Mimi Runs with Scissors

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Singer & Musician · Presentation Designer · Adorkable Rouser of Rabbles · she/her
I believe DEI and accessibility benefits everybody; that cats are good communicators if you just listen; and that singing together makes life a whole, whole lot better.
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#PresentationDesign #GraphicDesign #Musicians #Jazz #ImprovSinging #CircleSinging
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Alt text: Profile Pic, Shiva Kitty and me curled up on my pillow. Header pic, my collection of Pantone swatchbooks.
JoinedNov 18, 2022
@bedwardstiek thanks for reminding me of the Berkeley Ace Hardware, Brian!

@bedwardstiek I live two blocks from Ellis Hardware and was wondering what was going on, there. This is terrible news. The only other good* hardware store I'm aware of within reach is Pasttime Hardware, up in El Cerrito. That ain't walking distance, but OSH is kind of mediocre, and I cannot bring myself to shop at the monster stores—aside from Home Depot's founder being a still-active Trump supporter, their underpaid clerks have little experience and they almost never have what I need.

Ellis was the kind of place where I could walk in, feel genuinely welcome, speak with a clerk who really knew their stuff, and not once be told, "sorry, we don't have that in stock." Yet another treasure we're losing to greed and the unaffordability of the Bay Area.

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*"Good," meaning they are well stocked and treat their employees with respect—they seem happy and tend to stick around.

That is gorgeous, Andrei.

“You're not going to lose your job to artificial intelligence; you're going to lose your job to a human who knows how to use AI better than you.”
— Rick Altman; Director of Rick Altman & Associates and Producer of the Presentation Summit (BetterPresenting.com)

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I created these images of creepy babies with the AI image generator Craiyon V3 (craiyon.com), using the prompt, "laughing baby dressed as a CEO, working on a laptop and surrounded by piles of money."

Note that, while the prompt mentioned neither race nor gender, Craiyon presented only white males, retaining the blatant bias of its human developers. And as with many other AI image generators, they're still lousy at drawing hands as faces (although chances are the developers aren't any good at that, either, LOL).

Mr Shiva Kitty wishes you a happy #caturday!

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@jcutting what a beauty!!

Happy Caturday from Shiva and me!

@Beautifulpublicdata is the latest marvelous rabbit hole I've fallen into during my GIS cartography learning (which pairs wonderfully with my presentation design skills!).

Enjoy!
https://www.beautifulpublicdata.com/

Beautiful Public Data

A curated selection of visually interesting datasets collected by local, state and federal government agencies. By Jon Keegan.

Beautiful Public Data
@Trendar D'awwwww, they look very happy. Beautiful markings on both. Thanks for sharing!
@Trendar ah! Definitely! Did you mean to attach a photo with your comment?

My boi, Shiva.

Technically, he's not "my" cat—Shiva and his sister, Sita, live with their humom, and we were housemates for five years. Shiva slept with me every night, and as far as he's concerned he *is* my cat. Were only it so. At least I get to kitty sit, and when I do, Shiva attaches himself to me like Velcro. We are forever bonded. I love this boi 😻
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