Tad Callin
@tadmaster
Half a century of trying to figure out a good description; genealogy/family history stuff: Assoc. Editor: @pseudopod.org
Behold, a Mightier Acorn repping the newest @tmbg.bsky.social album and prepping the garden after two extra days of genealogical excavation! The World Is To Dig
ICE murders too much? Humanist Chaplains will host a drop-in session for anyone who needs to talk, listen, or simply be present with others. No agenda. Come as you are. Tonight, Sun, Jan 25, 7:00 - 9:00 PM ET / 6:00 - 8:00 PM CT Zoom: bit.ly/humanistsupport @americanhumanist.bsky.social
We aren't emphasizing this enough to our young service members #SupportandDefend
This is Stan Lee, and he would like to give you a hug. He would also like to ask why we call them "prickly pears" when "spine apple" is right there....
After ten years in a professional environment where I have been ignored as either Cassandra or Chicken Little...(Sometimes by the same person in a single conversation)...and now that we're about to swear in a rapey Russian asset and his oligarchs, I've prepared a thoughtful and thorough response:
The invisible hand of the free marketplace of ideas apparently slapped him in the digital town square.
Finally get to play the #SixGenerations chart game! Note the question marks on the Ancestral places - most of these families came from Europe so long ago, I haven't been able to trace them to their true Ancestral places. In my sixth generation, one 3rd-great was born in Ireland and two in Germany!
Reppin' @pseudopod.org at the San Antonio Botanical Gardens today and ran across this tentacular delight. #notcuddly #notsnuggly Still #awesome
I'm launching a new music newsletter - to start off, I'll share albums that have been bringing me joy, but once we have a few subscribers I plan to do more. open.substack.com/pub/allkinds...
Striking out on a new adventure with All Kinds Musick: allkindsmusick.substack.com/p/hello-brav... How do you find your way when all of the world's music is at your fingertips?
Thanks to @fiyahlitmag.bsky.social and the @theignyteawards.bsky.social Awards committee for recognizing @pseudopod.org ... and to the impossible crew at Pseudopod for letting me be part of the work you do!
Christmas joy in our family: reading @chucktingle.bsky.social book titles to my son
Home sick most of this week, with COVID nipping at those around me... But also have a cheerful fire in the fireplace and 75% of my kids coming for Christmas next week.