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I had the pleasure of marching again in the Puerto Rican Day Parade (WEPA!), and one float as a joke had a guy who looked like a bargain basement Bad Bunny. At least one gringo gossip site fell for it, lolololollllll! (they deleted the article)

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"Terrible things are happening outside... poor helpless people are being dragged out of their homes. Families are torn apart; men, women and children are separated. Children come home from school to find that their parents have disappeared." - Anne Frank Jan 13, 1943

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Meanwhile, happy Pride Month, everyone! 🏳️‍🌈 www.youtube.com/watch?v=BGFN...

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#ReliefWednesday leads us to the #CastelloPiccolomini in #Celano in western #Abruzzo, where the enormous #Torlonia fiefdom of #Fucino occupies the drained bed of the Fucine Lake. One of the finds from the draining is this amazing C2 #relief of a city and its surrounding land. #AncientBluesky 🏺

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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...

I had the pleasure of marching again in the Puerto Rican Day Parade (WEPA!), and one float as a joke had a guy who looked like a bargain basement Bad Bunny. At least one gringo gossip site fell for it, lolololollllll! (they deleted the article)

"Terrible things are happening outside... poor helpless people are being dragged out of their homes. Families are torn apart; men, women and children are separated. Children come home from school to find that their parents have disappeared." - Anne Frank Jan 13, 1943

Meanwhile, happy Pride Month, everyone! 🏳️‍🌈 www.youtube.com/watch?v=BGFN...

#ReliefWednesday leads us to the #CastelloPiccolomini in #Celano in western #Abruzzo, where the enormous #Torlonia fiefdom of #Fucino occupies the drained bed of the Fucine Lake. One of the finds from the draining is this amazing C2 #relief of a city and its surrounding land. #AncientBluesky 🏺

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

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

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

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:

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

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-...

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...

kermies #art

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

"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."

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...

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

😱 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...

An Andy Singer illustration of Anytown, USA.

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

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...

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

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

#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 🏺

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

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

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...

When the IT guy takes over my computer remotely

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