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Baby geese!!! And literally every deer is out and about this evening

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Article: Who Were Charlemagne's Daughters? www.thecollector.com/who-were-cha...

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I was idling through European noble family trees this week and came across a man with Marvel-movie levels of villainy -- Krum the Scary: www.badassoftheweek.com/krum

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Speedy, decent transcription and translation is the upside of the AI upheaval. I had a major Cyrillic brick wall breakthrough thanks to Google Translate via Image:

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So proud of our friend and former Director, @asparagirl.bsky.social and the whole team at RTR for their great work here.

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On May 30, 1431, at Rouen in English-controlled Normandy, Joan of Arc, the peasant girl who became the savior of France, is burned at the stake for heresy. www.history.com/this-day-in-...

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You guys...? We did it. 🥰 We won the FULL NEW YORK STATE DEATH INDEX FOR 1880-2017! We beat the largest government agency in the state of New York (@nysdoh.bsky.social), in the highest court of the state, through a Freedom of Information Law (#FOIL) suit. www.reclaimtherecords.org/records-requ...

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kermies #art

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We all knew this day was coming. President John Tyler's (1790-1862) grandson has died. Classic example of what can happen when men become dads in their 60s & 70s. #genealogy

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"Tyler bought and financed the preservation of Fort Pocahontas, a Civil War earthwork fort near Sherwood Forest that had been built by Black soldiers of the Union’s U.S. Colored Troops."

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I met Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o about twenty years ago, through our mutual friend, the South African poet Dennis Brutus. I was awe-struck by these former political prisoners, both of whom had ascended to worldwide literary greatness . RIP, both of you. www.theguardian.com/books/2025/m...

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Article: Katherine of Aragon and the Castilian Grain Crisis maidensandmanuscripts.com/2025/05/25/k...

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😱 NEANDERTHAL FINGERPRINT! NEANDERTHAL FINGERPRINT! NEANDERTHAL FINGERPRINT! NEANDERTHAL FINGERPRINT! NEANDERTHAL FINGERPRINT! NEANDERTHAL FINGERPRINT! NEANDERTHAL FINGERPRINT! NEANDERTHAL FINGERPRINT! NEANDERTHAL FINGERPRINT! NEANDERTHAL FINGERPRINT! 🤯 www.theguardian.com/science/2025...

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An Andy Singer illustration of Anytown, USA.

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This is a disaster. There are papers only available on Chronicling America and nowhere else. Not to mention, if you're trying to track down a hard copy of an undigitized newspaper, their database is far and away the best one-stop-shop for that type of search. #genealogy

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Why is Pope Leo XIV invited to the carne asada? We discuss Pope Leo's Peruvian soul, his creole and Black ancestry that was uncovered by internet sleuths, and the legacy of Pope Francis. It's a two-Latino-Pope special! www.spreaker.com/episode/redi...

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NEW EPISODE: ‘The Baptist’ with Gary Stanley - with a story of a C19th Romany woman who baptises her child/children hundreds of times! familyhistoriespodcast.com/2025/05/20/s... #genealogy #ancestry #podcast #FamilyHistory #romany

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Looking at that face and pose, I feel like the world was deprived of a future wonderfully big personality.

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#Jerusalem, #Constantinople, #Rome, all crammed together in an imaginary holy cityscape with #Christ and the #Apostles, plus two women who aren't #Pudentiana and #Praxedes, for #MosaicMonday. This oldest #Christian #mosaic in Rome is fully a product of the classical world. #AncientBluesky 🏺

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Great thread from @cdorado75.bsky.social about the newly discovered and completely undisturbed early Imperial tomb on the Via Appia. It includes a funerary mosaic and holes for libations. Can't wait to see what they discover inside. 🏺 #ancientbluesky

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The "rebbachisaur" sounds like if Mel Brooks got to do a "Jurassic Park" parody, and of COURSE it's in Argentina! www.earth.com/news/the-old... @pymundgenealogy.com

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This new webinar, “Bloodlines and Brushstrokes” bridges the past and the present through art, memory and the tools of genealogy. See how how ancestral records, family stories, photos, maps and historical documents can transform into visual narratives on canvas. www.geshergalicia.org/webinars/blo...

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The Mexican tall ship that crashed into the Brooklyn Bridge tonight was to participate in the celebration of America's 250th next year. Wishing a speedy and full recovery to her injured crew members and hoping we can still see her (and all of the crew!) next year. nypost.com/2025/05/13/u...

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When the IT guy takes over my computer remotely

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A pope descended from a salacious sex scandal, feels very Renaissance Era!

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😬 www.zmescience.com/science/news...

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I’ve known @martinespadapoet.bsky.social as a friend and comrade for 27 years. Every time he brings out a new book, it’s a big event for me. So it is with Jailbreak of Sparrows, published last month — it’s peoples’ poetry & peoples’ history all in one. www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/724962...

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Happy Mothers Day to the Queen (the mother of all the bees in the hive)

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Oh no big deal, just a vox pop with the POPE'S BROTHER in suburban Chicagoland. They did Wordle and talked about the movie Conclave before the Conclave.

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And of course, Pope Leo XIV is Peruvian in his heart 🦙🦙🦙🦙🦙🦙: apnews.com/article/peru...

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🚨HE'S LATINO POPE #2!!! According to FamilySearch Tree, Pope Leo XIV's 4th-great-grandfather was Manuel José Ramos Bastos, born 1760 in Havana, Cuba and died 1789 in New Orleans: www.familysearch.org/en/tree/pers...

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Well, that didn't take long. And yes, I've poked around enough to see that Pope Leo XIV has got some serious Louisiana roots, so this rings true. www.blackcatholicmessenger.org/pope-leo-xiv...

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I really love an elephant quadriga. This sestertius minted under Titus depicts a deified Vespasian (holding a little statue of Victory) in a cart decorated with war trophies, pulled by four elephants. Incredible details - before the invention of eyeglasses. 👓 😵‍💫 🏺 80-81 CE, #MetMuseum 📸 me

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