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We had another of our fun weekly Substack Live updates today! Joining me today was Jennifer Jones of https://trackingdownthefamily.substack.com talking about her #AtoZchallenge , her #OnePlaceStudy #Genealogy and more!

We referenced a lot of other projects across the planet, catch the recording at: https://projectkin.substack.com/p/projectkin-live-looking-at-the-week-2a3
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Tracking Down The Family | Jennifer Jones | Substack

Sharing my family stories after many years of research. My family mostly came to Australia from England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland. Click to read Tracking Down The Family, by Jennifer Jones, a Substack publication.

Diving into #FamilyHistory projects as ways to tell stories is what my Projectkin is all about. In a podcast interview with J.D. Murgolo last week for Keepsake Chronicles, I was deeply moved to think about the larger scope of what we do and how we do it.

https://keepsakechronicles.substack.com/p/barbaras-project

Barbara's Project

Listen now | Barbara Tien, founder of Projectkin, discusses the deeper stories behind the pictures we hold on to.

Keepsake Chronicles

This week, Apr-2, the EFF @eff launches “Border Surveillance: Places, People, and Technology” with the Angel Island Immigration Station Foundation and California State Parks.

#Migration, the “virtual wall” along the U.S.-Mexico border and civil rights on both sides.

https://www.eff.org/livestream-border

#FamilyHistory

Livestream: Life and Migration Under Surveillance at the U.S.-Mexico Border

EFF has built up a robust focus on digital civil liberties at the U.S.-Mexico border, including challenging the warrantless and suspicionless searches of electronic devices and the massive increase in surveillance infrastructure throughout the region. Our team has gathered firsthand knowledge of...

Electronic Frontier Foundation

Who Might Have Met the Marquis de Lafayette? A Project Recipe for Building Community

Join me on April 17 to learn how you can use an interactive timeline to share STORIES as a community and WHY it can connect people with their common experiences.

More in a post due 29 Mar: Projectkin.org/forum

A clip (forgive the hiccups in the recording) from a recent talk I gave for the Northwest Indiana Genealogical Society (NWIGS).

#FamilyHistory and #Genealogy have always been a use case for new technologies! How we use these tools matters.

See the post: https://open.substack.com/pub/projectkin/p/nwigs-cabinet-card

“Riding a Cabinet Card into Indiana's Historic Past” » Prepared for NWIGS

“How to Add Magic Pixie Dust to Your Family Story, Too!” A recording of a presentation delivered to the Northwest Indiana Genealogical Society (NWIGS) on Feb 15, 2025

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..be harmful to #bumblebees. Usually once she takes on some sugars & heats up she’ll happily fly off. Don’t bring her indoors for long periods! If she has already established a nest and laid eggs she needs to get back to sit on them to keep them warm - yes just like a hen!
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In this case preference is to move her to a nearby source of #nectar - a #flower!
If no flowers are nearby she can be offered a 50/50 mix of white sugar and water.
NEVER offer her honey as although it would seem to be the obvious action honey can contain pathogens that may

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As with sleeping dogs leave resting #bumblebees lie - for up to an hour before intervening. (Unless of course she is in imminent danger whereby she should be carefully moved to a safe place). However if after about an hour she is still present then she may need assistance.
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These ‘between flight stopovers’ can last for up to an hour and #bees are not always careful about where they take them - sometimes the middle of a footpath can be the ‘ideal’ spot! So if you see a big #bumblebee chilling on the ground don’t always presume she needs rescuing!
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It’s that time of year - people asking us about #bumblebees - WHY THEY’RE SEEING THEM ON THE GROUND - so here’s a thread to explain what they’re up to.
Please #repost.
Every #queen that survives means a new colony that gets to exist & produce new queen #bees for next year!
So this is important to share.
Thank you.
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