Franklin Brown
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Lover of gardening, politics, movies, literature, culture, cuisine, arts and the finer things in live. Just generally curious. 😊
That was a cute intro with Ben and daughter. #ChristmasInConnecticut #tcmparty
December 8, 2025 at 1:08 AM
That was a cute intro with Ben and daughter. #ChristmasInConnecticut #tcmparty
Many Democrats got pilloried after last last years election, especially Joe Biden, for meeting Trump after they had spent years calling him a threat to democracy. Most of these attacks came from our supposedly puritanical Leftist. Mamdani does the same thing after his election
November 22, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Many Democrats got pilloried after last last years election, especially Joe Biden, for meeting Trump after they had spent years calling him a threat to democracy. Most of these attacks came from our supposedly puritanical Leftist. Mamdani does the same thing after his election
Ken Burns' American Revolution on @pbs.org has been throughly engrossing. I love the diverse voices, experiences and perspectives. #AmericanRevolutionPBS
November 19, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Ken Burns' American Revolution on @pbs.org has been throughly engrossing. I love the diverse voices, experiences and perspectives. #AmericanRevolutionPBS
It's fascinating to see most of these folks on the Left who couldn't bring themselves to give the time of day to Liz Cheney in her opposition to Trump now insist that Marjorie Taylor Greene is Joan of Arc reincarnated because of her recent spat with the same Donald Trump.
November 19, 2025 at 8:21 PM
It's fascinating to see most of these folks on the Left who couldn't bring themselves to give the time of day to Liz Cheney in her opposition to Trump now insist that Marjorie Taylor Greene is Joan of Arc reincarnated because of her recent spat with the same Donald Trump.
I picked up the 1974 edition of Horizon Magazine and one of the articles in it is titled:
"The Future Isn't What It Used To Be."
"The Future Isn't What It Used To Be."
October 31, 2025 at 2:47 PM
I picked up the 1974 edition of Horizon Magazine and one of the articles in it is titled:
"The Future Isn't What It Used To Be."
"The Future Isn't What It Used To Be."
Zoshigaya - A Town Protected by a Repentant Demoness | NHK WORLD-JAPAN Shows
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Zoshigaya - A Town Protected by a Repentant Demoness - Dive in Tokyo | NHK WORLD-JAPAN
Despite being next to the busy Ikebukuro district, the residential neighborhood of Zoshigaya has managed to avoid the trend of redevelopment. We explore the area and witness the bonds of community.
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October 23, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Zoshigaya - A Town Protected by a Repentant Demoness | NHK WORLD-JAPAN Shows
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I am enjoying this documentary on Paddy Chayefsky. #CollectorOfWords #tcmparty
September 10, 2025 at 12:49 AM
I am enjoying this documentary on Paddy Chayefsky. #CollectorOfWords #tcmparty
September 10, 2025 at 12:47 AM
"You're television incarnate, Diana: Indifferent to suffering; insensitive to joy. All of life is reduced to the common rubble of banality. War, murder, death are all the same to you as bottles of beer. And the daily business of life is a corrupt comedy..."
#CollectorOfWords #tcmparty
#CollectorOfWords #tcmparty
September 10, 2025 at 12:46 AM
"You're television incarnate, Diana: Indifferent to suffering; insensitive to joy. All of life is reduced to the common rubble of banality. War, murder, death are all the same to you as bottles of beer. And the daily business of life is a corrupt comedy..."
#CollectorOfWords #tcmparty
#CollectorOfWords #tcmparty
"She gets the winter passion, and I get the dotage?... Am I supposed to sit home knitting and purling while you slink back like some penitent drunk? I'm your wife, damn it. And if you can't work up a winter passion for me, the least I require is respect and allegiance..." #tcmparty #collectorOfWords
September 10, 2025 at 12:40 AM
"She gets the winter passion, and I get the dotage?... Am I supposed to sit home knitting and purling while you slink back like some penitent drunk? I'm your wife, damn it. And if you can't work up a winter passion for me, the least I require is respect and allegiance..." #tcmparty #collectorOfWords
That was a beautiful "in memoriam" with Sara Bareilles and Cynthia Erivo. Just beautiful. #TonyAwards2025 #TonyAwards
June 9, 2025 at 2:16 AM
That was a beautiful "in memoriam" with Sara Bareilles and Cynthia Erivo. Just beautiful. #TonyAwards2025 #TonyAwards
I was watched a documentary on early Christians yesterday and one of the experts said that the persecution of early Christians was localized earlier in the Roman empire and wasn't an imperially decreed thing until much later. He said that we have got to understand how nervous
May 25, 2025 at 11:04 AM
I was watched a documentary on early Christians yesterday and one of the experts said that the persecution of early Christians was localized earlier in the Roman empire and wasn't an imperially decreed thing until much later. He said that we have got to understand how nervous
Funny golf analogy right there. #AntiquesRoadshow
May 20, 2025 at 12:55 AM
Funny golf analogy right there. #AntiquesRoadshow
Nice introduction, but I think it would serve the audience well if the specific country in Africa (Kenya) where this was filmed on location was stated instead of just saying that it was "filmed on location in Africa." #tcmparty #OutOfAfrica
May 20, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Nice introduction, but I think it would serve the audience well if the specific country in Africa (Kenya) where this was filmed on location was stated instead of just saying that it was "filmed on location in Africa." #tcmparty #OutOfAfrica
"Only the farmers have won. They remain forever. They are like the land itself. You helped rid them of Calvera, the way a strong wind helps rid them of locusts. You're like the wind - blowing over the land and... passing on. Vaya con dios."
#tcmparty #TheMagnificentSeven
#tcmparty #TheMagnificentSeven
May 16, 2025 at 2:13 AM
"Only the farmers have won. They remain forever. They are like the land itself. You helped rid them of Calvera, the way a strong wind helps rid them of locusts. You're like the wind - blowing over the land and... passing on. Vaya con dios."
#tcmparty #TheMagnificentSeven
#tcmparty #TheMagnificentSeven
It really takes a talent to be a keen observer of life and convey it as poignantly and exquisitely as Kazuo Ishiguro did and Merchant Ivory relayed on screen in The Remains Of The Day. #tcmparty
April 25, 2025 at 1:56 AM
It really takes a talent to be a keen observer of life and convey it as poignantly and exquisitely as Kazuo Ishiguro did and Merchant Ivory relayed on screen in The Remains Of The Day. #tcmparty
I have viewed @tcm long enough to remember Ismail Merchant introducing Bollywood movie classics on this network a lifetime ago. I believe it was in 2003 or so. Those were the days. #tcmparty #MerchantIvory
April 18, 2025 at 2:20 AM
I have viewed @tcm long enough to remember Ismail Merchant introducing Bollywood movie classics on this network a lifetime ago. I believe it was in 2003 or so. Those were the days. #tcmparty #MerchantIvory
This @60minutes.bsky.social report on the disappeared during Argentina's junta days is sad and awful. It's a sick world. The things people do to other people. #60minutes
March 3, 2025 at 12:37 AM
This @60minutes.bsky.social report on the disappeared during Argentina's junta days is sad and awful. It's a sick world. The things people do to other people. #60minutes
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“The companies that the CFPB oversees are actually some of the biggest and most powerful,” says Rohit Chopra, former director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. “They would want ... a lapdog rather than a watchdog.” https://cbsn.ws/4kahkjc
February 24, 2025 at 12:24 AM
“The companies that the CFPB oversees are actually some of the biggest and most powerful,” says Rohit Chopra, former director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. “They would want ... a lapdog rather than a watchdog.” https://cbsn.ws/4kahkjc
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President Trump says his administration is cleaning up a Justice Department corrupted by politics. https://cbsn.ws/3QRoCLr
February 24, 2025 at 12:18 AM
President Trump says his administration is cleaning up a Justice Department corrupted by politics. https://cbsn.ws/3QRoCLr
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"I don't think anybody believes that these people would've been pardoned if they had engaged in exactly the same acts, but had stormed the Capitol, say, in opposition to the president and his policies," says Peter Keisler, former acting attorney general under Pres. Bush.
February 24, 2025 at 12:10 AM
"I don't think anybody believes that these people would've been pardoned if they had engaged in exactly the same acts, but had stormed the Capitol, say, in opposition to the president and his policies," says Peter Keisler, former acting attorney general under Pres. Bush.
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This Sunday, Scott Pelley examines the recent firings and resignations at the U.S. Department of Justice.
February 22, 2025 at 10:01 PM
This Sunday, Scott Pelley examines the recent firings and resignations at the U.S. Department of Justice.
No matter what illusions and delusions Trump may harbor about whatever relationship he may have with Putin, and no matter what they agree on, Putin’s ultimate aim will always remain the destruction of the United States of America.
February 18, 2025 at 1:32 AM
No matter what illusions and delusions Trump may harbor about whatever relationship he may have with Putin, and no matter what they agree on, Putin’s ultimate aim will always remain the destruction of the United States of America.
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Whether it’s liberals saying Latinx or Republicans renaming the Gulf of Mexico, both sides have at times indulged in awkward nomenclature.
February 13, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Whether it’s liberals saying Latinx or Republicans renaming the Gulf of Mexico, both sides have at times indulged in awkward nomenclature.