Chicagoans love to don their long wool coats in July.
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Chicagoans love to don their long wool coats in July.
As they say in the South, a hit dog will bark.
An organization doing the work to help trans folks in Kansas get to safety.
#TransCrowdFund
This is a Nazi move. Stripping people of rights, invalidating their IDs, setting them up for criminalization and imprisonment.
If you don't support trans rights, you support fascism.
There is no greater indictment of the American system of government and economics than the fact that a literal suicide cult is basically the only people who have gotten what they want in this country over the past several years. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/09/c...
1. It was not an accident.
2. It was not a staffer.
3. While the president may have dementia his racism is not due to dementia.
4. He isn’t sorry. He means every racist thought he shares.
5. His base agrees with him.
6. He will do it again.
7. No one in power will hold him accountable.
worth noting that the second rich people stopped being afraid of mobs tearing them limb from limb, they stopped building libraries and opera houses and stuff and started ripping the copper wiring out of the walls of society instead
I don't like that at all! Is there a way to just get to the image?
«Remington» (1910)
por Leonetto Cappiello (1875-1942).
#art #poster #vintage #illustration
Banner that reads Protest Banner Lending Library.
Flyer from Chicago Public Library that gives instructions on how to check out a protest banner.
Chicago Public Library is doing some amazing work.
I wonder if this means they're moving away from rent-a-cars.
The message from the White House this morning is that, once again, it falls on ordinary American citizens to remain calm and professional when dealing with the heavily armed agents of the government because they are very emotional and might fly off into a murderous rage at the slightest insult.
I mentioned to the staff that I had gotten records there with no issue before and they said, "New people are in charge and policies are changing." So I would guess recently.
I am. It was an in-person visit.
Even after I explained, three times, that I did NOT need a certified copy, no dice. And what should I bring to justify my request? No idea.
So that was a pointless waste of time.
I was told I could only get one with "supporting documents," but no one could tell me what those documents were. 🙄
According to IL state law and the @cookcountyclerk.bsky.social 's own form, Genealogy is a justified reason for a death certificate. However, the staff at that office disagrees.
If someone is mad about slavery being mentioned in the context of genealogy, I have bad news for them about the rest of recorded human history.
‘The hidden engine room’: how amateur historians are powering genealogical research
That Tom Gauld meme of the two opposing nations perfectly mirrored, but edited to be between archives and museums.
slow day in the office so figured we'd start some beef with museums
In case you still think that local police are going to stand up to federal immigration agents:
A few of minutes ago CPD swooped in on a community caravan that was tailing CBP agents to honk horns and warn neighbors, blocking the caravan from following and giving agents a clean break from scrutiny.
And if you're looking for the full Cora Stallman series, all posts and links are here:
graveyardsnoop.com/cora-stallma...
I was recently contacted about an i'view for the #podcast "A Study of Strange." The subject is Cora Stallman, the woman who was found in the cistern (or was she...?).
I spent a very enjoyable hour with host Michael May. Hear for yourself!
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
5) Understand that you have DNA, culture, and heritage. And all three of those are different things. What you are won’t be changed—but your understanding of yourself may well be.
🧬🎄🧬Happy Holidays!🧬🎄🧬
4) Populations flow, and have done so, for millennia. Don’t get flustered if you get “northern France,” but you just KNOW everyone in your family is from England. National borders have been arbitrary/imaginary for most of human history. Your people may not have started out where you think they did.
3) Your DNA percentage is only an estimate, based on trying to match you to known genetic populations. It gets updated every few months. Percentages may change or disappear altogether over time. IOW, don't take the 1st result as a done deal. And definitely don't get a tattoo of your DNA percentages.
2) Will this help you verify that your great great great grandma was a Cherokee princess?More likely, it may eliminate the story. Are you ready for that? You shouldn't test until you are.
Every spring, the Reddit #genealogy board sees myriad people asking why they didn’t match their dad, or why their sister wasn’t listed as a full sibling. You may learn more than you bargained for. Are you ready for that? You shouldn't test until you are.
1) Before you do a DNA test “for fun,” realize that these tests uncover real facts. Sometimes they’re facts no one wanted uncovered. Life-changing stuff.
The Ancestry ads are running, the price is low, and again people are buying #DNA kits as #Christmas gifts. Just this week on Reddit, there was a guy planning to surprise his wife with a DNA kit. 😣
Before you make grandma spit in a tube so you can send it off to #Ancestry, some things to consider: 🧵