Cynthia

Love the view from my place /Can I just never leave home, I love it here✨🏢✨💫

[Cynthia @ImCynthiaRobb]

Best thing I’ve seen all day! 💦 🐕 Dogs at play @DTKitchener @CityKitchener #dogs @KWRegion

[McErin☘️ @colleen_eileen]

A huge office building across from ours is being demolished. Next door to our office is a retirement community and every morning when I get to work 7-15 elderly gentlemen are lined up to observe the demolition absolutely beaming and it is the highlight of my day.

[Thrilla the Gorilla @ThrillaRilla369]

If anybody wants to know why Gen X is always mad, it's because they had to replace their record collections with a tape collection that they had to replace with a CD collection that they had to replace with an MP3 collection, and now they need a subscription to listen to music

[𝕭𝖊𝖓𝖓𝖎𝖊✨ @Bennieeexyz]

Kid in the apartment above me has been lowering toys down past my window on a string.

Started two weeks ago. Action figure appeared outside my third-floor window, dangling on fishing line. Stayed there for ten minutes, then got pulled back up.

Next day, a plastic dinosaur. Day after, a small race car.

Didn't think much of it until the toys started holding signs.

Tiny cardboard signs tied to them with thread. Messages written in crayon.

First sign: "DO YOU LIKE DINOSAURS?"

Opened my window. Yelled up.

Me: Yes, I like dinosaurs.

Heard scrambling above. The dinosaur dropped lower, bouncing against my window. New sign appeared.

"WHATS YOUR FAVORITE?"

Me: Triceratops.

Dinosaur got pulled up. Five minutes later, a triceratops came down.

This continued daily. Different questions. Different toys.

"DO YOU HAVE A DOG?" No.

"DO YOU LIKE PIZZA?" Yes.

"CAN YOU SEE THE PARK FROM YOUR WINDOW?" No, wrong side.

My girlfriend thought it was creepy.

Her: A child is surveilling you.

Me: A child is making friends the only way they know how.

Her: Through interrogation?

Me: Through toys on strings.

Week two, questions got more specific.

"ARE YOU THE ONE WHO PLAYS GUITAR?"

Me: (surprised) Yes.

"YOU'RE REALLY GOOD."

Me: Thank you.

"CAN YOU PLAY WONDERWALL?"

Me: Absolutely not.

"WHY NOT?"

Me: It's forbidden.

"BY WHO?"

Me: The universe.

Heard laughing from above.

Next day, a drawing came down instead of a toy. Stick figure playing guitar. Another stick figure listening through the floor.

Speech bubble: "Thanks for the music. My mom says it helps her fall asleep."

Felt something shift in my chest.

Me: (yelling up) Does your mom work nights?

String bobbed. New note came down.

"Yes. She's a nurse. Gets home at 7am."

That explained the weird schedule. Kid was alone at night, mom slept during the day.

Me: What's your name?

"Leo. I'm 6. What's yours?"

Me: Chris. I'm 29.

"That's old."

Me: Thanks.

"Do you have kids?"

Me: No.

"Do you want some? You can have me."

Laughed out loud. Heard giggling above.

Started playing guitar specifically at 8pm now. Right before Leo's bedtime probably.

Softer stuff. Classical pieces. Nothing too loud.

Yesterday a note came down: "Mom wants to know if you like cookies."

Me: Yes.

Hour later, knocking on my door. Woman in scrubs holding a plate of cookies, kid hiding behind her legs.

Her: I'm Sarah from upstairs. This is Leo.

Leo: (peeking out) You're taller in person.

Me: You're shorter.

Leo: That's rude.

Sarah: I wanted to thank you. The guitar helps me sleep after shifts. And Leo loves your window conversations.

Me: He's good company.

Leo: Can I see your guitar?

Me: (looked at Sarah)

Sarah: If you don't mind?

Showed him the guitar. Let him strum it once. Sounded terrible. He loved it.

They left after twenty minutes. Leo waved goodbye like we were old friends.

This morning, new toy came down.

Superhero holding a sign: "YOU'RE COOL."

Sent my own note up on the string.

"You too, Leo."

String went slack. Note stayed down there.

Kept it.

Sometimes the best friendships start with a dinosaur on a fishing line.

[I fvck w people selectively @kotparkland]

My dad hated our neighbor for 14 years. Said he was rude. Cold. Arrogant. Every morning the guy ignored everyone and drove off without waving. One winter my dad slipped on ice outside our house. Bad fall. Couldn’t move. Guess who sprinted across the street first? The “arrogant” neighbor. Called the ambulance. Covered my dad with his own coat. Stayed with him for 40 minutes in freezing weather. At the hospital my dad asked: "Why were you always so unfriendly?" The man looked confused. Then said:

[Nick Ray @LifeAfloat]

I went exploring along the craggy coastline by my home and discovered this delightful water feature.

[noor୨୧ @wottheberry]

i took a 45-minute uber ride home from the airport last night after a brutal, three-day business trip.

i was completely emotionally and physically drained, and my social battery was at absolute zero.

when i got into the car, the driver.. an older guy named kabir.. didn't say the usual "how was your flight?" or turn on the radio.

instead, he just handed me a small, laminated piece of paper attached to the back of his headrest.
it was a literal "ride menu."
it said:
1. *the silent ride* (total quiet, no pressure to talk).
2. *the therapist ride* (if you need to vent about your day, i am listening).
3. *the tourist ride* (i will tell you cool facts about the city).
4. *the radio ride* (we just listen to old jazz and coast).

i smiled, pointed to number 1, and whispered, "silent ride, please. thank you."

he gave me a warm nod in the rearview mirror, adjusted the AC, and drove the entire 45 minutes in absolute, beautiful silence.

it was the most peaceful, therapeutic boundary i’ve experienced all year. i felt my entire nervous system finally reset.

when he dropped me off, i gave him a massive tip and told him, "that menu is a genius business idea. you must get amazing reviews."

He looked back at me and said, "i didn't make the menu to get better tips, dear.

my daughter has severe social anxiety, and she told me that the hardest part of her day is navigating small talk with strangers when her brain is tired.

she told me it feels like running a marathon.

i made the card so that anyone who gets into my car can feel completely safe dropping the mask for a little while."

i walked into my apartment and just sat on my suitcase.

we live in a world that is constantly screaming at us to perform, to network, to be "on," and to over-communicate.

but sometimes, the deepest form of love and respect you can show another human being is just creating a small, safe pocket of silence for them to rest in.

pay attention to the people who give you permission to be quiet. they are rare.

[Cynthia @ImCynthiaRobb]

LRT derailed on King St S in Kitchener @CTVKitchener @CityNewsKIT

[Dera II @Neutral_OC]

A 7 year old girl was sunbathing in front of her home when a car stopped and the driver asked if she wanted a bicycle.

She immediately recognized the danger and ran inside the house.

[Cynthia @ImCynthiaRobb]

@JayHooft Where?

[Carl Bovis @CarlBovisNature]

Calling Raven on a windy day! 😍
Filmed recently on the cliffs at Porthleven in Cornwall. 😊🐦

[Instant Weather Ontario ⚡️ @IWeatherON]

#onstorm ⚠️ BREAKING 🌪️: Environment Canada forecasting potential for Tornado Tuesday in the “C” zone of this map in the afternoon/evening. For those getting the “D” zone, no tornado risk as per Environment Canada. “C” has a risk of an isolated tornado, 110km/h wind gusts, 2-4cm hail, & 20-40mm of rain.

More details & our custom forecast ASAP.

- Adam (Sun, May 17, 2026)

P.S. We’re submitting our new app for approval! Should be available by late tonight or sometime tomorrow depending on how fast they approve it! Woohoo!!!

[Cynthia @ImCynthiaRobb]

@shelleyscribble @stan_sdcollins I really miss Stan’s posts. Enjoyed them so much

[Shelley Collins @shelleyscribble]

@stan_sdcollins https://t.co/C6s9Chp8YY
Dad was one of the regulars who went year round, as his followers know well. He would have been there with his camera, for sure.

[Nate Bargatze @natebargatze]

Everyone shows it differently

[Cynthia @ImCynthiaRobb]

@Amelia558rs C

[Historic Vids @historyinmemes]

When a news reporter wore a grape costume to show support for a boy suspended for wearing a banana outfit to school.

In 2011, NBC4 Washington reporter Pat Collins made headlines by arriving to interview a suspended student in a full grape costume. The story began when 14-year-old Bryan Thompson, who is autistic, was suspended for wearing a banana outfit to a high school football game. During the interview, Collins, dressed head-to-toe in purple grapes, jokingly asked, “Potassium is great?”—turning a serious suspension situation into a lighthearted, human moment.

[AccuWeather @accuweather]

Shout-out to these Toronto teens 👏❄️ Four high schoolers took turns pushing a man’s mobility scooter after its battery died in the cold.

[Science girl @sciencegirl]

This is awesome

[Collin Rugg @CollinRugg]

NEW: Secret passageway linked to the Underground Railroad discovered at the bottom drawer of a dresser in New York City.

The 2-by-2-foot opening revealed a ladder that descended two stories.

The 19th-century house on East Fourth Street in Manhattan was built by abolitionist Joseph Brewster in the 1830s, according to Spectrum News.

The house is now believed to have been used as a "safe house."

"I’ve been practicing historical preservation law for 30 years, and this is a generational find. This is the most significant find in historic preservation in my career," said preservation attorney and professor at Pratt Institute, Michael Hiller.

Historians say the passageway is a "masterwork of deliberate concealment," designed to be "absolutely invisible to slave catchers."

[Anthony Brian Logan (ABL) 🇺🇸 @ANTHONYBLOGAN]

MUST WATCH: Louisville police officers were desperately searching for a missing 3-year-old boy when a dog came out of nowhere, jumping and barking, eventually leading them directly to the location where he was rescued safe and sound.