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Sharan Newman

@elioxe.bsky.social
595 followers 511 following 831 posts

Medievalist, author, pretty good cook, confused gardener. Author of Catherine Levendeur mystery series, Real History non-fiction, Guinevere fantasy series. Almost all still in print. I emigrated to Ireland seven years ago and have never regretted it.

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Sharan Newman @elioxe.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
What a surprise. I still haven't forgiven Nixon for Allende.
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Sharan Newman @elioxe.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
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Sharan Newman @elioxe.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
More to the point, "Who will you vote for now!"
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Sharan Newman @elioxe.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
😅
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Sharan Newman @elioxe.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
disgusting.
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Sharan Newman @elioxe.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
I'm having trouble with these "rogue" AI bots. I don't believe they are sentient, evil, entities. They are complex chips programmed by people who grew up on video games that have as their goal the destruction of armies or other planets. What else can we expect? Am I wrong?
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Sharan Newman @elioxe.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
It's an insult to the people of America.
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Sharan Newman @elioxe.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
I wasn't in NYC. I lost no one I knew. But there is still a terrible grief for those who were and did. And for what our country became. Tonight I'm lighting a candle for us all.
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Sharan Newman @elioxe.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
😅
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Sharan Newman @elioxe.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Saudi pilots trained in the US. I was furious at the time that we invaded Afghantistan.
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Sharan Newman @elioxe.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
😅
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Sharan Newman @elioxe.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
elioxe.substack.com/p/ai-blooper...
elioxe.substack.com
AI Bloopers
Not ready to be let out alone
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Sharan Newman @elioxe.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
So sorry! They are selfish pigs,
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Sharan Newman @elioxe.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
What may come of it? With any luck, it will be added to the reasons for the next impeachment; the one that will stick.
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Sharan Newman @elioxe.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
No one seems to point out that measles can lead to blindness, even if it doesn't kill. I remember being kept in a dark room for a week when I had it.
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Sharan Newman @elioxe.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
static.klipy.com
Angry Little Girl with Brush
ALT: Angry Little Girl with Brush
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Sharan Newman @elioxe.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Trump supports her because he knows she'll toe the line just as her brother did.
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💙🏳️‍🌈 Kh’ymm (aka Goldie) 🏳️‍🌈💙 @thegoldfishmind.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
So true. It’s not hard people. #Pinks
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Sharan Newman @elioxe.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
If they educate people, how long do you think they'll keep Abbot as governor?
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Sharan Newman @elioxe.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Zeus is not aiming his bolts well these days. For those of good will, 80 is not that old.
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Sharan Newman @elioxe.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
I loved all his work. Even his villains were enjoyable.
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Sharan Newman @elioxe.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
I thought it was US bond holders. Now, how many of those are non-US citizens?
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Sharan Newman @elioxe.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
I'm sure the foot washing is available to non-Muslims. Lots of people have dirty feet and it would be especially appropriate to Christians for Holy Thursday.
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Sharan Newman @elioxe.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
How about not at all?
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Sharan Newman @elioxe.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Has he been watching WW II movies again!
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Sharan Newman @elioxe.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Since he controls the US vice president, why not move on until he runs the world?
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Sharan Newman @elioxe.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Sigh. Just south of Ennis. I saw a photo from Lahinch that was very dramatic. But I've seen partial eclipses before. Did you get a good view?
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Sharan Newman @elioxe.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Very kind of you to say so.
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Sharan Newman @elioxe.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
I am just curious. How many of you live in swank retirement homes with toga parties and non-prescription drugs? Or have parents who do? I seem to have missed the memo,.
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Sharan Newman @elioxe.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
What To Do with Us Boomers? robertreich.substack.com/p/what-to-do...
robertreich.substack.com
What To Do with Us Boomers?
Why We're a Problem
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Sharan Newman @elioxe.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
ps. I care deeply about history,.
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Sharan Newman @elioxe.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
I understand colanders make a nice pattern of the advance of the moon across the sun. It might amouse them.
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Sharan Newman @elioxe.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Will they wear them inside out? Please?
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Sharan Newman @elioxe.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
😃
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Sharan Newman @elioxe.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Glad to see some historical sense. I read a "news" brief today that assured me that medieval people cowered in terror at an eclipse. I won't have the chance this evening. Clouds and drizzle all day. Summer in Ireland.
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Sharan Newman @elioxe.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
They can all get jobs as bell hops, gardeners, and maids at the coastal Trump resorts. Right? 😒
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Sharan Newman @elioxe.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
I feel that it is short-sighted of both universities and AI companies to encourage students to use AI to write their papers. Unless they mean to create a slave class, there will be no artists, lawyers, doctors, engineers, etc. by the next generation. Then what?
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Sharan Newman @elioxe.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
I read recently that some nuns in the 17th century used old manuscripts to make patterns. Not sure why they would make an embroidery duck.
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Sharan Newman @elioxe.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Does that go for all the other vaccines that he's forbidden? It would be poetic if he came down with shingles.
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Sharan Newman @elioxe.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
And he is the only one of them who deserves the abuse, and more.
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Sharan Newman @elioxe.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
If only he had publicised it more, instead of being modest.
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Sharan Newman @elioxe.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Do you think he'd remember if they did?
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Sharan Newman @elioxe.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
one of my favorites.
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Sharan Newman @elioxe.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
When he's impeached, all his money and that of his sons at least, should be given back to the US treasury.
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Sharan Newman @elioxe.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Think I'll have popcorn for dinner!
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Sharan Newman @elioxe.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
We had clouds all day in Clare; the first time in 2 weeks. Almost a record in Ireland.
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Sharan Newman @elioxe.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
I'd vote for him.
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Sharan Newman @elioxe.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
This is beyond simple vulgarity. It's another sign of mental illness. Like a jackdaw, or a dragon, he needs to be surrounded by shiny things.
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Sharan Newman @elioxe.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
a prison work camp, nazi clone 😢
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Sharan Newman @elioxe.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
The strawberries did well this year. I live in the west of Ireland and I have just plant and hope.
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