Mary Lynn Delfino
@mldelfino.bsky.social
Native Scrantonian living on CLE’s east side • Citizen Scientist • SoulCollage® facilitator • Phillies phan • Lover of Rita’s Italian Ice, butterflies, and the Oxford comma • Just say no to Comic Sans
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1. It was not an accident.
2. It was not a staffer.
3. While the president may have dementia his racism is not due to dementia.
4. He isn’t sorry. He means every racist thought he shares.
5. His base agrees with him.
6. He will do it again.
7. No one in power will hold him accountable.
2. It was not a staffer.
3. While the president may have dementia his racism is not due to dementia.
4. He isn’t sorry. He means every racist thought he shares.
5. His base agrees with him.
6. He will do it again.
7. No one in power will hold him accountable.
February 6, 2026 at 5:42 PM
1. It was not an accident.
2. It was not a staffer.
3. While the president may have dementia his racism is not due to dementia.
4. He isn’t sorry. He means every racist thought he shares.
5. His base agrees with him.
6. He will do it again.
7. No one in power will hold him accountable.
2. It was not a staffer.
3. While the president may have dementia his racism is not due to dementia.
4. He isn’t sorry. He means every racist thought he shares.
5. His base agrees with him.
6. He will do it again.
7. No one in power will hold him accountable.
A song you don’t want to hear while pulling into the dentist’s office parking lot: “Hurts So Good.” #rootcanal
January 13, 2026 at 1:12 PM
A song you don’t want to hear while pulling into the dentist’s office parking lot: “Hurts So Good.” #rootcanal
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Thou shalt boycott CBS (Censorship Broadcast System)
December 22, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Thou shalt boycott CBS (Censorship Broadcast System)
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wait till he finds out that Earhart was originally Epstein and it got changed at Ellis Island
September 27, 2025 at 5:10 AM
wait till he finds out that Earhart was originally Epstein and it got changed at Ellis Island
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Will Emmanuel Clase beat the charges, or will he be suspended for the remainder of the season? Lock in your prediction on Fanduel, official betting partner of MLB and the Cleveland Guardians. Use promo code CLASEACT to get $15 off your first bet.
July 28, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Will Emmanuel Clase beat the charges, or will he be suspended for the remainder of the season? Lock in your prediction on Fanduel, official betting partner of MLB and the Cleveland Guardians. Use promo code CLASEACT to get $15 off your first bet.
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NEW: Nathan Albers once co-owned a company that schemed to hire and conceal undocumented workers.
Now his company could make hundreds of millions from work on the nation's largest detention camp.
“The irony is thick,” said a former DHS official.
Now his company could make hundreds of millions from work on the nation's largest detention camp.
“The irony is thick,” said a former DHS official.
His Former Company Got Caught Employing Undocumented Workers. Now He’s Profiting Off an Immigrant Detention Camp.
Disaster Management Group is one contractor behind the nation’s largest detention camp, to be built at Fort Bliss. It’s run by Nathan Albers, who previously co-owned a company that pleaded guilty to a...
www.propublica.org
July 25, 2025 at 11:15 AM
NEW: Nathan Albers once co-owned a company that schemed to hire and conceal undocumented workers.
Now his company could make hundreds of millions from work on the nation's largest detention camp.
“The irony is thick,” said a former DHS official.
Now his company could make hundreds of millions from work on the nation's largest detention camp.
“The irony is thick,” said a former DHS official.
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The images of children starved to death in Gaza should be the lead of every news program.
July 22, 2025 at 12:17 AM
The images of children starved to death in Gaza should be the lead of every news program.
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Trump's Big Ugly Bill gives the top 0.1% $255,000 a year in tax cuts.
What do we get in NE Ohio? 43,000 people losing their health care and 35,000 losing SNAP nutrition benefits.
What do we get in NE Ohio? 43,000 people losing their health care and 35,000 losing SNAP nutrition benefits.
June 29, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Trump's Big Ugly Bill gives the top 0.1% $255,000 a year in tax cuts.
What do we get in NE Ohio? 43,000 people losing their health care and 35,000 losing SNAP nutrition benefits.
What do we get in NE Ohio? 43,000 people losing their health care and 35,000 losing SNAP nutrition benefits.
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Healthcare, not bombs.
Childcare, not bombs.
Housing, not bombs.
College, not bombs.
Reparations, not bombs.
We can have better. We need better.
Childcare, not bombs.
Housing, not bombs.
College, not bombs.
Reparations, not bombs.
We can have better. We need better.
June 17, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Healthcare, not bombs.
Childcare, not bombs.
Housing, not bombs.
College, not bombs.
Reparations, not bombs.
We can have better. We need better.
Childcare, not bombs.
Housing, not bombs.
College, not bombs.
Reparations, not bombs.
We can have better. We need better.
Ladies and gentlemen, your prolife party!
Hospitals across Ohio could soon face a choice: Let federal immigration agents inside to arrest patients or lose access to state funding.
Ohio bill would let ICE make arrests in hospitals that take public dollars
Rep. Josh Williams' latest immigration bill raises alarms among nurses, as he eyes a possible run for Congress.
www.cleveland.com
June 15, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Ladies and gentlemen, your prolife party!
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Militarized police on the streets of America will NOT make us great.
Single-payer healthcare will make America great.
Universal childcare will make America great.
Housing for All will make America great.
Tuition-free college will make America great.
Single-payer healthcare will make America great.
Universal childcare will make America great.
Housing for All will make America great.
Tuition-free college will make America great.
June 9, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Militarized police on the streets of America will NOT make us great.
Single-payer healthcare will make America great.
Universal childcare will make America great.
Housing for All will make America great.
Tuition-free college will make America great.
Single-payer healthcare will make America great.
Universal childcare will make America great.
Housing for All will make America great.
Tuition-free college will make America great.
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Say it with me…we are cutting programs from college aid to food security to healthcare.
Why? To pay for tax cuts for billionaires.
Why? To pay for tax cuts for billionaires.
June 9, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Say it with me…we are cutting programs from college aid to food security to healthcare.
Why? To pay for tax cuts for billionaires.
Why? To pay for tax cuts for billionaires.
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#copyediting
FAQ
Q. Where do you stand re the debate over the Oxford (serial) (series) comma?
A. What debate?
FAQ
Q. Where do you stand re the debate over the Oxford (serial) (series) comma?
A. What debate?
May 30, 2025 at 5:43 PM
#copyediting
FAQ
Q. Where do you stand re the debate over the Oxford (serial) (series) comma?
A. What debate?
FAQ
Q. Where do you stand re the debate over the Oxford (serial) (series) comma?
A. What debate?
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My take on the consequences of the media's "original sin."
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May 24, 2025 at 6:45 PM
My take on the consequences of the media's "original sin."
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Understand this: if Medicaid, Medicare, and/or SNAP benefits are cut, Americans will die as a result. It’s policy violence.
May 18, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Understand this: if Medicaid, Medicare, and/or SNAP benefits are cut, Americans will die as a result. It’s policy violence.
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These are called busses and they should not be private.
May 15, 2025 at 10:32 PM
These are called busses and they should not be private.
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The 'kin' of ‘napkin’ means "little."
‘Nap’ comes from ‘nape,' which means “tablecloth.”
So a napkin is a little tablecloth.
10/10, no notes.
‘Nap’ comes from ‘nape,' which means “tablecloth.”
So a napkin is a little tablecloth.
10/10, no notes.
May 14, 2025 at 6:02 PM
The 'kin' of ‘napkin’ means "little."
‘Nap’ comes from ‘nape,' which means “tablecloth.”
So a napkin is a little tablecloth.
10/10, no notes.
‘Nap’ comes from ‘nape,' which means “tablecloth.”
So a napkin is a little tablecloth.
10/10, no notes.
Time to repeal #OHSB1! Petitions are being circulated statewide. Find a location near you here. Dates are being added regularly! tinyurl.com/SignSB1Petit...
May 13, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Time to repeal #OHSB1! Petitions are being circulated statewide. Find a location near you here. Dates are being added regularly! tinyurl.com/SignSB1Petit...
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I didn’t give a wit about new pope coverage, but the first American pope being a man with Black ancestry born in Chicago by way of New Orleans by way of Haiti. Names his self after the pope who condemned slavery? In the Trump era? Oh, baebae, I am HERE for it.
www.wwltv.com/article/news...
www.wwltv.com/article/news...
Pope Leo XIV's grandparents were 7th Ward Creoles
The newly elected pontiff, born in Chicago, has ancestral ties to the city’s historic Seventh Ward, according to genealogists at The Historic New Orleans Collection.
www.wwltv.com
May 9, 2025 at 12:11 AM
I didn’t give a wit about new pope coverage, but the first American pope being a man with Black ancestry born in Chicago by way of New Orleans by way of Haiti. Names his self after the pope who condemned slavery? In the Trump era? Oh, baebae, I am HERE for it.
www.wwltv.com/article/news...
www.wwltv.com/article/news...
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Can't remember who said it, but using ChatGPT for your college essays is like using a forklift to move the weights around at the gym.
It's the process that's important to your development, not the end product.
It's the process that's important to your development, not the end product.
May 7, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Can't remember who said it, but using ChatGPT for your college essays is like using a forklift to move the weights around at the gym.
It's the process that's important to your development, not the end product.
It's the process that's important to your development, not the end product.
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The ruling class wants the working class to argue over which party is better for the people.
The reality? Working class people have been left behind by both parties.
We don’t have to accept high costs and low wages. We can have a better America.
The reality? Working class people have been left behind by both parties.
We don’t have to accept high costs and low wages. We can have a better America.
April 29, 2025 at 7:47 PM
The ruling class wants the working class to argue over which party is better for the people.
The reality? Working class people have been left behind by both parties.
We don’t have to accept high costs and low wages. We can have a better America.
The reality? Working class people have been left behind by both parties.
We don’t have to accept high costs and low wages. We can have a better America.
Migration is natural. #butterflieswithoutborders
Scientists have recently mapped the painted lady butterfly's annual flight from equatorial Africa to northern Europe and back, the world's longest butterfly migration. In Constant Bloom, photographer Lucas Foglia documents the journey.
Photos: Scientists trace a butterfly migration route that is millions of years old
Scientists have recently mapped the painted lady butterfly's annual flight from equatorial Africa to northern Europe and back, the world's longest butterfly migration. In Constant Bloom, photographer ...
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April 17, 2025 at 2:23 AM
Migration is natural. #butterflieswithoutborders
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NPS is preparing for more firings. But they know parks are popular, so they’re trying to hide these cuts while gutting NPS from the inside out
They’re planning to go after regional and national offices. You wont meet these staff in a park, but they're specialists who are the backbone of the NPS 💚
They’re planning to go after regional and national offices. You wont meet these staff in a park, but they're specialists who are the backbone of the NPS 💚
April 16, 2025 at 8:36 PM
NPS is preparing for more firings. But they know parks are popular, so they’re trying to hide these cuts while gutting NPS from the inside out
They’re planning to go after regional and national offices. You wont meet these staff in a park, but they're specialists who are the backbone of the NPS 💚
They’re planning to go after regional and national offices. You wont meet these staff in a park, but they're specialists who are the backbone of the NPS 💚
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How about we start treating people like people? Is that too much to ask?
April 13, 2025 at 1:30 PM
How about we start treating people like people? Is that too much to ask?
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Called my congressman who voted for the SAVE act.
Me: What documents will I need to vote if this passes?
Staffer: a DL and birth certificate.
Me: The documents don’t match
Staffer: Then a marriage certificate.
Me: Will my husband need the marriage certificate too?
Staffer: No
Me: See the problem?
Me: What documents will I need to vote if this passes?
Staffer: a DL and birth certificate.
Me: The documents don’t match
Staffer: Then a marriage certificate.
Me: Will my husband need the marriage certificate too?
Staffer: No
Me: See the problem?
April 11, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Called my congressman who voted for the SAVE act.
Me: What documents will I need to vote if this passes?
Staffer: a DL and birth certificate.
Me: The documents don’t match
Staffer: Then a marriage certificate.
Me: Will my husband need the marriage certificate too?
Staffer: No
Me: See the problem?
Me: What documents will I need to vote if this passes?
Staffer: a DL and birth certificate.
Me: The documents don’t match
Staffer: Then a marriage certificate.
Me: Will my husband need the marriage certificate too?
Staffer: No
Me: See the problem?