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Edward A. Rueda
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MARCH 2026: Don't miss my online #RootsTech talk on Searching for Latin American #Genealogy on FamilySearch.org! Sign up for free (or register for the in-person conference): rootstech.org
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🧵 In 1996, the #Smithsonian 📜 partnered with the fledgling #InternetArchive 🏛️ to create Web Archive 96. A venerable institution & a digital pioneer joining forces to preserve the 1996 U.S. presidential election online.

Get the full story ⤵️
blog.archive.org/2025/10/20/

#Wayback1T
"The Decline & Fall of the Human Empire" was a fantastic book, and an unsettling one to read as someone who covers the retirement industry.

Also, that picture is a block from my office 😇
Overcrowding, overconsumption, & population collapse.

@endofthepier.bsky.social announces his new book examining why humanity is heading for a crisis - & why Monty Python’s Eric Idle is still looking on the bright side.

The Decline & Fall of the Human Empire out 13 March. Aylsham event 14 March
Humanity: doomed, or is there a bright side of life?
Dr Henry Gee introduces his latest book, 'The Decline and Fall of the Human Empire', to be launched in Aylsham on 14 March
eastangliabylines.co.uk
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Need a boost? I got you. Reunion facilitated by my partner in the Holocaust Reunion Project, Dr. Adina Newman. ❤️
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humansofjudaism on Instagram: "Do you believe in miracles? I do.  They found each other!  Several weeks ago, when @jayceebrill reached out to Humans of Judaism fo…"
Do you believe in miracles? I do.  They found each other!  Several weeks ago, when @jayceebrill reached out to Humans of Judaism for help locating her grandmother’s long-lost friend from the Holocaust, we posted the following plea for help: “This is my 90 year old grandmother, Henriette Glazer. She is a Holocaust survivor who has been trying for decades to find her best friend, whom she met in an orphanage in Caldas de Malavella, Spain. Her name is Bella and they tried to stay in touch but ultimately lost contact. My grandmother was around 6, so we assume Bella was 8-10. Here is a picture of the orphanage. My grandmother is in the black coat and Bella is wearing white with striped socks and a bow. Are you able to help?” Well, lucky for Jaycee, the post was viewed by genealogist Dr. Adina Newman @myfamilygenie, who also runs the Holocaust Reunion Project. And a reunion it was! She was able to track down Bella and connect the old friends, first via FaceTime, and in a few months, they will be meeting in person.  We’re so grateful to everyone who shared their story and helped bring these women back together. Here’s a glimpse of their first FaceTime call, after nearly a lifetime apart.
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I just came across this mind-blowing reconstruction of the #Pantheon … in Lego. Not only does it accurately reflect the architecture, but it reconstructs everything with suggested polychrome decoration. The statues are ‘painted’, as are parts of the architecture. Bravo! 👏 🏺

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HADRIAN’S Pantheon 124AD at ITALY BRICK EXPO
From a nearly 5,000-piece Lego Ideas project to a 17,000-piece upgrade! Hadrian's Pantheon 124AD is finally ready for the biggest Lego event ever held in ROME: "ITALY BRICK EXPO" on October ...
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I say this with love -- I hope you have many reasons throughout your day to step away from this space. 🌞🪷🐦🦖
"where's your Milkshake Duck NOW, Moses?!??"
See, if you had AI, you could program your iPhone to say on repeat, "Hey 6 7! Get out of the Skibidi Toilet or you won't have the rizz for the sigma bus, GYATT!"
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What a great surprise to find in my office @drmirandakaufmann.bsky.social's new beautiful and most anticipated book Heiress: Marriage, Inheritance and Caribbean Slavery. Looking very much forward to reading it ! #slaveryarchive
Qui résout le braquage du Louvre? Seules les bonnes réponses sont possibles.
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New research in Borneo explores how an Iban community’s taboo against harming strangler figs — born of belief in forest spirits — preserves life above and below the canopy, linking belief, ecology and an ancestral sense of reciprocity with nature.🧪🌏
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How Respect for Forest Spirits Protects Borneo's Strangler Figs — and Its Biodiversity
Deep in a Bornean rainforest, the antu grasi lurks among the aerial roots of a large strangler fig.
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This remarkable bronze cobra with eyes inlaid with glass paste likely originated from a workshop in Alexandria.
The cobra motif is prevalent in Egyptian iconography, symbolizing royal authority and safeguarding against the Pharaoh's enemies.
The Greek author Plutarch indicates that...🧵1/2

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Also from my collection, the great Haitian artist, Frantz Zéphirin's painting entitled *The Spirit of the Indian Facing Colonization*, depicting the Spanish ship, *Conquistador*; the mask of red death killing an indigenous woman; and the face of the African who will replace her.
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Could #PuertoRico become a sovereign nation? Javier Hernández shares with us his economic argument that it's possible! And he talks about his efforts to popularize the #Taino language: www.spreaker.com/episode/redi... #Borinquen #Boriken #Boricua #Boricuas
Makes me think of Aristotle thinking that semen and menstrual fluid "competed" to determine a baby's hereditary traits. And on a basic, sadder level, I think miscarriages could lead people to conclude that blood "forms" a child.
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🧵 Shut out by distributors, filmmaker @Grenzfurthner.bsky.social found a bold way to share his documentary HACKING AT LEAVES: he turned to the #InternetArchive. 📽️💻🌿

Learn more & watch or download the film ⤵️
blog.archive.org/2025/10/15/h...

#Documentary #film
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The web has a memory — & we’ve saved 1 trillion pages of it! 🌐
Join us in celebrating the people, stories & technology that preserve our digital world.

📅 Oct 22
🎟️ In Person ➡️ www.eventbrite.com/e/1626438133...
🖥️ Virtual ➡️ www.eventbrite.com/e/1626431011...

#Wayback1T
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The Nazis executed over 1,000 people in the Munich-Stadelheim prison. Over 50 of the farewell letters they wrote were never dispatched. The #lostwords campaign by the Bavarian State Archives & the Arolsen Archives seeks to trace the intended recipients: arolsen-archives.org/en/participa...
Missed opportunity for your high school mascot!
wow you do NOT like Simchat Torah 😂
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How do Latinos, with our regional history of civil wars and conflict, view the war between Israel and Palestine?

We talked to Edward's cousin David, who converted to Judaism, and lived in Israel; and Briar's late cousin Joaquin, who grew up in war-torn El Salvador: www.spreaker.com/episode/redi...