10 Gems of Bluesky Today - Day 243

Hello, Gemologists!

The biggest problem, in both government and business, is that too many people can’t tell the difference between cruelty and leadership.

— Mark Sumner 🇺🇦 (@devilstower.bsky.social) 2025-11-20T01:35:52.248Z

— WholesomeMemes (@wholesomememe.bsky.social) 2026-01-27T21:30:51.443Z

Margaret Oomen, contemporary Canadian textile artist who creates 'Little Urchin Crochet Covered Sea Stones' #WomensArt

— (@womensartbluesky.bsky.social) 2026-01-26T05:51:06.435Z

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Please deploy your eels responsibly!

#thefarside #farside #comic https://www.thefarside.com/2026/01/28/0 Places never to set your electric eel.

— The Far Side (@farside-bot.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy) 2026-01-30T18:00:06.000Z

Similar to a shot I posted last week, but I prefer this composition having gone through my files for a second look! From Tiffany Falls in #Ontario. #photography #waterfalls #nature #landscape #EastCoastKin

— Davesphotos 🇨🇦 🍁🍁🍁 (@davesadventures.bsky.social) 2025-01-28T21:51:54.036Z

This gets us one step closer toward the final form of Tesla, where the only thing it sells is pieces of paper that say “we swear this isn’t a Ponzi scheme.”

— Hank Green (@hankgreen.bsky.social) 2026-01-30T04:28:00.015Z

“Lock up your libraries if you like; but there is no gate, no lock, no bolt that you can set upon the freedom of my mind.” ― Virginia Woolf, A Room of One's Own #WomensArt Portrait by her sister Vanessa Bell

— (@womensartbluesky.bsky.social) 2026-01-28T03:42:01.848Z

My cartoon in the Times Luxury.

— Kyle Bravo (@kylebravo.bsky.social) 2026-01-21T17:42:42.028Z

Callanish 4 #StandingStoneSunday

— Paul Chamberlain (@paulchamberlain.bsky.social) 2026-01-25T06:47:19.568Z

Here's my almost nightly photo of the Moon! #MoonPhotography #MoonPhotos #MoonShots #Photography #SantaBarbara Settings: Canon T5i Sigma 150-600mm Focal length: 600mm F-stop: f/10 Exposure time: 1/400 ISO: 200 #Moon phase: Waxing 96%

— Glen Dunlap (@glendunlap.bsky.social) 2026-01-31T04:43:20.456Z

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Tonight’s bonus was just the smile I needed. I hope it gives you one too! (Click through to enlarge the individual pictures.)

Minneapolis, MN - The crowd has stopped on e 31st and Nicollet. A child wearing a headscarf was invited to get the first few cracks at a piñata shaped like the head of Kristi Noem. She busted it open and candy is being handed out of the Noem effigy. Crowd marching again.

— Sean Beckner-Carmitchel (@acatwithnews.bsky.social) 2026-01-31T21:05:50.892Z

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Thank you for reading! Stay warm!