Feral BOO!macker 🦇
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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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My top #genealogy gift-giving tip this holiday season:
PLEASE DO NOT GIVE DNA TESTS AS PRESENTS.
Here's why. 🧵
PLEASE DO NOT GIVE DNA TESTS AS PRESENTS.
Here's why. 🧵
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Midwest folks: got any recommendations for extra warm gloves or mittens?
December 12, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Midwest folks: got any recommendations for extra warm gloves or mittens?
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Good work, Minnesota residents!
December 12, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Good work, Minnesota residents!
Midwest folks: got any recommendations for extra warm gloves or mittens?
December 12, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Midwest folks: got any recommendations for extra warm gloves or mittens?
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Indianapolis Star, November 22, 1918
December 12, 2025 at 1:51 AM
Indianapolis Star, November 22, 1918
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Just branching off of this, as someone who spends a decent amount of time talking to elderly people: If you're missing a grandparent and have contact with one of their siblings, and that person is safe to be around and up for hanging out, maybe take them out for coffee and ask them about grandma?
It's so malevolent. On top of all that, the time that's spent talking to your fake replacement grandma is time that you won't be able to spend talking about her with your dad (or your great-aunt, who probably has some different stories) or going through that box of her old letters in the basement.
December 10, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Just branching off of this, as someone who spends a decent amount of time talking to elderly people: If you're missing a grandparent and have contact with one of their siblings, and that person is safe to be around and up for hanging out, maybe take them out for coffee and ask them about grandma?
I don't understand why people are surprised about Pete Alonso going to the Orioles when he has peak Oriole Face.
December 10, 2025 at 10:01 PM
I don't understand why people are surprised about Pete Alonso going to the Orioles when he has peak Oriole Face.
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ALERT: blue line trains are single tracking because of a great miracle occurring at Metro Center
The D.C. Metro is selling these nonsense dreidels as part of the holiday merchandise collection — kind of love it?
December 10, 2025 at 7:59 PM
ALERT: blue line trains are single tracking because of a great miracle occurring at Metro Center
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Remember when the Orioles signed Chris Davis to a monster contract and it almost immediately became one of the worst in baseball?
I am mentioning this right now for no reason.
I am mentioning this right now for no reason.
December 10, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Remember when the Orioles signed Chris Davis to a monster contract and it almost immediately became one of the worst in baseball?
I am mentioning this right now for no reason.
I am mentioning this right now for no reason.
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"I'm not in denial, I'm in open rebellion" damn that quote goes hard
“I am so bored by AI. One of the things I love about the theatre is AI can’t do it.”
Ethan Hawke is a dude 👌🏻
Ethan Hawke is a dude 👌🏻
December 10, 2025 at 5:10 AM
"I'm not in denial, I'm in open rebellion" damn that quote goes hard
you will be visited by three spirits
December 9, 2025 at 4:25 AM
you will be visited by three spirits
Kind of ridiculous that it's easier to get data brokers to remove your info from their databases than Ancestry dot com.
December 8, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Kind of ridiculous that it's easier to get data brokers to remove your info from their databases than Ancestry dot com.
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Cheeses for us meeces!
The emergence of Edith in attendance of a botanical breakthrough:
December 4, 2025 at 2:30 AM
Cheeses for us meeces!
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I know there's multiple sales going on but DON'T PUT THAT DNA TEST IN YOUR CART please i beg you.
My top #genealogy gift-giving tip this holiday season:
PLEASE DO NOT GIVE DNA TESTS AS PRESENTS.
Here's why. 🧵
PLEASE DO NOT GIVE DNA TESTS AS PRESENTS.
Here's why. 🧵
December 3, 2025 at 11:42 PM
I know there's multiple sales going on but DON'T PUT THAT DNA TEST IN YOUR CART please i beg you.
I always enjoy the Great Pottery Throw Down's raku week episode, but I like it even more since I noticed the closed captioning calls it "raccoon week."
December 3, 2025 at 8:01 PM
I always enjoy the Great Pottery Throw Down's raku week episode, but I like it even more since I noticed the closed captioning calls it "raccoon week."
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My great-uncle was born in the Russian Empire and wrote God Bless America
Rep. Kat Cammarck: "Today, one in six people in the US is foreign born. That quite frankly is not sustainable to maintain a culture that we are known for here in the United States."
December 2, 2025 at 5:18 PM
My great-uncle was born in the Russian Empire and wrote God Bless America
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I’ve played a lot of simcity but I didn’t know you could go pro
November 27, 2025 at 12:51 AM
I’ve played a lot of simcity but I didn’t know you could go pro
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"Northern Territories" is usually code for the Kuril Islands so I think this may be the first time we've had a cute mascot for irredentist purposes.
Tufted puffins Erika-chan and Erio-kun a Lee mascots from Japan’s Northern Territories.
December 2, 2025 at 3:53 PM
"Northern Territories" is usually code for the Kuril Islands so I think this may be the first time we've had a cute mascot for irredentist purposes.
Art saves lives 🖤
Adding alt text to this because this is fucking amazing and everyone deserves to read it.
December 2, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Art saves lives 🖤
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Wow. Sucks to be Sophie.
November 29, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Wow. Sucks to be Sophie.
Stop what you're doing and watch this adorable, hilarious, this-one-goes-out-to-all-the-theatre-kids video
Daniel Radcliffe, Jonathan Groff & Lindsay Mendez Talk Onstage Mishaps During Merrily We Roll Along
YouTube video by Late Night with Seth Meyers
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November 26, 2025 at 12:26 AM
Stop what you're doing and watch this adorable, hilarious, this-one-goes-out-to-all-the-theatre-kids video