Miscellaneous items I found of interest during the week.
‘Jaws’ and the two musical notes that changed Hollywood forever
Misogyny has become a political strategy — here’s how the pandemic helped make it happen.
How about Misandry?
Free Irish Family Genealogist newsletter
Thursday’s issue included an informative article about chain migration.
Alice Scott’s Frock Recreated by AI
Lost Cousins and AI
The most recent issue, published in mid-June, of Peter Calver’s Lost Cousins newsletter includes two articles credited to two AI sites, Gemini and Claude, as well as one on readers’ reactions to a previous article on AI and genealogy. – con and pro..
Exploring Library and Archives Canada Online
Does your research use resources from Library and Archives Canada that are available online? Are you puzzled by the ongoing changes at the LAC website? If so, I recommend checking out the Legacy Family Tree Webinars talk given by Ken McKinlay on Friday. It’s available free until 27 June on replay at https://familytreewebinars.com/webinar/exploring-library-and-archives-canada-online/ .
Thanks to the following for comments and tips: Anonymous, Barbara May Di Mambro, Christine Jackson, Richard Lennon, Sheila, Teresa, Unknown, and William (Bill) Cookman
I admit to having raised my eyebrows after seeing Peter admit he’d used AI to generate answers to include in his newsletter, given the errors I’ve seen AI make on even simple questions. But it’s his newsletter and he can do as he likes. It would never be my choice.