One of my favorites, the spectacular Snowcap #hummingbird at @tapirvalley.bsky.social #CostaRica #birds #hummingbirds #nature

Sometimes I just stop and ponder how like half the executive branch is just people the president saw on tv a bunch

Can someone explain to me like im 5 how virginia's redistricting, which was democratically voted on, was declared unlawful but tennessee and florida's which were not voted on were completely fine.. ?

So i read about this new material that was recently fabricated, its polycrystalline silicon named Crysilliz. Wanted to buy some and the prices were reasonable but what in the hell are these shipping prices?! Tariffs i guess? Really disappointing

We went out on a night hike last night and @scibugs.bsky.social spotted this adorable Red-spotted Glass Frog. These frogs are found in the Andes Mountains from Colombia south into Ecuador. Intag Refugio, Ecuador

Havent been able to get to the gym much lately but im still pretty happy with how my arms look, so theres that

Happy 20 years of Neil banging out the tunes 🐀🎶🎉

Someone posted a very clearly AI video of a chicken today and its gaining massive traction (up to 3k likes and 500 reposts aorn) and just makes me so god damn angry and disappointed in how digitally illiterate people are. And theres even pushback when you call it out. We're so cooked.

Touched some grass today at the National Arboretum. DC spring weather heals me 🌸💕

Finally bought an apple slicer and i feel like ive just unlocked a new item in a video game (apples)

Filing taxes really raising my blood pressure today Was erroneously penalized 290$. Paid 40$ to chat with an expert real life human. Was told 'yep you were penalized by mistake but there's nothing i can do' Oh ok lol

🚀 Artemis II is safely in orbit! 🚀 A daring 10-day voyage will take four astronauts on a loop around the moon and set the stage for future forays to the lunar surface

Sometimes mineral crystals are so perfectly geometric they just dont seem real to me 🧐 🪨: Spinel (MgAl2O4)

A cabochon of river jasper (similar looking but distinct from ocean jasper!) from Indonesia

Currently working through the backlog of digitizing some of our fancier specimens. Here's a pentagonite (Ca(VO)Si4O10•4H2O) from India. Its a sibling (dimorph) of the more well known cavansite. Its vivid blue color is due to vanadium (VO²⁺).

Some azurite cabochons from the Bluebird Mine, AZ.

One year marriage anniversary date night at Bistro Cacao with the handsomest man in the world @jesh.bsky.social 🥰

I dont understand how someone can be elected as a dem and then only vote along republican lines the entire time. He'll always be a 2 point swing (-1 / +1) and that sucks so much

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Had to wear gloves for today's photo shoot Pirssonite - Na2Ca(CO3)2*2H2O - a soft, brittle, and soluble mineral, was named after one of the four petrologists responsible for creating the classification system for rocks (CIPW) It is similar to and a lesser hydrate than gaylussite 😏

A particularly vibrant example of Turgite, an iridescent variation of Goethite, displaying a full range of colors. Durango, Mexico. 2.5" wide. 🧪 #minerals #geology #earthscience #crystals #artgallery #rainbow #minerals #mineralspecimen #natural #rocks #rockhound

Lake Superior agate, banded amethyst, and quartz. This is from Paradise Beach on the north shore of Lake Superior. Museum quality specimen. #Photography #Agates #Amethyst #LakeSuperior

Reason # 1 million why AI overview is trash- its decided to just insert commas based on vibes lol

Went to a place called Level 99 this weekend that had over 40 rooms of different puzzles and obstacle courses and of course i had to get a photo op with the crystal geode room

My husband was diagnosed with stage 4 cancer in August. Today, he completed his final radiation treatment (after months of chemotherapy prior) and i am so so proud of him. Its been a very difficult past 6 months, but he's been so strong and positive. I know he's gonna make it through this. 💚

First day back in the office in 3 weeks 💛

Happy valentines day!

It was believed in medieval times that hedgehogs had spikes so they could roll over fruit to carry home to their children, which is not true but is a really cute idea

Fluorite (CaF2)- one of the geometric shapeshifters of the mineral world. A few of its most common crystal habits seen: cubic, octahedral, cuboctahedral (?), spherical.

My time at the tucson gem and mineral shows has concluded and now i must head back east tomorrow. Incredibly fun and fulfilling trip 😊

Beautiful new mineral ive never seen before- rainbow garnet! Has a similar iridescence as labradorite. Supposedly not much of the material exists yet.

One of the gem dealers had spinny dioptase 😵‍💫

Day 2 finished 💜

Day 1 at the Tucson gem show complete!

Day 0 (setup) for the Tucson gem show. Gonna be a busy but exciting week!

Got to my hotel in Tucson an hour ago and have already spent 180$ on meteorites and minerals 😅

Blizzard update from Rhode Island- i have let the intrusive thoughts win

Is anyone else alarmed by how much of a nuisance embedded ai 'assistants' have become? I dont want to 'chat with my document', please just let me read it in peace lol

Photo session today feat. beryl and tourmaline 🥰

This is the kind of shit that would make you completely outside the bounds of any ancient society, the gods bestow generational curses for violating hospitality

Exercising free will by feeding the seagulls at a rest stop parking lot

Thousands of years of science grinding to a halt because the most ignorant brainless flat-earth inspired egotists the world has ever seen are now in charge of everything

Happy FCF (fishy chalcopyrite friday) !! 🪨 : Chalcopyrite (CuFeS2) in shale

Some very shiny high protein (read: lead) crystals! 🪨: Galena (PbS) from Bulgaria

Merriam-Webster’s human editors have chosen ‘slop’ as the 2025 Word of the Year.

as of this week it has officially been 18 years since an anonymous user uploaded this bizarre image of an opossum cornered in a baby grand piano to Wikimedia Commons

Just donated 5$ to wikipedia 😎

Super cool twinned rough diamond!

Screaming into the void… 🪶