Marian Goldeen

5 Dec 2024

Every time in my life I’ve had a major setback, something good has come out of it sooner or later or both. 🧵

I love you little owl!

Alaska Raptor Center@raptororg.bsky.social

Tito, a Northern Saw-whet Owl and Raptor-in-Residence here at the Alaska Raptor Center, is getting into the Halloween spirit! Did you know Northern Saw-whet Owls are the second smallest owl species in Alaska? Weighing in at around 70 grams 🦉🎃 #Halloween #Pumpkins #Owls #CuteAnimals #SmallButFierce

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BUT THAT VEST. Yes, please admire my waking billboard for @kikidoodle.bsky.social @foxfeather.bsky.social @codyvrosh.bsky.social @yoshiyoshitani.bsky.social and of course @mothmonarch.bsky.social (Feat. a MistressMonsterMel charm)

I hadn’t thought of Albert Bierstadt in awhile … This is such a beautiful moment captured here

Sue Cullumber@scullumberphoto.bsky.social

Rainbow over mountain creek in Canmore, Alberta Canada #landscapephotography #naturephotography #canon #waterscapephotography #photography

Go to your camera and search “boat” & post one that you like I was surprised to find several! This one’s a toy boat in what used to be called Stowe Lake but has a new name now that’s slipped my mind

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STOW Lake (not Stowe) is now Blue Heron lake because Stow was bad character. And according to location data I was actually at Spreckels Lake. And given what I’ve heard about Spreckels and sugar, I wonder when this one will get a new name!

Don’t forget to honor the anniversary of Ursula K LeGuin’s birth, coming up in less than two weeks!

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I love you little owl

Mark Coupe Photography@mcoupephotography.bsky.social

Today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is #BirdSupermodel. Any bird looking like it's posing for a magazine cover. I think this Northern pygmy owl qualifies. #birds #owls #northernpygmyowl #mcoupephotography

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So @warriorchicken.me and I do our best thinking first thing in the morning. Today the results of our dawn brainstorm is the term SHAIMING (must be all-caps) As in: she replied to the AI-generated response to her Help Ticket by SHAIMING the human developers for using gen-AI inappropriately.

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Mineral Cup & Ore Cup

@mineralcup.bsky.social

Congratulations to our Mineral Cup 2026 Champion Quartz! For #MinCup26, we collectively chose a nostalgic beauty of resilience as persistence as our champion. Please celebrate #Quartz, a friend to humans since time immemorial! www.mineralcup.org/about/2026-q...

Ms "I Want To Eat Your Brain" ugh, no, not YOURS, gross! 🤢

Revisiting my childhood and voting for #Quartz. It’s time!

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#MinCup26 FINALS!!! We have a pair of geometric beauties as deep red #Cuprite is against versatile #Quartz. VOTE: www.mineralcup.org/2026/vote-re... RESULTS: www.mineralcup.org/2026/vote-re...

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Quartz with a graphite inclusion would be an unstoppable powerhouse (and also would keep our hearts from breaking).

Nooooo! Well, I chose, but you can’t make me tell. Vote your own conscience!

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#MinCup26 Semifinal 2 It’s a match sure to break hearts between industrial powerhouses piezoelectric #quartz and lubricating #graphite! (With the correct links this time!) VOTE: www.mineralcup.org/2026/vote-re... RESULTS: www.mineralcup.org/2026/vote-re...

I’ll be smiling through tears, whatever the result

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Artists, show us how you draw Black women

Elwyn Rain@elwynrain.bsky.social

Artists, show us how you draw black women!

Wow! I did not know about tubercles!

Alaska Raptor Center@raptororg.bsky.social

Our Wildlife Interpreter takeover continues! Have you ever heard of a falcon's tubercle? Our Wildlife Interpreter is breaking down this fascinating adaptation found in falcons! #Falcon #Tubercle #WildlifeEducation #BirdsOfPrey #RaptorFacts

I don’t have anything against cuprite, but somehow I’ve chosen its opponent in every round, and this one’s no different. My vote goes to #halite.

Mineral Cup & Ore Cup@mineralcup.bsky.social

#MinCup26 SEMI-FINALS!!! It's showdown of the soft and cubical as coppery #Cuprite and salty #Halite compete for a spot in the finals! Both are worthy, but only one can have your vote. VOTE: www.mineralcup.org/2026/vote-re... RESULTS: www.mineralcup.org/2026/vote-re...

I love you baby owl!

Mark Coupe Photography@mcoupephotography.bsky.social

Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #BokehBirds - any bird captured with a soft, muted or blurry background. So here's a sleepy young great horned owl for your Monday morning. #birds #wildlife #owls #mcoupephotography

This one was hard for me, and at the moment I voted, I tipped for lead remediation. So #pyromorphite got my vote, despite my debt of gratitude to graphite for so many things

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#MinCup26 Quarterfinal 4 We're coming down the end! Are you supporting lead-locking #pyromorphite or ancient #graphite as we enter the semifinals. VOTE: www.mineralcup.org/2026/vote-re... RESULTS: www.mineralcup.org/2026/vote-re...

I did a thing this morning for Week Without Driving. Somehow I only just found out about it last week. (It starts Thursday.) Here's the content of the email I sent to my reps (tweaked slightly per rep)

And then I went for a nice long bike ride with a stop at Bald Peak in Rancho Cañada del Oro. Where strangely enough, there's a bike rack (that doesn't fit mountain bike tires)!

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Feeling sentimental tonight, I almost voted for Julienite. Poor Henri, just 33. All hail, #Halite

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#MinCup26 Quarterfinals 3 It's a pair of dissolvable beauties as rare and complicated #Julienite is against ubiquitous and straightforward #Halite. VOTE: www.mineralcup.org/2026/vote-re... RESULTS: www.mineralcup.org/2026/vote-re...

mineralcup.orgVote in Quarterfinal 2 — Mineral Cup & Ore CupVote in Skutterudite vs Quartz Credit: Joel Williams

I’ll vote for #Quartz every opportunity I get. No exception here. With my apologies to cobalt blue, a lovely color.

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#MinCup26 Quarterfinal 2 Both of today's minerals can be found in hydrothermal vein deposits as cobalt arsenide #Skutterudite is against classic silicate #Quartz for a spot in the semi-finals. Vote: www.mineralcup.org/2026/vote-re... Results: www.mineralcup.org/2026/vote-re...

I love you little round owl. Guess what, you’re still round even when you’re stretching yourself up tall.

Mark Coupe Photography@mcoupephotography.bsky.social

Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #Borbs, birds looking plump so here's a rather round Northern Pygmy Owl. The second photo shows just how skinny it can look when it sucks it all in. Same bird, same perch, a few seconds later. #birds #owls

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Gawen Jenkin

@gawenjenkin.bsky.social

I’m thinking about including a section at the end of my lectures ‘AI shite of the week’ and get students to critique the image. Good idea? ⚒️ #geoscience

Cuprite is only “rarely used as a copper ore,” so I voted #Sphalerite for the 🎺🎺🎺

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#MinCup26 Quarterfinal 1 It’s a rich red start to the quarterfinals as two components of brass face off with zinc ore #Sphalerite is up against copper-rich #Cuprite. VOTE: www.mineralcup.org/2026/vote-re... RESULTS: www.mineralcup.org/2026/vote-re...

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San Diego Bikeist

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Here it is, your Bluesky #Bike Content of the Day for Wednesday, 9/23/26. Of course, a kid was the one to pull it off -

Luca@lucagalletti.bsky.social

World Championship Pond Crossing at the Sugarloaf Bike Park in New Brunswick, Canada 🇨🇦 IG: @crankworxsummerseries www.instagram.com/crankworxsum...

mineralcup.orgVote in Round 2 Match 8 — Mineral Cup & Ore CupVote in Gadolinite-(Y) vs Graphite Credit: Olav Revheim and Harold Moritz

Vote #Graphite. Don’t just pencil it in!

Vicky Veritas@vickyveritas.bsky.social

#MinCup26 Round 2 Match 8 Vote: www.mineralcup.org/2026/vote-re... Results: www.mineralcup.org/2026/vote-re... #MinCup26 ⚒️ sci-fi 🧪 🖖🏼 scifi Geosciences #WomenInSTEM geology #geosky #GIS 🍎 🪐 🔭 🌋 📚 🌿

23 Sept

It’s not so great for my blood pressure, but I still voted for #Halite!

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#MinCup26 Round 2 Match 7 It's blue skies ahead as multicoloured cubes of #Halite are up against the bubbly cool-toned #Chrysocolla. VOTE: www.mineralcup.org/2026/vote-re... RESULTS: www.mineralcup.org/2026/vote-re...

pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.govEffectiveness of interventions for the remediation of lead-contaminated soil to prevent or reduce lead exposure - A systematic reviewTo summarize the evidence on the effectiveness of soil remediation to prevent or reduce lead exposure. We systematically searched MEDLINE, the Agricultural & Environmental Science Database, Web of Sci...

22 Sept

There are a number of ways to remove lead from soil, and doing so reduces blood lead levels in children. I expect we need all of them! So, #pyromorphite it is despite the fascination of spiraling 🌀 cylindrite! pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...

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#MinCup26 Round 2 Match 6: It's a pair of soft, heavy lead minerals as vivid hexagonal phosphate #Pyromorphite is against spiralling rolled sheets of #Cylindrite. VOTE: www.mineralcup.org/2026/vote-re... RESULTS: www.mineralcup.org/2026/vote-re...

21 Sept

The linked photo of Henri Julien is so touching. And 33 years odd such a short life. I can’t help but wonder if it might have been tuberculosis. Still, pleochroism. I voted for #Putnisite

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#MinCup26 Round 2 Match 5 It's a pair or rare, vibrant minerals with unusual chemistry as purple #Putnisite is up against blue #Julienite. VOTE: www.mineralcup.org/2026/vote-re... RESULTS: www.mineralcup.org/2026/vote-re...

odd -> is. Sigh

#Quartz is the first mineral ever heard of, back in 1966. It got my vote in the first round, and I’m happy to repeat in round 2 Besides, who doesn’t love amethyst?

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#MinCup26 Round 2 Match 4 Both colourful yet opposite in almost every other way, it’s abundant and hard #Quartz against rare and very soft #Stichtite. VOTE: www.mineralcup.org/2026/vote-re... RESULTS: www.mineralcup.org/2026/vote-re...

I had a chance to check on this sequoia near Squirrel Creek today. Looks like it’s doing well! I last checked on it November 21, 2021. That was right after the fire that went through. It looked like it was going to be touch and go, so I’m super happy to see it doing well.

I’m frustrated that I can’t remember which fire! It wasn’t the Sequoia complex, which was in 2020. It certainly wasn’t the Coffeepot Canyon fire, because I know that was in 2024. If it bubbles to the top, I’ll post it here.

en.wikipedia.orgKNP Complex Fire - Wikipedia

It was this one: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KNP_Com...

Pleochroism with bonus points as an index mineral. #Andalusite had my vote in round 1 and retains it in round 2

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#MinCup26 Round 2 Match 3: It's a shiny showdown as soft copper-rich #Cuprite is up against the multicoloured index mineral #Andalusite. VOTE: www.mineralcup.org/2026/vote-re... RESULTS: www.mineralcup.org/2026/vote-re...

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Ele Willoughby

@minouette.bsky.social

18 Sept

The #SciArtSeptember 🧪prompt is almond-shaped. Did you know that amygdala literally means almond-shaped? I didn’t, but now we both do. I used a (open source) brain MRI to make a cyanotype print and embellished it with metallic gold to show the almond-shaped feature, the paired nuclear complex

18 Sept

I’m just in the mood for jewelry tonight, so #Vesuvianite it is.

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#MinCup26 Round 2 Match 2 It’s a match of opposites as heavy metal toxic #Skutterudite is up against the colourful sparkly aluminum silicate jewelry gem #Vesuvianite. VOTE: www.mineralcup.org/2026/vote-re... RESULTS: www.mineralcup.org/2026/vote-re...

17 Sept

So hard to decide! The blue hue of Azurite is mesmerizing. But I played the trumpet in my youth and young adulthood, and I still have a love for the brass instruments. So #Sphalerite gets my vote for the brass connection

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#MinCup26 Round 2 Match 1: It’s a visually-striking start to Round 2 as deep blue pigment #Azurite is against lead- and zinc-rich #Sphalerite. VOTE: www.mineralcup.org/2026/vote-re... RESULTS: www.mineralcup.org/2026/vote-re...

16 Sept

It’s not just dogs asking you to remove goatheads from their paws! ❤️🦆❤️🦢❤️🦉❤️🦅❤️

Lyn Heideman@heidelyn.bsky.social

When NOAA biologists heard tapping, they were surprised to find a Brown Pelican rapping on the lab's door. The bird was entangled in fishing line, with a double-barbed treble hook embedded in its right wing, and cactus spines in its left foot—and had found the right place to get help.

16 Sept

Oh! This one is tough. Cassiterite is such a worthy match for graphite, but, but, PENCILS!!! Not to mention lubricant for locks. I voted for #Graphite, but if Cassiterite wins, I’ll offer my congratulations

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#MinCup26 Round 1 Match 16 It's a pair of industrially-vital minerals for the final match of the first round as tin ore #Cassiterite is up against elemental carbon #Graphite. VOTE: www.mineralcup.org/2026/vote-re... RESULTS: www.mineralcup.org/2026/vote-re...

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Ele Willoughby

@minouette.bsky.social

Chocolate is great but I have to vote for #Chrysocolla, which has appeared in art since antiquity as a gem, as a “glue” as solder for goldsmithing and as a pigment. Here we have ancient Buddhist murals in China, Medieval mural in Italy & ancient Peruvian art. #MinCup26 #artHist #SciComm

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#MinCup26 Round 1 Match 15 It's blue vs red for vibrant cyan-blue #Chrysocolla vs rich chocolatey red-brown #Xocolatlite. Are you with the hydrous copper silicate or the tellurate? VOTE: www.mineralcup.org/2026/vote-re... RESULTS: www.mineralcup.org/2026/vote-re...

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Elwyn Rain

@elwynrain.bsky.social

Chrysocolla is beautiful but I had to draw something for Xocolatlite #MinCup26

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@elysiamacht.bsky.social “Don't add me to anything w/out asking”… I’ve made a private “Mineral Cup Crew” list for accounts that like or repost my my Mineral Cup reposts. Is it OK with you if I include your account?

For me today it’s #Chrysocolla out of respect for its use in goldsmithing

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Tony Dunn

@tony873004.bsky.social

14 Sept

To be a star, all you need to do is sustain fusion in your core. But the range of brightnesses is staggering. 🔭 #astro