Gina Dalfonzo
@ginadalfonzo.bsky.social
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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Tune into @tcmtv.bsky.social Monday for The Unsuspected (1947), helmed by Michael Curtiz and starring Claude Rains, Joan Caufield, and Audrey Totter. You'll be glad you did. #Noirvember
November 10, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Tune into @tcmtv.bsky.social Monday for The Unsuspected (1947), helmed by Michael Curtiz and starring Claude Rains, Joan Caufield, and Audrey Totter. You'll be glad you did. #Noirvember
Happy heavenly birthday to the great Claude Rains. #Rainsosity forever! 🎉🥂
November 10, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Happy heavenly birthday to the great Claude Rains. #Rainsosity forever! 🎉🥂
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The People Want to Read: on the massive budget cuts proposed for Chicago Public Library. What's at stake and what you can do, whether or not you live in Chicago.
These are *easy* and *vital* things. Let's save CPL's budget.
buttondown.com/wellsourced/...
These are *easy* and *vital* things. Let's save CPL's budget.
buttondown.com/wellsourced/...
The People Want To Read: On Massive Budget Cuts Proposed in Chicago
If passed, Chicago Public Library will lose half their budget for acquiring new books and materials.
buttondown.com
November 10, 2025 at 2:06 PM
The People Want to Read: on the massive budget cuts proposed for Chicago Public Library. What's at stake and what you can do, whether or not you live in Chicago.
These are *easy* and *vital* things. Let's save CPL's budget.
buttondown.com/wellsourced/...
These are *easy* and *vital* things. Let's save CPL's budget.
buttondown.com/wellsourced/...
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"In my many years, I have come to a conclusion that one useless man is a shame, two is a law firm, and three or more is a Congress." 1776 play John Adams
November 10, 2025 at 12:23 PM
"In my many years, I have come to a conclusion that one useless man is a shame, two is a law firm, and three or more is a Congress." 1776 play John Adams
At Dear, Strange Things, I reviewed "The Land of Sweet Forever," an intriguing collection of Harper Lee's essays and previously unpublished short stories. #Booksky #Literaturesky dearstrangethings.substack.com/p/book-revie...
Book Review: The Land of Sweet Forever
The Land of Sweet Forever: Stories and Essays by Harper Lee (Harper, 2025).
dearstrangethings.substack.com
November 10, 2025 at 5:07 AM
At Dear, Strange Things, I reviewed "The Land of Sweet Forever," an intriguing collection of Harper Lee's essays and previously unpublished short stories. #Booksky #Literaturesky dearstrangethings.substack.com/p/book-revie...
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Beast Mode
November 9, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Beast Mode
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If Jesus reveals true humanity, then faith must be large enough to hold the full range of human experience: anguish and hope, anger and trust, tears and praise. To follow him is to grow into that kind of humanity, spacious and honest, carried by the Spirit.
November 6, 2025 at 8:22 PM
If Jesus reveals true humanity, then faith must be large enough to hold the full range of human experience: anguish and hope, anger and trust, tears and praise. To follow him is to grow into that kind of humanity, spacious and honest, carried by the Spirit.
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It’s a rainy day so naturally we swing dance to Singin’ in the Rain!
#Philadelphia #Video #Weather #TCMParty #EllaFitzgerald
#Philadelphia #Video #Weather #TCMParty #EllaFitzgerald
November 9, 2025 at 7:59 PM
It’s a rainy day so naturally we swing dance to Singin’ in the Rain!
#Philadelphia #Video #Weather #TCMParty #EllaFitzgerald
#Philadelphia #Video #Weather #TCMParty #EllaFitzgerald
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He's either a milkshake duck or one of my daughters' future husband (if you knew my daughters you would understand why I say this).
Loving today's news that the mysterious "fedora man" outside the Louvre heist was actually a 15-year-old museum visitor who dresses like a 1940s French detective all the time, just because. apnews.com/article/louv...
Fedora man unmasked: Meet the teen behind the Louvre mystery photo
Fifteen-year-old Pedro Elias Garzon Delvaux has become an internet sensation after an Associated Press photo captured him outside the Louvre on the day of a crown jewels heist.
apnews.com
November 9, 2025 at 4:26 PM
He's either a milkshake duck or one of my daughters' future husband (if you knew my daughters you would understand why I say this).
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BREAKING: I GOT MY SNAP BENEFITS. (NYC HERE)
CHECK YOUR EBT CARDS AND PLEASE REPORT BACK!!!!!
CHECK YOUR EBT CARDS AND PLEASE REPORT BACK!!!!!
November 9, 2025 at 2:40 PM
BREAKING: I GOT MY SNAP BENEFITS. (NYC HERE)
CHECK YOUR EBT CARDS AND PLEASE REPORT BACK!!!!!
CHECK YOUR EBT CARDS AND PLEASE REPORT BACK!!!!!
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I have never coveted something so hard
November 9, 2025 at 1:14 PM
I have never coveted something so hard
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We're watching Sabrina (1954) for the first time, and so far it's charming, but the best part is that Humphrey Bogart is named Linus
November 9, 2025 at 2:46 AM
We're watching Sabrina (1954) for the first time, and so far it's charming, but the best part is that Humphrey Bogart is named Linus
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Fred Astaire demonstrating his new dance 'The Astaire', to dance instructors at his dance studios in the Park Avenue Theatre, New York, 1947.
November 9, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Fred Astaire demonstrating his new dance 'The Astaire', to dance instructors at his dance studios in the Park Avenue Theatre, New York, 1947.
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The 50s were so weird
November 8, 2025 at 11:17 PM
The 50s were so weird
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Two panels commemorating the contribution of Black American soldiers towards the liberation of the Netherlands in World War Two have been quietly removed from a cemetery in Limburg. It follows a complaint by right-wing think tank The Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission.
Op Margraten zijn twee panelen over zwarte Amerikaanse bevrijders van Nederland opeens weg. ‘Past bij beleid van de regering-Trump’
Op Margraten zijn twee panelen over zwarte Amerikaanse bevrijders van Nederland opeens weg. ‘Past bij beleid van de regering-Trump’
Op de Amerikaanse begraafplaats in Margraten is het opeens stil geworden rond de zwarte Amerikanen die hielpen Nederland bevrijden. Twee panelen die hun bijdrage herdachten – én wezen op hun strijd tegen racisme binnen het leger – werden zonder toelichting verwijderd.
www.nrc.nl
November 8, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Two panels commemorating the contribution of Black American soldiers towards the liberation of the Netherlands in World War Two have been quietly removed from a cemetery in Limburg. It follows a complaint by right-wing think tank The Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission.
No better way to get me to bolt out of a store.
November 8, 2025 at 10:06 PM
No better way to get me to bolt out of a store.
Recommended. The cast is strong, and it's fun to hear some of the cut music. (@bcdreyer.social, have you heard this one yet?) #Broadway #MyFairLady www.chandos.net/products/rev...
Lerner & Loewe's My Fair Lady
Musicals Vocal & Song CHANDOS SACD
Lerner & Loewe's My Fair Lady
CHSA 5358(2)
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November 8, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Recommended. The cast is strong, and it's fun to hear some of the cut music. (@bcdreyer.social, have you heard this one yet?) #Broadway #MyFairLady www.chandos.net/products/rev...
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The teen whose city council testimony went viral has started an online fundraiser to raise money for Hillsboro community members whose loved ones have been impacted by ICE enforcement.
‘I shouldn’t be scared,’ says Hillsboro teen whose emotional testimony on ICE enforcement went viral
The teen whose city council testimony went viral has started an online fundraiser to raise money for Hillsboro community members whose loved ones have been impacted by ICE enforcement.
www.oregonlive.com
November 8, 2025 at 2:31 PM
The teen whose city council testimony went viral has started an online fundraiser to raise money for Hillsboro community members whose loved ones have been impacted by ICE enforcement.
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Being on SNAP benefits for 17 years, I've NEVER been told I wouldn't be paid my benefits. NEVER. What is going on is BEYOND cruel. The ppl w/disabilities, ppl w/chronic illnesses & cancer, seniors already isolated, the 16M hh's w/children. WE REFUSE TO BE A NUMBER. WE ARE PEOPLE. WE DESERVE DIGNITY.
November 8, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Being on SNAP benefits for 17 years, I've NEVER been told I wouldn't be paid my benefits. NEVER. What is going on is BEYOND cruel. The ppl w/disabilities, ppl w/chronic illnesses & cancer, seniors already isolated, the 16M hh's w/children. WE REFUSE TO BE A NUMBER. WE ARE PEOPLE. WE DESERVE DIGNITY.
“'I’m just a messenger,' an anonymous voice stuttered over the phone to a huddle of faith leaders and activists standing outside the Broadview immigration processing facility on Friday."
Cowards.
Cowards.
“Federal authorities told demonstrators Friday that there would be ‘no more prayer’ in front of or inside the Broadview ICE facility, in a move that mystified local leaders and raised legal questions.” blockclubchicago.org/2025/11/07/f...
Feds Tell Faith Leaders 'No More Prayer' Outside Broadview Facility
In a possible violation of the First Amendment, federal officials instructed demonstrators to stop holding religious gatherings outside the immigration processing facility in suburban Broadview after ...
blockclubchicago.org
November 8, 2025 at 12:17 PM
“'I’m just a messenger,' an anonymous voice stuttered over the phone to a huddle of faith leaders and activists standing outside the Broadview immigration processing facility on Friday."
Cowards.
Cowards.
Yuna Aoki and La La Land were made for each other. 😍 ⛸️ #NHKTrophy #GPFigure
November 8, 2025 at 11:05 AM
Yuna Aoki and La La Land were made for each other. 😍 ⛸️ #NHKTrophy #GPFigure
Ngl, I could really go for an Olympic team of CPom, ZingKol, and Green/Parsons. I like Chock/Bates just fine, & I don't blame them for making one more run at it, but the other teams are all so good and enjoyable and they all want it so much. #NHKTrophy #GPFigure ⛸️
November 8, 2025 at 4:50 AM
Ngl, I could really go for an Olympic team of CPom, ZingKol, and Green/Parsons. I like Chock/Bates just fine, & I don't blame them for making one more run at it, but the other teams are all so good and enjoyable and they all want it so much. #NHKTrophy #GPFigure ⛸️
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By the way:
Please CALL AHEAD to your local food banks, ask them what they need most, ask what they have too much of, ask what they can’t take right now, and ask what’s the best time/place/way to give your donations.
Food banks lose an IMMENSE amount of time and money to people treating them as…
Please CALL AHEAD to your local food banks, ask them what they need most, ask what they have too much of, ask what they can’t take right now, and ask what’s the best time/place/way to give your donations.
Food banks lose an IMMENSE amount of time and money to people treating them as…
the stove touching will continue until <redacted>
get your food bank donations ready
get your food bank donations ready
The Supreme Court granted the Trump administration’s emergency appeal to temporarily block a court order to fully fund SNAP food aid payments.
November 8, 2025 at 4:34 AM
By the way:
Please CALL AHEAD to your local food banks, ask them what they need most, ask what they have too much of, ask what they can’t take right now, and ask what’s the best time/place/way to give your donations.
Food banks lose an IMMENSE amount of time and money to people treating them as…
Please CALL AHEAD to your local food banks, ask them what they need most, ask what they have too much of, ask what they can’t take right now, and ask what’s the best time/place/way to give your donations.
Food banks lose an IMMENSE amount of time and money to people treating them as…
Fear/Gibson always give me an earworm for a week, but the program's so good I don't care! ⛸️ #NHKTrophy #GPFigure
November 8, 2025 at 4:36 AM
Fear/Gibson always give me an earworm for a week, but the program's so good I don't care! ⛸️ #NHKTrophy #GPFigure