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Gina Dalfonzo

@ginadalfonzo.bsky.social

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Author, "Dorothy & Jack," "The Gospel in Dickens," & "One by One." I'm at https://dearstrangethings.substack.com/ and https://dickensblog.com. Beethoven fan, skating fan, Army brat, Pope Leo-quoting Protestant. Opinions are my own. #TCMParty #MST3K

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Gina Dalfonzo @ginadalfonzo.bsky.social · 56m

One of my first wakeup calls, back in the day, was when I saw the comments section of a popular site I occasionally wrote for filling up with horribly sexist remarks. And the moderators just let them right on through.

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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 2h

I walked to the Presidio and climbed a wall to get this photo of the Golden Gate bridge and then rather comically fell on my ass getting down from the wall, so please appreciate this photo, it only cost me my dignity

A photo of the Golden gate bridge behind some buildings at the presidio, actually it's not that great of a photo, nor especially well composed. Nevertheless, I want praise for my suffering.

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Tomás Murray @tomasjmurray.bsky.social · 6h

Today is Angela Lansbury’s 100th birthday.

📸 Yousuf Karsh (1946)

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Raffi Melkonian @rmfifthcircuit.bsky.social · 14h

My super modern regulatory plan is that any entity named for a thing from Tolkien has to publicly explain why Tolkien wouldn’t immediately throw it into Mount Doom

Tony Tassell @tonytassell.bsky.social · 1d

Tolkein continues to resonate. The new bank being set up by Palmer Luckey and backed by Peter Thiel is named Erebor after the “lonely mountain” in The Hobbit. This was also an interesting line in this rpt on the new bank by @tabbykinder.bsky.social www.ft.com/content/202d...

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History Today @historytoday.com · 7h

#JaneEyre was published #OnThisDay in 1847.

When it arrived on the Victorian stage, #CharlotteBrontë’s novel had a cast of new characters and a new social order.

🔓 This archive article is free for 7 days

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Jane Eyre Goes to the Theatre

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Gina Dalfonzo @ginadalfonzo.bsky.social · 16h

I had to read it and watch the film for a college course. The book had some nice passages, but I wasn't that keen on it overall.

Gina Dalfonzo @ginadalfonzo.bsky.social · 17h

Man, that's a terrible trailer for #Gaslight. Zigzags between scenes with no connection and manages to give the whole thing away in the process. #TCMParty

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teamrickandilsa.bsky.social @teamrickandilsa.bsky.social · 17h

#SullivansTravels really sneaks up on you. It’s much deeper than you’d expect. #TCMParty

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Will McKinley @willmckinley.bsky.social · 17h

Finally, some good news in public broadcasting.

Pennsylvania's WPSU will stay on the air after a planned shutdown in 2026.

The Penn State-owned PBS affiliate + NPR station will become part of Philadelphia's WHYY after a "public outcry of support."

www.statecollege.com/articles/loc... #PBS #NPR

Penn State Trustees Approve Deal to Transfer Ownership of WPSU

Penn State's Board of Trustees on Monday approved a new proposal to sell WPSU to Philadelphia area public media provider WHYY in a deal that will allow

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BeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 17h

you should read the Bible because if nothing else it will give you a very full set of language to talk about religious hypocrites and the iniquity of the rich and powerful

BeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 17h

we are whiting more sepulchers than ever! and tithes of mint, dill, and cumin are all up!

the babahuck @tylerhuckabee.bsky.social · 23h

these metrics are not meaningfully connected to the claim

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Gina Dalfonzo @ginadalfonzo.bsky.social · 17h

Good question!

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Joel Williams @joelrwilliams1.bsky.social · 17h

The chain gang / church sequence shows prisoners being treated with dignity, watching the cartoon in a Southern Black church — a depiction praised by NAACP Secretary Walter White in a letter to Sturges.
#TCMParty #SullivansTravels