Amy Rookstool
@amyrookstool.bsky.social
May the stories we pass to future generations be woven with the ancient wisdom and greater knowing of how interconnected and human we truly are.
Reviving the intimate stories of historic moments; legendary people, places and circumstances for 30 years.
Reviving the intimate stories of historic moments; legendary people, places and circumstances for 30 years.
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Amy Rookstool
@amyrookstool.bsky.social
· Mar 20
JFK historian Farris Rookstool takes a deep dive into newly released unredacted files
As a former FBI analyst, Rookstool served as the agency's primary resource for the JFK Task Force, reviewing nearly all 6 million classified documents related to the investigation.
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Here’s a deeper dive into those JFK files that aired last night with Farris Rookstool, III on CBS News. @farrisinc.bsky.social
Follow The Four Meridas for more meaningful true stories that unite us in extraordinary ways across time, culture, and geography.
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Don Anselmo Duarte de la Ruela: Hero of Tekax in Caste War
History is shaped not only by battles and treaties but also by gestures of compassion that ripple across generations.
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September 6, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Follow The Four Meridas for more meaningful true stories that unite us in extraordinary ways across time, culture, and geography.
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Here’s a deeper dive into those JFK files that aired last night with Farris Rookstool, III on CBS News. @farrisinc.bsky.social
JFK historian Farris Rookstool takes a deep dive into newly released unredacted files
As a former FBI analyst, Rookstool served as the agency's primary resource for the JFK Task Force, reviewing nearly all 6 million classified documents related to the investigation.
www.cbsnews.com
March 20, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Here’s a deeper dive into those JFK files that aired last night with Farris Rookstool, III on CBS News. @farrisinc.bsky.social
Official Statement on President Trump’s JFK Document Release of March 18, 2025 by Farris Rookstool, III
PROFESSIONAL HISTORIAN | Farris Rookstool, III
Emmy® and Peabody Award-Winning Historian, Academy Award® Nominated Filmmaker, Speaker, Author, and Former FBI Analyst
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March 19, 2025 at 3:50 AM
Official Statement on President Trump’s JFK Document Release of March 18, 2025 by Farris Rookstool, III
History is a whisper carried by time, calling us to listen. My journey began with a longing to understand who we are. In seeking my ancestors, I found the world—woven together by unseen threads. Here I share one such story, "The Four Méridas: A Shared Legacy Across Continents"
The Four Méridas: A Shared Legacy Across Continents
Exploring unity and interconnectedness throughout human history
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March 6, 2025 at 12:12 AM
History is a whisper carried by time, calling us to listen. My journey began with a longing to understand who we are. In seeking my ancestors, I found the world—woven together by unseen threads. Here I share one such story, "The Four Méridas: A Shared Legacy Across Continents"
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5 Calls: Contact Your Congress
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February 17, 2025 at 1:42 AM
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Historically speaking… you may see similarities between today’s performative DT and 10 years ago (Feb 2015). Leeza Gibbons surprises us as the winner of Celebrity Apprentice over Geraldo Rivera. Leeza had one major thing going for her that Geraldo Rivera didn’t…
Recap: people.com/tv/celebrity...
Recap: people.com/tv/celebrity...
'Celebrity Apprentice' Finale Recap: And the Winner Is Leeza Gibbons
After a magical final challenge, Donald Trump picked a new Apprentice between Gibbons and Geraldo Rivera
people.com
February 5, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Historically speaking… you may see similarities between today’s performative DT and 10 years ago (Feb 2015). Leeza Gibbons surprises us as the winner of Celebrity Apprentice over Geraldo Rivera. Leeza had one major thing going for her that Geraldo Rivera didn’t…
Recap: people.com/tv/celebrity...
Recap: people.com/tv/celebrity...
My research was recently featured in a FamilySearch Blog. A curiosity for history started early for me and with my immediate family. Today, it has grown into a passion for discovering and sharing how so much of human history remains relevant to each of us today.
Amy Ricalde Rookstool’s Search for Her Ancestral Roots • FamilySearch
Amy (née Ricalde) Rookstool has always wondered about her family’s past and where the name Ricalde came from. During her childhood in a smal…
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December 31, 2024 at 12:34 AM
My research was recently featured in a FamilySearch Blog. A curiosity for history started early for me and with my immediate family. Today, it has grown into a passion for discovering and sharing how so much of human history remains relevant to each of us today.
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December 4, 2024 at 8:58 PM
Use your purchasing power wisely. Download this app, “Goods Unite Us” to see which Brands support which politicians and PACs. apps.apple.com/us/app/guu-d...
“The Government of the United States… gives to bigotry no sanction, to persecution no assistance” - George Washington, 1790
Washington’s Legacy for American Jews: ‘To Bigotry No Sanction’ | Jed S. Rakoff
Warden Seixas’s letter immediately brought forth from Washington the now-famous response, undated but sent on August 21, 1790. As a number of commentators have remarked, it has sometimes been overlook...
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November 28, 2024 at 6:54 PM
“The Government of the United States… gives to bigotry no sanction, to persecution no assistance” - George Washington, 1790
What is your favorite Thanksgiving tradition? We commence our annual grateful jar and fill it with all the goodness that the year has given us. Then on New Year’s Eve, we open the notes - some anonymous, some personal. This year we may need it more than ever. Please share some of your favorites.
November 28, 2024 at 4:48 PM
What is your favorite Thanksgiving tradition? We commence our annual grateful jar and fill it with all the goodness that the year has given us. Then on New Year’s Eve, we open the notes - some anonymous, some personal. This year we may need it more than ever. Please share some of your favorites.
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All humans want to control themselves. Strong people control themselves via self-mastery.
Weak people don't have self-mastery, so they attempt to control themselves by controlling others.
Autocrats aren't strong; they're dependent & weak. They need to subvert others' freedom to feel self-control.
Weak people don't have self-mastery, so they attempt to control themselves by controlling others.
Autocrats aren't strong; they're dependent & weak. They need to subvert others' freedom to feel self-control.
November 27, 2024 at 7:41 PM
All humans want to control themselves. Strong people control themselves via self-mastery.
Weak people don't have self-mastery, so they attempt to control themselves by controlling others.
Autocrats aren't strong; they're dependent & weak. They need to subvert others' freedom to feel self-control.
Weak people don't have self-mastery, so they attempt to control themselves by controlling others.
Autocrats aren't strong; they're dependent & weak. They need to subvert others' freedom to feel self-control.
"There is no fraud or deceit in the world which yields greater gain and profit than that of counterfeiting gems." — Pliny the Elder, Roman author, AD 23/24-79
November 28, 2024 at 10:29 AM
"There is no fraud or deceit in the world which yields greater gain and profit than that of counterfeiting gems." — Pliny the Elder, Roman author, AD 23/24-79
Examples of the Allure of Immortality. Thank you @jeremysherman.bsky.social youtu.be/PDgW8uNyWww?...
You don't understand Dark Triad Personality
YouTube video by TRYING BEINGS: From Life's Origins to Total Jerks
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November 27, 2024 at 11:17 PM
Examples of the Allure of Immortality. Thank you @jeremysherman.bsky.social youtu.be/PDgW8uNyWww?...
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Maybe if we start calling our body parts gun-sounding names like “revulva” or “shooterus” the GOP will stop trying to regulate them.
November 14, 2024 at 1:42 PM
Maybe if we start calling our body parts gun-sounding names like “revulva” or “shooterus” the GOP will stop trying to regulate them.
The words we use matter. If as Carl Jung declared, “what you resist, persists”, we should give more powerfully focused energy to what we do want rather than what we don’t (i.e. eyes on the prize).
You Only Get More of What You Resist—Why?
Jung argued long ago that “what you resist not only persists, but will grow in size.” Today this paradoxical viewpoint is typically shortened to “what you resist persists."
www.psychologytoday.com
November 20, 2024 at 6:08 PM
The words we use matter. If as Carl Jung declared, “what you resist, persists”, we should give more powerfully focused energy to what we do want rather than what we don’t (i.e. eyes on the prize).
I recently paused to read and consider each of “LBJ’s Goals” that are prominently displayed at the LBJ Library. We were in Austin two weeks ago for an event at the Briscoe Center for American History. It felt right and timely to revisit.
November 19, 2024 at 8:57 PM
I recently paused to read and consider each of “LBJ’s Goals” that are prominently displayed at the LBJ Library. We were in Austin two weeks ago for an event at the Briscoe Center for American History. It felt right and timely to revisit.
Discernment is knowing the difference. Salt and sugar also look alike but will completely change a recipe.
November 19, 2024 at 8:01 PM
Discernment is knowing the difference. Salt and sugar also look alike but will completely change a recipe.