Saying goodbye to summer and hello to autumn with Lizabeth Scott and Barbara Stanwyck in #FilmNoir The Strange Love of Martha Ivers (1946). #FilmNoirFashion 📽️☀️🍂

For #ThePinkPanther tonight on TCM, a good recipe for a Pink Lady 1 ½ oz gin ½ oz apple brandy ¾ oz lemon juice ¼ oz grenadine 1 egg white (pasteurized for safety) Brandied cherry for garnish #TCMParty

As you cancel streaming services, here is a casual reminder that only 16% of Americans read for pleasure anymore, and your local library has hundreds or thousands of books you haven't read. They would love to see you stop by and renew your library card.

This from the same men urging women to have lots of babies. Now they are telling pregnant women to "tough it out" but just you wait, they'll ginning up to use this as an excuse to stop giving poor women on Medicaid the one pain medication that is recommended during pregnancy. Appalling.

My wife raises an important question: Is this pronounced "kwee-hote of Queens" or "kee-hote of Keens"? www.nytimes.com/2025/09/22/n...

Historians and citizens who say they are concerned about the Trump administration's pressure on the Smithsonian are working to document exhibits, as they exist today, throughout the museum network. n.pr/3Kdrsdy

⏰ Start your countdown clock for the exact moment of the autumn #equinox, 19:19 (UK) 22nd Sept, when the Northern hemisphere and Southern hemisphere are equally illuminated. Today the day length in 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿Scotland is ~the same as in 🇳🇿New Zealand 🤓🧪🔭 📷: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich

Yes!

If you're not totally aware of how bots try to sway minds, here's a good example.

This is worth your time haha youtu.be/7vRX-BQAjeE

A Bar on a New York City subway car (1960s)

"The Late Show with Stephen Colbert" just dropped its first response to ABC, FCC chair, and Disney firing Jimmy Kimmel. Trump ain't sleeping tonight. 🤣 This is a must-watch. 🔥🍿🥤

wow. wow. just wow. please share. people need to see this.

Key. ABC can program as it wishes. That's its right as a private company (they have the right to make stupid decisions and we viewers have the right to protest those decisions.) What's so chilling about this is the ABC pulled Kimmel SOLEY because the government used state power to threaten them.

IF you don't know about Sinclair ...you're in for a ride. 13 million views -- worth the watch www.youtube.com/watch?v=GvtN...

🕊️ RIP Robert Redford! 🕊️ #RobertRedford "developed his love of cinema at the Aero Theatre on Montana Ave, which he called his 'boyhood cinema.' In 2001, Redford attempted to save the aging #ArtDeco theater..." @smdailypress.bsky.social: smdp.com/community/os... From American Cinematheque on IG:

To those that are considering canceling their Disney and Hulu subscriptions, let me suggest you replacing it with PBS Passport. For a donation of only $5 a month, you get access to a plethora of wonderful programming, and you will be helping out your local PBS station. www.pbs.org/passport/lea...

Funny. And true.

“In the aftermath of Charlie Kirk’s murder, Trump’s DOJ deleted a study from its site stating right-wing violence ‘continues to outpace all other types of terrorism & domestic violent extremism’ in 🇺🇸 — The study was available online until Friday.” newrepublic.com/post/200537/...

From the garden. It’s the reason I grow stuff 🌱🍽️

this cat looks like one of the Old Master painters who's just slept with three servants, argued viciously with his annoying patron about the inferior ham he receives, and then painted his masterpiece out of spite

They don’t have the power to do what they’re threatening on a grand scale. But they want us to think they do.

Me too🇨🇦

I continue to be amazed at the absolute lack of courage

Love the caption of this pic from last night's HBO's Emmy Party "a large fountain filled with ice and dozens of bottles of champagne drew more attention than other bars at the party." I bet it did. I see Ayala in there - good stuff!!

Most well written campaign donation request email I've ever received! @katmabu.bsky.social

I've seen this before but am astonished anew at how long we've known this and how long we did (and do) nothing...

Philip Marlowe famously drank anything, including Gimlets with "half gin and half Roses" lime cordial. I really do like the fresh stuff mixed with simply syrup more but use Rose's if you want the authentic experience... It's still around! #MurderMySweet #TCMParty

A worker making $50,000 a year contributes to Social Security with 100% of their income. A CEO making $20 million a year contributes to Social Security with less than 1% of their income. Who agrees it’s time to scrap the cap?

June Wilkinson left us this week. I was vaguely aware of her but reading her obit just made me like her so much more. Her lack of pretension and sense of humor were surely as much a reason for her success as her chest! www.nytimes.com/2025/09/11/m...

The history of fermented beverages is, I'm convinced, the history of humanity. McGovern's work was just not cool and fun, it is essential to understanding the nature of civilization and human progress. Gifting obit as its a fascinating read. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/14/o...

Not my world but I still kinda love this…

💯 especially the first part of the first sentence…

Please read.

Happy birthday to my friend, Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson. Last year I recommended you read her memoir, 'Lovely One,' and this year, I REALLY recommend it. www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/737094...

In a properly run society, #Andor would sneak up the middle and win.

Installed a gate to prevent the cat from getting into the office but he's slipped through while I installed it and I can't find the clasp bit that releases the gate so turns out I have in fact locked myself out of the office while he chills inside

Sunday chores with champagne and formal wear as one does in His Kind of Woman (1951) starring Robert Mitchum and Jane Russell. This noir is one I've grown to love for just how ridiculous it is (See: RKO studio boss Howard Hughes 😉). 📷 #FilmNoir

One day, nearly 2000 years ago, a cat dashed across some drying tiles, somewhere near Hadrian's Wall. It's immortality of a kind, isn't it?

Just ordered!

This looks amazing!!!

Bogie/Huston primetime on TCM tonight. For #TheTreasureOfTheSierraMadre, let's mix up a GOLDRUSH. Esp. delicious when you're thirsty! 2 oz bourbon ¾ oz fresh lemon juice ¾ oz honey syrup (1:1 honey to hot water) Shake w/ice, strain/pour over rocks, lemon wheel. #TCMParty

Today's #FinallyFridayCocktail is inspired by The Letter. SINGAPORE SLING (Many versions - this is my choice.) 2 oz gin ½ oz Cointreau ½ oz Cherry Herring ½ oz lemon juice ½ oz orange juice Shake w/ ice, strain/pour over ice in a tall glass, top w/ seltzer & orange + lemon twist.

The fact that right-wingers commit the vast bulk of domestic terrorism in the US is well-established by numerous expert investigations & reports. But the right *accuses* the left more often, makes more *noise* about it, so they've bullied reporters into framing this as a "both sides" problem.

Did Trump order flags to be flown at half staff when Melissa Hortman was assassinated?

I always forget Edith Head could do period too! For #TheHeiress on TCM tonite, let's make a Sherry Cobbler - all the rage in mid-19th century! Muddle orange slice & berries w/ 1 tsp superfine sugar in a shaker, add 2 oz sherry, shake w/ ice, strain over crushed ice, mint garnish #TCMParty

And here’s a gift link for anyone who needs it: www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...