avemalakoff
@avemalakoff.bsky.social
Author of book on the Man in the Iron Mask, published August 2024, *Second Son, the Man in the Iron Mask*. My research will be presented in an upcoming French documentary.
#PalacesandGardens #Paris A Black locust tree, the oldest tree in Paris near the church Saint Julien le Pauvre. (Robinier pseudoacacia) It was planted in 1601 by King Henry IV's gardener Jean Robin. In 2011 this tree measured 11 meters high with a trunk of 3.38 meters in circumference.
November 27, 2025 at 11:53 PM
#PalacesandGardens #Paris A Black locust tree, the oldest tree in Paris near the church Saint Julien le Pauvre. (Robinier pseudoacacia) It was planted in 1601 by King Henry IV's gardener Jean Robin. In 2011 this tree measured 11 meters high with a trunk of 3.38 meters in circumference.
#PalacesAndGardens Taken March 2025 at the newly renovated Bibliothèque Nationale library in Paris, a garden with seating.
November 21, 2025 at 1:17 AM
#PalacesAndGardens Taken March 2025 at the newly renovated Bibliothèque Nationale library in Paris, a garden with seating.
The Saudi prince was falling asleep just now while Trump was talking, talking.
November 18, 2025 at 5:39 PM
The Saudi prince was falling asleep just now while Trump was talking, talking.
For Veterans' Day - a photo of my father, Paul Brandes (left)(d. 1990) and his "buddies" in Brussels while with the Chanor Base Section of the U.S. Army, probably 1945.
November 11, 2025 at 6:37 PM
For Veterans' Day - a photo of my father, Paul Brandes (left)(d. 1990) and his "buddies" in Brussels while with the Chanor Base Section of the U.S. Army, probably 1945.
Eustache Dauger, titled the Man in the Iron Mask by Voltaire, died today, November 10, 1703 in his room at the Bastille, Paris, France. He probably died of a heart attack. He was buried in the Bastille parish cemetery a few blocks down the rue Saint Antoine the next day, November 11.
November 10, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Eustache Dauger, titled the Man in the Iron Mask by Voltaire, died today, November 10, 1703 in his room at the Bastille, Paris, France. He probably died of a heart attack. He was buried in the Bastille parish cemetery a few blocks down the rue Saint Antoine the next day, November 11.
(1 of 6) Medical details on Louis XIV's remains were published October 10. "Paleoproteomics reveals chromoblastomycosis as possible cause of King of France Louis XIV’s death (1715)," Philippe Charlier et al. Access to Louis XIV's remains is an astounding accomplishment by the authors.
October 14, 2025 at 12:47 AM
(1 of 6) Medical details on Louis XIV's remains were published October 10. "Paleoproteomics reveals chromoblastomycosis as possible cause of King of France Louis XIV’s death (1715)," Philippe Charlier et al. Access to Louis XIV's remains is an astounding accomplishment by the authors.
Please read my book "Second Son" (available for $15 from the publisher as an e-book at legacysector.com/product/e-bo..., the detective story that has taken 3 centuries to unravel. I have put genetics
Second Son: The Man in the Iron Mask (PDF E-Book)
Print version available on Amazon. Sarah Madry has written a bold and revelatory answer to those who have said the mystery of the Man in the Iron Mask will never be solved. The masked prisoner, arrest...
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September 27, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Please read my book "Second Son" (available for $15 from the publisher as an e-book at legacysector.com/product/e-bo..., the detective story that has taken 3 centuries to unravel. I have put genetics
If the over 65 population, who get a covid shot, are surrounded by people who are sick with covid or might be sick soon, those of us who are over 65 will be as afraid to leave our homes as if we hadn't had a shot. Our immune systems are faulty. That's the point of all this!
August 28, 2025 at 2:39 PM
If the over 65 population, who get a covid shot, are surrounded by people who are sick with covid or might be sick soon, those of us who are over 65 will be as afraid to leave our homes as if we hadn't had a shot. Our immune systems are faulty. That's the point of all this!
@alivitali.bsky.social Am watching Ali Vitali anchor the MSNBC news this morning about the raid on Bolton's home and office. Showed a clip of Trump saying he didn't know anything about it. That's a lie. He lies. He lies. News reporters need to refuse to accept what he says as truth.
August 22, 2025 at 3:10 PM
@alivitali.bsky.social Am watching Ali Vitali anchor the MSNBC news this morning about the raid on Bolton's home and office. Showed a clip of Trump saying he didn't know anything about it. That's a lie. He lies. He lies. News reporters need to refuse to accept what he says as truth.
I have been trying to leave messages with senators & congress people to protest the military takeover of the country. All the voicemail recordings cut off after 60 seconds. How can we force congress people to register our complaints? It costs almost a dollar now to mail a letter. I can't afford it.
August 21, 2025 at 6:17 PM
I have been trying to leave messages with senators & congress people to protest the military takeover of the country. All the voicemail recordings cut off after 60 seconds. How can we force congress people to register our complaints? It costs almost a dollar now to mail a letter. I can't afford it.
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I do have more optimism for the future than I did at inauguration, simply because I think this strategy of "break everything all at once as fast as we can without any window dressing" is not sustainable and is going to manifest public fury in the coming year.
August 9, 2025 at 1:26 PM
I do have more optimism for the future than I did at inauguration, simply because I think this strategy of "break everything all at once as fast as we can without any window dressing" is not sustainable and is going to manifest public fury in the coming year.
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Living a moral life in an age of bullies requires collective action; it cannot be done alone. Each of us must organize and participate in a vast network of moral resistance. From this solidarity we will grow stronger. This is what our current moment requires.
August 7, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Living a moral life in an age of bullies requires collective action; it cannot be done alone. Each of us must organize and participate in a vast network of moral resistance. From this solidarity we will grow stronger. This is what our current moment requires.
On October 17, 2016 I wrote this to authors of a Politico article on Trump: "To Ms. Glasser and Mr. Kruse: Your Q & A on Trump "...very dangerous man..." was excellent but while I admire you and your guests for getting a lot right, you are missing the story. What is going on with Trump is 1/4
August 4, 2025 at 11:57 PM
On October 17, 2016 I wrote this to authors of a Politico article on Trump: "To Ms. Glasser and Mr. Kruse: Your Q & A on Trump "...very dangerous man..." was excellent but while I admire you and your guests for getting a lot right, you are missing the story. What is going on with Trump is 1/4
I sometimes wondered, while I was writing my book on Eustache Dauger, whether there were any cats or dogs in the prisons where he lived, or even if he had a regular cat or dog visitor? The documents of the case are silent about this.
July 31, 2025 at 1:25 AM
I sometimes wondered, while I was writing my book on Eustache Dauger, whether there were any cats or dogs in the prisons where he lived, or even if he had a regular cat or dog visitor? The documents of the case are silent about this.
OTD July 14, 1789, the men who stormed into the Bastille had an agenda: one item on the list was to learn who the Man in the Iron Mask was. He had died in the Bastille on November 19, 1703, but he hadn't been forgotten by conspiracy theorists, (1
July 15, 2025 at 12:39 AM
OTD July 14, 1789, the men who stormed into the Bastille had an agenda: one item on the list was to learn who the Man in the Iron Mask was. He had died in the Bastille on November 19, 1703, but he hadn't been forgotten by conspiracy theorists, (1
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Let's dig a bit deeper into all that's going on with trade, tariffs and the economy.
The wonderful @sykescharlie.bsky.social sat me down for a chat minutes after Trump started sending the "trade letters," so you may see me a little unplugged (but hopefully analytic)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mypw...
The wonderful @sykescharlie.bsky.social sat me down for a chat minutes after Trump started sending the "trade letters," so you may see me a little unplugged (but hopefully analytic)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mypw...
Justin Wolfers: Why Economics is Like Sex
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July 8, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Let's dig a bit deeper into all that's going on with trade, tariffs and the economy.
The wonderful @sykescharlie.bsky.social sat me down for a chat minutes after Trump started sending the "trade letters," so you may see me a little unplugged (but hopefully analytic)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mypw...
The wonderful @sykescharlie.bsky.social sat me down for a chat minutes after Trump started sending the "trade letters," so you may see me a little unplugged (but hopefully analytic)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mypw...
The Tour de France is finishing in Dunkirk, France today. It was Captain de Vauroy, sergent of Dunkirk, who was sent by Louis XIV to arrest Eustache Dauger, later named by Voltaire as the Man in the Iron Mask. Dauger was arrested near Calais. Where was he? No one knows. #skystorians
July 7, 2025 at 3:54 PM
The Tour de France is finishing in Dunkirk, France today. It was Captain de Vauroy, sergent of Dunkirk, who was sent by Louis XIV to arrest Eustache Dauger, later named by Voltaire as the Man in the Iron Mask. Dauger was arrested near Calais. Where was he? No one knows. #skystorians
June 25, 2025 at 11:27 PM
The first stanza of this prediction has never been fully understood. Historians have said that the first line refers to a fable told about Olympias, the mother of Alexander the Great, who had found a serpent in her bed, causing her husband, Philip the Great, to be wary of sleeping with (1)
June 19, 2025 at 3:54 PM
The first stanza of this prediction has never been fully understood. Historians have said that the first line refers to a fable told about Olympias, the mother of Alexander the Great, who had found a serpent in her bed, causing her husband, Philip the Great, to be wary of sleeping with (1)
A serpent seen near the royal bed,
It will be by the lady, no dogs will bark:
Then to be born in France a Prince so royal,
All the Princes will say he comes from heaven.
—Nostradamus, Les Premières Centuries ou Prophéties, Century IV (prediction) # 93
Second Son, the Man in the Iron Mask
It will be by the lady, no dogs will bark:
Then to be born in France a Prince so royal,
All the Princes will say he comes from heaven.
—Nostradamus, Les Premières Centuries ou Prophéties, Century IV (prediction) # 93
Second Son, the Man in the Iron Mask
June 19, 2025 at 3:53 PM
A serpent seen near the royal bed,
It will be by the lady, no dogs will bark:
Then to be born in France a Prince so royal,
All the Princes will say he comes from heaven.
—Nostradamus, Les Premières Centuries ou Prophéties, Century IV (prediction) # 93
Second Son, the Man in the Iron Mask
It will be by the lady, no dogs will bark:
Then to be born in France a Prince so royal,
All the Princes will say he comes from heaven.
—Nostradamus, Les Premières Centuries ou Prophéties, Century IV (prediction) # 93
Second Son, the Man in the Iron Mask
More from Chapter 16 of Second Son...Madame Madry channeled M. Poirot: "I went to the Auger-Saint-Vincent website and found a treasure of facts, place names, and people of the ancient Valois, and I was especially grateful to the village officials who had taken (1)
June 9, 2025 at 6:45 PM
More from Chapter 16 of Second Son...Madame Madry channeled M. Poirot: "I went to the Auger-Saint-Vincent website and found a treasure of facts, place names, and people of the ancient Valois, and I was especially grateful to the village officials who had taken (1)
For 15-20 years I have had this idea for a woman's purse that has dividers across the purse rather than parallel to the sides so that you can "file" your purse items, most of which are rectangles that would fit down into the purse with the end up. No more digging down into a dark pit. (1 of 2)
June 3, 2025 at 7:17 PM
For 15-20 years I have had this idea for a woman's purse that has dividers across the purse rather than parallel to the sides so that you can "file" your purse items, most of which are rectangles that would fit down into the purse with the end up. No more digging down into a dark pit. (1 of 2)
More from Chapter 16 of *Second Son*...Charlemagne enters the chat! #booksky. "At Verberie near Senlis, Emperor Charlemagne (748–814) had a summer residence where he kept company with his knights, one of whom was Oger the Dane (Ogier, Hoger, and Hogier are alternate spellings), 1/3
May 30, 2025 at 2:50 PM
More from Chapter 16 of *Second Son*...Charlemagne enters the chat! #booksky. "At Verberie near Senlis, Emperor Charlemagne (748–814) had a summer residence where he kept company with his knights, one of whom was Oger the Dane (Ogier, Hoger, and Hogier are alternate spellings), 1/3
The mystery of Eustache Dauger rests, in part, on some medieval history. "The queen of Hugh Capet, Queen of the Franks Adélaïde of Aquitaine (circa 950–1004), founded the monastery of Saint-Frambourg in Senlis and her gift 1/2
May 28, 2025 at 7:36 PM
The mystery of Eustache Dauger rests, in part, on some medieval history. "The queen of Hugh Capet, Queen of the Franks Adélaïde of Aquitaine (circa 950–1004), founded the monastery of Saint-Frambourg in Senlis and her gift 1/2
My discoveries in Second Son, the Man in the Iron Mask, include the first hints of where the prisoner might have lived or visited before he was a prisoner. Since historians and their followers have fervently wanted to know even a good guess about this, in Chapter 16...
May 27, 2025 at 7:35 PM
My discoveries in Second Son, the Man in the Iron Mask, include the first hints of where the prisoner might have lived or visited before he was a prisoner. Since historians and their followers have fervently wanted to know even a good guess about this, in Chapter 16...