Alexander Vidal
@alexandervidal.bsky.social
Illustrator and sometimes writer with a focus on nature, science, and wildlife. Gay, Latino, from New Mexico, living in California.
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Love books? Looking for an entry-level job in Children's Publishing? Live in the NY area? Our friends at Bloomsbury are hiring an Editorial Assistant!
Here’s the link to the position: recruiting.paylocity.com/Recruiting/J...
Here’s the link to the position: recruiting.paylocity.com/Recruiting/J...
January 17, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Love books? Looking for an entry-level job in Children's Publishing? Live in the NY area? Our friends at Bloomsbury are hiring an Editorial Assistant!
Here’s the link to the position: recruiting.paylocity.com/Recruiting/J...
Here’s the link to the position: recruiting.paylocity.com/Recruiting/J...
They discontinued my signature fragrance, and I've become fixated on finding a replacement. I think it's perhaps a symptom of my mental state going into 2025.
January 14, 2025 at 4:46 PM
They discontinued my signature fragrance, and I've become fixated on finding a replacement. I think it's perhaps a symptom of my mental state going into 2025.
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the only phrase dems need for the next 4 years is “how does this lower egg prices” and i havent seen it once
Trump: "We're going to be changing the name of the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America."
(He's serious.)
(He's serious.)
January 7, 2025 at 6:19 PM
the only phrase dems need for the next 4 years is “how does this lower egg prices” and i havent seen it once
I hate how many companies keep forcing AI on their users, coming up with ways to use it that reflect no one’s needs or desires.
New: Days after Meta had to kill its AI-generated profiles due to backlash, some Instagram users are now being shown AI-generated images of themselves that are being automatically created by Instagram and put in their feeds
www.404media.co/instagram-be...
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Instagram Begins Randomly Showing Users AI-Generated Images of Themselves
Meta AI put a Redditor into "an endless maze of mirrors" as part of a new AI feature it is testing.
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January 6, 2025 at 11:19 PM
I hate how many companies keep forcing AI on their users, coming up with ways to use it that reflect no one’s needs or desires.
AI is like a life saving vaccine is not a take I expected to see when I logged in on this day
Do you think AI can be boycotted out of existence? What benefits are there to not using it? There are benefits to being thoughtful to how you are using it, yes. But rejecting it is like...I don't know...rejecting a life saving vaccine. Accept it or die a slow death.
December 26, 2024 at 4:15 AM
AI is like a life saving vaccine is not a take I expected to see when I logged in on this day
“You’ll be visited by three spirits.”
The three spirits:
The three spirits:
December 24, 2024 at 3:51 AM
“You’ll be visited by three spirits.”
The three spirits:
The three spirits:
Why aren’t we hearing this from every Democrat in office?
As we confront a second Trump presidency, here’s a path forward: 🧵
December 19, 2024 at 6:46 PM
Why aren’t we hearing this from every Democrat in office?
Always ready to celebrate these beasts.
December 11, 2024 at 9:59 PM
Always ready to celebrate these beasts.
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this is so perfect youve gotta think it was intentional
December 6, 2024 at 2:57 PM
this is so perfect youve gotta think it was intentional
Incredible tour of the Los Angeles Central Library this morning.
December 6, 2024 at 12:51 AM
Incredible tour of the Los Angeles Central Library this morning.
I’m really burning through the Hitchcock movies currently on the Criterion Channel.
December 5, 2024 at 3:33 AM
I’m really burning through the Hitchcock movies currently on the Criterion Channel.
This year is the Audubon Society’s 125th annual Christmas Bird Count, an event in which naturalists throughout the western hemisphere head out to check on how our birds are doing. I was very honored to be asked to create the artwork to celebrate this very special anniversary. #sciart #kidlitart
December 4, 2024 at 7:50 PM
This year is the Audubon Society’s 125th annual Christmas Bird Count, an event in which naturalists throughout the western hemisphere head out to check on how our birds are doing. I was very honored to be asked to create the artwork to celebrate this very special anniversary. #sciart #kidlitart
Two of my favorite autumn spreads from my book Wilds of the United States, from Chronicle.
December 4, 2024 at 4:15 PM
Two of my favorite autumn spreads from my book Wilds of the United States, from Chronicle.
I think if I could travel in time to see any extinct animal alive in its natural habitat, it would maybe be the woolly rhinoceros.
This is not a model. Or a shabby taxidermized modern rhino. This is a "fossilised" Woolly Rhinoceros, discovered in Starunia mine in Carpathian Ukraine (then Poland) in 1929. Dating to the Pleistocene, its exquisite preservation is owed to a mixture of brine, oil & clay. Held on display in Krakow. 🧵
December 2, 2024 at 10:39 PM
I think if I could travel in time to see any extinct animal alive in its natural habitat, it would maybe be the woolly rhinoceros.
I’ll be honest and say that in 2016 I felt inspired as a picture book author and illustrator to create work that addressed the existential threats facing our country— and this time, I’m struggling to find that energy.
November 20, 2024 at 11:43 PM
I’ll be honest and say that in 2016 I felt inspired as a picture book author and illustrator to create work that addressed the existential threats facing our country— and this time, I’m struggling to find that energy.
Ferdy and Laszlo.
November 20, 2024 at 6:42 PM
Ferdy and Laszlo.
An illustration for the @montereyaq.bsky.social of their Open Ocean tank. #sciart
November 19, 2024 at 4:25 AM
An illustration for the @montereyaq.bsky.social of their Open Ocean tank. #sciart
He just has no bad angles
November 19, 2024 at 1:01 AM
He just has no bad angles
Birds of a feather. A distinctly Los Angeles flock of birds, part of a set of graphics for the new Commons building opening this weekend at @nhmla.bsky.social
November 15, 2024 at 10:46 PM
Birds of a feather. A distinctly Los Angeles flock of birds, part of a set of graphics for the new Commons building opening this weekend at @nhmla.bsky.social
We’re all going to die
Breaking News: Elon Musk, a top adviser to President-elect Donald Trump, met with Iran’s UN ambassador to discuss defusing Iranian-U.S. tensions during the next Trump term, two Iranian officials said.
Elon Musk Met With Iran’s U.N. Ambassador, Iranian Officials Say
The tech billionaire, a top adviser to President-elect Donald J. Trump, was reported to have discussed ways to defuse tensions between Iran and the United States.
nyti.ms
November 14, 2024 at 10:16 PM
We’re all going to die
First time in my studio* since the election.
November 14, 2024 at 7:20 PM
First time in my studio* since the election.
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The reason Elie Weisel said "no one is illegal" is because declaring people as "illegal" is an early step to creating a permission structure for mass dehumanization and genocide.
That's why it matters. We are in the business of words. Accuracy matters in the word business. Intent and context matter
That's why it matters. We are in the business of words. Accuracy matters in the word business. Intent and context matter
There’s a “Dems use alienating campus language” discourse going on; I think it’s basically right. College-educated America — media, boardroom, Dems — does adopt language that other people don’t use and sounds odd to them.
Years ago, the AP replaced “illegal” with “undocumented immigrants.” (1/2)
Years ago, the AP replaced “illegal” with “undocumented immigrants.” (1/2)
November 13, 2024 at 5:21 PM
The reason Elie Weisel said "no one is illegal" is because declaring people as "illegal" is an early step to creating a permission structure for mass dehumanization and genocide.
That's why it matters. We are in the business of words. Accuracy matters in the word business. Intent and context matter
That's why it matters. We are in the business of words. Accuracy matters in the word business. Intent and context matter
Peak physical form
November 13, 2024 at 4:46 PM
Peak physical form