Melinda French Gates will expand her giving to improve women’s health globally, pledging another $215 million to support contraceptive access and maternal care, as well as initiatives aimed at middle-aged women, including further study of menopause. https://t.co/t1uZECKti8
This is breathtaking.
The church's marble floor is covered entirely in tombs of the 400 Knights of the Order.
Cathedral of St. John the Baptist, Valletta (1608).
Glad I came of age in the 70s. Music like this was commonplace. But all these years later, I can really appreciate just how exceptionally good this song is.
The Marshall Tucker Band - Can't You See (Live at Grand Opera House, 1973)
Linda Ronstadt performing “Silver Threads and Golden Needles” with her backing band… who just happened to be The Eagles before they were famous!
This is pure early ‘70s California magic — that voice, that band, that chemistry. What a moment in music history! 🔥
The older I get, the more I realize peace is the real flex 🤍
Not everyone needs access to your energy, your plans, or your heart. Protect your calm, keep your circle genuine, and let your life bloom quietly. 🌿
What brings you the most peace these days? ✨
In 1974, Redbone became the first Native American rock group to reach the top 5 of the Billboard Hot 100 chart with their hit “Come and Get Your Love.”
The band used to begin their televised performances of the song with a traditional “Hail” song and dance, in order to proudly assert their Indigenous identity before a wide audience.
"He cast off his nervousness from the rehearsal and took the stage in blazing form... We played 'Who Do You Love'... Ronnie growled like a mad dog. In the middle of one of my solos, he took off his hat and fanned my fingers like the guitar was going to catch fire, just as he had done back when I was seventeen." — Robbie Robertson
Remembering Ronnie "The Hawk" Hawkins, who passed away on this day in 2022. The ultimate showman who first brought The Band together. Rest in peace. 🕊️
U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent holds up a Washington Post article about a possible 250 dollar bill with the portrait of U.S. President Donald Trump
📸: REUTERS/Evan Vucci
Every year, I share this video of French caretakers who take sand from Omaha Beach in Normandy, and scrub them into the letters to give them the gold coloring.
They do this for all 9,386 US soldiers who died.
France also gave us this land as American soil. #MemorialDayWeekend
On Memorial Day, we pay tribute to the brave men and women in uniform who gave their lives for this country that we love. It is a debt we can never fully repay, but we must never stop trying. I’ll always be grateful to our fallen heroes and their families, whose sacrifice reminds us of what it means to live for something greater than ourselves.