Dena Briddell

Daughter, wife, mom, Christian, plant-based.....human

[Sassington, M.C. @MissSassbox]

a letter to anyone who feels like life is whooping their ass a little bit:

a lot of people on social media, come on here to show their best, to appear to have it all together, to flex, or to find their unique way to feel a step ahead. the comparison can steal your joy, even when you don't want it to. it can feel like you're the only one not "getting it right", or "not winning enough" but it's important to know that's not true.

it's hard to run into authenticity; especially when it's inconveniently imperfect... but even more so when it's dark and unflattering to expectations you've set for yourself. sometimes life is really fucking hard and we're too embarrassed or exhausted to even detail why. there are other times when you wish you had just one other person who felt or understood every pain, grief, agonizing thought, mistake, or struggle you feel.

it doesn't matter when the pain happened or why it's still there... just know that it's important and THIS IS A MOMENT TO ACKNOWLEDGE IT.

to be loved is to be considered; but to be understood without being vulnerable or having to explain yourself, is sometimes all we really need. it's comforting to know that it's not just you drowning in racing thoughts, sadness concealed as tiredness, and anxiety about a future you thought you had all planned out or a past you think destroyed you.

if you made it this far:

• you are acknowledged.
• you are seen.
• you are felt.
• you are trying.
• you are doing your best and if you're not, you have a chance to try again... but ONLY if you feel like it.

try to remember if you feel like you have nothing or not enough, you have a choice. but promise me, that no matter how big or small it is... you'll keep choosing yourself.

[Jimmy King @Jimmyking35]

Everyone in Philadelphia today:

[TINA SNOW @theestallion]

THIN ICE #TINATUESDAY FREESTYLE OUT NOW ON MY YOUTUBE ❄️💎🧊

https://t.co/DjfrqvWdBt

[Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1]

The Trump admin is moving forward on plans to impose financial penalties on Americans in default on their federal student loans and hire private debt collectors to go after them.

The plans are unlikely to be announced until after the midterms. https://t.co/6JcL1PrAax

[Sassington, M.C. @MissSassbox]

every single goddamn occupation was perfect and the way my ass slid off the couch when the fan hit 😭

[Jay Nedaj @JayNedaj]

I had too 😭😭 Happy Halloween

[philip lewis @Phil_Lewis_]

The Academy of Natural Sciences in Philadelphia — the oldest natural history museum in the U.S. — has closed its doors after nearly 200 years

https://t.co/mILOwpWSXP

[jezz @JezziiB]

The last 24 hours of news as a woman:

- A man jacks off to the woman next to him on a plane. United makes her return to her seat.
- 7 frat boys drug and gang rape a student for hours, and advertise “free p*ssy” to their frat. Cornell makes them write essays.
- A football player rapes a student. LSU reduces his suspension.
- A teen boy stalks and stabs a girl 10 times. Courts grant only a restraining order.
- Brendan Carr spent 9 years in a cult raping teen girls. Trump made him FCC Chair.

[Dolly Parton @DollyParton]

A message from the family of Dolly Parton.

[Dawn @_dawnmontgomery]

I’ve been doing this since the summer break started and didn’t know it was a thing! I literally will inform my children I need MY TIME and go enjoy my solitude. Whew JESUS 🙌🏽

[Renee @PettyLupone]

Samara Joy and harpist Brandee Younger cover If It’s Magic by Stevie Wonder. 🥹

BONUS: That’s Alice Coltrane’s harp!!!

[Headquarters @HQNewsNow]

Project 2025 architect praises Trump for implementing Project 2025:

"We proposed 1,913 recommendations for Project 2025. 1,055 have been implemented."

[Bastien Fachan @BastienFachan]

Obsessed with the impeccable handwriting skills of the woman updating the Roland-Garros draws

[SKI @skiistiredasf]

Daniel Nwaekwe just leveled all the way up.
This king finished #3 in his class at McKinney High School, dripping in honors (yellow stole, cords, sashes, medals) as he celebrates getting Princeton bound (accepted into THREE Ivies)!!!
He earned AP Scholar with Distinction, National Merit Commended, 17 AP classes, Black Student Union President, Mr. MHS, Distinguished Student Award, and building his own business (Starstruck World LLC) as a producer & audio engineer.
From the nonstop grind to the Ivy League stage… this is Black excellence in full motion.
Let’s gooooo, Daniel! The world is yours, king! 👏🏽🔥

[The Tennis Letter @TheTennisLetter]

THE MOMENT MOÏSE KOUAME REACHED THE 3RD ROUND OF ROLAND GARROS

He falls flat on his back in disbelief & exhaustion

The 5th youngest man in the Open Era to reach Round 3

17 years old surviving 5 hours of tennis in the grueling heat

Chills 🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹

[Sara Wahedi @SaraWahedi]

Made it my life’s mission to become the Taliban’s worst nightmare:

A highly educated Afghan woman.

First, Columbia University at the top of my class, and now Oxford University.

Give Afghan girls one chance and see what they can achieve.

[LongTime🤓FirstTime👨‍💻 @LongTimeHistory]

UPDATE—Republican House candidate performed in Blackface for 38 years.

He didn't stop until the year 2016.

Campaign website says he's "100% Trump, MAGA Republican."

Was fired as police officer in Baltimore—but sued and got job back and retired with a full pension.

Bobby "Al Jolson" Berger now running for Maryland House of Delegates District 6.

Yes, that really is his legal name on the ballot.

He claims that what he was doing wasn’t racist—"It’s gotten to be crazy woke this time," he said.

[MP Arizona☀️🏳️‍🌈💙🌵🐕🐕‍🦺🫂💦🏜🐟🌴🎙🌎🌻♍️🌊 @AzPetrich]

The IRS has audited every President annually for decades to ensure there was no corruption. Only one president found that to be a problem.

[Chris Murphy 🟧 @ChrisMurphyCT]

Here's how the corruption works:

Thursday: RJ Reynolds donates $5M to Trump

Saturday: Trump invites RJR execs to Mar a Lago; execs ask to loosen regs on flavored vapes; Trump calls up RFK Jr. and tells him to change it

Friday: FDA changes the policy
https://t.co/Udu1RhYtKI