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Jennifer Laughran @literaticat.bsky.social · 17/01/2025

Love books? Looking for an entry-level job in Children's Publishing? Live in the NY area? Our friends at Bloomsbury are hiring an Editorial Assistant! Here’s the link to the position: recruiting.paylocity.com/Recruiting/J...

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Alexander Vidal @alexandervidal.bsky.social · 14/01/2025

They discontinued my signature fragrance, and I've become fixated on finding a replacement. I think it's perhaps a symptom of my mental state going into 2025.

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Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 07/01/2025

the only phrase dems need for the next 4 years is “how does this lower egg prices” and i havent seen it once

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Alexander Vidal @alexandervidal.bsky.social · 06/01/2025

I hate how many companies keep forcing AI on their users, coming up with ways to use it that reflect no one’s needs or desires.

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Alexander Vidal @alexandervidal.bsky.social · 26/12/2024

AI is like a life saving vaccine is not a take I expected to see when I logged in on this day

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Alexander Vidal @alexandervidal.bsky.social · 24/12/2024

“You’ll be visited by three spirits.” The three spirits:

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Alexander Vidal @alexandervidal.bsky.social · 19/12/2024

Why aren’t we hearing this from every Democrat in office?

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Alexander Vidal @alexandervidal.bsky.social · 11/12/2024

Always ready to celebrate these beasts.

An illustrated chart showing different species that live in the Mississippi River and its tributaries: catfish, a siren, alligator snapping turtle, American eel, soft shell turtle, bowfin, paddlefish, sturgeon, and a giant alligator gar.

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freecialis @freecialis.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

this is so perfect youve gotta think it was intentional

One former Cigna executive recalled how the US health insurer used to frequently face threats when claims were denied. “We’d have times when you’d deny proton laser therapy for a kid with seizures and the parent would freak out,” said the former executive.

Another industry executive said: “What’s most disturbing is the ability of people to hide behind their keyboards and lose their humanity.”

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Alexander Vidal @alexandervidal.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

Incredible tour of the Los Angeles Central Library this morning.

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Alexander Vidal @alexandervidal.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

I’m really burning through the Hitchcock movies currently on the Criterion Channel.

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Alexander Vidal @alexandervidal.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

This year is the Audubon Society’s 125th annual Christmas Bird Count, an event in which naturalists throughout the western hemisphere head out to check on how our birds are doing. I was very honored to be asked to create the artwork to celebrate this very special anniversary. #sciart #kidlitart

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Alexander Vidal @alexandervidal.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

Two of my favorite autumn spreads from my book Wilds of the United States, from Chronicle.

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Alexander Vidal @alexandervidal.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

I think if I could travel in time to see any extinct animal alive in its natural habitat, it would maybe be the woolly rhinoceros.

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Alexander Vidal @alexandervidal.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

I’ll be honest and say that in 2016 I felt inspired as a picture book author and illustrator to create work that addressed the existential threats facing our country— and this time, I’m struggling to find that energy.

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Alexander Vidal @alexandervidal.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

Birds of a feather. A distinctly Los Angeles flock of birds, part of a set of graphics for the new Commons building opening this weekend at @nhmla.bsky.social

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Alexander Vidal @alexandervidal.bsky.social · 14/11/2024

First time in my studio* since the election.

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Soraya Nadia McDonald @soraya.press · 13/11/2024

The reason Elie Weisel said "no one is illegal" is because declaring people as "illegal" is an early step to creating a permission structure for mass dehumanization and genocide. That's why it matters. We are in the business of words. Accuracy matters in the word business. Intent and context matter

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Alexander Vidal @alexandervidal.bsky.social · 13/11/2024

Still one of my favorite beasts. A rhino covered in oxpeckers from “Just You and Me”, a book about symbiotic relationships from Beach Lane Books. #kidlit #kidlitart #sciart

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Alexander Vidal @alexandervidal.bsky.social · 12/11/2024

Some wild looks in the Ida Lupino movies currently on Criterion Collection.

A black and white still of Ida Lupino from the film “The Man I Love”, wearing a dress with massive cuffs and three belts and different sections of her waist.

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Alexander Vidal @alexandervidal.bsky.social · 12/11/2024

Another illustration created for the Cal Academy’s State of Nature exhibit. They had different illustrators for each of the California ecosystems: ocean, mountain, desert. Last year we started living part time in Joshua Tree, so I loved getting to represent the Mojave Desert in the exhibit. #sciart

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Alexander Vidal @alexandervidal.bsky.social · 11/11/2024

Somehow our tv reset in a way that means when it turns on it goes automatically to a channel that ONLY shows episodes of Project Runway, and honestly I really miss this deranged show.

A model walks down the runway wearing an insane dress made of party supplies

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 10/11/2024

looks like the cable news anchors are finally asking minor questions like “what does a mass deportation actually look like” and “are you going to deport citizen children?”

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Alexander Vidal @alexandervidal.bsky.social · 11/11/2024

I have a silly little book about the border coming out in 2026… and it’s a very strange feeling to wish your work were not so relevant to current events?

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Alexander Vidal @alexandervidal.bsky.social · 11/11/2024

Some semi-recent work: desert wildflowers, for the State of Nature Exhibit at the Cal Academy of Sciences. #illustration

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Alexander Vidal @alexandervidal.bsky.social · 11/11/2024

There’s so much to be upset about right now, but a small part of it is that I was just hoping I would not have to see JD Vance’s face ever again.

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Alexander Vidal @alexandervidal.bsky.social · 11/11/2024

Some new work being installed at the Natural History Museum LA. #illustration #kidlitart

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Alexander Vidal @alexandervidal.bsky.social · 11/11/2024

Here to cure my Twitter addiction.

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