Actress Carole Lombard (1908 - 1942), photographed by Fred Hendrickson for RKO Pictures, 1940 More reading from Cynthia Littleton (for @variety.com): “How Carole Lombard Became Hollywood’s First Casualty of World War II”: variety.com/2020/film/ne...
Eric Badofsky
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Anti-fascist husband and father • Historical archivist • Curio collector • Siamese cat addict • Chronic tree hugger • Volunteer curmudgeon • Windy City, USA • Slava Ukraini! 🇺🇦 Banner art by Jason Holley (for Ray Lamontagne’s 2004 album, 𝘛𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘣𝘭𝘦)
Rochelle Hudson (1916 - 1972) began acting at age 14, appearing in more than 70 films over a 37-year career. But her greatest role wasn’t on the Silver Screen. “Stories of glamorous women fighting the Nazis abounded on-screen during the war… She did it in real life…” the-wanderling.com/hudson.html
Close friends in real life, actors Humphrey Bogart (1899 – 1957) and Peter Lorre (1904 – 1964) appeared in five classic films together, including 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘔𝘢𝘭𝘵𝘦𝘴𝘦 𝘍𝘢𝘭𝘤𝘰𝘯 (1941), 𝘊𝘢𝘴𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘢 (1942), 𝘈𝘭𝘭 𝘛𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘕𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 (1942), 𝘗𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘔𝘢𝘳𝘴𝘦𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘦 (1944), and 𝘉𝘦𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘋𝘦𝘷𝘪𝘭 (1953).
Remember all the MAGAts on social media who used to puff their chests and smugly tell you that Trump was playing “5D Chess” on tariffs, energy, inflation, Ukraine, Gaza, Iran, and China? Yeah, them. Where did they all go? Via @mrglobaltoo.bsky.social (13:38): youtube.com/watch?v=DAJl...
Nobody Is Calling This 5D Chess Anymore
YouTube video by Mr Global
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Max Miller is a pampered, trust fund punk who’s reportedly been beating up women and girls since high school—including his own wife and daughter. @poindexterforcongress.com is running against him in Ohio’s 7th District. This race deserves far more attention. poindexterforcongress.com
Brian Poindexter for Congress | Ready to Work for Working Families
Union ironworker Brian Poindexter is running for Congress to stand up for working families and deliver real representation—not empty promises.
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“The Dollar Store Metternich has spent 18 months teaching every trading nation on Earth that access to the U.S. market is now a coin flip decided by whatever some gormless prick shouted on cable at breakfast. And nations, unlike voters, don’t screech about it. They quietly sign with somebody else…”
NOT A CHANCE IN HELL: CARNEY & EBY JUST DROPPED THE FUCKING HAMMER ON TRUMP
Canada just told Trump to get fucked in two languages, and Australia sat there like a bloke apologising to the pub bouncer who just king hit him
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Author, illustrator, poet, and animator Theodor Seuss Geisel, better known as Dr. Seuss (1904-1991), photographed by John Bryson, 1959 A look back at his life and work, including several amazing collection galleries: www.drseussart.com
Via @myzerocarbon.org: Quick, energy-saving tips for keeping your home naturally cooler during heat waves (5:37): #climate #energy #carbon youtube.com/watch?v=mSSQ...
How to survive a heat wave without air conditioning | My Zero Carbon Climate Action
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Jazz giant Miles Davis (1926 – 1991) beside his 1967 Ferrari 275 GTB/4 on New York's West Side Highway, 1969. Photos by Baron Wolman
@rexhuppke.bsky.social writes: “Do you know how bad things have to be for you to hit an ‘as bad as that time I fomented an insurrection’ level of disapproval? Trump didn’t even need to coax his followers into ransacking the U.S. Capitol this time around. He just earned it organically.”
Trump's approval is circling the toilet. I'm delighted. | Opinion
A wave of new polling shows the width and breadth of Donald Trump's unpopularity. If you're a Republican, it ain't good.
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The Family Values Party™ strikes again. And again, and again, and again… “𝘍𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘭𝘺 2,000 𝘱𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘵 𝘧𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘴… 𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘭𝘶𝘥𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘨𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘰𝘧 [𝘔𝘢𝘹 𝘔𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘳’𝘴] 𝘥𝘳𝘶𝘨 𝘶𝘴𝘦, 𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘣𝘢𝘭 𝘢𝘣𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘷𝘪𝘰𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘵𝘰𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘮𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘪𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘯 𝘢𝘤𝘳𝘰𝘴𝘴 𝘵𝘸𝘰 𝘥𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘴.”
Ohio MAGA rep allegedly threw hot water on his wife and put a gun to her head. Republicans are silent.
Sen. Bernie Moreno, Miller's father-in-law, has stayed silent as Cook Political Report shifts the district from solid to likely Republican.
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@ifloz.bsky.social writes: “The one night a year the American press pulls on a dinner suit and pretends the First Amendment still has a pulse… and the leader of the free world hauls himself up to that lectern to workshop a routine about a female reporter’s face.”
KAITLAN COLLINS IS A FUCKING WARRIOR, AND SHE DOES SMILING LIKE A PRO
The most powerful man on earth stood up at a press freedom dinner and begged a reporter from Alabama to grin at him. She won the award. He won silence.
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Trigger warning for extreme deliciousness: Maharaja thali, featuring a rich assortment of Indian starters, curries, breads, rice, and condiments (Photo: Kevin Johnson). A look at the myriad varieties of thali in/throughout the 28 states of India (via Architi Batra): magicpin.in/blog/thalis-...
Heads-up: High winds and heavy rains sweeping over Chicagoland. Stay safe! 🌩️ Line tracking via max velocitywx.com:
🔴 BREAKING TORNADO WARNING IN ILLINOIS & INDIANA - Tornadoes Possible With LIVE Storm Chasers...
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JFC. Via @mindyfischerwriter.bsky.social: “Trump had a psychotic breakdown on Truth Social today, posting nonstop nearly 50 times this afternoon and putting his mental illness on full display. The man is not well. I really can't believe that this insane [POS] is the President…” Full text in ALT:
@willsommer.bsky.social writes: “Incredibly, nearly all of the MAGA movement’s embrace of the [Tate] brothers has come 𝘢𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘳 they were first accused of sex trafficking in 2022. That seemed pretty crazy for a bunch of people who claim their biggest issue is child sex trafficking.”
MAGA Rallies Around Andrew Tate
Despite the serious sex trafficking charges facing the influencer and his brother, Trump supporters are going to bat for them.
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Great read from @ifloz.bsky.social: “I want to lay this out flat, because I think a lot of good people heard that Trump was mean at a dinner and went on with their day—and that undersells it badly. So let me walk you through what a president said out loud… on a live broadcast, in America, in 2026.”
I WATCHED THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES SPEND AN HOUR ON HIS ENEMIES LIST
My daughter asked me why the room was laughing, and I did not have a good answer for her.
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Stage, screen, and TV actor Jack Lemmon (1925 – 2001), tickling the ivories for his newborn son, Chris, 1954
@debbiemillman.bsky.social writes: “Cher, Parton, Streisand, and Warwick—all now in their 80s—were criticized for qualities that made them distinctive… Rather than soften those edges, they built careers around them. Traits that once made them targets of ridicule eventually became their signatures.“
What Octogenarian Pop Divas Show Us About a Life Well-Lived
Cher, Dolly Parton, Barbra Streisand, and Dionne Warwick, all in their 80s, show us that conviction outlasts fashion, writes Debbie Millman.
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By now, every other nation on Earth should understand that when the Trump regime turns it attention toward them, the intentions are not good.
US aimed to send envoys to Brazil to question its electoral system - sources
Brazil has denied visa requests for two Trump administration officials who planned to travel to the country to cast doubt on the integrity of its electoral system, two Brazilian officials with knowle...
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@ifloz.bsky.social writes: “America, you’re currently strapped to a cactus-coated dildo, and you think you’ve hit bottom? You haven’t even cleared the f*cking tip yet. There’s a long, spiky, lubricant-free journey ahead of you before the Tangerine Toll Collector is truly finished f*cking everyone…”
The Cactus Coated Dildo Ride
America, You’re Not Even Halfway Down Yet
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Man, he looks like sun-baked shit tonight. Barely able to keep his eyes open. And where’s Melania?
“The trifecta for creating a global oil shortage… What is happening right now is something I never even imagined could occur in my lifetime.” - Oil & gas industry analyst @mrglobaltoo.bsky.social youtu.be/eF1GpPYE_OI?
This Is Checkmate For The Global Oil Market
YouTube video by Mr Global
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