Alina Pete
@alinapete.bsky.social
(They/them) Award-winning Indigenous (nehiyaw) cartoonist & writer. Editor Indiginerds, CFFT: North America, Life Finds A Way, creator of Weregeek
Pets: Nutmeg, Merry & Pippin, Pico
Portfolio: https://www.alina-pete.com/
https://linktr.ee/alinapete
Pets: Nutmeg, Merry & Pippin, Pico
Portfolio: https://www.alina-pete.com/
https://linktr.ee/alinapete
Just had a cup of chai so good I could feel it all the way down to my soul
November 25, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Just had a cup of chai so good I could feel it all the way down to my soul
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November 25, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Pico is not a fan of Death Stranding
He doesn't mind when I'm walking around, but as soon as something scary happens, he flies across the room and makes alarm calls at the computer until I calm him down
He doesn't mind when I'm walking around, but as soon as something scary happens, he flies across the room and makes alarm calls at the computer until I calm him down
November 25, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Pico is not a fan of Death Stranding
He doesn't mind when I'm walking around, but as soon as something scary happens, he flies across the room and makes alarm calls at the computer until I calm him down
He doesn't mind when I'm walking around, but as soon as something scary happens, he flies across the room and makes alarm calls at the computer until I calm him down
My birds are so enthusiastically glad that I'm home I'd need about four more hands just to keep up with the amount of snuggles they demand right now
November 25, 2025 at 6:34 PM
My birds are so enthusiastically glad that I'm home I'd need about four more hands just to keep up with the amount of snuggles they demand right now
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It's weird to not only have lived through an information revolution but also now living through its undoing, all within less than a generation.
Google at its peak was basically the best information retrieval system in human history and they and every competitor decided going from there to “you didn’t want answers you wanted half-assed auto-complete 80%-wrong hallucinations” in a few years was the right idea
November 25, 2025 at 12:19 PM
It's weird to not only have lived through an information revolution but also now living through its undoing, all within less than a generation.
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In case you’re wondering what’s contributing to inflation in 🇨🇦: corporate profits after tax now almost *3 1/2* times greater than just before the pandemic (2020 Q1).
Corporate profits before taxes in Canada hit a new peak in the 3rd quarter, rising 7.6% from the 2nd quarter, StatCan reported yesterday. The previous pre-tax peak was in 2022 Q2. Telecomm profits jumped an extraordinary $10.4 billion but these were mostly one-time non-operational gains. #cdnecon
November 25, 2025 at 3:55 PM
In case you’re wondering what’s contributing to inflation in 🇨🇦: corporate profits after tax now almost *3 1/2* times greater than just before the pandemic (2020 Q1).
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the appetite for comics has literally never been greater, the profile has never been higher, and the talent has never been as varied and as interesting and we still don't pay people what their labor is worth!
"Let’s say 20 years ago the rate for a page of pencils was $150. People still get paid that."
My work is largely in the book market, buuuut yeah.
BOOM! recently reached out to offer an IP gig with the following rates:
script $50/page, pencils&inks $150/pg, colors $50/pg
My work is largely in the book market, buuuut yeah.
BOOM! recently reached out to offer an IP gig with the following rates:
script $50/page, pencils&inks $150/pg, colors $50/pg
The one about comic book page rates – again. News flash: Comic book page rates are STILL stagnant, after all these years, and for indie cartoonists it's even harder
November 25, 2025 at 4:52 PM
the appetite for comics has literally never been greater, the profile has never been higher, and the talent has never been as varied and as interesting and we still don't pay people what their labor is worth!
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95% of authors are not making a living through book publishing. The public needs to understand this.
November 25, 2025 at 2:24 AM
95% of authors are not making a living through book publishing. The public needs to understand this.
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As an author, I don't make a whole lot of money, but at the same time I need to read a lot of books to stay aware of trends and support my fellow authors. Obviously if I spend all my profits on other people's books, I'm not coming out ahead!
So: ways to read lots of indie books for cheap.
So: ways to read lots of indie books for cheap.
November 25, 2025 at 1:18 AM
As an author, I don't make a whole lot of money, but at the same time I need to read a lot of books to stay aware of trends and support my fellow authors. Obviously if I spend all my profits on other people's books, I'm not coming out ahead!
So: ways to read lots of indie books for cheap.
So: ways to read lots of indie books for cheap.
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Unsolicited artist advice of the day: if you're a freelancer with no back up devices or storage, remember to pick a few things up in the black Friday sales. Even a pen drive to back up your projects so if you have a catastrophic hard drive failure you wont lose everything..learn from my mistakes. 😅
November 24, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Unsolicited artist advice of the day: if you're a freelancer with no back up devices or storage, remember to pick a few things up in the black Friday sales. Even a pen drive to back up your projects so if you have a catastrophic hard drive failure you wont lose everything..learn from my mistakes. 😅
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I talked to Joan Donovan about Twitter's very old foreign influence problem, which was unmasked in the funniest possible way over the weekend: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Twitter's foreign influence problem is nothing new
The platform's just-debuted geolocation tool illuminates a disturbing and persistent issue.
www.motherjones.com
November 24, 2025 at 8:11 PM
I talked to Joan Donovan about Twitter's very old foreign influence problem, which was unmasked in the funniest possible way over the weekend: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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If you like an author's work, the best thing you can do is buy it. The second best thing you can do is ask your local library to buy it. Or, do both!
A reminder that the median book deal for a debut author in the UK is £7000, paid over 12-18 months. (from 2022 Society of Authors report). Some of your favourite writers are struggling. societyofauthors.org/2022/12/06/a....
A profession struggling to sustain itself - The Society of Authors
ALCS report on author incomes shows 60% drop in median incomes since 2006
societyofauthors.org
November 24, 2025 at 5:39 PM
If you like an author's work, the best thing you can do is buy it. The second best thing you can do is ask your local library to buy it. Or, do both!
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Seal dragon gathering reeds for her little nest 🌥️
November 24, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Seal dragon gathering reeds for her little nest 🌥️
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This is nazi shit
November 23, 2025 at 11:55 PM
This is nazi shit
Ordered a Philly Cheesesteak in honor of Anthony Bourdain and got the most Philly response possible:
"a Philly-fucking-cheesesteak, christ. I sling these fuckin things all day and never eat 'em. But whatever. Your funeral."
"a Philly-fucking-cheesesteak, christ. I sling these fuckin things all day and never eat 'em. But whatever. Your funeral."
November 24, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Ordered a Philly Cheesesteak in honor of Anthony Bourdain and got the most Philly response possible:
"a Philly-fucking-cheesesteak, christ. I sling these fuckin things all day and never eat 'em. But whatever. Your funeral."
"a Philly-fucking-cheesesteak, christ. I sling these fuckin things all day and never eat 'em. But whatever. Your funeral."
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Canada is releasing a set of stamps celebrating the nation's graphic novelists.
These stamps feature Kate Beaton, Jimmy Beaulieu, Guy Delisle, Julie Doucet, Bryan Lee O’Malley and Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas, alongside some of their famous works.
These stamps feature Kate Beaton, Jimmy Beaulieu, Guy Delisle, Julie Doucet, Bryan Lee O’Malley and Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas, alongside some of their famous works.
November 21, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Canada is releasing a set of stamps celebrating the nation's graphic novelists.
These stamps feature Kate Beaton, Jimmy Beaulieu, Guy Delisle, Julie Doucet, Bryan Lee O’Malley and Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas, alongside some of their famous works.
These stamps feature Kate Beaton, Jimmy Beaulieu, Guy Delisle, Julie Doucet, Bryan Lee O’Malley and Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas, alongside some of their famous works.
If you are very smart, you will order yourself a BUNCH of food day 2 of the con so you can come home, tired and hungry and sore after teardown and fall upon those leftovers like a wolverine
November 24, 2025 at 3:56 AM
If you are very smart, you will order yourself a BUNCH of food day 2 of the con so you can come home, tired and hungry and sore after teardown and fall upon those leftovers like a wolverine
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sometimes when I'm feeling down I'll think about how angry billionaires probably are that they still have to sit on a toilet and shit like the rest of us and thy will never be able to outsource that to a poor person
November 24, 2025 at 3:34 AM
sometimes when I'm feeling down I'll think about how angry billionaires probably are that they still have to sit on a toilet and shit like the rest of us and thy will never be able to outsource that to a poor person
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Write. You have an entire universe between your ears
Writing fiction is good for the soul.
November 24, 2025 at 12:53 AM
Write. You have an entire universe between your ears
A person just walked by with the same hair, pronouns and aesthetic as me except they were over 6ft tall and, having seen the alternate reality where I was tall, I can see why Alina Prime is a smol
November 23, 2025 at 8:07 PM
A person just walked by with the same hair, pronouns and aesthetic as me except they were over 6ft tall and, having seen the alternate reality where I was tall, I can see why Alina Prime is a smol
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The second story in this episode of Unreserved is about a trans woman Indigenous poet who writes about growing up in the foster system. Powerful, short interview. The rest of the episode is about what it means to be Indigenous, in academia, as a Two-Spirit person, & more
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November 23, 2025 at 7:24 PM
The second story in this episode of Unreserved is about a trans woman Indigenous poet who writes about growing up in the foster system. Powerful, short interview. The rest of the episode is about what it means to be Indigenous, in academia, as a Two-Spirit person, & more
www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...
www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...
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I Indigenize it. I love gathering & eating with my in-laws, and as the only Native in their lives it's my responsibility to keep it relevant.
I make wojape with cranberries & choke cherries harvested by folx they love; we talk about how Thanksgiving food is Indigenous food & the first feast myth.
I make wojape with cranberries & choke cherries harvested by folx they love; we talk about how Thanksgiving food is Indigenous food & the first feast myth.
Actually in the spirit of this conversation, what’s a decision you made about a past Thanksgiving holiday that really paid off? I think people often feel trapped by their lives. Sharing our experiences can liberate us from that sense of claustrophobia.
On the most recent episode of VIBE CHECK, we answer listener questions about Thanksgiving, most importantly “do you go celebrate with the family members you don’t even like?”
November 23, 2025 at 7:11 PM
I Indigenize it. I love gathering & eating with my in-laws, and as the only Native in their lives it's my responsibility to keep it relevant.
I make wojape with cranberries & choke cherries harvested by folx they love; we talk about how Thanksgiving food is Indigenous food & the first feast myth.
I make wojape with cranberries & choke cherries harvested by folx they love; we talk about how Thanksgiving food is Indigenous food & the first feast myth.
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You all MUST READ this piece by Kaitlyn Greenidge about the power of art to “exist outside of a tech lord’s algorithm.”
www.harpersbazaar.com/culture/art-...
www.harpersbazaar.com/culture/art-...
The Artist Who Reminds Us that Another Way Is Possible
The late artist Abigail McGrath cultivated a creative life for herself filled with freedom, joy, and a commitment to beauty. In an age of authoritarianism and algorithms, it’s a kind of life worth pro...
www.harpersbazaar.com
November 23, 2025 at 6:09 PM
You all MUST READ this piece by Kaitlyn Greenidge about the power of art to “exist outside of a tech lord’s algorithm.”
www.harpersbazaar.com/culture/art-...
www.harpersbazaar.com/culture/art-...