Jade

I've been using the laser cutters at my local makerspace to cut lots of spiral shapes like this: [Photo of 3 plywood pieces, each with a spiral formed out of a different repeating shape laser-cut into it.] If you want to do the same, you might open Inkscape, make a shape, and scale it and rotate it: [Screenshot of solid pentagons, each one slightly rotated and smaller than the last. The pentagons are completely filled in.] Here's the catch. Laser cutter software's kinda dumb - all it can do when cutting is trace the paths (outer lines) of your shapes. So you could feed the above into it, and it would cut it, but what we'd end up with is the smallest pentagon and a bunch of tiny obtuse triangle shards, rather than a connected shape. In my pieces, the wooden "lines" are actually part of the solid shape; I made them by creating a sort of shape frame using a "difference" operation and then scaling and rotating that. Like so: [Screenshot of: - Two solid squares, one nested inside the other, labelled "overlapping shapes". - A hollow square with a thick, filled-in edge, labelled "difference". - A spiral pattern made out of these hollow squares, nested and rotated. The places the squares are touching are still separated by strokes. Labeled "transform: rotate and scale repeatedly". - The same spiral, but all the squares are now fused into a single shape. No strokes are visible at the places the squares touch. Labeled "union". ] It has to be done this way (as far as I can tell); even if you used a stroke style multiple millimeters thick, the laser would still just cut a 0.1mm line at the center of the stroke. So be sure strokes are drawn on BOTH sides of the wooden struts you want! --Jay McGavren, September 2025

I made this hasty #LaserCutter tutorial for the spiral shapes I've been doing. If you want your finished laser cut to consist of thin lines, the trick is not to draw thick strokes; you actually need paths on *both* sides of your lines!

Every hotel worker and operator in the country should be informed of what can happen if they let ICE book rooms

Every act of defiance, no matter how small, pushes the Resistance forward. The rebellion grows on hope.

The Trump regime is harming innocent Americans, targeting reporters and peaceful protesters. Video after video keeps surfacing, widely shared on TikTok and Reddit. These aren’t threats, they’re people walking home, holding signs, clearly marked as press. And still, they’re being targeted.

These rescuers attached a sausage to a drone to lure a stranded dog named Millie back to safety. 14/10 for everybody

A Mars Moon Rises at Dawn The image hints at a longstanding mystery

A new photograph from the Perseverance rover on Mars shows the smaller of the planet’s two moons—named Deimos—glowing in the Martian sky shortly before sunrise. 🧪

"You give way to an enemy this evil with this much power and you condemn the galaxy to an eternity of submission. The time to fight is now! Every moment you waste is another step closer to the ashes of Jedha." - Jyn Erso #art #starwars

"I'm not saying I'm a ferret, but sometimes I get the urge to hide behind the couch." - unknown #art

Seeing a lot of "RFK IS Wrong About Autism" headlines. Well, duh.

Strike the word "austism" and replace it with "everything" and it saves time.

One Small Thing: Caring About People Through Small Actions - WhoWhatWhy With little time left before the transition of power, using your voice now can be powerful.

As Donald Trump’s second presidency looms, now is the time to take action and safeguard the causes you care about. Darlena Cunha lists seven impactful but feasible steps she took to make a meaningful difference in the world around her that you can take too.
#OneSmallThing #MakeChangeHappen

New years cards about half ready to ship, hoping to be able to drop them all in the mail next week. Drop me your address if you want one!

they both looks young to me! like around a year?

I wish I could adopt every stray cat ❤️

#cat #catlover #pet

Wild that outlets are STILL publishing handwringing about Bluesky being an “echo chamber.” Guys, Twitter has been taken over by Nazis, and the biggest Nazi of all is the richest guy in the world who owns it. That’s the story.

I love dragons because I have a lot of people and I don't know what to do with it.

The double standards are epic

"If a woman doesn't look woman enough to a Republican, they want to be able to inspect your genitals to use a bathroom? It's disgusting.

Everyone should reject it completely... they're endangering women, they're endangering girls of all kind, and everyone should reject it. It's gross." - AOC

no

Visa stopped posting on X.
Etsy stopped posting on X.
Adobe stopped posting on X.
Android stopped posting on X.
Mastercard stopped posting on X.
McDonald's stopped posting on X.
CVS Pharmacy stopped posting on X.
Walmart stopped posting on X.
Did You?
#cdnpoli #peipoli

White cornish rex cat sitting

This is Tegan #cats

“bluesky is an echo chamber” everywhere’s an echo chamber i’m going with the one without cybertruck guys

Folks, I'm seeing a rise in bots/trolls in my replies, so if/when you see them, remember:

1. Don't engage with them;
2. When I see them I'll block them, and then their comments will disappear forever;
3. You can block them too if you want, obviously.

They want attention. Disappoint them.

"Have a nice day"=standard, polite

"Enjoy the next 24 hours"=technically correct, ominous