Henry Smith

BE-loved son, a husband of one beautiful woman, father to three brilliant kids... un hijo amado, esposo de una mujer hermosa y padre de tres brillantes hijos

[Matt Smethurst @MattSmethurst]

“As we know, the English historically struggle here in Massachusetts.”

Such a casually brilliant line. 😂

[The Sting @TheStingisBack]

Happy Father’s Day to the dads no longer with us, but who still check in now and then.
And to the ones here: hope you have a catch today.

[Vfynn_🥷🏼 𐙚 @Vfynn_]

🚨🗣️NEW: Zlatan Ibrahimović on FIFA’s new mouth-covering red card rule: as Almiron was given a red card for covering his mouth in the game between Paraguay and Turkey

“I have seen football at its highest level, the real football. Not this watered-down version they are serving us now. What happened with Almirón? A straight red card for covering his mouth? This is not football anymore. This is a circus run by bureaucrats in suits who have never felt the fire of the pitch.”

“Covering your mouth is now a red card? What is this, Big Brother on the field? FIFA wants to read lips, punish thoughts before they even become words. Next they will put muzzles on players like dogs. Players cannot even talk, cannot even breathe passion without some VAR robot or referee deciding your emotions are illegal. This is dystopian. Football is dying.”

“This rule was born because some players cry every week. One incident in the Champions League and suddenly the whole world must change. But elbow a man, break his leg, or spit — sometimes you get a yellow and a pat on the back. Two-tier football. Protect the protected, punish the rest. I have played in every league and I have seen it.”

On the softness of the modern game:
“Maradona would be sent off in the tunnel. Roy Keane? He would laugh at the referee and walk off with a smile while the stands burn. Pepe would have collected five reds before half-time. Today? Players are becoming actors, not warriors. They fall, they cry, they hide behind rules. Where is the masculinity? Where is the character? Football is not ballet. It is war. And they are turning it into a polite conversation with red cards as punctuation.”

“I, Zlatan, have scored goals that made stadiums shake and said things that made opponents tremble — without hiding. This generation is being raised soft. If you cannot handle words on the pitch, how will you handle life? FIFA is not protecting football. They are burying it. And one day, the real fans will rise and say: enough. Bring back the game.”

[Protestia @Protestia]

Things we like: this sign from Pursuit Church celebrating what indeed was the best June ever.

[Pascal @KnowsPascal]

Whence shall thy patience attain her crown if no adversity befall thee?

-Thomas á Kempis

[Sean Feucht @seanfeucht]

America IS a Christian nation. 🙏🏽🇺🇸

[Tevin Macharia Mukabana @TevinMacharia]

Even after a tough loss to Ivory Coast, the first thing Ecuador’s Moisés Caicedo did was drop to his knees and thank God.

A powerful reminder that our worship shouldn’t depend on the outcome. In victory or defeat, God is still worthy of all the glory.

[Trad West @trad_west_]

Portugal's team jersey in the Fifa World Cup is Christian. It features:

>The Cross of the Order of Christ, the same cross Portugal used in the age of discovery.

>The five small blue shields in the center represent the five Moorish kings defeated in the Reconquista

>Inside each of the blue shields are five white dots, which symbolize the Five Holy Wounds of Christ and the 30 pieces of silver used to pay for our salvation.

Portugal is a deeply Catholic country 🇵🇹✝️

[Sports Spectrum @Sports_Spectrum]

How great is this?

[Dr. Simon @goddek]

After Germany’s 7–1 win over Curaçao, something even more beautiful happened.

While everyone else celebrated, players from both teams formed a small circle together, put their arms around each other, and prayed.

Germany’s Felix Nmecha later explained:

“On the pitch we’re opponents. After the game, we’re all Christians and brothers. We simply prayed together because we’re grateful.”

In a world constantly trying to divide people, moments like this remind us what really matters. ❤️

[The Redheaded libertarian @TRHLofficial]

The Scots are assimilating well to American culture.

[Virgil L. Walker @virgilwalker]

This is exactly what you tell your five boys. Great job dad.

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

Outrageous double-standard!

[Coach AJ 🎯 Mental Fitness @coachajkings]

Bill Cowher shares the 3 things he told his 3 daughters - and his 53 players.

"Number one - choices and consequences."

"You can control your choice. But once you make a choice, it controls you...Just understand - with every decision you make, there's a consequence that goes with that."

Your choices and actions matter.

"Number two - it's about the people you surround yourself with."

"Are they people that are purpose-driven? Or are they people that are just trying to feed off of who you are?"

"I want people around me that are purpose-driven. People focused on doing something impactful and meaningful."

"And the third thing - nothing good happens after midnight. Nothing."

Three rules. A lifetime of wisdom.

Your choices control you. Your circle defines you. Your habits protect you.
(🎥Ray Lewis Show: @raylewis)

[Elisabetta B. @babetta123]

11, 12 e 14 anni.

Stuprate per giorni da più di 20 immigrati pakistani.

Torturate, ad una era stata inchiodata la lingua al muro per farla star ferma mentre la violentavano.

La polizia le ha derise, offese ed ignorate.

Le femministe si sono girate dall'altra parte.

Se non fosse stato per Elon Musk, che ha diffuso pubblicamente le testimonianze ai processi, scatenando la rivolta di Reform UK ed indagini interne, nessuno ne avrebbe saputo nulla.

Non siete incazzati abbastanza.

➡️ Un nutrizionista italiano in Australia: https://t.co/85ojnfp64g

[Dr. Maalouf ‏ @realMaalouf]

HEARTBREAKING: Her 10-month-old baby was cut in half with a knife in front of her, her husband shot dead, and she watched them split her second child's skull with a machete. They also cut off one of her hands.

This is life for Christians in Nigeria. The media remains silent.

[Darshak Rana ⚡️ @thedarshakrana]

The Woodpecker is the only proof that God really exists.

And I'm going to prove it to you right NOW:🧵

[Anish Moonka @anishmoonka]

Finnish scientists trucked in real forest dirt and grass and laid it over the gravel at four daycare yards. They let the kids dig around in it for a month. The blood tests came back with changes the researchers hadn’t expected to see so fast or so clear.

The study ran at ten daycares in two Finnish cities with 75 kids aged three to five. Four of the yards got the forest treatment: about a tennis court worth of soil and grass laid over the gravel, plus planters and peat blocks the kids could dig and climb on. Three others stuck with their normal gravel yards. The last three were daycares where the kids were already visiting real forests every day.

After one month, the variety of bacteria living on the kids’ skin shot up, and the kind that helps train the skin’s immune defenses jumped the most. Their gut bacteria started to look like the gut bacteria of the forest-visiting kids. Their blood showed more of the immune cells whose job is to keep the body from freaking out at harmless stuff like pollen and peanuts, and overall inflammation dropped. The kids on the plain gravel yards showed none of this.

Childhood asthma in the US doubled between 1980 and 1995. Food allergies in kids jumped 50 percent between 1997 and 2011, then jumped another 50 percent between 2007 and 2021. And peanut allergies in one-year-olds tripled between 2001 and 2017.

The Finnish researchers think one of the reasons is simple: kids today don’t get dirty enough. 37 percent of American preschoolers now spend an hour or less outside on a normal weekday. Their immune systems are getting trained in environments stripped of the bacteria humans have always lived around.

Aki Sinkkonen, who led the study, put it in plain words: “It would be best if children could play in puddles and everyone could dig organic soil.” The Finnish government is now helping pay for daycares across the country to make the same changes.

[Reads with Ravi @readswithravi]

I’m in love with this sentence:

“The longer you stay on the wrong train, the more expensive it is to get home.”