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Kingfisher on a Wire
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I write for myself, and then sometimes other people read what I wrote.

Consumed by science fiction, history, defending my daughter's inherited world, politics, and wishing I didn't care about politics.

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Happy Thanksgiving from Beaufort, SC!
November 27, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Meanwhile, the second headline on the Fox "News" Entertainment website is about UFOs.
November 22, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Did they mean to write: "..., says experts," or "..., according to experts"?
October 26, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Could have dug even deeper🤦‍♂️ The photo credits this document (.pdf), page 5 👇

www.london-research-and-development.com/GOFAST.pdf
October 25, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Photo originates from here, and article published in June 2011, page 20 👇

web.archive.org/web/20170705...
October 25, 2025 at 9:03 PM
October 19, 2025 at 1:07 AM
October 19, 2025 at 1:04 AM
#NoKings Bluffton, SC
October 19, 2025 at 12:52 AM
Fox Entertainment "News" is misattributing the photo below-right to represent the GOP-led narrative that antifa is somehow an organized group of people. 🧵 (1/2)
October 11, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Please share this with anyone who is struggling to understand what "woke" means.
August 22, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Federal troops on Morris Island, guns pointed at Fort Wagner.

www.loc.gov/resource/cwp...
July 18, 2025 at 9:07 PM
If it could happen in China...
June 13, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Already started?
June 5, 2025 at 10:17 PM
I'll see your butterfly and raise you this beauty I found in Costa Rica.
May 23, 2025 at 3:51 AM
JUST spotted this guy getting harassed by a protective mama bird.
May 17, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Captivating lightning activity in the middle-of-night skies above the South Carolina lowcountry!

#lowcountry #beaufort #lightning
May 5, 2025 at 11:56 AM
May 1, 2025 at 11:38 PM
April 20, 2025 at 12:24 PM
"Life among the Negroes of Virginia in slavery times was generally happy."

This is the sort of history education we can expect if Republicans seize the narrative.

*thread 9/9

beatenpaths.substack.com/p/comprehens...
April 20, 2025 at 1:29 AM
"When the day's work was over, the plantation Negroes enjoyed themselves."

This is the sort of history education we can expect if Republicans seize the narrative.

*thread 8/9
April 20, 2025 at 1:28 AM
This is the sort of history education we can expect if Republicans seize the narrative.

*thread 7/9
April 20, 2025 at 1:06 AM
"The regard that master and slaves had for each other made plantation life happy and prosperous."

This is the sort of history education we can expect if Republicans seize the narrative.

*thread 6/9
April 20, 2025 at 1:05 AM
"On holidays and Sundays, these slaves made an attractive appearance."

This is the sort of history education we can expect if Republicans seize the narrative.

*thread 5/9
April 20, 2025 at 1:04 AM
This is the sort of history education we can expect if Republicans seize the narrative.

*thread 4/9
April 20, 2025 at 1:03 AM
"The industrious slave was able to live better than others."

This is the sort of history education we can expect if Republicans seize the narrative.

*thread 3/9
April 20, 2025 at 1:01 AM