Diandra Mae
@diandramae.com
🇵🇷-Texan Illustrator 🖌️✂️🎨 | lover of 📚 | She/Her | ✨this✨close to wandering off into the woods forever 🏕️ Team#ADHD, so no method to my madness. diandramae.com
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Happy #KidLitArtPostcard Day!
I’m an author-illustrator who enjoys creating stories about moments- big and small. You can see more of my work at diandramae.com. I am currently seeking representation. 🎨
#kidlitart #kidlit #illustration
I’m an author-illustrator who enjoys creating stories about moments- big and small. You can see more of my work at diandramae.com. I am currently seeking representation. 🎨
#kidlitart #kidlit #illustration
I saw a video of part of this talk, but it really is worth reading Cory Doctorow's take on how to become a better critic of AI, so we can all help pop that bubble.
pluralistic.net/2025/12/05/p...
pluralistic.net/2025/12/05/p...
Pluralistic: The Reverse-Centaur’s Guide to Criticizing AI (05 Dec 2025) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow
pluralistic.net
December 9, 2025 at 6:06 PM
I saw a video of part of this talk, but it really is worth reading Cory Doctorow's take on how to become a better critic of AI, so we can all help pop that bubble.
pluralistic.net/2025/12/05/p...
pluralistic.net/2025/12/05/p...
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In May, Human Rights Watch released a report showing how gig platforms use opaque algorithms to erode workers' wages.
Now a new investigation finds Instacart is running AI price experiments: charging different people different prices for the *same* groceries, sometimes by more than 23%.
Read this:
Now a new investigation finds Instacart is running AI price experiments: charging different people different prices for the *same* groceries, sometimes by more than 23%.
Read this:
Same Cart, Different Price: Instacart’s Price Experiments Cost Families at Checkout - Groundwork Collaborative
groundworkcollaborative.org
December 9, 2025 at 2:59 PM
In May, Human Rights Watch released a report showing how gig platforms use opaque algorithms to erode workers' wages.
Now a new investigation finds Instacart is running AI price experiments: charging different people different prices for the *same* groceries, sometimes by more than 23%.
Read this:
Now a new investigation finds Instacart is running AI price experiments: charging different people different prices for the *same* groceries, sometimes by more than 23%.
Read this:
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Rabbit locomotion — Brehms Tierleben, 1914
November 18, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Rabbit locomotion — Brehms Tierleben, 1914
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This is the last week that I will be uplifting our toy drive to ask for online donations since we want gifts to arrive by 12/19.
Teen Gifts: amzn.to/4rDn7BG
Toys: bit.ly/48pJUrK
If you are in NYC, you can also drop off toys & gifts directly on 12/18 & 12/19. Thanks so much for the support.
Teen Gifts: amzn.to/4rDn7BG
Toys: bit.ly/48pJUrK
If you are in NYC, you can also drop off toys & gifts directly on 12/18 & 12/19. Thanks so much for the support.
December 9, 2025 at 12:56 AM
This is the last week that I will be uplifting our toy drive to ask for online donations since we want gifts to arrive by 12/19.
Teen Gifts: amzn.to/4rDn7BG
Toys: bit.ly/48pJUrK
If you are in NYC, you can also drop off toys & gifts directly on 12/18 & 12/19. Thanks so much for the support.
Teen Gifts: amzn.to/4rDn7BG
Toys: bit.ly/48pJUrK
If you are in NYC, you can also drop off toys & gifts directly on 12/18 & 12/19. Thanks so much for the support.
The Girl came home feeling yucky, and with a (currently) low-grade fever, so now we get to play my least favorite game: Cold, Flu, or Covid? 😭
(We got our annual booster & flu-shot in late September, so 🤞🏼)
(We got our annual booster & flu-shot in late September, so 🤞🏼)
December 8, 2025 at 10:00 PM
The Girl came home feeling yucky, and with a (currently) low-grade fever, so now we get to play my least favorite game: Cold, Flu, or Covid? 😭
(We got our annual booster & flu-shot in late September, so 🤞🏼)
(We got our annual booster & flu-shot in late September, so 🤞🏼)
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Next up is my own market this Saturday! The Maybe Market is organized by me and Tory Woollcott with sporadic help from a few others. I thought maybe I’d start a little thread with all the vendor spotlights I’m posting to IG.
#toronto #holidaymarket #themaybemarket
#toronto #holidaymarket #themaybemarket
December 8, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Next up is my own market this Saturday! The Maybe Market is organized by me and Tory Woollcott with sporadic help from a few others. I thought maybe I’d start a little thread with all the vendor spotlights I’m posting to IG.
#toronto #holidaymarket #themaybemarket
#toronto #holidaymarket #themaybemarket
🤣 And that’s if I remember to even take my freakin’ ADHD meds. 🙃
People abusing stimulants is so wild from the perspective of an ADHDer. "I used Adderall to work for three nights without sleeping, lol." Cool I take Adderall so I don't cry when I have to re-tie my shoes.
December 8, 2025 at 5:12 PM
🤣 And that’s if I remember to even take my freakin’ ADHD meds. 🙃
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I wasn’t really sure what to call this creature so I settled on “Fish-Cat”. 🥴🥴
I originally saw this sculpture while unpacking a box in a dream I had. I loved it so much I thought it'd be fun to bring them to "real" life! 😂😂
Available here:
shop.lioninthetrees.com/collections/...
#art #pottery
I originally saw this sculpture while unpacking a box in a dream I had. I loved it so much I thought it'd be fun to bring them to "real" life! 😂😂
Available here:
shop.lioninthetrees.com/collections/...
#art #pottery
December 8, 2025 at 4:55 PM
I wasn’t really sure what to call this creature so I settled on “Fish-Cat”. 🥴🥴
I originally saw this sculpture while unpacking a box in a dream I had. I loved it so much I thought it'd be fun to bring them to "real" life! 😂😂
Available here:
shop.lioninthetrees.com/collections/...
#art #pottery
I originally saw this sculpture while unpacking a box in a dream I had. I loved it so much I thought it'd be fun to bring them to "real" life! 😂😂
Available here:
shop.lioninthetrees.com/collections/...
#art #pottery
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Spotify is garbage on every count: Its treatment of artists, its ICE advertising, the CEO's investment in military AI, its leading role in the commodification and AI slopification of music, its terrible audio quality—you name it.
So I quit, and put together a complete guide to getting off Spotify:
So I quit, and put together a complete guide to getting off Spotify:
How to quit Spotify
This Black Friday, here's a guide to finding the best Spotify alternative
www.bloodinthemachine.com
December 3, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Spotify is garbage on every count: Its treatment of artists, its ICE advertising, the CEO's investment in military AI, its leading role in the commodification and AI slopification of music, its terrible audio quality—you name it.
So I quit, and put together a complete guide to getting off Spotify:
So I quit, and put together a complete guide to getting off Spotify:
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TIL about a memorial ceremony in Iceland in 2019 to mark the end of a glacier, changing the place name from Okjökull to Ok (jökull = glacier). Uncompromising wording on the bronze plaque:
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
December 7, 2025 at 5:17 PM
TIL about a memorial ceremony in Iceland in 2019 to mark the end of a glacier, changing the place name from Okjökull to Ok (jökull = glacier). Uncompromising wording on the bronze plaque:
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
Movie you’ve watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Stars (Wars nor Trek), LOTR, or Marvel.
I told myself no Mummy, Howl's Moving Castle, or Practical Magic. And then I was inspired by Micah's selection:
I told myself no Mummy, Howl's Moving Castle, or Practical Magic. And then I was inspired by Micah's selection:
December 7, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Movie you’ve watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Stars (Wars nor Trek), LOTR, or Marvel.
I told myself no Mummy, Howl's Moving Castle, or Practical Magic. And then I was inspired by Micah's selection:
I told myself no Mummy, Howl's Moving Castle, or Practical Magic. And then I was inspired by Micah's selection:
And does no one remember that USPS wasn’t even “operating in the red” until 2006, when they were forced to PREPAY their pensions? Like??? It was only repealed in 2022, I think. (And now of course this administration is trying to raid those pensions..🫠)
I'll say again: we are oddly selective about the government services about which we will say, they operate at a loss.
We say Amtrak and the post office "lose money" but we never say highways, the court system, the Pentagon, etc lose money
We say Amtrak and the post office "lose money" but we never say highways, the court system, the Pentagon, etc lose money
The USPS posting a NINE BILLION DOLLAR LOSS!!! sounds terrible. Certainly worse than if you said "USPS costs thirty dollars per person per year" even though that means the same thing and more accurately describes a government service
December 7, 2025 at 7:15 PM
And does no one remember that USPS wasn’t even “operating in the red” until 2006, when they were forced to PREPAY their pensions? Like??? It was only repealed in 2022, I think. (And now of course this administration is trying to raid those pensions..🫠)
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The proliferation of AI-generated cute animal videos is a great reason to follow animal rescues, and donate to them as long as you're doing that. For the care of the animals and also creating a space for reliably authentic videos of baby skunks skittering across hardwood floors
December 7, 2025 at 6:35 PM
The proliferation of AI-generated cute animal videos is a great reason to follow animal rescues, and donate to them as long as you're doing that. For the care of the animals and also creating a space for reliably authentic videos of baby skunks skittering across hardwood floors
There was a video talking about mythologies being built on tumblr via communal writing, and someone commented about The God of Arepo, so I am required to share it here for y'all. Happy reading. 😉
stu-pot.tumblr.com/post/1709215...
stu-pot.tumblr.com/post/1709215...
the real slim shady
Generations passed. The village recovered from its tragedies—homes rebuilt, gardens re-planted, wounds healed. The old man who once lived on the hill and spoke to stone and rubble had long since been....
stu-pot.tumblr.com
December 7, 2025 at 4:25 PM
There was a video talking about mythologies being built on tumblr via communal writing, and someone commented about The God of Arepo, so I am required to share it here for y'all. Happy reading. 😉
stu-pot.tumblr.com/post/1709215...
stu-pot.tumblr.com/post/1709215...
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Being extremely careful about image/video attribution isn’t JUST important for giving credit to artists and creators. It’s also a way to slightly decrease your chances of spreading deceptive AI slop!
The thing that made me most suspicious was the lack of attribution of any kind. A conveniently perfect light-up sign at the beginning that states the premise of the video but doesn’t mention the facility, for instance. (This is part of why it’s bad to share stuff if you don’t know its provenance!)
December 7, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Being extremely careful about image/video attribution isn’t JUST important for giving credit to artists and creators. It’s also a way to slightly decrease your chances of spreading deceptive AI slop!
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screen-printed fabric window banners are now available for free pickup in South Minneapolis:
• moon palace books (longfellow)
• b resale mpls (whittier)
they are intended to be hung outside of houses like this, with the most visibility to busy streets.
• moon palace books (longfellow)
• b resale mpls (whittier)
they are intended to be hung outside of houses like this, with the most visibility to busy streets.
December 6, 2025 at 8:02 PM
screen-printed fabric window banners are now available for free pickup in South Minneapolis:
• moon palace books (longfellow)
• b resale mpls (whittier)
they are intended to be hung outside of houses like this, with the most visibility to busy streets.
• moon palace books (longfellow)
• b resale mpls (whittier)
they are intended to be hung outside of houses like this, with the most visibility to busy streets.
@lioninthetrees.bsky.social look what I saw on Reddit today. 😆
December 7, 2025 at 2:25 AM
@lioninthetrees.bsky.social look what I saw on Reddit today. 😆
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if you also have ancestors who left Austria due to prosecution by the Nazis, the application process is here
it wasn’t that bad for us but my cousin had already done a ton of the legwork on getting documents related to my grandmother and having them apostilled
it wasn’t that bad for us but my cousin had already done a ton of the legwork on getting documents related to my grandmother and having them apostilled
December 7, 2025 at 1:31 AM
if you also have ancestors who left Austria due to prosecution by the Nazis, the application process is here
it wasn’t that bad for us but my cousin had already done a ton of the legwork on getting documents related to my grandmother and having them apostilled
it wasn’t that bad for us but my cousin had already done a ton of the legwork on getting documents related to my grandmother and having them apostilled
Saw a Tiktok where a lady drove 3 hours to speak face to face to a man who left a nasty comment on a video of hers.
"Do you see how easy it was for me to find you? Doesn't feel good, does it?" (He says, "No") She says, "I could even make your Grindr account pubic, but all I want is an apology." 🤭
"Do you see how easy it was for me to find you? Doesn't feel good, does it?" (He says, "No") She says, "I could even make your Grindr account pubic, but all I want is an apology." 🤭
December 6, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Saw a Tiktok where a lady drove 3 hours to speak face to face to a man who left a nasty comment on a video of hers.
"Do you see how easy it was for me to find you? Doesn't feel good, does it?" (He says, "No") She says, "I could even make your Grindr account pubic, but all I want is an apology." 🤭
"Do you see how easy it was for me to find you? Doesn't feel good, does it?" (He says, "No") She says, "I could even make your Grindr account pubic, but all I want is an apology." 🤭
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🫳 🐶 "All I Want Is To Pet All Of The Dogs" by Amanda Kirk
Stick ’em everywhere and spread the chaotic good cheer! 🎁
store.silversprocket.net/collections/...
Stick ’em everywhere and spread the chaotic good cheer! 🎁
store.silversprocket.net/collections/...
December 6, 2025 at 9:00 PM
🫳 🐶 "All I Want Is To Pet All Of The Dogs" by Amanda Kirk
Stick ’em everywhere and spread the chaotic good cheer! 🎁
store.silversprocket.net/collections/...
Stick ’em everywhere and spread the chaotic good cheer! 🎁
store.silversprocket.net/collections/...
Reason #67,8012, why the internet can be kind of awesome: indie animation.
Blood, Lead, and Octane - ANIMATED SHORT 2025
YouTube video by Sommer Animations
youtu.be
December 6, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Reason #67,8012, why the internet can be kind of awesome: indie animation.
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WE CAN MAKE THE INTERNET FUN AGAIN
THAT IS WITHIN OUR POWER
MAKE A WEBSITE
PUT ALL YOUR DUMB SHIT ON IT
SHARE IT
THAT IS WITHIN OUR POWER
MAKE A WEBSITE
PUT ALL YOUR DUMB SHIT ON IT
SHARE IT
I've slapped together approximately 173 pages of material that aims to teach programming a personal website with HTML and CSS to artists, animators, writers, music producers, etc.
F*ck It, Let's Make a Website Part 1 is now live ✨
Go here to read: bit.ly/filmawPartOne
More info below 👇
F*ck It, Let's Make a Website Part 1 is now live ✨
Go here to read: bit.ly/filmawPartOne
More info below 👇
June 21, 2025 at 10:56 PM
WE CAN MAKE THE INTERNET FUN AGAIN
THAT IS WITHIN OUR POWER
MAKE A WEBSITE
PUT ALL YOUR DUMB SHIT ON IT
SHARE IT
THAT IS WITHIN OUR POWER
MAKE A WEBSITE
PUT ALL YOUR DUMB SHIT ON IT
SHARE IT
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You are ABSOLUTELY NOT going to regret listening to this bird:
A male rock ptarmigan (Lagopus muta) in winter plumage.
Ptarmigan is from Gaelic 'tarmachan' meaning "croaker". The p- was added when people mistakenly assumed it was a Greek word.
A bird forever warning people: "A werewolf!" (just in case of werewolves).
Ptarmigan is from Gaelic 'tarmachan' meaning "croaker". The p- was added when people mistakenly assumed it was a Greek word.
A bird forever warning people: "A werewolf!" (just in case of werewolves).
December 6, 2025 at 5:10 PM
You are ABSOLUTELY NOT going to regret listening to this bird:
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Corporate-owned outlets that answer to billionaires are increasingly showing they’re not built for this moment. Independent media is filling the gaps and building something new.
Help us keep building for another year with a gift subscription to one of these awesome outlets:
Help us keep building for another year with a gift subscription to one of these awesome outlets:
Giving the gift of independent journalism: a guide
The Handbasket has subscription suggestions for almost everyone on your list.
www.thehandbasket.co
December 6, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Corporate-owned outlets that answer to billionaires are increasingly showing they’re not built for this moment. Independent media is filling the gaps and building something new.
Help us keep building for another year with a gift subscription to one of these awesome outlets:
Help us keep building for another year with a gift subscription to one of these awesome outlets: