Kathleen Lenihan
@kathleenlenihan.bsky.social
📤 1915
📥 1218
📝 1979
Local elected official, family historian, lover of all dog and cat related content.
I've written obituaries for several family members, but nothing really prepares you for writing your dad's.
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Gerald Lenihan (Jerry) Obituary | 1948 - 2025 | Las Vegas Review Journal
View Gerald Lenihan (Jerry)'s complete obituary, share memories, and explore 1 tribute posts from the community.
https://obituaries.reviewjournal.com/obituary/gerald-lenihan-1093329279
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#mapoli
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5 days ago
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Kate Messner
7 days ago
Loving today's news that the mysterious "fedora man" outside the Louvre heist was actually a 15-year-old museum visitor who dresses like a 1940s French detective all the time, just because.
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Fedora man unmasked: Meet the teen behind the Louvre mystery photo
Fifteen-year-old Pedro Elias Garzon Delvaux has become an internet sensation after an Associated Press photo captured him outside the Louvre on the day of a crown jewels heist.
https://apnews.com/article/louvre-fedora-man-ap-photo-c0d59847ef5f836a0c5ac49de8bff441
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My cat was basically begging me to take her picture with this pose in the window.
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All the focus tonight is on the big races, but that last one is huge. Local government is where decisions that impact daily life are made. Thank you to
@taniel.bsky.social
for keeping us updated. He’s a must-follow for anything election related.
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Good news - Sean Hannity promises not to move to Ireland!
12 days ago
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Fox News is coping by predicting that lots of people are going to leave Virginia and New York.
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Conor
12 days ago
Law & Order: Sandwich Victims Unit.
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This is terrible loss. The amazing journalists at Teen Vogue are crushing it.
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13 days ago
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Keep up the good work everyone!
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16 days ago
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An amazing story made possible in part by
#genealogy
. Family history and social justice go hand in hand.
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/29/a...
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In landmark agreement, the MFA restores enslaved potter’s work to descendants - The Boston Globe
The agreement conferring ownership of two ceramic vessels by David Drake sets “a new standard for ethical restitution.”
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/29/arts/mfa-enslaved-potter-david-drake/
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@jmendelsohn.bsky.social
is being summoned.
#genealogy
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18 days ago
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Jacob T. Levy
19 days ago
Marvel: 'Infinity War is the most ambitious crossover event in history
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Angus Johnston
20 days ago
We don’t get to choose the times we’re born into, but we can try to shape the time our grandkids will be born into.
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Additionally, I went to privacy>Manage Workplace smart features settings and turned that off. No thank you to all of this AI.
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20 days ago
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The answer to “When is it peak leaf season in New Hampshire?” is yesterday.
22 days ago
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Elizabeth R Brady
23 days ago
You know that GPS
#Genealogy
Proof Standard? Welp, in other aspects of your discerning, it would be best practice to apply identical PROOF STANDARD to sources & documents. Just freakin' sayin'.
#DemocracyDies
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Barbara at Projectkin
24 days ago
I try to keep to my lane, but every now and then I slap a bumper sticker on to remind our
#Genealogy
and
#FamilyHistory
community about the importance of topics like
#privacy
. From the Human-Centered AI Lab at Stanford —
@stanfordhai.bsky.social
.
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Be Careful What You Tell Your AI Chatbot | Stanford HAI
A Stanford study reveals that leading AI companies are pulling user conversations for training, highlighting privacy risks and a need for clearer policies.
https://hai.stanford.edu/news/be-careful-what-you-tell-your-ai-chatbot
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David Ryan
25 days ago
It's fantastic that so much is being planned for the 1926 census release
#Census
#Ireland
#Genealogy
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As if I needed more reasons to hate the Jets.
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25 days ago
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Schooley
25 days ago
If I had to come up with the last thing Democrats should be spending political capital on in the current environment I think it would be arguing Nazi symbolism is negotiable.
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Allie is in Belfast. Not Belfast, Maine. The other one in Northern Ireland. Being enamored with an unconventional Senate candidate who turns out to have a Nazi tattoo is bad enough. But when it's news on the other side of the ocean...
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26 days ago
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Catherine Corless is a hero. Without her unrelenting commitment to uncovering the truth, the fate of these children would be forgotten. It all started with questions about her own family. Family history and social justice go hand in hand.
#genealogy
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The scandal of 796 dead Irish babies — and one woman’s fight
Thanks to Catherine Corless, almost 800 babies born to unmarried mothers at St Mary’s Mother and Baby Home in Tuam, Co Galway, will have a proper burial
https://www.thetimes.com/world/ireland-world/article/tuam-mother-baby-home-ireland-scandal-0pgdfh32t?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook&fbclid=IwY2xjawNkgARleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFrdmtPZGZ5UlJQelRsWGEwAR65rXhUxPbASCfYaiV8MknaIumZagS8o8Rvl2Ckh6bXzhQW1TlnEtLbv3JvjQ_aem_4cxJUAY8ElPALaE3J2fBSA#Echobox=1760786640
26 days ago
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Text from my oldest child. *chest swells with pride*
#genealogy
26 days ago
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I love getting The Onion. It's such a joy to find something other than bills and catalogs in the mail. Bonus - if you save them, you'll have some paper on hand for all sorts of survival needs when it all comes crashing down.
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27 days ago
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WWN
27 days ago
Louvre Thieves Given Immunity After Confirming Jewels Stolen For Purpose Of Training AI Software
https://waterfordwhispersnews.com/2025/10/20/louvre-thieves-given-immunity-after-confirming-jewels-stolen-for-purpose-of-training-ai-software/
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Louvre Thieves Given Immunity After Confirming Jewels Stolen For Purpose Of Training AI Software
FRENCH POLICE have immediately ended all efforts to recover priceless Napoleon-era jewellery from the Louvre taken in a daring heist after it emerged the jewels were merely stolen for the purposes of training AI software. When …
https://waterfordwhispersnews.com/2025/10/20/louvre-thieves-given-immunity-after-confirming-jewels-stolen-for-purpose-of-training-ai-software/
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If you aren’t following U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, you’re doing Bluesky wrong
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about 1 month ago
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They all had a front row seat to see Sen. Feinstein’s decline and yet they’re sure it won’t happen to them. Pursuing a full time demanding job that will take you well into your 80s is not a good idea.
#mapoli
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about 1 month ago
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bleary
about 1 month ago
If anyone needs me I will be in the museum, lying down next to the bog bodies.
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I got a reply from Popehat! I would’ve preferred the Cubs winning, but I’ll take what I can get.
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about 1 month ago
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Vote Forward
about 1 month ago
This year, we’re testing a new tactic in Pennsylvania’s state Supreme Court elections: 📬 Reciprocal letter writing—where voters can call or text our Voter Support Team. It’s a small but important step toward building deeper connections between volunteers and voters. Join us:
votefwd.org/campaigns
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Julia Azari
about 1 month ago
Here's the thing. I am a lucky person and pay a fair bit in taxes. I can think of no better use for my tax dollars than feeding children, because I think all people are equally deserving of basic humanity.
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Garrett M. Graff
about 1 month ago
You know what was weird last week? I didn’t see anyone fired for quoting words actually spoken by Jane Goodall.
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WTF. Just heartbreaking and enraging.
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What a woman, what a life. Fingers crossed on that rocket passenger manifest.
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about 1 month ago
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The Onion is on to us.
#genealogy
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about 1 month ago
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Post Mo ThĂłin (Dave)
about 1 month ago
A man made entirely of red flags.
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Looking forward to this tonight.
#IrishGenalogy
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about 2 months ago
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David Ryan
about 2 months ago
For anyone around at 10am Irish time on Wednesday morning I will be giving this free webinar for Legacy Family Tree Webinars as part of their 'Down Under' series. I'll be speaking about the 1922 Public Record Office fire and it's impact on Irish genealogy
#Genealogy
#Ancestry
#Ireland
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From The Ashes: The 1922 Irish Public Record Office Fire and Irish Genealogy - Legacy Family Tree Webinars
The destruction of the Public Records Office in June 1922 at the outset of the Irish Civil War has cast a long shadow over Irish genealogical research. Anyone who...
https://familytreewebinars.com/webinar/from-the-ashes-the-1922-irish-public-record-office-fire-and-irish-genealogy/
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Family historians love a good obituary, and this one is amazing. It's cruel and unfair that such a vibrant woman lost her life too young to a terrible disease. But what a gift she left to future generations.
#genealogy
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Mass. woman pens own funny, beautiful, and touching obituary
"Well, if you are reading this obituary, it looks like I'm dead," Linda Brossi Murphy wrote.
https://www.boston.com/news/massachusetts-obituaries/2025/09/25/linda-brossi-murphy-writes-own-obit/?p1=recirc_mostpopular
about 2 months ago
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Marian Burk Wood
about 2 months ago
#Genealogy
To keep
#FamilyHistory
safe, bequeath the story with the photo or artifact. I wrote about Dad's
#WWII
military service & put story in archival envelope on back of frame holding his US Army memorabilia. Don't let the names/details be lost!
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If you just read the headline, it's easy to forget that while he was targeting the NFL office, Tamura never played professional football. He never played college football. His football playing days ended in high school, and he had CTE. *high school*
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Gunman who killed 4 in Manhattan office tower that houses NFL had CTE, medical examiner confirms - The Boston Globe
The gunman blamed the NFL for hiding the dangers of brain injuries and was a former high school football player.
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/09/26/nation/nfl-office-shooting-gunman-cte/#bgmp-comments
about 2 months ago
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If your family history research involves Irish and Italian emigration, Rituals of Migration
nyupress.org/978147982513...
belongs on your bookshelf.
#genealogy
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about 2 months ago
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Some good news. Speech shouldn't be criminalized.
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Member of Irish rap group Kneecap has his UK terrorism prosecution thrown out
A member of Irish rap group Kneecap won his bid on Friday to throw out his terrorism prosecution for allegedly displaying a flag of Iran-backed Lebanese militia Hezbollah, with a London court ruling that the charge had been brought too late.
https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/uk-court-throws-out-prosecution-member-irish-rap-group-kneecap-2025-09-26/
about 2 months ago
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ShapingYourFamilyTree
about 2 months ago
#Genealogy
My 2GG had 12 kids and lost 4 when young; these two had diphtheria, died the same week. Thankfully, this disease was eradicated and the DTaP regimen is still a recommended vaccine. See Texas Christian Advocate. 19 November 1891. p. 7d (top) (Read
newspapers.swco.ttu.edu/handle/20.50...
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Claire Bradley
about 2 months ago
I've added a little countdown clock to the 1926 census release on my website.
cbgenealogy.ie
#IrishGenealogy
#AncestryHour
#GenHour
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about 2 months ago
Exciting
#Genealogy
news! The War of 1812 pension files are for "U" and "V" are now digitized by
#fold3
- As you may know these records are
#FREE
to use. They are now starting on "W" Thank you to all those from
#FGS
years ago who donated to make this happen.
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A reminder that even as awful as everything is in the world, wonderful things are possible. Miraculous, jump up with joy, fill you with sunshine kind of wonderful.
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about 2 months ago
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about 2 months ago
Gail: Free Irish Catholic marriage and death records made available on MyHeritage
genealogyalacarte.ca?p=46195
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Free Irish Catholic marriage and death records made available on MyHeritage - Genealogy Ă la carte
MyHeritage has added two free Irish collections, Ireland Catholic Parish Deaths and Burials, 1795-1881 and Ireland, Catholic Parish Marriages, 1742-1912, totalling more than 3.5 million records. Both ...
https://genealogyalacarte.ca/?p=46195
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