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Paperposts

@Paperposts@zirk.us

Now my primary account - supposed to be a home for all my paper, design, art, poetry and ephemera ramblings. But is ending up a place I post bird and landscape photos, with the occasional climate, environment and tech bits thrown in.
Avatar shows a person with a lens over one eye. Header background says “missed it” but the CMYK colour is offset too much

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ai6yr, to random
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AP: CEOs got hefty pay raises in 2023 while inflation burdened American workers’ budgets... "The median pay package for CEOs rose to $16.3 million, up 12.6 percent, according to data analyzed for The Associated Press by Equilar. Meanwhile, wages and benefits netted by private-sector workers rose 4.1 percent through 2023. At half the companies in this year’s pay survey, it would take the worker at the middle of the company’s pay scale almost 200 years to make what their CEO did."

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/economy/ceos-got-hefty-pay-raises-in-2023-while-inflation-burdened-american-workers-budgets

#pay #ceos

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@ai6yr would particularly like to see that data against companies that slashed their work forces in same period.

ai6yr, to random
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NY Times: The Heat Wave Scenario That Keeps Climate Scientists Up at Night https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/03/opinion/heat-technology-climate.html

Paperposts,
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@ai6yr a few years back (pre covid) there were back to back red flag power outages in Marin, we had 3 maybe 4 days without power then another 2 days a few days after the power came back. Thankfully no extreme heatwave. Folk with money grabbed hotels in sf and those who couldn’t travel or didn’t know what to expect stayed. I got much more emergency conscious after that. Now I always think about that George Carlin set where no electricity leads to the end of the world.

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@ninahatfield @ai6yr yes was a shock to me. Gas pumps down, traffic lights out, local super markets giving away food as backups for fridges only managing 2 days. One thing I notice here is that solar is not an option for a lot of house (hills, trees etc) and other backups can be too costly with no chance for renters. For me the idea of local micro grids and local storage feels like the way to go. Need to break the "I'm ok, I've got a back up system for my $5m house" to community level solutions.

Paperposts, to illustration
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Here are 3 prints by the Korean artist Moonassi done for the clothing label Kitsune

#illustration #art #fox #fridayFox

A person with a fox tail, sits with a fox in their lap, whilst another fox looks on
A person with a fox tail, sits with a fox in their lap
A person with a fox tail, is stretch towards a fox that is also stretching

Paperposts, to random
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Supermarket i was in erupted in spontaneous cheers, people hugging and high-fiving #howIheardthenews

Paperposts, to GraphicDesign
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another gem over at 50 Watts books: Thee Almighty and Insane - Chicago Gang Business Cards from the 1970s and 1980s

https://50wattsbooks.com/products/thee-almighty-and-insane-chicago-gang-business-cards-from-the-1970s-and-1980s

A spread from the book. It open in a landscape orientation. Each page shows a business card for a different Chicago gang. The top one has the name Almighty Playboys, with a bunny on it. The bottom has The Almighty Playboys and has 2 bunny people with walking sticks.

ai6yr, to random
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"Reverse networking" -- the process of getting to know a lot of people in a lot of other companies, because they have all left the company you knew them at. #career #networking

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@ai6yr oh I thought “reverse networking” was when you slowly, deliberately lose contact with people you worked with until you can (hopefully) delete your linkedin profile

Paperposts, to illustration
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3 more small artworks I’ve taken an age to share. These are by Charlotte Farmer, based in Bath, UK. These pics don’t pick up the vibrancy of the colours, as they contain lumos, absolutely beautiful work.

Looking at her etsy, I see a Tunnocks teacake and a Caramel bar print that are now on my must have list.
https://www.etsy.com/shop/charlottefarmer1

#paperposts #screenprint #illustration #art

A brightly coloured illustration of an open match box. On the match box it says The three birds safety matches. It has a picture of 3 pink and gold birds on a branch
A brightly coloured illustration of an open match box. On the match box it says Safety matches made in Japan. On the matchbox there is a picture of a lion’s head mouth open wide, in that is a tiger with mouth open wide, inside that a cat.

Paperposts, to art
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Finally getting around to sharing these wonderful small prints by Fumi Yanagimoto from 2018
Ig: fumiyanagimoto

#paperposts #art #dogs

2 colour block print illustration of a scruffy little white dog and stick
2 colour block print illustration of a dog asleep on a diamond patterned mat
1 colour illustration of a small dog in front of a fence

Paperposts, to Bloomscrolling
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continuing the colour theme, here are some more pink and purple hues
#bloomscrolling #pink #purple

A single pink sorrel bloom
A cluster of tiny purple blooms on a shrub
A purple succulent flower

Paperposts, to random
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2 more pics of #chiton at Rodeo beach
#marinelife #rockpools

A chiton in a rock crevice.

Paperposts, to animals
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Marcy and Ollie had lots of beach fun today. It was cold and foggy, a perfect respite from the heat inland.
#dogsofmastodon

A dachshund and a westie on the beach. The westie is rolling on its back
A dachshund and a westie both looking thoughtful
A westie leaping along the beach

Paperposts, to Goth
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Many years ago i found a ‘list of items for a grand house in mourning’, on it were things like black velvet drapes etc and also a butter dish in the shape of a skull that moulds the butter inside in to a brain.

I feel like this was maybe a Perec thing, or something published by Atlas Press or someone like that.
Anyone know who wrote it or where it’s from?
#goth #avantgarde #literature

Paperposts, to random
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Forgetting the contents of Apple's 100 Best Albums.
This is an hilarious example of Marketing team and Product team not seeing eye to eye. This panel shows up next to panels for albums I can instantly stream, but the list is not inside the app, so I can't play the albums there. I have to go to the website, sign in blah blah blah.
There's not even a playlist in the app. It's just a horrible, empty husk of an acquisition mechanic. Who knew Apple music could get any worse 🤷‍♂️
#badUX

JimsPhotos, to nature
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Run foxy run..

#nature #fox #Wildlife #photography #NaturePhotography #FoxPhotography #FoxesOfMastodon #UK

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@JimsPhotos Run, run, Reynard, run, run, run
You've got to run for an hour and you're still not done
You've got to run, run, Reynard, run, run, run
Away, away, away, away, away

Paperposts,
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@JimsPhotos yes it is - Reynard The Fox

ai6yr, to OpenAI
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OpenAI pulls Scarlett Johansson-like voice... OpenAI "denied that the imitation of Johansson was intentional " https://www.theverge.com/2024/5/20/24160621/openai-chatgpt-gpt4o-sky-scarlett-johansson-voice-assistant-her #openai #ai #intellectualproperty #acting

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@ai6yr it feels like we’ve let over privileged teenage boys take the wheel. From cybertrucks to ai fantasy girls, it’s all got very discarded gym sock. Think they all need their internet access removed and made to go outside and help people instead

Paperposts, to animals
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beach patrol
#DogsOfMastodon

Paperposts, to photography
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Anyone got any recommendations for a non subscription alternative to Adobe Lightroom (Mac), don't mind paying for it but not forever - ideally with some kind of import?

#photography

Paperposts, to random
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Be the seagull

(Edit: unless you live in the Netherlands - if so, enforce the sign. Thanks Edgar for telling me about that)

ai6yr, to random
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G4! https://www.swpc.noaa.gov/

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@ai6yr reminds me of that Steven Wright joke:
Everywhere is walking distance

If you’ve got the time

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Paperposts, to books
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I missed this book when it came out, so excited to finally pick up a copy.
Brick Index from Patrick Fry. Yep, that’s right it’s a book of pictures of British bricks, 154 of them, and it’s wonderful

#bricks #books #typography #paperposts

Spread from the brick book. Left page has a light colored brick with Burman Toff Leeds stamped on it. The right page had a light cream colored brick with J.B & co Larbert and a crown stamped on it.
Spread from the brick book. Left page has an orangish colored brick with Dykehead 45 stamped on it. The right page had an orangish colored brick with J*DC stareworks glenboig stamped on it.
Spread from the brick book. Left page has a red brick with Mount Hill Kingswood stamped on it, the Ns are backwards. The right page had a ref colored brick with cattybrook brick co limited Bristol stamped on it.

Paperposts, to pareidolia
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I’ve always had a penchant for #Pareidolia but have been abstaining, until this

Paperposts, to animals
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#silentsunday #dogsofmastodon

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