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#Genealogy rant:
#FindAGrave just made many changes to the site; most seem pointless or aggravating. The worst: 🌸 scrapbooks are no longer arranged in horizontal rows of 6 images but in 1 LONG vertical row! 😵💫
And FG added THIS to memorial searches:
“Death year must be in the past.”
(Duh, they’re graves! 🤪)
“Birth year must come before death year.”
(Yeah, that’s ALWAYS been the order of birth & death! 🙄)
“Birth year must be in the past.”
(Again, they’re graves, not baby shower registries! 😖) -
#Genealogy rant:
#FindAGrave just made many changes to the site; most seem pointless or aggravating. The worst: 🌸 scrapbooks are no longer arranged in horizontal rows of 6 images but in 1 LONG vertical row! 😵💫
And FG added THIS to memorial searches:
“Death year must be in the past.”
(Duh, they’re graves! 🤪)
“Birth year must come before death year.”
(Yeah, that’s ALWAYS been the order of birth & death! 🙄)
“Birth year must be in the past.”
(Again, they’re graves, not baby shower registries! 😖) -
#Genealogy rant:
#FindAGrave just made many changes to the site; most seem pointless or aggravating. The worst: 🌸 scrapbooks are no longer arranged in horizontal rows of 6 images but in 1 LONG vertical row! 😵💫
And FG added THIS to memorial searches:
“Death year must be in the past.”
(Duh, they’re graves! 🤪)
“Birth year must come before death year.”
(Yeah, that’s ALWAYS been the order of birth & death! 🙄)
“Birth year must be in the past.”
(Again, they’re graves, not baby shower registries! 😖) -
@GottaLaff In a sane, reasonable, & just nation, “what to look for next” is a record-breaking voter turnout & landslide #HarrisWalz victory, overwhelming Dem down-ballot wins, & total repudiation of MAGA’s toxic ideologies in all their hideous forms, followed by our nation rewarded with justice too-long delayed as Trump is finally held accountable in multiple courtrooms, plus effective reforms to restore the corrupt SCOTUS to an entity trustworthy, ethical, & just. For starters.
#MovingForward -
I admit I’m cheating a bit using the #FensterFreitag and #WindowFriday hashtags with this, but it’s the view through our bedroom window, so doesn’t that count a *little* bit? ☺️
#ViewFromMyWindow #Trees -
Today would have been Molly Ivins’ 80th birthday. I miss her…
“Listen to the people who are talking about how to fix what's wrong,
not the ones who just work people into a snit over the problems.
Listen to the people who have ideas about how to fix things,
not the ones who just blame others.”
~ #MollyIvins
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1/2 One of my fav old family photos is this one of my husband’s granduncle Homer in 1910, age 8. I think of #HuckleberryFinn when I see it; coincidentally, Homer’s initials were also H.F. and he was born and raised in Missouri (though not in Hannibal. Born in tiny McKittrick, this was taken when he lived in Gasconade). Looks like he should be whittling, and as it happens he went to college in St. Louis on a woodworking scholarship but studied electrical engineering…
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"’Stated plainly, Defendant's arguments are nothing more than a repetition of stale and unsubstantiated claims,’ Merchan wrote in the three-page order.”
#TrumpLoser, full of the #same_old_bullshit
#electioninterference #hush_money_trial
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/donald-trump-loses-3rd-bid-remove-judge-juan/story?id=112827092 -
@marcelias :
“Unable to convince even conservative judges to reject the lawful actions of election officials, Republicans have spent the last four years replacing the election officials with election deniers… Republicans seek to change the outcome of elections by changing who counts the votes & certifies the elections.”
#election2024 #election_interference #FightVoteSuppression #DemocracyDocket
https://www.democracydocket.com/opinion/georgia-election-deniers-deliver-for-trump/ -
@marcelias :
“Unable to convince even conservative judges to reject the lawful actions of election officials, Republicans have spent the last four years replacing the election officials with election deniers… Republicans seek to change the outcome of elections by changing who counts the votes & certifies the elections.”
#election2024 #election_interference #FightVoteSuppression #DemocracyDocket
https://www.democracydocket.com/opinion/georgia-election-deniers-deliver-for-trump/ -
@marcelias :
“Unable to convince even conservative judges to reject the lawful actions of election officials, Republicans have spent the last four years replacing the election officials with election deniers… Republicans seek to change the outcome of elections by changing who counts the votes & certifies the elections.”
#election2024 #election_interference #FightVoteSuppression #DemocracyDocket
https://www.democracydocket.com/opinion/georgia-election-deniers-deliver-for-trump/ -
Clever! I hadn’t seen this one before tonight…
#vote #Kamala #harris2024 #catladies4kamala
https://www.assessmeny.com/products/womens-la-printed-short-sleeved-t-shirt-10?lang=en -
Possibly my favorite #JeffTiedrich ever. Definitely in my Top 3!
https://open.substack.com/pub/jefftiedrich/p/the-gop-and-the-press-are-freaking -
2/2 Meanwhile, on another branch of my paternal line, my 8th great-granduncle, Capt. John Alden, Jr., lost his freedom & nearly lost his life as one of the accused!
#SalemWitchTrials ##genealogy
https://www.thoughtco.com/john-alden-jr-biography-3528118 -
1/2 On this date in 1699, my 8th great-grandmother, Deliverance (Putnam) Wolcott, died at 43 in her hometown of Salem, MA.
As the sister of Ann Putnam, Jr., the 2nd wife of Capt. Jonathan Wolcott, & the stepmother of Mary Wolcott, she had several immediate family members on the accusatory side of the #SalemWitchTrials. 😖
Pity I didn’t know any of this when I visited Salem as a teenager with my dad (this was his side of the family!), long before my interest in #genealogy.
https://www.legendsofamerica.com/ma-putnam/ -
“Throughout history,
it has been the inaction of those who could have acted,
the indifference of those who should have known better,
the silence of the voice of justice when it mattered most,
that has made it possible for evil to triumph.”
~Haile Selassie, Emperor of Ethiopia, born on this date in 1892
#quote #HaileSelassie -
🚨 This #HeatherCoxRichardson interview with #ChristianeAmanpour from July 3 remains my pinned post (unfortunately) and it bears repeating!
Dr. Richardson begins by discussing the unconscionable end-of-session #CorruptSCOTUS rulings, then talks about the notorious (& ill-conceived, grossly misconducted) debate. But I’m beginning it at the 5:00 mark, when she begins describing the ramifications of replacing the incumbent President Biden in the campaign:
https://youtu.be/Wnw6JmXOzpk?si=YcYAqiUNnfAXvXSQ&t=300 -
Not long now! 😋
We have 3 cherry 🍅 plants, 2 of which are Sungolds, that we wheel around our deck to catch the ☀️. They were free from the local organic farm where we get produce (unlike a CSA, we choose what we want & in what quantities). We got the Sungolds <3 weeks ago, repotted & staked them; they’ve really grown!
🍅 How to Grow & Care for Sungold Tomatoes:
https://www.thespruce.com/sungold-tomato-7372311🍅 Growing Tomatoes on a Balcony:
https://balconygardenweb.com/growing-tomatoes-on-a-balcony/ -
@GottaLaff @atrupar
#JeffTiedrich nails it, as usual, in his inimitable, righteously expletive-filled style:
https://open.substack.com/pub/jefftiedrich/p/donald-trump-is-still-a-menace-to -
This is an excellent, thoughtful thread over on BlueSky by Jay Weixelbaum (@jayweixelbaum.bsky.social), historian & public health science writer, for anyone who also has an account there. He talks about the consequences of replacing an #incumbent candidate during an election & the consequences of #ageism.
(🤞 this link will work)…
https://bsky.app/profile/jayweixelbaum.bsky.social/post/3kws6okej7f2r -
#JeffTiedrich …
#Project2025 — “it’s Mein Kampf meets The Handmaid’s Tale meets 1984, all rolled up into one big christofascist wet dream — and make no mistake: every fucking Republican is totally on board with it.”
https://open.substack.com/pub/jefftiedrich/p/republicans-are-running-away-from -
#ThurgoodMarshall, 1st Black #SCOTUS Justice, was BTD in 1908. Grandson of an enslaved person, he helped end legal segregation, & per author Carl T. Rowan, “no justice ever supported a woman's right to choice as uncompromisingly as Marshall did".
When he retired due to poor health, his seat was filled by (brace yourself) Clarence effing Thomas. 😡"Where you see wrong or inequality or injustice, speak out, because this is your country. This is your democracy. Make it. Protect it. Pass it on."
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@Nonilex
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Also time to revisit Lawrence Britt’s “14 Characteristics of Fascism”, written in 2003 after studying the #fascist regimes of Hitler, Mussolini, Franco, Suharto, & Pinochet.
Emphasis on #9 given this latest #SCOTUS outrage…
“9. Corporate Power is Protected
The industrial & business aristocracy of a fascist nation often are the ones who put the govt leaders into power, creating a mutually beneficial business/govt relationship & power elite.”
#LawrenceBritt
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“Food Empowerment Project is so excited to announce the launch of our latest culinary website, Vegan Soul Food! And what better day to introduce it than today, the #Juneteenth holiday? Vegan Soul Food offers delicious vegan recipes familiar to those in the African diaspora community & helps us honor these food traditions without the suffering of non-human animals.”
(The website is beautiful!)
#VeganSoulFood #VeganRecipes #FoodEmpowermentProject
https://vegansoulfood.org/ -
Random Things Learned While Doing #Genealogy: Just strained my 👀 trying to find a mention of my gg-grandmother’s death in a Dec 1862 New York City online 🗞️, dense with teensy print. No luck. But my efforts weren’t a total waste, because I saw an ad selling 40 bales of #sarsaparilla from Honduras & 30 bales from Mexico — & I didn’t even know sarsaparilla came in bales. I figured it came in barrels, & in frosty mugs — which is how I experienced it in a Virginia City, Montana saloon in 2001. 🍺🤠
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Random Things Learned While Doing #Genealogy: Just strained my 👀 trying to find a mention of my gg-grandmother’s death in a Dec 1862 New York City online 🗞️, dense with teensy print. No luck. But my efforts weren’t a total waste, because I saw an ad selling 40 bales of #sarsaparilla from Honduras & 30 bales from Mexico — & I didn’t even know sarsaparilla came in bales. I figured it came in barrels, & in frosty mugs — which is how I experienced it in a Virginia City, Montana saloon in 2001. 🍺🤠
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Random Things Learned While Doing #Genealogy: Just strained my 👀 trying to find a mention of my gg-grandmother’s death in a Dec 1862 New York City online 🗞️, dense with teensy print. No luck. But my efforts weren’t a total waste, because I saw an ad selling 40 bales of #sarsaparilla from Honduras & 30 bales from Mexico — & I didn’t even know sarsaparilla came in bales. I figured it came in barrels, & in frosty mugs — which is how I experienced it in a Virginia City, Montana saloon in 2001. 🍺🤠
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Random Things Learned While Doing #Genealogy: Just strained my 👀 trying to find a mention of my gg-grandmother’s death in a Dec 1862 New York City online 🗞️, dense with teensy print. No luck. But my efforts weren’t a total waste, because I saw an ad selling 40 bales of #sarsaparilla from Honduras & 30 bales from Mexico — & I didn’t even know sarsaparilla came in bales. I figured it came in barrels, & in frosty mugs — which is how I experienced it in a Virginia City, Montana saloon in 2001. 🍺🤠
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The latest, blatant example of journalistic malpractice (or what #JeffTiedrich referred to as a “journalistic war crime”) by the increasingly fascistic & abhorrent NYT.
Trump, for anyone living under a rock, IS a felon, convicted on all 34 counts by a jury of 12 of his fellow citizens. The Biden Campaign didn’t “paint him” as anything, any more than a meteorologist “paints” a 100° day as hot. Biden’s ad merely states what he objectively, provably is.