at 5:21 PM
also adding to say for my under 18s. IF AN ADULT shows positive interest in you as a FRIEND and tells you things about their life/involves themselves in yours.
Also get out of there.
Predators in animation have utilized fan's interests to access and groom victims since forever
👏BOUNDRIES R GOOD👏
Also get out of there.
Predators in animation have utilized fan's interests to access and groom victims since forever
👏BOUNDRIES R GOOD👏
The framing is that either we are in an AI bubble or Silicon Valley discovers a technology that obsoletes all human labor forever.
After years of soaring optimism and colossal investment, Wall Street has started to seriously question whether the frenzy for A.I. is justified.
Listen to "The Daily."
Listen to "The Daily."
Is There an A.I. Bubble? And What if It Pops?
Silicon Valley companies are spending hundreds of billions of dollars in a huge bet on the technology.
nyti.ms
November 20, 2025 at 1:51 PM
The framing is that either we are in an AI bubble or Silicon Valley discovers a technology that obsoletes all human labor forever.
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clearly a child. however. oh no,
(clearly. if nothing else. their relatives haven't warned them about how to avoid being got by the fae which concerns me)
(clearly. if nothing else. their relatives haven't warned them about how to avoid being got by the fae which concerns me)
Turning into my father one "the problem is no one reads enough books these days" grumble at a time
November 20, 2025 at 3:32 AM
clearly a child. however. oh no,
(clearly. if nothing else. their relatives haven't warned them about how to avoid being got by the fae which concerns me)
(clearly. if nothing else. their relatives haven't warned them about how to avoid being got by the fae which concerns me)
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i love writing about crypto crime because these dudes do this constantly
![However, the brothers' Google search history in the weeks after the theft for phrases including "how to wash crypto”, “top crypto lawyers”, “wire fraud statute / wire fraud statue [sic] of limitations”, and “prison or jail worse” suggest that perhaps the brothers had some clue that their actions could be interpreted criminally, as do the brothers' own descriptions of their plan as “sus”.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:exrxvyu6bpoym6mbnctke5tn/bafkreicpwu5pjoddgp2ovmaka2kfu6d6uc7uijrld5a4hovz5qpaqlkk5u@jpeg)
November 20, 2025 at 3:19 AM
i love writing about crypto crime because these dudes do this constantly
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This is a great milestone to see for Mastodon, in evolving towards its new community-focused governance structure. I’m optimistic about what this portends for the platform and how its features & future evolve. (And it’s fun that I was there for the photo being taken!) techcrunch.com/2025/11/18/m...
Mastodon CEO steps down as the social network restructures | TechCrunch
Eugen Rochko is stepping down as CEO of decentralized social network Mastodon. Felix Hlatky will now become the Executive Director as the company become structured as a nonprofit government by a board...
techcrunch.com
November 18, 2025 at 3:58 PM
This is a great milestone to see for Mastodon, in evolving towards its new community-focused governance structure. I’m optimistic about what this portends for the platform and how its features & future evolve. (And it’s fun that I was there for the photo being taken!) techcrunch.com/2025/11/18/m...
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Archaeologist here. For 99.5% of human history (ca 300-400,000 years), we were peaceful (no war). There was conflict and smaller scale violence, but countless studies on the 119 known modern hunter gatherer groups show cooperation, negotiation, and peace instead of conflict. Please read books.
Revenge/physical combat was how people settled things for literally millions of years, it's normal human behavior, we're wolves not sheep, the government project trying to social engineer us and domesticate us into sheep has been unsuccessful
November 17, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Archaeologist here. For 99.5% of human history (ca 300-400,000 years), we were peaceful (no war). There was conflict and smaller scale violence, but countless studies on the 119 known modern hunter gatherer groups show cooperation, negotiation, and peace instead of conflict. Please read books.
The reason why anime is so successful is because Japan has multiple monthly comics anthologies clearly directed at different audiences.
Anyone have a particularly hot comic take?
November 17, 2025 at 10:10 PM
The reason why anime is so successful is because Japan has multiple monthly comics anthologies clearly directed at different audiences.
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Many comics look great but are badly written, or about fuck all. I own so many books like this. At the same time, if the story is real whatever, but the art is so entertaining, I can forgive it. Sometimes the way something is drawn can make you think more than how the story it’s set in reads.
Anyone have a particularly hot comic take?
November 17, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Many comics look great but are badly written, or about fuck all. I own so many books like this. At the same time, if the story is real whatever, but the art is so entertaining, I can forgive it. Sometimes the way something is drawn can make you think more than how the story it’s set in reads.
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These articles always depend on a bizarre Schroedinger's Seattle: The city is falling apart due to progressive overreach but we should have re-elected the conservative non-socialist who has been in charge for the last four years.
November 17, 2025 at 2:28 PM
These articles always depend on a bizarre Schroedinger's Seattle: The city is falling apart due to progressive overreach but we should have re-elected the conservative non-socialist who has been in charge for the last four years.
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typical bluesky user
November 16, 2025 at 7:01 PM
typical bluesky user
As someone who loves computers it's really frustrating to see that every new gadget is either
a) TV that spies on everything you watch
b) necklace that picks up other people's conversations on the subway
c) your refrigerator but with ads
a) TV that spies on everything you watch
b) necklace that picks up other people's conversations on the subway
c) your refrigerator but with ads
Every new piece of technology seems designed to invade what little privacy I have left so my life can be sold to private businesses and the surveillance state while also demanding a monthly payment.
November 16, 2025 at 6:13 PM
As someone who loves computers it's really frustrating to see that every new gadget is either
a) TV that spies on everything you watch
b) necklace that picks up other people's conversations on the subway
c) your refrigerator but with ads
a) TV that spies on everything you watch
b) necklace that picks up other people's conversations on the subway
c) your refrigerator but with ads
I saw someone on LinkedIn share a clip of a 3D immersive living room setup, and immersive 3D video is such a different medium to film that I don't think it should be called film.
November 16, 2025 at 6:03 AM
I saw someone on LinkedIn share a clip of a 3D immersive living room setup, and immersive 3D video is such a different medium to film that I don't think it should be called film.
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Working in animation for almost 20 years has driven into me a deep respect for shows like Sailor Moon that redress their characters in new outfits every episode and they’re usually used to interesting visual effect.
November 16, 2025 at 2:30 AM
Working in animation for almost 20 years has driven into me a deep respect for shows like Sailor Moon that redress their characters in new outfits every episode and they’re usually used to interesting visual effect.
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It is very funny that this Pope is just going to get jerseys from now on. Everyone decided that's what this Pope likes and that is it. It's like if your grandmother got you a puzzle for Christmas one year and you said you liked it so your entire extended family is like "oh that's the puzzle kid"
Spike Lee just blessed Pope Leo with a custom Knicks jersey during his visit to the Vatican, just one week after the Pope was gifted a custom Chicago Bulls one.
Spike Lee Blesses Pope Leo with Knicks Jersey
Spike Lee just blessed Pope Leo with a custom Knicks jersey during his visit to the Vatican, just one week after the Pope was gifted a custom Chicago Bulls one.
www.vulture.com
November 16, 2025 at 3:07 AM
It is very funny that this Pope is just going to get jerseys from now on. Everyone decided that's what this Pope likes and that is it. It's like if your grandmother got you a puzzle for Christmas one year and you said you liked it so your entire extended family is like "oh that's the puzzle kid"