Rachel Dobson
@rachelzd.bsky.social
Family history researcher + writer, artist, embroiderer, home librarian + archivist, #dougjonesforgovernor , Smithie, UofA, Alabama School of Fine Arts grad. I'm on Wikitree and LibraryThing. I block bots & fake accounts.
When you only think of yourself, this is how your Christmas Spirit goes...
Trump: “Merry Christmas to all, including the Radical Left Scum that is doing everything possible to destroy our Country, but are failing badly. We no longer have Open Borders, Men in Women’s Sports, Transgender for Everyone, or Weak Law Enforcement … “
December 25, 2025 at 12:33 AM
When you only think of yourself, this is how your Christmas Spirit goes...
Becoming one of my favorite writers...
Thread.
Something nice happened to me yesterday: the conclusion - or maybe not - of a story of interconnectedness, that made the world feel momentarily very small and intertwined.
The story begins on April 21 2024 on a walk I'd taken along the Jurassic Coast for research for a book I was writing.
Something nice happened to me yesterday: the conclusion - or maybe not - of a story of interconnectedness, that made the world feel momentarily very small and intertwined.
The story begins on April 21 2024 on a walk I'd taken along the Jurassic Coast for research for a book I was writing.
December 24, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Becoming one of my favorite writers...
amazing Alabama archives story -- I'm at a loss for words except, what an inheritance.
A friend was processing the George Wallace collection at the Alabama state archives. She sent me a copy of a letter to Wallace parents asking him to not “stand in the schoolhouse door” in June 1963. It was from my parents.
I think we need a mega thread of everyone's craziest archive stories.
December 24, 2025 at 1:10 AM
amazing Alabama archives story -- I'm at a loss for words except, what an inheritance.
a thread for #archivists and those who love to hang out with them...
I think we need a mega thread of everyone's craziest archive stories.
December 23, 2025 at 2:49 PM
a thread for #archivists and those who love to hang out with them...
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Hartford Visibility Brigade this am, 7 of us braving the snow to get the messages out! Please help us, if you can, keep going through winter.
gofund.me/6fadd76b0
Happy Holidays everyone!
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gofund.me/6fadd76b0
Happy Holidays everyone!
@hcrichardson.bsky.social @lawrenceodonnell.bsky.social @jesscraven101.bsky.social @maddow.bsky.social
December 23, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Hartford Visibility Brigade this am, 7 of us braving the snow to get the messages out! Please help us, if you can, keep going through winter.
gofund.me/6fadd76b0
Happy Holidays everyone!
@hcrichardson.bsky.social @lawrenceodonnell.bsky.social @jesscraven101.bsky.social @maddow.bsky.social
gofund.me/6fadd76b0
Happy Holidays everyone!
@hcrichardson.bsky.social @lawrenceodonnell.bsky.social @jesscraven101.bsky.social @maddow.bsky.social
@biodivlibrary.bsky.social Images are not displaying at the Biodiversity Heritage Library this morning (8 am CST). (The Internet Archive is also down; is there a connection?) www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography... for example
Details - Samuel Boykin and John Torrey correspondence, 1835-1847 - Biodiversity Heritage Library
The Biodiversity Heritage Library works collaboratively to make biodiversity literature openly available to the world as part of a global biodiversity community.
www.biodiversitylibrary.org
December 22, 2025 at 2:13 PM
@biodivlibrary.bsky.social Images are not displaying at the Biodiversity Heritage Library this morning (8 am CST). (The Internet Archive is also down; is there a connection?) www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography... for example
@archive.org The Internet Archive is down this morning (8 am CST) Its message said to check social media (Bluesky). archive.org
archive.org
December 22, 2025 at 2:10 PM
@archive.org The Internet Archive is down this morning (8 am CST) Its message said to check social media (Bluesky). archive.org
Rick Steves completely understands the Spirit of Christmas (read the whole thread!) 🎄❄️💖
It's an invisible need… an invisible center… helping invisible people. Meanwhile, I’m haunted by the invisible impact of the insatiable greed that’s so widespread (and sadly, celebrated) in our multi-millionaire and billionaire class.
🧵 5 of 9
🧵 5 of 9
December 21, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Rick Steves completely understands the Spirit of Christmas (read the whole thread!) 🎄❄️💖
Just got interested in Susan Cooper (b.1935), YA fantasy author from 1960s forward. Found this fascinating archived interview of her by R.H. Thompson, 1989, about her inspirations web.archive.org/web/20060425... #OverSeaUnderStone #DarkRising #SusanCooper #Arthurianlegend #grail #merlin #cornwall
INTERVIEW WITH SUSAN COOPER
web.archive.org
December 21, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Just got interested in Susan Cooper (b.1935), YA fantasy author from 1960s forward. Found this fascinating archived interview of her by R.H. Thompson, 1989, about her inspirations web.archive.org/web/20060425... #OverSeaUnderStone #DarkRising #SusanCooper #Arthurianlegend #grail #merlin #cornwall
Sign Black Warrior Riverkeeper's petition to make Tyson Foods' in Blountsville clean up its water pollution: actionnetwork.org/petitions/fi...
Fix the water discharge permit for Tyson’s Blountsville slaughterhouse
Please take this opportunity to comment on the water discharge permit for Tyson’s slaughterhouse facility in Blountsville (NPDES Permit Number AL0001449). The Alabama Department of Environmental Manag...
actionnetwork.org
December 19, 2025 at 2:09 AM
Sign Black Warrior Riverkeeper's petition to make Tyson Foods' in Blountsville clean up its water pollution: actionnetwork.org/petitions/fi...
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“Do I think about death? Yes, of course. I think about it fairly often, but without emotion.” Read Calvin Tomkins’s journal of his 100th year. www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
Becoming a Centenarian
Like The New Yorker, I was born in 1925. Somewhat to my surprise, I decided to keep a journal of my hundredth year.
www.newyorker.com
December 16, 2025 at 6:00 PM
“Do I think about death? Yes, of course. I think about it fairly often, but without emotion.” Read Calvin Tomkins’s journal of his 100th year. www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
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December 13, 2025
December 13, 2025
We haven’t taken a night off in ages, and I’ll bet you’re as tired as I am.
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
December 14, 2025 at 5:20 AM
December 13, 2025
another reason I hope Alabama beats Oklahoma next week #rolltide and #pressfreedom
From the Oklahoma U student paper: the school is now saying it will automatically suspend faculty (with pay) in response to student complaints
www.oudaily.com/news/ou-poli...
www.oudaily.com/news/ou-poli...
December 14, 2025 at 12:05 AM
another reason I hope Alabama beats Oklahoma next week #rolltide and #pressfreedom
Heather quotes our fantastic new candidate for governor: "Jones called for reinforcing Alabama values of “hard work,” “fairness,” “looking out for your neighbor, even when you don’t agree on everything,” “telling the truth—even when we don’t want to hear it,” ...
December 13, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Heather quotes our fantastic new candidate for governor: "Jones called for reinforcing Alabama values of “hard work,” “fairness,” “looking out for your neighbor, even when you don’t agree on everything,” “telling the truth—even when we don’t want to hear it,” ...
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NATO chief Rutte: "Russia has brought war back to Europe, and we must be prepared for the scale of war our grandparents and great-grandparents endured." 😳
December 11, 2025 at 10:00 PM
NATO chief Rutte: "Russia has brought war back to Europe, and we must be prepared for the scale of war our grandparents and great-grandparents endured." 😳
Doug Jones's official announcement for his run for governor of Alabama #blueskies #dougjonesforgovernor www.dougjones.com/livestream
Livestream — Doug Jones For Alabama
Watch our Launch Event live beginning at 5:00PM CT!
www.dougjones.com
December 12, 2025 at 11:39 PM
Doug Jones's official announcement for his run for governor of Alabama #blueskies #dougjonesforgovernor www.dougjones.com/livestream
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This little Iron Age piggy from Hounslow, Middlesex, would love to wish you a happy #FindsFriday, but is concentrating far too hard on sniffing out a truffle hidden beneath the baize.
2nd-1st century BC. British Museum.
2nd-1st century BC. British Museum.
December 12, 2025 at 9:09 AM
This little Iron Age piggy from Hounslow, Middlesex, would love to wish you a happy #FindsFriday, but is concentrating far too hard on sniffing out a truffle hidden beneath the baize.
2nd-1st century BC. British Museum.
2nd-1st century BC. British Museum.
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The wreath is on the door~Holly offering the fae a safe place to rest~Ivy to prevent too much drunkeness~Pine promising long life~Huge thanks to @willowwinsham.bsky.social for the last festive hour of #folklorethursday this is @botanicafabula.bsky.social here to share your seasonal lore 🌲✨'til 12💫
December 11, 2025 at 11:06 AM
The wreath is on the door~Holly offering the fae a safe place to rest~Ivy to prevent too much drunkeness~Pine promising long life~Huge thanks to @willowwinsham.bsky.social for the last festive hour of #folklorethursday this is @botanicafabula.bsky.social here to share your seasonal lore 🌲✨'til 12💫
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SKULL OF THOMAS AQUINAS: TAKE A LEFT NOW
PRIEST: No, the GPS says we have to keep going—
SKULL: I KNOW A SHORTCUT
PRIEST: Do you remember the last ti—
SKULL: FOR THOSE WITH FAITH, NO EVIDENCE IS NECESSARY; FOR THOSE WITHOUT IT, NO EVIDENCE WILL SUFFICE
PRIEST: No, the GPS says we have to keep going—
SKULL: I KNOW A SHORTCUT
PRIEST: Do you remember the last ti—
SKULL: FOR THOSE WITH FAITH, NO EVIDENCE IS NECESSARY; FOR THOSE WITHOUT IT, NO EVIDENCE WILL SUFFICE
'Skull of St. Thomas Aquinas being transported to Fossanova Abbey.'
Photograph by Daniel Ibanez
Photograph by Daniel Ibanez
December 10, 2025 at 5:10 PM
SKULL OF THOMAS AQUINAS: TAKE A LEFT NOW
PRIEST: No, the GPS says we have to keep going—
SKULL: I KNOW A SHORTCUT
PRIEST: Do you remember the last ti—
SKULL: FOR THOSE WITH FAITH, NO EVIDENCE IS NECESSARY; FOR THOSE WITHOUT IT, NO EVIDENCE WILL SUFFICE
PRIEST: No, the GPS says we have to keep going—
SKULL: I KNOW A SHORTCUT
PRIEST: Do you remember the last ti—
SKULL: FOR THOSE WITH FAITH, NO EVIDENCE IS NECESSARY; FOR THOSE WITHOUT IT, NO EVIDENCE WILL SUFFICE
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American Conversations: Senator Mark Warner
Senator Warner is a member of the Gang of Eight, and explains why it— and a nonpartisan Intelligence Community— matters....
Senator Warner is a member of the Gang of Eight, and explains why it— and a nonpartisan Intelligence Community— matters....
American Conversations: Senator Mark Warner
Very little shocks me these days, but House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) managed to do it this morning when he told reporters he skipped a meeting of the Gang of Eight yesterday because “we were workin...
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
December 10, 2025 at 10:16 PM
American Conversations: Senator Mark Warner
Senator Warner is a member of the Gang of Eight, and explains why it— and a nonpartisan Intelligence Community— matters....
Senator Warner is a member of the Gang of Eight, and explains why it— and a nonpartisan Intelligence Community— matters....
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Border Patrol, ICE raids are deeply unpopular in New Orleans, poll shows
www.nola.com/gambit/news/...
www.nola.com/gambit/news/...
Border Patrol, ICE raids are deeply unpopular in New Orleans, poll shows
The Trump administration's ICE and Border Patrol raids in New Orleans are not supported by a majority of residents, a new poll shows.
www.nola.com
December 9, 2025 at 12:41 AM
Border Patrol, ICE raids are deeply unpopular in New Orleans, poll shows
www.nola.com/gambit/news/...
www.nola.com/gambit/news/...
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Reposted by Rachel Dobson
Tommy Tuberville says things George Wallace wouldn’t have. There’s no code language to decipher. He puts the hate on a plate.
December 9, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Tommy Tuberville says things George Wallace wouldn’t have. There’s no code language to decipher. He puts the hate on a plate.