Gina Wilhelm
@worksofginas.bsky.social
Actor, puppeteer, ventriloquist.
I try to post happy fun things, but don't be surprised if I post/repost a lot of political stuff these days
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I try to post happy fun things, but don't be surprised if I post/repost a lot of political stuff these days
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No DMs. I don't read 'em, I won't answer 'em
#OnThisDayInHistory, the first instant Land camera, now known as Polaroid, goes on sale in 1948. I feel an Outkast song coming on....
November 27, 2025 at 12:55 AM
#OnThisDayInHistory, the first instant Land camera, now known as Polaroid, goes on sale in 1948. I feel an Outkast song coming on....
#OnThisDayInHistory, Agatha Christie's "The Mousetrap" opens on London's West End in 1952. It's still running, making it the world's longest-running play. It just keeps going and going and going and going....
November 26, 2025 at 7:39 AM
#OnThisDayInHistory, Agatha Christie's "The Mousetrap" opens on London's West End in 1952. It's still running, making it the world's longest-running play. It just keeps going and going and going and going....
#OnThisDayInHistory, Eisenhower's plane, Columbine III, is officially christened as Air Force One in 1954. But Gary Oldman was never thrown off it.
November 25, 2025 at 12:44 AM
#OnThisDayInHistory, Eisenhower's plane, Columbine III, is officially christened as Air Force One in 1954. But Gary Oldman was never thrown off it.
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I don't know about anyone else, but in terms of my life, this is some impactful shit right here. Thank you, Joel, Trace, Josh, Kevin, and Jim.
Today in 1988 Mystery Science Theater 3000 premiered on KTMA in St. Paul Minnesota. #MST3K
November 24, 2025 at 11:43 PM
I don't know about anyone else, but in terms of my life, this is some impactful shit right here. Thank you, Joel, Trace, Josh, Kevin, and Jim.
#OnThisDayInHistory, John Herrington becomes the first Native American in space when he embarks on a mission to the International Space Station in 2002. He brings an eagle feather and traditional wooden flute with him. I'm not clear on if he played the flute in space or not. #ItsAboutDamnTime
November 23, 2025 at 11:23 PM
#OnThisDayInHistory, John Herrington becomes the first Native American in space when he embarks on a mission to the International Space Station in 2002. He brings an eagle feather and traditional wooden flute with him. I'm not clear on if he played the flute in space or not. #ItsAboutDamnTime
#OnThisDayInHistory, 20-year-old Mike Tyson knocks out Trevor Berbick to become the youngest heavyweight boxing champion ever, in 1986. This was pre-tattoo, of course.
November 22, 2025 at 11:20 PM
#OnThisDayInHistory, 20-year-old Mike Tyson knocks out Trevor Berbick to become the youngest heavyweight boxing champion ever, in 1986. This was pre-tattoo, of course.
#OnThisDayInHistory, George Washington orders General Lee to New Jersey in 1776. Vroom!
November 22, 2025 at 5:19 AM
#OnThisDayInHistory, George Washington orders General Lee to New Jersey in 1776. Vroom!
#OnThisDayInHistory, "The Day After," a made-for-TV movie about a nuclear bomb being dropped on Kansas, airs on ABC in 1983. I think I made it about 10 minutes before getting too freaked out to finish.
November 21, 2025 at 2:12 AM
#OnThisDayInHistory, "The Day After," a made-for-TV movie about a nuclear bomb being dropped on Kansas, airs on ABC in 1983. I think I made it about 10 minutes before getting too freaked out to finish.
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The House takes 2 months off & finally reports back to work & promptly spends the next week filing censure motions against each other & attending black tie dinners w/Saudis while the clock counts down for 24 million people to have their health insurance premiums spike in 42 days.
November 20, 2025 at 1:39 AM
The House takes 2 months off & finally reports back to work & promptly spends the next week filing censure motions against each other & attending black tie dinners w/Saudis while the clock counts down for 24 million people to have their health insurance premiums spike in 42 days.
#OnThisDayInHistory, CBS bans a Calvin Klein jeans ad featuring a 15-year-old Brooke Shields for being too suggestive in 1980. I feel like they might have had a point.
November 20, 2025 at 7:17 AM
#OnThisDayInHistory, CBS bans a Calvin Klein jeans ad featuring a 15-year-old Brooke Shields for being too suggestive in 1980. I feel like they might have had a point.
#OnThisDayInHistory, Abraham Lincoln travels to Gettysburg to give his famous address in 1863. Contrary to popular belief, he did not write the address on an envelope while on the train. Sorry.
November 19, 2025 at 12:29 AM
#OnThisDayInHistory, Abraham Lincoln travels to Gettysburg to give his famous address in 1863. Contrary to popular belief, he did not write the address on an envelope while on the train. Sorry.
#OnThisDayInHistory, the Elizabethan Age begins in 1558. "We're called Elizabethans, they're all a bunch of heathens!"
November 18, 2025 at 7:12 AM
#OnThisDayInHistory, the Elizabethan Age begins in 1558. "We're called Elizabethans, they're all a bunch of heathens!"
#OnThisDayInHistory, "The Sound of Music" premieres on Broadway in 1959. In real life, the oldest von Trapp was a boy, and you don't just walk to Switzerland, but it makes for a good story. BTW, my production of "The Sound of Music" opens November 28. @redcurtainwa.bsky.social
November 17, 2025 at 6:56 AM
#OnThisDayInHistory, "The Sound of Music" premieres on Broadway in 1959. In real life, the oldest von Trapp was a boy, and you don't just walk to Switzerland, but it makes for a good story. BTW, my production of "The Sound of Music" opens November 28. @redcurtainwa.bsky.social
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I just don’t see how we can pretend even for a moment that anything involving our federal government is remotely normal when the president is covering up his involvement in a child sex trafficking ring. Like, what are we doing here
November 15, 2025 at 1:14 AM
I just don’t see how we can pretend even for a moment that anything involving our federal government is remotely normal when the president is covering up his involvement in a child sex trafficking ring. Like, what are we doing here
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Bondi's DOJ is suing California because of redistricting. Bondi LIED about the reason & says it about race. NO, it's because you are trying to cheat by having red states redistricting, so you can continue destroy democracy.
apnews.com/article/cali...
apnews.com/article/cali...
Justice Department sues to block California US House map in clash that could tip control of Congress
The Justice Department has sued to block new congressional district boundaries approved by California voters, joining a legal battle that could determine which party wins control of the U.S.
apnews.com
November 15, 2025 at 2:19 AM
Bondi's DOJ is suing California because of redistricting. Bondi LIED about the reason & says it about race. NO, it's because you are trying to cheat by having red states redistricting, so you can continue destroy democracy.
apnews.com/article/cali...
apnews.com/article/cali...
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One thing I learned many years ago on the fringes of Film Twitter is that people who get granular about the age of consent are bad news. (Ditto irl men who can quote from memory Humbert Humbert lines from Lolita.)
November 15, 2025 at 3:36 AM
One thing I learned many years ago on the fringes of Film Twitter is that people who get granular about the age of consent are bad news. (Ditto irl men who can quote from memory Humbert Humbert lines from Lolita.)
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My three-year-old was reading the Epstein emails when she turned to me gravely and asked "Daddy, why is the nice orange man joking with the sex offender on his computer?" And when I told her "Because women made it impossible to joke in the workplace," she started crying.
November 15, 2025 at 3:35 AM
My three-year-old was reading the Epstein emails when she turned to me gravely and asked "Daddy, why is the nice orange man joking with the sex offender on his computer?" And when I told her "Because women made it impossible to joke in the workplace," she started crying.
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They complain about a male loneliness epidemic but have they even tried going shirtless and leaping to and fro on clay pots whilst wearing diaphanous trousers? They have not.
November 15, 2025 at 5:04 AM
They complain about a male loneliness epidemic but have they even tried going shirtless and leaping to and fro on clay pots whilst wearing diaphanous trousers? They have not.
#OnThisDayInHistory, a grilled cheese sandwich with what appears to be an image of the Virgin Mary sells on eBay for $28,000 in 2004. It is said to be 10 years old (at the time) and had never sprouted mold. Incorruptible sandwich!
November 15, 2025 at 7:34 PM
#OnThisDayInHistory, a grilled cheese sandwich with what appears to be an image of the Virgin Mary sells on eBay for $28,000 in 2004. It is said to be 10 years old (at the time) and had never sprouted mold. Incorruptible sandwich!
#OnThisDayInHistory journalist Nellie Bly sets off on her journey to circle the globe faster than Phileas Fogg's in "Around the World in 80 Days" in 1889. She makes it in 72 days. #feminism
November 15, 2025 at 7:11 AM
#OnThisDayInHistory journalist Nellie Bly sets off on her journey to circle the globe faster than Phileas Fogg's in "Around the World in 80 Days" in 1889. She makes it in 72 days. #feminism
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Increase in productivity since 1979: 87%
Increase in hourly pay since 1979: 32%
Just so happens that ~25% of workers were unionized in 1979. Today? 10%.
As unions declined, the super-rich have taken a larger share of wealth generated by labor. We must build back union power.
Increase in hourly pay since 1979: 32%
Just so happens that ~25% of workers were unionized in 1979. Today? 10%.
As unions declined, the super-rich have taken a larger share of wealth generated by labor. We must build back union power.
November 14, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Increase in productivity since 1979: 87%
Increase in hourly pay since 1979: 32%
Just so happens that ~25% of workers were unionized in 1979. Today? 10%.
As unions declined, the super-rich have taken a larger share of wealth generated by labor. We must build back union power.
Increase in hourly pay since 1979: 32%
Just so happens that ~25% of workers were unionized in 1979. Today? 10%.
As unions declined, the super-rich have taken a larger share of wealth generated by labor. We must build back union power.
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You would think that the 8 GOP Senators who are SO OUTRAGED that Jack Smith subpoenaed their phone records that they want $1 million compensation would bring him in to testify IN A PUBLIC HEARING to explain why he did this. But no, they don’t want to do that. I wonder why?
November 13, 2025 at 10:54 PM
You would think that the 8 GOP Senators who are SO OUTRAGED that Jack Smith subpoenaed their phone records that they want $1 million compensation would bring him in to testify IN A PUBLIC HEARING to explain why he did this. But no, they don’t want to do that. I wonder why?
#OnThisDayInHistory, the Holland Tunnel opens, connecting Manhattan and New Jersey, in 1927. I've heard you shouldn't take the tunnel.....
November 14, 2025 at 1:40 AM
#OnThisDayInHistory, the Holland Tunnel opens, connecting Manhattan and New Jersey, in 1927. I've heard you shouldn't take the tunnel.....
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Tell Congress Right Now: Pass the bipartisan Epstein Files Transparency Act
Tell Congress: Pass the bipartisan Epstein Files Transparency Act
Contact Congress today!
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November 12, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Tell Congress Right Now: Pass the bipartisan Epstein Files Transparency Act