80th Anniversary of the Atomic Bombings: Revisiting the Record New Archival Evidence on Deadly Radiation, Blast and Fire Effects in Hiroshima and Nagasaki nsarchive.gwu.edu/briefing-boo...

The UN-Practical Jokers got Trump GOOD

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A professor just shared this on a listserv: ithacavoice.org/2025/09/envi...

In his first show after being reinstated following his suspension, Jimmy Kimmel greeted the audience with the same opener used by Jack Paar in 1960 when he returned to his show after being censored by his network.

Thousands of years before Jimmy Kimmel and Stephen Colbert got under President Trump's skin, ancient Greek and Roman poets and philosophers paid a heavy price for displeasing heads of state.

Still not 100 percent so drove in. Wearing a mask. It isn’t Covid. Will leave at noon.

Trump: TV networks shouldn't criticize him. Seth Meyers: Let's take #ACloserLook at that free speech. www.youtube.com/watch?v=pcuh...

Woke up with a sore throat so am staying home. Hopefully better tomorrow. youtu.be/Gnp58oepHUQ?...

Jimmy Kimmel may be returning to ABC Tuesday night, but his show will remain dark in a large swath of the U.S., with Sinclair Broadcast Group saying that it will preempt the show.

September 22, 1971: One of Night Gallery's best episodes features E.G. Marshall as a strange undertaker ("A Death in the Family"), and Vincent Price as a teacher at a bizarre school ("Class of '99"). Both scripted by Serling. On DVD and Blu-ray: tinyurl.com/3vxmafsu

Wishing a heartfelt Shana Tovah to all who are celebrating Rosh Hashanah. Here’s to a year of health, happiness, and meaningful new beginnings.

September 22, 1959: 10 days before The Twilight Zone debuts, Mike Wallace interviews Rod Serling about writing for TV: youtu.be/ZpKkHCVbSyw?... Don't miss the part where Wallace asks Serling if being busy with TZ means he's given up writing anything "important" for television! 😲

BREAKING: Disney said 'Jimmy Kimmel Live' will return to the air on Tuesday after it had suspended the talk-show host following threats by the chair of the Federal Communications Commission over comments the host had made about the assassination of Charlie Kirk reut.rs/46knyIw

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Fox sits in gold and brambles, as the crisp air draws near. He breathes out, accepting this shift in the year. Cold is returning, inviting him to retreat. As the trees speak of change and the hope of release. No need to hold tightly, just trust and know. Autumn Equinox teaches the spirit to let go.

Each morning , I remind myself that this is a beautiful planet and I contemplate how we must fight against the ugly minds that have so much power and so little imagination or empathy Robinince.com

Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/06/w...

A bit of James Baldwin today: "I imagine one of the reasons people cling to their hates so stubbornly is because they sense, once hate is gone, they will be forced to deal with pain"

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**Celebrate the life and legacy of Robert Redford, a champion of independent cinema Sun. September 28 at 2:30 PM!** An unknown middle-aged batter named Roy Hobbs with a mysterious past appears out of nowhere to take a losing 1930s baseball team to the top of the league. See you at the movies!

The targeting and canceling will continue until every last one of you accepts that Charlie Kirk was kind and patriotic purveyor of tolerance and love. Those demonstrating sufficient grief and devotion will not be tax-audited, asked to return passports, or have employers contacted.

I’m thinking about Anthony & corn a lot this morning. I’ll leave it there. youtu.be/QxTMbIxEj-E?...

We’re back tonight at 11pm on HBO Max/11:10pm on HBO! After an eventful few weeks away. And if the FCC is reading this, we just want to say: tonight’s episode is about…how cute your outfit is! And every episode after that, too, cause you’ll just keep wearing outfits! And we love that about you.

MONDAY: @maddow.msnbc.com sits down with former Vice President @kamalaharris.com in the studio for her first news interview since leaving office. Watch The Rachel Maddow Show Monday, Sept. 22 at 9pm ET on MSNBC.

Old Woman with a Shawl and a Walking-Stick - 1882 https://botfrens.com/collections/46/contents/12359

Alexander Calder, Sandy's Butterfly, 1964 https://botfrens.com/collections/14377/contents/1136805

Volume IV of the OUP edition of William Godwin’s letters, now at press, includes an extensive description of his 1816 visit to Abbotsford, together with four letters to Sir Walter Scott (d. OTD 1832), all written in 1824, the same year that Edwin Landseer painted this portrait of Scott at home.

At Greggs in High Holborn there is - according to this eighteenth-century newspaper at least - 'as good CHOCOLATE as can be made in England.' Well done Greggs! (I have a family member who loves Greggs so much he tried to take his wife there on Valentine's Day.)

Speak low, if you speak love. Much Ado About Nothing 2.1 #ShakespeareSunday #Art

HAMLET II.ii But, as we often see, against some storm, A silence in the heavens, the rack stand still, The bold winds speechless, and the orb below As hush as death- anon the dreadful thunder Doth rend the region #ShakespeareSunday

Sydney Heads (2), 1925, hand coloured woodcut by Margaret Preston, influential Australian printmaker #WomensArt

If you're in the Northeast, you have probably seen a spotted lanternfly this summer. The invasive species has now spread to 19 states and chows down on dozens of plants, most notably grapevines. https://to.pbs.org/4lPT997

Tolkien's little-known original art for the first edition of The Hobbit, published on this day in 1937 www.themarginalian.org/2011/11/01/a...

David Bianculli talks television and Rod Serling! #SerlingFest 2025

Talk and sneak peek of the upcoming Rod Serling documentary by Jonah Tulis! #SerlingFest2025

Attention! Ithaca College's live production class getting some real life experience. Rod would be happy. 🙂

Book Cover of the Day:

Merlin, the Museum Cat, Bert Lee. #Caturday

Nothing like a Twilight Zone on the big screen with other super fans! SerlingFest 2025!

Ringo Starr's Isolated Vocals For The Beatles "Octopus's Garden" zurl.co/IsIVX

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Saturday 9/20/25. Good morning! Photos from yesterday.

60 years ago—September 18, 1965—Serling's first post-Twilight Zone series, "The Loner," debuts. Lloyd Bridges plays the title character, an ex-Union officer on the run in the Old West. I'll be presenting at a screening of "The Loner" at SerlingFest tomorrow. Hope to see you!

We must guard our freedoms.

What's happening with Jimmy Kimmel is about politics and power.

Guillermo del Toro on Taking Inspiration from Korean Cinema as ‘Frankenstein’ Makes Imax Bow in Busan

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Entering the Twilight Zone with SerlingFest foxrochester.com/news/good-da...

sure feels like we're getting near the end of the opening montage now