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Glamorgan Family History Society @glamorganfhs.bsky.social · 5d

This week’s events:

7th October: Swansea branch AGM (Civic Centre, 1.45pm), followed by a talk at 2pm: Jeff Phillips - history of transport in Swansea

7th October: Cardiff branch AGM (online, 7pm), followed by a talk at 7.30pm:
Dr Diane Brook - J Barry Davies, Glamorgan Genealogist

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Glamorgan Family History Society @glamorganfhs.bsky.social · 11d

We’ll be at Kempton Park this Saturday (4th October) for The Family History Show. Visit our stand to find out more about the society, ask our volunteers for help with your research, or just stop by to say hello! thefamilyhistoryshow.com/london/ #Genealogy #FamilyHistory #Glamorgan

About The Family History Show, London

thefamilyhistoryshow.com

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Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · Sep 3

enshittification | noun | when a digital platform is made worse for users, in order to increase profits

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Glamorgan Archives Archifau Morgannwg @glamarchives.bsky.social · Sep 2

It was great to welcome back members of the Cardiff and Vale Branch of Glamorgan Family History Society to the Archives today. This month we looked at records relating to shops and shopping.

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Christopher Evans @jervisevans.bsky.social · Aug 12

#OnThisDay in 1935 the heroic Welsh journalist Gareth Jones was murdered just a day before his 30th birthday. He exposed the atrocities of the Holodomor famine in the #Ukraine. How we could do with journalists like him today! A piece I wrote a while back: nation.cymru/culture/hitl...

Hitler, Stalin, and Mr Jones - the story of a true Welsh hero

Christopher Evans There are many unsung heroes throughout Welsh history. People who have fought for human rights, struggled against oppression and repression, challenged those in power, and championed...

nation.cymru

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Sarah May @sarahmay1.bsky.social · Jul 15

Seriously, We Transfer has just said they'll scrape anything you send through them for AI.

Rami Ismail (رامي) @ramiismail.com · Jul 14

Bye forever, WeTransfer.

WeTransfer TOS says they can use all your uploaded content for genAI

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Ennius @enniusredloeb.bsky.social · Jun 20

The Summer Solstice will soon be upon us, and here's what Stonehenge looked like in the 16th century.
#SummerSolstice
British Library Add MS 28330; Lucas De Heere, Corte Beschryvinghe van Engheland, Schotland, ende Irland; 1573 CE-1575 CE; England (London); f.36r

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Fiona Robertson @stonelands.bsky.social · Jun 6

So amazing to be holding my book at last ❤️🥲❤️

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Linda Hardy @lindahardy.bsky.social · Jun 6

this is true at times

Introvert Problems @introvertproblems.bsky.social · May 30

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Allie Nickell @alliethinks.bsky.social · May 15

Found a fake record on Ancestry (AI strikes again?). It's based on an 1855 Scottish death register entry, but the "deceased" is actually one of the listed living children, and there seems to be a 'death record' for everyone mentioned on the original 😡 #genealogy #ScottishGenealogy #GenHour

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Prof. Elaine Chalus @profelainechalus.bsky.social · May 5

Absolutely brilliant news. It was so important that the govt organised British re-entry to Horizon: UK wins £500m in science grants from EU Horizon scheme after Brexit lockout
www.theguardian.com/science/2025...

UK wins £500m in science grants from EU Horizon scheme after Brexit lockout

Exclusive: British scientists ‘over the moon’ with re-entry to funding scheme after losing out for three years

www.theguardian.com

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Catherine Fletcher @cathfletcher.bsky.social · May 4

Has it really been only ten years?

Techpriest @techpriest.bsky.social · May 4

*uses time machine to burst into a room ten years ago*

"I don't have much time, but for the love of god choose Chaos with Ed Miliband™ "

David Cameron's "chaos with ed Miliband" tweet

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Chuck Wendig @chuckwendig.bsky.social · Apr 11

"This feature has become very popular among people who have no imagination" is perhaps one of the best and most damning things you can say about people who use gen-AI to regurgitate artbarf as if it's anything other than digital particleboard.

Alli Shaw @allidrawscomics.bsky.social · Apr 11

More journalists need to talk about this the way Japanese articles do

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Faine Greenwood @faineg.bsky.social · Apr 10

People pushing unwanted tech like AI on the public today really conveniently forget about and gloss over the times in history when forced tech pushes failed miserably

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Karl Olson 🎃 Ultraklystron @karlrolson.com · Apr 10

In withering fairness to many of our modern ill-fitting technology pushers, they have an absolutely garbage knowledge of history, as it wasn't a subject they ever put any effort into, so there was nothing to forget, and no lessons learned to avoid. It's why crypto sped run scams from the 1800s.

Faine Greenwood @faineg.bsky.social · Apr 10

People pushing unwanted tech like AI on the public today really conveniently forget about and gloss over the times in history when forced tech pushes failed miserably

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Glamorgan Family History Society @glamorganfhs.bsky.social · Apr 3

Join us at the ARC in Bridgend on Saturday 5th April to celebrate our 50th anniversary. Short talks: History and Future of the Society, Glamorgan Archives Coal Mining Exhibition, Life in the Garw Valley. There will also be 50th anniversary cake! #Genealogy #FamilyHistory #Glamorgan #Bridgend

Poster advertising event, text reads as follows:
GLAMORGAN FAMILY HISTORY SOCIETY
Cymdeithas Hanes Teuluol Morgannwg
50TH ANNIVERSARY 1974 - 2024
5th April 2025
An event to celebrate to 50th Anniversary of the Society
At Aberkenfig Resource Centre, Bridgend
11am - 1pm - ARC is open for Research
1pm - 3pm Afternoon Tea Event Celebration
To Include: Posters, Short talks, Refreshments,
& A chance to catch up with members, old & new
For information & Directions: www.glamfhs.org.uk

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Sue Hamer @suehamer.bsky.social · Mar 10

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Sue Hamer @suehamer.bsky.social · Mar 1

Thank you, dioch, to those members that attended this afternoon's AGM. Apologies that we had to postpone the talk due to the last minute unavailability of our speaker. #GlamorganFHS

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Sue Hamer @suehamer.bsky.social · Feb 6

We have been advising our volunteers about thus increase in Microsoft 365 Personal and Family Plans with no.optipn to opt out of AI Copilot add in together with additional monthly charges if you use Copilot more than a certain amount!

John Bull @garius.bsky.social · Feb 6

Happy "Microsoft trying to force CoPilot subs" day in the UK for all who celebrate.

(They just pinged me my renewal notice with it carefully worded to sound like a compulsory general price increase).

1) Go to your account page
2) Hit cancel
3) Change sub back.

screenshot showing choice of plans between Microsoft 365 and "lower cost without AI" option.

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John Bull @garius.bsky.social · Feb 6

Happy "Microsoft trying to force CoPilot subs" day in the UK for all who celebrate.

(They just pinged me my renewal notice with it carefully worded to sound like a compulsory general price increase).

1) Go to your account page
2) Hit cancel
3) Change sub back.

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OldRailwayAccidents @rwldproject.bsky.social · Jan 25

Continuing our recent time in #Wales: we're off to #Cardiff on Saturday 15 Feb, to talk to the Welsh Railways Research Circle:

'Asking for trouble’? The Railway Work, Life & Death project & railway employee accidents in Wales before 1939.

All welcome:

https://buff.ly/4ha283C

Posed staff safety photo, showing a railwayman riding on a brake stick, resting on a brake lever, at risk of falling off. 1 of 2 paired images.

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Richard Osgood @richardosgood.bsky.social · Jan 16

And so the last site for this series of #diggingforbritain - our Rat Island. It’s a constant effort site as the remains of these poor people keep eroding. This man had an altogether darker tale we are still investigating #drawingdiggingforbritain #archaeology

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Sue Hamer @suehamer.bsky.social · Jan 10

#DrawingDiggingforBritain #LlanilttudFawr

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Sue Hamer @suehamer.bsky.social · Jan 8

Fascinating meeting at #GlamorganArchives yesterday, examples of Barry and Cardiff records #GlamorganFHS including 1622 Evans Mouse survey of Barry Manor which included cottage eventually tenanted by my 7x gt grandmother the notorious witch Anne Richmond Jenkins.

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Ancestral Enquiries - Tony Smith 🌳 @ancestralenq.bsky.social · Jan 8

Common sense has prevailed for once. Phew!

Archives and Records Association UK and Ireland @araukie.bsky.social · Jan 8

Thanks to the 1,600 people and organisations who responded to the UK Ministry of Justice’s proposals on the retention of wills. Good news: The UK Government has determined not to proceed with any reforms that involve the destruction of original wills
Read in full here: www.gov.uk/government/c...

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