Love that frilly pointer!

That’s a very good dog.

oh that’s a good thought!

Those mesh bags onions & oranges come in? Or The rough insides of pulp paper cartons—like eggs are sometimes packed in, but also other packaging?

This company makes rubber replica fish intend for classroom gyotaku printing, with 16 different kinds of fish, but idk how well they would print in a letterpress press? www.nascoeducation.com/fish-replica...

Oooh, very nice!

I love this—I have also been bothered by aspects of “this is a printing office,” and I love this recontextualization.

Look for “stay flats” or “rigid mailers”; I prefer the reusable tab-lock type to the more single use adhesive with tear open strip. As noted above, they aren’t cheap, and shipping is also not cheap, but they do the job!

Yeah, it seems like they should be type high, because they are close, but it’s just 1/8” Lino mounted on a 3/4” block (so, ~0.043” short). I find a piece of chipboard + 1-2 sheets of copy paper under the block gets in the ballpark, then add or remove copy paper to adjust impression.

Seems like the real alignment problem is not computer vs humans but the billionaires who own the hardware and direct the development vs the rest of us.

Donald Trump has vowed to deport millions and jail his enemies. To carry out that agenda, his administration will exploit America’s digital surveillance machine. Here are some steps you can take to evade it.

@lhn.bsky.social has a guide for you:
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I had no idea this was something that they could supply, thanks for the tip!