Euan Mitchell

About time that #Kyanite joined the exalted ranks of #MinCup champions! Well done #TeamKyanite, thank you all for voting. #MinCup25

I’m very excited that #tugtupite made it to the finals but can it do this? Folded #kyanite in a high-pressure quartzite, western Türkiye. #MinCup25

Kyanite 7.8 x 5.2 x 2.7 cm. This specimen features a 6 cm-long, doubly-terminated kyanite in contrasting silvery mica matrix, from the classic old locality in Switzerland. The color is outstanding and this is...

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Vote the BLUE KNIFE!!

#Kyanite is an index mineral for formation under high pressure & low temperature, continental collision conditions, besides having the pretty blue blades!!

Vote #MinCup25!

I’ll admit, #Tugtupite is a toughie, but as a Mineral Cup rookie, we all know that the Reindeer Blood stone’s approach will be to slide its blade along the stubby sides of #Kyanite to no effect whatsoever! Anisotropic. Beautiful DEEP blue. Kyanite is rested and ready to be #MinCup25 champion!

Trump’s 2020s America looking more and more like Hitler’s 1930s Germany every day. Time for the rest of the civilized world to start boycotting the USA until Trump is out of office.

Vote in Semifinal 1 — Mineral Cup Click here to vote in Hematite vs Kyanite Photo credits: John Sobolewski

#Kyanite is holding strong but there’s no room for complacency! Let’s get to the final and make this the year for #TeamKyanite!

#MinCup25

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We're only £55 shy of £10,000 in the James Hutton Deep Time Trail at Siccar Point crowdfunder. Who wants to be the one to get it into five figures? Come on, you know you want to! www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/siccar-point

Very tricky to get decent photos of 😔

Clearly not enough people are familiar with gorgeous chatoyant #sanidine phenocrysts in rhyolite tuffs based on current voting patterns 😣 #MinCup25

#Calcite is nice and Iceland spar is pretty cool, but it has nothing on #Perovskite, easy choice in today’s #MinCup25 vote.

Has to be team danger to start off this year’s #MinCup25 for me! #TeamChrysotile #Chrysotile

Don’t go anywhere near the US until they no longer have a facist government is a solid strategy that’s working for me.

Just experienced the worst customer service from @giffgaffnetwork.bsky.social. Ordered a new phone on special offer (£90 off), DPD lost it after attempting delivery to the wrong address, and now GiffGaff refuse to send a replacement and say I’ll have to pay the extra £90 if I want a new phone 🤬🤬🤬

Lions team: Blair Kinghorn and James Ryan in for final Test in Australia British and Irish Lions coach Andy Farrell makes two changes for the final Test against the Wallabies in Sydney on Saturday.

More highly questionable calls from AF. Not a stretch to say that the Lions have won this series in spite of Farrell, not because of him. About time to appoint a Lions head coach who isn’t in charge of one of the home nations.
#Lions #B&ILions #rugby

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Very glad I’m no longer having to apply for F or J visas (or even live in the US). Pretty sure telling a consular official to go fuck yourself is unlikely to end in a successful application.

Why has Trump banned travel from these 12 countries? The new restrictions primarily affect African and Middle Eastern nations, with a range of justifications given.

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Because he’s a racist, and racist-pandering (i.e., the Republican base), c**t?

Aye true that

😭 thank you King Boff, it was a privilege. Can’t believe he only made 31 appearances 😕

Happy Earth Day! 🌎 🌋

Wow, this final round of the #Masters 😳

Not being an apologist for this, but even 20 years ago when I was a grad student in the US we were technically meant to have passport and paperwork with us at all times. Of course no one did, but it almost got me in trouble at a checkpoint in southern NM once.

“You’re a very smart guy”, kudos for saying that with a straight face, the only false words in the whole address. 🇨🇦

No second state visit for Trump This is UNBELIEVABLE. Keir Starmer has just handed Donald Trump a letter from King Charles, inviting him for a second state visit to the UK. It’s totally unprecedented, and I was so outraged when I he...

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Word of the day is ‘huff-snuff’ (16th century): a hectoring bully or braggart.

The ICC guarantees accountability for international crimes and gives a voice to victims worldwide.

It must be able to freely pursue the fight against global impunity.

Europe will always stand for justice and the respect of international law.

Today, the Sentinel-2C spacecraft will take over from S2A in providing operational data.

This is wonderful news, and will ensure continuity of the Sentinel data for many years to come. Great effort from the S2C commissioning team!

See here for more info: sentinels.copernicus.eu/web/sentinel...