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Jocelyn @historygirl.bsky.social · 11h

Favorite museum not along the Mall

Jocelyn @historygirl.bsky.social · 15h

I need a Signe Bruun shirt or jersey for my husband (family name relation). Where can I find one?

He needs it to troll his students who support Morocco and Colombia lol

Jocelyn @historygirl.bsky.social · 16h

I was wrong, it is already out! www.amazon.com/Gales-Novemb...

The Gales of November: The Untold Story of the Edmund Fitzgerald

Amazon.com: The Gales of November: The Untold Story of the Edmund Fitzgerald: 9781324094647: Bacon, John U.: Libros

www.amazon.com

Jocelyn @historygirl.bsky.social · 16h

Oh, the book about it is coming out in like 2 weeks, I think. We've already bought it for my library.

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Jocelyn @historygirl.bsky.social · 17h

historyhub.history.gov/military-rec...

historyhub.history.gov

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Jocelyn @historygirl.bsky.social · 18h

1973 NARA Fire Files

🏰meg⚔️ @Birthright Audiobook! @impavid.us · 3d

In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand

I'll go first: Six page commercial lease.

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Jocelyn @historygirl.bsky.social · 21h

I forced a few coworkers to smell some older film reel to reassure me. Most of them had no idea why, but one did and completely understood my phantom vinegar smells worry

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Derf Backderf @derfbackderf.bsky.social · 23h

With the holidays upon us, don't give to Salvation Army. Not even change. It's a scumbag "charity" run by anti-gay zealots.

Habitat for Humanity is great. Your local Food Bank is great.

So many "charities" are for-profit scams. Use Charity Navigator to vet them. www.charitynavigator.org

Fascist Dem Tracker @fascistdemtracker.bsky.social · 1d

Fun fact about the Salvation Army: they use a form of substance use treatment called work therapy. Oh, and by treatment, I mean they have people who have been convicted of drug charges work for their stores & warehouses in exchange for room, board, around a $1 a week, and minimal actual therapy.

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Jocelyn @historygirl.bsky.social · 1d

One of the best stones in the cemetery down the street from my workplace

A cemetery statue depicting a young girl looking to the left with her hands clasped above her heart.

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Jocelyn @historygirl.bsky.social · 1d

It was built some time in 1925. Our side of town was the Jewish side, still have a Jewish cemetery for children around the corner. I'll have to poke around. Previous house was completely in the red, too many Italians. Most of the issues here seem to be religious rather than racial

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Jocelyn @historygirl.bsky.social · 1d

I have issues with my religion, but this is when they are at their best. Send in all the nuns. Hold a High Holy on the grounds in front of the facility. Bring the choir and an outdoor organ.

Rich Raho @richraho.bsky.social · 1d

Chicago priest Fr. Larry Dowling describes procession to ICE facility: “No one had the courage to speak directly to us. No one from Homeland Security could stand in the presence of the Monstrance holding the Blessed Sacrament. No wonder. Evil is repelled, recoils in the presence of Christ.”

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Jocelyn @historygirl.bsky.social · 1d

How would one find out if their house had these in MA? My neighborhood right now was "less desirable"/yellow on one of the maps from Mapping Inequality. I don't know that it would have had one originally though

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Jocelyn @historygirl.bsky.social · 1d

If this thing keeps going on much longer, I will probably be sending out a message to MA Library programmers and would be happy to include your blurb for virtual programming.

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Jocelyn @historygirl.bsky.social · 1d

Have you contacted your local public libraries to do a speaking tour? Usually we have budgets for a speakers fees and sometimes let you sell your books at the table. I've already spent most of my FY budget, but I'm sure you could easily get a few events a month if you are mobile/do virtual ones

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Jocelyn @historygirl.bsky.social · 1d

One of our pages has a very Diane Keaton aesthetic and it is delightful to see what they show up in each day.

Mark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 1d

Terribly sad news about one of the greats. Diane Keaton has died at 79.
people.com/diane-keaton...

Diane Keaton, Famed for Roles in 'Father of the Bride,' 'First Wives Club' and More, Dies at 79 (Exclusive)

Diane Keaton has died at age 79. Keaton was best known for roles in movies like 'Annie Hall,' 'The First Wives Club,' 'Something's Gotta Give' and 'The Godfather.'

people.com

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Jocelyn @historygirl.bsky.social · 1d

They did! Maybe I caught them at a bad moment last time. But now I will have the two of them, or I will have one and my dad can have the other.

Very rare to have Iappini things...so this is great.

Jocelyn @historygirl.bsky.social · 1d

Not up yet but will drop info closer to the program dates. They might also make their way onto the MA250 page if I can figure out how

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Jocelyn @historygirl.bsky.social · 1d

Would you like to come do mine? Cause I hates it.

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Jocelyn @historygirl.bsky.social · 1d

Ta-done so far:
* Main post for class one
* Two replies for class one
* Lecture for class two
* Main post for class two
* Cleared deck and patio of stuff before nor'easter
* Bought historical glasses from my family bar in the 1900s
* Laundry

Jocelyn @historygirl.bsky.social · 1d

To do by Monday:
* Main post for class one
* Two replies for class one
* Lecture for class two
* Main post for class two
* Two replies for class two
* Outline short paper 1
* Read at least half readings for paper 2
* Listen to next week's lecture for class one

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Jocelyn @historygirl.bsky.social · 1d

I definitely would love the help when I hit the capstone part of my Masters program. But that isn't for another two-ish semesters. Right now, I'm knee-deep in readings and weekly discussion board posts which aren't really great for a club

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Jocelyn @historygirl.bsky.social · 1d

Turns out the seller had two of these and my dad decided we needed both of them. Huzzah!

Jocelyn @historygirl.bsky.social · 3d

I really wish this person would sell me this glass...it is from my great-grandfather's shop on Hanover Street.

www.pre-pro.com/midacore/vie...

A glass with the following script around a white star: The Polar Wine Co. 377-379 Hanover St Boston, Mass.

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Michael E. Carter @deckofcarterhist.bsky.social · 1d

Kids today with with stupid hair, huh?

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Jocelyn @historygirl.bsky.social · 1d

Anthony J. Rivera @anthonyjrivera.bsky.social · 1d

Some messages are printed on 18-by-24-inch yard signs or smaller placards; others are drawn ornately by hand on paper or written in chalk. The few who will talk about the signs they created say the urgency of the moment compelled them to act.

(🎁link below)

wapo.st/4nJqjZQ

Signs popping up around D.C. note: ‘ICE kidnapping happened here’

The signs range in style and mark numerous locations where people have been taken by federal agents.

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Jocelyn @historygirl.bsky.social · 1d

I'm hosting a program in March about female printers and one in April about the civilian experiences of Lexington and Concord 😁

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Jocelyn @historygirl.bsky.social · 1d

To do by Monday:
* Main post for class one
* Two replies for class one
* Lecture for class two
* Main post for class two
* Two replies for class two
* Outline short paper 1
* Read at least half readings for paper 2
* Listen to next week's lecture for class one

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