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Laurie and Rosie Strings 🎃 @lauriestrings.bsky.social · 1d

Rosie's a little spoiled

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Laurie and Rosie Strings 🎃 @lauriestrings.bsky.social · 3d

Nice

Laurie and Rosie Strings 🎃 @lauriestrings.bsky.social · 5d

Wasn't antifa founded like decades ago?

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Laurie and Rosie Strings 🎃 @lauriestrings.bsky.social · 7d

Nope it's just you.

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Laurie and Rosie Strings 🎃 @lauriestrings.bsky.social · 7d

Let's test if I can...

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Laurie and Rosie Strings 🎃 @lauriestrings.bsky.social · 8d

Lizard hug

a cat and a lizard are laying next to each other on a window sill

ALT: a cat and a lizard are laying next to each other on a window sill

media.tenor.com

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Laurie and Rosie Strings 🎃 @lauriestrings.bsky.social · 9d

a woman wearing sunglasses and a red jacket is pointing up with the words " this " above her

ALT: a woman wearing sunglasses and a red jacket is pointing up with the words " this " above her

media.tenor.com

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Laurie and Rosie Strings 🎃 @lauriestrings.bsky.social · 10d

Our chipmunks make that noise. I looked it up, though, it means they're lonely.

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Mineral Cup #MinCup25 @mineralcup.bsky.social · 12d

We have a #MinCup25 champion!!

Congratulations, #Kyanite!
www.mineralcup.org/2025

After eight years of competing, another few hours to verify votes was nothing, right?

Amazing first run, #Tugtupite, and better luck next year.

2025 — Mineral Cup

www.mineralcup.org

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Laurie and Rosie Strings 🎃 @lauriestrings.bsky.social · 13d

I will never understand why.

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Laurie and Rosie Strings 🎃 @lauriestrings.bsky.social · 13d

Ut oh, it was dead even less than an hour ago...

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Laurie and Rosie Strings 🎃 @lauriestrings.bsky.social · 13d

Agreed

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Laurie and Rosie Strings 🎃 @lauriestrings.bsky.social · 13d

My shrink had a little basket of stickers today.

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Laurie and Rosie Strings 🎃 @lauriestrings.bsky.social · 13d

It's not too late to vote pink!!

Mineral Cup #MinCup25 @mineralcup.bsky.social · 14d

#MinCup25 Final: After a month of learning and laughter, we’re at the final match to determine the 2025 Mineral Cup Champion! We have blue blades of #kyanite up against optical magician #tugtupite.

Vote: www.mineralcup.org/2025/vote/r5...
Results: www.mineralcup.org/2025/results...

Vote in 2025 Final Match — Mineral Cup

Click here to vote in Kyanite vs Tugtupite Photo credits: John Sobolewski and Parent Géry

www.mineralcup.org

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Laurie and Rosie Strings 🎃 @lauriestrings.bsky.social · 14d

(takes a deep breath in to yell loudly)

VOTE PINK!!!

Mineral Cup #MinCup25 @mineralcup.bsky.social · 14d

#MinCup25 Final: After a month of learning and laughter, we’re at the final match to determine the 2025 Mineral Cup Champion! We have blue blades of #kyanite up against optical magician #tugtupite.

Vote: www.mineralcup.org/2025/vote/r5...
Results: www.mineralcup.org/2025/results...

Vote in 2025 Final Match — Mineral Cup

Click here to vote in Kyanite vs Tugtupite Photo credits: John Sobolewski and Parent Géry

www.mineralcup.org

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Mineral Cup #MinCup25 @mineralcup.bsky.social · 15d

#MinCup25 Semifinals 2: Beautiful optics are in play for our last semifinal round between reindeer blood #tugtupite and desert queen #dioptase.

Vote: www.mineralcup.org/2025/vote/r4...
Results: www.mineralcup.org/2025/results...

Vote in Semifinal 2 — Mineral Cup

Click here to vote in Tugtupite vs Dioptase Photo credits: Parent Géry and Michael Roarke

www.mineralcup.org

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Laurie and Rosie Strings 🎃 @lauriestrings.bsky.social · 14d

Rosie after being outside in the heat.
#TongueOutTuesday

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Mineral Cup #MinCup25 @mineralcup.bsky.social · 16d

#MinCup25 Semifinals 1: It's a battle of classic minerals for red #hematite vs blue #kyanite.

Vote: www.mineralcup.org/2025/vote/r4...
Results: www.mineralcup.org/2025/results...

Vote in Semifinal 1 — Mineral Cup

Click here to vote in Hematite vs Kyanite Photo credits: John Sobolewski

www.mineralcup.org

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Mineral Cup #MinCup25 @mineralcup.bsky.social · 17d

#MinCup25 QF4:
Team Green will win either way as desert emerald #Dioptase faces off against radioactive #Cuprosklodowskite!

Vote: www.mineralcup.org/2025/vote/r3...

Results: www.mineralcup.org/2025/results...

Vote in Quarterfinal 4 — Mineral Cup

Click here to vote in Dioptase vs Photo credits: Harold Moritz

www.mineralcup.org

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Laurie and Rosie Strings 🎃 @lauriestrings.bsky.social · 17d

Space rocks for me!

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Mineral Cup #MinCup25 @mineralcup.bsky.social · 18d

#MinCup25 Quarterfinals 3: It's a showdown between Team Green and Team Blue for #kosmochlor vs #kyanite.

Vote: www.mineralcup.org/2025/vote/r3...
Results: www.mineralcup.org/2025/results...

Vote in Quarterfinal 3 — Mineral Cup

Click here to vote in Kosmochlor vs Kyanite Photo credits: Knut Eldjarn and Harold Moritz

www.mineralcup.org

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Laurie and Rosie Strings 🎃 @lauriestrings.bsky.social · 18d

PINK!!!!!!!!! #tugtupite 🎀🌺🧠💟🐷🌷🌸🦑🧁🩰👚🎀🌺🧠💟🐷🌷🌸🦑🧁🩰👚🎀🌺🧠💟🐷🌷🌸🦑🧁🩰👚🎀🌺🧠💟🐷🌷🌸🦑🧁🩰👚🎀🌺🧠💟🐷🌷🌸🦑🧁🩰👚🎀🌺🧠💟🐷🌷🌸🦑🧁🩰👚🎀🌺🧠💟🐷🌷🌸🦑🧁🩰👚🎀🌺🧠💟🐷🌷🌸🦑🧁🩰👚🎀🌺🧠💟🐷🌷🌸🦑🧁🩰👚🎀🌺🧠💟🐷🌷🌸🦑🧁🩰👚🎀🌺🧠💟🐷🌷🌸🦑🧁🩰👚🎀🌺🧠💟🐷🌷🌸🦑🧁🩰👚🎀🌺🧠💟🐷🌷🌸🦑🧁🩰👚🎀🌺🧠💟🐷🌷🌸🦑🧁🩰👚

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Mineral Cup #MinCup25 @mineralcup.bsky.social · 19d

#MinCup25 Quarterfinal 2: It's #perovskite and its intriguing structure against #tugtupite's collection of optical tricks for this quarterfinal match!

Vote: www.mineralcup.org/2025/vote/r3...
Results: www.mineralcup.org/2025/results...

Vote in Quarterfinal 2 — Mineral Cup

Click here to vote in Perovskite vs Tugtupite Photo credit: Domenico Preite and Géry Parent

www.mineralcup.org

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Mineral Cup #MinCup25 @mineralcup.bsky.social · 20d

#MinCup25 Quarterfinal 1: Colourful phoenix #Haüyne goes against heavyweight industrial powerhouse #Hematite.

Vote: www.mineralcup.org/2025/vote/r3...
Results: www.mineralcup.org/2025/results...

Vote in Quarterfinal 1 — Mineral Cup

Click here to vote in Haüyne vs Hematite Photo credits: Jean-François Ferrandon and John Sobolewski

www.mineralcup.org

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Laurie and Rosie Strings 🎃 @lauriestrings.bsky.social · 20d

I'm voting for #Cuprosklodowskite for the same reason as last time. It looks like a hazard in a video game. Come to think of it, since my poor sweet #Paddlewheelite fell, I'm #TEAMCuprosklodowskite!!!

(Picture stolen from the voting page)

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