Pam from Michigan
@pgtk.bsky.social
Lifelong learner. Love books, music, geography, history, maps, and math. Detroit sports & 🎾 fan; Dabble in genetic genealogy and am currently using DNA to verify my family tree research. Solved two adoptions❤️
Truth, integrity, and the Rule of Law matter.
Truth, integrity, and the Rule of Law matter.
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Rob Reiner, the legendary director and actor who rose to prominence in 'All in the Family' and went on to direct classics 'This Is Spinal Tap,' 'Stand by Me,' and 'The Princess Bride,' was found dead in his home alongside his wife.
Story: rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv...
Story: rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv...
December 15, 2025 at 4:43 AM
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#Glasgow
#WallyClose #Tenement #Tiles #Traditional #Staircase #Entrance #ceramics #Architecture #Archive #Heritage #HiddenScotland #UrbanEx #Design #vintage #NaturalLight #TileStyle #Window #Scottish #Scotland #Staircase #Photography #Photo
Instagram post: 15/09/21
#WallyClose #Tenement #Tiles #Traditional #Staircase #Entrance #ceramics #Architecture #Archive #Heritage #HiddenScotland #UrbanEx #Design #vintage #NaturalLight #TileStyle #Window #Scottish #Scotland #Staircase #Photography #Photo
Instagram post: 15/09/21
May 4, 2025 at 1:04 PM
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Children queuing for soup at Manchester's Wood Street Mission, c.1900. Created 1869 off Deansgate, still in existence.
December 5, 2025 at 8:58 AM
Children queuing for soup at Manchester's Wood Street Mission, c.1900. Created 1869 off Deansgate, still in existence.
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Charles Dickens’s writing desk — spotted at the New York Public Library.
December 5, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Charles Dickens’s writing desk — spotted at the New York Public Library.
I've done HS Algebra, Geometry, & Chem tutoring. One thing that has always stuck out for me is that teachers must re-teach the Metric System every year. We should have switched to the MS 50 years ago.
An increasing number of college students are arriving on campus with math skills that don't meet middle-school standards. Rose Horowitch reports on what’s behind the national decline in mathematical ability: theatln.tc/imf3VB6o
November 23, 2025 at 1:37 AM
I've done HS Algebra, Geometry, & Chem tutoring. One thing that has always stuck out for me is that teachers must re-teach the Metric System every year. We should have switched to the MS 50 years ago.
Search the Detroit Historical Society Collections
"Our collection contains over 250,000 artifacts representing over 300 years of our region’s unique history. About 47,000 of these are available in our Online Collection!"
www.detroithistorical.org/learn/online...
"Our collection contains over 250,000 artifacts representing over 300 years of our region’s unique history. About 47,000 of these are available in our Online Collection!"
www.detroithistorical.org/learn/online...
November 22, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Search the Detroit Historical Society Collections
"Our collection contains over 250,000 artifacts representing over 300 years of our region’s unique history. About 47,000 of these are available in our Online Collection!"
www.detroithistorical.org/learn/online...
"Our collection contains over 250,000 artifacts representing over 300 years of our region’s unique history. About 47,000 of these are available in our Online Collection!"
www.detroithistorical.org/learn/online...
The Great Chicago fire was 154 years ago this month🔥
"The 1871 fire destroyed almost all of the county's real estate records as City Hall burned [...]. There was uncertainty over how the rights to ownership would be upheld."
Read more from Maura Fennelly📖
www.chicagocovenants.com/research/mai...
"The 1871 fire destroyed almost all of the county's real estate records as City Hall burned [...]. There was uncertainty over how the rights to ownership would be upheld."
Read more from Maura Fennelly📖
www.chicagocovenants.com/research/mai...
November 21, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Interesting read. This explains why my Penn relatives moved to NW Ohio in the early 1800s. The powerful wanted a straight road from Chicago to NYC, without the circuitous trek around the swamp. Sounds about right. #genealogy #history #LakeErie
www.greatlakesnow.org/2025/11/the-...
www.greatlakesnow.org/2025/11/the-...
The history of taming the Great Black Swamp | Great Lakes Now
Before farms and suburbs, the Great Black Swamp thrived. Restoring it could help curb Lake Erie’s harmful algal blooms today.
www.greatlakesnow.org
November 20, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Interesting read. This explains why my Penn relatives moved to NW Ohio in the early 1800s. The powerful wanted a straight road from Chicago to NYC, without the circuitous trek around the swamp. Sounds about right. #genealogy #history #LakeErie
www.greatlakesnow.org/2025/11/the-...
www.greatlakesnow.org/2025/11/the-...
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On this day in 1883, precisely at noon, North American railroads switched to a new standard time system for rail operations, which they called Standard Railway Time (SRT). Almost immediately, many American cities enacted ordinances, thus resulting in the creation of time “zones.” 🧵
November 18, 2025 at 6:59 PM
On this day in 1883, precisely at noon, North American railroads switched to a new standard time system for rail operations, which they called Standard Railway Time (SRT). Almost immediately, many American cities enacted ordinances, thus resulting in the creation of time “zones.” 🧵
I've listened to baseball, tennis, and hockey but listening to the Detroit Lions on the radio is strange. They've said Tush Push way too many times. Go Lions!
November 17, 2025 at 3:18 AM
I've listened to baseball, tennis, and hockey but listening to the Detroit Lions on the radio is strange. They've said Tush Push way too many times. Go Lions!
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For no particular reason….posting former U.S. Attorney General John Mitchell’s mugshot before he went to Federal prison for committing numerous crimes on behalf and or/at the direction of President Nixon including obstruction of justice and conspiracy.
November 15, 2025 at 2:05 AM
For no particular reason….posting former U.S. Attorney General John Mitchell’s mugshot before he went to Federal prison for committing numerous crimes on behalf and or/at the direction of President Nixon including obstruction of justice and conspiracy.
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Detroit Lions and Eminem to partner on Thanksgiving halftime show through 2027
Detroit Lions and Eminem to partner on Thanksgiving halftime show through 2027
The Lions and Eminem agreed to a partnership for the team's Thanksgiving halftime shows at Ford Field through 2027, but is he performing?
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November 13, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Detroit Lions and Eminem to partner on Thanksgiving halftime show through 2027
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Ahead of Veterans Day, I was honored to welcome a flight of veterans and their families as they arrived in DC.
November 11, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Ahead of Veterans Day, I was honored to welcome a flight of veterans and their families as they arrived in DC.
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A cartoon by Ali Solomon. #NewYorkerCartoons
November 9, 2025 at 2:00 AM
A cartoon by Ali Solomon. #NewYorkerCartoons
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(Bloomberg) - US companies announced the most job cuts for any October in more than two decades as artificial intelligence reshapes industries and cost-cutting accelerates ..
@bloomberg.com #Challenger
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
@bloomberg.com #Challenger
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November 6, 2025 at 12:05 PM
(Bloomberg) - US companies announced the most job cuts for any October in more than two decades as artificial intelligence reshapes industries and cost-cutting accelerates ..
@bloomberg.com #Challenger
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
@bloomberg.com #Challenger
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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The median age of first-time homebuyers in the U.S. has climbed to a record of 40 as soaring prices and mortgage rates over the last few years delay homeownership for millions of Americans.
US median first-time homebuyer age now at record-high of 40
The age at which people purchase their first home has climbed rapidly since 2021, when the median was 33, according to a National Association of Realtors survey.
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November 5, 2025 at 1:32 PM
The median age of first-time homebuyers in the U.S. has climbed to a record of 40 as soaring prices and mortgage rates over the last few years delay homeownership for millions of Americans.
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I do think yesterday’s results reinforced the dynamic that while much of the American leadership class is chickenshit, most of the electorate is not
November 5, 2025 at 1:36 PM
I do think yesterday’s results reinforced the dynamic that while much of the American leadership class is chickenshit, most of the electorate is not
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"There was a light, blue as a welder's torch; it used to shine over the fields, and all the wise men, strong men were drawn for miles; followed a star to Bethlehem Steel..."
- Grant Lee Buffalo - Bethlehem Steel (1997).
Bethlehem Steel HQ; Bethlehem, PA.
#abandoned #urbex #industrial #steel
- Grant Lee Buffalo - Bethlehem Steel (1997).
Bethlehem Steel HQ; Bethlehem, PA.
#abandoned #urbex #industrial #steel
November 3, 2025 at 11:17 PM
"There was a light, blue as a welder's torch; it used to shine over the fields, and all the wise men, strong men were drawn for miles; followed a star to Bethlehem Steel..."
- Grant Lee Buffalo - Bethlehem Steel (1997).
Bethlehem Steel HQ; Bethlehem, PA.
#abandoned #urbex #industrial #steel
- Grant Lee Buffalo - Bethlehem Steel (1997).
Bethlehem Steel HQ; Bethlehem, PA.
#abandoned #urbex #industrial #steel
"The days were stacking up like dirty dishes, each packed with moments like this; the kind where you look around, wondering how you got here and why you haven't left yet."
Mick Herron #SlowHorses #SloughHouse #books #MickHerron
Mick Herron #SlowHorses #SloughHouse #books #MickHerron
November 2, 2025 at 5:29 PM
"The days were stacking up like dirty dishes, each packed with moments like this; the kind where you look around, wondering how you got here and why you haven't left yet."
Mick Herron #SlowHorses #SloughHouse #books #MickHerron
Mick Herron #SlowHorses #SloughHouse #books #MickHerron
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Obama: "The weird videos of a US president with a crown on his head flying a fighter jet & dumping poop on American citizens - that's not even worth booing about. Because all of that is a distraction from the fact that your situation, your life has not gotten better. They do it so you won't notice"
November 1, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Obama: "The weird videos of a US president with a crown on his head flying a fighter jet & dumping poop on American citizens - that's not even worth booing about. Because all of that is a distraction from the fact that your situation, your life has not gotten better. They do it so you won't notice"
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Sleeping Shepherd, by Titian, 1500–10
November 2, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Sleeping Shepherd, by Titian, 1500–10
I've been a big fan of Brandi Carlile since 2007. New album just released. Great video from Red Rocks.
youtu.be/5aiKXbJxjes?...
youtu.be/5aiKXbJxjes?...
Brandi Carlile - Church & State (Live From Red Rocks)
YouTube video by Brandi Carlile
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October 27, 2025 at 10:29 AM
I've been a big fan of Brandi Carlile since 2007. New album just released. Great video from Red Rocks.
youtu.be/5aiKXbJxjes?...
youtu.be/5aiKXbJxjes?...
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Terrifying footage shows what it would be like on Lake Michigan in yesterday’s massive 17-foot waves www.mlive.com/weather/2025...
Terrifying footage shows what it would be like on Lake Michigan in yesterday’s massive 17-foot waves
A camera mounted on a buoy in Lake Michigan last weekend shows what it would be like in very rough conditions.
www.mlive.com
October 21, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Terrifying footage shows what it would be like on Lake Michigan in yesterday’s massive 17-foot waves www.mlive.com/weather/2025...