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Disabled GenX writer. Classic film & TV; music; languages; science; math; history; art; photography; law. Neurodivergent amputee. #TeamPete #TCMParty #FilmSky #DisabilityInFilm #MECFS #MCAS🦉♾️🦓🌼
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Yesterday was the 86th anniversary of singer and actress #EthelWaters’ variety TV special, “The Ethel Waters Show.” She was the first Black American to host a TV show! She was closeted by then, but she’d lived openly as a lesbian in Harlem before gaining wider fame. #PrideMonth 🏳️‍🌈

submitted 10 days ago • 1 comment

A reminder to everyone who did such an amazing job today to make sure you are REGISTERED TO VOTE. Whatever crap this admin may pull, put yourself in the strongest position to fight it at every election you are eligible for.

submitted 11 days ago • 14 comments

🇲🇽🇺🇸 Walls & Mirrors: Mexican Americans, Mexican Immigrants, & the Politics of Ethnicity by David G. Gutiérrez, 1995 Read this when it came out. One of the best history books I’ve ever read. I’d learned maybe 1% in high school, including in Texas history classes. I’m excited that I found it on Kindle!

submitted 10 days ago • 0 comments

The Audible sale going on right now is incredible. I’m getting books for like $2 or $3 that I’ve been wanting for ages! #Audiobooks

submitted 19 days ago • 0 comments

“I lived in the midst of an abundance of natural life which manifested itself every hour of the day, and from being thus surrounded, thus enclosed within a great whirl of what one may call the life force, I felt that I drew a secret and sustaining energy.” — Henry Beston, The Outermost House, 1928

submitted 21 days ago • 1 comment

Happy Rosalind Russell’s Birthday!! I will have to do her justice belatedly. I hope she will forgive me! 👑❤️

submitted 21 days ago • 1 comment

Happy @tcmtv.bsky.social #GaryCooper Month!! Some of my faves aren’t showing, but it’ll be spectacular anyway! My Top 5 Missing, so folks can seek if interested: City Streets (1931) Casanova Brown (1944) Bluebeard’s Eighth Wife (1938) Peter Ibbetson (1935) Ten North Frederick (1958) #TCMParty #SOTM

submitted 21 days ago • 7 comments

I’d appreciate folks reposting.

submitted 41 days ago • 2 comments

Also would appreciate recommendations on the best Braille label maker, especially one that will work for pill bottles. Thanks!

submitted 41 days ago • 0 comments

Blind and low-vision folks — have any of you used a Hable One Braille Keyboard for iPhone? How was it? I can barely see anymore, don’t know yet if it’s permanent or maybe even getting worse, and my iPhone accessibility features are not enough for me. Any advice appreciated. Thanks!

submitted 41 days ago • 1 comment

🎉 Happy Richard Carlson Day 🎊 to my friend @holyspacemonkey.bsky.social / @richardcarlson.bsky.social and to all who celebrate! 🎈 #BOTD

submitted 57 days ago • 1 comment

😩 Haven’t been on here much because I’m so extremely ill, and also I have new macular edema and vitreous detachments to go along with the choreoretinal, corneal, and vitreous problems I already had. So basically, I can barely see, and trying to see gives me terrible headaches. 👁️🤞 #MECFS #MCAS #hEDS

submitted 50 days ago • 6 comments

Pete Buttigieg calls out the GOP’s plan to slash Medicaid and gut the VA: “They don’t have an answer. Their answer is: burn it all down.” Yes, there are problems. But cutting care for poor people and Veterans isn’t a fix—it’s a failure. “We can do better than that.”

submitted 63 days ago • 34 comments

I missed Charles Mingus’ Birthday. IMO he was one of the greatest composers of the 20th century. Easily my favorite bassist of all time, from any genre. I love bass, so he’s at the top of a long list. He was a talented pianist too. A genius who died too young because of f*cking #ALS. 👑 #Mingus #Jazz

submitted 63 days ago • 2 comments

Celebrating the late Jean-Paul Belmondo on his birthday! 🎉 There’s no one better. Phenomenal range: romantic hero; free-thinking priest; buffoon; gangster; tough cop; nerdy anti-fascist; millionaire con artist; broken-hearted peasant; swashbuckler; daredevil extraordinaire — always perfect! 💘 #BOTD

submitted 77 days ago • 3 comments

Finlay hopes his adorable face will make you feel better today. 🐾 #DogsOfBlueSky

submitted 83 days ago • 8 comments

🏆 American hero Senator Cory Booker is now giving the longest speech in US Senate history! Racist Strom Thurmond previously held the record with his shameful 24-hour, 18-minute filibuster of the Civil Rights Act of 1957. New Jersey’s first Black senator burned Thurmond’s record to the ground! 👏👏👏

submitted 85 days ago • 0 comments

I’ve been watching American hero Senator Cory Booker for several hours now. I’ve made several clips, but they’re too long for Bluesky. I haven’t been able to edit them down yet. He’s about to hit the 19 hour mark & has made me cry several times! Thank you for fighting tyranny, @booker.senate.gov! 🙏

submitted 85 days ago • 0 comments

PRESENTING LILY MARS (1943) — 4:30 pm ET — 1h 44m (TCM Daytime: Spring Fever / Flower Power) Judy Garland, Van Heflin, Fay Bainter; directed by Norman Taurog A small-town girl fights for her big chance on Broadway. #TCM #TCMParty

submitted 91 days ago • 0 comments

Ümit Bektaş is one of Turkey’s most talented photographers. His photos here are going viral. You’re not looking at AI: these are real photos from Turkey’s current pro-democracy protests. Despite mounting police repression, the demonstrations are expanding. Erdogan hopes protesters will tire out.

submitted 93 days ago • 9 comments

Pete Buttigieg: "They think all of this is a joke or a game. (Pete Hegseth) took classified information about American battle plans and randomly sent them to the wrong guy. If I made a mistake like this as a lieutenant, I would not only be fired but probably tried and in prison."

submitted 93 days ago • 5 comments

The lives of American troops - and every American life - depends on the people in charge of our government taking their responsibilities seriously. But again and again, including with the incompetence that came to light today, they are demonstrating the opposite. My full interview here:

submitted 93 days ago • 386 comments

They are breaking Social Security, because they do not like Social Security.

submitted 92 days ago • 497 comments