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Pam from Michigan

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Lifelong learner. Love books, music, geography, history, maps, and math. Detroit sports & 🎾 fan; Dabble in genetic genealogy and am currently using DNA to verify my family tree research. Solved two adoptions❤️ Truth, integrity, and the Rule of Law matter.

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Canadian History Ehx @cdnhistoryehx.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
On Oct. 14, 1942, the SS Caribou was transporting 46 crew and 191 passengers to Port aux Basques, Newfoundland. Suddenly, U-69 emerged and hit the ship with a torpedo. The sinking killed 137 people. This is the story. 📸 Memorial University of Newfoundland 🧵 1/12
Black and white photo of a ship named "Caribou" docked at a pier, with two men in suits standing on the dock nearby. The ship has a prominent bow and a single smokestack, with ropes securing it to the pier. The scene appears historical, with a railway track running along the dock.
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Pam from Michigan @pgtk.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
My fave #Michigan writer of Rust Belt rural fiction, @bonniejo.bsky.social has a new book out! "In this contemporary Christmas Carol, Campbell has created a gritty, spooky, and ultimately heartening holiday story that unfolds in an isolated farmhouse." #Books #BookSky wwnorton.com/books/978132...
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The Spirits
The best-selling author of The Waters (a Read with Jenna Book Club Pick) returns with a tale of love, transgression, and the miraculous healing power of the holiday table., The Spirits, A Novel, Bonni...
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Pam from Michigan @pgtk.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Formosa is now Taiwan, where the Imperial Chinese Government (Chang) went after Mao took China. Thanks for sharing this.
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Pam from Michigan @pgtk.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Nice juxtaposition of old world architecture and the surveillance state. I love the shutters.
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Pam from Michigan @pgtk.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Husband of Alice Roosevelt, Teddy's daughter.
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Admirable Women @admirablewomen.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Biochemist Dr. Florence Seibert developed the Purified Protein Derivative in the 1930s that standardized tuberculosis testing worldwide by 1952. Before her work, TB skin tests were inconsistent/unreliable.It remains the basis for the TB skin test used today. Born #OTD in 1897. #WomenInSTEM
A vintage black-and-white studio portrait features biochemist Dr. Florence Seibert (1900–1991), famed for developing the Purified Protein Derivative (PPD) that standardized tuberculosis testing worldwide. Captured from the chest up, she poses in a three-quarter turn while looking directly at the camera with a subtle, intelligent smile, establishing a serene, professional, and historically significant mood. Her dark hair is styled in a classic 1920s short bob featuring prominent finger waves framing her forehead. She wears delicate, rimless spectacles and a light-colored blouse designed with a prominent collar and soft ruffled detailing along the edges. The composition employs soft-focus lighting typical of early 20th-century photography, casting gentle highlights across her face against a smooth, dark, non-descript studio backdrop. In the bottom right corner, a faint, embossed photographer's stamp adds an authentic period touch to this archival image celebrating a foundational figure in medicine.
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Nature @nature.com · 07/10/2026
None of this year's science Nobel Prizes have gone to women. The number of these prizes to go to women remains at 27 out of more than 600. See how many you can name in our quiz: www.nature.com/immersive/d4...
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Pam from Michigan @pgtk.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Louise Bourgeois, Spider, 1997, bronze, 94 x 96 x 84 in., Gift of Fred and Lena Meijer © 2026 The Easton Foundation / Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY
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Pam from Michigan @pgtk.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Meijer Sculpture Gardens, Grand Rapids #Michigan www.meijergardens.org/sculpture/sp...
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Spider » Meijer Gardens | Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park
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Pam from Michigan @pgtk.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Good work, Atlas!
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Pam from Michigan @pgtk.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
I got the notification two days after my ballot arrived.
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Pam from Michigan @pgtk.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Detroit Romanian Bucovina Society 1941 Detroit Free Press Detroit, Michigan · Sunday, April 20, 1941
Group photo of girls at Detroit Romanian Bucovina Society 1941
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Pam from Michigan @pgtk.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Detroit Romanian American Women's Club group photograph Detroit Free Press Detroit, Michigan · Sunday, December 15, 1940 #genealogy #ancestry #michigan #Detroit #Romania
Detroit Romanian American Women's Club group photo

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Detroit, Michigan · Sunday, December 15, 1940
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Pam from Michigan @pgtk.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
150 Friends of #books. Awesome! Go #Canada 🍁
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Pam from Michigan @pgtk.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
"The Things We Never Say" by Elizabeth Strout, shortlisted for #BookerPrize It puts into words the inner turmoil I've been feeling, discussing mental health & living in today's unstable environment. I also thought of how it would piss off some. #BookSky #Books thebookerprizes.com/the-booker-l...
Cover photo of Audiobook; The Things We Never Say by Elizabeth Strout
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Pam from Michigan @pgtk.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Thank you!!
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Detroit Tigers (Unoffical) @nottigers.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
The best mound visit of JV’s career. 🥹
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Scientific American @sciam.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Japan just hit a new longevity milestone. More than 100,000 people in the country are over 100 years old.
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Japan just hit a new longevity milestone
More than 100,000 people in the country are over 100 years old
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Detroit Historical Society @detroithistorical.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
On September 17, 1889, the grand Detroit International Exposition and Fair opened on 72 acres in the area known as Delray: www.detroithistorical.org/learn/online...
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All Roads Led to Detroit: 1889 Detroit International Fair and Exposition
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Pam from Michigan @pgtk.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
I once saw someone plow through a rotisserie chicken in the parking lot of the store. She was driving a high-end SUV, and was eating with her fingers. 🥴
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Pam from Michigan @pgtk.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
My dad's 80th birthday would have been 22 Sep 1946. I can't wait to see what news you post this year. Thank you for your work. It is appreciated.
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Pam from Michigan @pgtk.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
It was chilly here last night. I brought my Boston Ferns inside.
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Art Herstory @artherstory.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
"Georgia O’Keeffe: Architecture" is now open at the Detroit Institute of Arts thru Jan 3, 2027 - dia.org/events/exhib... The groundbreaking exhibition features nearly 40 paintings that reveal a lesser-known side of the artist and invite you to see the built world in a whole new way.
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Georgia O’Keeffe: Architecture | Detroit Institute of Arts Museum
The Detroit Institute of the Arts is located in Detroit’s cultural corridor. Our address is 5200 Woodward Avenue, Detroit, MI 48202.
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Pam from Michigan @pgtk.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
I tutored an 8th grader in Algebra & Geometry. She has the best magenta hair.
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Pam from Michigan @pgtk.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
That is great hair!
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Pam from Michigan @pgtk.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Jared is gonna get a phone call.
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Pam from Michigan @pgtk.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Here is a real banger: Brandi Carlile covering Alanis Morissette's "Uninvited" at the #NewportFolkFestival #BrandiCarlile #AlanisMorissette #GirlsWithGuitars #music youtu.be/kyvDyZoyGUg?...
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Brandi Carlile - Uninvited (Newport Folk Fest 2026)
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Pam from Michigan @pgtk.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Imagine the upended lives of the children of heroin addicts.
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Pam from Michigan @pgtk.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
I just listened to that part of your audiobook. 😊
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Pam from Michigan @pgtk.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
The last Slow Horses book blew me away; I had to read it twice.
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Pam from Michigan @pgtk.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Detroit Institute of Art Exhibition; Georgia O’Keeffe: Architecture September 11, 2026 - January 3, 2027 dia.org/events/exhib... "East River from the 30th Story of the Shelton Hotel" By Georgia O'Keeffe, 1928 #art #artsky #Detroit #PureMichigan #Michigan #GeorgiaOKeeffe
Painting: "East River from the 30th Story of the Shelton Hotel";
By Georgia O'Keeffe, 1928
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Pam from Michigan @pgtk.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
#Tintype #tintypes
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Arthur David Spota @adaspota.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Abandoned Film Theatre in Dresden Germany #Cinema #Photography
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Pam from Michigan @pgtk.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
#genealogy #CivilWar #Maryland #Militaryhistory
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Pam from Michigan @pgtk.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Congratulations 🎉
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Pam from Michigan @pgtk.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
My brother and I were in our 40's when we sang along with our Boomer parents to this song. Priceless memory!
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Pam from Michigan @pgtk.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
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Pam from Michigan @pgtk.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
#maps www.theguardian.com/world/2026/s...
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UN to vote on adopting new world map that shows Africa’s true scale
Togo-sponsored resolution calls to phase out traditional map that depicts continent as similar size to Greenland
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Pam from Michigan @pgtk.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Chasing down DNA "surprises" must be interesting for them. One of my Mayflower ancestors in Maine impregnated his neighbor's wife (twice) while he was out to sea.
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Pam from Michigan @pgtk.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
I was thinking that she passed away but I wasn't sure. She did a lot of cemeteries in the Thumb. Thanks for carrying on her work.
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Pam from Michigan @pgtk.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
OMG! No, but my sister has gotten into online pissing matches with her. This is so hilarious. 🤣
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Pam from Michigan @pgtk.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
This is great. My sister and I are big cemetery people. She has taken over 25K grave photos on Find a Grave. Keep up the good work!
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Pam from Michigan @pgtk.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
I grew up with Boomer parents who believed girls could do anything--and we did. My dad was raised by a feminist and I am so thankful for that. RIP Gloria!
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History and Heritage Yorkshire @handhyorkshire.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
The story of the Brontë family began in the historic village of Thornton, on the western edge of Bradford. Here, at the Brontë Birthplace on Market Street, Charlotte, Branwell, Emily and Anne were born between 1816 and 1820, while their father, Patrick Brontë, served as curate of
This building is the historic Brontë Birthplace located at 72–74 Market Street in Thornton, Bradford. The Reverend Patrick Brontë lived here from 1815 to 1820 while working as the minister at the nearby St. James' Church. Charlotte, Branwell, Emily, and Anne Brontë were all born in the house during those years. The Brontë Birthplace will be free to visitors on 13 September as part of the national Heritage Open Days scheme. Image Tim Green CFC BY 4.0
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Pam from Michigan @pgtk.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
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100 years ago news @100yearsagonews.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Aug. 30, 1926: A mob storms a jail in Georgia and lynches a 45-year-old prisoner who had been accused of murdering a woman. The case is unusual for the South in that the lynching victim is white—and many of the killers will be identified and convicted for their crime. 1/6
Atlanta Constitution Coffee County Courthouse
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Pam from Michigan @pgtk.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
This is what mayors are supposed to do. I only remember NYC mayors going on news programs, pandering to build up their national profiles.
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Pam from Michigan @pgtk.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Officers used to chase down suspects and arrest them. The I€E agents are going to love these robot "dogs." FBI: 80 Percent Of Police Officers Are Overweight - CBS Texas share.google/8s7xExgUpN0Q...
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FBI: 80 Percent Of Police Officers Are Overweight
The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation released a new statistic, which states 8 out of every 10 law enforcement members are overweight.
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Pam from Michigan @pgtk.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Wow! 🤩
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Brian Groom @groomb.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
The Lackfield family of Blackley, Manchester, set off on a day trip in the rain, August 1942 (Daily Express/SSPL/Getty).
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