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Dora M. Mitchell @inkybeast.bsky.social · 20/05/2025

Thank you, Amelia! Fun to know it's finally out there in the wild :)

Dora M. Mitchell @inkybeast.bsky.social · 20/05/2025

I can hardly believe it, but after something like three years of work, THE PUZZLING FATE OF MILLICENT GRAVES is finally here! I'm so excited to share it with readers at last 😍@littlebrownyr.bsky.social bookshop.org/p/books/the-...

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The Puzzling Fate of Millicent Graves (a Graphic Novel)

Check out The Puzzling Fate of Millicent Graves (a Graphic Novel) - <b>Twelve-year-old Millicent Graves discovers she can alter the personalities of her friends and family with hilarious reality-warpi...

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Dora M. Mitchell @inkybeast.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

Look what I found waiting on my doorstep! I've lost track of how many years this book was in the making. And now it finally exists in the real world! If you've got a young reader that likes graphic novels & stories with lots of humor, magic, and unexpected twists, they're gonna love this one 😊🧩✨

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Dora M. Mitchell @inkybeast.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

Sorry, didn't see this earlier--I usually mention that when I share this article. I think it's still relevant bc: a. It's an analysis of the shady history of election machine companies, & it's all the same people today; 2. Obama did fix *some* of the issues in the HAVA act, but many are still there.

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Dora M. Mitchell @inkybeast.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

Unfortunately, our election systems are not secure. It's been demonstrated by cybersecurity experts, computer scientists, even the Mueller report concluded that Russia breached our systems in 2016. Dems tried to pass bills to mitigate some of the flaws, but Repubs blocked www.pbs.org/newshour/pol...

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Voting experts warn of 'serious threats' for 2024 from election equipment software breaches

The letter to the FBI, Attorney General Merrick Garland, special counsel Jack Smith and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency asks for a federal probe and a risk assessment of voting ma...

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Dora M. Mitchell @inkybeast.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

There are so many sources that explore how insecure our elections are that it's hard to even know where to begin. This article is good for historical context: harpers.org/archive/2012... There have been some changes since then but the players in the election machine space are all the same.

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How to Rig an Election, by Victoria Collier

The G.O.P. aims to paint the country red

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Dora M. Mitchell @inkybeast.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

People are going to tell you that exit polls matched the outcome. You may be interested to learn that exit polls are "adjusted" by the pollsters to match the outcomes. Raw exit polling data is hard to find. Thom Hartmann wrote about this here: hartmannreport.com/p/exit-polli...

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Exit Polling around the World

Your weekly excerpt from one of my books. This week: "The Hidden History of the War on Voting"

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Adam Cochran @adamscochran.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

1/31 Meet project "Good Old USA" the now unsealed DoJ file on the Russian influence in the US to sway opinion on the war in Ukraine. Something Trump has bought into hook-line and sinker. It was held under seal, because we got the literal playbook revealing their methods

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Dora M. Mitchell @inkybeast.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

Looking back, we should've been more suspicious of the way they'd say, "Save the children......for me!" and then snicker and high-five each other

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Dora M. Mitchell @inkybeast.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

Where are the "Save the Children" people? They'll be livid about this, right? Right?

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Denise Wheeler @denisedwheeler.bsky.social · 09/02/2025

The 50 all white states of America. That's the goal.

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Dora M. Mitchell @inkybeast.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

Ok, I'm gonna try this weird old thing we used to do called "sharing good news": My magic-and-mischief-packed graphic novel The Puzzling Fate of Millicent Graves is available for pre-order from Barnes & Noble--AND it's 25% off thru 2/7! 😮📚🥳 www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-puzzli... @barnesandnoble.com

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The Puzzling Fate of Millicent Graves (A Graphic Novel)|Hardcover

Twelve-year-old Millicent Graves discovers she can alter the personalities of her friends and family with hilarious reality-warping results in this extra-magical middle grade graphic novel. Perfect fo...

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Dora M. Mitchell @inkybeast.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

Hooray, glad to connect with you again! 👋🙂

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Dora M. Mitchell @inkybeast.bsky.social · 16/01/2025

Thank you so much, Amelia! I had a lot of fun with this story :) Need to get it all posted here, but it's finished over on doramitchell.com/lamplight :)

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Lamplight

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Dora M. Mitchell @inkybeast.bsky.social · 08/12/2024

I wish you had gotten a response on this. I've been finding conflicting information everywhere about turnout.

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Susan Greenhalgh @susangreenhalgh.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

Post-election audits are woefully inadequate & do not do what this says. They cannot & do not "ensure every vote is accurately counted and no discrepancies are found."Claims were made the 2020 election was stolen; then claims were made that elections are impenetrably secure & audited.Both are untrue

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Philip B. Stark @philipbstark.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

1/x This is seriously garbled. 1. No audit even attempts to ensure that every vote is accurately counted. The best audits, RLAs, only check whether the reported winner really won. ...

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Dora M. Mitchell @inkybeast.bsky.social · 14/11/2024

How does this whole thing keep getting funnier?!

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Dora M. Mitchell @inkybeast.bsky.social · 14/11/2024

Wow, it's fun to report all your comments. Curious to see if Bluesky moderation is any good.

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Dora M. Mitchell @inkybeast.bsky.social · 13/11/2024

Lamplight, page 15. This page was fun to draw! For anyone curious about process, this is all done in pen and ink/inkwash, with some digital clean-up. #webcomics #indiecomics #penandinkart #handmadeart

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Dora M. Mitchell @inkybeast.bsky.social · 13/11/2024

Aw, thank you, that's so nice! I love your comic! 😍

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Dora M. Mitchell @inkybeast.bsky.social · 12/11/2024

Lamplight, p14 ✉️ If you're just jumping in, the story so far: A woman begins receiving inexplicable letters that seem to be written by a 19th c. Arctic explorer. The letters document his exploration of a strange house he found on the tundra--a house that's becoming increasingly bizarre & menacing...

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Dora M. Mitchell @inkybeast.bsky.social · 12/11/2024

If you missed the beginning of my weird fiction/short horror comic Lamplight, I'm also working on posting the whole thing at doramitchell.com/lamplight It's easier to read in that format, I think, so give it a look if you're intrigued by the story 👻 Lamplight, page 13...

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Dora M. Mitchell @inkybeast.bsky.social · 12/11/2024

So, one year after I started my "short" "quick" Inktober 2024 project, I finally finished it! Might as well finish posting it, huh? Inktober may be over, but it seems like we're living in a never-ending spooky season, so let's have a little Lovecraftian horror 💀 Here's Lamplight page 12...

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Dora M. Mitchell @inkybeast.bsky.social · 12/11/2024

Ahhhh!! Goats are the best! This is the third goat post I've come across in the 15 minutes I've been scrolling Bluesky. Xitter's algorithm NEVER understood my heart like this. ❤️🐐

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Dora M. Mitchell @inkybeast.bsky.social · 27/10/2023

Lamplight page 11, #inktober day 11 Sadly this is as far as I've gotten so far 😭 Stupid day job!! Don't people know I need to DRAW PICTURES ALL DAY 😡

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Dora M. Mitchell @inkybeast.bsky.social · 27/10/2023

Lamplight page 9, #inktober day 9 I'm a little behind on posts because I...forgot Bluesky existed?? No offense, Blueski 😆 Also I'm behind because I just haven't been able to finish a page a day 😭 but I've got a couple more to post at least!

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Dora M. Mitchell @inkybeast.bsky.social · 27/10/2023

Reposting since I apparently forgot to attach images last time 😅 #inktober day 8, page 8 of my new short story Lamplight 👻 #inktober2023 #indiecomics #webcomics #horrorcomics #penandink

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Dora M. Mitchell @inkybeast.bsky.social · 13/10/2023

Inktober day 7, Lamplight page 7 👻 Hope you're enjoying the story! If you want to see more of my work, check out my Etsy shop at etsy.com/shop/InkyBeastStudio. Everything is 10% off for October with the code LAMPLIGHT 10 🎃

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Dora M. Mitchell @inkybeast.bsky.social · 13/10/2023

Inktober day 6, Lamplight page 6 (part 1/2)👻 Hope you're enjoying the story! If you want to see more of my work, check out my Etsy shop at etsy.com/shop/InkyBeastStudio. Everything is 10% off for October with the code LAMPLIGHT 10 🎃

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Dora M. Mitchell @inkybeast.bsky.social · 11/10/2023

Oh so you want to see the entire contents of my photos folder? This dog is an EXPERT napper and I document it approximately 23 hours a day

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Dora M. Mitchell @inkybeast.bsky.social · 11/10/2023

Thank you so much! I love ink wash, it's so simple but so moody

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Dora M. Mitchell @inkybeast.bsky.social · 11/10/2023

Oh God, redeads! I hadn't thought about those in years, but I can still hear that scream and remember the horrible panicky feeling of the paralysis 😱 That creeped me out so bad

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Dora M. Mitchell @inkybeast.bsky.social · 10/10/2023

Another page of Lamplight done for my #Inktober2023 challenge! This is all done with dip pen, India ink, and inkwash on watercolor paper. Subscribe at doramitchell.com/lamplight if you want to make sure not to miss a page :)

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Dora M. Mitchell @inkybeast.bsky.social · 09/10/2023

More great reporting from ProPublica--this time about how prosecutions of mothers who give birth to stillborn babies are on the rise (disproportionately affecting WOC, of course). We should all be paying attention to this 😞

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Dora M. Mitchell @inkybeast.bsky.social · 09/10/2023

And here's page 4 of my #Inktober comic, Lamplight. Now we're caught up to today! I'm aiming to post a page a day for 31 days...pray for me 😅 #inktober2023 #handdrawn #penandinkart #artwork #indieartists #indiecomics #webcomics

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Dora M. Mitchell @inkybeast.bsky.social · 09/10/2023

Here's page 3 of my #Inktober2023 comic, Lamplight! I didn't manage to start on Oct. 1, so I'm only on page 4 as of today. That means about 27 more pages of spooky season creepiness to come...🦇💀 #indiecomics #inktober #webcomics #indiecomiccreators Follow along here: doramitchell.com/lamplight/

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Dora M. Mitchell @inkybeast.bsky.social · 09/10/2023

Well, I guess a new comic is a good enough reason for my very first Bluesky post :) I'm writing & illustrating a short comic for #Inktober2023. Let's see if I can really manage a page a day like I'm planning...🎃👻 Here's page 1 & 2--more to come! #inktober #indiecomics #penandinkart #webcomics

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