Edward A. Rueda
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Andrew meets family historian and heirloom re-uniter, Simon Howard and hears about a woman whose father lived a very different lifestyle to her, and we're looking…
https://familyhistoriespodcast.com/2025/11/18/s10ep02-the-disinherited-with-simon-howard/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=jetpack_social
https://familyhistoriespodcast.com/2025/11/18/s10ep02-the-disinherited-with-simon-howard/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=jetpack_social
November 18, 2025 at 2:30 AM
Andrew meets family historian and heirloom re-uniter, Simon Howard and hears about a woman whose father lived a very different lifestyle to her, and we're looking…
https://familyhistoriespodcast.com/2025/11/18/s10ep02-the-disinherited-with-simon-howard/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=jetpack_social
https://familyhistoriespodcast.com/2025/11/18/s10ep02-the-disinherited-with-simon-howard/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=jetpack_social
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The rapid expansion of AI server installations in the US poses sustainability challenges in terms of water usage and carbon emissions. A study in Nature Sustainability quantifies these potential impacts and outlines mitigation strategies for the AI sector to achieve net-zero. 🧪
Environmental impact and net-zero pathways for sustainable artificial intelligence servers in the USA - Nature Sustainability
The rapid expansion of AI server installations in the United States poses sustainability challenges in terms of water usage and carbon emissions. A study now quantifies these potential impacts and outlines coordinated mitigation strategies for the AI sector to achieve net-zero.
go.nature.com
November 17, 2025 at 5:22 PM
The rapid expansion of AI server installations in the US poses sustainability challenges in terms of water usage and carbon emissions. A study in Nature Sustainability quantifies these potential impacts and outlines mitigation strategies for the AI sector to achieve net-zero. 🧪
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You're a parasitic ant queen eyeing the colony of another species. You have a simple plan:
1. Hide your scent by rubbing workers on your body
2. Infiltrate the nest
3. Spray the queen with chemicals that goad her daughters into tearing her to bits
4. All hail the usurper!
(my latest for CNN) 🧪
1. Hide your scent by rubbing workers on your body
2. Infiltrate the nest
3. Spray the queen with chemicals that goad her daughters into tearing her to bits
4. All hail the usurper!
(my latest for CNN) 🧪
Parasitic ant queen chemically manipulates workers into killing their mother | CNN
Scientists newly described how a parasitic ant queen infiltrates another ant species’ colony and tricks the workers into killing their mother.
www.cnn.com
November 17, 2025 at 6:48 PM
You're a parasitic ant queen eyeing the colony of another species. You have a simple plan:
1. Hide your scent by rubbing workers on your body
2. Infiltrate the nest
3. Spray the queen with chemicals that goad her daughters into tearing her to bits
4. All hail the usurper!
(my latest for CNN) 🧪
1. Hide your scent by rubbing workers on your body
2. Infiltrate the nest
3. Spray the queen with chemicals that goad her daughters into tearing her to bits
4. All hail the usurper!
(my latest for CNN) 🧪
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Would you like some speculative evolution?
In this alternative history of life, Asgard archaea died, but giant sulfur bacteria evolved into multicellular eukaryote-like life 🧪🦠
AI helped me to visualize this imaginary world 💻
Read more in my blog:
communities.springernature.com/posts/altern...
In this alternative history of life, Asgard archaea died, but giant sulfur bacteria evolved into multicellular eukaryote-like life 🧪🦠
AI helped me to visualize this imaginary world 💻
Read more in my blog:
communities.springernature.com/posts/altern...
November 17, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Would you like some speculative evolution?
In this alternative history of life, Asgard archaea died, but giant sulfur bacteria evolved into multicellular eukaryote-like life 🧪🦠
AI helped me to visualize this imaginary world 💻
Read more in my blog:
communities.springernature.com/posts/altern...
In this alternative history of life, Asgard archaea died, but giant sulfur bacteria evolved into multicellular eukaryote-like life 🧪🦠
AI helped me to visualize this imaginary world 💻
Read more in my blog:
communities.springernature.com/posts/altern...
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12,000 years ago in what is today northern Israel, someone made a tiny clay image of a woman. Mating with a goose. Today that figurine got its own prestigious scientific paper.
The lesson: make weird art. Express whatever is in you, however you want. In AD 14,000 they will thank you
🏺🧪🎨🎭🪿
The lesson: make weird art. Express whatever is in you, however you want. In AD 14,000 they will thank you
🏺🧪🎨🎭🪿
A 12,000-year-old clay figurine of a woman and a goose marks symbolic innovations in Southwest Asia | PNAS
Paleolithic representations of human–animal interaction are rare, with only a few
painted or engraved examples recorded in Upper Paleolithic contex...
www.pnas.org
November 17, 2025 at 10:19 PM
12,000 years ago in what is today northern Israel, someone made a tiny clay image of a woman. Mating with a goose. Today that figurine got its own prestigious scientific paper.
The lesson: make weird art. Express whatever is in you, however you want. In AD 14,000 they will thank you
🏺🧪🎨🎭🪿
The lesson: make weird art. Express whatever is in you, however you want. In AD 14,000 they will thank you
🏺🧪🎨🎭🪿
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Here's Prashant's 2024 first-author paper in Nature Microbiology 🎉🧪:
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
I'm also going to recommend the "Smarter Every Day" video that includes interviews with Prasant, explores some of these structures and how they function.
It's 30 minutes, but very watchable:
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
I'm also going to recommend the "Smarter Every Day" video that includes interviews with Prasant, explores some of these structures and how they function.
It's 30 minutes, but very watchable:
Nature's Incredible ROTATING MOTOR (It’s Electric!) - Smarter Every Day 300
YouTube video by SmarterEveryDay
youtu.be
November 17, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Here's Prashant's 2024 first-author paper in Nature Microbiology 🎉🧪:
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
I'm also going to recommend the "Smarter Every Day" video that includes interviews with Prasant, explores some of these structures and how they function.
It's 30 minutes, but very watchable:
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
I'm also going to recommend the "Smarter Every Day" video that includes interviews with Prasant, explores some of these structures and how they function.
It's 30 minutes, but very watchable:
Astounding! ⚙️🦠
Prashant Singh in the lab of Tina Iverson at Vanderbilt published this image of the bacterial 🦠flagellar motor, a detailed molecular model made possibly by CryoEM 🔬.
The similarity to mechanical motors are strong enough we can use terms like stator, rotor, rod & gearing to describe it.
The similarity to mechanical motors are strong enough we can use terms like stator, rotor, rod & gearing to describe it.
November 18, 2025 at 2:50 AM
Astounding! ⚙️🦠
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The Altamura Neanderthal skull keeps getting cooler. 🧪🏺
'Perfectly preserved' Neanderthal skull bones suggest their noses didn't evolve to warm air
An analysis of the only intact Neanderthal inner nose bones known to exist reveals that our ancient cousins' enormous noses did not evolve to withstand harsh climates.
www.livescience.com
November 17, 2025 at 10:37 PM
The Altamura Neanderthal skull keeps getting cooler. 🧪🏺
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_The American Revolution_ offers a look at how complex and violent — and also inspiring— the American founding was. Getting huge coverage, it may give folks time to digest that complexity as 2026 commences. Premieres tonight + PBS has preview clips of all episodes. www.pbs.org/show/the-ame...
The American Revolution
Thirteen colonies unite in rebellion, win their independence, and found the United States.
www.pbs.org
November 16, 2025 at 1:12 PM
_The American Revolution_ offers a look at how complex and violent — and also inspiring— the American founding was. Getting huge coverage, it may give folks time to digest that complexity as 2026 commences. Premieres tonight + PBS has preview clips of all episodes. www.pbs.org/show/the-ame...
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Omg I just did this and here’s my block in the 40s
November 15, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Omg I just did this and here’s my block in the 40s
To hell with human #genealogy! I used the incredible website 1940s.nyc and AI to try to uncover the story of the large oak tree in front of my Brooklyn apartment building: geneticfunhouse.blogspot.com/2025/11/my-t...
My Tree Grew in Brooklyn
"...all this [passage of time] happens in a couple of new fissures, an inch of added rings. The tree bulks out. Its bark spirals upward like...
geneticfunhouse.blogspot.com
November 15, 2025 at 5:44 PM
To hell with human #genealogy! I used the incredible website 1940s.nyc and AI to try to uncover the story of the large oak tree in front of my Brooklyn apartment building: geneticfunhouse.blogspot.com/2025/11/my-t...
My Tree Grew in Brooklyn
"...all this [passage of time] happens in a couple of new fissures, an inch of added rings. The tree bulks out. Its bark spirals upward like...
geneticfunhouse.blogspot.com
November 15, 2025 at 5:42 PM
To hell with human #genealogy! I used the incredible website 1940s.nyc and AI to try to uncover the story of the large oak tree in front of my Brooklyn apartment building: geneticfunhouse.blogspot.com/2025/11/my-t...
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revolutionaryroots.americanancestors.org
American Ancestors has launched a Revolutionary War research page. #genealogy #familyhistory #RevolutionaryWar
American Ancestors has launched a Revolutionary War research page. #genealogy #familyhistory #RevolutionaryWar
American Ancestors® - A National Center for Family History, Heritage and Culture
American Ancestors® is a national nonprofit center for family history, heritage & culture based in Boston, Massachusetts, that has been setting the gold standard for family history research since its ...
revolutionaryroots.americanancestors.org
November 14, 2025 at 11:22 PM
revolutionaryroots.americanancestors.org
American Ancestors has launched a Revolutionary War research page. #genealogy #familyhistory #RevolutionaryWar
American Ancestors has launched a Revolutionary War research page. #genealogy #familyhistory #RevolutionaryWar
Rodent Men through history 🐀🧐
Regency-era Lord Byron fangirls (& boys):
'That beautiful pale face is my fate'
'the sweetest countenance I ever beheld'
'Byron's countenance is a thing to dream of'
'Lord Byron's head is, without doubt, the finest in our time'
Victorian memorabilia:
'That beautiful pale face is my fate'
'the sweetest countenance I ever beheld'
'Byron's countenance is a thing to dream of'
'Lord Byron's head is, without doubt, the finest in our time'
Victorian memorabilia:
November 14, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Rodent Men through history 🐀🧐
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Genealogist Elizabeth Shown Mills popularized the concept of the FAN Club. These people often appear in your ancestor’s records and can be key to solving tough questions.
Look for familiar names in land records, witnesses on documents, and census neighbors. Your ancestor didn’t live in a vacuum!
Look for familiar names in land records, witnesses on documents, and census neighbors. Your ancestor didn’t live in a vacuum!
November 14, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Genealogist Elizabeth Shown Mills popularized the concept of the FAN Club. These people often appear in your ancestor’s records and can be key to solving tough questions.
Look for familiar names in land records, witnesses on documents, and census neighbors. Your ancestor didn’t live in a vacuum!
Look for familiar names in land records, witnesses on documents, and census neighbors. Your ancestor didn’t live in a vacuum!
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"Through 1950, census-takers commonly determined the race of the people they counted. From 1960 on, Americans could choose their own race. Starting in 2000, Americans could incl. themselves in more than 1 racial category. Before that, many multiracial people were counted in only 1 racial category."
The different race, ethnicity and origin category names in the U.S. census have often changed in a reflection of changing politics and public attitudes. Explore those changes, from the first census in 1790 to the latest count in 2020.
What Census Calls Us
Explore the different race, ethnicity and origin categories used in the U.S. decennial census, from the first one in 1790 to the latest count in 2020.
www.pewresearch.org
November 13, 2025 at 6:14 PM
"Through 1950, census-takers commonly determined the race of the people they counted. From 1960 on, Americans could choose their own race. Starting in 2000, Americans could incl. themselves in more than 1 racial category. Before that, many multiracial people were counted in only 1 racial category."
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This week, an #AI #chatbot gave us genealogy questions to spark conversations! Don't miss this week's shocking ancestral stories: www.spreaker.com/episode/redi... #ChatYipiti
November 13, 2025 at 4:59 PM
This week, an #AI #chatbot gave us genealogy questions to spark conversations! Don't miss this week's shocking ancestral stories: www.spreaker.com/episode/redi... #ChatYipiti
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Medieval Mystery Plays ~ A guest post by Toni Mount
The Freelance History Writer is pleased to welcome back Toni Mount, author of the medieval based Seb Foxley adventures. The Medieval Mystery Plays In my new Seb Foxley adventure, The Colour of Darkness, it is midsummer in medieval London, a time…
The Freelance History Writer is pleased to welcome back Toni Mount, author of the medieval based Seb Foxley adventures. The Medieval Mystery Plays In my new Seb Foxley adventure, The Colour of Darkness, it is midsummer in medieval London, a time…
Medieval Mystery Plays ~ A guest post by Toni Mount
The Freelance History Writer is pleased to welcome back Toni Mount, author of the medieval based Seb Foxley adventures. The Medieval Mystery Plays In my new Seb Foxley adventure, The Colour of Darkness, it is midsummer in medieval London, a time often celebrated with the performance of a cycle of mystery plays, telling the Bible story, from Creation to the Last Judgement. This collection of playlets was performed in the streets, blending the traditional biblical tales with local traditions to engage the public in a way that was both entertaining and educational.
thefreelancehistorywriter.com
November 12, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Medieval Mystery Plays ~ A guest post by Toni Mount
The Freelance History Writer is pleased to welcome back Toni Mount, author of the medieval based Seb Foxley adventures. The Medieval Mystery Plays In my new Seb Foxley adventure, The Colour of Darkness, it is midsummer in medieval London, a time…
The Freelance History Writer is pleased to welcome back Toni Mount, author of the medieval based Seb Foxley adventures. The Medieval Mystery Plays In my new Seb Foxley adventure, The Colour of Darkness, it is midsummer in medieval London, a time…
The little Voyagers and their tiny gold records can just make you break down in tears, right?
The spacecraft will be encountered, and the record played only if there are advanced space-faring civilizations in interstellar space, but the launching of this 'bottle' into the cosmic 'ocean' says something very hopeful about life on this planet.
Carl Sagan
C👇🏼
#OreCup ⚒️ sci-fi 🧪 geology 🍎 🔭🪐
Carl Sagan
C👇🏼
#OreCup ⚒️ sci-fi 🧪 geology 🍎 🔭🪐
November 12, 2025 at 2:40 AM
The little Voyagers and their tiny gold records can just make you break down in tears, right?
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Article: 420 years ago, a deadly conspiracy to kill Britain’s king nearly succeeded. What if it had worked?
www.historyextra.com/period/stuar...
www.historyextra.com/period/stuar...
420 years ago, a deadly conspiracy to kill Britain’s king nearly succeeded. What if it had worked?
In 1605, a small band of English Catholics tried to destroy the king, his family and parliament in a single explosion. This is what might have happened if Guy Fawkes had successfully lit the fuse
www.historyextra.com
November 11, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Article: 420 years ago, a deadly conspiracy to kill Britain’s king nearly succeeded. What if it had worked?
www.historyextra.com/period/stuar...
www.historyextra.com/period/stuar...
IMMMMMMHOTEEEEEEEEP 😱
This coming days after the announcement of the new Mummy movie… 👀 www.egyptindependent.com/egypt-to-ann...
Egypt to announce archaeological surprise in 2026 that will 'rewrite history': Zahi Hawass - Egypt Independent
Renowned Egyptologist Zahi Hawass claimed that a new archaeological discovery inside the Great Pyramid of Giza “will rewrite history” and will be announced to the world in 2026, RT reported on Saturda...
www.egyptindependent.com
November 11, 2025 at 11:57 PM
IMMMMMMHOTEEEEEEEEP 😱
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“This is the future of archaeology, moving away from colonial structures and doing work that supports tribal sovereignty, access to ancestral lands and serves the people the work represents,” says professor Gabe Sanchez 🏺🏛️🧪. tiny.cc/1zuu001
Field school blends archaeology, ecology and tribal sovereignty
The UO’s Museum of Natural and Cultural History is helping shift the way archaeology happens
tiny.cc
November 10, 2025 at 9:29 PM
“This is the future of archaeology, moving away from colonial structures and doing work that supports tribal sovereignty, access to ancestral lands and serves the people the work represents,” says professor Gabe Sanchez 🏺🏛️🧪. tiny.cc/1zuu001
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I find this remarkable:
The Dresden Codex, one of the few surviving Mayan manuscripts, contains tables that give highly accurate timings of solar eclipses over more than 700 years, from 350 CE to the 12 century. 🧪🔭
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
The Dresden Codex, one of the few surviving Mayan manuscripts, contains tables that give highly accurate timings of solar eclipses over more than 700 years, from 350 CE to the 12 century. 🧪🔭
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
November 11, 2025 at 12:49 AM
I find this remarkable:
The Dresden Codex, one of the few surviving Mayan manuscripts, contains tables that give highly accurate timings of solar eclipses over more than 700 years, from 350 CE to the 12 century. 🧪🔭
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
The Dresden Codex, one of the few surviving Mayan manuscripts, contains tables that give highly accurate timings of solar eclipses over more than 700 years, from 350 CE to the 12 century. 🧪🔭
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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For a belated #SpoliaSunday, this wall holds the collection of antiquities owned by #AntonioCanova, the great C18-C19 sculptor of #neoclassicism, now set into the wall of his studio. Many pieces of sarcophagi, and part of a C1 CE #funerary #statue found in and around #Rome. #AncientBluesky 🏺
November 10, 2025 at 9:08 PM
For a belated #SpoliaSunday, this wall holds the collection of antiquities owned by #AntonioCanova, the great C18-C19 sculptor of #neoclassicism, now set into the wall of his studio. Many pieces of sarcophagi, and part of a C1 CE #funerary #statue found in and around #Rome. #AncientBluesky 🏺
Glad to see you not give the haters the time of day!
10 Nov 2025 No pessimism tolerated here #ancestry #genealogy
November 11, 2025 at 1:08 AM
Glad to see you not give the haters the time of day!