Nic

Swiftie, fantasy/dystopian reader/watcher 🔮💜

My 'give-a-fucks' are on vacation

[Nic @ftale___]

If you love something, love it wholeheartedly.
Lean into it.

And fuck what anyone else thinks.

[Nic @ftale___]

Can we have @NicoRosberg commentating on @SkySportsF1 every race please?! Absolutely loved his straight talking and insights! 👏🏻

[Nic @ftale___]

😭

[Roger Federer @rogerfederer]

Vamos, @RafaelNadal!

As you get ready to graduate from tennis, I’ve got a few things to share before I maybe get emotional.

Let’s start with the obvious: you beat me—a lot. More than I managed to beat you. You challenged me in ways no one else could. On clay, it felt like I was stepping into your backyard, and you made me work harder than I ever thought I could just to hold my ground. You made me reimagine my game—even going so far as to change the size of my racquet head, hoping for any edge.

I’m not a very superstitious person, but you took it to the next level. Your whole process. All those rituals. Assembling your water bottles like toy soldiers in formation, fixing your hair, adjusting your underwear... All of it with the highest intensity. Secretly, I kind of loved the whole thing. Because it was so unique—it was so you.

And you know what, Rafa, you made me enjoy the game even more. 

OK, maybe not at first. After the 2004 Australian Open, I achieved the #1 ranking for the first time. I thought I was on top of the world. And I was—until two months later, when you walked on the court in Miami in your red sleeveless shirt, showing off those biceps, and you beat me convincingly. All that buzz I’d been hearing about you—about this amazing young player from Mallorca, a generational talent, probably going to win a major someday—it wasn’t just hype.

We were both at the start of our journey and it’s one we ended up taking together. Twenty years later, Rafa, I have to say: What an incredible run you’ve had. Including 14 French Opens—historic! You made Spain proud... you made the whole tennis world proud.

I keep thinking about the memories we’ve shared. Promoting the sport together. Playing that match on half-grass, half-clay. Breaking the all-time attendance record by playing in front of more than 50,000 fans in Cape Town, South Africa. Always cracking each other up. Wearing each other out on the court and then, sometimes, almost literally having to hold each other up during trophy ceremonies.

I’m still grateful you invited me to Mallorca to help launch the Rafa Nadal Academy in 2016. Actually, I kind of invited myself. I knew you were too polite to insist on me being there, but I didn’t want to miss it. You have always been a role model for kids around the world, and Mirka and I are so glad that our children have all trained at your academies. They had a blast and learned so much—like thousands of other young players. Although I always worried my kids would come home playing tennis as lefties.

And then there was London—the Laver Cup in 2022. My final match. It meant everything to me that you were there by my side—not as my rival but as my doubles partner. Sharing the court with you that night, and sharing those tears, will forever be one of the most special moments of my career.

Rafa, I know you’re focused on the last stretch of your epic career. We will talk when it’s done. For now, I just want to congratulate your family and team, who all played a massive role in your success. And I want you to know that your old friend is always cheering for you, and will be cheering just as loud for everything you do next.

Rafa that!

Best always, your fan, 

Roger

[cinesthetic. @TheCinesthetic]

The iconic Isengard theme from The Lord of the Rings.

[everslay⸆⸉ ☁️ @everslay13]

wow this is THE photo

[Nic @ftale___]

What a shame... maybe he should've just stayed in the kitchen

[NFL @NFL]

Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker expected to miss 3-4 weeks (knee) and will go on injured reserve. (via @TomPelissero, @rapsheet)

[Luke Dutch @LukeDutchh]

Americans are so mentally ill hahaha oh no not a glass of wine around kids. A bunch of guns in the house? Ye course no problem proper normal tha, just no crushed fucking grapes, too dangerous

[Feanor @nimgaladh]

Watching Lord of the Rings be like

"Oh this is my favorite scene."
5 minutes later
"Oh this is my favorite scene."

[Sean Southard @SeanSouthardGOP]

I cannot get enough of the Biden smile with “What I’ve Done” with the Michael Bay exit. 10/10

[𝐣𝐫𝐠 🌼⚾️ @jessakah_]

I keep seeing people ask how millennials are the only people who can see through the online bullsht. And I’ll tell you how. Bc we didn’t always have the internet but once we did, every single school paper needed 10 reliable website sources and none could be Wikipedia or a dot com

[Ed Davey @EdwardJDavey]

Kemi Badenoch's cheerleading of Donald Trump at PMQs shows the Conservatives are totally out of touch with our values

We should be standing up for human rights, the rule of law and international security - not rolling out the red carpet for Trump.

[God @TheTweetOfGod]

In an ideal scenario the President of the United States and the worst person in the world would be two different people.

[Nic @ftale___]

Don't handle it differently. Light a fire under their asses 🔥 #WHODEY

[Olivia Ray @OliviaRayTV]

Joe Burrow expounded on why he appeared so ticked off during his 5 touchdown day vs Raiders...

"I looked upset? ... Yeah, look, we played great on Sunday, but I'm not going to ignore when there's things that I feel like we could have done better....I could have handled it a little differently, but that's how I was feeling." #Bengals | @WLWT

[Nic @ftale___]

I really hope today America doesn't make me ashamed to be a human 💙

[Nic @ftale___]

What an absolute joke of results this week #strictly

[Stefanie @fastpitstop]

I agree with Verstappen they should have red flagged it earlier but they also should have never restarted AD21 and he was absolutely fine with it.

He should have opened his mouth 3 years ago and not the moment he stopped benefiting from wrong decisions.

[Nic @ftale___]

🐐

[Formula 1 @F1]

24 overtakes across #F1Sprint and the #BrazilGP... 😱

Was @LewisHamilton's Sao Paulo weekend the performance of the season? Re-live every overtake! 🎥

#F1

[Kanefromthelane @kanefromthelane]

Max Verstappen whenever someone tries to overtake him

[Nic @ftale___]

👌🏻👏🏻

He's an absolute dangerous lunatic

[Formula 1 @F1]

ANOTHER PENALTY FOR MAX VERSTAPPEN!!!

#F1 #MexicoGP