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Military technical writer, Veteran, Family man. We are never defeated unless we give up on God. - Ronald Reagan

Joined December 2022
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I have just written my FIRST EVER article! And what better place to start than the beginning of the reign of Alfred the Great and the Battle of Ashdown. I have attached the link in the comments and it is completely free, so I hope you all enjoy.
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Along the way…Acadia.
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Some amazing news. 🇨🇦 Belleville Police Const. Jeff Smith has been released from the hospital and is recovering at home after being shot while confronting a gunman outside a synagogue during Yom Kippur. We’re wishing Const. Smith continued strength and a full recovery, and we’re grateful for his courage and the bravery of the officers who responded that day.
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Everyone is all ears this morning.
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Autumn on the Hudson River, Jasper Francis Cropsey
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You can keep the penthouse and the city lights. Give me a house by a lake, a garden that grows wild, and a view I never grow tired of. 🌿
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Inga Moore's heartwarming illustrations for The Wind in the Willows
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Persistent Camouflage - Air Cover 🇺🇸 Austin based Vigil Autonomy (@VigilAutonomy) founded by Matt Goodman (@goodmattg) has developed autonomous camouflage system that provides persistent cover over the asset for thermal infrared and synthetic aperture radar signature management. According to Vigil, the system maximum operating altitude is 10m and flight duration is 120min. Learn more >> tinyurl.com/mr3xfvcm
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Great to see the news from our 🇬🇧 British Allies on a strong commitment to defense spending in their new budget. These investments are a core part of stepping up so together we can face and deter evolving threats to our freedoms.
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Voynich manuscript was bound in the wrong order, new study finds The Voynich manuscript has stumped code-breakers, linguists and medieval scholars for more than a century. A new study offers a fresh reason for the trouble... More information: archaeologymag.com/2026/10/v…
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Unreal sunrise this morning. No filter or enhancement
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On National First Responders Day, we're saluting Alaska's Midnight Sun Hotshots. The crew spent the fire season battling wildfires across Alaska, Oregon and Washington, answering the call wherever they were needed. Thank you for your courage, dedication and hard work!
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“Now and then I am asked as to ‘what books a statesman should read,’ and my answer is, poetry and novels – including short stories under the head of novels. I don’t mean that he should read only novels and modern poetry. If he cannot also enjoy the Hebrew prophets and the Greek dramatists, he should be sorry. He ought to read interesting books on history and government, and books of science and philosophy; and really good books on these subjects are as enthralling as any fiction ever written.” - Theodore Roosevelt
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Good morning folks
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We can believe what we choose. We are answerable for what we choose to believe. - John Henry Newman
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This is the Oxyrhynchus Hymn, dated to the late 200s AD. It is the earliest known Christian hymn manuscript with both lyrics and musical notation. A plain English rendering of the surviving words: “Let all creation be silent. Let the shining stars be still. Let the rushing winds and rivers cease. While we sing to the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, let every power answer: Amen, amen. Strength, praise, and glory forever to God, the only giver of all good things. Amen, amen.”
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UPDATED KAN EXIT POLL: Netanyahu’s Likud leads Gadi Eisenkot’s Yashar 27–21, widening the gap from four seats in the opening projection to six. The broader blocs are tied: Netanyahu-aligned parties 51, non-Arab opposition 51, Arab parties 18. Revised projections, not official results.
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Iraqi historian Omar Mohammed risked his life running the Mosul Eye archive from inside the city under ISIS—documenting executions, the destruction of heritage, and the systematic erasure of history. He later worked to recover Mosul’s long Jewish past. Then, after “Go back to Poland” was chanted at Jews, he went to Auschwitz, Treblinka, and Bełżec. @geraldposner and I have written books about the Holocaust. We know the power of learning what actually happened in World War II. A historian who archived one genocide standing at the site of another is a powerful read thefp.com/p/isis-mosul-omar-…
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