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Mark Cabot Robinson
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Booklover who draws cartoons for fun; I love comics, TV, movies, books & theme songs w/mystery, SF & fantasy! Super powers: reading & cartooning!
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Actress Dame Patricia Routledge, known for playing Hyacinth Bucket in the classic TV sitcom Keeping Up Appearances, has died at the age of 96.
#patriciaroutledge #keepingupappearances #hyacinthbucket #hettywainthroppinvestigates
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Patricia Routledge: Keeping Up Appearances star dies at 96
She also starred in Alan Bennett's TV monologues and played the BBC's amateur sleuth Hetty Wainthropp.
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October 3, 2025 at 4:54 PM
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The #crimedrama Elementary debuted 13 years ago on Sept 27, 2012, w/Jonny Lee Miller as a modern-day #SherlockHolmes & Lucy Liu as his partner Dr. #JoanWatson. With 7 seasons & 154 episodes, Miller has the record for portraying Holmes the most in TV or film.
#mystery @elleryqueenmm.bsky.social
September 27, 2025 at 11:29 AM
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In Greenland, Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen apologized formally for the mistreatment of thousands of Inuit girls and women who were given invasive contraception without consent.
⁦‪#indigenoushistory
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Denmark, hoping to reconcile, apologizes for forced contraception in Greenland
In Greenland, Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen will apologize formally for the mistreatment of thousands of Inuit girls and women who were given invasive contraception without consent.
www.washingtonpost.com
September 24, 2025 at 8:30 PM
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Back in Silver Spring, since it was my birthday yesterday, I treated myself to a visit to Barbarian Comics in Wheaton. After that, I enjoyed a salmon dinner with a cheesecake dessert & a Coke at Outback Restaurant. Sheer bliss!
#treatyourself #birthday #birthdayweekend #comicbookstore
September 21, 2025 at 2:02 PM
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It’s my birthday and it’s Batman Day, so…
I’m Batman.
#batman #batmanday #imbatman
September 20, 2025 at 4:22 PM
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Remembering my favorite author, #RobertBParker (Sept 17, 1932–Jan 18, 2010) on his birthday.
Best known for his novels w/Boston #privateeye #Spenser, colleague Hawk & longtime love Susan Silverman, Parker also wrote books w/ #JesseStone & #SunnyRandall.
#SpenserForHire #books #crimefiction #mystery
September 17, 2025 at 12:46 PM
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Robert Redford, the dashing actor & Oscar-winning director who eschewed his status as a Hollywood leading man to champion causes close to his heart, has died, according to his publicist...
He was 89.
#RobertRedford
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Actor, director, environmentalist Robert Redford dies at 89 | CNN
Robert Redford, the dashing actor and Oscar-winning director who eschewed his status as a Hollywood leading man to champion causes close to his heart, died Tuesday, CNN has learned. He was 89.
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September 16, 2025 at 12:54 PM
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With regret,
I’ve decided to leave Wrangell, AK to move back east. I’ll miss it.
I’ve reached 69% of my #GoFundMe goal to help w/bills as I ponder options to treat prostate cancer.Thanks to my donors. Your support is greatly appreciated.
#movingon #prostatehealth #prostatecancer
gofund.me/65039edb
September 13, 2025 at 10:19 PM
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Remembering legendary newsman #CharlesKuralt (Sept. 10, 1934-July 4, 1997), best known as the first host of #CBSSundayMorning, & his #OnTheRoad segments for the CBS Evening News, from 1967 to 1980.
#journalism @cbsnews.com.web.brid.gy @poynterinstitute.bsky.social @columbiajournalism.bsky.social
September 12, 2025 at 11:24 AM
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58 years ago #CharlesKuralt set out #OnTheRoad to find news of a different stripe. #SteveHartman looks back at the man behind countless unforgettable stories of parts of America that had been rarely seen before on TV.
#ontheroad #cbsnews #journalism @cbsnews.com
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Remembering Charles Kuralt
YouTube video by CBS Sunday Morning
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September 12, 2025 at 9:46 AM
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Jonathon Dawe with the Wrangell Sentinel asserts that Superman’s greatest strength is something of which we are all capable.
#superman #tobeofservice #helpingthoseinneed #lookforthehelpers #wrangellsentinel
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What makes Superman a hero is not his powers - Wrangell Sentinel
One thing I’m still getting used to about the isolation that comes with living in Wrangell is the lack of a movie theater and the inability to watch new films as they debut. This was never more …
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September 10, 2025 at 10:09 AM
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Just finished my latest #AsHeardOnTV, w/ #themesongs & #filmmusic from the #StarTrek franchise.
Since I had more music than time to play it all, listen live for more Trek next Sun, Sept. 14, 11 AM - 1 PM AKDT, 3-5 PM EST at KSTK.org!
#sciencefiction
September 7, 2025 at 9:47 PM
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Check out my phone wallpaper! Currently doing my radio show As Heard On TV with theme songs & film music from the #StarTrek franchise for #StarTrekDay, tomorrow on Sept 8. Listen live right now, 3-5 PM EST at KSTK.org!
#asheardontv #themesongs
September 7, 2025 at 8:01 PM
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Monday is #StarTrekDay, so my next #AsHeardOnTV will feature theme songs & film music from the #StarTrek franchise. Listen live Sun, Sept 7, 11 AM-1 PM Alaska Time, 3-5 PM EST at KSTK.org!
#sciencefiction #generoddenberry #themesongs #filmmusic
September 7, 2025 at 11:20 AM
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It’s the 50th anniversary of The Secrets of Isis which debuted Sept 6, 1975 on CBS, the first live-action TV show w/a female #superhero lead character, before the TV show debuts of The Bionic Woman & Wonder Woman.
#thesecretsofisis #SuperHeroine #saturdaymorningtv #superhero
September 6, 2025 at 8:12 PM
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#BatmanTheAnimatedSeries debuted on Sept. 5, 1992.
The series has received widespread acclaim since its release & hailed as groundbreaking. It won multiple Daytime Emmy Awards, as well as the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Programming.
#batman
September 5, 2025 at 4:25 PM
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I’ve reached 63% of my #GoFundMe to help w/medical costs & bills as I determine my options to treat prostate cancer. Thanks to my donors.
Your support is greatly appreciated. If unable to donate now, please share this with others in our community.
#prostatehealth #prostatecancer
gofund.me/65039edb
September 5, 2025 at 1:06 AM
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Remembering Chuck McCann (Sept. 2, 1934 – Apr. 8, 2018).
Actor, comedian, puppeteer, and TV host, McCann’s career spanned over 70 years. He was best known for his work in children’s television and animation, including The Chuck McCann Show.
#chuckmccann #puppeteering #puppeteer #faroutspacenuts
September 2, 2025 at 4:45 PM
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Graham Greene, the Oscar-nominated actor from Dances With Wolves, died Monday in Stratford, Ontario, after a lengthy illness, his rep told The Hollywood Reporter. He was 73.
#grahamgreene #danceswithwolves
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Graham Greene, ‘Dances With Wolves’ Actor, Dies at 73
His role as Kicking Bird in the 1990 Kevin Costner film earned him a best supporting actor Oscar nomination.
www.hollywoodreporter.com
September 2, 2025 at 3:53 AM
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Currently doing my radio show As Heard On TV & I’m doing theme songs & film music because it’s Back To School for faculty and students all across America! Listen live now 11 AM-1 PM Alaska Time, 3-5 PM EST at KSTK.org!
#asheardontv #radio #themesongs #filmmusic #backtoschool
August 31, 2025 at 7:22 PM
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Unfortunately, I’ve been able to regularly repost this same editorial cartoon of mine “Wash, Rinse, Repeat” since I first created it on October 4, 2017.
#massshooting #schoolshootings #catholicschoolshooting #GunControl
#editorialcartoon #gunregulation
August 29, 2025 at 3:43 AM
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“It’s not the years, it’s the mileage.”
—Harrison Ford as Indiana Jones in “Raiders of the Lost Ark”
#raidersofthelostark #indianajones #itsnottheyearsitsthemileage
August 29, 2025 at 12:23 AM
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Remembering actor Chadwick Boseman on the fifth anniversary of his passing.
#chadwickboseman #blackpanther #tchalla #wakandaforever #jackierobinson #thurgoodmarshall #jamesbrown
August 28, 2025 at 11:10 PM
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Pleased to report that I’ve reached 58% of my #GoFundMeCampaign goal to help w/medical costs & bills as I determine my options to treat #prostatecancer. Thanks to all my donors.
If you’re unable to donate now, please pass this along to others in our community. Thanks again.
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August 27, 2025 at 7:02 AM
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Remembering one of my closest friends, singer/actress Gabrielle Mary Goyette, on the first anniversary of her passing.
I miss her dearly. For those who knew her, she’ll live in our hearts forever.
#gabriellegoyette
August 26, 2025 at 10:39 AM