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Wendy @wenplans.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

1913 slang Don’t know if it is about cotton prices going up or diseased cotton or something else. (The Lexington Advertiser May 23 1913)

D. A. Killebrew ordered some new cotton seed to plant which have come up, and P. H. Zeigler said the cotton had a nickle on each leaf. Some of you men may not believe it but we have Mr. Zeigler's word for it. I think Mr. Zeigler ought to have the cake.

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Wendy @wenplans.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

Use the trees for possible leads as you do with Ancestry trees. I’ve gotten some great leads that have proven very useful. The further back you go the more problematic they become. I highly doubt that my husband is descended from a Viking king or I’m descended from the Boleyn family.

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Wendy @wenplans.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

Relatives are based on FamilySearch trees which are user inputted. Errors do occur. Also, some trees are deeper and more researched. Your connection might be closer on a different family line but FamilySearch might have not that information.

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Wendy @wenplans.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

I’m going to try and cast from my phone to the TV. 🤞

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Wendy @wenplans.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

I’m not religious, but even I know the story about the golden calf and idols. Wonder how the evangelists will try to spin this.

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Wendy @wenplans.bsky.social · 23/02/2025

I’m watching it on YouTube

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Wendy @wenplans.bsky.social · 23/02/2025

I’m American and I’m watching CBC to get news from outside the USA. Most of our news media are afraid of Trump, especially after what he did to the Associated Press.

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Wendy @wenplans.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

My boyfriend’s first job after college was with EDS (Lansing) in the late 80s. I remember he had to sign a morality clause and have a strict dress code.

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Wendy @wenplans.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

At this point, I’m wondering how many companies are making exit plans to leave the US

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Wendy @wenplans.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

Does this duck figure mean anything on Trump’s lapel or is it just bad AI? This is from the “Long Live the King” Trump photo posted by The White House.

Closeup of the official White House photo of “Long Live the King”

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Wendy @wenplans.bsky.social · 18/02/2025

I read this in Dr Seuss’ Fox in Socks rhythm. I need my morning coffee 😂

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Wendy @wenplans.bsky.social · 17/02/2025

What can go wrong? Putting people with drug issues and kids on ADHD meds on a farm without cellphones or communication with the outside world. (Hopefully, they won’t combine the age populations) Raising money through sales tax on cannabis which isn’t legal in most states.

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Wendy @wenplans.bsky.social · 17/02/2025

Nice gem that I found today on Newspapers.com The McComb City Enterprise McComb, Mississippi · Thursday, July 26, 1917

First Women Railroaders in America
Lorain, Ohio
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad

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Wendy @wenplans.bsky.social · 16/02/2025

I also like the filtering on the Open Street Map.

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Wendy @wenplans.bsky.social · 16/02/2025

Thank you for sharing. I really like the look of the map especially the detailed descriptions and the shaded areas.

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Wendy @wenplans.bsky.social · 16/02/2025

“Deputy Archivist William Bosanko informed staff in an email Friday that he will step down on Tuesday. Bosanko, who has worked at the agency since 1993, has been the acting head of the National Archives and Records Administration for just a week…”

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Wendy @wenplans.bsky.social · 16/02/2025

According to the Mother Jones’ article “According to two sources familiar with the situation, Bosanko was pushed out by Jim Byron, a 31-year old who was recently president of the Richard Nixon Foundation. Byron delivered Bosanko an ultimatum: Resign now or be fired next week.”

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Wendy @wenplans.bsky.social · 16/02/2025

I have lots of Google pins. I’m looking for an alternative when I try to visualize locations. I don’t think I need it to integrate with anything. Though, I did see that Gramps & TNG had OSM modules.

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Wendy @wenplans.bsky.social · 16/02/2025

Are there any genealogists using OpenStreetMap? Is it a good alternative for mapping historical rural United States locations? #genealogy

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Wendy @wenplans.bsky.social · 16/02/2025

There is a Hobonichi feed

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Wendy @wenplans.bsky.social · 16/02/2025

I think Bluesky will offer an IG alternative. Some of the planner folks that I followed are here. Genealogists and archivists from European countries are here and some Americans.

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Wendy @wenplans.bsky.social · 16/02/2025

Firefox works with Zotero. I’m retired and having fun transcribing and organizing 1800s probate records, etc

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Wendy @wenplans.bsky.social · 16/02/2025

😂 I get the ad all the time on YouTube. It doesn’t make sense and I’m not goin’ to click on it. It’s so odd.

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Wendy @wenplans.bsky.social · 16/02/2025

I put Firefox back on my PC. I use LibreOffice because I’m cheap. I have only use gmail for my junk email Google had the tendency of introducing an program and then discontinuing. So I never felt comfortable using Google Drive/Google Docs

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Wendy @wenplans.bsky.social · 16/02/2025

I’m in my 60s and get “real men” hunting jackets. I don’t search anything remotely like that.

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Wendy @wenplans.bsky.social · 16/02/2025

For driving, we still use paper maps 😂 I need a mapping program for pinning genealogy locations.

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Sean Vanderfluit @deckofancestors.bsky.social · 16/02/2025

I'd love to see all you genealogy bloggers including a "share" button for Bluesky! So many more platforms and hosting services are including it as an option. I added it to my blog - plus I ditched the one for that bird site!

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Wendy @wenplans.bsky.social · 16/02/2025

Oh that’s a fun one. Love when descendants have conflicting info. Good luck with the puzzle. Do they at least have the same location for her birth?

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Wendy @wenplans.bsky.social · 15/02/2025

This feels so dystopian and surreal.

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Wendy @wenplans.bsky.social · 15/02/2025

According to @motherjones.com, the Deputy (Acting) Archivist has been forced out of the National Archives #nara. William Bosanko has been at NARA since 1993. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

motherjones.com

National Archives head resigns as Trump takes control of records

Sources name conservative radio host Hugh Hewitt and far-right journalist John Solomon as potential replacements.

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Wendy @wenplans.bsky.social · 15/02/2025

Someone theorized that it is a litmus test to see which companies go along with his weird ideas.

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Wendy @wenplans.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

I think Google AI is gaslighting me today.

Google Maps did not rename the Gulf of Mexico. This is a false claim.

There was an incident in 2025 when the Gulf of Mexico was briefly labeled as the "Gulf of America" on Google Maps for users in the United States. This change was made in response to an executive order signed by then-President Donald Trump. However, the change was quickly met with criticism and protests, and Google reverted the name back to the Gulf of Mexico.

The incident raised concerns about the potential for political influence on Google Maps, but Google has stated that it does not censor or change information for political reasons.

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Wendy @wenplans.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

Somewhere I have my vaccination booklet from the 1960s. Dr Berger was very pro vaccination and made us get shots that weren’t required anymore. I was a mad little girl at the time 😂

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Wendy @wenplans.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

Vance always was worse. Trump isn’t a believer - his values are based on money. Vance is pure Project 2025.

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Wendy @wenplans.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

How did I miss that it was a free access weekend?!? Thanks for the heads up 😊

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Wendy @wenplans.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

The two biggest hurdles for me to #degoogle: Maps - I have several pins of cemeteries & ancestors’ locations #genealogy YouTube - I watch several content creators (Minecraft, Genealogy and Tech Tutorials)

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Encyclopaedia Britannica @britannica.com · 12/02/2025

Encyclopædia Britannica will continue to use ‘Gulf of Mexico’ for a few reasons: -We serve an international audience, a majority of which is outside the U.S. -The Gulf of Mexico is an international body of water, and the U.S.’s authority to rename it is ambiguous. 🧵⬇️

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Wendy @wenplans.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

Is this satire? I can’t tell anymore.

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Wendy @wenplans.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

Had to watch the Super Bowl half time show this morning because all the racist MAGA folks in my town are upset. 😂

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Wendy @wenplans.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

Thank you. As a 60 year white woman, I knew there were many layers that I was missing.

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Wendy @wenplans.bsky.social · 09/02/2025

That’s how my great aunt got me interested in genealogy when I was young - the stories. She would mail me photocopies of news articles from the 1800s and I would write back asking questions. She was a retired teacher 😂

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Wendy @wenplans.bsky.social · 09/02/2025

Thank you. It’s very concerning.

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Wendy @wenplans.bsky.social · 09/02/2025

How would the general public know if Congress was notified? Where do I need to look? #nationalarchives #nara 44 USC 2103: Officers Chapter 21 The Archivist may be removed from office by the President. The President shall communicate the reasons for any such removal to each House of the Congress.

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Wendy @wenplans.bsky.social · 09/02/2025

Thanks for being a reasonable voice in the Facebook group. My husband kept telling to stop reading it because my blood pressure was rising 😂

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Wendy @wenplans.bsky.social · 08/02/2025

The Spanish version of the homepage is available. I was able to then translate it to English.

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Wendy @wenplans.bsky.social · 08/02/2025

What happened to merit based hiring? They keep putting people in without any qualifications - except loyalty.

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