Hello, everyone! I have no deeper point in invoking Magritte than the caramel apple joke. But there is, I find, an apple section today. It’s short. Click through to see the Tyson quotes.

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Greetings to you all. I hope you have all had a nice weekend. Let’s get straight into today’s selection of gems. A guy who brought the world a lot of joy and definitely left the world a little better…

Good morning, Bluesky gemmers. Fall is in the air. Pink robin Black robin. Waterfall, experienced from inside a cave Who knew! But then, it’s a low quality fact – The red lipped batfish Browns Canyon…

Newly uncovered archival documents have raised questions over whether Adolf Hitler could have murdered his half-niece, whose death in his Munich apartment in 1931 was officially ruled a suicide.

Greetings everyone and TGIF!! Sorry if today’s post sounds a little grumpy – I pulled something in my lower back and it hurts!! It is a long weekend here in Victoria, because today is the day before…

Hello, my friends! N.B., from Mark Hamill: A short explainer about El Niño. Don’t forget, you can click through and enlarge these! (If I have posted these before, or even if not, I urge you to click…

Greetings fellow newshounds and doom-scrollers. Happy hump day to those who celebrate. It is again time to lighten the mood and check in on the good stuff from the good place. There will indeed be…

Hello, everyone! In light of our hope of controlling the House after the midterms, this is a very nice explainer about what the Speaker of the House’s actual job is. Annie Leibovitz is currently 76…

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Welcome back my friends and welcome new readers! I hope you’ve had a relaxing weekend. Let’s see what is happening over on the good place. Media manipulation exposed Family is Family Desperately…

Good morning, Bluesky gemsters. If you’re wondering about the main image: Those standing stones are in Spain. Many of the stones have a square cut in their center, probably for perspective and…

Greetings compatriots and gemologist. Happy Friday!! First of all, a humble thank you to all of you who supported our community law project. It raised enough money to buy another Raspberry Pi…

Hello, friends! Here are some more low-quality facts. You might know people who need to see this chart. “Flightless parrot”, or “small feathered dinosaur”? Don’t forget that you can click through and…

Hello my friends. I hope you are having a good week so far. Another downside for Swasticar owners BURN!! We need more journalism like this There has been a sighting Early cinema Hmmm – true that My…

Hello, everyone! The replies would like you to know that this image is not Eunice Foote. Nonetheless, the information is good, and if you’d care to know more about her work, the Royal Society has an…

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Greetings my friends. I hope you have had a relaxing weekend. Straight into it today. I had do deal with this as a child learning English Not all heroes wear capes This was a stunning and beautiful…

Have an old VW Beetle from the 1960s or 70s laying around and want to convert it into an electric...

Good morning, Gemmers. Hope you have a great weekend. Lets begin with… well, this – Sound up. Once AI gets rid of us, it will be working on doing it’s best to imitate, and hang out with these rare…

Greetings fellow gemologists. Happy Friday! I hope you have some pleasant plans for the weekend. My feed from the good place today was largely dominated by people making fun of the Trumpalloza…

Hello. everyone! Thanks to the Overnight News Digest thread for this! (Some 2/3 of all the replies to this note that the dog is female.) You really need to listen to all of this. Just sayin’. Yay, it’...

Greeting to you all and happy hump day. Let’s see what is happening on my feed today. Why can’t we be friends? An oldie but a goodie This might be the camera perspective, but I’m not sure I’d sit THAT...

Hello, my friends! I’m sure I don’t have to tell some of you that today, Sept. 8, is the 60th anniversary of the airing of the first episode of Star Trek, in 1966. (I was twelve, but by all the gods…

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Greeting to all the Gemologists out there. Today is father’s day in Australia, so I wrote this a day in advance, as I will be spending the day with my gorgeous wife and kids. To those in the US: I…

Good morning, Gemmers. I hope you have a great Labor Day weekend! Since this is Saturday, lets begin with flowers. Yes, it is. Patagonia’s giant bumblebees IOKIYAR It is Caturday. Hence, Cats.

Hello, friends! Happy September! I suspect that William Carlos Williams might not have eaten that many. Important advice on how to avoid getting a passport with the Orange Felon’s picture!

Greetings to you all and happy hump-day to those who celebrate. I hope your week is going well. Let’s get to my picks from the good place. I wonder how that is working out for them. Grumpy cat This is...

Hello, everybody! I know I’m not the only one! h/t Besame for this: this organization has lined up tons of scientists who are happy to skype with students and answer their questions.

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Welcome all Gemologists! I hope you have had an enjoyable and peaceful weekend. Let’s see what’s been happening over on the good place. I like this idea… a LOT Nature’s own stone polisher Animal…

Good morning, Bluesky Gemmists. Welcome to Saturday Diary. . I hope you saw some part of it . Lets begin with homage to cats, doggos, and Canada. . Truths . Yeah… . Botos, Amazon basin’s own dolphins.

Greetings my dear Gemologists. Let’s see what was worth digging up for a Friday. If you are planning to quit today, this is a rather classy way to do it. This whole thread is pretty good.

Hello, my friends. This is not an all-Dolly 10 Gems, but it is a Dolly-heavy 10 Gems. There will be extra to make sure there’s enough variety! (We’ll catch up with Tim Curry next week, and please…

Happy hump day everyone. I hope your week is going well so far. Sadly we lost a music legend in Dolly Parton. I hope she rests in peace. But let’s focus on the positives. Here is what I dug up for you...

Hello, everyone! Since I don’t have a Bluesky account myself, I have no idea what Jamelle Bouie is responding to here. However, I think his comment stands on its own. If you click through, however…

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Greetings everyone. I hope you have enjoyed a peaceful and relaxing weekend. Today was the first real spring like day we’ve had in a while. Sunny and really pleasant. I got out in the yard…

Good morning, Bluesky Gemseekers. Hope you’re having a good weekend. A wearable sound system One heck of a song voice . The one and only . A circle under the sun Good stuff… A work of art 🤩 …

Greetings to you all. I hope you’ve had a good week, but THANK GOD IT IS FRIDAY!! Maybe IT will happen today. It can’t be much longer now. Meanwhile, let’s get the party started early anyway.

Welcome back Gemologist and welcome to those who just joined for the first time. Happy hump day to those who celebrate! Let’s get into todays selection of weird and wonderful stuff to tickle your…

Hello, my friends! h/t Thinking Fella for this one! Welcome to the pasta section! This guy is kind of a pastasplainer, but he’s not wrong. When I was a kid in New Jersey, there were gorgeous sunsets…

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Greetings Gemmers. I hope you’ve enjoyed a peaceful weekend. Let’s pause the doom-scrolling and have some distractions. Warning: Today’s selection contains some odd stuff that might inspire curiosity.

Hello, Blue Gemsters. Welcome to the Saturday collection. Yet another Saturday in the Time of L’Orange. Sun, rising in glory History blend –from the Telegraph – “[…] a Salisbury man ought to buy it…”…

Ahhhh… the end of the week again. Let’s see what I could find for you today. Today’s title image was contributed by Rise above the swamp. If you have images you’d like to see used as title images in…