Sharon Clontz Rowe

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...

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".

I'm hiring! 🏛️

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...

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.

Sunday Funday peaceful protest in the streets fighting for our freedoms and liberty. Veterans Against Trump and Fascism in Keller TX. #NoKings #AbolishICE

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.

I know that everyone here hates the “Donald Trump started a war and jacked up your gas prices” messaging but “Donald 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

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?

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.

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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.

Cover of The Lancet:

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

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.

“My ‘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-...

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

Sacramento Peak Observatory in southern New Mexico will be torn down NEW MEXICO (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

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

oops. White nationalism is a helluva drug.

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

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!

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.

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.

why does this sound so familiar...

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

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.

“Only when we’ve truly fallen back in love with the Earth will our actions spring from reverence and the insight of our interconnectedness.” —Thích Nhất Hạnh, Thiền Buddhist monk, Zen master, and peace activist

#WednesdayWisdom #Earth #Love #LoveNature

Hey, y’all, If you were born overseas to an American military or diplomatic family, and don’t have an original or certified birth certificate, order it from the State Department NOW! Mine took 9 months to arrive.

Real Estate Brokers Are Profiting From Warehouse Sales to ICE Lucrative deals selling empty warehouses to Immigration and Customs Enforcement for the Trump administration’s mass deportation machine are being quietly facilitated by a handful of powerful real esta...

"In Hutchins Texas, ICE reportedly bought a former Amazon property for $80 million. The broker’s contact on the listing was Majestic Realty, a Los Angeles–based firm owned by Ed Roski Jr, a Trump campaign contributor who is a partial owner of the L.A. Lakers..."

jacobin.com/2026/02/ware...

ICYMI

Trump repeals EPA’s ability to regulate climate pollution | CNN The Trump Environmental Protection Agency delivered a significant blow to longstanding US climate policy on Thursday, finalizing rules to revoke a 2009 scientific finding that human-caused climate cha...

There's so much other stuff going on that's absolutely horrifying that I worry this won't make much noise. It's absolutely horrifying.

www.cnn.com/2026/02/12/c...