David Solomon

I’ve got this Twitter bio thing down real good

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@ATRightMovies

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@MsGasometer @Matthew_70s80s @pepiblyton I met Catherine Tate. She was as kind, personable, and lovely as could be.

[David S. Bernstein @dbernstein]

A little weird tho that a private business CAN choose to DENY a customer because he/she is a member of a protected class, but a private university CANNOT choose to ACCEPT a customer because he/she is a member of a protected class.

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@karam_ba_

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@RepBrianFitz @RepLuna This is not what your constituents want. Stop carrying Donald Trump’s water.

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@noranickumbooks I’m Prosper! I wonder if she were to take a “Which Human are You” quiz if she would get me. Probably.

[CALL TO ACTIVISM @CalltoActivism]

"I wanted to take a few minutes to share something incredible that happened today. This afternoon I picked up Andrew from school and we got on the metro headed home. We ride the metro everyday to and from school, so Andrew is used to it. It is usually about 45min to an hour depending on delays and what not, but as long I keep him occupied with his iPad or my phone he will sit patiently in our seat.

For those of you that don’t know, when you have a child with autism, your child will have some good days and then they will have some bad ones. Today was one of those bad days. Andrews biggest behavior problem (that he has been working on by learning calming strategies) is that sometimes when he gets upset, it will go two steps too far, and escalate into a full on meltdown/breakdown.

Today, Andrew was persistent on wanting to get out of the seat to stand in the middle of train while moving and running back and forth through it (which of course if he did he would fall). I kept trying everything to get him to sit, but he just wouldn’t (this fight went on for 20 min), that is when he his regular toddler tantrum turned into a meltdown, or what I call, the point of no return for him.

He started rolling on the floor, screaming, his shoe fell off and he flung it across the train, all while I’m on the floor trying to calm him down. Then he starts the kicking, hitting, pulling my hair while everyone in rush hour stares on the train, most thinking I was a bad parent who had an out of control child, even though really he can’t help it.

We got off at Gallery Place, one stop up from Metro Center where we change lines, still he doesn’t let up and it gets worse. Now we’re rolling around on the dirty station floor. He is covered in black dirt. I try picking him up but he continues to kick which now gets dirt on me. This goes on for about 15 minutes. Trust me this isn’t my first rodeo as a single parent, but sometimes it just gets the best of me. At this point I am crying out of pure frustration and feeling so sad that Andrew is being judged right now.

I panic as I see someone walking towards us, but it turns out to be a Metro Police Officer. As soon as he comes over Andrew freezes and stares while holding my hands, body mid air, feet stretched out on me, while I was standing. The officer asks me if I needed any help or if he could help by walking us out of station (since he saw how Andrew stopped when he came over) I explained the situation to him and how this wasn’t even our stop. He asked where I was going and I told him Ballston station (a solid 30 minutes from where we were). Without hesitation he said, “Okay I’ll come on the train”.

At this point I’m thinking he means like down the escalator to the train. He starts talking with Andrew and showing him all his gadgets. He then takes off his Velcro police badge from his vest and asks Andrew, “Can you be a police man with me and help me do police work on the train?” Of course Andrew says yes.
The officer ends up riding the metro THE ENTIRE train home with us!!! Whenever he got off he would hold Andrews hand and walk with him. He sat next to Andrew as he requested on the train, acted interested as he showed him silly videos, and he even made funny faces in the Instagram face filters when Andrew asked.
This officer COMPLETELY went out of his way to help Andrew. He honestly restored my faith that there are good people still left in the world.

To that officer, I truly can not say thank you enough for your inmesurable amount of kindness and for making Andrews day (probably his whole year). Throughout the whole ordeal I didn’t get his name, I think his vest said Officer D. Case. Washington Metropolitan Police Dept. please find him and give him a raise! He deserves to be recognized for his incredible kind gesture, and especially for letting Andrew keep the police badge. Thank you thank you!!👮🏼‍♂️💙🧩

Credit: Taylor Pomilla

[David Solomon @DavidLSolomon]

@StarTrekOnPPlus My favorite moment was getting to watch Picard with my parents, just as I used to watch ST:TNG with them as a kid. #PicardSweeps

[The View @TheView]

40 YEARS OF STUDENTS SURPRISE STAR TEACHER: @NicholasFerroni introduces us to retiring teacher Marlene DeBaere and we hear about her incredible impact from students past and present as they join #TheView to honor her! #TeacherAppreciationWeek https://t.co/cVclFZQmjA

[Joe Vogel @JoeVogel_]

I'm running for Congress.

We need a new generation of leaders in Washington who understand exactly what's at stake in this moment. We just can't wait to end gun violence, secure our rights, protect our democracy, and save our planet.

Join me in the fight for our future.

[Four Seasons Total Landscaping @TotalSeasons]

The danger in removing blue ticks is that, potentially, some idiot could confuse FOUR SEASONS Total Landscaping with the FOUR SEASONS hotel.

[David Solomon @DavidLSolomon]

@noranickumbooks @ChiReviewPress @seymouragency @Lynnette_Novak @SteamTeamBooks Congratulations! Hooray for book birthdays!

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I loved #StarTrekPicard episode 8 and if there’s a #StarTrekLegacy it should feature #MarinaSirtis and @jonathansfrakes prominently. Seeing how joyful and interesting Troi and Riker continue to be, and also how much they’ve grown - such great writing and acting. @TerryMatalas

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I can’t wait for #PicardSeason3 and I’m reading how these wonderful characters I grew up with really shine in this season. But I’m not reading a lot about Troi in reviews - @TerryMatalas : I hope she gets big moments too?

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@PuzzleADayBlog Laughing all the way to the bank

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@noranickumbooks This needs to be on a t-shirt

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@RepBrianFitz It is embarrassing when a politician who has failed to call out Trump by name for his racism and antisemitism still tweets MLK’s name once a year.

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@tallgayginger

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@CooperHillier What if Susan wasn’t the Doctor’s granddaughter but a past version of the Master, and the Doctor was keeping his eye on her?

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@broiledcrawfish The lady that gave birth in season one.