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Alisa

@alisa-shea.bsky.social
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Watercolor photorealist, bulldog enthusiast, reluctant Long Islander, fearful avoidant alisashea.com

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Alisa @alisa-shea.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
Damn. Just watched Nuremberg and it was... relevant.
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
This is so well done. 👌
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Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 29/03/2026
If we want people to eat "healthier," we have to make it easier to find joy in things other than food. Like, by guaranteeing paid time off, increasing wages to reduce overwork, lowering housing costs to reduce commutes, and providing healthcare to ensure that bodies/minds are strong enough for fun.
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Alisa @alisa-shea.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
I think Syracuse should give my accepted student more money now because they've hurt my artist feelings 😉
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Alisa @alisa-shea.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
Marco looks like he might be going through some internal shit and I love that for him
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Alisa @alisa-shea.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
Will this painting ever become irrelevant? Please? "Tired of Winning," 18x24 inches, watercolor on paper by Alisa Shea, 2019
Photorealistic watercolor painting showing a gold trophy, upside down, on a wrinkled white pillow and a red, white, and blue plaid quilt
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Alisa @alisa-shea.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
My latest. "Coming Unraveled," 13x20ish inches, #watercolor on paper
Watercolor still life painting of several knitting samples all unraveling, by artist Alisa Shea
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Adam Bonica @adambonica.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
If there's one empirical insight I'd want everyone to understand about American politics, it's this: America's problems are solved problems. Just not here. What would change if the US simply matched the average of 31 peer democracies? Not Denmark or Norway. Just the middle of the pack. 🧵
Screenshot of a data visualization titled “The Cost of American Exceptionalism,” subtitled “What would change if the U.S. matched the OECD average?” The page explains that each card shows how outcomes would change if the U.S. matched the average of 31 peer democracies. Below, a section labeled “Economy & Inequality” displays eight cards comparing U.S. figures to OECD averages. Highlights include: +$19K per household per year in redistributed income and +$96K in redistributed wealth if the top 1% matched OECD shares; a 71% lower CEO-to-worker pay ratio (from 354× to 101×); 50 million more workers with union coverage; 26 million more people with health insurance; $2.1 trillion saved annually in healthcare spending; $691 less per person per year in prescription drug costs; and intergenerational economic mobility being twice as high. Each card shows the U.S. value alongside the OECD average.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 18/01/2026
Pew Research Institute (2023): • Red State Texas has about 2.1 million undocumented immigrants • Red State Florida has 1.6 M undocumented immigrants • Blue State Minnesota has 130,000. And yet only Minnesota is being occupied by masked thugs over "immigration." It's *not* about immigration.
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Alisa @alisa-shea.bsky.social · 11/01/2026
Current watercolor work in progress... because everything is coming undone
An unfinished watercolor painting in progress depicting several different knitted pieces all coming apart
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Alisa @alisa-shea.bsky.social · 11/01/2026
Never paint fucking marbles
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Jessica Valenti @jessicavalenti.bsky.social · 10/01/2026
How many women have died with “fucking bitch” ringing in their ears? Don’t let the misogyny get erased here
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Alisa @alisa-shea.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
Holy shit. This Kennedy Center speech is the worst I've ever seen him. It is CRIMINAL that people in government are watching this and not coming away saying this guy is completely incapacitated by dementia. This is shockingly bad, even by his standards
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Alisa @alisa-shea.bsky.social · 01/01/2026
I would have liked Sinners without the vampires
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Alisa @alisa-shea.bsky.social · 26/12/2025
Bulldog with bells on
Image of a white bulldog wearing a red and white velvet collar with big ole bells on it, standing in front of a Christmas tree
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Alisa @alisa-shea.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
He is on mad stimulants
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Alisa @alisa-shea.bsky.social · 06/12/2025
Pleased to have received an honorable mention in Artist's Magazine's 42nd annual art competition, shown here in the Jan/Feb 2026 issue
Photo of a page from Artist's Magazine Jan/Feb 2026 issue showing an honorable mention watercolor painting by Alisa Shea
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Alisa @alisa-shea.bsky.social · 27/11/2025
Second place? This is bullshit
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Alisa @alisa-shea.bsky.social · 27/11/2025
You've just died. The 6th picture in your phone gallery is what killed you. Wow. This is... disturbingly appropriate? Or the opposite. I'm not even sure
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Alisa @alisa-shea.bsky.social · 18/10/2025
👊👊👊
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Alisa @alisa-shea.bsky.social · 18/10/2025
#NoKings Huntington, NY
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Alisa @alisa-shea.bsky.social · 18/10/2025
#NoKings Huntington, NY
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Alisa @alisa-shea.bsky.social · 18/10/2025
#NoKings Huntington, NY
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Alisa @alisa-shea.bsky.social · 18/10/2025
#NoKings Huntington, Long Island NY
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Alisa @alisa-shea.bsky.social · 18/10/2025
For tomorrow #nokings
Protest poster showing a stylized punching fist and two patriotically colored snow cones with the words, "I like my ice crushed"
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Alisa @alisa-shea.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
Current watercolor work in progress (cropped) and social commentary :/
An incomplete watercolor still life painting of several knitting projects, all of which are unraveling
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Andrea Junker @strandjunker.com · 04/10/2025
“Terrible things are happening outside. Poor helpless people are being dragged out of their homes. Families are torn apart. Men, women, and children are separated. Children come home from school to find that their parents have disappeared.” Diary of Anne Frank January 13, 1943
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Alisa @alisa-shea.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
Dogs and cats living together--mass hysteria Is this the upside down?
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Alisa @alisa-shea.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
What the fuck is this propaganda bullshit festival I'm watching right now?!??
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Alexandra Petri @petridishes.bsky.social · 22/06/2025
it’s even more demoralizing when the history you’re repeating is history you were around for the first time
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Alisa @alisa-shea.bsky.social · 14/06/2025
No Kings NYC, even in the pouring
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Alisa @alisa-shea.bsky.social · 14/06/2025
No Kings NYC
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Alisa @alisa-shea.bsky.social · 14/06/2025
No Kings NYC
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Alisa @alisa-shea.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
The second sign is done now
A protest sign that shows an eagle kicking an orange with a crown. The text says, "NO!"
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Alisa @alisa-shea.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
Trading the watercolors today for some protest poster work instead #nokings
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kate conger @kateconger.com · 05/06/2025
Here it is: Musk thinks he is owed a say in Trump’s policy because of how much he spent on the campaign.
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Peter Gleick @petergleick.bsky.social · 31/05/2025
There are 2 previous historical cases of countries destroying their science and universities, crippling them for decades: Lysenkoism in the USSR and Nazi Germany. The Trump administration will be the 3rd. It's not just budgets but research, institutions, expertise, and training the next generation.
Graphs showing 25 years of budgets for the National Institute of Health, NASA, and the NSF. In all cases, the proposed budget for next year is far, far below any year of the previous quarter century.
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Alisa @alisa-shea.bsky.social · 24/05/2025
Canceled my NYT subscription today
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Anna Kornbluh @annakornbluh.bsky.social · 18/05/2025
say it again: 4 million people work in higher ed, the largest employer in 10 states, second largest employer in 10 more, and in 60 of the 100 biggest cities ROI for NIH and NSF for local economies is conservatively 4x, often close to 10x demolishing higher education is economic sabotage
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Alisa @alisa-shea.bsky.social · 05/05/2025
Just finished. "This Is Why We Can't Have Nice Things," 16 x 20 inches, watercolor on paper My first painting since the election. This is the only subject that seemed to reflect how I'm feeling + the current state of affairs
This image is a photorealistic still life painting of rotting fruit, painted using transparent watercolors on paper. The fruit includes wrinkled pears, shriveled black grapes, a spotty brown banana, and a sliced open pomegranate past its prime. The fruit is on a scalloped glass platter, but the background is just plywood
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Alisa @alisa-shea.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
What. The. Fuck.
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Court💕 Cross @clholly.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
With the SAVE act passing through the house I would like to remind everyone that it took the Taliban only 3 years to ban women from speaking #waronwomen #SAVEact
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
Republicans in Congress can end this any time
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Alisa @alisa-shea.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
I guarantee this idiot is citing a grant that uses transGENIC mice, but is far too stupid and learning averse to ever realize what that means www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK231...
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Genetically Altered Mice: A Revolutionary Research Resource
“Important as transgenic mice are, they are really the tip of the iceberg when compared with what we are going to see in the next few years.”–Janet Rossant
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Alisa @alisa-shea.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
I painted this watercolor in 2019, "Tired of Winning" I can't believe it's still so relevant
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Alisa @alisa-shea.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
I have never been so ashamed to be an American
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