Sharon A. Hill
Science and Society Specialist ~ Examining paranormal culture and pseudoscience ~ Author of Scientifical Americans (2017) ~
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CT River Museum to host Myths and Legends symposium, exhibit
The Middletown Press 4d 1 tweets
ESSEX - Visitors can spend the day immersed in the Myths and Legends of the Connecticut River Valley, a symposium and exhibit opening Sept. 21, 8:30 a.m.-6 p.m. Experts will provide a scholarly and entertaining approach to exploring the...
Sharon A. Hill CT River Museum to host Myths and Legends symposium, exhibit #paranormal via 4d
Commerce Chief Threatened Firings at NOAA After Trump’s Hurricane Tweets, Sources Say
Lisa Friedman, Peter Baker - Nytimes.com 6d 65 tweets
Wilbur L. Ross Jr. made the threat after the agency’s Alabama office contradicted the president’s claim that Hurricane Dorian might hit the state.
A striped wonder
TwilightBeasts 484d 2 tweets
If you haven’t already, take a few minutes to watch this YouTube video. Think about what you are watching. The animal in the grainy film is extinct. When the last member of its species died out, a …
Trump may have broken federal law by altering Hurricane Dorian's path on a map to validate his false claim that it could hit Alabama
Sonam Sheth - Business Insider 9d 1 tweets
Federal law states that it's illegal to knowingly issue or publish any "counterfeit weather forecast or warning of weather conditions."
Sharon A. Hill Trump may have broken federal law by altering Hurricane Dorian's path on a map to validate his false claim that it could hit Alabama 9d
This is a computer-generated video created months before Hurricane Dorian hit the Bahamas
AFP Factuel 🔎 - AFP Fact Check 11d 1 tweets
A video which appears to show large swirling clouds over a city has been viewed hundreds of thousands of times in multiple Instagram posts, alongside a claim that it shows Hurricane Dorian off the coast of the Bahamas. The claim is false; the clip...
Loch Ness monster: Study reveals what creature Nessie may actually be
Scotsman.com 10d 1 tweets
Scientists have today revealed the Loch Ness Monster could be a giant eel.
Sharon A. Hill Too much emphasis on #gianteel trying to salvage the #nessie story. Loch Ness monster: Study reveals the creature Nessie may actually be. Nessie is not one thing. #cryptozoology 10d
Trump Displays Altered Map Of Hurricane Dorian's Path To Include Alabama
NPR.org 11d 4 tweets
Trump erroneously insisted that Alabama was in the storm's path, and Wednesday he showed a weather service map clearly altered to include the state.
Sharon A. Hill This idiot. What an incredible turd ball. 11d
San Francisco Officials Designate NRA a Domestic Terrorist Organization
Lakshmi Sarah - KQED 11d 3 tweets
The resolution calls out the NRA for inciting acts of violence and spreading "misinformation and propaganda."
Sharon A. Hill San Francisco Officials Designate NRA a Domestic Terrorist Organization #RightOn #GunControlNow 11d
Family spots native African animal in Santa Fe National Forest
KRQE News 13 11d 1 tweets
SANTA FE, N.M. (KRQE) – New Mexico has its share of interesting animals ⁠— bobcats, mountain lions, bears ⁠— but one Santa Fe family came across a creature that’s not even from this con…
Sharon A. Hill This story is inaccurate. assumed this was a non-native when it is more likely an escaped pet. #savannahcat Do better research, not hype. "Family spots native African animal in Santa Fe National Forest"  11d
Woman Pecked to Death by Her Rooster
livescience.com 11d 1 tweets
Attacks by roosters are very rare, the authors said.
Pat Shingleton:
WBRZ News - WBRZ 12d 1 tweets
It was a dark New England day on September 3, 1881.  Only 10% of available sunlight was found that day as smoke from fires in Michigan, New York, and Ontario closed schools and businesses. The fire season
Sharon A. Hill A Dark Day and Severe Lightning..." Ball lightning accounts from history. 12d
Fly in Meadow area - Pennsylvania - BugGuide.Net
Bugguide.net 13d 1 tweets
An online resource devoted to North American insects, spiders and their kin, offering identification, images, and information.
Sharon A. Hill Found it, thanks to Cordyligaster septentrionalis, a type of bristle fly. 13d
Cordyligaster septentrionalis
iNaturalist.org 13d 1 tweets
Sharon A. Hill Found it, thanks to Cordyligaster septentrionalis, a type of bristle fly. 13d
On the Trail of Bigfoot - Episode 5: Area X
YouTube 15d 1 tweets
Travel deep into the heart of the Ouachita Mountains in Southeastern Oklahoma where a Bigfoot investigative group called the North American Wood Ape Conserva...
Sharon A. Hill Watching "On the Trail of Bigfoot" on Area X reminded me of how crappy the skeptic community reacted to my general positive treatment of the NAWC monograph. 15d
New Gun Laws Take Effect September 1: What You Need to Know
Spectrumlocalnews.com 15d 3 tweets
Lawmakers passed several gun-related laws.
Knarkbevis stals av mås
SVT Nyheter 17d 1 tweets
När polisen var säkra på ett tillslag mot en hashrökare, med bevisen i en påse på marken, hade en mås andra planer.
Sharon A. Hill Drug evidence was stolen by gulls. In Swedish. cc 17d
NEW CBC ORIGINAL DOCSERIES JENSPLAINING, HOSTED BY “TWITTER’S RESIDENT GYNECOLOGIST” DR. JEN GUNTER LAUNCHES AUGUST 23 ON CBC GEM - CBC Media Centre
Cbc.ca 23d 3 tweets
New, 10-part CBC original docuseries JENSPLAINING (10X12), hosted by unapologetic and iconic women’s health expert, Dr. Jen Gunter launches August 23 on the free CBC Gem streaming service.
Sharon A. Hill Hooray for who has a new TV show (but in Canada [boo!]) #Jensplaining The world SO NEEDS THIS! 22d
Ghost Writer: The Humpty Doo Poltergeist
The Fortean 22d 1 tweets
In an earlier post I covered my own experiences with the Humpty Doo poltergeist in Australia in 1998. Two Australian journalists who also visited the…
Sharon A. Hill Ghost Writer: The Humpty Doo Poltergeist - The Fortean #paranormal 22d
Myths & Legends of the Connecticut River Valley - A Symposium
Connecticut River Museum 26d 3 tweets
Saturday, September 21, 2019 8:30 am – 6:00 pm Registration Cost $35, Student Rate $25 Optional Onrust Sail, additional $30   A Symposium at the Connecticut River Museum, 67 Main Street, Essex, CT 06426 8:30 – 9:00 am Registration/Sign In …
Sharon A. Hill Sign up to attend Myths & Legends of the Connecticut River Valley – A Symposium at the Connecticut River Museum. I'll be speaking! 26d
Sharon A. Hill I'll be in Essex, CT on 9/21 speaking at this event. #folklore #paranormal And, going to check out Machimoodus state park to listen for "bad noises". 12d
Sharon A. Hill Join me at this symposium in Connecticut Sept 21. #ghosts #vampires #monsters #folklore 6d
Trump’s El Paso Photo Is Obscene
Graeme Wood - The Atlantic 37d 24 tweets
The president’s callousness has reached a new low: smiling, flashing a thumbs-up next to an orphaned infant.
Sharon A. Hill Trump’s El Paso Photo Is Obscene - The Atlantic #grotesque #tonedeaf #buffoon I deeply pity this poor forsaken child. 37d