David Nyro

Nyro, rhymes with HERO!
Yep. Another songer-singwriter! 3,000+ songs in my Fortress of Songitude! I'm on Pandora, Spotify, iTunes, Apple Music, Bandcamp, etc.

[David Nyro @DavidNyro]

Here's an excerpt from our music vid, "Sunflowers" on this #GivingTuesday2022
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[GeoInsider @InsiderGeo]

Apart from the Netherlands, France has already moved its remaining 129 tonnes of gold held at the New York Fed, with all of its roughly 2,437 tonnes now held domestically.

Germany 🇩🇪 has also seen renewed political calls to bring its remaining 1,236 tonnes in New York back home, including calls from economists, politicians and taxpayer groups.

Italy 🇮🇹 has also seen public calls for its gold held in the US to be repatriated amid concerns over the changing US-European relationship.

[Trill Clinton @aStatesman]

Mark my words. This is a lead-up to him eliminating Juneteenth and MLK Day as Federal Holidays.

[Reed Timmer, PhD @ReedTimmerUSA]

CATASTROPHIC FLASH #FLOOD in Kountze, Texas after over 20 inches of rainfall from Tropical Storm #Edouard. This is Highway 287 showing an evacuated vehicle. Texas Longhorns struggling in the rising flood waters. Village Creek is expected to reach major flood stage tonight of over 23 feet, worse than the floods of 1969 in this region.

BIG problems

[Yashar Ali 🐘 @yashar]

Rick Steves has spent $2 million of his own money to rescue a single-screen theater in Edmonds, Washington.

This is part of a multi-million-dollar effort he has made to invest in community properties in order to preserve local institutions and keep them serving the communities they were built for.

There are just 54 single-screen theaters left in the United States.

“This theater is a place that brings people together, and community is an intangible that is quite important these days.”

[Ryan Maue @RyanWeather]

It's now official -- Marie is a Hurricane

All 3 are fully operational Hurricanes including Karina and Lowell. Plenty of space in between them.

Next week we'll have Norbert, too! All thanks to Super El Niño

[Massimo @Rainmaker1973]

Powerful flash flood surge, captured in Utah’s desert wilderness.

[The Best @TheBestqueenx]

A chicken managed to escape from the truck.
A documentary should definitely be made about it.

[ElaineStark @ElaineSstark]

El agente de Meryl Streep le aconsejó que no hiciera "Mamma Mia!". Los críticos destrozaron la película y muchos ejecutivos pensaron que solo interesaría a mujeres y niños.

Terminó recaudando 611 millones de dólares y ayudó a que ABBA regresara casi 40 años después.

La historia comenzó con Judy Craymer, una productora convencida de que las canciones de ABBA podían contar una vida completa. Durante años intentó persuadir a Benny Andersson y Björn Ulvaeus para convertirlas en un musical.

Ellos creían que ABBA estaba acabado y que su música terminaría siendo recordada como simples éxitos de otra época.

Pero Craymer encontró la historia correcta: una joven que invita a tres hombres del pasado de su madre para descubrir cuál es su padre.

Cuando llegó el momento de llevarla al cine, Meryl entendió algo que muchos ejecutivos no pudieron ver.

No era únicamente una historia romántica.

Era una película sobre una madre que construyó sola una vida para su hija, sobre amistades femeninas que sobreviven al tiempo y sobre mujeres que descubren que todavía pueden bailar, enamorarse y comenzar de nuevo.

Meryl aceptó interpretar a Donna aunque su agente le recomendó rechazar el papel. Ella estaba segura de que la gente amaría la película.

Cuando se estrenó en 2008, las críticas fueron despiadadas. Se burlaron de la dirección, de las voces y de una historia considerada demasiado cursi.

El público respondió bailando en las salas.

Con un presupuesto de 52 millones, "Mamma Mia!" recaudó más de 611 millones de dólares. Algunos cines que atravesaban dificultades lograron mantenerse abiertos gracias a las personas que regresaban a verla.

Además, presentó la música de ABBA a una nueva generación. Según Björn, sin su éxito probablemente nunca habrían considerado crear "Voyage", su regreso con música nueva después de casi cuatro décadas.

Los críticos vieron una película imperfecta.

El público encontró un refugio.

Porque "Mamma Mia!" nunca necesitó ser perfecta. Solo necesitó recordarnos que, incluso después de los errores, las despedidas y los años perdidos, todavía podemos volver a cantar nuestra canción.

[CoveredGeekly @CoveredGeekly]

Brendan Fraser in 2021 vs 2026 👀

He's currently getting back into shape for The Mummy 4

[Crazy Vibes @CrazyVibes_1]

Madeline Amy Sweeney knew the plane had been hijacked. Instead of panicking, she started gathering information.

On the morning of September 11, 2001, the 35-year-old American Airlines flight attendant was working aboard Flight 11, a Boeing 767 traveling from Boston to Los Angeles.

Not long after takeoff, something was terribly wrong.

The cockpit stopped responding.

Passengers were being attacked.

Crew members were injured.

The aircraft was no longer under the control of its pilots.

As chaos unfolded around her, Sweeney managed to connect to an American Airlines operations center using an Airfone. On the other end was supervisor Michael Woodward.

What followed would become one of the most important eyewitness accounts from inside a hijacked aircraft.

Sweeney didn't waste precious moments focusing on her own fate.

Instead, she began relaying information.

Carefully.

Clearly.

Methodically.

She described the men who had taken over the plane.

She gave their seat assignments.

She reported injuries among passengers and crew.

She explained that a passenger had been stabbed.

Every detail mattered.

Even as she faced the reality that she might never leave the aircraft alive, she continued feeding information to authorities.

According to later accounts, Woodward was struck by how calm and composed she remained. Her voice was steady. Her descriptions were precise.

Then she provided information that would later prove critical to investigators.

She identified Mohamed Atta as one of the hijackers and supplied details about the others involved.

As Flight 11 headed toward New York City, Sweeney stayed on the line, continuing to report what she could see.

At 8:46 a.m., the plane slammed into the North Tower of the World Trade Center.

Everyone on board was killed.

Sweeney was just 35 years old.

The information she provided during those final minutes became some of the earliest and most valuable evidence available to investigators trying to understand what had happened.

She couldn't regain control of the aircraft.

She couldn't stop the hijackers.

She couldn't save herself.

But she could help others understand what was unfolding.

And she did.

Until the very end.

Madeline Sweeney left behind her husband and two young children—her son, Jack, who was four, and her daughter, Anna, who was seven.

They never saw her again.

Yet in the face of unimaginable circumstances, she chose to remain focused, courageous, and selfless.

Trapped aboard a hijacked plane with no way out, Madeline Amy Sweeney spent her final moments ensuring that the world would know exactly who had taken control of Flight 11—and what was happening inside it.

[The Royston Club @TheRoystonClub]

Very pleased to be awarded the BPI Music Export Growth Scheme fund. Meaning we’ll be seeing you worldwide next year.

[Kaan @halledicemki]

Saat reklamı dediğin böyle olur..

[Massimo @Rainmaker1973]

She knocks the bottles and picks them up again.

[📹 Bekah Burke / bekburke]

[Mike Bales 🫡🇺🇸 @MikeBales]

Lest we forget: this was Ground Zero on September 11, 2001. We promised we would never forget.

[Paraliticus OG @YusukeAcademico]

Genuinamente vos le decís a alguien que arme una escena así y no pueden, el ingenio que se manejaba en la época dorada de Looney Toons era de otro planeta

[Ron Filipkowski @RonFilipkowski]

As I predicted as soon as Ukraine began striking Russian refineries, Trump is going to blame Ukraine for gas prices & begin to pressure them to stop doing it. Once again, the US will side with Putin against a country fighting for its survival. We are morally bankrupt under Trump.

[🎸 Rock History 🎸 @historyrock_]

On February 19, 1980, Bon Scott, AC/DC’s charismatic lead singer, went out partying in London after a night of drinking. He ended up unconscious in a friend’s car, and the friend decided to let him sleep there instead of taking him home. The next morning, he was found dead. He passed away due to alcohol poisoning at the age of 33.

The band was devastated. Angus and Malcolm Young seriously considered breaking up AC/DC. Bon wasn’t just their singer, he was the soul of the group. But they decided that the best way to honor him was to keep making music.

They began looking for a replacement, and that’s when Brian Johnson came along, a singer from Newcastle with a raspy, powerful voice that impressed the band at his audition. Months later, with Brian at the helm, they released “Back in Black,” an album dedicated to Bon Scott that would go on to become one of the best-selling albums in Rock History.

[Gandalv @Microinteracti1]

🇳🇱 The Dutch just did something central banks only do when they’ve quietly stopped believing the official story.

Eighty-six tonnes of gold, hauled out of New York and parked in London, because Amsterdam decided the safest place for its national reserves is no longer America. That is a vote of no confidence.

Officially it is about tradability. Unofficially it is about trust, and trust in Washington has never sat this low.

When a NATO founding member starts treating the world’s reserve currency’s own backyard as a liability rather than a safe haven, something structural has cracked. Tariff wars with Canada, a foreign policy that lurches by tweet, and an administration that governs like a reality show finale have made even Haiti look like the more stable bet.

Gold does not do sentiment. It simply moves toward safety, and away from Trump’s circus of amateurs.

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[Words & Wisdom @WordsnWisdom26]

“A man with no money is only loved by his mother.”

— Oscar Wilde

[PROTECT ALL WILDLIFE @Protect_Wldlife]

WHY?!? 😢😡

A Cedartown police officer shot and killed a beloved 1-year-old pet donkey named HeeHaw at Elsberry Riding & Farm located in Rockmart, Georgia.

Law enforcement officers entered the farm’s pasture around 12:45 AM on Sunday without the owners' prior knowledge or permission. They were actively searching the area for a local missing child.

During the search, HeeHaw ~ a miniature, bottle-raised donkey known to be exceptionally friendly and accustomed to sleeping in his owner's bed as a foal ~ approached the officers while running and braying.

The officers claimed they felt threatened by the approaching animal. They deployed a Taser on HeeHaw before an officer drew their firearm and shot him dead.

The officer involved is on paid leave pending investigation.