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@mak506.bsky.social

[rousing adventure music] Running, history (Ireland, legal, Middle Ages, royalty), genealogy, travel, music (Wagnerite and Swiftie). Always cats. Sometimes posts about law or library stuff, but don’t count on it. πŸ“Boston, USA

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John Brown. As far as I can tell from some quick searches he's never been featured--I'd have been surprised at the opposite, sadly.

25.02.2026 23:39 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Update: have just seen that Flavor Flav has offered to host a celebration for the women! He's such a great dude.

23.02.2026 21:50 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I knew there was a reason I, as a non-hockey fan, was thrilled to hear about the US women's gold, but actively hoping the men would flame out--especially against Denmark. Grrr. Gross.

23.02.2026 19:38 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

show me your uber driver

(the WGN late late movie regret really never leaves you)

19.02.2026 01:31 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Ha! That would be so fun.

18.02.2026 03:49 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Saaaaaame! It reminds me of my Urban Decay GoT White Walker shade but that seems unlikely.

18.02.2026 03:36 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Absolutely love it!!

18.02.2026 03:27 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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a brown dog with a red collar is laying on a couch Alt: dubious dog

Yes, every single one of us. Very dubious.

13.02.2026 02:24 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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a young woman wearing a fur coat and gloves is standing in front of a waterfall . Alt: Arya Stark

My sister and I will never forget. And I hate to play this card, but your father was a fan as well if I recall correctly.

Enjoyed the rumpy-puppy shoutout though!

13.02.2026 01:18 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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a woman in a white robe is sitting in front of a red steering wheel . Alt: a woman in a white robe is sitting in front of a red steering wheel. Sure why not
13.02.2026 00:42 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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How Dare You Screaming Lady GIF Alt: How Dare You Screaming Lady GIF

Personal to @petersob13.bsky.social:

13.02.2026 00:23 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Yes. To say this is Protestantism writ large is to obviously not have spent time (drinking) with Episcopalians and Lutherans.

09.02.2026 20:49 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Thanks! And huh...my library actually has it. Whether I actually check it out remains to be seen...

08.02.2026 20:44 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Oh wow. Title? (Happy to receive via DM if you don't want to reveal publicly!)

08.02.2026 20:39 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

A Star Trek drag queen named UhuRu Paul. (Surely someone has done one this before!)

31.01.2026 22:28 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Wonders never cease.

31.01.2026 20:19 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Jonathan Pryce!! He's so great.

28.01.2026 18:16 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

PS: I love all the spider webs!

06.01.2026 01:46 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Surprised not to see more felt ones! Did Venerable Mom give them all away?! Or do you just make a different selection every year?

06.01.2026 01:46 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Big discrepancies between the Midwest and northeast within the US too. Last summer paid about $85 RT for 2 adults/2 kids for Chicago-Urbana. Not a great comparison even with a cheap one-way Boston-NYC on northeast regional!

02.01.2026 23:14 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Not a book, but a stack of papers containing the ship manifests, declarations of intent to naturalize, and citizenship certificates of my mother and her parents. Because what better signifier of faith in this country?!

02.01.2026 02:25 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I still love that one. Lots of fun. And Val Kilmer…sigh.

28.12.2025 03:47 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Christmas gold.

26.12.2025 04:58 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Some of you have forgotten that only three years ago you were perfectly capable of writing a text, writing an email, telling a bedtime story to a child, and it should worry you that powerful companies have convinced us we can’t do things we’ve been doing since the dawn of time.

23.12.2025 20:24 β€” πŸ‘ 6658    πŸ” 2607    πŸ’¬ 42    πŸ“Œ 60

Didn’t get any purrs but also took a literal nap-with-cat today. The best!

26.12.2025 03:12 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
A tuxedo cat curled up on his human. His head is mostly black but he has a white spot by his mouth and white scarf at his neck. His paws and belly are white. He’s in a semi croissant position.

A tuxedo cat curled up on his human. His head is mostly black but he has a white spot by his mouth and white scarf at his neck. His paws and belly are white. He’s in a semi croissant position.

Merry Christmas from me and this guy, who has spent more hours lying on me today than anywhere else. We even took a nap!

26.12.2025 03:09 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

One of my top three cocktails. Cheers!!

25.12.2025 03:43 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Yep, agreed. I’m a so-called heritage American via my father and my mother is an immigrant/naturalized citizen. Which to me is about as American a combo as you can get. (Without being Native American, of course.)

21.12.2025 15:41 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Last 5 mins of the 4th ep of End of an Era 🀒. No, the fans don't all love him. No, why should we? That's nuts, Taylor. But I guess yay there weren't any lilies in the bouquet he sent her? He's just grosses me out. #sorrynotsorry

20.12.2025 01:31 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Nazis get their faces melted? I’m down for that!!

19.12.2025 13:56 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0