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Alexandra Gallant-Lee @alexandragallant.com · 9h

MICE (Massachusetts Independent Comics Expo) needs volunteers! If you're around Boston and love comics and want to help out in December, you can get more info here (and sign up to volunteer!) www.micexpo.org/volunteer

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The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 1h

Things are happening at Portland's ICE facility tonight.

Read more of our protest coverage here: www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/1...

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BlackJew 🏳️‍⚧️ @blackjew.bsky.social · 4h

I put my lactaid in a Pez dispenser, thanks someone on Insta's idea. It makes it fun and I am always excited to take the lactaid so I remember to take it.

Picture of Care Bear Pez dispenser in hand and Lactaid packets

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Lia Pas @liapas.bsky.social · 3h

A gown for the Moonlight Queen

Kate Strasdin @katestrasdin.bsky.social · 7h

Such languor infuses this late #1930s court presentation gown. It was designed by Madeleine Vionnet & worn by Ms Potter Palmer. I imagine her gliding towards the monarch for her presentation dropping a slow curtsey & drifting off in search of a martini @chicagomuseum.bsky.social #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡

Side view of a silver grey chiffon sleeveless evening dress with silver embellishment at the wait and shoulders and a long train

Detail of the back of the silver grey chiffon dress showing the silver embellishment along the shoulder straps

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Jodie Troutman @longtalljodie.com · 6h

Independent comics as an industry would barely exist these days without the tireless efforts of Kickstarter's staff behind the scenes. As they advise, keep supporting all the amazing projects you already are, but have their back in the process.

Kickstarter United @kickstarterunited.org · 7d

‼️🚨KICKSTARTER WORKERS ARE ON STRIKE🚨‼️

As of 8am this morning, the workers of Kickstarter United/OPEIU Local 153 are on strike.

WE ARE NOT ASKING FOR A BOYCOTT! Creators and allies, please continue using and supporting the platform.

Kickstarter United is on strike!
We are not asking for a boycott! Creators & Allies: Please continue to support & use the platform
swipe for ways to show your solidarity

Why We're Striking
A codified 4-day work week.
We simply want to protect the way we've been working for over 3.5 years. The 4dww has proven benefits, such as increased productivity and improved employee satisfaction. It's part of what makes Kickstarter a special, innovative place to work.
Fair pay for our lowest-paid workers.
We're fighting for livable minimum salaries for roles that are undervalued by the market but crucial to keeping Kickstarter running. We believe none of our workers should struggle to make ends meet.

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Linette🌻 @ohtiniestplanet.bsky.social · 7h

I haven't volunteered since they were at the university but MICE has always been a well-run show, worthy of your effort

Alexandra Gallant-Lee @alexandragallant.com · 9h

MICE (Massachusetts Independent Comics Expo) needs volunteers! If you're around Boston and love comics and want to help out in December, you can get more info here (and sign up to volunteer!) www.micexpo.org/volunteer

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Alexandra Gallant-Lee @alexandragallant.com · 7h

I keep seeing plastic spreading knives, which I don't really like, so I just use the back of a spoon for buttering toast, it works better than a butter knife for me, I forget where I even saw to do it, but once I did I was like 'ohhh snap'

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Emily C. Hughes @emilyhughes.bsky.social · 10h

periodic reminder that if you write stuff that's published on the web for a publication you yourself do not own, PDF that shit as soon as it goes live

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Linette🌻 @ohtiniestplanet.bsky.social · 1d

dark

gouache landscape painting of rain clouds, lights and trees

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Alexandra Gallant-Lee @alexandragallant.com · 3d

Less than two weeks away, the Watertown Zine Fest!!! Saturday October 18th from 11AM-4PM at the Watertown Free Public Library, I'll be there with Frogby, I hope you can make it!

5th Annual Watertown Zine Fest Saturday, October 18, 11am-4PM, the flyer artwork is a hand giving a high five (cause it's the 5th year of the zine fest!) and each of the fingers has a cute lil face

at the Watertown Free Public Library

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Alexandra Gallant-Lee @alexandragallant.com · 8h

there really is, it's a magical little glow, gorgeous photo!

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Sophie Carr @sophiecarr.bsky.social · 8h

There's something about backlit leaves. One from the local woodland a couple of weeks ago.

#Berko #localPhotography #ChilternHills #HockeridgeWoods #CanonR6II #WoodlandPhotography

Some backlit beech leaves illuminated by some rays of afternoon sunshine coming through between long dark tree trunks.

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Nico Mara-McKay 🦇 (they/iel) @nicomaramckay.com · 1d

Canadians: The federal government is seeking public input on how AI should be developed and used in business, research, and the military.

If this scares the shit out of you, please let them know:

Help define the next chapter of Canada's AI leadership

Current status: Open from October 1 to October 31, 2025 Canada helped invent modern AI. To stay a leader—and protect our digital sovereignty—we're running a 30-day national sprint to shape a renewed...

ised-isde.canada.ca

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Tanya. @tanyaduncan.bsky.social · 1d

A shame I can’t get this on 42” wide fabric

You can take the woman out of the quilt shop, but she just goes home to her own studio that happens to be attached to her home

Alexandra Gallant-Lee @alexandragallant.com · 1d

A sneak peek at some art from my upcoming comic about BRAINS 🧠

abstract illustration of consciousness - neurons floating in space, with interconnecting and branching tendrils and sparks

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Caroline M. Yoachim @carolinemyoachim.bsky.social · 9h

Photos from today's walk at the Seattle Japanese Garden (thread). I was quite taken with these red leaves, dangling by a bit of spiderweb in a way that made them look like they were falling.

#photography #PNW #autumn #FallColors #nature #red #31DaysOfHalloween #SeattleJapaneseGarden

Closeup of half a dozen red maple leaves, suspended mid-air by (near-invisible) spider web threads in a vertical line such that it looks almost like a composite image of a leaf tumbling down from the tree, twirling as it falls. Dark greenery blurry in the background.

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Alexandra Gallant-Lee @alexandragallant.com · 9h

MICE (Massachusetts Independent Comics Expo) needs volunteers! If you're around Boston and love comics and want to help out in December, you can get more info here (and sign up to volunteer!) www.micexpo.org/volunteer

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Brian Carroll @classicbri.bsky.social · 9h

Every time I think I want to draw more realistically, I draw out a page of Garfields from memory and that fixes me.

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Alexandra Gallant-Lee @alexandragallant.com · 9h

Got the flu/COVID at the same time, went home and slept for four hours straight, bit of arm pain, and then just very, very tired for like 4 days.

Last time I had horrendous chills and aches so I could tell when it was over, this was actually kind of more annoying bc it was just a 'general malaise'

Alexandra Gallant-Lee @alexandragallant.com · 10h

Thank you!!

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Kathleen 🌲 @mossgatherer.bsky.social · 10h

Beautiful!

Alexandra Gallant-Lee @alexandragallant.com · 1d

A sneak peek at some art from my upcoming comic about BRAINS 🧠

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Alexandra Gallant-Lee @alexandragallant.com · 10h

There are so many places that don't realize they've just got these PDFs hanging out there, usually uploaded to a Wordpress website, but not linked anywhere, but still searchable, you just have to know what to search for...

you get decks, contracts, RFPs, so many things

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Alexandra Gallant-Lee @alexandragallant.com · 12h

Try it with Deloitte, too.

I bet if I made a list of all of the universities in the US pushing AI, there'd be a big overlap with these management consulting companies.

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Alexandra Gallant-Lee @alexandragallant.com · 13h

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A sneak peek at some art from my upcoming comic about BRAINS 🧠

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Alexandra Gallant-Lee @alexandragallant.com · 1d

A sneak peek at some art from my upcoming comic about BRAINS 🧠

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Alexandra Gallant-Lee @alexandragallant.com · 15h

Many of the newer phones are able to be dropped and submerged for a second and still work (Getting rid of the headphone jack helped with that, I think) - so you should probably be fine.

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