Franchesca Havas

Steve Jackson Games Alum, Friends call me Ches, mom of 3, wifey to 1, #NASATweetup, #Mars, #Boeing, #SharePoint #GeekGirl, #Costumer, #Gloves, #Glovemaker

[The Bellevue Police Department (WA) @BvuePD]

Due to a high volume of calls, Bellevue Police have set up a tipline for anyone who has more information about last week’s arrest into an alleged human sex trafficking operation.

Please call us at 425-452-2564 if you have more info about this case: https://t.co/fRAohlDQmy

[Franchesca Havas @TheRealChes]

@CaptMarkKelly @GabbyGiffords Happy Birthday dearest Gabby!!

[Captain Mark Kelly @CaptMarkKelly]

Tomorrow is @GabbyGiffords’ birthday and I want everyone to wish her a happy birthday. I just blocked her so she won't see this, but I know it'll make her happy.

[Matt Laslo @MattLaslo]

NEWS:
This week I officially asked @SpeakerJohnson, US Senate Leaders and the 17 members of the Senate Rules Committee to investigate @RTCACapitolHill -- the TV networks who control press access to the Capitol led by @ReedReports @AllisonMPecorin

- Suspending entire LCB team without reporting a single violation and without warning.
- Falsifying Congressional Directory.
- Credentialing CNN anchors as NBC (see Kasie Hunt), CBS credentialed ABC, etc.
- Credentialing press secretaries, a talent agent, marketers, etc. (see doc B)
- Seemingly, taking money from corporate entities not eligible for RTCA membership, like Disney, Warner Bros & Artemis Strategies. (see doc C)
- Some 15 people credentialed LCB aren’t listed in any Congressional Directory.
- What happened to the $600 we paid for those credentials? (see doc D)
- Double standards for small and independent journalists.
- Onerous reporting restrictions for independent journalists but not the Networks.
- Refusing — for 5 years — to address Gallery safety concerns raised. (see doc E)
- In 2025, LCB reported RTCA to Reporters Committee for Freedom of Press.

Below find a copy of each letter I sent to congressional leaders. https://t.co/tpG0CBID9G

[Franchesca Havas @TheRealChes]

@wspd1pio Electric fires do not go out with water

[Matt Laslo @MattLaslo]

Why wasn’t this announced before DHS Secretary Mullin testified this week?

ICE to stop reporting deaths of newly released detainees, internal memo says https://t.co/jqLdMjEqM5

[Luke Duecy @LukeKIRO]

No firefighters injured, no cause yet, and only one fire hydrant that was too weak...

More on @KIRONewsradio and @Mynorthwest

[City of Carnation @carnationwa]

In response to misinformation online: There is no data center site proposed in Carnation. There is no battery energy storage system (BESS) site proposed in Carnation.

[Coast to Coast AM @coasttocoastam]

C2C Morning Throwback - 6.1/2016 - Trove of Ancient Tablets Found in London https://t.co/l50APXFaZM

[Colin McCarthy @US_Stormwatch]

Three personal weather stations recorded 0.94-1.05 inches of rain in Davis in 15 minutes, which would make this an unofficial 1-in-1000 year rain event.

[Captain Mark Kelly @CaptMarkKelly]

Growing up, I watched my mom sort bills at the kitchen table. She worked hard and still had to make tough choices about which bills to pay now and which to pay later. We're the richest country in the world, yet too many parents still face this reality. I’m working to change that.

[Pope Leo XIV @Pontifex]

I follow with concern the war in #Ukraine, which is experiencing a sharp intensification in these days. I wish to express my closeness to all those suffering due to recent attacks carried out even against civilians. War does not solve problems but worsens them. It does not create security but multiplies suffering and hatred. Where missiles and drones fall, hopes also fall; homes and places of prayer are destroyed, and innocent lives are broken. I entrust all peoples wounded by war to the protection of the Virgin Mary, Queen of #Peace.

[Scott Manley @DJSnM]

I would have happy to wait for Mandalorian & Grogu to come to streaming, my wife insisted, she's not in any way a Star Wars fan.
She was right, worth seeing on a big screen with a big soundsystem. Yes it's a TV show blown up to a big screen, but the sets, models and props are objectively better than those used on the original movies.
The script writing is... no worse than the other movies.
If you're a 'baby yoda' hater then this movie isn't for you.
The action choreography decent, and it's fun to see a big screen Star Wars protagonist slicing their way through the opposition without using a lightsaber and instead using practically everything else.
It's the same Star Wars universe, it intentionally leads into the pulpy, episodic roots and it's a huge step up from the last big screen outing.

[Franchesca Havas @TheRealChes]

@TheUfoJoe I remember that episode. Everything about him kinda made sense after that. :)

[Archaeo - Histories @archeohistories]

Vibia Perpetua was only about twenty-two when Rome decided she was dangerous.

She was a young noblewoman from Carthage, educated, respected, and the mother of an infant son. By every rule of Roman society, she was supposed to obey her father, protect her family’s honor, and quietly return to the life expected of her.

But in 203 CE, Perpetua was arrested for openly professing Christianity, which was still illegal in the empire. From prison, she left behind something extraordinary: what is believed to be one of the earliest surviving Christian texts written by a woman.

Her father begged her to recant. She had a baby. She had a family. She had every reason to choose survival.

But she would not deny her faith.

She was imprisoned alongside Felicity, an enslaved woman who had recently given birth. In Roman society, they stood on opposite ends of status and power. In the arena, they stood together.

On March 7, 203 CE, Perpetua, Felicity, and their companions were sent into the amphitheater in Carthage. They were first attacked by wild beasts as the crowd watched. Perpetua and Felicity were reportedly thrown by a wild cow, a deliberately humiliating choice meant to make a spectacle of women’s bodies. Wounded but still alive, they were later taken to be finished by the sword.

Their deaths were meant to entertain the crowd and warn others not to defy Rome.

Instead, Perpetua became impossible to erase.

Nearly two thousand years later, her prison diary still matters because it preserves something painfully rare: the voice of a young woman from the ancient world, speaking for herself before history could silence her.

Rome took her life. But it never took her voice.

#archaeohistories

[Franchesca Havas @TheRealChes]

@LueElizondo Just wanted to thank you for all the good work you have done and will continue to do.

[Joe Murgia @TheUfoJoe]

Jeremy is a better man than I am.

I struggle to keep up with what I do on here so I don't have time to go through emails and correspond like that.

I DO like to engage with the community (like at the 2023 SOL conference) and hope to see some folks at Lue's event in a few weeks.

[Jeremy Kenyon Lockyer Corbell @JeremyCorbell]

THIS IS AN IMPORTANT ARTICLE. BEHOLD 🛸🥋
https://t.co/jhlJdi7LgH

[Franchesca Havas @TheRealChes]

@simonmaechling @NASAWatch Hi there! :)

[Curiosity @CuriosityonX]

This is a real photo of mars.

No filter. No AI.

Just a 50-mile crater packed with ancient ice, shot by ESA's Mars Express.