MAGA: “We aren’t Nazis!” JD Vance: “ICE will be going door-to-door to find people.”

Who did I talk to most on Bluesky in 2025? www.madebyolof.com/bluesky-wrap...

If you're a family history society or heritage group looking for speakers, take a look at my list of topics at tinyurl.com/2s4jch96 and get in touch!

Happy new year to all you Blueskyers out there!

Dalek Invasion Earth: 1066 AD #DoctorWho

The customary new year release of historical Scottish records is imminent at tinyurl.com/ScotsP If your family history group wants to learn more about these amazing records, contact me for details of the talks I give about them, listed at tinyurl.com/2s4jch96 #GenHour #Scotland #FamilyHistory

I'm happy to announce that I’ll once again be joining Legacy Family Tree Webinars' lineup, in 2026. In this class I'll show you how to find & understand Scottish civil registration records - births, marriages, & deaths. #GenHour #Genealogy Register at familytreewebinars.com/webinar/scot...

There are many reasons to adore Christopher Eccleston. This powerful short film highlighting the harm gambling advertising does is one of them - it's also got a couple of nice Doctor Who gags in it. #DoctorWho (Some of the language in the video is not suitable for children) youtu.be/R6ufZU1pgs8?...

Best thing ever. #Christmas #MorecambeAndWise

Wishing ally Bluesky friends a happy and peaceful Christmas. My favourite Christmas music video is... youtu.be/fVnv2bEVpik?...

The Embassy staff of Germany, France and the United Kingdom sing Schedryk in the Kyiv underground. Wonderful!

For those not in the know, apart from the hilarious (and sometimes scary) pics of sleeping arrangements #DuvetKnowItsChristmas aims to raise money for homeless charities. Centrepoint in the UK (www.gofundme.com/f/duvet-know...) or an equivalent local charity in your country.

Choose a free family history gift! #GenHour

Choose a free family history gift! #AncestryHour

Just don't change KitKats!!! BBC News - Toffee Crisp and Blue Riband can't be called chocolate any more www.bbc.com/news/article...

To me the sign that Christmas is coming isn't the advertisements, songs on the wireless, or holiday cards... It's me having to tell people that Coca Cola didn't invent or dress Santa 98342 billion times a day... ;) More here; fakehistoryhunter.net/2021/12/03/c...

This is my cousin St Nicholaus 🎅 One of the best parts of tracing your family heritage is meeting lots of new, wonderful family you never knew about. I recognized his Ancestry profile picture as someone I had seen before, and found that he lives very close to me. We met last summer. #Genealogy

Post a movie you've seen more than 6 times in a .gif. www.tumblr.com/jerrythenipp...

“In 2017 there was not a single asylum seeker who arrived on a boat. Today we have 46,000 a year and do you know why? It was because of the botched Brexit deal pushed through by Boris Johnson and championed by Nigel Farage. Nigel Farage should be here apologising” Daisy Cooper

2 in 3 of Nigel Farage’s current and former partners do not speak English as their first language.

Here's a #HigherEducationPostcard of the Bindery Section at the Oxford University Press. This is the floor where the men worked with machines; compare it with yesterday's postcard showing women busy folding sheets If you like this image, please retweet it - remember, BlueSky has #NoAlgorithm

No Whamageddon this year. It's all about #Whamadise. Instead of avoiding Last Christmas, every time you hear it you put a small amount towards your favourite charity, then donate the total after Christmas. Very much in the spirit of George Michael who gave a lot of money to good causes 🥰

Wonderful.

ATTN GENEALOGISTS: Please read and share this post - important info on #AI and #photo regeneration. @craigenorg.bsky.social #craigen #artificialintelligence

The power of memoir and storytelling may take generations, but it is real. Rest in peace, Viola Fletcher. #FamilyHistory #memoir #tulsa #ViolaFletcher www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/u...

My attendance record in the European Parliament was the 4th worst out of 751 MEPs, yet I managed to turn up to vote AGAINST plans to tackle Russian misinformation. Thankfully this is of no interest to the media.

Dig deeper into your Scottish roots at the Scottish Indexes Conference on 31 Jan 2026. Free online talks on marriage, DNA, illicit distilling, church records & more. Save the date! #Scottish #FamilyHistory #ScottishIndexes #Genealogy #Archives

Jackie Baillie wants to privatise our NHS!! That's why she continuously lies about the Scottish NHS when it is the best performing NHS in the UK. She's shown her true colours #RedTory #LabourLiar Independence is our only option www.thenational.scot/news/2443689...

To “my students and to anyone who might listen, I say: Don’t surrender to AI your ability to read, write and think when others once risked their lives and died for the freedom to do so.” www.huffpost.com/entry/histor...

Curious about your ancestors but not sure where to turn next? The Register of Qualified Genealogists (RQG) can connect you with trusted professionals who know how to find the records, stories, and details that bring your family history to life. #genealogy #familyhistory

“I’ve known Jeff [Epstein] for 15 years. Terrific guy,” Trump told New York magazine in 2002. “He’s a lot of fun to be with. It is even said that he likes beautiful women as much as I do, and many of them are on the younger side.” Today Trump says he didn't know about Epstein's activities.

Plus, AI is inaccurate. #AI = Audrey II. Feed Me! youtu.be/K6w3xb8gqpE?...

Can I quietly ask we stop talking about what "AI" *could* do in education and identify instead what's actually happening with AI in education? I'll start...

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And today's discovery combines my two great loves: NBC's Law & Order, and family history (I think it's to do with detective work). A distant paternal cousin has made it into the records in the Bronx. #GenHour

My first big find this week was about a distant cousin. Her husband's 1st wife left him + kids for a man who'd killed a PC in London. Big tell-all article in a Sunday scandal sheet from the 1st wife's pov. Later a (much) smaller article in the local paper announced the ensuing divorce #GenHour

No no no begs every archivist. You are never going to be able to find anything. Please don’t start using emojis in file names. Who asked for this? What fresh hell is next?

New post on the Frugal Family Historian blog. Free records for Remembrance weekend, YouTube, podcasts. It's all about researching, and picking up new skills. Learn more, do more, spend nothing. #GenHour scotsancestors.blogspot.com/2025/11/lear...

New post on the Frugal Family Historian blog. Free records for Remembrance weekend, YouTube, podcasts. It's all about researching, and picking up new skills. Learn more, do more, spend nothing. #AncestryHour scotsancestors.blogspot.com/2025/11/lear...

This bonfire night, check bonfire piles for #hedgehogs. Don't burn a hedgehogs home. Look BEFORE you light. 🦔 🦔 🦔 Please #ShareToMakeAware 🙏 #RememberHedgehogs #LookBeforeYouLight #WildlifeWednesday #bonfirenight #bonfirewarning #wildlifewarning

Well-meaning Americans in my mentions: kindly do not recommend extremely illegal actions that could land people in the UK with a ten year prison sentence

#31DaysofGraves #Day31 #MementoMori The clasped hands on this stone, in Collace churchyard, symbolise the hoped-for reunion in heaven with loved ones.

#31DaysofGraves #Day30 #Colour In Scotland, the Surname BLUE is almost entirely confined to the west and its islands. One would think it pretty rare, until you scroll through a census and find villages significantly populated by Blues. This particular stone is in Kilkerran Cemetery in Campbeltown.

#31DaysofGraves #Day29 #Occupation This memorial is in Elgin Cathedral churchyard and is possibly a relative. My 5th great-grandparents, George Sellar (also a miller) & Janet Arnot, married in 1794, have a stone here but it is impossible to read now. Transcription of this stone is in the alt text.

#31DaysofGraves #Day28 #Column All right, so it's not a column, but it IS one of only two such structures in Scotland, copied from the Irish round tower style. It's now attached to Brechin Cathedral, but was originally free-standing. More at www.historicenvironment.scot/visit-a-plac...

#31DaysofGraves #Day27 #Tree A springtime visit this year to the Scottish county of Angus found me in St Vigeans churchyard amidst some beautiful blossoms on the trees.

#31DaysofGraves #Day26 #Figure An almost life-sized statue of a bishop stands in the nave of the ruined Elgin Cathedral, rather like an enormous chess piece. There are more medieval memorials here than any other Scottish cathedral, apparently. Though not medieval, my 5th ggparents also rest here.

Locally based LDS Family History Centres enable you to advance your research to the next level. #Genealogy #FamilyHistory #TopTip www.exploreyourgenealogy.co.uk/why-use-an-l...