🧙‍♀️🔮Ashlyn Malinovsky🔮🧙‍♀️

Proud Native American, Hungarian, and Czech. Capricorn ♑️, witch, love cemeteries, fall, and the moon 🌛🌚🌜

[Samurai Shiba @SamuraiShibaJP]

I asked 50 Japanese people, ages 9 to 91, one question.

"What do you admire most about Americans?"

Here are the top answers.

10. "They clap when the plane lands." (Office worker, 34)

9. "They say 'I love you' every time they hang up the phone. Even men. Even to other men." (Taxi driver, 61)

8. "A stranger told me she liked my shoes. Then she just walked away. She didn't want anything." (High school girl, 16)

7. "They thank the bus driver when they get off." (Bus driver, 55. He got emotional saying this.)

6. "They tell you their whole life story in the grocery line. I know about one man's divorce, his boat, and his knee surgery. We knew each other for four minutes." (My mother, 64)

5. "They stand for the anthem at a children's baseball game." (Little League coach, 47)

4. "When they lose, they shake hands and say 'good game.' And they mean it." (Sota, 12)

3. "They fly the flag on a regular Tuesday. No holiday. Just because." (Nurse, 28)

2. "They help a stranger push a car out of the snow, then leave without saying their name." (My cousin's husband, 52, who got stuck in Colorado once)

And the number one answer came from the oldest person I asked. My grandfather. He's 91.

He thought about it for a long time.

Then he said:

"They still believe tomorrow will be better than today."

I asked him what he meant.

"In 1946, we had nothing," he said. "The American soldiers I met were young and far from home. But they acted like the future was coming, and it was going to be good. After a while, we started to believe them."

I asked him if he thought Americans still believe that.

He nodded slowly.

"Tell them," he said, "not to stop."

[Massimo @Rainmaker1973]

This may be winning Halloween

[Massimo @Rainmaker1973]

That time Sylwester Wardęga bought a giant spider Halloween costume for his dog and let him loose.

[Metal Injection @metalinjection]

System of a Down's Daron Malakian: "Red Or Blue, Your Government Doesn't Give a **** About You"
https://t.co/HhGfxjmaxy

[Massimo @Rainmaker1973]

Did you know a Bald Eagle’s beak never stops growing?

[📹 sophienilles]

[Massimo @Rainmaker1973]

Baby beavers are called a kit, and are adorable

[Massimo @Rainmaker1973]

A reported mountain lion sighting triggered an emergency lockdown at a Washington elementary school, though the formidable predator was ultimately revealed to be nothing more than an exceptionally large, domestic orange cat.

The incident unfolded in November 2023 at Groff Elementary School, located in Moses Lake, Washington. School administrators placed the campus on a strict lockdown after an individual reported seeing what closely resembled a wild cougar prowling near the school grounds. For safety reasons, students and faculty were secured indoors while law enforcement and school officials thoroughly swept the surrounding property to evaluate the potential threat.

The tense situation dissolved into relief when authorities finally located the suspected apex predator. Rather than a dangerous wild animal, the creature turned out to be an oversized orange house cat, which was casually spotted eating a rat near the campus boundary.

Fortunately, the entire event concluded without injury, and regular school operations resumed promptly once officials confirmed that no mountain lion was present in the area. Subsequent community updates shed more light on the situation, with neighborhood residents identifying the chunky orange feline as a local outdoor pet named George.

[ABC News @ABC]

A barn owl screeched at onlookers as bird lovers flocked to Manhattan’s Upper West Side to catch a glimpse of a family of the animals.

Footage shows a barn owl calling while perched next to a water tower on West 75th Street, near Central Park.

Barn owls are “extremely rare sights” in New York City, according to the New York City Department of Parks & Recreation, and have only been documented in Brooklyn and the Bronx.

https://t.co/TqCPlYSWEl

[Massimo @Rainmaker1973]

Woodpecker mistaking a mountain patrol officer for a tree.

[Massimo @Rainmaker1973]

One of the best Halloween costumes ever

[🎃 utahstories]

[MoshiMoshiMoan @MoshiMoshiMoan]

Some dude in a mascot outfit shooting ropes on statues and charging 20k for it is wild. Sega really does what Nintendon't

[MoshiMoshiMoan @MoshiMoshiMoan]

"God damn it", the redditor screamed, his tits jiggling in fury. "This fucking fascist and his rocket ships, robots and flying cars..." He slammed his fist onto his desk summoning his bi-poly-pony roomate, "get your baseball bat, its time to free palestine"

[Massimo @Rainmaker1973]

The Theodore Roosevelt of cats

[Massimo @Rainmaker1973]

Golden isn't taking the job seriously

[revolvermag @Revolvermag]

TRENT REZNOR stalks DAVID BOWIE in the iconic music video for "I’m Afraid of Americans."⁠
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Reznor's NINE INCH NAILS also did 5 remixes of Bowie's song for its maxi-single release, which was issued on 12" and CD on this day in 1997.

[Marc J. Randazza 🇺🇸 🇮🇹 🇧🇷 @marcorandazza]

Metal heads are nice people dressing up and pretending to be mean people.

Hippies are mean people dressing up and pretending to be nice people.

[The Moderate Case @TheModerateCase]

Your daily reminder that Russia is an enemy of the United States.

[Massimo @Rainmaker1973]

You've probably never heard of bongos—one of Africa's most elusive and stunning animals.

The mountain bongo, restricted to Kenya's highland forests, is Critically Endangered with fewer than 100–200 left in the wild).

[📹 sdzsafaripark]

[Joe Rogan Podcast News @joeroganhq]

First Metallica, now Mötley Crüe.

Nikki Sixx: We don't care about your political affiliation, race, gender, we're all in this together.

[Sharon Osbourne @MrsSOsbourne]

I agree 10000%