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Alex Ries

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Concept Artist and Illustrator Other Worlds: The Art of Alex Ries: Now Funding on Kickstarter! https://bit.ly/403C70b ArtStation: bit.ly/3W9QtXY Contact: alexriesart(at)gmail.com Other Sites: linktr.ee/alexries

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Alex Ries @alexries.com · Mar 11

News for my art book 'Other Worlds', which releases in August; pre-orders are now available!

Here are some purchase links :)

Non-Amazon Retailers: bit.ly/3FwsC18

Amazon: amzn.to/3QYsn1s

#conceptart #illustration #scifiart

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Alex Ries @alexries.com · 7h

Keep in mind, most of them are already wealthy.

If someone was at the verge of losing their house, or was a new actor, I can imagine the mental gymnastics. But for the already wealthy? I dont understand it.

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Alex Ries @alexries.com · 8h

What are your theories as to why nominally 'liberal' people like Simon Pegg and Matt Berry are willing to work with Rowling?

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Alex Ries @alexries.com · 8h

Its useful to the people presently in charge so I am pretty sure if anything its being accelerated

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Illiterate Autodidact 🇵🇸🙂👍🇮🇱☹👎 @cigaretteliker.bsky.social · 20h

The virgin AGI existential risk vs the chad global warming

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Alex Ries @alexries.com · 11h

I assume being a woman presenting opinions makes it basically unbearable to have open DMs

Alex Ries @alexries.com · 1d

Odd choice for utopian science fiction.

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Alex Ries @alexries.com · 1d

Why is it all so dark?

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Alex Ries @alexries.com · 2d

She definitely does scicomm

Alex Ries @alexries.com · 3d

I want that R2 D2... but its over a thousand dollars!

Alex Ries @alexries.com · 3d

For my money, @acollierastro.bsky.social is one of the best science communicators currently working.

www.youtube.com/@acollierastro

Angela Collier

Theoretical Physicist From Eastern KY.

www.youtube.com

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Alex Ries @alexries.com · 3d

When did you first realize Sabine Hossenfelder was full of it?

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Alex Ries @alexries.com · 3d

Im here now!

Stanley Von Medvey @standrawsspace.bsky.social · 4d

www.youtube.com/live/dDzXsLn...

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Kate Beaton @katebeaton.bsky.social · 5d

I have letter to the editor this week in our local paper.
Our community is, once again, facing a developer who wants to turn public, protected coastal land into a golf course. We've been here before. This time, it's shadier. And God knows it was shady last time. www.invernessoran.ca/top-story/co...

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Lee Madgwick @leemadgwick.bsky.social · 4d

Liminal Silence

Oil and acrylic on canvas

A three tiered topiary tree in a vast flat grassy landscape.

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Alex Ries @alexries.com · 4d

Aluminium I would think, with some composites

Alex Ries @alexries.com · 4d

In case the power goes out ;)

Alex Ries @alexries.com · 4d

lol

Alex Ries @alexries.com · 4d

I think they look awesome!

Alex Ries @alexries.com · 4d

Glad to hear it :)

Alex Ries @alexries.com · 4d

It was a sound collar wasnt it?

Alex Ries @alexries.com · 4d

Yep, propfans my beloved

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 5d

I will not back down.

Trump is now calling for the arrest of elected representatives checking his power.

What else is left on the path to full-blown authoritarianism?

Donald Trump Truth Social Post: Chicago Mayor should be in jail for failing to protect Ice Officers! Governor Pritzker also.

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Alex Ries @alexries.com · 4d

Oh they cant really see out of it very well: the windows allow basic visual sighting only if the augmented reality helmets fail

Alex Ries @alexries.com · 4d

Thanks friend :)

Alex Ries @alexries.com · 4d

Thankya :)