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Diandra Mae

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🇵🇷-Texan Illustrator 🖌️✂️🎨 | lover of 📚 | She/Her | ✨this✨close to wandering off into the woods forever 🏕️ Team#ADHD, so no method to my madness. diandramae.com

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Diandra Mae @diandramae.com · 7d

Happy #KidLitArtPostcard Day!

I’m an author-illustrator who loves little spookies! You can see more of my work at diandramae.com.

I am actively seeking representation.
#kidlitart #kidlit #halloween #illustration

A trio of spooky pals walk with their treat buckets while kicking leaves on their way.

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Diandra Mae @diandramae.com · 9h

I was raised by a Catholic & a Baptist, so my religious upbringing is all over the place, but the only reason I understand Epiphany is bc Puerto Ricans celebrate Three Kings Day, so our Christmas celebrating didn’t really kick off until the 25th. Love reading your chaotic discovery threads, Bree. 😆

Diandra Mae @diandramae.com · 20h

I’ve been writing stuff down for the last couple of years, but I found this list recently. I know the biggest marker drs use is not having your cycle for 6 mos, so just be aware you might have to fight for treatment (as we always seem to have to) if that’s not the case yet.

nationalmenopausefoundation.org

Diandra Mae @diandramae.com · 1d

Oh yeah, me too. The random spikes and heart palpitations are sooo fun. 🫠

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Diandra Mae @diandramae.com · 1d

The inability to fall asleep because I’m roasting, and then randomly waking up at 3 or 4 and staying awake is going to do me in. 😩

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Jonathan W. Gray @elmcitytree.blacksky.app · 1d

Updated the Blackademics starter pack again (!) to include Vincent Brown, Imani Perry, the Harare Review of Books and others. Stay tuned for more developments coming soon....

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Diandra Mae @diandramae.com · 1d

Hahahahaha!

Diandra Mae @diandramae.com · 1d

Yeah, there’s currently 46 tabs waiting for me to get enough hyper focus to filter through and execute whatever action js needed for each one. 😅

Diandra Mae @diandramae.com · 1d

6-10 on any given day, EASILY.

Diandra Mae @diandramae.com · 1d

Just saw a video where someone bought an antique stove/oven and it has a pop up broiler with a griddle on the other side, and a recessed crockpot burner, all set into the stovetop. This would be one of my “If I won the lottery, there’d be signs” items. 😍

www.antiqueappliances.com/product/1950...

1950 Chambers - Antique Appliances

This unit is currently unrestored. Price is inclusive of the full restoration. Features: • 3 Burners • 1 Deep Well Burner • Griddle/Broiler • Oven • Storage • Work Light • Spice Rack Dimensio...

www.antiqueappliances.com

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Preeti Chhibber @runwithskizzers.bsky.social · 1d

SO bookshop.org is doing free shipping and you should buy some of my books from bookshop.org <3

bookshop.org/beta-search?...

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 2d

Your periodic reminder that you have the right to find out why your health insurer denied your claim.

We built a tool to help you do it: projects.propublica.org/claimfile/

Find Out Why Health Insurance Denied Your Claim

You likely have the right to access records that explain why your insurer denied your claim or prior authorization request. Use ProPublica’s free tool to generate a letter requesting your claim file f...

projects.propublica.org

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Jennifer Laughran @literaticat.bsky.social · 2d

And if you order from @bookshop.org today/tomorrow, there is free shipping on all orders! 😍

Bookshop.org @bookshop.org · 2d

Can’t decide what to buy on Prime Day?

Try: absolutely nothing, and then go support indie bookstores instead 📚

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Gina Perry @ginaperry.bsky.social · 2d

Psst. I’m hosting a #giveaway on my Instagram account. I’m ginaperry_books there. Highlights is sharing 3 copies of their new cozy hidden picture coloring book. Go check it out. If only because I drew 25 million fish for one page! 😂 #illustration #coloringbook #nature

Cover of a coloring and activity book. Highlights Hidden in Nature. A Cozy Hidden Pictures Coloring Book. Cover shows fall flowers and moths in shades of red, orange, and beige. Cover has spot gold treatment and a dark blue background.

Illustration of a dense school of fish around a sea turtle. Art by Gina Perry. Included in the book Hidden in Nature from Highlights.

A double page illustration of a tide pool that is a coloring page and a hidden picture. Art by Gina Perry from the Highlights book Hidden in Nature

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shing yin khor @shing.bsky.social · 2d

good comics criticism needs your funding!!! (also you can get some rad cards from me)

Tiffany Babb @explodingarrow.bsky.social · 4d

If you adored @shing.bsky.social's very cool print that was available during the last Courier campaign, you'll love the option to get actual cards created from that print + an interpretation guide created by Shing at our Tarot pledge level!

comicscourier.com

Orange graphic featuring three tarot cards that feature three creatures with multiple eyes. The cards read The Cartoonist, the Reader, and The Critic

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Annalee Newitz @annaleen.bsky.social · 2d

A lot of the apps on your phone are tracking your physical location and selling that information to other companies. Here's a fantastic explainer from @pcmag.com about 20 of the most common apps that spy on you. Service journalism at its finest. www.pcmag.com/explainers/t...

These 20 Apps Are Watching You—And You Probably Use Them Every Day

You might use these apps every day, but have no idea what they collect. These 20 apps are quietly harvesting your location, contacts, photos, and more—here's what you can do about it.

www.pcmag.com

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neongrey @neongrey.bsky.social · 3d

all discourse aside, there is one machine with consciousness. it's printers. they are alive and conscious and they hate you and they'd take your arm clean off if you let them. never trust a printer.

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John Wiswell @wiswell.bsky.social · 2d

I love that the Zoology department was integral to finding text about Merlin that was otherwise invisible to the human eye.

Rare Merlin and King Arthur text found hidden in binding of medieval book

The ‘extremely significant' text was hidden for centuries.

www.popsci.com

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Diandra Mae @diandramae.com · 2d

Oh, a skeleton is always welcome in my studio. Bony friends foreva. 💀🎨
#skeleton #artshare

A little skeleton messenger carrying a lantern delivers to a ghost waiting on a gravestone.

A trio of spooky pals, a skeleton, black cat, and pumpkin Jack, carry their treat bags down the sidewalk as they kick up leaves.

A smiling skeleton has a corona of bright yellow sunflower petals around its head.

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BAKER @fuckyoubaker.bsky.social · 3d

MONDAY.
SPITE AS FUEL.

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Mike Sowden @mikeachim.bsky.social · 3d

Damn. This is amazing. £325 per week, paid monthly, for 3 years - and the result was a profit for the Irish economy:
www.citizensinformation.ie/en/employmen...

Post from Threads user rodneyowl: "Ireland has declared the Basic Income for Artists scheme permanent. This will be officially announced in tomorrow’s budget. Details to follow. Congratulations to all who fought for it and the present and future artists of all sorts in Ireland. That includes me 👌We’re just comin to the end of a 3 year pilot scheme. It’s been a roaring success. For every €1 paid out to the 2000 participants, the government got €1.46 back. Can’t argue with that. Other countries are already taking note."

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Diandra Mae @diandramae.com · 3d

Every time I log on here, someone else has received a strike! They are losing their GD minds!

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Brian LaRossa @brianlarossa.com · 3d

Hey #kidlit illustrators! I'll be (virtually✨) presenting my “Design Can Make or Break Your Picture-Book-Dummy” talk to the Maryland chapter of @scbwi.bsky.social on November 3rd @ 7PM, and will also be offering portfolio/picture-dummy reviews.

Register today! 💙❤️

▶️▶️▶️ www.scbwi.org/events/MDDEW...

The open slide of my "Design Can Make or Break Your Picture-Book-Dummy" presentation:

1. Your Book
2. Your Layout
3. Your Typography
4. Your Art
5. Your Pitch

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Nina Crittenden @ninacrittenden.bsky.social · 3d

I just called my reps with @5calls.org, it's easy!: 5calls.org

5 Calls

Spend 5 minutes. Make 5 calls. Make your voice heard.

5calls.org

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Diandra Mae @diandramae.com · 3d

And I’m not exaggerating when I say the grief subplot of those books helped me process the loss of my brother. I’ll always be grateful to Terry for that.

Diandra Mae @diandramae.com · 3d

The Tiffany Aching books were my intro to Discworld. The emotional punches I experienced reading those books aloud to my daughter were some of the highest and also deepest I’ve ever read. It’s why I adore the series.

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