Msbertoli
@msbertoli.bsky.social
Millennial Midwesterner, Columbo enthusiast, Chicago Bears fan
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Highstep, by Emma Amos, 1983, 📸 by @tiltoncreative
September 14, 2026 at 1:11 PM
Highstep, by Emma Amos, 1983, 📸 by @tiltoncreative
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This is why Dolly Parton will be remembered and loved ❤️📚
August 25, 2026 at 10:02 PM
This is why Dolly Parton will be remembered and loved ❤️📚
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Lucille Ball--actress, comedian, producer & film-studio executiver--was born #OTD in 1911.
In 1962, she bought out Desi Arnaz's interest in Desilu Productions & became the 1st woman to own & run a major TV studio. Desilu produced many popular TV series including Mission: Impossible & #StarTrek. 🖖
In 1962, she bought out Desi Arnaz's interest in Desilu Productions & became the 1st woman to own & run a major TV studio. Desilu produced many popular TV series including Mission: Impossible & #StarTrek. 🖖
August 6, 2026 at 1:07 PM
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I really recommend the 2022 documentary “It’s Quieter in the Twilight,” which profiles the scientists working in relative obscurity to keep the Voyager spacecraft operating—many of them past retirement age, but unwilling to quit until the Voyagers do. It was very sweet and thought-provoking.
August 6, 2026 at 3:12 PM
I really recommend the 2022 documentary “It’s Quieter in the Twilight,” which profiles the scientists working in relative obscurity to keep the Voyager spacecraft operating—many of them past retirement age, but unwilling to quit until the Voyagers do. It was very sweet and thought-provoking.
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Chicagoans Over 25 Urged To Shelter In Place Until Lollapalooza Over
July 31, 2026 at 9:00 PM
Chicagoans Over 25 Urged To Shelter In Place Until Lollapalooza Over
The cartoonists of this era are nailing it so hard.
July 17, 2026 at 3:05 PM
The cartoonists of this era are nailing it so hard.
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On September 17, 1976, a 29-year-old Elton John sat at the piano at the Edinburgh Playhouse without a band or large production and performed seven songs solo. Here’s “Don’t Let the Sun Go Down on Me.”
July 16, 2026 at 11:45 PM
On September 17, 1976, a 29-year-old Elton John sat at the piano at the Edinburgh Playhouse without a band or large production and performed seven songs solo. Here’s “Don’t Let the Sun Go Down on Me.”
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I don’t like AI. It’s coarse and rough and irritating… and it gets everywhere.
July 15, 2026 at 10:50 PM
I don’t like AI. It’s coarse and rough and irritating… and it gets everywhere.
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I just learned Mayor Mamdani announced the first city funded pet food pantry in NYC’s budget and my heart got a little bigger 🥹
Mamdani announces NYC's first-ever city-funded pet food pantry
The new initiative accompanies free and low-cost spay and neuter services in all five boroughs.
www.goodgoodgood.co
July 9, 2026 at 1:41 AM
I just learned Mayor Mamdani announced the first city funded pet food pantry in NYC’s budget and my heart got a little bigger 🥹
My grandfather recorded this film years ago from TCM on VHS and I still watch it to this day.
A SUCCESSFUL CALAMITY (1932) — 1:45 pm ET — 1h 12m
(TCM Daytime: Directed by John G. Adolphi)
George Arliss, Mary Astor, Evalyn Knapp; directed by John G. Adolfi
A family pulls together to help a member in financial trouble.
#TCM #TCMParty
(TCM Daytime: Directed by John G. Adolphi)
George Arliss, Mary Astor, Evalyn Knapp; directed by John G. Adolfi
A family pulls together to help a member in financial trouble.
#TCM #TCMParty
A Successful Calamity (1932)
www.tcm.com
July 8, 2026 at 5:43 PM
My grandfather recorded this film years ago from TCM on VHS and I still watch it to this day.
I was thinking the same thing at like 4PM.
How is it still Monday?
July 7, 2026 at 1:52 AM
I was thinking the same thing at like 4PM.
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From 'The writing in the sand' series by photographer Sirkka-Liisa Konttinen, documenting life on the beaches in the North East of England, 1973-1998 #WomensArt
July 5, 2026 at 4:18 AM
From 'The writing in the sand' series by photographer Sirkka-Liisa Konttinen, documenting life on the beaches in the North East of England, 1973-1998 #WomensArt
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holy shit -- get a load of Fox News' live shot of Trump's state fair on the National Mall. There's somehow fewer people there today than ever!
July 1, 2026 at 4:02 PM
holy shit -- get a load of Fox News' live shot of Trump's state fair on the National Mall. There's somehow fewer people there today than ever!
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“I am a humanist, which means, in part, that I have tried to behave decently without expectations of rewards or punishments after I am dead.”
— Kurt Vonnegut
— Kurt Vonnegut
June 17, 2026 at 5:00 PM
“I am a humanist, which means, in part, that I have tried to behave decently without expectations of rewards or punishments after I am dead.”
— Kurt Vonnegut
— Kurt Vonnegut
Umm Hell yes?!
The city of Monterey Park in LA County became the first in California to ban data centers via ballot box last night (by an overwhelming 86%)
June 3, 2026 at 11:16 PM
Umm Hell yes?!
So wholesome.
Colbert guest hosted a public access TV show in Monroe, Michigan a day after the Late Show ended.
Guest star: Jeff Daniels
Special appearance by: Eminem
Musical director: Jack White
Genius.
youtu.be/jJTXB5uT_C4?...
Guest star: Jeff Daniels
Special appearance by: Eminem
Musical director: Jack White
Genius.
youtu.be/jJTXB5uT_C4?...
Only In Monroe --- May 22, 2026
YouTube video by Stephen Colbert
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May 23, 2026 at 7:41 PM
So wholesome.
It’s one of my hero’s birthdays today y’all!! 🎈🎊❤️
Born 13 May 1922, Bea Arthur was a trailblazing American actress, comedian and US Marine. Known for her deep voice and sharp wit, she won a 1966 Tony Award before dominating television as outspoken Maude Findlay, and iconic Dorothy Zbornak in The Golden Girls, winning two Emmys. #BeaArthur
May 13, 2026 at 10:02 PM
It’s one of my hero’s birthdays today y’all!! 🎈🎊❤️
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Freedom
-Langston Hughes
-Langston Hughes
April 30, 2026 at 12:11 PM
Freedom
-Langston Hughes
-Langston Hughes
#ESPNCHICAGO The Joniak and Thayer coverage of the NFL draft is essential listening.
April 24, 2026 at 12:20 AM
#ESPNCHICAGO The Joniak and Thayer coverage of the NFL draft is essential listening.
I did not expect this administration to push me, an atheist, closer to the Catholic Church but here we are I guess... #popechicago
April 16, 2026 at 5:39 PM
I did not expect this administration to push me, an atheist, closer to the Catholic Church but here we are I guess... #popechicago
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