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sakakidelijah.bsky.social @sakakidelijah.bsky.social · 1d

Fossil found on Dorset coast is unique 'sword dragon' species
www.bbc.com/news/article...

Fossil found on UK coast is unique 'sword dragon' species

Scientists say the newly discovered species of marine reptile probably met a grisly end.

www.bbc.com

sakakidelijah.bsky.social @sakakidelijah.bsky.social · 2d

I've put off watching season 2 of IWTV for over a year, because the Théâtre des Vampires part has never been my favourite, but holy cow, this is hard to watch.

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Jake Adelstein @tokyovice.bsky.social · 4d

Book tour!📕 Whoever said crime doesn't pay, never had any good cryptocurrency
Crime does pay--as long as it's paid in Bitcoin
In my new book, the devil takes bitcoin—we take a deep dive into how crime propelled an academic exercise into a powerful currency.
tokyopaladin.substack.com/p/us-book-to...

US Book Tour! 📕 The Devil Takes Bitcoin 😈 (**UPDATED**)

The Devil Takes Bitcoin: Cryptocurrency Crimes and the Japan Connection is out October 14 in the US. Get an early look with two pre-release events in Seattle and Philadelphia!

tokyopaladin.substack.com

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sakakidelijah.bsky.social @sakakidelijah.bsky.social · 5d

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sakakidelijah.bsky.social @sakakidelijah.bsky.social · 5d

And here we go (again), a lack of planning on the client's part ends up becoming an emergency on my - the contractor's - side.
This is gonna suck (again).

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sakakidelijah.bsky.social @sakakidelijah.bsky.social · 8d

You mean, you're willing to fix ND horrible ending, or are you going to murk it even worse?
(Though I have to admit, I really CAN'T imagine something worse than the ending of ND...)
kurumadapro.com/column/artic...

COLUMN／御側用人こぼれ話 | 車田正美オフィシャルサイト生々流転

聖闘士聖矢、リングにかけろ、風魔の小次郎の作者、漫画家『車田正美』の公式サイト。最新情報の他、漫画やアニメの作品紹介、本人のブログなど盛りだくさん！

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Mineral Cup #MinCup25 @mineralcup.bsky.social · 9d

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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sakakidelijah.bsky.social @sakakidelijah.bsky.social · 9d

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More shiny stuff!

Mineral Cup #MinCup25 @mineralcup.bsky.social · 9d

Hark! What’s that we see on the horizon?

Is it something new? Something mostly metallic, quite heavy, and essential to society? It’s an all-new collaboration with IMA!

Ore Cup: www.mineralcup.org/about-ore-cup

Voting starts Monday November 3. Winner crowned IMA Ore Mineral of the Year

sakakidelijah.bsky.social @sakakidelijah.bsky.social · 9d

It was love at first sight, I'm not ashamed to admit it. The mining school mineral fair tends to have that effect on me...

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sakakidelijah.bsky.social @sakakidelijah.bsky.social · 9d

This black #kyanite look is called "Witches Broom". It's October, ergo spooky season has started. Hence, you should clearly vote for #kyanite.
#MinCup #MinCup25
The other guy is cool too though.

Witches Broom kyanite: shiny rock that looks like the edge of a broom

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sakakidelijah.bsky.social @sakakidelijah.bsky.social · 9d

Why is my anxiety at level 9000 today? Who knows? Not me.

sakakidelijah.bsky.social @sakakidelijah.bsky.social · 11d

Graupel ate the Puppy cam 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

Welcome to the Denali Puppy Cam

September 29, 2025 Update: Due to the work of some mischevious puppies, the webcam has been damaged beyond repair and will not be returning this season. We sincerely apologize for the unexpectedly early end to the Puppy Cam this year.

sakakidelijah.bsky.social @sakakidelijah.bsky.social · 12d

Woah, woah. Hold your horses, fam. I said a while, not forever. I gotta keep voting... for every mineral that loses. This year is not my year...

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sakakidelijah.bsky.social @sakakidelijah.bsky.social · 12d

Really? Cheating in a rock-popularity contest? I think I'm gonna be off the Internet for a while...

Mineral Cup #MinCup25 @mineralcup.bsky.social · 13d

UPDATED RESULTS:
#KYANITE win and will continue on to the semi-finals.

We’re so sorry for the false hope, #Kosmochlor fans, but we caught 3 players stuffing the ballot box in the final hours. Once their excess votes were removed, Kyanite’s lead returned (although you did close the gap a lot!)

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

#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...

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linda sejic @sigeel @lindasejic.bsky.social · 14d

new episodes are up
www.webtoons.com/en/canvas/pu...

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sakakidelijah.bsky.social @sakakidelijah.bsky.social · 16d

They fixed the voting-display issue but still #ouch #MinCup #MinCup25

Cuprosklodowskite 370
Mannardite 232
I am a sad panda at these results

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sakakidelijah.bsky.social @sakakidelijah.bsky.social · 16d

#Ouch #Mannardite #MinCup #MinCup25

Mineral Cup voting results. Mannardite 0 (should be one, I voted for it!). Cuprosklodowskitite 254

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sakakidelijah.bsky.social @sakakidelijah.bsky.social · 16d

From Crater Meteorites (cratermeteorites.com) at the annual mineral fair at the local Mining & Energy Engineering School

cratermeteorites.com

sakakidelijah.bsky.social @sakakidelijah.bsky.social · 17d

Why oh why must I choose between thou two? There are few who could swing me away from #kyanite, but #taenite is one of them. So I will (heartbrokenly) vote for the spacerock #TeamTaenite #MinCup #MinCup25

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sakakidelijah.bsky.social @sakakidelijah.bsky.social · 18d

Dodged a bullet

JBinnacle - A Travel Logbook @jbinnacle.bsky.social · 18d

Since I had a four-day weekend, I had considered a Dublin getaway. Un/fortunately, flights were crazy expensive and I ended up settling for a roadtrip. www.bbc.com/news/article...

Dublin airport delays continue after cyber-attack

A spokesperson for the airport said it is continuing to support airlines on Monday due to the aftermath "from the Europe-wide technical issue".

www.bbc.com

sakakidelijah.bsky.social @sakakidelijah.bsky.social · 23d

TIL there is such thing as too much sashimi... but honestly #IRegretNothing

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Martin Hajovsky @martinhajovsky.bsky.social · 24d

Holy shamoley! 1,419 votes were cast and #Mannardite the Dark wins by one vote over #Paddlewheelite to close out Round One of #MinCup25. #EveryVoteCounts

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sakakidelijah.bsky.social @sakakidelijah.bsky.social · 25d

It was amazing! Much heavier than it looked like and it felt really, really cold for some reason!

sakakidelijah.bsky.social @sakakidelijah.bsky.social · 25d

But I've got more pictures. I can find them. For the next round. And I've got jewellery made with it. I can show all the shiny.

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sakakidelijah.bsky.social @sakakidelijah.bsky.social · 25d

The first #taenite meteorite I ever held - it was heavy, the size of my hand and it blew my mind that it CAME. FROM. OUTER. SPACE. (pic formatted for @jbinnacle.bsky.social but it's been a busy day, I can't find another one)
#MinCup25
www.mineralcup.org/2025/vote/r1...

Taenite meteorite with criscrossed metal patterns.

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