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Sharon Clontz Rowe

@stranraer.bsky.social

Professional genealogist (Genealogy Adventures researcher), former income tax preparer, and retired librarian. Enslavers' descendant. Adherent of the Oxford Comma. Currently owned by one aged cat. "A Road Trip in Search of Ancestors" is my Facebook group.

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They claim to have been planning this for months, to allegedly keep Americans safe, but had no plan to evacuate any Americans from the region because it happened too quickly.

Weird.

04.03.2026 12:15 β€” πŸ‘ 8724    πŸ” 2232    πŸ’¬ 415    πŸ“Œ 110
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NANCY MACE: What is a woman? Have you learned that lesson?

WALZ: I'm the governor of Minnesota. I'm not here to be a prop for your obsession.

04.03.2026 15:50 β€” πŸ‘ 23237    πŸ” 4334    πŸ’¬ 2139    πŸ“Œ 806
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Moskowitz: I want to end on a happy note. I got you a new Coast Guard blankie, the one you lost.

04.03.2026 20:24 β€” πŸ‘ 11201    πŸ” 2246    πŸ’¬ 474    πŸ“Œ 237

I am no military strategist but isn’t this like painting a bull’s eye on any such tanker?

03.03.2026 20:39 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Six Months After "Epic Fury" A New York Times Story From The Near Future

@therickwilson.bsky.social jumps in the time machine six months from now and imagines the story and headlines about Operation Epic Fury: www.againstallenemies.net/p/six-months...

02.03.2026 16:25 β€” πŸ‘ 495    πŸ” 114    πŸ’¬ 29    πŸ“Œ 6

They must be confusing our military induction standards with those for Soviet cosmonauts. Because of the size of Soviet spacecraft, there was a height limit of @5'9".

03.03.2026 03:28 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Colonial Williamsburg Foundation hiring Digital Content Researcher & Producer in Williamsburg, VA | LinkedIn Posted 12:30:03 AM. Who We AreFounded in 1926, the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation is a private, not-for-profit…See this and similar jobs on LinkedIn.

I'm hiring! πŸ›οΈ

This is a VA-based, hybrid 3-year position for a historian working on digital projects related to religious history. We'll also be hiring a historian working on onsite programming and training related to religious history.

Feel free to reach out! www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/43...

27.02.2026 22:15 β€” πŸ‘ 207    πŸ” 124    πŸ’¬ 7    πŸ“Œ 5
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Imagine continuing on the 2 Fwy north of Glendale & reaching Antelope Valley in 20 minutes.

A tunnel route for cars AND rail under the San Gabriels was proposed in the '60s but woulda cost $10 billion (in today's $'s). It was also billed as an escape route if the Russians attacked.

28.02.2026 23:48 β€” πŸ‘ 1112    πŸ” 163    πŸ’¬ 103    πŸ“Œ 13
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Sunday Funday peaceful protest in the streets fighting for our freedoms and liberty. Veterans Against Trump and Fascism in Keller TX. #NoKings #AbolishICE

01.03.2026 21:38 β€” πŸ‘ 1124    πŸ” 199    πŸ’¬ 28    πŸ“Œ 1

So I met a new cousin in a Facebook group. The good news is that she helped me figure out a confusing set of ancestors that I had been stuck on for years. The bad news is that she turned out to be Q-Anon and I had to unfriend her.

01.03.2026 22:44 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I know that everyone here hates the β€œDonald Trump started a war and jacked up your gas prices” messaging but β€œDonald Trump started a war and jacked up your gas prices” is likely the single thing about this nightmare that will most affect the day to day lives of a lot of people in the US

01.03.2026 16:19 β€” πŸ‘ 2362    πŸ” 503    πŸ’¬ 34    πŸ“Œ 32

So some of my younger Republican cousins have been liking my anti-Trump posts on Facebook, along with the Bernie Sanders posts I share. Today my 80+ year old distant cousin liked the posts I shared about yesterday's anti-war demonstrations and an anti-Trump cartoon. Is there hope for America?

01.03.2026 17:11 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Three American Troops Killed in Iran Operation Three American troops have been killed during the joint Israeli-U.S. operation in Iran that began early Saturday and five others seriously wounded. The news, announced by the U.S. military’s Central Command on Sunday, marks the first time that U.S. service members have been killed in a conflict wit

Three American troops have been killed during the joint Israeli-U.S. operation in Iran that began early Saturday and five others seriously wounded.

01.03.2026 15:15 β€” πŸ‘ 31    πŸ” 9    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 3
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01.03.2026 05:39 β€” πŸ‘ 11031    πŸ” 2472    πŸ’¬ 257    πŸ“Œ 102

Just placed an order with Penzey's. I realized my spice collection was incomplete last week. I needed ground allspice and I had to substitute allspice berries. Then I realized that I had no cardamom. Had to order six more items to get free shipping. It is like Christmas when I get their package.

01.03.2026 02:31 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Cover of The Lancet:

@thelancet.com
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

27.02.2026 11:15 β€” πŸ‘ 8160    πŸ” 3446    πŸ’¬ 159    πŸ“Œ 221

This is the second time I have heard about this hedge. Both it and its history are fascinating.

27.02.2026 22:01 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Elon Musk’s Secret Web of Companies in Texas

Elon Musk, 54, has quietly built an empire of more than 90 companies and other legal entities in Texas, which have amassed a vast collection of assets, a great deal of it gifted to him by Texas, courtesy of the Texas GOP.

27.02.2026 13:06 β€” πŸ‘ 367    πŸ” 228    πŸ’¬ 17    πŸ“Œ 8
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β€œMy β€˜methodology’ was a series of errors”: Gemini generates false records and fake screenshots of TNA website | Who Do You Think You Are Magazine The Gemini LLM generates fake records and screenshots from the UK National Archives, a family historian has revealed

I was fascinated by this article. I can see some potential benefits of using #AI to assist with #FamilyHistory research, although I don’t use it myself. But to find that it can create fake historical records is truly chilling. #Genealogy

www.whodoyouthinkyouaremagazine.com/news/gemini-...

27.02.2026 09:58 β€” πŸ‘ 12    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 1

Please read this article to the end. Even before ICE got involved, this started because this *blind man who speaks no English and uses a curtain rod as a walking stick* got lost on a walk and some Karen called the police on him and they tasered and beat him bc he didn’t drop the rod. WTF

25.02.2026 20:41 β€” πŸ‘ 15495    πŸ” 8147    πŸ’¬ 853    πŸ“Œ 543
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Sacramento Peak Observatory in southern New Mexico will be torn down NEW MEXICOΒ (KRQE) – The National Science Foundation said a decades-old observatory in southern New Mexico will be torn down. Officials said safety concerns arose last month at the Sacramento Peak O…

Sacramento Peak Observatory in southern New Mexico will be torn down

26.02.2026 04:31 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Nourish. Sent to my husband by his insurance company years ago.

25.02.2026 17:17 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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oops. White nationalism is a helluva drug.

25.02.2026 12:51 β€” πŸ‘ 23288    πŸ” 6358    πŸ’¬ 1392    πŸ“Œ 476
Virginia Institute for American History Principles of Declaration of Independence, Constitution, Founding Fathers, Civic Education, Virtue, Liberty, Federalist, Washington's Farewell Address

This fake history organization just popped up in an ad on my Facebook account. The particular fabrication was looking for other paternal candidates for Sally Hemings' children. wjmi.blogspot.com

22.02.2026 07:40 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

BREAKING: List of Epstein Victims Attending Trump's State of the Union Address:

- Dani Bensky guest of Chuck Schumer
- Sharlene Rochard as a guest of Rep. Randall
- Liz Stein as a guest of Rep. Fernandez
- Virginia Giuffre's Family as guests of Jamie Raskin

Don't let Trump bury the coverup!

21.02.2026 14:54 β€” πŸ‘ 2976    πŸ” 990    πŸ’¬ 120    πŸ“Œ 41
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The latest threat from the Facebook world of trolls, bots, intimidation. Introducing Milford the keyboard warrior.
I make it a point to share these threats so people can see the nature of the right wing mob attempting to frighten people who stand up for Canada.
It ain't going to work Milford.

21.02.2026 19:25 β€” πŸ‘ 279    πŸ” 81    πŸ’¬ 34    πŸ“Œ 2
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NEW: Natasha Korecki at NBC reports that in light of the SCOTUS tariff ruling, Gov. Pritzker sent President Donald Trump an invoice of $8.6 billion.

20.02.2026 21:21 β€” πŸ‘ 10370    πŸ” 2918    πŸ’¬ 436    πŸ“Œ 360

why does this sound so familiar...

oh yeah, it's what the southern white supremacists say about the confederacy...

16.02.2026 01:33 β€” πŸ‘ 54    πŸ” 14    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Today marks the one-year anniversary of the February 14, 2025, illegal terminations of probationary employees across the federal government. A year ago, dedicated civil service employees were purged from their "dream jobs" - but they refused to be silenced.

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β€œOnly when we’ve truly fallen back in love with the Earth will our actions spring from reverence and the insight of our interconnectedness.” β€”ThΓ­ch NhαΊ₯t HαΊ‘nh, Thiền Buddhist monk, Zen master, and peace activist

#WednesdayWisdom #Earth #Love #LoveNature

11.02.2026 16:01 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1