Phil Grass 👊🇪🇺🕊️
Doing stuff badly since 1965, 48%er, Parent, Hausmann, ex-IT ProjMgr, Gin tester, 🧬Genealogist.
Also available on Twitter as @phil_grass & Mastodon genealysis.social@PhilGrass
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🧬 Genetic Genealogists of BluSky 🧬
A list of some of my favourite Professional and Amateur Genetic Genealogists (and the occasional Genealogist) on BlueSky.
Phil’s Pack of Smarties
This is a rather diverse group of people who I trust as intelligent commentators 😀
@jasminehahn.bsky.social
🇨🇾🇹🇿 in 🇩🇪🇬🇧- Got too big for my boots - Woman in Men’s Football; Recruitment Analyst. Personal account - Views mine. 🍉
@alt18f.bsky.social
Delivered effective, efficient, and secure digital services for the American people until we were forced to stop on March 1. Not an official government account. Reposts are not endorsements. Our new website: https://18f.org/ #AltGov
@pontus-skoglund.bsky.social
Ancient DNA, evolution, and the human past. Senior group leader heading the Ancient Genomics lab at the Francis Crick Institute. http://www.skoglundlab.org
@bkgbund.bsky.social
🌐 Wir sind zentraler Geo-Dienstleister des Bundes. #WirGebenOrientierung Netiquette: https://www.bkg.bund.de/DE/Service/Kontakt/kontakt.html Impressum: https://www.bkg.bund.de/DE/Service/Impressum/impressum_cont.html
@fishlawjensen.bsky.social
Husband. Dad. GS dog guy. Citizen. Lawyer @ Perkins Coie. NAFO. 🇺🇸🇨🇦🇺🇦 White House/CEQ/US Senate Energy Committee/.NSN natural resource counsel. Friend of undammed rivers and edible clients. Grateful former 🇨🇦 (BC) resident. “Everyone counts or no one counts.”
@archivesportal.bsky.social
APE is the largest online portal of archival heritage related to Europe - dive deep into 10000s of archival descriptions and connect with archivists and researchers all over the world through our search engine - www.archivesportaleurope.net
@hugorifkind.bsky.social
Writing in The Times Thursday and Saturday, talking on Times Radio Monday-Thursday. Also, other things. Latest novel, Rabbits, found here: https://amzn.eu/d/hUQTsSW
@neondeutschland.bsky.social
Germany’s finest neon. A project of @berlintypography.bsky.social
@auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social
Former German Nazi concentration & extermination camp Auschwitz. Official account. We commemorate victims, educate about history & preserve the authentic site. www.auschwitz.org | lesson.auschwitz.org | podcast.auschwitz.org
@zackwhittaker.com
Security editor, TechCrunch Signal: zackwhittaker.1337 mastodon.social/@zackwhittaker this.weekinsecurity.com
@evacide.bsky.social
Director of Cybersecurity @eff.org Co-founder of @stopstalkerware.bsky.social These opinions are my own, not my employers’ I did a TED talk once
@ihr.bsky.social
The Institute of Historical Research is the UK’s national home for history. Supporting historians with digital resources, library, seminars & training https://www.history.ac.uk/ Part of @sasnews.bsky.social
@johnspringford.bsky.social
Economist and occasional politics dabbler. Working on a project to improve labour markets. Associate fellow, Centre for European Reform. Visiting fellow, Institute for Policy Research, Bath University.
@mpi-eva-leipzig.bsky.social
The Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology investigates the #history and #evolution of #humans and other #primates. Leipzig, Germany https://www.eva.mpg.de/index.html
@elericousins.bsky.social
Asst Prof in Roman Archaeology at Durham. Likes all things Roman Britain/Gaul/Germany and Roman religion, with a side helping of art and epigraphy. Also likes trees and hills.
@aylwyn-scally.bsky.social
Human evolutionary genetics, University of Cambridge; Darwin College. 🇮🇪
@pmdfoster.bsky.social
Brighton-dwelling World Trade Editor at the Financial Times https://www.ft.com/peter-foster Sometime Brexit nerd & author of 'What Went Wrong with Brexit' https://t.co/VsIipD7JBr
@themerl.bsky.social
We explore the history of the English countryside and its people. Posting hog on main. Chaotic Good. Website ➡️ https://merl.reading.ac.uk/ Merch ➡️ https://merl-shop.co.uk/ Podcast ➡️ https://merl.reading.ac.uk/explore/absolute-units/
@yorkarchive.bsky.social
Making over 850 years of the city of York's history accessible to all. Keep up to date with our latest projects and activities here. Website: https://exploreyork.org.uk/archives/ Blog: http://citymakinghistory.org
@groomb.bsky.social
Ex-Financial Times Assistant Editor. Ex-editor Scotland on Sunday. Author of 'Made in Manchester' (2024) and bestselling 'Northerners: A History' (2022).
@gwsfhs.org.uk
Here to connect with other family historians, genealogists, and people with a passion for Glasgow's past. Drop in to our Glasgow West End research centre or visit us online! Registered Scottish charity. gwsfhs.org.uk
@paulmmcooper.bsky.social
Novelist & podcast maker｜Wrote River of Ink (2016), All Our Broken Idols (2020), Fall of Civilizations (2024)｜Creator of the Fall of Civilizations Podcast Signed paperbacks: welbooks.co.uk/shop/p/fall-of-civilizations-by-paul-cooper
@christinamartin.bsky.social
The Viz one AKA Evie Council worker and writer Both jobs death related Ashes to Admin out now Book two in the works https://linktr.ee/eviekingwrites
@briankrebs.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy
Independent investigative journalist. Covers cybercrime, security, privacy. Author of 'Spam Nation,' a NYT bestseller. Former Washington Post reporter […] [bridged from https://infosec.exchange/@briankrebs on the fediverse by https://fed.brid.gy/ ]
@landesmuseumhalle.bsky.social
Das Landesmuseum für Vorgeschichte in Halle (Saale) ist Standort der weltberühmten Himmelsscheibe von Nebra und zählt zu den renommiertesten archäologischen Museen Mitteleuropas. Impressum: https://www.lda-lsa.de/impressum
@northages.bsky.social
Early medieval northern Britain, taking in Picts, Gaels, Britons, Angles and Norse. Feast days, on this day, place-names, archaeology news and book releases. Posts by Dundonian bookworm Craig. https://northages.wordpress.com/
@captmarkkelly.bsky.social
Navy combat veteran and retired NASA astronaut. Husband to @GabbyGiffords.bsky.social. United States Senator for the great state of Arizona.
@GossiTheDog.cyberplace.social.ap.brid.gy
Cybersecurity weather person and award winning shitposter. Shitposting is an anagram of Top Insights. You may be surprised to know I am not representing […] [bridged from https://cyberplace.social/@GossiTheDog on the fediverse by https://fed.brid.gy/ ]
@germanatportsmouth.bsky.social
Come and study German at the TEF Gold-rated University of Portsmouth on England's beautiful South Coast! https://www.port.ac.uk/study/subject-area/languages .
@igrs1936.bsky.social
The Irish Genealogical Research Society is the “Great Granddaddy of all Irish Family History Societies”. Founded in 1936, it’s the world’s oldest society dedicated to the pursuit of Irish family history. https://www.irishancestors.ie
@handhyorkshire.bsky.social
Independent researcher/writer/broadcaster in the history, heritage and culture sectors. Editor, History and Heritage Yorkshire Magazine, Also write's on poverty, community and other things. Regular Bylines Network writer. Servant to a Patterdale
@materialwills.bsky.social
The Material Culture of Wills, England 1540-1790: a Leverhulme Trust project using digital tech & volunteers to transcribe 25,000 wills. Volunteer for us: https://www.zooniverse.org/projects/hjsmith/the-material-culture-of-wills-england-1540-1790
@samwilkin.bsky.social
Freelance (managing) editor and media consultant. Amateur essayist. Former senior editor at Politico & MLex, reporter at Bloomberg & Reuters. Essays: www.theleopard.eu Hire me: bxlbureau.eu
@craigenorg.bsky.social
Our mission is to guide the genealogical community in the responsible and ethical use of AI, ensuring accuracy, transparency, and privacy while maximizing the benefits of AI for genealogical research. For more info: craigen.org
@eddavey.libdems.org.uk
Leader of @LibDems.org.uk, husband, father, carer, and MP for Kingston & Surbiton. Promoted by Liberal Democrats, 1 Vincent Square, SW1P 2PN.
@vizcomic.bsky.social
Our readers have understood the concept of Buyer's Remorse since 1979. Digital Sub: http://shop.viz.co.uk/subscription/d… Postal Sub: http://subscribe.viz.co.uk
@codendahl.bsky.social
European economics editor @TheEconomist. London via Berlin, Stockholm and Cologne. Have no plans to write a book.
@jonhoneyball.bsky.social
PCPro columnist for 30 years. Director of Woodleyside IT, a specialist product R&D and evaluation lab (UKAS 9242). Car and motorbike enthusiast. Foodie. Tech head. Pianist.
@hacks4pancakes.com
I am eminently qualified to speak from experience about a variety of dumpster fires. ICS DFIR at Dragos, martial artist, marksman, humanist, level 14 Neutral Good rogue, USAF retired. I post *very serious* things about infosec. Thoughts my own. Enby. 🏳️🌈
@petebuttigieg.bsky.social
Husband, dad, veteran, writer, and proud Midwesterner. 19th US Secretary of Transportation and former Mayor of South Bend.
@jenmsft.bsky.social
I work on the Windows engineering team at Microsoft and help with feedback for Start menu, Settings, taskbar, input + more You can find me on most of the other social media apps including Twitter and reddit with the same account name @jenmsft
@silascutler.bsky.social
You may know me from your server logs. Malware, Hacks, Internet Scanning, CTI w00w00, Censys, IST
@captainscratchy.bsky.social
Cartoonist, comic artist and humorist who specializes in animal humor and is surprisingly popular on Instagram. Sometimes collaborates with a bear named Kevin. https://www.instagram.com/captainscratchy/ https://www.captainscratchy.com/
@englishplacenames.bsky.social
Home of the Survey of English Place-Names, based at the University of Nottingham.
@iosiflazaridis.bsky.social