Charles D'Atri

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[Rick J. Caruso @RickCarusoLA]

Los Angeles says it doesn’t have enough money to fix our crumbling sidewalks. Yet the city walked away from $100 million in state funding that was specifically intended to repair sidewalks in underserved communities like Skid Row, Wilmington, and Boyle Heights because it said it couldn’t get the work done on time. That’s not a funding problem—it’s a leadership problem. Our neighborhoods deserve safe sidewalks, responsible management, and leaders who know how to deliver results instead of letting opportunities slip away.

[Todd Spence @Todd_Spence]

Prince was such a massive fan of THE MUPPETS, he asked if he could host the Muppets Tonight show in 1997, leading to one of the rare instances we saw a more comedic version of himself instead of the quiet and reserved persona fans were used to 😂👏

[Jerry Thornton @jerrythornton]

Good morning. Come for the Vivaldi. Stay for the man with no hands playing the wind instrument. And feel good about humans.

[Linda Morgan 🧘 @yogamanic]

I don’t think the owner fully appreciates his own work here 😂🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[Matt Stamper 🐍 @Sneketoshi]

I want to introduce you to Steve. He’s 83. His wife died a few months ago and he comes to this lodge in Spring Mill, Indiana and draws. He taught art in Terre Haute, IN his whole life. He also did courtroom sketches in court cases. In the comments I’ll share some pics from his sketchbook. He was excited when I said I was going to share his sketches with the world.

[Charles D'Atri @CDAtri]

@hashjenni That's actually not at all the way it works.

[Charles D'Atri @CDAtri]

Great story

[The Husky @Mr_Husky1]

A 24-year-old Polish tennis player arrived in Paris last week ranked 114th in the world, with no sponsors, no guaranteed income, and no certainty she could even pay for her hotel room.

She had to win three qualifying matches just to enter the French Open main draw. Prize money is only paid at the end of the tournament, so a Polish sports drink brand quietly stepped in and covered her hotel bill.

Her name is Maja Chwalinska. And today, she plays in the French Open final.

Before this tournament, she had won exactly one Grand Slam main draw match in her entire career. She had battled depression so severe that in 2021 she couldn't get out of bed. She underwent knee surgery in 2022. She spent years grinding through small tournaments across Europe just to stay afloat.

Then she arrived in Paris, won three qualifiers, and kept winning. Zheng Qinwen. Elise Mertens. Maria Sakkari. Diana Shnaider. Nine straight matches. One set dropped.

She is now the first qualifier in French Open history to reach the final. The last time a qualifier reached a Grand Slam final, it was Emma Raducanu at the 2021 US Open. Raducanu won.

By simply making the final, Chwalinska has earned more prize money than her entire career combined. The runner-up cheque alone is $1.6 million. If she wins today, she takes home $3.25 million.
One week ago she couldn't pay for her hotel room.

[Charles D'Atri @CDAtri]

@GoodmanHoops 2 things can be true at the same time. Maybe Al needed a better set of assistants and guidance from a better AD.
The facts r the facts. BC's only been worse w/out him. If he wants to have an open conversation they should have it.

Here's hoping theyve finally broken the streak.

[Charles D'Atri @CDAtri]

@cgasper Best of luck with your treatment Chris. I've always enjoyed your work .

Modern medicine is a wonderful thing.

[Mark Cuban @mcuban]

Talking to independent physicians, it's obvious that the big insurance carriers are doing to them, what their PBMs are doing to independent pharmacies.

They deny, underpay, slow pay, clawback, and create administrative mazes, knowing their victims don't have the time or resources to fight.

Why ? By putting financial pressures on physicians and pharmacies, it makes them more likely to sell their businesses to them , close their doors, or refer the business to their captive pharmacy or provider. All benefitting the biggest insurance companies

We need to ditch the concept of "claims" and make every delivery of medications or care as a billable event that must, by law, be paid on a timely basis , with interest charges for any delays. If the physician or pharmacy doesn't deliver , the carrier has plenty of legal options already. As does the patient.

This is not an efficient market. This is the big guy abusing the little guy. It needs to change to better the care we get in this country

[Fox News @FoxNews]

BREAKING: President Trump announces that 9/11 hero Welles Crowther will posthumously receive the Presidential Medal of Freedom.

Known as “The Man in the Red Bandana,” Crowther repeatedly ran back into the South Tower on 9/11 to help others escape, saving as many as 18 lives before losing his own.

Allison Crowther said her son’s legacy continues to endure nearly 25 years later: “Welles’ light still shines brightly.”

[Charles D'Atri @CDAtri]

Pretty cool

[Dolly Parton @DollyParton]

Thank you for standing by me and showing me so much love and support over the past year. I’ve still got some healing to do, but I am on my way! See you soon. 💖 🦋

[Boston Celtics @celtics]

OH MY GOODNESS🤯

[Charles D'Atri @CDAtri]

@mcuban Hey Mark, I get the pbms trying to get in your way but why do the insurance companies care? I'd think they benefit when you do well.

[Mark Cuban @mcuban]

Not just generics. And we would have every medication if it weren't for the PBM/insurance companies stopping pharma from working with us !!!

[Charles D'Atri @CDAtri]

@Kay_Breezy22 It's really nice to see Steve still working and on top of the (and on top of his game) and you doing so well.

[Alice Cooper @alicecooper]

Going out of my head over you!

Alice stopped at NBC studios for a celebrity edition of "The Gong Show" in 1977.

[Danny Deraney @DannyDeraney]

Godspeed Dave Mason.

This song just takes me back to family road trips. Seemed to come on every hour and till this day hits so good.

We Just Disagree

[Mario Nawfal @MarioNawfal]

🇺🇸 Most Americans have never heard of Patriots Day, and almost no one outside the U.S. knows it exists.

Yet it’s one of the most action-packed holidays in the country, and it holds a lot of significance.

Celebrated only in Massachusetts and Maine, it marks the anniversary of the Battles of Lexington and Concord, the opening shots of the American Revolution.

Every year, on the third Monday of April (today), Boston holds its marathon at dawn, the Red Sox play a morning home game at America’s oldest ballpark, and reenactors fire muskets at each other in the suburbs.

In 2013, two bombs were detonated near the finish line, killing 3 people and injuring hundreds more.

The following year, Boston came back with record crowds lining the route, the city's defiance becoming as much a part of the day's identity as the race itself.

The world's oldest annual marathon, a sold-out ballpark, a 250-year-old battle, and the stubborn refusal to be broken, all on the same morning, all in the same city.