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lauren, 6 days ago (edited 4 days ago) to Youtube

Fell into a #YouTube rabbit hole last night regarding Carmen Miranda. At one time one of the most famous women in the world -- parodied in art and famous cartoons, and the template for Chiquita bananas labels and their original commercials, she died reportedly of alcohol, pills, and smoking at only 46.

Most recognizable for her singing dances, bare midriff, and fruit-filled hats, her influence is still felt today.

I stumbled onto an episode of the Jimmy Durante show aired two months after her death (featuring Carmen guest starring) from 1955, where Jimmy first spoke to camera noting that her last performance before dying was for his show (in a comedy skit), that he felt it was still appropriate to show it, and that he had a telegram from her family giving their blessing to his doing so.

If you're not familiar with her, do a YouTube search, and be amazed.

cdarwin, 11 days ago to random

Billions in taxpayer dollars now go to religious schools via vouchers
The rapid expansion of state #voucher programs follows court decisions that have
💥eroded the separation between church and state.💥

School vouchers can be used at almost any private school, but the vast majority of the money is being directed to #religious #schools, according to a Washington Post examination of the nation’s largest voucher programs.
Vouchers, government money that covers education costs for families outside the public schools, vary by state
but offer up to $16,000 per student per year,
and in many cases fully cover the cost of tuition at private schools.

In some schools, a large share of the student body is benefiting from a voucher, meaning
a significant portion of the school’s funding is coming directly from the government.

The programs, popular with conservatives, are rapidly growing in GOP-run states,
with a total of 28 states plus D.C. operating some sort of voucher system.

Eight states created or expanded voucher programs last year,
and this year, Alabama, Georgia and Missouri have approved or expanded voucher-type programs.

Some recently enacted plans are just starting to take effect or will be phased in over the next few years.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2024/06/03/tax-dollars-religious-schools/

mayaisloading, 12 days ago to random

Hey, Mastodon! What is your laziest cleaning hack that surprisingly works great?

StillIRise1963, 14 days ago to random

If we all vote, we can feel this way many more times.

cynblogger, 15 days ago (edited 15 days ago) to Bloomscrolling

#3goodthings #ThreeGoodThings #bloomscrolling

Thursday, May 30

1. Familiar, comforting sounds all morning from the landscaping project next door (we remodeled everything in our first home). I think today is redwood deck day.
2. Also the day of tiny flying things - bumblebee, hummingbird, dragonfly, butterfly - in my garden. (Oleanders at their peak bloom, below.)
3. Clean house, clean sheets, & I still don’t have to cook, thank you taco soup. Another blissful Thursday.
   Bonus: Trump GUILTY x 34.

skykiss, 19 days ago (edited 10 days ago) to random

There is an absolute collapse of the legitimacy of the Supreme Court. Representative Jamie Raskin

My comments: Theocratic fascist judges make rulings with no basis in law. #Alito must be removed.

Absolute Collapse of the Legitimacy of the Supreme Court.

#scotus

StillIRise1963, 1 month ago to random

When your gay friends are stripped of their marriages, tell them you didn’t vote because you wanted to make a statement about Gaza.

Scotter, 6 months ago (edited 6 months ago) to random

🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

#BurningDownTheHouse

By the #TalkingHeads

#Watch out!

Wait 'til the party's over,

Hold tight!

We're in for #nasty #weather.

There has got to be a way,

Burning down the house.

By the #TalkingHeads
#DavidByrne
#TinaWeymouth
#ChrisFranz
#JerryHarrison
#BrianEno producer

Released in July 1883
Speaking in Tongues (5th)

B Side: I get wild/ Wild Gravity

#Prophetic
#Brilliant
#OrdinaryGuy

🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=_3eC35LoF4U

Scotter, 6 months ago to random

Scotter, 7 months ago to HashtagGames

Good Lord, they left the TV on Fox? There will be NO sleeping tonight!

#overheardinthehauntedhouse
#HashtagGames
#12DaysOfHalloween

Scotter, 7 months ago to HashtagGames

Tell me about our ratings again.

#overheardinthehauntedhouse
#HashtagGames
#12DaysOfHalloween

Ghosts Cbs GIF

Scotter, 7 months ago to HashtagGames

Only Murders in My Bedroom

#MakeAComedyScary
#HashtagGames
#12DaysOfHalloween

Scotter, 7 months ago to HashtagGames

Hotel Doc Martin

#MakeAComedyScary
#HashtagGames
#12DaysOfHalloween

Scotter, 7 months ago to HashtagGames

Swingers:

Fred and Betty

Barney and Wilma.

#UniteFictionalCharacters
#HashTagGames

Yabadabadoo Fred Flintstone GIF
The Flintstones Wilma Flintstone GIF

Scotter, 8 months ago to random

#strangesoapoperaplots

Set in southern California. Plot revolves around the best route to avoid traffic. Often when looking weirdly into a mirror.

californians

Scotter, 8 months ago to HashtagGames

Oh, Sugar!

#GRatedCurses
#HashitOut
#HashtagGames

Scotter, 8 months ago to HashtagGames

Wasn't this in a show lately? Inside the ice cooker that played music, sealed in the original box. Stacked 5 high.

#OddPlacesToHideMoney
#HashTagGames

Scotter, 8 months ago to HashtagGames

In my winter coat pockets. Nobody will notice until January or February.

#OddPlacesToHideMoney
#HashTagGames

Scotter, 10 months ago to HashtagGames

More time at the library.

#lifewithouttheinternet
#HashtagGames

Scotter, 10 months ago to HashtagGames

Every Toot You Make

#rejectedsongbookormovietitles
#hashtaggames

Scotter, 10 months ago to HashtagGames

I thought the worst song from the 70s was...
Afternoon Delight.

Ugh. Just terrible.
#mostannoyingsong
#HashtagGames

Scotter, 1 year ago to random

Day 11 #ArtAdventCalendar

LOVE AFTER LOVE
By Derek Walcott

The time will come
when, with elation,
you will greet yourself arriving
at your own door, in your own mirror,
and each will smile at the other’s welcome,
and say, sit here. Eat.
You will love again the stranger who was your self.
Give wine. Give bread. Give back your heart
to itself, to the stranger who has loved you....

From On Being's. Posted by The Marginalian, formerly Brain Pickings https://www.themarginalian.org/2015/04/21/love-after-love-derek-walcott/

Scotter, 8 days ago (edited 4 days ago) to random

Downton Abbey including the car and characters
https://ideas.lego.com/s/p:2fab442c268a46e2a33c8417c0529eef

Scotter, 4 days ago to random

Remember this article when you complain about high prices and see interviews of poor, rural, farmer-types in diners before the election.

Meet the uber-wealthy families who control much of the food system in the US and Australia
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-06-07/meet-the-mega-rich-families-controlling-the-us-food-system/103874576?utm_source=abc_news_web&utm_medium=content_shared&utm_campaign=abc_news_web