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mjausson

@mjausson@mastodon.design

I live in #SiliconValley in the #BayArea. Here I design #greetingCards and teach others how to make them.

In my spare time, I #garden and serve my two #cats.

Toots may be laced with #humor. I use affiliate links whenever possible.

#tfr #fedi22 #cardmaker #papercraft

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samhainnight, to random
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Gonna try to assemble a bookshelf in the den. Might be hard, though because that's the room with most of the boxes in it. But I can't unpack them unless I have somewhere to put the stuff, so...🤷‍♀️

mjausson,
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@samhainnight Wow, 5 hours is a long time. Hope you get lots of use out of it!

mjausson, to random
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Welcome to the Sharing Winter All Year Card Hop Challenge 5! ❄️
Hosted by @thatcraftygolden. We are thrilled to announce this month's theme: Worldwide Wintertide

This was such a fun challenge! I created a Yule box card for it. For the box construction, the license plate and the Viking I used products from @mftstamps. Their box card products are really well designed and easy to use! Find clickable links to all products in my blog post at ValleyOakPaper.com

If this… https://www.instagram.com/p/C7cVEM_PwcI/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

w7voa, to random
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Sweden approves Ukrainian use of Swedish weapons against targets in Russia.
https://www.svt.se/nyheter/utrikes/direktrapport-forsamrat-sakerhetslage?inlagg=990d7c8989ff1e981b47a946af9c0d1d

mjausson,
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@mykhaylo @w7voa They have skin in the game. Sweden is most definitely on Russia's honey-do list, probably right after Finland.

mjausson,
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@mykhaylo @w7voa The US isn't threatened the same way e.g. the Baltic States are. And if the wrong guy wins this year's US election, Putin will have carte blanche to retake all former Soviet countries.

mjausson,
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@mykhaylo @w7voa No, if the wrong guy wins, the US will abandon NATO and become an ally of Russia.

ai6yr, to random

Saw the aftermath of a friend's goat's encounter with a pair of mountain lions. It was NOT pretty. I guess I'm not going hiking around at night at their house, LOL.

mjausson,
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@ai6yr Poor goats.

ai6yr, to random

My wariness of plumbers further cemented by a local plumber who is charged with BOTH killing a rival and also allegedly killing one of his 72-year old customers. #killerplumber #crime #ConejoValley https://digitaledition.toacorn.com/html5/reader/production/default.aspx?pubname=&pubid=2f3c2eb8-1d97-45c8-91ba-0ee05ae28940

Article describing the murder of a 72-year old, by his plumber

mjausson,
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@ai6yr I thought being a plumber was very lucrative. Did he have a drug habit or gambled or something?

mjausson, to random
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Wow, I just spent 30 minutes waiting for my lunch date before realizing that we agreed to meet tomorrow. 🤦🏼‍♀️🤦🏼‍♀️🤦🏼‍♀️

samhainnight, (edited ) to random
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It’s a cool day today AND my baking stuff is unpacked (I think), so today I’m making scones! It’s my family’s recipe, and is miles better than the dry, brittle stuff the coffee shops sell. 😃 Recipe Incoming
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mjausson,
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@samhainnight That sounds tasty!

ai6yr, to random

Hmm...

mjausson,
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@ai6yr LOL This Swedish person agrees with the sentiment. Most Swedish people slather it with homemade mustard to avoid actually tasting it.

Although it's still better than surströmming.

mjausson,
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@ai6yr @dogfox No meatballs for you then, Ben. 😂

Seriously, if you want to try something exotic that's actually good, take a look at the pickled herring at Ikea. Regular pickled herring or mustard herring are genuinely great on a sandwich.

Pagan_Animist, to random
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It IS purple, and aside from needing a cut, I love it!

Not the most flattering angle, you know!

mjausson,
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@Pagan_Animist Love the color!

ai6yr, (edited ) to random

Oooh, look, Halloween in June!

mjausson,
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@ai6yr Wow, "moulage" was not pronounced the way I thought it was! But the comments say it's wrong. Now I'm thoroughly confused. 😵‍💫

https://youtu.be/faNWRuVrFjY?si=jX2CRpW0eqF8odbV

sysop408, (edited ) to random
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Shout out to every designer and developer who've ever had a client become severely distressed over Lorem Ipsum text.

Total solidarity with anyone who've had the same person freak out twice.

mjausson,
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@sysop408 LOL How do you even find these people? I prefer to do my user testing with people outside the Bay Area, because people here are very online compared to the rest of the US. I guess your clients are the exceptions that prove the rule. 😂

ai6yr, to random

Paying a car service to pick up the relatives at LAX, I have hit my free Uber limit.

mjausson,
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@ai6yr Congrats on leveling up! 🏆

Cat_LeFey, (edited ) to paganism
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Hail Freya, it's Friday!
For this week’s I'm reviving an age-old pagan debate.
This is a two-part question:

Do you think cursing/hexing is an acceptable practice?

Have you done it?

mjausson,
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@Cat_LeFey I think outright cursing can be warranted in some cases, but I've never done it. Even when warranted, I didn't want to be entangled in the cursee's energy or fate.

OTOH reflecting back a person's energy toward themselves can be very effective. As long as the recipient is a non-psychotic adult, in my book reflecting back is ethically neutral. In my experience it's best combined with a banishing. They usually stay gone after that.

ai6yr, (edited ) to cycling

Achievement unlocked. Went to the farmer's market on a combo of bus and bike. Learned many lessons...

mjausson,
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@ai6yr Is there a phone number for parking enforcement you can call to clear the semis out of the bike lane?

mjausson,
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@ai6yr Even worse! 😱

ai6yr, to random

No coffee?! No hot peppers?!?!?! No bike riding?! Impossible! 😱

mjausson,
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@ai6yr A whole week? That's harsh.

mjausson,
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@ai6yr I sympathize. 😴

In a previous job I had someone get mad at me for yawning. 🥱 Not sure what he expected me to do about it in the middle of a meeting.

mrundkvist, to Archaeology
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Back when was the fashionable buzz word, I repeatedly had to explain to enthusiasts that archaeological data are not just Big, they are Confused and Patchy and Hairy.

I can't really see how the current generative algorithms could make me obsolete or even speed up much of the work I do. Because I'm in this really niche activity with no commercial potential that demands constant engagement with wildly non-standardised data as well as creative writing about them.

mjausson,
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@mrundkvist AI could help you write about the data. It's great at summarizing stuff. E.g. on the US Amazon site, AI provides a summary of the reviews at the top. When I've checked, the summaries have usually been pretty accurate.

Train it on your collected writing up to this point, then give it data on your latest excavations and tell it to write something similar. Then you become the editor, rather than the author.

sysop408, (edited ) to random
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Exhibit 921 of what it's like to work with . I asked some people for their logos converted into one color images for screen printing purposes. I also offered to do the conversion for anyone who couldn’t do it themselves.

I just got a logo back that looked like someone printed it out and then meticulously colored it in using a black fine point felt tip pen… an impressive effort to be sure.

The absurd and difficult parts of working with small businesses is also what I love about it. You'll never be bored and if you thought you've seen it all, just wait a minute.

mjausson,
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@sysop408 Was it usable for screen printing purposes?

ai6yr, to zerowaste

Recycling tip: It looks like the primary collector of old eyeglasses in my are is the Lions Club. They have eyeglass donation boxes around the city. https://e-clubhouse.org/sites/conejo_valley/page-6.php

mjausson,
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@PDX_Roald @sysop408 @ai6yr

Amazing work! I found a list of South Bay places that will accept used eye glasses for De Anza Lions Club.
https://deanzalions.net/about/eye-glasses-recycleing/

mjausson, to random
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Having watched Safiya Nygaard tuft a rug, I too want to try it.

There's a place in San Jose that offers rug tufting workshops. They start at $100 though. That's perfectly reasonable for a 4-hour experience, but more than I'm comfortable spending right now.

https://youtu.be/nkPfwXRy3s4?si=tGaxYMqhvhvsKs7Y

https://528-entertainment-sj.square.site/

ai6yr, to random

Paywall, so I can't read a word of this, but "ultra-competitive"? 🤔

#beekeeping

Mercury News: When bees swarm in the Bay Area, who you gonna call? These heroes. Inside the daring, ultra-competitive work of the beekeepers who race to collect loose swarms.

https://www.mercurynews.com/2024/05/14/when-bees-swarm-in-the-bay-area-who-you-gonna-call-these-heroes/

mjausson,
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@ai6yr Here you go, a 🎁

https://www.mercurynews.com/2024/05/14/when-bees-swarm-in-the-bay-area-who-you-gonna-call-these-heroes/?share=eoe5arymnrrirwrhwh0n

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