Jen Eggleston
@randomlygen.bsky.social
History nerd and occasional illustrator. PoCo Heritage Director.
From Scotland, now in Port Coquitlam, just outside Vancouver, BC 🍁
⌨️ http://www.RandomlyGenerated.ca
🎨 http://instagram.com/RandomlyGen
🧵 http://RandomlyGenerated.etsy.com
From Scotland, now in Port Coquitlam, just outside Vancouver, BC 🍁
⌨️ http://www.RandomlyGenerated.ca
🎨 http://instagram.com/RandomlyGen
🧵 http://RandomlyGenerated.etsy.com
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I can't trust politicians who are anti-trans. Not because I'm "only searching for perfection" which is what centrists will be accusing me of for the rest of my life, it's because if you're not pro-trans you'll be garbage on lots of other issues too. Being anti-trans NEVER exists in a vacuum.
January 17, 2026 at 9:42 AM
I can't trust politicians who are anti-trans. Not because I'm "only searching for perfection" which is what centrists will be accusing me of for the rest of my life, it's because if you're not pro-trans you'll be garbage on lots of other issues too. Being anti-trans NEVER exists in a vacuum.
Antique dealer / prison guard = would like to work in a shop, but doesn’t want to talk to people, and is very bossy.
January 17, 2026 at 3:52 PM
Antique dealer / prison guard = would like to work in a shop, but doesn’t want to talk to people, and is very bossy.
I’m got antique dealer or prison guard!
January 17, 2026 at 3:51 PM
I’m got antique dealer or prison guard!
Going multiple days, but only cosplaying on Saturday 💎
#FanExpoVancouver
#FanExpoVancouver
January 16, 2026 at 6:23 PM
Going multiple days, but only cosplaying on Saturday 💎
#FanExpoVancouver
#FanExpoVancouver
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Cosgrove Hall Films Archive exhibition at Sale Library is open to the public! Here's a story we posted earlier: downthetubes.net/forever-home...
Forever home unveiled for Cosgrove Hall Films’ iconic animation collection at the newly refurbished Sale Library
New permanent free exhibition opens in January 2026
downthetubes.net
January 16, 2026 at 12:45 PM
Cosgrove Hall Films Archive exhibition at Sale Library is open to the public! Here's a story we posted earlier: downthetubes.net/forever-home...
Crumbs! Immediately added to my holidays plans
January 16, 2026 at 5:00 PM
Crumbs! Immediately added to my holidays plans
Aberdeen even had a Rambo-themed soft play area at the beach🤦♀️
www.pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/past-time...
www.pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/past-time...
Step back in time: Photographic memories of Ramboland
If you grew up in the north-east in the 1980s and 1990s, the chances are you enjoyed a birthday day out at Ramboland in Aberdeen. There was nothing more
www.pressandjournal.co.uk
January 16, 2026 at 4:55 PM
Aberdeen even had a Rambo-themed soft play area at the beach🤦♀️
www.pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/past-time...
www.pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/past-time...
Came to mention Kagi too. Pay for a search engine so *it’s* the product, not you!
January 16, 2026 at 5:43 AM
Came to mention Kagi too. Pay for a search engine so *it’s* the product, not you!
Fascinating talk @sophiemhistory.bsky.social
January 15, 2026 at 7:57 PM
Fascinating talk @sophiemhistory.bsky.social
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Me, reading and studying history: Haha fuck yeah!!! Yes!!
Me, realizing I am living through a historical event: Well this fucking sucks. What the fuck.
Me, realizing I am living through a historical event: Well this fucking sucks. What the fuck.
January 15, 2026 at 5:21 PM
Me, reading and studying history: Haha fuck yeah!!! Yes!!
Me, realizing I am living through a historical event: Well this fucking sucks. What the fuck.
Me, realizing I am living through a historical event: Well this fucking sucks. What the fuck.
Stay classy, Aberdeen!
And aww, my brother's father-in-law is reading too.
And aww, my brother's father-in-law is reading too.
January 15, 2026 at 4:28 PM
Stay classy, Aberdeen!
And aww, my brother's father-in-law is reading too.
And aww, my brother's father-in-law is reading too.
Vote for PoCo's awesome 'Terry Fox: Inspiring Local Champions' exhibit in the Heritage BC awards!
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
People's Choice Awards
As part of Heritage BC’s 45th Anniversary, we’re excited to introduce a new category to the 2026 Heritage BC Awards: The People’s Choice Awards.
This award is split into two categories: Projects and ...
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January 14, 2026 at 10:59 PM
Vote for PoCo's awesome 'Terry Fox: Inspiring Local Champions' exhibit in the Heritage BC awards!
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Are you looking at the Following tab or Discover?
January 14, 2026 at 2:56 PM
Are you looking at the Following tab or Discover?
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Now I’m worried for the rabbit 😬
(Her husband ran an airport and she was their publicity star - she’s delivering Easter bunnies here)
(Her husband ran an airport and she was their publicity star - she’s delivering Easter bunnies here)
January 13, 2026 at 8:44 PM
Now I’m worried for the rabbit 😬
(Her husband ran an airport and she was their publicity star - she’s delivering Easter bunnies here)
(Her husband ran an airport and she was their publicity star - she’s delivering Easter bunnies here)
Any good resources for finding an actress who said she’d done a couple of silent movies and one talkie?
One of my early Canadian lady pilots was an actress and I’m trying to find out what was boasting / press nonsense and what was true!
randomlygenerated.ca/blogs/canadi...
One of my early Canadian lady pilots was an actress and I’m trying to find out what was boasting / press nonsense and what was true!
randomlygenerated.ca/blogs/canadi...
Canadian Aviatrix #50 – Mary Adams (1903-1949)
Born Annie Pearl Howard was born on 22 March 1902, in Phoenix City, Alabama, to Wesley Howard and Cora Jenkins.
In 1907, Cora got remarried to Henry Harwell Ivey (a barber) and they had two sons.
...
randomlygenerated.ca
January 13, 2026 at 7:27 PM
Any good resources for finding an actress who said she’d done a couple of silent movies and one talkie?
One of my early Canadian lady pilots was an actress and I’m trying to find out what was boasting / press nonsense and what was true!
randomlygenerated.ca/blogs/canadi...
One of my early Canadian lady pilots was an actress and I’m trying to find out what was boasting / press nonsense and what was true!
randomlygenerated.ca/blogs/canadi...
Skeletons wearing meat suits, sitting on a rock plummeting through space. Woooooooooo!
January 13, 2026 at 5:35 AM
Skeletons wearing meat suits, sitting on a rock plummeting through space. Woooooooooo!
If you're aged 55+ and have found a previously unknown close relative by using DNA testing, SFU would love you to take part in their study!
#genealogy
#genealogy
THE FAMILY GENEALOGISTS AND LONG-LOST RELATIVES STUDY
we want to learn more about the experiences of diverse midlife to older aged adults (aged 55+) who have searched for, and located a previously unknown immediate or closely related genetic relative
www.sfu.ca/gerontology/...
we want to learn more about the experiences of diverse midlife to older aged adults (aged 55+) who have searched for, and located a previously unknown immediate or closely related genetic relative
www.sfu.ca/gerontology/...
The Family Genealogists and Long-Lost Relatives Study
www.sfu.ca
January 13, 2026 at 5:31 AM
If you're aged 55+ and have found a previously unknown close relative by using DNA testing, SFU would love you to take part in their study!
#genealogy
#genealogy
Them: "This will never replace Twitter."
Me:
Me:
kermit the frog from the muppet show is standing in front of a red curtain .
Alt: Kermit the frog saying "yay!" and flailing around
media.tenor.com
January 12, 2026 at 5:19 PM
Them: "This will never replace Twitter."
Me:
Me:
Here's a map of all of them, including approximate locations for the missing ones.
www.google.com/maps/d/u/1/e...
www.google.com/maps/d/u/1/e...
January 9, 2026 at 10:51 PM
Here's a map of all of them, including approximate locations for the missing ones.
www.google.com/maps/d/u/1/e...
www.google.com/maps/d/u/1/e...
...which leaves 61 unaccounted for. It's been 40 years and a lot were placed on streetlights or buildings that have since been demolished. Plus, going by the files in the Archives, there may have been a few that weren't installed in the first place.
Let me know if you spot one!
Let me know if you spot one!
January 9, 2026 at 10:50 PM
...which leaves 61 unaccounted for. It's been 40 years and a lot were placed on streetlights or buildings that have since been demolished. Plus, going by the files in the Archives, there may have been a few that weren't installed in the first place.
Let me know if you spot one!
Let me know if you spot one!
People of Vancouver, BC - have you seen any of these yellow plaques around?
I'm trying to find the 100 plaques that were installed for Vancouver's centennial in 1986.
I've found 27 still up and 12 that *were* up but have since been removed...
I'm trying to find the 100 plaques that were installed for Vancouver's centennial in 1986.
I've found 27 still up and 12 that *were* up but have since been removed...
January 9, 2026 at 10:49 PM
People of Vancouver, BC - have you seen any of these yellow plaques around?
I'm trying to find the 100 plaques that were installed for Vancouver's centennial in 1986.
I've found 27 still up and 12 that *were* up but have since been removed...
I'm trying to find the 100 plaques that were installed for Vancouver's centennial in 1986.
I've found 27 still up and 12 that *were* up but have since been removed...