Emily Ecton

Loni Anderson, ‘WKRP in Cincinnati’ Star, Dies at 79 She received two Emmy noms for being "the smartest person in the room" on the CBS sitcom and tons of tabloid attention for her 1988-94 marriage to Burt Reynolds.

Jennifer Marlowe on ‘WKRP’ was one of the few really funny, whip-smart blondes on the great sitcoms of yore. a generation of us owe her a debt of gratitude. RIP, Loni.

Adopt A Station - Rescue Public Media Help preserve independent journalism and community programming across America by adopting a public media station. Congress has voted to rescind public media's funding.

Mostly small stations in rural areas that are news deserts; residents rely on them for local news, emergency warnings (radio works even when cell service doesn't). Mostly in Alaska or serving tribal communities. There are stations in CO, WV, NM, and AZ. One station lost 97% of its budget.

PBS: Public Broadcasting Service Watch full episodes of your favorite PBS dramas, find in-depth news analysis and explore documentaries on history, science, art and more!

For $5/month or $60/yr you get access to PBS Passport and the entire Masterpiece library plus Great Performances, etc. Defunded but not defeated. www.pbs.org/passport/lea...

Mary Schmich has agreed to let me post her wonderful recent post about the death of her high school boyfriend in today's issue of the Picayune Sentinel. That way you can share it with your friends who stay off Facebook -- ericzorn.substack.com/i/169090905/...

YouTube video by Sesame Street Sesame Street: Making Crayons

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A group of handdrawn fish.

Why I 🧡 the web.

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Just draw the fish. Trust me. 🐟

I love this moment: Mary Tyler Moore was meant to act out the shot, and then they had brought in a professional pool player to make the actual trick to be inserted in later; the reactions on her and Dick Van Dyke's faces are genuine. TV is really good now but we miss things like this.

Love moments like this. Public Enemy meets Mavis Staples ❤️

I dropped a poster tube in the #sdcc exhibit hall trying to get a signature. The poster inside has 2 dozen autographs collected at events in multiple states and countries. The tube has a name and address on it, it’s easy to id; but I’m devastated, I feel like such an idiot. #sdcclostandfound

YouTube video by Retro Radio Joe Friday Night Videos / 1983 07 29 , 1983 08 05

Speaking of NBC Friday, Tuesday marks 42 years since the show premiered on July 29, 1983—and someone just posted big parts of that first episode. youtu.be/luPEo96LpRQ?...

Video: A CHORUS LINE Celebrates 50 Years With A Cast Flash Mob in NYC A 5, 6, 7, 8! A Chorus Line is currently celebrating its 50th Anniversary! This afternoon, to celebrate the milestone past cast members of the show gathered at Lincoln Center to perform some iconic mo...

With links to videos! Made me tear up! :) www.broadwayworld.com/article/Vide...

Adopt A Station - Rescue Public Media Help preserve independent journalism and community programming across America by adopting a public media station. Congress has voted to rescind public media's funding.

Find a struggling station and adopt it!
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Nothing is normal. There’s a bill in North Carolina to make it illegal for election officials to encourage people to vote. Even nonpartisan outreach is under attack. Democracy is on the line. It’s never too early. REGISTER! Do it now! @lwvus.bsky.social @lwvva.bsky.social @lwvnc.bsky.social

Return of wolves to Yellowstone has led to a surge in aspen trees unseen for 80 years Gray wolves were reintroduced in Yellowstone National Park in 1995 to help control the numbers of elk that were eating young trees, and it is finally paying off for quaking aspen.

Return of wolves to Yellowstone has led to a surge in aspen trees unseen for 80 years | Live Science www.livescience.com/animals/land...

New shows added go on sale Friday! Omaha! St. Louis! Covington! Cleveland! ATL! Others on sale now at tmbg.com, and others… well, they are sold out.

The US Postal Service needed stamps to celebrate its 250th anniversary. Local cartoonist Chris Ware delivered.
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Are you sure canceling Stephen Colbert’s show was “purely a financial decision”?

Here’s how to help public radio and TV stations now at risk. Adopt a Station is a tool developed by Alex Curley: adoptastation.org

This image shows a collection of audiobook covers with the tagline: Fantasy Audiobooks Sale. It includes Steph's Good Neighbors and Claws and Contrivances as well as Jacquelyn Benson's The Fire in the Glass, Tilly Wallace's Manners and Monsters, Tansy Rayner Roberts's Teacup Magic, Anne Renwick's The Golden Spider, Belinda Kroll's Haunting Miss Trentwood, intisar Khanani's A Darkness at the Door, and many more.

For just one more day, you can snap up the audiobooks of my Regency fantasy rom-com Claws & Contrivances AND my cozy-spooky fantasy rom-com Good Neighbors for only $4.99 apiece - along with so many other great fantasy audiobooks! books.bookfunnel.com/buydirectaud...

#romancelandia

Alamo acquires iconic bicycle from Pee-wee's Big Adventure SAN ANTONIO - The Alamo announced Friday a whimsical and nostalgic new addition to its growing collection: the original, screen-used stunt bike from the beloved

A bright spot of hope in dark times. news4sanantonio.com/news/local/a...

True but let’s also be clear: PBS and NPR are *not* dead. The cuts hurt—and will hurt a lot of people, mostly Trump voters, since small local stations depend on federal funds more than the national apparatus and big city stations.

But public media is ALIVE—and needs your support more than ever.

YouTube video by Live Aid Live Aid - 40th Anniversary (PART 10)

Speaking of (how awful and dreadful) MTV (is), today is the 40th anniversary of Live Aid. It was a huge deal for Gen X, and MTV...so of course, there's nada on the main channel or MTV Classic. BUT Live Aid is streaming live now on YT: www.youtube.com/watch?v=27CX...

Not sure how much reach this will get, but I'm going to give it a try. Publishing friends, I really need to find some additional work as a copy editor or proofreader. Ideally for SFF, because that's been my bread and butter for almost a decade, but I would consider other opportunities as well.

📚 Another reason to love
NYC ~ Stronger Together 📚

Read a New Murderbot Story for Free, Right After the Season Finale - Reactor The new novelette will be released on Reactor immediately following the final episode of AppleTV+’s Murderbot

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Book cover for The Great Puppypalooza by Emily Ecton with art by David Mottram. It shows a group of five puppies attempting to do a cheerleading pyramid while a dachshund, two rats, a black cat, and a mynah bird look on.

Barnes & Noble is having a pre-order sale! Members of their loyalty program (which is free to join) can use the code PREORDER25 for a 25% discount through July 11. And my new book, The Great Puppypalooza is available to pre-order! Yay!
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If you haven’t seen a bumblebee butt today…☺️

You didn't need a video of a happy armadillo playing in a sprinkler, but here you go #bluesky ... ☺️

FB reminded me that I spotted this in the early morning two years ago. Couldn't believe my eyes, and my pup Murphy couldn't contain his whimpering.