Natalie
@historyadjunct.bsky.social
Still has teacup and skills, will travel. She/her.
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Natalie
@historyadjunct.bsky.social
· Nov 13
Finally left the bird site, but not before taking a final reminder of my warning from years ago:
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NEWS: The Institute of Museum & Library Services has restored ALL previously canceled federal grants to libraries, following a ruling by a federal judge in Rhode Island last month.
This is a massive win for libraries & communities in every state & territory!
Learn more: www.ala.org/news/2025/12...
This is a massive win for libraries & communities in every state & territory!
Learn more: www.ala.org/news/2025/12...
December 3, 2025 at 10:18 PM
NEWS: The Institute of Museum & Library Services has restored ALL previously canceled federal grants to libraries, following a ruling by a federal judge in Rhode Island last month.
This is a massive win for libraries & communities in every state & territory!
Learn more: www.ala.org/news/2025/12...
This is a massive win for libraries & communities in every state & territory!
Learn more: www.ala.org/news/2025/12...
Well, let's see the strategy then, buddies. Ah, yes, crickets.
Noting the decision not to mark the day, the State Department stated: "An awareness day is not a strategy." Activists in the fight to end the ongoing AIDS epidemic disagree. n.pr/3Xu36zt
For the first time since 1988, the U.S. is not officially commemorating World AIDS Day
Noting the decision not to mark the day, the State Department stated: "An awareness day is not a strategy." Activists in the fight to end the ongoing AIDS epidemic disagree.
n.pr
December 1, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Well, let's see the strategy then, buddies. Ah, yes, crickets.
Everything is Tuberculosis is an important read for our times, but if I were to do it again, I would not recommend reading while one is recovering from a bad chest cold.
November 30, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Everything is Tuberculosis is an important read for our times, but if I were to do it again, I would not recommend reading while one is recovering from a bad chest cold.
We did Thanksgiving with just the immediate family due to an aunt's heart attack, grandmother's health & my own family coming down with plague. Pulled dinner together for us... then sat in a chair in which the back gave out, I fell head over heels, and my butt is gonna be blue tomorrow...
November 28, 2025 at 3:50 AM
We did Thanksgiving with just the immediate family due to an aunt's heart attack, grandmother's health & my own family coming down with plague. Pulled dinner together for us... then sat in a chair in which the back gave out, I fell head over heels, and my butt is gonna be blue tomorrow...
Imagine spamming a 90s children's television programming personality as your hobby. Bet he was frustrated he couldn't find Ms. Frizzle's number.
I know most of the focus is on RFK Jr.'s weird horny texts, but the news that he used to spam Bill Nye with anti-vax weirdness and Bill was like, "Dude, you're you're confusing correlation for causation" is the only RFK text-message news I will ever need.
November 27, 2025 at 1:24 AM
Imagine spamming a 90s children's television programming personality as your hobby. Bet he was frustrated he couldn't find Ms. Frizzle's number.
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The Internet Archive just released tens of thousands of seed catalogs, spanning over two centuries!
They are both lovely and interesting. Check them out!
archive.org/details/usda...
🗃️ #c18th #c19th #c20th #illustration
They are both lovely and interesting. Check them out!
archive.org/details/usda...
🗃️ #c18th #c19th #c20th #illustration
November 26, 2025 at 8:45 PM
The Internet Archive just released tens of thousands of seed catalogs, spanning over two centuries!
They are both lovely and interesting. Check them out!
archive.org/details/usda...
🗃️ #c18th #c19th #c20th #illustration
They are both lovely and interesting. Check them out!
archive.org/details/usda...
🗃️ #c18th #c19th #c20th #illustration
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This article heavily implies that ICE is being used in a custody dispute to help Karoline Leavitt's brother get his son and have the mother locked up in ICE detention
"A woman with a family connection to White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt has been arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in Revere, Massachusetts."
www.wcvb.com/article/karo...
www.wcvb.com/article/karo...
![REVERE, Mass. —
A woman with a family connection to White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt has been arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in Revere, Massachusetts.
The woman, Bruna Ferreira, has an 11-year-old son with Michael Leavitt, Karoline Leavitt's brother.
Ferreira migrated with her family to the United States from Brazil as a child and is currently in custody at an ICE facility in southern Louisiana.
Michael Leavitt released a statement, saying that his "only concern has always been the safety, well-being, and privacy of [his] son."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:x4qyokjtdzgl7gmqhsw4ajqj/bafkreiacyzixchgacpjse7wyra342opgjsvdxzqdrkxq55zzqah65zyeae@jpeg)
November 26, 2025 at 4:24 AM
This article heavily implies that ICE is being used in a custody dispute to help Karoline Leavitt's brother get his son and have the mother locked up in ICE detention
Hot toddies remain an amazing chest cold remedy.
November 26, 2025 at 2:16 AM
Hot toddies remain an amazing chest cold remedy.
As someone who deeply loves many a gay southern weirdo (one who breathily sang Happy Birthday to me a la Marilyn Monroe recently), this is correct.
I have long posited that Daniel Craig's accent in Glass Onion is better than Knives Out because in Knives Out he is trying to do a real Southern accent and is bad at it but in Glass Onion he is just talking like Foghorn Leghorn, which is something a real gay Southern weirdo would do.
November 26, 2025 at 12:44 AM
As someone who deeply loves many a gay southern weirdo (one who breathily sang Happy Birthday to me a la Marilyn Monroe recently), this is correct.
Staying up all night in an ER after three months of an insane working schedule has, unsurprisingly, led me to waking up with a chest cold on the day that my Thanksgiving rest was to begin. The only solution is hot toddies, crocheting, and books.
November 25, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Staying up all night in an ER after three months of an insane working schedule has, unsurprisingly, led me to waking up with a chest cold on the day that my Thanksgiving rest was to begin. The only solution is hot toddies, crocheting, and books.
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A third infant has died in Kentucky, KYDPH adds:
“These are Kentucky’s first pertussis deaths since 2018. None of the infants nor their mothers received the recommended pertussis vaccinations during pregnancy or early infancy.”
s3.amazonaws.com/nursing-netw...
“These are Kentucky’s first pertussis deaths since 2018. None of the infants nor their mothers received the recommended pertussis vaccinations during pregnancy or early infancy.”
s3.amazonaws.com/nursing-netw...
November 25, 2025 at 9:55 PM
A third infant has died in Kentucky, KYDPH adds:
“These are Kentucky’s first pertussis deaths since 2018. None of the infants nor their mothers received the recommended pertussis vaccinations during pregnancy or early infancy.”
s3.amazonaws.com/nursing-netw...
“These are Kentucky’s first pertussis deaths since 2018. None of the infants nor their mothers received the recommended pertussis vaccinations during pregnancy or early infancy.”
s3.amazonaws.com/nursing-netw...
How is it that roles have reversed to where I am the one fussing at my aunt for having chest, arm, & jaw pain yet not telling me & driving herself to the hospital? Now I am waiting for updates because I think I should go down there but she doesn't want me to because she "doesn't want to bother me."
November 24, 2025 at 2:09 AM
How is it that roles have reversed to where I am the one fussing at my aunt for having chest, arm, & jaw pain yet not telling me & driving herself to the hospital? Now I am waiting for updates because I think I should go down there but she doesn't want me to because she "doesn't want to bother me."
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Long ago on the hell site I made long list of historically interesting things to use in dnd ttrpgs and I'll start dragging them over here starting with
2000 years-old sapphire ring presumably belonged to Roman emperor Caligula, depicting his fourth wife Caesonia.
2000 years-old sapphire ring presumably belonged to Roman emperor Caligula, depicting his fourth wife Caesonia.
November 13, 2025 at 3:51 AM
Long ago on the hell site I made long list of historically interesting things to use in dnd ttrpgs and I'll start dragging them over here starting with
2000 years-old sapphire ring presumably belonged to Roman emperor Caligula, depicting his fourth wife Caesonia.
2000 years-old sapphire ring presumably belonged to Roman emperor Caligula, depicting his fourth wife Caesonia.
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So, I'm really kind of fucking annoyed and disappointed with Mozilla enabling AI in Firefox by default and not giving users a simple opt out switch.
I have disabled it in my firefox via 'about:config' , if you want to too, here's how to disable it completely or enable certain bits you find useful
I have disabled it in my firefox via 'about:config' , if you want to too, here's how to disable it completely or enable certain bits you find useful
How to Disable AI Features in Firefox Browser
Are you looking for clean user experience in your Firefox browser? Here's how you can disable AI features in Firefox for a simple, no-nonsense usage.
gadgetstouse.com
November 21, 2025 at 5:27 PM
So, I'm really kind of fucking annoyed and disappointed with Mozilla enabling AI in Firefox by default and not giving users a simple opt out switch.
I have disabled it in my firefox via 'about:config' , if you want to too, here's how to disable it completely or enable certain bits you find useful
I have disabled it in my firefox via 'about:config' , if you want to too, here's how to disable it completely or enable certain bits you find useful
I fear I may be coming down with something - achy, feel like I'm going from cold to hot and back again. Ugh. No time for this.
November 20, 2025 at 2:58 AM
I fear I may be coming down with something - achy, feel like I'm going from cold to hot and back again. Ugh. No time for this.
That checks.
Clay Higgins was the only member of the House to vote against releasing the Epstein files.
His record also includes allegedly putting a gun to the head of one of his ex-wives, voting for a neo-Nazi, and assaulting an unarmed Black man while working as a cop.
@nlanard.bsky.social's post from Sept:
His record also includes allegedly putting a gun to the head of one of his ex-wives, voting for a neo-Nazi, and assaulting an unarmed Black man while working as a cop.
@nlanard.bsky.social's post from Sept:
Rep. Clay Higgins’ racist tweet is only the tip of the iceberg
His record includes allegedly putting a gun to the head of one his three ex-wives, voting for a neo-Nazi, and assaulting an unarmed Black man.
www.motherjones.com
November 18, 2025 at 8:57 PM
That checks.
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Oh hey, I found the war on christmas
"Agencies within the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, including ICE, ERO, and CBP intend to implement a comprehensive plan to target Spanish-speaking churches across the country during the upcoming holiday season between Thanksgiving, Nov. 27, and Christmas, Dec. 25."
Exclusive: Trump DHS Plans Immigration Raids on Churches Over Holidays
The Trump Dept. of Homeland Security is briefing federal agencies on plans for immigration enforcement operations inside churches over holidays.
thisweekinworcester.com
November 18, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Oh hey, I found the war on christmas
Good Lord, that woman cannot write.
November 18, 2025 at 1:52 AM
Good Lord, that woman cannot write.
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In the century leading up to 1975, nearly 6000 freighters went down in the Great Lakes.
The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last.
The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes.
Why?
It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.
The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last.
The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes.
Why?
It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.
November 11, 2025 at 1:50 AM
In the century leading up to 1975, nearly 6000 freighters went down in the Great Lakes.
The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last.
The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes.
Why?
It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.
The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last.
The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes.
Why?
It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.
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Get
a load
of this . . .
Formal publication date May 1, 2026 (mayday, mayday)
Festivities will launch at OAH (Philadelphia, where else?) in March.
@ugapress.bsky.social @jimdowns.bsky.social @agordonreed.bsky.social @nhannahjones.bsky.social and more
a load
of this . . .
Formal publication date May 1, 2026 (mayday, mayday)
Festivities will launch at OAH (Philadelphia, where else?) in March.
@ugapress.bsky.social @jimdowns.bsky.social @agordonreed.bsky.social @nhannahjones.bsky.social and more
November 10, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Get
a load
of this . . .
Formal publication date May 1, 2026 (mayday, mayday)
Festivities will launch at OAH (Philadelphia, where else?) in March.
@ugapress.bsky.social @jimdowns.bsky.social @agordonreed.bsky.social @nhannahjones.bsky.social and more
a load
of this . . .
Formal publication date May 1, 2026 (mayday, mayday)
Festivities will launch at OAH (Philadelphia, where else?) in March.
@ugapress.bsky.social @jimdowns.bsky.social @agordonreed.bsky.social @nhannahjones.bsky.social and more
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What historians see when people claim AI is solving mysteries that have baffled historians for years.
November 5, 2025 at 2:24 PM
What historians see when people claim AI is solving mysteries that have baffled historians for years.
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i can’t believe a good thing happened we should do this more often
November 5, 2025 at 2:26 AM
i can’t believe a good thing happened we should do this more often
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"Do you recognize that sandwich?" is an all-timer cross-examination question.
November 4, 2025 at 3:58 PM
"Do you recognize that sandwich?" is an all-timer cross-examination question.
I love the smell of onions and mustard in the morning.
Border Patrol agent Lairmore testifies that he was not injured by the sandwich, but he felt the impact through his ballistic vest.
The sandwich came apart and "kind of exploded" on his chest upon impact, he says.
"I could smell the onions and mustard."
The sandwich came apart and "kind of exploded" on his chest upon impact, he says.
"I could smell the onions and mustard."
November 4, 2025 at 4:22 PM
I love the smell of onions and mustard in the morning.