This can't be repeated often enough. When the grifters open their mouths and propose changing something, ask yourself: if we do things their way, who is going to make money from it?

the combination of the MMR shot meant that Wakefield, the doctor who manufactured the modern antivax movement with his faked documentary, lost out on being able to push the vaccine he designed and wanted to make money from. we have so many years of evidence that the MMR combo is just fine actually

Getting so tired of the media and other commenters saying "they're so unqualified for the job" when it's clear that the reason they've been chosen is that they plan to do this. 👇 "Qualifications for the job" = - are willing to burn the place down - plan to enrich themselves while doing so

as always, the most accurate summation of modern politics ever created

If you are a weirdo muppet dude and you like to interrupt pink creatures minding their own business singing thats called Manamanasplaining

Hell of a thing to put next to a statue of Joan of Arc. (h/t David Pilling)

Claire Kluskens, on what the shutdown means for NARA: #history #FamilyHistory #genealogy Closed for Now, But Absolutely Essential twelvekey.com/2025/10/02/c...

The "AI" responses that Google gives about me and my work are consistently error-prone, which I know because I am me. If I know Google's "AI" responses give incorrect answers about things I know about, I can't trust it to give correct answers about things I don't know. So, no, I don't use it.

#GenHour ICYMI It seems like it takes forever for databases to get updated on fold3. It's nice to see some action on this project.

Hello #GenHour. Still trying to attack the problem of too much digital stuff and not enough hard disc to put things in. "Move down, I want a clean plate!" How is your research going?

Fold3.com recently announced that the War of 1812 Pension Files now include surnames beginning with U and V. These pensions were granted to the veteran, his widow or his heirs. The indexing is now 88% complete. This is a free database. To search, go to: f3.social/6xyt #genealogy

What a horrible news day. We lost both Jane Goodall (she had a good long run, but still) and Joshua Allen (Season 4 winner of So You Think You Can Dance).

"no more superficial individual expression"

✨ GIVEAWAY 2-16 October 2025 ✨ To launch 'Yet', win: 📖 1 signed hardback 📚 5 ebooks Harry Drabble’s 1937 story of TB, separation & survival reveals hidden disability history & resilience. 👉 tinyurl.com/yvsarvza #MemoirGiveaway #Memoir #TrueStory #FamilyHistory #GenHour #AncestryHour

anything by @ajdemas.bsky.social is an insta-buy for me! 💜

Oh hey, remember that time I was interviewed for Time Magazine about bias in various kinds of "AI" systems? Turns out they archive their shit, so if you didn't get to read it in print, now you can read it online: archive.org/details/time...

So we’re good with piracy now?

The real generational divide is people who refuse to watch a video if it could be an article versus people who refuse to read an article if it could be a video

My lovely publisher @jms-books.com is offering some #free #romance ebooks this week! Including 3 of mine: A Demon for Midwinter ( #mmromance #paranormal), Arrows ( #fantasy #mmromance #romantasy), & A Flowering of Ink ( #mmromance for World Letter Writing Day!) www.jms-books.com/free-ebook-w...

Only danger is if they… 🫣 scratch on the eight ball… 🎱

I drew this cartoon in 2005. Two thousand freaking five. Twenty years ago.

Rake the drains in your neighborhood now and make it a commitment via adoptadrain.sfwater.org. There are programs like this everywhere (hydrants and snow, too). And if there isn’t one in your city, start one.

@btwnthesepages.bsky.social ICYMI

Don't touch wildlife, especially if the animal is acting strange.

Dear all of publishing: i need you to put the translator's name on the cover as well because I do not trust, at this point, that it wasn't google.

I think I figured out why my computer's been running so slow. #cats #kittens #caturday

So glad this lackluster season of #ProjectRunway is over. I blame the producers. So much drama from the tiresome twins, so little time shown on the design process, so many one-day challenges. Is it any wonder we saw so much one-note-designing? Five looks in five days for a finale? What a joke.

#GenHour ICYMI Looking forward to this article by @danielloftus.projectinfant.ie I suspect we'll agree on so many details of what to do and what NOT to do.

#GenHour I would love to have the money to just buy Ancestry outright and be a tin-plated dictator with delusions of grandeur. But I would use my powers for good, not evil.

#GenHour Added to my book wishlist!

#GenHour TIL that Australia is switching to DST this week. See the changes over the next six weeks at Time and Date. www.timeanddate.com/time/dst/eve...

#GenHour I just looked at fold3, and the Korean-War Era Draft Registration cards are showing at 13% completed. Hurry up, guys! I want them for my #OnePlaceStudies. www.fold3.com/publication/...

#GenHour Yesterday I registered for #RootsTech2026 and started making a list of online talks that I'd like to see. Looking forward to the talks by Dr. Janet Few. #genealogy www.familysearch.org/en/rootstech...

Greetings #GenHour! Yesterday I added two #FoodHistory books to my to-read pile. www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/...

💯this. If you've read *any* C. J. Cherryh at all, it's obvious the alleged quote is not her authorial voice. FYI, Cherryh knows "through" is not a verb. 😜

They've lost the 9yos

I want to remind everyone that ICE has been grabbing -legal residents -people in asylum proceedings -non-white U.S. citizens -visa holders who are not violating the terms of their visas Do we know how many of them were at this FL concentration camp? No. Do we know where they are now? Also no.

The BS asymmetry principle: The amount of energy needed to refute BS is an order of magnitude bigger than that needed to produce it. Thank you to every science communicator who is doing the almost impossible work of countering misinformation every day. Every single one of you is saving lives!

Well, that went quickly! #AncestryHour See you all next week, or on Thursday for #GenHour!

#AncestryHour Any new and exciting record sets? I've seen good things coming online but not in any of my research areas.

#AncestryHour At the moment I'm thinking about 20th C immigration and naturalization records again. My 'always' quesstion is "Am I missing anything?" that is, have I ignored some clue due to an over-hasty examination of the records? Were other records created about the person that I've missed?

Hello #AncestryHour friends. I'm hoping to get some research done soon, despite the hot weather that's coming our way. 'Earthquake weather' as some like to call it. 🤔 We'll see what happens, weather and quakes permitting.

Tagging for #genealogy feed.

Hi #AncestryHour! Check out this upcoming webinar hosted by the IGG. www.italiangen.org/events/ October 11 "Organize Your #Genealogy: What To Do With All Your Research Data" Free but must register us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi... Be sure to click blue link on reg page to get start time for your zone.

The word “autism” was first used to describe behavioral differences in children in 1911 but autism has been documented using available records going back to the 1700s (definitively) and further. Acetaminophen (Tylenol, paracetamol) was discovered in 1878 and first sold in the United States in 1950.

Can Tanya Harding's Ex-Husband Save Figure Skating?

Well, there it is. Sinclair is digging in for a fight, so please help push back -- find stations in your area, watch their local news to see what ads they run, then write those advertisers to tell them you're boycotting as long as they're on a Sinclair station. List here: sbgi.net/tv-stations/

Follow the money.

It's good to know that when all else fails, I can always talk to my brother about science-y things. Today's topic: earthquakes. He was wondering if he had felt an earthquake earlier this summer, and it turns out, the answer was "no". #FamilyHistory #genealogy www.floridatoday.com/story/news/2...