Lavonte David fighting back tears on being a girl dad 🥹
“Being a masculine man, you want to have a son so he can follow in your footsteps… But having a girl helped me become a man. It helped me understand what’s important in life, and she definitely does that daily.”
I love this.
(🎥 @Buccaneers)
Last year, Donald Trump Jr. invested in a rare earths startup at a $200 million valuation, per Bloomberg.
Three months later, the U.S. government announced a major loan backstop.
Now the company is valued around $2 billion, per Bloomberg
Cody Roberts deserves Maximum sentence of Animal Cruelty law with which the Grand Jury had indicted him. His most heinous cruelty dealt to a 9 month old innocent wolf is inexcusable.
Gonna start making an injury report for the fellas before nights out like
Sam - out (vacation)
Pete - doubtful (wife’s mad)
Chris - probable (working late)
Tommy - active (back injury)
Mike - out (scared)
You get the idea
After enduring days of rejection, Baby Punch finally experienced the comfort of love. Today, the adult monkey Onsing drew little Punch into a firm, deeply reassuring embrace.
In one picture… an entire lifetime is trapped between two dates. 💔🐾
Feb 5, 2010 — he was just a tiny puppy, small enough to fit inside your arms like a warm little promise. His eyes were bright, innocent, full of laughter and curiosity, as if the world was made only for running, playing, and being loved. 🥺✨
Then time did what time always does… it moved quietly, mercilessly, stealing moments without warning. Days became years. And the things you never thought would end… slowly started fading. His crazy zoomies. His fearless jumps. His happy bark at the door. The way he would run to you like you were his whole universe. 🕰️💭
Feb 5, 2026 — same home… same soul… but now his body carries the weight of every season he survived. His back is bent. His steps are slow. His face is covered in white, not from snow… but from years of loyalty. 🐕🦺🤍
And yet… look closer.
Behind those tired eyes is still the same puppy from 2010.
Still waiting. Still trusting. Still loving you with everything he has left. 🥀❤️
This isn’t just a dog aging.
This is a silent reminder that while we were busy living… he was busy staying.
Through every heartbreak. Every move. Every storm. Every day you came home tired and he still greeted you like you were the best thing that ever happened to him. 🏡✨
People say dogs don’t live long enough…
but maybe they live exactly long enough to teach us the hardest lesson of all:
Love doesn’t ask for forever… it only asks to be remembered. 💔🐾
So if you still have your dog… hold them tighter tonight.
Because one day, you’ll look at an old face full of gray…
and you’ll realize you didn’t just raise a dog…
You lived a whole lifetime with a best friend. 🥺❤️🐶
Credit: Dog
Ye took out a Wall Street Journal ad to apologize for past antisemitic remarks.
In an open letter paid for by Yeezy, Ye apologized for his past remarks, which he claims stemmed from neurological damage after a 2002 car crash:
"To Those I’ve Hurt:
Twenty-five years ago, I was in a car accident that broke my jaw and caused injury to the right frontal lobe of my brain. At the time, the focus was on the visible damage—the fracture, the swelling, and the immediate physical trauma. The deeper injury, the one inside my skull, went unnoticed.
Comprehensive scans were not done, neurological exams were limited, and the possibility of a frontal-lobe injury was never raised. It wasn’t properly diagnosed until 2023. That medical oversight caused serious damage to my mental health and led to my bipolar type-1 diagnosis.
Bipolar disorder comes with its own defense system. Denial. When you’re manic, you don’t think you’re sick. You think everyone else is overreacting. You feel like you’re seeing the world more clearly than ever, when in reality you’re losing your grip entirely.
Once people label you as “crazy,” you feel as if you cannot contribute anything meaningful to the world. It’s easy for people to joke and laugh it off when in fact this is a very serious debilitating disease you can die from. According to the World Health Organization and Cambridge University, people with bipolar disorder have a life expectancy that is shortened by ten to fifteen years on average, and a 2x-3x higher all-cause mortality rate than the general population. This is on par with severe heart disease, type 1 diabetes, HIV, and cancer - all lethal and fatal if left untreated.
The scariest thing about this disorder is how persuasive it is when it tells you: You don’t need help. It makes you blind, but convinced you have insight. You feel powerful, certain, unstoppable.
I lost touch with reality. Things got worse the longer I ignored the problem. I said and did things I deeply regret. Some of the people I love the most, I treated the worst. You endured fear, confusion, humiliation, and the exhaustion of trying to have someone who was, at times, unrecognizable. Looking back, I became detached from my true self.
In that fractured state, I gravitated toward the most destructive symbol I could find, the swastika, and even sold T-shirts bearing it. One of the difficult aspects of having bipolar type-1 are the disconnected moments - many of which I still cannot recall - that led to poor judgment and reckless behavior that oftentimes feels like an out-of-body-experience. I regret and am deeply mortified by my actions in that state, and am committed to accountability, treatment, and meaningful change. It does not excuse what I did though. I am not a Nazi or an antisemite. I love Jewish people.
To the black community - which held me down through all of the highs and lows and the darkest of times. The black community is, unquestionably, the foundation of who I am. I am so sorry to have let you down. I love us.
In early 2025, I fell into a four-month long manic episode of psychotic, paranoid and impulsive behavior that destroyed my life. As the situation became increasingly unsustainable, there were times I didn’t want to be here anymore.
Having bipolar disorder is notable state of constant mental illness. When you go into a manic episode, you are ill at that point. When you are not in an episode, you are completely ‘normal’. And that’s when the wreckage from the illness hits the hardest. Hitting rock bottom a few months ago, my wife encouraged me to finally get help.
I have found comfort in Reddit forums of all places. Different people speak of being in manic or depressive episodes of a similar nature. I read their stories and realized that I was not alone. It’s not just me who ruins their entire life once a year despite taking meds every day and being told by the so-called best doctors in the world that I am not bipolar, but merely experiencing “symptoms of autism.”
My words as a leader in my community have global impact and influence. In my mania, I lost complete sight of that.
As I find my new baseline and new center through an effective regime of medication, therapy, exercise, and clean living, I have newfound, much-needed clarity. I am pouring my energy into positive, meaningful art: music, clothing, design, and other new ideas to help the world.
I’m not asking for sympathy, or a free pass, though I aspire to earn your forgiveness. I write today simply to ask for your patience and understanding as I find my way home.”
With love,
Ye"
Most Republicans are good people. Most Democrats are good people.
The White House says outrageous things to make you hate your neighbor.
Your neighbor isn’t the problem. The White House is.