Imagine watching Sinatra, son of Dolly & Antonini born in Genoa & Sicily, respectively, and Martin, son of Gaetano & Angela, born in Montesilvano, Italy & Ohio respectively, (Angela to parents born in Monasterolo, Italy), and crusading against the value of children of immigrants to the U.S.

Oh, one more thing: if you're reading this, and you have archives and family records dating from enslavement that you know Black Americans (and/or Black America as a whole) would benefit from having, you have a moral and ethical obligation to share them... and deep down, you know it.

why not put count von count into various vampire scenes: thread

Like your local historical or genealogical society!

Bluesky New York actors! Do you want to participate in a reading on Monday, between Zohran Mamdani's new office and the Brooklyn Bridge, of scripts by some amazing, talented students? Yeah you do. It's Monday, 12-15, 5 pm. Contact me here, or [email protected]. Please spread the good word!

The Underground Archivist: 50 Years of Saving New York History - www.youtube.com/watch?v=R8Px...

As I always do with boycotts, I urge: be tough with corporations, gentle with individual buyers. For some people, Black Friday sales are the way they get their kids jackets that fit, shoes that hold up to the weather. Yelling at them doesn’t help the cause.

Reminder that we aren't shopping today through Dec 5. If you forget, here's a little tune to help you remember. www.tiktok.com/t/ZTrMVraRH/

I’ve often called this song—“Just Like Heaven”—the finest single of the 80s and meant it. This cover’s arrangement only confirms it for me 💜🔥

this doesn't mean the South is hopeless, it doesn't mean that we shouldn't keep trying to win elections and fight the MAGAs in the South, but maintaining this fantasy nonsense about how the South doesn't REALLY have a uniquely racist culture in a number of respects is just foolishness

Spotify is running ads to help ICE recruit more agents to infringe our rights and terrorize our communities. We’re calling on users to stop paying for or using the app until Spotify stops streaming fascism: indivisible.org/cancel-spoti...

Lots of you have been asking for the syllabus for the lecture course -- "America at 250" -- that I'm teaching with David Blight and Beverly Gage. Here you go: president.yale.edu/sites/defaul...

Check out this amazing bird we made (I work on it's silicone feet a lot and was on a lot of the car/road shots): youtu.be/3HQ-HrwIgOc?...

This is going to be terrific. Tell any 14-17 year olds you know in NYC about the opportunity. Free and food will be provided.

#Genealogy #FamilyHistory The clock is ticking! Thanks to @reclaimtherecords.org for posting sample letters to use in appealing the unwarranted denials by US Vet Affairs sent in response to FOIA requests for US military veterans' records. My take: climbingmyfamilytree.blogspot.com/2025/10/the-...

✊ Always Appeal! ✊ Did the VA refuse to send you a full copy of a C-File (claims file) that you requested under #FOIA for a deceased veteran? Well, we now have some attorney-approved sample texts you can use to fight back! Check out BIRLS.org/appeals for the latest!

An ongoing phishing campaign is targeting LastPass and Bitwarden users with fake emails claiming that the companies were hacked, urging them to download a supposedly more secure desktop version of the password manager.

Applications for NNI's Fulbright Grant for Dutch PhD students are due on November 1: www.newnetherlandinstitute.org/programs/res.... Please share widely. We welcome applications from a variety of disciplines as long as they relate to the Dutch in New Netherland and Colonial New York.

Final day to catch this recording for free #Genealogy #Webinar

It me. I am that relative.

Tech bros say "AI is here to stay" but that doesn't mean anything! Bronze spears are here to stay! Asbestos is here to stay! Ethan makes a great distinction: AI as a technology *has already failed*. AI lives on as a social purity test that will fade away as soon as those enforcing it blink.

Earlier this year, we received a mysterious package with no return address. Its contents were a brick and this note: "My husband took this from the crypt. We have had a string of bad luck and we want to return the brick." Read the full story! www.boston.com/travel/trave...

The most pervasively destructive and enraging aspect of our modern political media is that it clearly considers informing its audience to be a much lower priority than telling its audience what they're supposed to think

I think it is always worth mentioning that Melissa Hortman and her husband Mark were killed with their beloved dog Gilbert: www.nytimes.com/2025/06/27/u...

RIP graphical user interfaces, 1968–2022. Gone but not forgotten 🙏❤️✝️

Sometimes I consider getting a YouTube subscription and then I see something like this. Guess AI is saving me money after all?

Good job! americabydesign.fail

PUT 👏🏻 JEWISH 👏🏻 HOLIDAYS 👏🏻 IN 👏🏻 YOUR 👏🏻 CALENDARS The head of my org is Jewish. I have the Jewish holidays calendar on my work calendar so I don't schedule meetings during important holidays! I don't want him to have to do that calculus!

In December, RTR launched BIRLS.org along with a very easy way to make FOIA requests for deceased veterans' claim files. As of late July, the VA will no longer release these great files, only short summaries. See www.birls.org/updates - RTR is working on learning more & fighting these changes.

My favorite evergreen Molly Ivins quote: "I prefer someone who burns the flag and then wraps themselves up in the Constitution over someone who burns the Constitution and then wraps themselves up in the flag."

In recognition of James Dobson's all too delayed death, we republished an account of his legacy -- a three part series about evangelical child abuse, a culture Dobson disseminated and propagandized. buttondown.com/theswordandt...

As a New Yorker, I think he may be confusing "war" with "apartment."

immensely grateful to @jasonkirk.fyi for throwing this piece together on what Dobson's death means for many of us strong-willed children. sojo.net/articles/opi...

Brings back childhood memories. My Houston grandparents survived before AC by sleeping on screened in porches.

A new, HUGE reason nobody who does genealogy should be putting ANYTHING CLOSE to sensitive information into LLMs. Holy liability, Batman. #genealogy

Featured story: We forget what we don’t want to remember. There are dangers embedded in our forgetfulness. This is especially true for anyone living in Flash Flood Alley, or what we like to call the Hill Country.

Our posting is up for the @jcblibrary.bsky.social Associate Director -- please share! It's a good place to work, imho. 😀 brown.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/staff-...

if you’re an adoptee and submitting a FOIA request you can get help at [email protected] 🥚

Fix This Sign xkcd.com/3113/

"The children are always ours, every single one of them, all over the globe; and I am beginning to suspect that whoever is incapable of recognizing this may be incapable of morality." - James Baldwin

This is a very important article to read about the AI companies, how they harm our current and future living conditions. bit.ly/441crTC Thank you, @cwodtke.bsky.social

My cartoon in this weeks @newyorker.com

Do you have a collection related to Texas history that really should be digitized? Then apply for a Rescuing Texas History mini-grant sponsored by the University of North Texas: library.unt.edu/digital-proj.... Applications are due August 7, so you still have time! #texashistory

*thinking of creative tactics to get NYC to not vote Cuomo* Hey, New York, do you want BOSTON to be able to keep shit-talking you because of how much better our mayor is than yours? BOSTON.

ok i'd like to see you ungrateful WORMS find somewhere else to buy cold cuts for 25 dollars a pound in the worst-lit room imaginable