Wandering Adventure Party

@Infoseepage @suzannealdrich @cstross I binged through the @empirepoduk podcast, haven't finished it, but listened to 150+ episodes. It's good.

There was a fascinating one where a British woman brought the concept and technology of #smallpox #inoculation home with her from #Turkey...

Here it is:

'She was a pioneering scientist, proto-feminist, and letter writer extraordinaire. Lady Mary Wortley Montagu escaped a marriage to Clotworthy Skeffington to become one of history's most incredible women. Listen this week as William and Anita are joined by Katie Hickman to tell the tale of her life.'

'Clotworthy Skeffington,' I think that might be my next fake name.

Lady Mary Wortley Montagu - Wikipedia

(en.wikipedia.org)

@Infoseepage @suzannealdrich @cstross bringing this back to it's origin; the gall of rfkjr and his enablers thinking they can rely on privilege, wealth and influence to survive the hell they're bringing down

@suzannealdrich @Infoseepage @cstross I was coming here to say exactly that. Just five generations ago, in Germany, my ancestors lost six of eight children before the age of three. Two survived to adulthood.