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Andrew Gelston

@agelston.bsky.social

Energy Professional, Storage. Entropy arbitrageur. Personal Account. Weaponized Curiosity, with vibes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-hDPK865N9I&t=57s & https://youtu.be/tHPHy2cvDOA?si=dJZWrv42yOlxjSKq&t=34s

created August 16, 2023

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Profile picture Mineral Cup #MinCup25 (@mineralcup.bsky.social) reposted

#MinCup Round 1 Match 2 is underway! It’s dark & dramatic #Stibonite vs fluffy & adorable #Okenite. Kohl or cottonball? VOTE: www.mineralcup.org/2025/vote/r1... Check results: www.mineralcup.org/2025/results...

2/9/2025, 12:28:17 AM | 35 20 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Andrew Gelston (@agelston.bsky.social)

You can argue that these people should not feel fear but it is a thing

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2/9/2025, 11:39:40 AM | 7 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Andrew Gelston (@agelston.bsky.social)

Well it's better then ignorance! www.nytimes.com/2025/09/02/t...

2/9/2025, 11:06:36 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Andrew Gelston (@agelston.bsky.social) reply parent

I'm really good at this

1/9/2025, 11:06:42 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Andrew Gelston (@agelston.bsky.social)

trust the science!

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1/9/2025, 11:05:32 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Andrew Gelston (@agelston.bsky.social)

Tired of winning!

1/9/2025, 10:56:42 PM | 4 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Andrew Gelston (@agelston.bsky.social) reply parent

ty :)

1/9/2025, 10:54:37 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Andrew Gelston (@agelston.bsky.social) reply parent

its a special rock

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1/9/2025, 9:56:47 PM | 9 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Andrew Gelston (@agelston.bsky.social) reply parent

look im just saying on behalf of chemistry and my purple rock

1/9/2025, 9:56:26 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture The New York Times (@nytimes.com) reposted

Breaking News: FEMA suspended about 30 employees who had told Congress that the Trump administration had gutted the nation’s emergency preparedness.

27/8/2025, 3:10:03 AM | 659 370 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Andrew Gelston (@agelston.bsky.social) reply parent

Looks like smuggling is back on the table!

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1/9/2025, 8:11:54 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Andrew Gelston (@agelston.bsky.social)

thats a little funny

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1/9/2025, 8:10:52 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Spatch1003 (@spatch1003.bsky.social) reposted reply parent

It had to be done.

1/9/2025, 1:48:56 PM | 1 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Aaron van Dorn (@aaronvandorn.bsky.social) reposted

"The French don't have a record of colonizing and conquering countries" is an unbelievable PR victory

1/9/2025, 6:11:27 PM | 53 8 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Andrew Gelston (@agelston.bsky.social)

There's alot going on sigh

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1/9/2025, 4:15:01 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Andrew Gelston (@agelston.bsky.social)

I mean it would be funny “There is no mysterious, undiscovered oilfield that is going to put out 1bn barrels,” said another senior official at one of Pakistan’s state-owned oil and gas exploration companies. on.ft.com/3UVbMhe

1/9/2025, 2:50:22 PM | 3 2 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Andrew Gelston (@agelston.bsky.social)

Messaging matters and this is very bad for the west. Also maybe the only option at this point and the west is an outdated phrase sigh

1/9/2025, 1:17:03 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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1/9/2025, 1:08:48 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Andrew Gelston (@agelston.bsky.social)

This really isn't good geopolitics wise. But whose gonna tell him. definitely no one

1/9/2025, 12:33:52 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Andrew Gelston (@agelston.bsky.social) reply parent

on.ft.com/47nJ2oD

1/9/2025, 12:23:57 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Andrew Gelston (@agelston.bsky.social)

L’État, c’est moi I have no idea what that means but it sounds bad

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1/9/2025, 12:22:08 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Andrew Gelston (@agelston.bsky.social)

wait '2024 Champion Rhodochrosite' So I'm late to the party with these pink / black rocks from Peru lol

1/9/2025, 11:58:58 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Andrew Gelston (@agelston.bsky.social)

Am I the only one who votes for asbestos?

1/9/2025, 11:56:21 AM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Andrew Gelston (@agelston.bsky.social) reply parent

youtu.be/4IBE-1pDuqk?...

1/9/2025, 11:48:10 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Andrew Gelston (@agelston.bsky.social)

www.wsj.com/finance/stoc...

1/9/2025, 11:39:41 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Andrew Gelston (@agelston.bsky.social)

it's a market holiday so bad news day! on.ft.com/4fYTwNk

1/9/2025, 11:32:17 AM | 3 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Andrew Gelston (@agelston.bsky.social) reply parent

But I feel damaged

1/9/2025, 11:18:50 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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1/9/2025, 11:01:18 AM | 5 2 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Andrew Gelston (@agelston.bsky.social)

So do I get a refund if the tariffs are invalidated by SCOTUS? Can I sue for damages?

1/9/2025, 10:52:55 AM | 9 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Andrew Gelston (@agelston.bsky.social) reply parent

Someone needs to translate all of these into Ghor too!

31/8/2025, 11:34:23 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Andrew Gelston (@agelston.bsky.social) reply parent

The labeling being done in both French and English is too funny tho

31/8/2025, 11:33:43 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Andrew Gelston (@agelston.bsky.social)

Would I actually fly to another country to see the best rock types? I’ve done stupider!

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31/8/2025, 11:33:02 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Andrew Gelston (@agelston.bsky.social) reply parent

i mean in her defense there was nothing to rebel against at this point

31/8/2025, 9:22:37 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Andrew Gelston (@agelston.bsky.social)

Darth Maul: "I have friends everywhere"

31/8/2025, 9:06:42 PM | 9 3 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Andrew Gelston (@agelston.bsky.social) reply parent

Like if you visit the day after they blast a fresh spot that'd be so cool

31/8/2025, 8:32:52 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Andrew Gelston (@agelston.bsky.social) reply parent

it's not the best investment 100%

31/8/2025, 8:31:46 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Andrew Gelston (@agelston.bsky.social)

Wait a minute the diamond willow mine is an active operation right now? For tourists too?!

31/8/2025, 8:30:01 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Andrew Gelston (@agelston.bsky.social) reply parent

the magnet doorknob as a secret key for a secret door is pretty clever

31/8/2025, 8:19:55 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Andrew Gelston (@agelston.bsky.social) reply parent

turns out they are both from Canada

31/8/2025, 8:18:01 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Andrew Gelston (@agelston.bsky.social)

I mean don’t lick them www.reddit.com/r/Radioactiv...

31/8/2025, 8:00:26 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Andrew Gelston (@agelston.bsky.social) reply parent

I could destroy it it’s like $14 and soft ish but I won’t

31/8/2025, 3:37:57 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Andrew Gelston (@agelston.bsky.social)

No like this is what we make pennies out of I don’t have to destroy it that was a joke

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31/8/2025, 3:35:52 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Andrew Gelston (@agelston.bsky.social)

That’s not zinc

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31/8/2025, 3:28:35 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Andrew Gelston (@agelston.bsky.social) reply parent

Aragonite will change to calcite over timescales of days or less at temperatures exceeding 300 °C how can we be sure

31/8/2025, 2:55:00 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Andrew Gelston (@agelston.bsky.social)

AND YOUR STUPID PODCAST LIFE COMES AT YOUR SWIFTLY

31/8/2025, 2:44:12 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Andrew Gelston (@agelston.bsky.social) reply parent

I don't see any possible substates or alternatives for coating the reactor lenses!

31/8/2025, 2:27:21 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Andrew Gelston (@agelston.bsky.social) reply parent

It's designed to! Also kalkite is special in this category even tho its a thing :)

31/8/2025, 2:26:34 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Andrew Gelston (@agelston.bsky.social) reply parent

IRL Captcha Also known as Kalkite

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31/8/2025, 2:00:15 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Andrew Gelston (@agelston.bsky.social)

It is by far the clearest Kalkite I have Polishing more then anything Also got a giant one yellow piece Like I said I’ve cornered the market

31/8/2025, 2:00:15 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Andrew Gelston (@agelston.bsky.social)

This calcite was $799.99 and it was delivered like a diamond

31/8/2025, 1:53:59 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Andrew Gelston (@agelston.bsky.social) reply parent

*currently damnit i'm much funnier if you can't read

31/8/2025, 12:47:53 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Andrew Gelston (@agelston.bsky.social) reply parent

How many rocks must be smashed for the perfect dioptase crystals?! bsky.app/profile/agel...

31/8/2025, 12:29:45 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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31/8/2025, 12:20:50 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Andrew Gelston (@agelston.bsky.social)

The Kalkite foundation accepts donations currency in only two currencies. 1. Calcite rock examples 2. Cryptocurrencies named for Calcite mineral associations

31/8/2025, 12:14:24 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Andrew Gelston (@agelston.bsky.social) reply parent

everyone stay calm I'm the CIA plant! lol not really

31/8/2025, 12:11:28 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Physgal👩🏻‍🔬 (@physgal.bsky.social) reposted reply parent

Go Calcite! 🎢 ⚛️ 🧪

A piece of calcite sitting on top of a piece of paper with the word Calcite written on it showing birefringence (a doubled image due to two different indices of refraction).
31/8/2025, 3:45:37 AM | 17 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Woman Screaming at Godzilla (@lilneanderthal.bsky.social) reposted reply parent

I'm not a geologist. I do have a rock collection. I'm gonna play the heck out of this game.

29/8/2025, 9:47:50 PM | 35 3 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Andrew Gelston (@agelston.bsky.social)

We are prepared to throw in the naming rights for our new sovereign underwater capital, Rapture

31/8/2025, 11:48:01 AM | 2 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Andrew Gelston (@agelston.bsky.social)

um guys

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30/8/2025, 9:28:47 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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30/8/2025, 9:20:44 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Andrew Gelston (@agelston.bsky.social) reply parent

ok but what is with these seeds I already have conflict

30/8/2025, 9:17:08 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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30/8/2025, 8:58:16 PM | 3 2 | View on Bluesky | view

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www.reddit.com/r/andor/s/C6...

30/8/2025, 8:47:23 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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this makes me think i should smash every rock to bits to find the best one there may be a faulty premise but also, rock smash

30/8/2025, 8:14:26 PM | 7 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Andrew Gelston (@agelston.bsky.social) reply parent

both we need to be sure en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uchucch...

30/8/2025, 7:27:37 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Andrew Gelston (@agelston.bsky.social) reply parent

Hmmmm

30/8/2025, 7:26:46 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Andrew Gelston (@agelston.bsky.social)

It's actually a really cool new Geology find and there's a guy on Etsy with alot from an auction but you gotta pay a tariff to get Pink Jordanite (15% silver by weight, unconfirmed!) in your collection now. It's bullshit! www.etsy.com/shop/ROCHART...

30/8/2025, 6:48:12 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Andrew Gelston (@agelston.bsky.social) reply parent

I mean you can't have pink Jordanite!

30/8/2025, 6:45:56 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Andrew Gelston (@agelston.bsky.social) reply parent

i mean I am paying it I want these rocks just thought I'd let everyone know. The $800 exemption is gone. This is a big deal to me at least sigh. Like its really important that i know what % silver these two rocks are and if they are or are not Jordanite

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30/8/2025, 6:45:03 PM | 4 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Andrew Gelston (@agelston.bsky.social)

Confirmed the tariffs are now real More than half the fee is procressing. It is double the %. Not great

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30/8/2025, 6:33:31 PM | 12 2 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Andrew Gelston (@agelston.bsky.social) reply parent

It’s the francis scott key, key

30/8/2025, 6:08:01 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Andrew Gelston (@agelston.bsky.social) reply parent

Ok that’s basically what I’m experiencing too Last rocks out of Saigon instantly increases their value!

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30/8/2025, 5:48:27 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Andrew Gelston (@agelston.bsky.social)

Ok now qualify the whole project as reliability! It’ll work

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30/8/2025, 5:45:25 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Andrew Gelston (@agelston.bsky.social) reply parent

Boarder *

30/8/2025, 5:38:12 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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When I realized the boarded of Quebec was like 2 miles from the pinch museum, Quebec got better ;)

30/8/2025, 5:38:05 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Andrew Gelston (@agelston.bsky.social) reply parent

I mean everyone has many pounds of rocks whether you realize it or not! but idle?!

30/8/2025, 5:35:56 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Andrew Gelston (@agelston.bsky.social) reply parent

Isn't it ironic? lol

30/8/2025, 5:34:31 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Andrew Gelston (@agelston.bsky.social) reply parent

Ps - 16.66% of my rock guys are Canadian lol

30/8/2025, 5:23:10 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I’m sorry but I’ve found someone better Ontario. We’ll always have Paris

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30/8/2025, 5:22:05 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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They're like spiders. But they have the cards

30/8/2025, 5:08:54 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Andrew Gelston (@agelston.bsky.social) reply parent

it's very funny cause the only reason I found the video is we drew the same GIS shapes I put into google photos lol

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30/8/2025, 5:07:15 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Andrew Gelston (@agelston.bsky.social) reply parent

The world is round, he's right. (joke is a little earlier in the video and falls flat). Maps from 1948 do not understand this and thus if they cover 30 x 30 miles (something like 50,000 meters) you get drift even if its a perfect scan. It is an Ai use case. But I hate that

30/8/2025, 5:04:52 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Andrew Gelston (@agelston.bsky.social) reply parent

honestly super impressed with this guys work and English. Plus maps don't use words (well technically they do but i can live with meters). It's very sad, so defense mechanism = humor!

30/8/2025, 5:03:32 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Hasn't there always been something slightly arrogant about the Ghor? www.youtube.com/watch?v=VRu6...

30/8/2025, 4:44:10 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Andrew Gelston (@agelston.bsky.social)

The Kalkite foundation has acquired a piece of purple hexagonite for $9 With the case and shipping $60 Hexagonite is asbestos It forms oddly (conditions that create other things mostly) it is only found in Balmat & India I have a comparison reference They came from NY via France to NY again!

30/8/2025, 4:43:03 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Andrew Gelston (@agelston.bsky.social) reply parent

It’s called ‘fuck around and find out’ and it’s a terrible due diligence method generally speaking

30/8/2025, 4:33:23 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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What if it is a critical mineral originally from the U.S. but exported then re imported? Yes I can prove it Yes I am doing this to be difficult. I’m sorry I thought this was America

30/8/2025, 4:32:18 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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i literally am going to have no idea if i owe money on these rock orders at tax time lol

30/8/2025, 4:29:44 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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moderation nightmare ofc

30/8/2025, 4:23:55 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Andrew Gelston (@agelston.bsky.social) reply parent

it would be cool if you could submit a photo of the mineral :) just saying lol

30/8/2025, 4:23:39 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Andrew Gelston (@agelston.bsky.social) reply parent

🤣 trust me I read it I just think he oversimplifies

30/8/2025, 4:13:57 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Someone who is really pretty from zero to getting gradually madder at you lol That's my takeaway. I really don't think it's possible you can be drawn into watching Andor and forget/not realize Deedra was the one who killed her 'love', literally gave the order But she's great IRL, as a person

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30/8/2025, 4:12:39 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Andrew Gelston (@agelston.bsky.social)

The andor subreddit definitely has gone into the trolling quality cause in the last photo Denise is smearing like Dedra but also it's funny!

30/8/2025, 4:12:39 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Andrew Gelston (@agelston.bsky.social) reply parent

Almost all current American manufacturing is highly specialized. That is a good thing it means they are relatively (for manufacturing worldwide) very lucrative gigs. But also we're destroying it and gaining nothing in particular. So yah its ironic. Irony sucks www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jne9...

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Profile picture Andrew Gelston (@agelston.bsky.social) reply parent

It's not actually because even if I'm not going to default on my credit card next month doesn't mean I don't have basic empathy God that asshole distorted people's view on morality so badly

30/8/2025, 3:54:36 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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30/8/2025, 3:53:39 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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@mineralcup.bsky.social What type of cup are you running?! I can't figure out the rules or prize money!

30/8/2025, 3:53:17 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Andrew Gelston (@agelston.bsky.social) reply parent

Still unsure of the rules, is there like a vote every round on picture submissions and then one mineral literally becomes the winning mineral at the very end? This is very important

30/8/2025, 3:52:15 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Andrew Gelston (@agelston.bsky.social)

Azurite is kinda a mean mineral to put on the list its so crumby but a really pretty blue lol. I guess you can use it as a dye if you just bought a piece for fun. crumby means easy to destroy when mining* *mining means unboxing a rock **I know this because I definitely have not crumbed one

30/8/2025, 3:50:15 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Andrew Gelston (@agelston.bsky.social) reply parent

He has been known to be a wild card during market dislocations. youtu.be/uxAuIXzY-fQ?...

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