#Jade #Diamond #WeddingRings

Apparently, some newly weds are choosing jade for their wedding rings now.

I've inherited a lot of jade from my parents. My father always wore jade as his wedding ring. My mother wore a diamond wedding & engagement ring but she had a lot of other jade jewelry.

I had a jade & diamond wedding ring that I wore when I was married too but haven't worn any rings or other jewelry for a long time

The quality of jade (at least green jade) is measured by the deepness & uniformity of the color & the best jade is now extremely expensive.

The quality of the jade pictured in the article linked below appears to be very poor (& hence more affordable).

https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/jade-engagement-rings-20325988.php?utm_source=marketing&utm_medium=copy-url-link&utm_campaign=article-share&hash=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuc2ZjaHJvbmljbGUuY29tL2JheWFyZWEvYXJ0aWNsZS9qYWRlLWVuZ2FnZW1lbnQtcmluZ3MtMjAzMjU5ODgucGhw&time=MTc0ODM2NjM5MTg5Nw%3D%3D&rid=ZWU3ODAyMDYtMmZlYS00ODFiLTliMmMtMzUyMGNjZjQ4ZjA1&sharecount=Mg%3D%3D

Join the upcoming CRAFT-OA coffee lecture for #Diamond #OpenAccess journal publishers and editors. "Self-Archiving Policy - Benefits and Implementation at TIB Open Publishing. Learn more: https://www.craft-oa.eu/5-june-2025-2pm-cest-craft-oa-coffee-lecture-self-archiving-policy-benefits-implementation-at-tib-open-publishing-english/

It’s been a rough couple of weeks but I’m trying to turn it around, so here are #3GoodThings I’m thinking about today (morning edition):

- The cute little trill that #Diamond makes when I pet her while she’s napping

- It’s @quickstepper79’s and my wedding anniversary, and he offered to make one of my favorite dinners

- I have a loving immediate and extended family, for which I am grateful

#ThreeGoodThings
@3goodthings @threegoodthings

Attention!!! We are now accepting proposals for CRAFT-OA's conference in October, bringing together the #Diamond #OpenAccess community to share best practices, projects, and challenges. Submissions accepted through June 1, 2025. Read more here: https://craft-oa.eu/conference

Look, mom. See what you did? I have officially starved to death. To DEATH.

(Context: cat dinner time is in 5 minutes)

"Publishing #diamond #OpenAccess is a noblesse oblige for us. Let everyone benefit from research, so that we contribute together to appropriate care and improve the quality of life for people with #intellectual #disabilities."

Read the interview with Alain Dekker, editor of an open access book on #psychosocial #support #methods:

https://www.rug.nl/library/open-access/blog/publishing-a-open-access-book-on-psychosocial-support-methods-for-people-with-intellectual-disabilit

The book, published in 2024, has been downloaded >10,000 times by now.

#research #care #psychology #SocialWork

by Silvio Zangarini

TeeDee TaDa (Remix Version) by Diamond Narakorn
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m_HlmWCO2jw&ab_channel=ONEMUSIC

#dailysketchingworkout
Prompt what have you found

Story to this one. My dad lost a diamond from one of his gold rings. He was upset bc neither he nor my mom could find it after turning the apartment inside out. They gave it up for lost. a week or so later, my mom was combing my hair. I jumped up & pulled away bc I saw a twinkle in the dark blue carpet. I pulled the diamond out of the fibers. My parents were thrilled.

#diamond
#pencilsketch
#digitalart

#diamond : the square space, 90 feet on a side, having the bases at its angles

- French: diamant

- German: der Diamant

- Italian: diamante

- Portuguese: diamante

- Spanish: diamante

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Word of The Hour's Annual Survey @ https://wordofthehour.org/r/form

Today’s 3 good things:

- Mailed my postcards to #Wisconsin voters today.

- Held #Diamond (who historically doesn’t like being held) in a new/different way, and she didn’t hate it. She even began purring contentedly until she suddenly realized what was going on, came to her senses, and requested down. A very good girl.

- Good self-defense class tonight. Learned how to control & bring an attacker to the ground using just their head.

#3GoodThings #ThreeGoodThings
@3goodthings @threegoodthings

#TimelineCleanse

#Henry had a rough day today. His sister #Diamond insisted on sharing his cat bed, leaving hardly any room* for him at all! Poor guy had no choice but to hang his head out the front of the bed. Truly tragic. Somewhere Sarah McLachlan is singing.

*there was SO much room, but where’s the drama in that?

Our university is now a subscribing member of White Horse Press, a family-run academic publisher specializing in #environmental #humanities & #SocialSciences!

Read more: https://www.rug.nl/library/news/250226-white-horse-press

Discover other #diamond #OpenAccess initiatives we support: https://www.rug.nl/library/open-access/diamond-open-access-at-the-ug/open-access-initiatives/

Ich freue mich, dass ich anlässlich des 10-jährigen Geburtstages der @ZfdG die Zeitschrift zusammen mit @acryljeans_kino im Podcast "Hab gehört" der @hab_wf vertreten durfte:
https://hab-gehoert.podigee.io/18-zfdg
#openaccess #diamond #Publizieren #PublicHumanities #collaboration #DigitalHumanities

Today’s 3 good things:

- Moved out of my physical office space. It was emotional & bittersweet, but it was the right decision and this was a big step.

- Partner & I were dismayed to find our fave breakfast burrito place has closed. We consoled ourselves with an abundance of Taco Bell to make up for it.

- #Diamond forgave us for an unknown transgression and allowed us to provide her with apologetic belly rubs. She is very forgiving.

#3GoodThings #ThreeGoodThings @3goodthings @threegoodthings

break? #Guix #HPC activity report is out!

Check it out:

https://hpc.guix.info/blog/2025/02/guix-hpc-activity-report-2024/

The seventh report, time flies! Highlight of key achievements:

• More than 57,000 packages, Guix + related channels for scientific packages;
• Performance and portability: more about MPI;
• ROCm/HIP software stack for AMD GPUs upgrades;
• Migration of Guix-Science channel to Codeberg;
• New version of Guix-Jupyter;
• Common Workflow Language #CWL + Guix = : ccwl and ravanan;
• Ensuring Source Code Availability: #SoftwareHeritage rescue mode;
• Re-Deploying Software from the Past;
• Supporting Artifact Evaluation at SuperComputing 2024;
• “Package to Container image” conversion pipeline, #DIAMOND and #DIADEM;
• Digital Electronics Design;
• Reproducible Multiphysics Simulation and Workflows;
• Impact of Hardware Variability;
• Toward Guix on French Tier-1 and EuroHPC Tier-0 machines;
• Pangenome Genetics Research
• Supporting RISC-V
• List of articles, talks, tutorials, events, training sessions.
• … and more…

What a year, isn’t it?

#PopMonday theme: #FanCam

Teedee Tada by Diamond Narakorn
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j6w2LucXCIY&ab_channel=BonGalleria

#Diamond, like most kitties, looooves a good box. However, she rarely ever lays or sleeps in them. Instead, she prefers tall boxes that she can sit in, peering over the top to survey her domain and occasionally bop unsuspecting passersby*.

*see #Henry.

The #Dutch #Diamond #OpenAccess Expertise Center is now live!

https://www.openaccess.nl/en/diamond-open-access/about

The center aims to reinforce and future-proof the Netherlands' #DiamondOA #publishing landscape.
It serves as a knowledge hub connecting #researchers, publishers, #librarians, #policymakers, and #funders.

We're excited to be a partner with our University of Groningen Press.

Another of Diamond's cover series:

Onlyfan originally by The Parkinson covered by Diamond Narakorn
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nhDwwz2B7C8&ab_channel=ONEMUSIC