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Anna Matthews @relativelyhistoric.bsky.social · 21h

#31DaysofGraves Day 4 - Entrance Just inside the gates of Elmwood Cemetery in Sherbrooke, Quebec.

Photo showing a hill with a sign made of white rocks on a brown background on a green lawn with tall evergreens and other trees. The sign reads ELMWOOD in all caps.

Anna Matthews @relativelyhistoric.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

#31daysofgraves Day 2 - Urn A Smith headstone at Greenfield Cemetery in Uniondale, NY. Because you never know what might put a crack in a brick wall.

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Anna Matthews @relativelyhistoric.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

These are the great-grandparents and grandmother of my partner. When Catherine's husband died, the family put up a new headstone. I was very confused to find this photo (used with permission) on FindAGrave when I went to post the photo I had taken. #31daysofgraves Day 1 - Flower

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Dr Anna Fairley Nielsson @annaandthedead.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

#31DaysOfGraves Day 1 - Flower: I wanted to start local. Here's a disembodied hand plucking a bud from the cross commemorating the Rayner family at Toxteth Park Cemetery, Liverpool. Likely erected c.1889.

Sandstone sculpted hand plucking a bud from a wreath of flowers.

A large sandstone cross with rock-shaped base.

An image of the New Jewish Cemetery, Kraków, overlaid with text:
#31 Days of Graves
Day 1: Flower
Day 2: Urn
Day 3: Glass
Day 4: Entrance
Day 5: Vehicle
Day 6: Weather
Day 7: Home
Day 8: Animal
Day 9: Lettering
Day 10: Missing
Day 11: Humorous
Day 12: Ordinary
Day 13: Unusual
Day 14: Brick
Day 15: Language
Day 16: Faith
Day 17: Music
Day 18: Earth
Day 19: Water
Day 20: Fire
Day 21: Air
Day 22: Mourning
Day 23: Wings
Day 24: Contrast
Day 25: Tree
Day 26: Accident
Day 27: Portrait
Day 28: Landscape
Day 29: Fruits/Vegetables
Day 30: Colour
Day 31: Memento Mori

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Colleen Chanel (Colleen Toscano) @colleenchanel.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Sept 30th - A day of reflection on this National Day of Truth and Reconciliation "Remembering the Children". The Memorial Cloth this year is 60 meters long for more than 5000+ of the children that did not return home from the Residential Schools.

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Anna Matthews @relativelyhistoric.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Watching live from the States on YouTube on the CBCNews channel. The length and apparent weight of the cloth was heartbreaking.

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Miscelena 🌳🧬 @miscelena.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Regular reminder: There has *always* been the option to be an abolitionist. There was *never* a time when slavery was 'just how it was' and unchallenged. Genealogists: If you're still using that excuse for your ancestors' behavior, maybe read more and do better.

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sarah jeong @sarahjeong.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

lol my flight got diverted because of a medical emergency and they landed us in reykjavik in the middle of the night and deplaned us and sent us through passport control and then the crew vanished and then british airways sent us links to book an overnight hotel room but for a hotel at heathrow

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DJ "Jo" NoneYa 🟧 @djnoneya.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

I still have 1 full of my early genealogy research in my file cabinet and 1 tall container of cd's ... Then there's 8 tracks, vcr tapes, 70s cassette tapes Reel-to-reel, an 8mm camera/film with a 50s projector along with my grandparents home movies I'm 69, the family keeper of memories & "stuff"

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The City Reporter @thecityreporter.nyc · 24/08/2026

In Elmhurst, Queens, a burial ground where nearly 300 freed Black people were laid to rest in the 1800s has been paved over and is now used by an NYPD contractor to store abandoned cars. www.thecityreporter.nyc/2026/08/24/n...

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They Paved a Historic NYC Black Burial Ground. Now It’s a Lot for Abandoned Cars.

The bodies of nearly 300 free Black people buried during the 1800s lie under the asphalt in East Elmhurst, Queens. The lot was used by an NYPD towing contractor.

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Mrs. N @btwnthesepages.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

I do not even know how to ChatGPT. I have no intention of finding out.

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José Orta @orta69.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Data centers contribute to higher power bills by driving up electricity demand, requiring expensive grid upgrades, and raising wholesale market prices.

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WikiTree @wikitree.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Less than a week to #WTChallenge 9! We're growing connections for Justin York, an award-winning genealogy software developer ⌚ 10-17 Sep, Noon ET No special skills needed, just curiosity🔍 www.wikitree.com/g2g/2068539 #CollaborativeGenealogy #WhereGenealogistsCollaborate

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Anna Matthews @relativelyhistoric.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Newspaper research can be so much fun and very enlightening, but some days... Searching for an 1888 death notice for the seven-year-old son of a couple in my tree and found he was shot to death accidentally by his friend when they stumbled on the friend's father's loaded gun.

Newspaper clipping "A sad affair took place at Waterville on Saturday, 23d. Two little boys Percival Hodgson and Ernest Flanders went into the stable of Mr. G.S. Flanders, father of Ernest, and found a gun loaded to shoot birds, and the Flanders boy took it up and pointing at Hodgson, fired, not thinking it was loaded. It was found that the Hodgson boy had received nineteen duck shot. He lived until Wednesday morning. An inquest was held the same day by Coroner Woodward. The jury returned a verdict of accidental death, but censured the practice of leaving loaded firearms within reach of small boys.

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Spencer Green @spencergreen.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

"The truth will set you free, but first it will piss you off." - Gloria Steinem

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Anna Matthews @relativelyhistoric.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Whenever it is that death comes for me, we're going to have a talk first about 2026.

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Azure Robinson @azurerae.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Hosting this Zoom session today at 3 & 7pm ET Come ask questions, see what link builders do, and why it's so important to the supporting the WikiTree mission.

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Starbucks Workers United @sbworkersunited.org · 25/08/2026

🚨BREAKING: Our union of over 12,000 baristas are officially calling for a Starbucks boycott. Read this statement penned by Starbucks workers on why a boycott from ALL customers, allies, and organizations is necessary to fight back against corporate greed:

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So Mayer @suchmayer.northsky.social · 25/08/2026

There are so many donations happening right now that the site has crashed.

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Thomas Lecaque @tlecaque.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

I started my PhD program with an eight week old at home, sole income being my doctoral stipend, in a history program, in Knoxville, TN. And every month we got a new book to read to my son, free, mailed to us, so my kid, my kids, grew up in rooms full of books even when I had no money. That's Dolly.

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William Shakespeare @shakespeare.lol · 25/08/2026

[Exit Queen.]

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Amadi Lovelace @amaditalks.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Remember that if you got the Moderna Covid vaccine, you have Dolly Parton to thank, she gave the largest individual contribution toward their research to make it possible.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

“By her example, we believed anything was possible… she will always love you.” ❤️ #RIPDolly From the family of Dolly Parton: www.facebook.com/share/v/1P2y...

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Ann Aguirre @annaguirre.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

You know, it's ridiculous to build data centers and then have the power company sending out emails like, "the grid is in peril! Unplug your TV, toaster, and laptop today for three hours to save energy!" You know what else saves energy?! Knocking down data centers and not building more!

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Senator Chris Larson @senchrislarson.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Instead of fighting senseless wars, we should be fighting climate change. Instead of building data centers, we should be building housing. Instead of corporate welfare give us universal healthcare.

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WikiTree @wikitree.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

❓#QuestionOfTheWeek Have you ever photographed headstones at a cemetery? 🪦 youtube.com/shorts/D74HE... Share your story in G2G — and if it's your kind of thing, our Cemeterist Project could use you. www.wikitree.com/g2g/2071252 #CollaborativeGenealogy

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❓#QuestionOfTheWeek Have you ever photographed headstones at a cemetery? 🪦

Whether it was one ancestor's grave or an entire churchyard row by row, we want to hear about it. What did you find? Did the stone confirm a date you'd been chasing, or raise a whole new…

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Azure Robinson @azurerae.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Coffee's on & the slides are ready! Talking @wikitree.bsky.social for surname researchers for @surnamesoc.bsky.social TODAY 8am PT / 4pm BST FREE Hope to see you there www.wikitree.com/g2g/2066016 #WhereGenealogistsCollaborate #CollaborativeGenealogy

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Azure Robinson @azurerae.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Your surname now has a to-do list. Not a grade. A list, with counts: 99 unconnected profiles here, 26 unsourced there. New on WikiTree+ 👉 countrygirlgenealogy.blogspot.com/2026/08/Surn... #Genealogy #OneNameStudies #Surnames

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Miranda Yaver @mirandayaver.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

SNAP has an outstanding ROI: every dollar we invest in SNAP generates $1.54 in economic activity. With SNAP cuts, people can’t continue to support these local grocers, so local businesses suffer. Everyone loses.

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Saeed Jones @theferocity.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

*looks directly at camera*

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Rick Hasen @rickhasen.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

SCOTUSBlog as profit center is not pretty

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Anna Matthews @relativelyhistoric.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

That feeling of finding a long sought baptismal record with birth date, but also...it was hiding in plain sight all these years!!! 🥳🤷‍♀️ #genealogy #genealogyhappydance

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Little Girl Dancing Happy Dance in Sunglasses

ALT: Little Girl Dancing Happy Dance in Sunglasses

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Legal AF @legalafmtn.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Senator Reverend Raphael Warnock on Legal AF: We must ban partisan gerrymandering... Gerrymandering is politicians picking their voters rather than voters picking their representatives.

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

🚨Caught on camera: Ken Paxton PANICS when asked about owning 15 homes worth $9 million on a $153,000 government salary. Paxton dodges, stammers, then says “I’d like to keep today to law enforcement!” Classic Paxton—refuses to answer, cuts the presser short. Texans deserve better.

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Lisa Holdsworth @lisaholdsworth.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Microsoft is planning to build three massive AI data centres in Leeds. It’ll drain thousands of litres of water from the River Aire and become the city's biggest carbon emitter. We can still stop the council's sign-off, but we need more voices. Add your name: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/pr...

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Stop the Microsoft AI megasite in Leeds!

Microsoft wants to build three huge AI data centres at Skelton Grange. It would drain the River Aire and become the city's biggest carbon emitter. We can still stop it - add your name to the petition.

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alex 🎃 @faintingincoils.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

She must be so proud 😍

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Devin Heroux @devinheroux.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

One of the most appealing parts to the Commonwealth Games is that this is an integrated event. And here in Glasgow, we will see the largest Para sport program ever in history. There are 35 Para athletes representing Team Canada. We’ll have extensive coverage of their events.

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Gravel Influencer @gravelinfluencer.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

This video of a woman telling an anti-abortion asshole to, "Shut the fuck up" is exactly what I needed to see on a Monday morning

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Ed @notdred.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

We joke around a lot about our British friends on this app but you really have to admire their commitment to changing their leader when everybody fucking hates them

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Emily (spooky) @emilyrose.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

It’s worth noting that Taco Bell identified the source before the FDA did, and promptly pulled it from their stores. The FDA didn’t even name the source until Taylor Farms outed themselves, and hasn’t issued a recall. Basically, Taco Bell is now a more reliable authority than the FDA.

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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 17/07/2026

Probably more helpful to think of them not so much as “Canadian wildfires” but rather “climate change wildfires currently consuming Canada”

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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 17/07/2026

NEW: Governor Andy Beshear says he got calls from two different non-state agencies saying McConnell had died. This was before the "proof of life" photo was shared by McConnell's team. newrepublic.com/post/213199/...

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Kentucky Governor Warns He Got Calls “Suggesting” Mitch McConnell Died

McConnell has posted a photo of himself holding that day’s newspaper, but he has not provided further details about his condition.

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Kyle Clark @kylec.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

NEW: Aurora Police say an ICE detention center employee shot a protester last night. She is expected to survive. 42-year-old Brandon Booth, who works for the ICE contractor GEO Group, is being held on suspicion of attempted second degree murder and other charges.

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Yellow Dog Dem @simempreresist.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Hey friends, Don't forget Fox News paid nearly a billion dollars for the lies they aired again tonight.

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