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Certified Genealogist, children's television writer, and owner of We Go Way Back®. Love the Cubs, native plants/gardening, and books.

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Feral BOO!macker 🦇 @waybackgen.bsky.social · Dec 8

My top #genealogy gift-giving tip this holiday season:

PLEASE DO NOT GIVE DNA TESTS AS PRESENTS.

Here's why. 🧵

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erika @yeeeerika.bsky.social · 22h

this headline hums with ancient autumnal dread

atlantic article screenshot
headline: no one knows how big pumpkins can get
sub head: a decade ago, the worlds heaviest pumpkin weighed 2,000 pounds. now the 3,000 pound mark is within sight
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Jared McBee @huntinghistory.bsky.social · 15h

Just made a call to an archive to ask some questions about a collection and the archivist was thrilled as "normally the only people who call us are conspiracy theorists". 🗃️

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Dave Itzkoff @ditzkoff.bsky.social · 17h

what a fantastic troll

email from Los Angeles Dodgers marketing

Sources Confirm: Ohtani was seen on a plane to Toronto

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Feral BOO!macker 🦇 @waybackgen.bsky.social · 1d

More later! This is one of my favorite genres, so I'm excited to talk about it!

Feral BOO!macker 🦇 @waybackgen.bsky.social · 1d

THIS IS A ROBBERY is a recent documentary on Netflix about the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum heist. Puts forward some really interesting hypotheses, letting you (the audience) decide what you think.

Feral BOO!macker 🦇 @waybackgen.bsky.social · 1d

THE SPY WHO COULDN'T SPELL by Yudhijit Bhattacharjee. True story of espionage in the US government in the early 00s. Great pacing, learned a lot about ciphers and cryptography. TW: ableism.

Feral BOO!macker 🦇 @waybackgen.bsky.social · 1d

THE ART THIEF by Michael Finkel (nonfiction). The author REALLY goes deep on the thief who committed hundreds of *spectacularly* bold, recent heists across Europe, and who is still living. Poses some interesting ethical questions re: journalists and sources when the source is a criminal.

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Feral BOO!macker 🦇 @waybackgen.bsky.social · 1d

THE GOLD on PBS Passport/Masterpiece. Incredible cast, propulsive, takes place in the 80s which is different from a lot of "period" shows (lolsob). Season 2 coming to the US next year.

Feral BOO!macker 🦇 @waybackgen.bsky.social · 1d

Heist TV shows and books if you are in a heist-y or just non-murder-mystery mood because of the Louvre:

Feral BOO!macker 🦇 @waybackgen.bsky.social · 1d

I am absolutely fine passing judgement after the first one!

Feral BOO!macker 🦇 @waybackgen.bsky.social · 1d

"Senate candidate unveils newly-covered Nazi tattoo, accidentally reveals second Nazi tattoo" is the funniest plot twist imaginable.

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Mondo Mascots @mondomascots.bsky.social · 1d

Totoko the eel is the mascot for the Tokyo restaurant chain Nadai Unatoto. An electric eel, she charges everyone she meets with a burst of vitality. She likes swimming in sauce and napping in a rice cooker.

A smiling eel with legs, wearing a red jacket and white headband, stands in a crowded park.

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Feral BOO!macker 🦇 @waybackgen.bsky.social · 2d

I think it means you're a millennial who watched PBS (Barney the dinosaur sang about this a LOT in the 90s).

Feral BOO!macker 🦇 @waybackgen.bsky.social · 2d

I haven't lived there in awhile, but Alexandria, Virginia, ticks a lot of these boxes.

Feral BOO!macker 🦇 @waybackgen.bsky.social · 2d

I have reached the "this is the worst thing I've ever written" stage of the editing process. Please clap. #writingcommunity #amwriting

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claudia irizarry aponte @clauirizarry.bsky.social · 2d

🚨 🗣New York is getting a new professional baseball team next year

The Athletic @theathletic.com · 2d

Women’s pro baseball is becoming reality ⚾
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New York, Los Angeles, Boston and San Francisco will host the first four teams in the Women’s Pro Baseball League, debuting next spring.

Former Little League World Series star Mo’ne Davis was among the hundreds who tried out this summer.

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Kelly @kellygoround.bsky.social · 3d

i've had this image in my browser tabs for months and it makes me laugh every time i'm rooting around in em

now you can have it too

a storefront with an illuminated sign that says
哇！这里全是护手霜！
WOW, THERE'S HAND CREAM ALL OVER HERE

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Feral BOO!macker 🦇 @waybackgen.bsky.social · 3d

Literally thought this was some kind of Who Framed Roger Rabbit-style animation at first. Stunning AND real!

David @incnaturalist.bsky.social · 3d

A beautiful male Atlas moth on the edge of the Singapore suburbs. This male is starting to look a little worn out. The largest moth in the world burns brightly but the brightest flames burn fast. A male has about 2 weeks of life to pass on his genes.

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 4d

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Feral BOO!macker 🦇 @waybackgen.bsky.social · 4d

When my class went on a trip to the Field Museum in Chicago, we learned that the unique smell that pervades the entire place is, in fact, moth balls. Horrifying!

Feral BOO!macker 🦇 @waybackgen.bsky.social · 4d

As a Cubs fan, I'm just pleased the lengths teams are willing to go to avoid hiring David Ross.

San Francisco Chronicle @sfchronicle.com · 4d

News of Tennessee coach Tony Vitello’s potential hiring as the San Francisco Giants’ next manager shocked the baseball world and left some wondering how his college mind would immediately translate.

What baseball is saying about Tony Vitello’s unprecedented path to Giants job

News of Tennessee coach Tony Vitello’s potential hiring as the San Francisco Giants’ next manager shocked the baseball world and left some wondering how his college mind would immediately...

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Feral BOO!macker 🦇 @waybackgen.bsky.social · 4d

A native tree would be ideal, but if it's between these two, I'd go with the ash (native to Mexico).

Feral BOO!macker 🦇 @waybackgen.bsky.social · 4d

That's annoying (though, if it helps, the tenants almost certainly brought both in, if you didn't have them before). Lmk if you want any clothing moth tips, we finally defeated ours this year.

Feral BOO!macker 🦇 @waybackgen.bsky.social · 4d

Been there. Clothing moths or moth moths?

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Feral BOO!macker 🦇 @waybackgen.bsky.social · 4d

In the early aughts, one of my friends made memes for a very popular meme site. He drew one lightly poking fun at Campbell's, which, unbeknownst to him, was a sponsor of the site, and got fired the next day.

Don't fuck with Campbell's, folks.

Mrs. Detective PikaBOO, Esq. @clapifyoulikeme.favrd.social · 4d

Ohhhhhh my god. www.michiganpublic.org/politics-gov...

Campbell's Soup sues Michigan congressional candidate over logo

Campbell’s Soup filed a lawsuit Friday against a candidate running for Michigan's 13th Congressional District for trademark infringement and false endorsement.