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Hopefully this is the last one (fleeing that other place)...anyway! History, birds, travel, genealogy. Technically a lawyer.
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I think this one is a solid decade later than the others but he just looks cool as hell like he’s a gangster instead of a metallurgist
December 8, 2025 at 2:20 AM
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Ladies and gentlemen... the weekend. (also: you are important and are not alone 🧡)
December 6, 2025 at 12:00 AM
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So thrilled to get another amazing license plate for my collection from a friend. I am trying to add places from all over the world. If you have an old plate you dont need I am willing to give it a good home forever!! Drop me a note and RT
December 5, 2025 at 3:19 AM
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I was right he did need a top hat.
December 4, 2025 at 3:23 AM
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“Have Yourself A Merriam Little Christmas”

Merriam, a career-oriented lexicographer from the city, returns to her small town for the holidays and meets Webster, a ruggedly handsome librarian, who shows her the true DEFINITION of Christmas.
December 2, 2025 at 7:18 PM
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For the past six weeks, an AI Facebook account has been pulling my history posts on Instagram and slopping out new captions, so I’ve been feeding it poison pills and its followers are having meltdowns in the comments. It’s been pretty spectacular.
November 30, 2025 at 2:10 AM
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#GenChat Need images? Need maps? Take a look at #SmithsonianOpenAccess.
www.si.edu/openaccess
Smithsonian Open Access
www.si.edu
November 29, 2025 at 3:32 AM
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Good evening & welcome to the penultimate #genchat ! Tonight our Open Mic is about #genealogy projects. Big or small, crafty or professional, what have you been working on, or hoping to work on, recently?
November 29, 2025 at 3:01 AM
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you have seen in the wild

*bear
*monkey
*toucan
*kangaroo
*bat
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you have seen in the wild

* dolphin
* deer
* fox
* bald eagle
* coyote
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you have seen in the wild

- Hedgehog
- Toad
- Kingfisher
- Squirrel
- Fox
November 28, 2025 at 5:30 PM
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The dispersal of domestic cats from North Africa to Europe around 2000 years ago www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
November 28, 2025 at 11:18 AM
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Researching postcards sent more than 100 years ago reveals just how far our ancestors travelled – including a British MP born in a log cabin in Tennessee, an 18-year-old girl who sailed with Robert Stephenson to Egypt & dined with Brunel.
#Genealogy
mybook.to/SQgwSjU
November 28, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you’ve seen:

Woodstock 99
Korn
Aerosmith
Creed
Dan Fogelberg
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you’ve seen:

cast of Glee
The Kingston Trio
Bo Diddley
Ani DiFranco
Simon & Garfunkel
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you’ve seen:

Yo La Tengo
Taylor Swift
Wilson Pickett
Gang of Four
Spice Girls
November 28, 2025 at 3:27 AM
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#ToucanButtoftheDay

Something away from Bijagua (finally!), a Fiery-billed Aracari (Pteroglossus frantzii) at San Vito, Puntarenas #CostaRica

#toucans #birds #nature
November 27, 2025 at 2:35 AM
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ok it is time for me to hibernate for the season
i am thankful for all of u keeping me company here on the blue sky during this year
be well
November 27, 2025 at 12:07 AM
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PROMOTE YOUR BOOKS! EVERYONE WANTS TO HEAR ABOUT YOUR PUBLISHED BOOKS! Do not ask me how my writing is going.
November 26, 2025 at 6:33 PM
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almost every novelist you read who's not from the airport fiction or bestseller sections is working a full on day job, including multi-award winners and absolute legends, or they have a spouse or trust that supports them. virtually across the board. just normalize in your mind that's how it works.
I know we know this, but authors need to get better at talking about how they actually make their money. Stop pretending it's from the books.
November 25, 2025 at 10:35 PM
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95% of authors are not making a living through book publishing. The public needs to understand this.
November 25, 2025 at 2:24 AM
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narrator: 50 years ago...

me: [nods] in 1945

narrator: in 1975...

me: what
November 25, 2025 at 2:11 AM
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I figure Ken Burns has one, maybe two big documentary series in him before he fully retires. What do you think they should be? My votes include Football, Hip-Hop, World War 1, Reconstruction (though Skip Gates did this one well), Iraq/Afghanistan, 19th Century Expansionism.
November 24, 2025 at 11:46 PM
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I would like all of you, each and every one, to go google “Miss Universe National Costume Competition 2025 Norway” right now
November 22, 2025 at 7:15 AM
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Ok timeline cleanse after reading too much about the worst people laist.com/news/los-ang...
LA’s birding community reacts to Hallmark’s birder romcom: ‘They really blew it’
In an attempt to expand their seasonal offerings outside of Christmas, Hallmark may have inadvertently tapped into a deeper tension birders feel about portrayals of ornithology.
laist.com
November 22, 2025 at 3:42 AM
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He said "Amen" straight into the drop

Lmao Pope Leo threw a rave for an archbishop's 75th birthday this is kind of incredible
November 20, 2025 at 4:22 PM
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It is very funny that this Pope is just going to get jerseys from now on. Everyone decided that's what this Pope likes and that is it. It's like if your grandmother got you a puzzle for Christmas one year and you said you liked it so your entire extended family is like "oh that's the puzzle kid"
Spike Lee just blessed Pope Leo with a custom Knicks jersey during his visit to the Vatican, just one week after the Pope was gifted a custom Chicago Bulls one.
Spike Lee Blesses Pope Leo with Knicks Jersey
Spike Lee just blessed Pope Leo with a custom Knicks jersey during his visit to the Vatican, just one week after the Pope was gifted a custom Chicago Bulls one.
www.vulture.com
November 16, 2025 at 3:07 AM
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kind of excited to watch death by lightning? stacked cast and guiteau is a totally fascinating figure in american history
November 15, 2025 at 2:17 AM
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Keep on travelin', Carol! #Pluribus
The @ricksteves.bsky.social shoutout in tonight’s episode of #Pluribus 😆
November 15, 2025 at 2:04 AM