Alexandra Gallant-Lee
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Alexandra Gallant-Lee
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Ali “with an i”

Nature & Science Illustrator, Multi Award-Winning Cartoonist, Science Communicator & Designer, Comics, Zines, She/Her, Based in Boston

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Do you hate how AI is being shoved at us at every turn? Do you want to feel inspired to make stuff with your own brain? Have I got something for you! My award-winning comic, BRAINS, is available in print now, a love letter to the joys of thinking and perceiving and BEING a human in the world.
Brains | Radiator Comics
Radiator Comics distributes, produces, and promotes hand-made, self-published and small-press comics that focus on self-expression and storytelling. At the core of our mission is a commitment to incre...
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Genuinely cannot believe it’s been a year since I got laid off. I was devastated. I *am* devastated. I loved my job so much. I loved working with scientists everyday.

I’m also still looking for my next job, so if you know anybody that needs a stellar comms person, let me know. Remote or in Boston.
Well, anybody hiring? Just found out my last day is Friday.
Mass General Brigham said it will let go of hundreds of employees in the next two months, the largest layoff in the organization’s history, as the health system grapples with financial shortfalls and operational challenges.
February 11, 2026 at 3:43 PM
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I found a zine about mutual aid and mutualism in nature in a Little Free Library!

This is the artist:
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February 11, 2026 at 6:07 PM
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I’m looking for roles that support science or education, as I’ve primarily worked in comms in research and academia. I have extensive experience in virtual event production and digital content, producing copy, art, websites, photo, simple animations and social video.
February 11, 2026 at 3:47 PM
The introduction to BRAINS
February 11, 2026 at 6:30 PM
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I fear that men are about to do what men do. They are about to characterize any sober thinking about power as non-technical and therefore unserious.

We have seen this pattern over and over again in tech criticism. Women and people of color repeatedly lead on understanding tech changes.
February 11, 2026 at 5:55 PM
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AI couldn't fuckin' do this.

1. carve half of my thumbnail off.
2. hopelessly tangle strings during multi-puppet scenes.
3. have a tail fall off during a pivotal scene.
4. break an ear.
Here is a little preview of the work we are doing. We have finished principal photography and are in post-production now, and have spent all of our money(on an absolutely incredible crew, it has been worth it)!
February 11, 2026 at 5:59 PM
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Never thought of apple colour variations as anthotype prints …
February 11, 2026 at 5:28 PM
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The other day someone on here mentioned that the green parts on the apple are there because they were shaded from the sun by a branch, leaf or other apple.
It stopped me in my tracks. How have I gotten this far in my life without knowing this?
Just picked up an apple with an obvious ”leaf tan”.
February 11, 2026 at 5:10 PM
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It’s almost estate sale time!! This book is all who are too intimidated to go but desperately want to spend weekends poking around other people‘s houses and stuff
Bring Cash: A Guide to Estate Sales in the Midwest and Beyond
By Kate Davis March 31, 2026 Pre-orders are now open!  If you've ever wanted to get into treasure hunting at estate sales but felt intimidated by the unwritten rules and codes or wondered how people f...
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February 11, 2026 at 3:37 PM
Genuinely cannot believe it’s been a year since I got laid off. I was devastated. I *am* devastated. I loved my job so much. I loved working with scientists everyday.

I’m also still looking for my next job, so if you know anybody that needs a stellar comms person, let me know. Remote or in Boston.
Well, anybody hiring? Just found out my last day is Friday.
Mass General Brigham said it will let go of hundreds of employees in the next two months, the largest layoff in the organization’s history, as the health system grapples with financial shortfalls and operational challenges.
February 11, 2026 at 3:43 PM
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I find this question about whether chatbots are “alive” to be truly, truly boring. You can torture a definition of “life” so that it includes chatbots or you can listen to actual, unequivocal flesh-and-blood people talking about harm it does them *right now*.
Experiments conducted with the A.I. system Claude are producing fascinating results—and raising questions about the nature of selfhood. Gideon Lewis-Kraus reports from inside the company that designed it, Anthropic. newyorkermag.visitlink.me/rOfXjg
February 11, 2026 at 3:13 PM
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my studio is my tiny office that mostly belongs to a cat but I like to dream big
February 10, 2026 at 6:40 PM
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I know my investigative work on this little indie blog isn’t going to win me a Pulitzer, but this is still important to publicize. My articles are free for everyone, no paywall. Thank you for your support, subscribing, and spreading the word #GPFigure #SkateAmerica
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Follow-up: Mrazkova and Mrazek's Newly Tweaked AI-Generated Rhythm Dance is Still Plagiarized Slop | Figure Skating for Baseball Nerds
Get more from Figure Skating for Baseball Nerds on Patreon
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November 19, 2025 at 2:24 AM
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Back in the 1980s, you could afford to own a lonely heart, and now most of us can barely manage to rent one. With roommates.
February 10, 2026 at 7:04 PM
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New Sauceome comic this week!!

Yes I’m still thinking about chili and chili peppers. 🌶️

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A Pepper By Any Other Name
Yes, I'm still thinking about chili and chili peppers
buttondown.com
February 9, 2026 at 4:57 PM
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reminder that SQL is pronounced squirrel
February 10, 2026 at 6:42 PM
I’m working on a commission right now that I am having so much fun with, I keep experimenting with drawing different fiber textures and it’s such a tricky little puzzle to get right, I’m glad I also knit and crochet, though, because I have lots of available reference materials around my studio.
February 10, 2026 at 6:39 PM
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“They’ve known about this. They’ve known about other threats to health and well-being yet they have chosen to not be proactive and share the information with employees. It seems it’s only when they’re forced to provide information that we find out about it.”

New story from @abestreep.bsky.social
Firefighters Wore Gear Containing “Forever Chemicals.” The Forest Service Knew and Stayed Silent for Years.
As early as 2021, government officials were alerted to the presence of potentially dangerous chemicals known as PFAS in pants used by wildland firefighters, according to emails obtained by ProPublica.
www.propublica.org
February 10, 2026 at 6:00 PM
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There’s a house on our block with a camera that actually talks at you, every time you pass by, to remind you that you’re being recorded, and that family is sitting on the world’s largest archive of my wife’s middle finger, in case anyone is looking for an art project
February 10, 2026 at 4:16 PM
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So I think everyone knows what Chuck E. Cheese is but for non-parents who don't know what LifeTouch is, it's the company that for decades has had a near-monopoly on school pictures.
Finding out that top execs from both LifeTouch and Chuck E. Cheese are in the Epstein files has pissed me off in a way that I didn’t think was still possible.
February 10, 2026 at 4:32 PM
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In what will likely be a major draw for the museum, the Art Institute of Chicago on Tuesday installed its first-ever Norman Rockwell painting, and it depicts the Chicago Cubs.
The Art Institute of Chicago just hung its first Norman Rockwell, and it depicts the Cubs
chicago.suntimes.com
February 10, 2026 at 4:45 PM
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AI has already killed people and it'll kill and disable more if we don't wise up. you've 👏 been 👏 had 👏
When AI was added to a tool for sinus surgery: “Cerebrospinal fluid leaked from one patient’s nose. In another… a surgeon mistakenly punctured the base of a patient’s skull. In two other cases, patients suffered strokes after a major artery was accidentally injured”

www.reuters.com/investigatio...
As AI enters the operating room, reports arise of botched surgeries and misidentified body parts
Medical device makers have been rushing to add AI to their products. While proponents say the new technology will revolutionize medicine, regulators are receiving a rising number of claims of patient ...
www.reuters.com
February 10, 2026 at 1:09 AM
I keep stopping just to marveling at this again every time it's shared on my timeline, it's absolutely gorgeous.
Another resistance quilt finished this week. The eye is my own design, the letters are a fpp pattern by QuiltByNight, the rounded corners and black binding are meant to resemble the phones we the people are using to document the horrors and disprove the government’s lies about what they are doing.
February 9, 2026 at 11:29 PM
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Do you hate how AI is being shoved at us at every turn? Do you want to feel inspired to make stuff with your own brain? Have I got something for you! My award-winning comic, BRAINS, is available in print now, a love letter to the joys of thinking and perceiving and BEING a human in the world.
Brains | Radiator Comics
Radiator Comics distributes, produces, and promotes hand-made, self-published and small-press comics that focus on self-expression and storytelling. At the core of our mission is a commitment to incre...
www.radiatorcomics.com
January 27, 2026 at 7:41 PM
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nearly a year of working on this wonderful project of archiving and digitizing my found photo collection of 20th century black life.

to be a caretaker of something, someone is an extreme honor and privilege. grateful as the work stretches on another year.
January 9, 2026 at 11:21 PM