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Nicole on Wheels ♿️🏳️‍🌈
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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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One of the features included in that historic 1939 TV broadcast was a scene from the Broadway play Mamba’s Daughters by DuBose Heyward. Georgette Harvey, Ethel Waters, & Fredi Washington reprised their roles. Here they are at the Empire Theatre in a publicity shot for the play a few months earlier.
I am losing my sight and can’t see this very well, but they are standing together indoors. Ethel Waters and Fredi Washington’s faces are close together.
June 15, 2025 at 7:00 PM
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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 🏳️‍🌈
Black and white photo of Ethel Waters looking fabulous in menswear in the 1920s. She wearing a suit, including a vest and tie. Her hat is ar a jaunty angle, and she has a flower in her lapel. She is looking into the camera and smiling.
June 15, 2025 at 6:49 PM
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🇲🇽🇺🇸 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!
Cover of the book WALLS and MIRRORS Mexican Americans, Mexican Immigrants, and the Politics of Ethnicity by DAVID G. GUTIERREZ Cover is red with letters in black and white here is most of the text from the back cover, not including some of the recommendation quotes: Covering more than a century of American history, Walls and Mirrors examines the ways that continuous immigration from Mexico transformed-and continues to shape-the political, social, and cultural life of the American Southwest. Taking a fresh approach to one of the most divisive political issues of our time, David Gutiérrez explores the ways that the constant influx of Mexican immigrants influenced Mexican Americans' sense of social and cultural identity and thus shaped their politics and the trajectory of the Mexican American civil rights movement. Gutiérrez draws on an extensive body of primary and secondary sources to challenge some of the most cherished myths about U.S. immigration and labor policies, the adaptation and incorporation of immigrants into society, and the nature of the ethnic Mexican experience in the Southwest. "An outstanding contribution to Chicano studies and American history in general. ... With balanced, nuanced writing and superior scholarship, the author has provided a first-rate interpretive framework for understanding the political and cultural dilemma faced by Mexican Americans in American society." -George Sanchez, University of Michigan DAVID G. GUTIERREZ is Associate Professor of History at the University of California, San Diego. ISBN-13: 978-0-520-20219-1 ISBN- 10: 0-520-20219-8 UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA PRESS
June 15, 2025 at 2:18 PM
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David Niven is priceless in #BluebeardsEighthWife! It’s one of my favorite roles for him. So funny! Gary Cooper, Claudette Colbert, and Edward Everett Horton are all perfect as well, but David Niven steals the scenes he’s in, or at least most of them! #Lubitsch
Black and white beach shot of Gary Cooper sitting in a suit chatting with David Niven, squatting in shorts and shirt.
June 6, 2025 at 3:06 PM
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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
Young Gary Cooper looking at disheveled in a tuxedo
June 4, 2025 at 11:48 PM
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I was unable to watch, but here’s one of my old screenshots for comparison to whatever aspect ratio they aired. You’ll probably need to expand to see the full width. Not sure how it will display on here. #TheHelenMorganStory #TCMParty #RichardCarlson
Ann Blyth, Paul Newman, and Richard Carlson in The Helen Morgan Story
May 27, 2025 at 7:20 PM
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🤣 Richard Carlson will be haunted with Hugh Marlowe confusion forever, I fear, unless I manage to get back to work and raise his profile! Then everyone will see his uniqueness and wonder how they ever got them mixed up. Like Jake & Elwood, I’m on a mission from God! 🕶️ 😁 @richardcarlson.bsky.social
Black and white closeup of Richard Carlson in 1940 Richard Carlson battling the Gill Man in a cave in Creature from the Black Lagoon
May 6, 2025 at 9:01 AM
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If you’ve never listened to Charles Mingus, a good place to start is the first track, “II B.S.” on his 1964 album MINGUS MINGUS MINGUS MINGUS MINGUS. This was a new, shorter version of his 1957 masterpiece “Haitian Fight Song.” Also has way more brass.
🔥 youtu.be/7PnE6X027OE?...
Cover of the album MINGUS MINGUS MINGUS MINGUS MINGUS, with a color closeup profile of Charles Mingus and a blurred background.
April 23, 2025 at 5:44 PM
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In case you need another Finlay dose!
Adorable small white dog wearing a gray sweater, sticking out his tongue just a little, and getting his head scratched by my sweet husband.
April 23, 2025 at 5:36 PM
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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
black and white screenshot of Charles Mingus playing bass in the 1962 movie All Night Long
April 23, 2025 at 5:31 PM
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Yes, I remember we were sad about that omission! I love that film. It’s definitely one of my favorite performances of his too. He’s extraordinary with the multiple roles. It comes & goes on YouTube. I have a DVD with English subtitles from a Belmondo/Lelouch box set! #LesMisérables #JeanPaulBelmondo
Closeup of Jean-Paul Belmondo with his face between the bars of a prison cell. He’s gripping the bars and looking into the camera.
April 10, 2025 at 4:02 AM
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I’m rather late in the day, but I think he’d mind!
#JeanPaulBelmondo
Jean-Paul Belmondo smoking a cigarette while wearing knight’s armor, without the helmet. From Lettere di una novizia AKA La Novice (1960).
April 10, 2025 at 3:23 AM
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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
Jean-Paul Belmondo smiling and wearing a pin-stripe suit with a red flower in his lapel. From the movie Stavisky (1974). Black and white closeup of Jean-Paul Belmondo lying in a prison bed, looking into the camera. From Un nommé la rocca (1961). Jean-Paul Belmondo water-skiing as he talks on a red telephone, wearing a straw hat. From Le Magnifique (1973). Color closeup of Jean-Paul Belmondo with a salt-and-pepper beard, wearing a brown hat, sitting outdoors. From Itinéraire d'un enfant gâté AKA Itinerary of a Spoiled Child (1988).
April 10, 2025 at 3:21 AM
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Finlay hopes his adorable face will make you feel better today. 🐾
#DogsOfBlueSky
Adorable little white dog facing the camera with his ears perked up and just the tip of his tongue sticking out
April 3, 2025 at 5:25 PM
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🏆 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! 👏👏👏
Closeup color photo of Senator Cory Booker smiling as he looks up and to the right. He is outdoors and is wearing a blue blazer and white shirt. The background is blurry but there appears to be a US flag waving in the distance behind him. Black and white closeup photo of Senator Strom Thurmond, with a large red X over his face.
April 1, 2025 at 11:19 PM
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Pete Buttigieg’s newest YouTube video — his full 8-minute appearance on CNN from last night (Monday, March 24th), discussing the Trump administration’s major national security failure:
Screen grab of Kaitlyn Collins and Pete Buttigieg on CNN Live, with a chyron reading “Top Trump Officials Accidentally Texted Reporter Military Plans”
March 25, 2025 at 3:09 PM
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Thrilled to see that @petebuttigieg.bsky.social has posted his first YouTube video in almost 4 and a half years! We need his leadership so badly. There’s no one I trust more to guide us through, and eventually out of, the ruinous Trump/Musk era. Thank you, Pete! [Link in next post.]
#TeamPete
Screenshot of Pete Buttigieg’s YouTube channel’s Latest Videos page, showing a new video titled “Pete Responds Live : to Trump Admin's Major Security Failure…” and the most recent previous video, “The Deciding Decade Podcast #13 with John Legend” [although Legend’s name is cut off in this shot so only the first letter J appears]. Under that video, it says “4 years ago.”
March 25, 2025 at 3:08 PM
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I’ve been appreciating Joseph Walker’s spectacular work too! I regret that he really wasn’t on my cinematography radar before, even though these films aren’t new to me. I guess having a bigger/better TV since the last time I saw most of them has made quite a difference, with my bad vision! #TCMParty
Black and white screenshot of lovely Barbara Stanwyck in Ladies of Leisure (1930). She is outside at night, looking up at the the pitch black sky dotted with stars. The sky is the only background.
March 20, 2025 at 5:36 PM
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This article by Canadian Jasmine Mooney is an absolute nightmare from beginning to end. What are we doing to help the other women she met (& those she didn’t) who are still being detained & lack the connections she has? @jeff-merkley.bsky.social @wyden.senate.gov www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Screenshot of the beginning of an article from The Guardian: US immigration I'm the Canadian who was detained by Ice for two weeks. It felt like I had been kidnapped I was stuck in a freezing cell without explanation despite eventually having lawyers and media attention. Yet, compared with others, I was lucky Jasmine Mooney Wed 19 Mar 2025 05.00 EDT There was no explanation, no warning. One minute, I was in an immigration office talking to an officer about my work visa, which had been approved months before and allowed me, a Canadian, to work in the US. The next, I was told to put my hands against the wall, and patted down like a criminal before being sent to an Ice detention center without the chance to talk to a lawyer.
March 20, 2025 at 4:42 PM
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An excellent Joan Fontaine movie that not enough people have seen: Ivy (1947)! She’s so good as a scheming evil beauty! #TCMParty
full-page magazine ad for Ivy (1947) with a large illustration of Joan Fontaine’s face and one of her standing in a black dress and small ones of her with 3 different men.
March 16, 2025 at 8:03 PM
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Slept in my Siouxsie and the Banshees shirt and woke up Spellbound.
Closeup of Siouxsie Sioux singing, with a blurred background with trees. Caption says “Spellbound, spellbound” with musical notes. From the early 1980s video for Spellbound.
March 14, 2025 at 4:54 PM
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🌼 Looking forward to a much-needed dose of Rock Hudson, Doris Day, and Tony Randall tonight (Friday) on @tcmtv.bsky.social!
5 pm PST/ 8 pm EST
#SendMeNoFlowers #TCMParty
Poster for Send Me No Flowers, with illustrations of Rock Hudson, Doris Day, and Tony Randall. White background.
March 14, 2025 at 4:41 PM
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Teachers: We can’t get our students to pay attention!

Me: But have you simply tried this?
March 12, 2025 at 6:52 PM
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RIP Roberta Flack 💔
ALS is so cruel. 😭
I spoke to Roberta on the phone once in 1997 because of my job. We chatted briefly & she was such a delight! Here’s one of my favorites of her songs, a gorgeous cover of the Bee Gees’ “To Love Somebody,” from her 3rd album Quiet Fire.
🎧 youtu.be/zyg4lA7lUcI?...
Cover of the Roberta Flack album Quiet Fire. Closeup photo of her smiling, with magnificent natural hair
February 25, 2025 at 3:12 AM
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ICYMI: David Tennant singing 500 Miles at the BAFTAs was a throwback to a cast and crew video made for the wrap party for his last day of filming his original Doctor Who run, ~15 years ago! The full video is here: youtu.be/2c6qENWh2jQ?... but I can’t help but add a clip anyway! I watch this a lot. 😂
February 17, 2025 at 8:14 AM