Auriette
@auriette.bsky.social
Journalist, Genealogist, Actor-Writer-Director, Cat Lover, Star Wars Fan
I feel like I should be doing something constructive, but Pippin has his annual checkup at the vet at 1:30, so no time, really, to get involved in anything.
November 16, 2025 at 4:40 PM
I feel like I should be doing something constructive, but Pippin has his annual checkup at the vet at 1:30, so no time, really, to get involved in anything.
I'm very disappointed in the @nytimes.com. You do know "alright" is not a real word, right?
November 16, 2025 at 4:37 PM
I'm very disappointed in the @nytimes.com. You do know "alright" is not a real word, right?
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The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.
October 9, 2025 at 8:23 PM
The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.
In what universe is either of these offers 75% off?
August 31, 2025 at 3:50 AM
In what universe is either of these offers 75% off?
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One of the first creatures I photographed yesterday at Brandon Marsh was this brilliant Batman #Hoverfly. Not a crime-fighter but a pollinator, so still a superhero! Can you see how this species got its name? #SmallWonders #Nature #Wildlife #Insects #NaturePhotography #MacroPhotography #UKWildlife 🌿
August 10, 2025 at 7:51 PM
One of the first creatures I photographed yesterday at Brandon Marsh was this brilliant Batman #Hoverfly. Not a crime-fighter but a pollinator, so still a superhero! Can you see how this species got its name? #SmallWonders #Nature #Wildlife #Insects #NaturePhotography #MacroPhotography #UKWildlife 🌿
I miss fireflies.
August 3, 2025 at 4:25 AM
I miss fireflies.
I don't think the sign maker understands.
August 2, 2025 at 8:36 PM
I don't think the sign maker understands.
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This always baffled me. I never knew how to correctly write a pre-1752 English date.
It led me to write this small blog about calendar confusion.
whoamiresearch.com/2022/06/04/c...
It led me to write this small blog about calendar confusion.
whoamiresearch.com/2022/06/04/c...
July 24, 2025 at 8:27 AM
This always baffled me. I never knew how to correctly write a pre-1752 English date.
It led me to write this small blog about calendar confusion.
whoamiresearch.com/2022/06/04/c...
It led me to write this small blog about calendar confusion.
whoamiresearch.com/2022/06/04/c...
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Charles Darwent found in 60 trees
And every one of them has the wrong parentage for him...
Hints, suggestions and AI are killing family history research!
And every one of them has the wrong parentage for him...
Hints, suggestions and AI are killing family history research!
July 24, 2025 at 8:57 AM
Charles Darwent found in 60 trees
And every one of them has the wrong parentage for him...
Hints, suggestions and AI are killing family history research!
And every one of them has the wrong parentage for him...
Hints, suggestions and AI are killing family history research!
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Following the Leaves: What I Learned from Unexpected Ancestry Hints
Have you ever noticed an Ancestry hint for someone who isn't actually mentioned in the record? While reviewing hints for my great-great-grandparents, I came across three Civil War–related hints that puzzled me. These records were…
Have you ever noticed an Ancestry hint for someone who isn't actually mentioned in the record? While reviewing hints for my great-great-grandparents, I came across three Civil War–related hints that puzzled me. These records were…
Following the Leaves: What I Learned from Unexpected Ancestry Hints
Have you ever noticed an Ancestry hint for someone who isn't actually mentioned in the record? While reviewing hints for my great-great-grandparents, I came across three Civil War–related hints that puzzled me. These records were being suggested for Mary Foster Crawford, the wife of Washington Marion Crawford. At first, I thought they might include a reference to Mary — perhaps as a widow or family contact.
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July 24, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Following the Leaves: What I Learned from Unexpected Ancestry Hints
Have you ever noticed an Ancestry hint for someone who isn't actually mentioned in the record? While reviewing hints for my great-great-grandparents, I came across three Civil War–related hints that puzzled me. These records were…
Have you ever noticed an Ancestry hint for someone who isn't actually mentioned in the record? While reviewing hints for my great-great-grandparents, I came across three Civil War–related hints that puzzled me. These records were…
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Setting up for our #earlymodernwills #transcribathon today. 📜 Tea, coffee, and biscuits in place, zoom meeting loading - bring on the wills!
It all kicks off at 1pm, see you there!
You can follow us on our @zooniverse.bsky.social talkboards, or on this thread for updates all afternoon 🧵⬇️
It all kicks off at 1pm, see you there!
You can follow us on our @zooniverse.bsky.social talkboards, or on this thread for updates all afternoon 🧵⬇️
July 24, 2025 at 11:17 AM
Setting up for our #earlymodernwills #transcribathon today. 📜 Tea, coffee, and biscuits in place, zoom meeting loading - bring on the wills!
It all kicks off at 1pm, see you there!
You can follow us on our @zooniverse.bsky.social talkboards, or on this thread for updates all afternoon 🧵⬇️
It all kicks off at 1pm, see you there!
You can follow us on our @zooniverse.bsky.social talkboards, or on this thread for updates all afternoon 🧵⬇️
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An actor told me this: “If the screenwriter doesn’t understand the story’s characters, how do you expect actors to?” #screenwriting #scriptsky
July 24, 2025 at 5:07 AM
An actor told me this: “If the screenwriter doesn’t understand the story’s characters, how do you expect actors to?” #screenwriting #scriptsky
You've inherited a movie theater; what's your first double feature?
Gonna make mine a triple: "Raiders of the Lost Ark", "Witness", and "42"
Gonna make mine a triple: "Raiders of the Lost Ark", "Witness", and "42"
July 21, 2025 at 3:44 AM
You've inherited a movie theater; what's your first double feature?
Gonna make mine a triple: "Raiders of the Lost Ark", "Witness", and "42"
Gonna make mine a triple: "Raiders of the Lost Ark", "Witness", and "42"
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TV people. Do I know anyone who has trained to be a director in their 40s? I have been a producer in various ways for nearly 2 decades, but I’d love to try directing. Would love to hear from people who have made the switch
July 9, 2025 at 8:21 PM
TV people. Do I know anyone who has trained to be a director in their 40s? I have been a producer in various ways for nearly 2 decades, but I’d love to try directing. Would love to hear from people who have made the switch
Tell me your pet's name with a GIF.
July 10, 2025 at 4:46 AM
Tell me your pet's name with a GIF.
I wonder how many CNN affiliate stations are using this script as written today? #genealogy
July 9, 2025 at 1:46 PM
I wonder how many CNN affiliate stations are using this script as written today? #genealogy
I'm curious about the history of presidential candidates choosing running mates. In my lifetime, I've wondered why the nominee never partners with one of the also-rans who did well. Biden could have picked Bernie or Buttigieg. Is there a reason for that, other than sour grapes?
June 25, 2025 at 12:13 PM
I'm curious about the history of presidential candidates choosing running mates. In my lifetime, I've wondered why the nominee never partners with one of the also-rans who did well. Biden could have picked Bernie or Buttigieg. Is there a reason for that, other than sour grapes?
Hey, @nytimes.com: You say a Games subscription is 75% off, but $18 is not 75% off; $12.50 would be 75% off a $50 subscription. I tried it on the monthly rate, too; 75% off $6 would be $1.50, not $2. I don't doubt you became journalists because you can't do math, but can't you use a calculator?
June 11, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Hey, @nytimes.com: You say a Games subscription is 75% off, but $18 is not 75% off; $12.50 would be 75% off a $50 subscription. I tried it on the monthly rate, too; 75% off $6 would be $1.50, not $2. I don't doubt you became journalists because you can't do math, but can't you use a calculator?
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Identifying branch points with your DNA matches can be a useful strategy in your DNA research. In our newest blog post, we'll help you understand what branch points are and how you can use them with your matches. https://www.yourdnaguide.com/ydgblog/branch-points
#genealogy
#genealogy
June 11, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Identifying branch points with your DNA matches can be a useful strategy in your DNA research. In our newest blog post, we'll help you understand what branch points are and how you can use them with your matches. https://www.yourdnaguide.com/ydgblog/branch-points
#genealogy
#genealogy
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#AncestryHour #GenHour James Tanner shows the new symbol used by FamilySearch to indicate when a record is available in full-text search collections. I'm going to keep an eye out for it! #Genealogy #FamilyHistory genealogysstar.blogspot.com/2025/06/fami...
FamilySearch Catalog marks Full-Text search collections
The FamilySearch.org Catalog You might or might not have noticed sone new icons in the FamilySearch.org Catalog. Here is a closer screensh...
genealogysstar.blogspot.com
June 3, 2025 at 7:19 PM
#AncestryHour #GenHour James Tanner shows the new symbol used by FamilySearch to indicate when a record is available in full-text search collections. I'm going to keep an eye out for it! #Genealogy #FamilyHistory genealogysstar.blogspot.com/2025/06/fami...
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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
Some sad confirmation from @bcgl.bsky.social while I was at UW last week—the National Digital Newspaper Program—which builds Chronicling America—has been shut down
Historical newspapers are probably the archival material most used by the general public—for genealogy, local history—it’s such a loss
Historical newspapers are probably the archival material most used by the general public—for genealogy, local history—it’s such a loss
About this Collection | Chronicling America | Digital Collections | Library of Congress
Search America's Historic Newspaper Pages through 1963 Please Note: The Library of Congress has transitioned the longstanding Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers website to this new digi...
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May 27, 2025 at 2:31 PM
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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Cleaning up after crap AI creates more work. It does not save time or increase productivity. 👇
Academia in 2025: For weeks I’ve been working through botched copy-edits of my monograph, outsourced by the publisher to a company I’d never heard of, until it finally dawned on me the terrible job might be AI. A quick search confirmed the company recently launched new AI software, which now means..
May 28, 2025 at 6:34 AM
Cleaning up after crap AI creates more work. It does not save time or increase productivity. 👇
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Timing is everything #OTD 28 May 1533
Archbishop Thomas Cranmer proclaimed the marriage of #HenryVIII & #AnneBoleyn valid!
This came just 5 days after declaring his to #KatherineofAragon null & void
Anne would have been Most Happy the day before her Coronation pageantry
youtube.com/shorts/RwgMz...
Archbishop Thomas Cranmer proclaimed the marriage of #HenryVIII & #AnneBoleyn valid!
This came just 5 days after declaring his to #KatherineofAragon null & void
Anne would have been Most Happy the day before her Coronation pageantry
youtube.com/shorts/RwgMz...
May 28, 2025 at 8:47 AM
Timing is everything #OTD 28 May 1533
Archbishop Thomas Cranmer proclaimed the marriage of #HenryVIII & #AnneBoleyn valid!
This came just 5 days after declaring his to #KatherineofAragon null & void
Anne would have been Most Happy the day before her Coronation pageantry
youtube.com/shorts/RwgMz...
Archbishop Thomas Cranmer proclaimed the marriage of #HenryVIII & #AnneBoleyn valid!
This came just 5 days after declaring his to #KatherineofAragon null & void
Anne would have been Most Happy the day before her Coronation pageantry
youtube.com/shorts/RwgMz...
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In Genetic Genealogy, “removed” cousins matter, especially if you're much older or younger than others in the #DNA database. It can make close relatives seem more distant than they are. #genealogy
May 28, 2025 at 12:20 PM
In Genetic Genealogy, “removed” cousins matter, especially if you're much older or younger than others in the #DNA database. It can make close relatives seem more distant than they are. #genealogy