1+ week, 21+ hour ago   (313+ words) 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…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (110+ words) After twenty years of working almost exclusively in black media, Odilon Redon made a radical change in style—abandoning his signature noir aesthetic for bold color. Ok, this is bad, I know, but I couldn’t help but snort with laughter....

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, 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…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (424+ words) Good morning, Gemmers. Hope you had a good week. Overlooking Montara beach, Ca. My painting MONTARA FLOWERS A veritable see of humanity. At the height of David Bowie's superstardom following the release of his album 'Let's Dance,' he went on…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago   (315+ words) Welcome back old readers and welcome to all you new readers. Happy hump day to those who celebrate. Let’s see what is happening over on the good place. Let’s start with a weird mimic. This is NOT AI – I checked....