"All the major AI assistants are routinely misrepresenting news content" according to new study from the BBC and European Broadcasting Union. It found "45% of all AI answers had at least one significant issue." www.forbes.com/sites/emmawo...

It reads like an over the top heist movie or series 😳 www.cbsnews.com/news/thieves...

Reuters: "Exclusive: Blackstone weighs options for Ancestry.com, including sale or IPO, sources say." #ancestry #genealogy #dna #familytree www.reuters.com/business/exc...

Any thoughts on some professional #genealogy folks and bloggers who are using AI generated images without citing the source as such? I'm seeing an increasing number of AI images being used to (i.e) advertise services. There seems to be a contradiction given the importance of source citation, etc.

This is a series of photos from last week of a very inviting Irish pub called Mr. Dooley's Boston Tavern in Boston, Massachusetts. 😎 ☘️ 🇮🇪 📷 iPhone (edited with Adobe Photoshop Elements for macOS) #irish #irishpub #boston #massachusetts

This is a series of photos from last week of the photogenic Irish pub called The Black Rose (Róisín Dubh) in Boston, Massachusetts. 😎 ☘️ 🇮🇪 📷 iPhone (edited with Adobe Photoshop Elements on macOS)

These are two shots from last week at J.J. Foley's Cafe in Boston, Massachusetts. 😎 ☘️ 🇮🇪 📷 iPhone (edited with Adobe Photoshop Elements on macOS)

@josienneclarke.com @alecbowmanclarke.com Have you two seen this news story from here in the states? It's about AI generated music. 😳 www.youtube.com/watch?v=DaNS...

"23andMe’s flagship Ancestry Composition algorithm was last updated in 2022... Version 7... is the most significant update to the feature ever, and it’s coming soon to all eligible 23andMe users." #23andMe #ancestry #genealogy #dna blog.23andme.com/articles/a-m...

From Tuesday night at the intersection of Congress Street and State street, looking toward Custom House Tower in Boston, Massachusetts. 📷 iPhone (edited with Adobe Photoshop Elements for macOS)

This is a big example of what is to come. Someone used AI to create a fake band that has amassed over 850,000 listeners on Spotify. Deezer has already concluded the band was AI generated, as well as music producer Rick Beato on his YouTube channel. www.the-independent.com/arts-enterta...

New study from MIT shows usage of ChatGPT "reduces activity in the brain versus accomplishing the same tasks unaided, and may lead to poorer fact retention." The ChatGPT test group "performed worse than their counterparts in the brain-only group at all levels." www.theregister.com/2025/06/18/i...

Relative Secrets is a new #familytree and #genealogy documentary series that is arriving on Acorn TV in the USA. It is hosted and narrated by Jane Seymour. The second episode lands this week. 😎 www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sxhu...

Some freshly gathered prairie flowers will be on the front step overnight for May Eve and is an Irish tradition associated with Beltane, the Gaelic May Day festival. 😎 ☘️ 🇮🇪

The biggest marriage age gap I've encountered in my #familytree is with my 5th great uncle, which is about 60 years. I've not yet validated her specific date of birth yet, but he was 84 and she was about 24 when they were married in 1878. They had one child born in 1882. #genealogy #ancestry

Another new book for my beyond out of control reading pile. The Celts: A Modern History by Ian Stewart. @medievalists.bsky.social #history #book #celts #celtic #medieval

23andMe Is Reorganizing. It’s Okay. 23andMe has declared bankruptcy, but now is not the time for genealogists to panic. As a publicly traded company, it will be many months before a resolution is clear. In the meantime, our data has the same protections as before.

This was shot at Dallas Fort Worth International Airport (DFW) in Dallas, Texas, USA. It was shot looking out the window while going down an escalator. 😎 ✈️

There's a new #dna oriented series called The Secret DNA of Us coming to Australia. My assumption is that it might be awhile before it is available elsewhere. #genealogy www.youtube.com/watch?v=NW8b...

Some fun with photo filters of a frozen creek a few weeks ago. 😎

This is from last week at the Crafty Irishman Public House in Dallas, Texas, USA. We agreed to leave the business outside, and enjoy the craic inside, and of course, some pints of Guinness. Sláinte! 😎 ☘️ 🇮🇪

Enjoyed some tasty pints of Guinness at the Crafty Irishman Public House in Dallas, Texas, USA with some business colleagues last week. Sláinte! 😎 🇮🇪 ☘️

For those in the #genealogy realm, could you kindly click through to this website? Cairenn Binder @cairennoid.bsky.social is an investigative genetic genealogist. She has created a new website and some clicks would help increase the Google search rankings. 😎 www.cairennbinder.com

This is the Crafty Irishman Public House in Dallas, Texas, USA from last week. When traveling on business, I habitually seek out finer #Irish pubs, and this one did not disappoint. Unfortunately, time did not permit exploring the other three pubs shown on the directional signs. Sláinte! 😎 ☘️ 🇮🇪

This video "The Latest on Family Tree Maker 2024" is an update and interview with Duff Wilson from Software MacKiev at RootsTech. #genealogy #familytreemaker www.youtube.com/watch?v=0dNw...

A firefighter and his wife adopted a boy left in safe haven baby box: "...being that he was dropped at our fire station, I felt like a special connection with him..." www.wesh.com/article/fire...

This is another demonstration of why I avoid participating in crowd sourced #genealogy. This is purported to be a woman who died in 1782. She is also purported to have given birth to 69 children. Another variation on Facebook claims that's her children. www.familysearch.org/en/tree/pers...

"23andMe special committee again rejects CEO Wojcicki’s take-private offer. The Special Committee has... unanimously determined to reject the proposal." #genealogy #dna #23andme www.cnbc.com/2025/03/03/2...

This is a large wall mural in the @cisco.com office in the Old Post Office building in Chicago, Illinois, USA. The mural was a collaboration of Doc Mosher and Sentrock (Joseph Perez), who are two mural artists from Chicago. 😎

This is a shot of the @cisco.com office in the Old Post Office building in Chicago, Illinois, USA from yesterday, and showing some of the colors, neon, and symmetry. 😎

Discover: "Vikings Didn't Just Raid and Pillage – They Had Diplomacy and Trade Networks, Too... researchers believe that trade, not warfare, was the initial trigger behind the Viking Age." #viking #vikings www.discovermagazine.com/the-sciences...

CNN: "FBI used restricted DNA data to identify the Idaho murder suspect. Erin Murphy, an NYU Law Professor and forensic DNA expert, explains the legal and ethical challenges behind law enforcement using genealogy databases." #dna #genealogy www.cnn.com/2025/03/01/u...

[4/4] The Quiet Girl is an Irish language film set in Ireland. It is about a shy young girl from a dysfuntional family who is sent off to live with some relatives for the summer. This movie is very cerebral and you need to pay attention for very subtle clues. www.youtube.com/watch?v=LGWy...

[3/4] The movie Small Things Like These is set in Ireland. It is about a family man & father of 5 girls. He discovers that a convent is secretly housing & mistreating pregnant unwed young women. While haunted by his own childhood, he makes an independent decision. www.youtube.com/watch?v=PBJ3...

[2/4] The movie The Road Dance is set on a small island village in Scotland at the outset of World War I. It's about what transpires as the young men are sent off to war, where the village holds a cèilidh (social gathering ), and the aftermath of those who remain. www.youtube.com/watch?v=DbDS...

[1/4] Over the last few months, these are three #movies that I've seen that I thought were artistically superb and thought provoking. They are definitely the polar opposite of Hollywood produced mainstream movies, so I guess the #arthouse label might apply.

This comes as no surprise as Anne Wojcicki has repeatedly shared her intent and desire to take #23andMe private. It was once valued in the billions, so the offer and valuation of $74.7 million makes you read it twice. #genealogy #dna www.cnbc.com/2025/02/21/a...

If you have any appreciation of album artwork, give the documentary Squaring the Circle (The Story of Hipgnosis) a watch. Hipgnosis was a design firm that created some of the most famous and iconic album covers in music history. It's on Netflix. 😎 www.youtube.com/watch?v=O1Ou...

Thomson Reuters Wins First Major AI Copyright Case in the US: "The copying of our content was not ‘fair use.'" www.wired.com/story/thomso...

My spirit animal 😎 🖤

For any #genealogy users of Family Tree Maker. There is a known sync issue between FTM and Ancestry, and Software MacKiev is still troubleshooting it. It manifests itself in a few ways, such as Ancestry provided source media not downloading, source titles sometimes missing, etc.

If you enjoyed the #genelaogy and #dna series The Breakthrough on Netflix, you will undoubtedly also enjoy the series Code of a Killer. It's a similar type of dramatization about the first usage of DNA to solve a murder in England. 😎 www.youtube.com/watch?v=0qtc...

It's behind a paywall, and the result comes as no surprise, but it looks like yet another yearbook lawsuit against #Ancestry was dismissed. #genealogy news.bloomberglaw.com/litigation/a...

How about a bit of #genealogy fun for a lazy Sunday. Share the best celebrity doppelgänger photograph from your family tree. Can you top this one of my second great grandmother? I have a copy of the photograph that the celebrity kindly signed and wrote "Thanks for a blast from my past!" 😎

Ripley Castle in North Yorkshire, England is being sold. It's been in the same family for 700 years and 28 generations, and what a double burden that must be. First, the historical and ancestral factor. Second, the financial sustainability factor. 😳 nypost.com/2025/01/28/r...

Doing compound searches in #genealogy and removing the surname has benefits. The indexes to some records on FamilySearch contain some wild variations for the same family. Duffrin Döfer Dufr Duhr Duffein

That was like a punch to the gut. As a former firefighter, I like to listen to fire radio traffic. About 45 minutes into the plane crash, one of the incident commanders said they were going to start releasing some of the staged ambulance crews as they were not finding any survivors. 😥

I love the new label and updated branding of Glendalough Double Barrel Irish Whiskey from County Wicklow in Ireland. It is one of my favorites and very smooth. #irishwhiskey #ireland #irish #glendalough 😎 ☘️ 🇮🇪

The 16 year wait was well worth it. The new album from @thecure.com was summed up by the Irish Times as "majestically desolate, gorgeously grim," and I continue to embrace and adore its darkness and walk in its shadows. 😎 🖤

Want an alternative or additional news source? France 24 @en.france24.com is an English language 24 x 7 TV news channel from France. It is FREE! You can watch via web browser or app. I am a loyal viewer via their Apple TV app. 😎 🇫🇷 www.france24.com/en/