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Julie Johnston @juliewithaj.com · 30/09/2026

I love and hate when TV shows use my favorite songs because it's usually only five seconds of them. Related: The New Basement Tapes' version of "When I Get My Hands on You" is a great track even when I only heard four bars of it in a season-four episode of Ted Lasso.

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Julie Johnston @juliewithaj.com · 29/09/2026

I get it, Claude. My sleep habits suck.

The Claude UI greets me with the message "Hey, early bird"

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Julie Johnston @juliewithaj.com · 28/09/2026

Judging by the way he aggressively vaults up his tree… I think my morning wake-up dance party may give my cat the zoomies.

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Julie Johnston @juliewithaj.com · 28/09/2026

For posterity. Since I finally did it.

I definitely am NOT from Oklahoma. But close.

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Julie Johnston @juliewithaj.com · 24/09/2026

After crying on a call with my manager from stress and exhaustion, she told me to give myself a break later and "not work late into the evening." And I know she meant well, but I definitely heard, "Get some rest because we still require more of you!"

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Julie Johnston @juliewithaj.com · 22/09/2026

For the first time when booking travel to the corporate headquarters, the painfully hip boutique hotel (my catnip) is cheaper than the Embassy Suites.

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Julie Johnston @juliewithaj.com · 20/09/2026

Somehow managed to use all my tokens at Fremont Oktoberfest.

Never a great idea to celebrate prematurely, but I did it anyway. Premature Celebration beer from Dirty Couch Brewing.

Not pictured: the bonus 6th token I also consumed.

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Julie Johnston @juliewithaj.com · 18/09/2026

No matter how many times I yell at my cat to “Be chill!” … he is not, in fact, chill.

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Julie Johnston @juliewithaj.com · 16/09/2026

I bought a dental vacuum forming machine. Which is a totally normal thing to own, so stop looking at me like that.

My new vacuum former. He’s decently heavy for a lil’ guy.

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Julie Johnston @juliewithaj.com · 16/09/2026

Some days I feel creative and strategic. And some days I just babysit GitHub Copilot and hit "Allow" every so often.

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Julie Johnston @juliewithaj.com · 14/09/2026

Met a very handy older gentleman yesterday who, on their anniversary every year, makes his wife a Queen of Hearts. Every year in a different style or form factor, but every year the Queen of Hearts. It may have been the most romantic thing I'd ever heard.

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Houston Chronicle @houstonchronicle.com · 13/09/2026

Texas scored the game's final 21 points in a second-half comeback to shock No. 1 Ohio State. bit.ly/46nMcXJ

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Julie Johnston @juliewithaj.com · 11/09/2026

I love that school has started again in Seattle and I can hear the kids on the playground during recess while I work. I love the sounds of life going on that aren't just street traffic.

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Julie Johnston @juliewithaj.com · 31/08/2026

Very helpful voice message from the Safeway Pharmacy about my vaccination appointment this afternoon.

Apple Watch screen with a voice mail transcription reading “It’s like, oh, they’re dog.”

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 25/08/2026

Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro says RFK Jr. offered federal help after two unvaccinated people died from measles, the first U.S. deaths this year. Shapiro declined, saying PA could handle it, and confronted Kennedy, telling him: “There’s real life consequences to spreading misinformation.”

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Julie Johnston @juliewithaj.com · 20/08/2026

My new method for handling no-longer-needed Post-it notes is both catharsis and modern art.

Stabbing my notes with a spike is the path to healing.

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Julie Johnston @juliewithaj.com · 12/08/2026

Went to one of those "fill out a survey and meet a group of total strangers for dinner!" events and the same two people I thought were cool also thought *I* was cool. Am I making new friends and overcoming my social awkwardness?? Maybe!

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Julie Johnston @juliewithaj.com · 10/08/2026

I wouldn't say I have a Post-It note problem, no. But my manager does refer to my weekly to-do list review as "Post-It Backlog Grooming."

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Julie Johnston @juliewithaj.com · 10/08/2026

Musical break! Brandi Carlisle's cover of Alanis Morissette's "Uninvited" is epic. youtu.be/kyvDyZoyGUg?...

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Brandi Carlile - "Uninvited" (Newport Folk Fest 2026)

YouTube video by Brandi Carlile

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Julie Johnston @juliewithaj.com · 09/08/2026

Nothing like vomiting up your lunch into a bush in a craft store parking lot to really set the mood of your day.

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Julie Johnston @juliewithaj.com · 04/08/2026

Manager: "I know this is a lot of work. Take care of yourself and don't burn yourself out." Me: *changes into pajamas at 3 in the afternoon*

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Julie Johnston @juliewithaj.com · 29/07/2026

There's the power of suggestion, and then there's me watching a single reel and thinking I could totally live in an RV.

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Julie Johnston @juliewithaj.com · 27/07/2026

Absolutely taking my 6:30 am call from bed. And knitting.

In progress: the Stitchwork Blanket by Andrea Lotz for Purl SoHo in Teacup Pink Cotton on a Cone. About 135 rows in.

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Julie Johnston @juliewithaj.com · 24/07/2026

Key feedback from my manager as we prep for a C suite presentation. I talk fast so my brain gets it all out before it forgets what it wanted to say.

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Julie Johnston @juliewithaj.com · 22/07/2026

Finishing one blanket means… it’s time to start another one! #knitsky

The first 30-ish rows of the Stitchwork Blanket by Hiromi Glover from Purl Soho. The yarn is Cotton Pure on a Cone in Teacup Pink.

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Cult of the Lamb @cultofthelamb.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

we love you jimothy

jimothy, the perfectly round raccoon, in the world of Cult of the Lamb

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Julie Johnston @juliewithaj.com · 21/07/2026

Home from DC and my Insta feed is 99% Jimothy. And I ain’t mad at it.

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Julie Johnston @juliewithaj.com · 17/07/2026

The wedding weekend has begun!

Welcome dinnering and already a little red-wine drunk after one glass.

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Julie Johnston @juliewithaj.com · 16/07/2026

IT IS FINISHED. Someone come do the wet blocking for me. #knitsky

The knitting of the Porto Blanket has now concluded. My right hand is cramping.

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Julie Johnston @juliewithaj.com · 14/07/2026

Golly gee, DirecTV! How will I survive without you?!?

DirecTV's genius crackpot response to my cancellation request: "In the event of a cancellation, how would you fulfill your entertainment requirements and ensure you still receive vital news and weather updates?"

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Julie Johnston @juliewithaj.com · 12/07/2026

The kiddo has departed. It’s the second anniversary of my divorce being finalized. Taking a painting class in my friend’s backyard is healing.

My kiddo and me at the airport. Barely holding it together.

Getting comfortable with putting acrylic on paper.

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Julie Johnston @juliewithaj.com · 08/07/2026

This is what happens when I have to sit on phone calls and make no meaningful contribution to the conversation.

Another 70-80 rows of blanket knitting progress.

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Julie Johnston @juliewithaj.com · 05/07/2026

Big blanket progress. Much knit.

Channeling my existential anxiety into hand-crafting. 50-60 rows of progress since my last photo.

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Joshua Benton @joshuabenton.com · 01/07/2026

New by me —> Now we're getting AI fake news complaining about how AI fake news is the death of real news! How a fake news site splits its energy between (a) the imagined closure of real US newspapers and (b) Chinese-friendly takes on Taiwan www.niemanlab.org/2026/07/now-...

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Now we’re getting AI fake news complaining about how AI fake news is the death of real news

Did 47 Alabama newspapers die on a single day and no one noticed? (Hint: No, they didn't.)

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Julie Johnston @juliewithaj.com · 01/07/2026

“How’s the blanket going, Jules?” “Pretty well, actually. Maybe I’ll finish this one.”

A very purple knitted blanket, approaching 100 rows in.

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Julie Johnston @juliewithaj.com · 30/06/2026

Thanks to free use of the Figma Agent while it's in beta, I'm back to experimenting more in Figma instead of directly in Claude Code. The little chime the agent makes when it finishes a task is very Pavlovian.

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Julie Johnston @juliewithaj.com · 28/06/2026

My kid and I are super cute.