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[Carol bock @CarolMBock]

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[Carol bock @CarolMBock]

@DanWuori These are the best building blocks for language and communication!

[Mohamad Safa @mhdksafa]

“In 1992, Kris Kristofferson comforted Sinéad O'Connor when she was booed off the stage at a Bob Dylan anniversary concert. He later wrote this for her. May we all have her courage. May we all tell the truth.
—-
"I'm singing this song for my sister Sinead
Concerning the god awful mess that she made
When she told them her truth just as hard as she could
Her message profoundly was misunderstood
There's humans entrusted with guarding our gold
And humans in charge of the saving of souls
And humans responded all over the world
Condemning that bald headed brave little girl
And maybe she's crazy and maybe she ain't
But so was Picasso and so were the saints
And she's never been partial to shackles or chains
She's too old for breaking and too young to tame
It's askin' for trouble to stick out your neck
In terms of a target a big silhouette
But some candles flicker and some candles fade
And some burn as true as my sister Sinead
And maybe she's crazy and maybe she ain't
But so was Picasso and so were the saints
And she's never been partial to shackles or chains
She's too old for breaking and too young to tame”

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[Historic Vids @historyinmemes]

Hungary’s musical road will sing to drivers going the right speed

[Randy Rainbow @RandyRainbow]

Blessing you all with this very holy #TBT. #CheetoChrist 🧡⛪️🤭

[Roddy 🇨🇦 @RodKahx]

OMG.

[Peter Harrison @PeterGHarrison]

Can we all just agree it's time to say goodbye to fireworks and switch to drone displays?

[Statistics Canada @StatCan_eng]

39,999,998… 39,999,999… 40,000,000!

Canada’s population has officially reached 40 million people! 🎉 https://t.co/dR46gGFq8x #40millionCDNS #40MillionAndGrowing

[Al Franken @alfranken]

My thoughts on the passing of Pat Robertson.

[The Hoser @TheHoserMedia]

Thousands are gathered in downtown Toronto for the #EnoughIsEnough demonstrations happening in cities across Ontario. Broad coalition's demands are for affordable housing, a raise to the minimum wage, stopping the privatization of public healthcare, affordable gas, groceries.

[Geoffrey York @geoffreyyork]

Firefighters from South Africa have arrived in Edmonton. Sound up!

[WOF-Kishugu JV @wo_fire]

#2023WoFCanadianDeployment
Song and dance from #MZANZI1 as they arrive in Edmonton, Canada.
#MZANZI1
@environmentza
@CIFFC
@epwpza
@kishugu

[Kenneth Roth @KenRoth]

The Chinese government wants to erase history, but it cannot stop the people of China from wanting democracy instead of the dictatorship of the Chinese Communist Party.

Remember Tiananmen Square, June 4, 1989.

[Kenneth Roth @KenRoth]

It is the date the Beijing would like us all to forget: June 4.

But we remember: Tiananmen Square, 1989.

[Jim Gaffigan @JimGaffigan]

Is France pranking us?

more here: https://t.co/0fcUOy48BO

[#WOMENSART @womensart1]

Portrait of singer, musician and actress Tina Turner (1969) by J. Robinson #WomensArt RIP

[Barack Obama @BarackObama]

Tina Turner was raw. She was powerful. She was unstoppable. And she was unapologetically herself—speaking and singing her truth through joy and pain; triumph and tragedy. Today we join fans around the world in honoring the Queen of Rock and Roll, and a star whose light will never fade.

[Mohamad Safa @mhdksafa]

This is a side by side of two women gracing the front covers of two well known magazines.

The one on the right we all know is Martha Stewart, age 81. The one on the left is Apo Whang-Od, age 106, a tribal tattooist in a remote province in the Philippines.

There seems to be an unwritten rule which equates beauty with youngness. In an interview, Martha Stewart told the reporter she credits her organic, home-grown, farm-to-table eating, yoga, and actively healthy lifestyle to her youthfulness. While that’s an admirable journey for her, let’s not forget the amount of privilege that kind of lifestyle requires.

On the left is Apo Whang-Od, who is a 106-year-old tribal tattooist in the Philippines. The wisdom she carries in every forehead wrinkle and frown line is stunning. Her eyes are glass, reflecting back all that she’s witnessed over a century of lived experiences. Her tattoos a reminder of the ancestors she seeks to honor.

Both women are beautiful in their own right. But I wish we as women didn’t play into this idea that we have to look younger—and thinner—in order to fit some unrealistic beauty standard which will grant us acceptance and relevance in the world around us.

I’m writing this for any woman who, like me, may have had a punched-gut reaction to seeing an octogenarian in a swimsuit on the cover of a magazine looking more like a woman in her forties or fifties: Anti-aging is not a beauty standard.

There IS beauty in wrinkles, and saggy skin, and drooping breasts. These are markers of a life hard fought for and well lived. It seems odd to try and erase these battle scars.

So while I applaud Martha for her fortunate body, carefully curated procedures, and pristinely styled makeup, I also applaud Whang-Od for what others may perceive as imperfections.

Anti-aging is not a beauty standard.
Authenticity is.

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