1+ week, 4+ day ago   (237+ words) 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. Yet another reason to…...

3+ week, 1+ hour ago   (418+ words) 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, mowed the lawns, trimmed the…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (388+ words) 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 curiosity or funny-bone. Let’s open with…...

1+ mon, 3+ day ago   (69+ words) My first search engine. Conserve The Sound: An online museum of vanishing and endangered sounds www.conservethesound.de In these times, sometimes you just gotta have a laugh. Life cycle of a strawberryOriginal post Mysteriously using words like "we" and…...

1+ mon, 6+ day ago   (143+ words) It is Friday again!! What a crazy week (aren’t they all lately). Is the Strait open or closed today/ Will IT happen today? Who knows? So let’s just launch into the good stuff instead. Hmmmm…He had a good point…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (294+ words) THAT is pretty wild. I’m not sure that was safe, but it certainly is out there… Possibly the greatest single male athletic performance of all timeOriginal post Who tortures a kitten???? Seriously!!! A boy and his kitten …. Clearly there was…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (397+ words) Greetings fellow newshounds and doom-scrollers. Time for our end-of-week respite from all the madness in the world. Here we go: Sadly, I’m now old enough to remember being excited by these… Throwback Thursday High Tech That is one wide tree…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (209+ words) Hello gemmers! Happy hump day, and welcome back to the next installment of weird and wonderful things from Bluesky. Today is a little heavy on satire and barbs – just because I feel like it… It's not a disagreement about politics....

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (418+ words) Before today’s Gems, I’d like to point out to you that we now have social media embeds in comments, as kos announced yesterday afternoon. Now, I will warn you that the Bluesky embeds, in particular, are a little weird — they…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (185+ words) Greetings and salutations to all gemmers, new or returning. I hope you’re all enjoying a glorious weekend. Let’s see what is happening over on Bluesky: The internet is mocking Andrew Tate’s fashion choices, but I especially loved this extension: One…...