Just got an alert that ICE is showing up today in Park Slope. I have a feeling that their presence is going to grow quickly in retaliation for Mamdani’s win. Chicagoans have learned a lot. I have to think ppl have put together good resources to post about how to effectively resist them?

Very pro-life of them.

Intuit, parent company of TurboTax, donated $1 million to Trump's inauguration. Always follow the money.

I am so tired of these bigoted @$$(0/#$.

The Coalition for Responsible AI in #Genealogy has released its new official position statement: "Protecting Trust in Historical Images." While AI "photo restoration" tools can be helpful, they also risk altering or fabricating features, misleading researchers. Link and more ►

If Starbucks baristas have to strike, we’re striking too — with our wallets. Don’t shop at Starbucks if baristas are on strike. No contract, no coffee. Period. #NoContractNoCoffee

I have suggested in the past that it would be a good idea to leave Substack if that's where you have your newsletter. But now? Now I'm just telling you to flee.

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#31DaysofGraves Day 30 - Colour Reedsville Cemetery in North Hatley, Quebec in winter, summer and fall. I have many relatives and ancestors buried here, some I knew in life, most who lived before I was born. My grandmother was born on a farm here that my cousins still own and operate. 🐄🍁

“a male correspondent was initially included on the layoff list but was removed after he appealed directly to the new editor-in-chief, Bari Weiss, leading to another female correspondent being added to the list at the last minute.” GASLIGHT GATEKEEP GIRLBOSS

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Nothing is inevitable. Effort is everything. Ignore the polls and run through the tape. Vote: zohranfornyc.com/vote Canvass + phonebank: zohranfornyc.com/gotv

It's always been doubtful that I could stomach a long plane ride to attend #Rootstech, but I certainly won't be spending my money in Utah while this is happening. Once built, this will also keep people in toxic employment because they'll be so afraid of homelessness.

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Utah is now building what many human rights activists are concerned will be a forced labor camp for homeless people. Rather than address a broken system that is harming countless Americans, the gop want to punish those victimized by this broken system. #Pinks

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#31DaysofGraves Day 29-Occupation Calvin Coolidge became the 30th President of the United States after President Harding died in office. His headstone does not say he was president, but it does contain the Presidential seal. My father took this undated photo in the late 40s-early 50s.

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#31DaysofGraves Day 27-Tree My dad took these photos sometime in the 50s at Old Rock Landing Cemetery in Hadam, Connecticut on a day when he was out snapping photos of the fall foliage. He took one full headstone photo, allowing me to identify the cemetery.

Very sad news about the loss of historian Tim Cook, who died far too young. His impact on our understanding of Canadian military history was just massive. An outstanding historian. He will be missed. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

#31DaysofGraves Day 25-Graveside Ornament. While we waited for his headstone, my stepmother marked my father's grave with the 2nd anchor from their old boat. Even after the stone was placed, she decided it should stay. In 2016, after his beloved Cubbies finally won the World Series again, I 1/2

#31DaysofGraves Day 24-Unusual Animal Or in my case, just animal. I'll be on the lookout for something more unusual on my next cemetery visit, though. And I've been inspired to visit my local pet cemetery. I photographed this headstone for Find a Grave in 2017, not for an open request, but 1/2

#31DaysofGraves Day 23-Cross Evergreen Cemetery, Basking Ridge, NJ. I snapped this photo on my first genealogy road trip. I spotted the stone on our way out of the cemetery and was so struck by it that I stopped the car and went back to take the picture.

#31DaysofGraves Day 22 - Landscape Lakeview Cemetery in North Hatley, Que. was once the Bean Burying Ground; land set aside by the person who first cleared and farmed it, my 4th great-grandfather, Moses Bean. It's a beautiful, peaceful spot.

Trump's Big Ugly Bill includes a $39B annual business tax break for millionaires. For that same amount, we could extend the expiring ACA tax credits for a year — and still have $7B left over. Priorities.

#31DaysofGraves Day 19-Social Group In 1890, 3 young Swedish women set out for America in search of a better life. First stop was Illinois where the 2 sisters in the group had family. A little while later, at the request of a childhood sweetheart, they travelled to Connecticut, where they would 1/2

🇨🇦 #Antifa

Gov. Pritzker, you cool with this? @govpritzker.illinois.gov

This kid in the grey sweatshirt is a MAGA influencer embedded with ICE He was at the roundtable discussion at the White House then captured on video in Elgin, IL Trump is sending these thugs into protest groups under the guise of “journalists” Paid crisis actor Put his face out there Pritzker

#31DaysofGraves Day 15-Damaged The headstone of my Great-grandmother's brother, Frank Dension Bean, who died just before his 5th birthday. He is the only member of his family buried in this church yard. My mother & I visited this cemetery in 2014 and were sad to see beer cans atop some of the 1/2

“In searching for them, you wander through the everyday fabric of a place. You see how a culture remembers its dead, and in doing so, you understand how it chooses to live.” Interesting article exploring the growth In tourist visits to graveyards around the world 👇 www.euronews.com/travel/2025/...

#31DaysofGraves Day 6 - Gender Since I don't have anything for today's theme, this is the footstone and plot stone of my Great Uncle Herbert Austin Smith, born on this day in 1895 and resting at St. John's Cemetery in Thetford Mines, Quebec.

My Canadian mother's cousin emailed me about coming to the US to see her. I told her that she should not come here. They are both in their late 80s and my mother can't make the trip there. It breaks my heart that they likely will not see each other again. #FDT

For the ninth straight month now, Canadian road trips to the United States continue to plunge. Boycott the U.S.A. Elbows up!

Diane Keaton was one of the absolute greats, in movies of course, but also in displaying and popularizing a personal fashion that befit modern women. people.com/diane-keaton...

#31daysofgraves Day 11-Military L/Cpl Lawrence Nimmo Dean, Perth Regiment, Canadian Army, was killed in action in Nijmegen, Holland, less than 6 weeks before V.E. day and was buried at Groesbeek Canadian War Cemetery. He was my grandmother's baby brother. My mother and grandmother were able to 1/2

Cartoon by John Deering.

We will need Nuremberg-like trials

okay who did this?

#31daysofgraves Day 10- Urn The headstone of my partner's 2nd great-grandmother, Winifred Coughlin & other family at Calvary Cemetery in Queens, NY. Calvary has the largest number of burials of any cemetery in the United States at about 3 million. This headstone provided the hometown of Winifred 1/2

#31daysofgraves Day 9 - Hand This is the headstone of my 1st cousin, 3x removed, Alice Maude Dean. She is buried at Reedsville Cemetery in North Hatley, Quebec with her parents and sister. Her epitaph, from a hymn, reads: "God knows the way, He holds the key, He guides us with un­er­ring HAND; 1/2

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