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Jocelyn @historygirl.bsky.social · 2h

Pot roast has jumped in price from $12 ish dollars for 2.5 pounds to $30. For a not great cut of meat.

It is insane.

delrayser @delrayser.bsky.social · 4h

everything is on fire these days, sure, but how is it that 50% of all news stories are not about how I just spent $20 on a bag of store brand coffee at fucking costco

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Jocelyn @historygirl.bsky.social · 2h

One of my goals is to hug Grover.

I already got to meet Oscar and Carroll Spinney, but I really really want a Grover hug.

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Jocelyn @historygirl.bsky.social · 3h

All the Muppets (both human and not) dressed in all black for Cash's 2nd appearance and he got to sing with Oscar, Big Bird, the Count, and Miss Piggy.

How is that considered uncool??

The Wall Street Journal @wsj.com · 7h

Compared to Dylan and Springsteen, country-music legend Johnny Cash can seem deeply uncool. It took time for me to appreciate his profound, plainspoken strength, writes Jon Fasman.

Essay | Can We Finally Give Johnny Cash His Due?

Compared to Dylan and Springsteen, the country-music legend can seem deeply uncool. It took time for me to appreciate his profound, plainspoken strength.

on.wsj.com

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Jocelyn @historygirl.bsky.social · 4h

We were once allowed to cut a knot tied packet of documents related to Abiel Smith in the early 1800s and we were on that high for like, 6 months.

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Jocelyn @historygirl.bsky.social · 4h

It is always interesting to watch people start to actually learn about Black history in real life. You can see light-bulbs flickering on and off as they take in new information.

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Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 8h

Here’s a primer on ‘primer.’

It’s pronounced ‘PRIMM-er’ if you mean “a small book” or “a short informative piece of writing.”

It’s pronounced ‘PRY-mer’ if you mean “an initial coat of paint.”

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Jocelyn @historygirl.bsky.social · 8h

I'm the opposite! It has some Munster and Connacht, but no paper trail. Great-grandfather on one side is from Donegal so I'm assuming it is my Holmes/Cashman great grandparents

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Jocelyn @historygirl.bsky.social · 9h

What part of Donegal are your people from?

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Jocelyn @historygirl.bsky.social · 13h

Is the show 911 now a fantasy show? Cause that shit is crazy.

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Jocelyn @historygirl.bsky.social · 14h

Good for you for reading it. I look at wills/probates/law stuff and my brain just melts lolol

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Jocelyn @historygirl.bsky.social · 14h

I think that is in part because those groups are the most eager to talk while lapsed Catholics like me are over here going, that isn't what Father Roger taught me in college level Bible class. Most of the most Catholic people I know are the quietest about it.

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Jocelyn @historygirl.bsky.social · 15h

My brother-in-law's family is anti Vatican 2 and they are just...really interesting to listen to cause my parents won't let me talk to them lololol

I successfully found the actual pagans at my Catholic college so that is probably a good thing.

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Jocelyn @historygirl.bsky.social · 15h

I'm wondering who they are interviewing for these articles and if they are actually Catholics or are recent Catholics who seem to be a lot more conservative than others? Like, they love the pomp but hate the teachings

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Jocelyn @historygirl.bsky.social · 17h

Makes sense.

I had a British Dad and Daughter comment on how I said Devonshire St since I was directing them to the other Visitor Center. They thought I was pretty funny lol

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Jocelyn @historygirl.bsky.social · 17h

I'm very sad that past me ate all the apple crisp so that present me doesn't have a delicious thing for breakfast.

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Jocelyn @historygirl.bsky.social · 17h

/shudder

I've seen others say Bill Erica lolol

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Jocelyn @historygirl.bsky.social · 17h

Wait are they doing the British way?

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