Just received these beautiful geodes of agate and malachite from @JoyousMinerals. The husks have deep red and oranges that are spectacular. If you are in the market for some beautiful rocks, check out Joyous Minerals, an NC Triangle-based business, on Etsy.
#geodes
#lapidary
#agate
#malachite

The last 9 years have been the longest Black Mirror episode, ever, and we're only in the middle of the first act
#BlackMirror
#firstact
#dearsciencepleaseletmeoffthisthing

If you have tips about the DEI mandates coming from the Trump Administration, if you are being impacted or know of others being impacted, email me at nhannahjones@nytimes.com.

Alpacas. So many alpacas. Upon our last trip to Smith Mountain Lake, we visited Pacabella alpaca farm, and it was glorious.

It’s been 1077 days since we had a measurable snowfall in Raleigh, so I cobbled together a Spotify playlist in anticipation: open.spotify.com/playlist/6Or...

It’s a lot of acoustic instruments and lamenting about the warmth of summer. So, pour yourself a hot cocoa and Bailey’s and enjoy Wintersong

Watched a documentary on political strategist James Carville, and he had a great quote: Republicans are great at creating distractions, and democrats are easily distracted.

Happy Winter Solstice!
Hope you all didn't forget to light your yule log

Happy holidays from our good boy Roy. Wishing you and yours a jouyous yuletide season

Actors, writers and film crew have often worried, rightly, about becoming obsolete in an AI world. Those fears are coming to pass. @vodafonegroup.bsky.social has released a new 1 min ad created entirely by AI at Lipstick AI Studios.
Full video here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=9AyE...
#AI
#actors

These guys

As a kid I watched more than my fair share of tv. I thought ring-around-the-collar and nicotine-stained fingers were going to be a bigger problem in my life. Turns out as you get older, Calgon doesn't solve anything, and your brain becomes a knotted Slinky
#genx
#slinky
#calgon
#ringaroundthecollar

It's almost like political identities don't fit into neat little bundles or political parties any more. Shocked, I tell you. SHOCKED!
www.semafor.com/article/11/2...

#politics #liberal #conservative #partiesaredumb

Boomers: This is the way it's always been done.
Gen X: Welp, I guess this is what we do now.
Millennials: Wait, why are we doing this?
Gen Z: WTF! Why are we still doing this?!

#genx #genz #millenials
#boomers #generations