Maverick Mama

Designing life sans status quo. CoFo The Integrity Economy.

[Massimo @Rainmaker1973]

This man deserves all the love in the world.

He built food and water dispensers for stray dogs.

[The Rabbit Hole @TheRabbitHole]

Don’t worry about Elon becoming rich with his own money.

Worry about politicians becoming rich with your money.

[Peter H. Diamandis, MD @PeterDiamandis]

Pessimists sound smart. 

Optimists build the world.

[Maverick Mama @integrityfuture]

@TheoVon Out amidst the trees! 🌴 🌳 (okay, I’m not meeting women, but that’s where I’d be…

[Peter H. Diamandis, MD @PeterDiamandis]

@elonmusk Doing what I can to inspire ANYONE to take action as we go through the most amazing time in human history.

[Niall Harbison @NiallHarbison]

Little Dolly Parton is set for life.

The lovely smile you need today ❤️

[Brendan M. Jones 🇺🇸 @brendanmjones]

If anyone reading this is an attorney in Arizona or knows one, this is for you.

Snuggles' family needs a lawyer. Lucy and I will be doing everything we can to help @LoneStarChica bring national media attention to this case. This would be a great chance for you to make a name for yourself. Don't shy away from the moment. If you want to go down in history as a hero, this is your chance.

I know the right person will see this. Step up. Seize the moment.

#SaveLucy
#SaveSnuggles

@jenniferevn22

[Ernesto’s Sanctuary for Syrian Cats @theAleppoCatmen]

Here is a video for you from yesterday's visit to Lattakia.

163 animals were treated. Thank you to our hard working team.

Donations to help us to replace our mobile ambulance are so welcome.

Our donation links this month are –

https://t.co/VbSs1LMJYk

https://t.co/lFOrY8fk5H

https://t.co/CF2PQc9g5l

https://t.co/M40t0SCuHc

Our bank is

Banca Sella SPA,

Account name -House of cats Ernesto

IBAN IT73E0326822300052461720340

[James Lucas @JamesLucasIT]

There is a rule in Florence that has not been broken in over five hundred years: nothing in the city may be built taller than a dome finished in 1436.

The dome belongs to the cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore, and it is the work of Filippo Brunelleschi.

When you look at a photograph of Florence and notice that its skyline seems strangely, impossibly intact, you are not imagining it...

The city has protected that view, by custom and by law, since the Renaissance. To this day, no building in Florence is permitted to rise higher than the cupola.

What it guards is one of the most astonishing structures ever built. When Brunelleschi began in 1420, no one in Europe knew how to raise a dome that wide. The technology had been lost with the Romans. The cathedral had stood for decades with a hole in its roof, because the span was considered impossible to cover, and the city had essentially gambled that someone would one day work out how.

Brunelleschi built it without the wooden scaffolding everyone assumed was necessary, laying over four million bricks in a self-supporting double shell, one dome inside another, in a herringbone pattern that let each ring hold itself up as it rose.

Six centuries later, it remains the largest masonry dome in the world. Nothing built since, in brick and stone, has surpassed it.

The Italian director Franco Zeffirelli, who was born in Florence, once explained what that means to him. "When I feel depression creeping in," he said, "I return to Florence to gaze at Brunelleschi's dome. If human genius was able to achieve something so great, then I too can and must try to create, to act, to live."

That is what a skyline can be when a city decides that beauty is worth protecting...

I write a weekly newsletter for over 50,000 people who love rediscovering the beauty of the past. You can join us for free at the link below, and if you'd like to support my work, a paid subscription is what makes it possible:

https://t.co/hgJUdR0jlx

Thanks for reading.

[DaVinci @BiancoDavinci]

This is Utah’s first wildlife overpass crossing avoiding danger with vehicles.

[Give A Shit About Nature @giveashitnature]

That bread you're tossing to the ducks malnourishes the adults and can leave the babies unable to fly for the rest of their lives.

Bread is junk food for a duck. It fills them up so they quit foraging for the bugs, plants, and seeds that actually feed them.

In a growing duckling, a diet that heavy in empty carbs makes the wing grow too fast and twist at the joint. The feathers jut out sideways, the wing never works right, and the bird is grounded for good. It's called angel wing, and in an adult it can't be undone.

It doesn't stop at the birds. A pond where people dump bread gets crowded and aggressive, ducklings never learn to find their own food, and the soggy leftovers rot into algae blooms and draw rats.

If you want to feed them, give them food, not filler: cracked corn, oats, halved grapes, chopped lettuce, a handful of thawed peas.

Better yet, just watch them. A healthy pond already feeds its ducks. They were doing fine before the bread showed up.

[Maverick Mama @integrityfuture]

Please share and help
If you can. Gratitude.

[Ernesto’s Sanctuary for Syrian Cats @theAleppoCatmen]

We are facing a critical emergency – and we desperately need your help. Our animal ambulance, which is so essential for rescuing injured and suffering animals, has suffered a catastrophic engine failure. The engine is completely seized and cannot be repaired.
Without this vehicle countless animals will be left without urgent, emergency help. We desperately need to purchase a reliable second-hand animal ambulance van, costing approximately €23,000.
The ambulance is one of our lifelines. It allows us to rescue injured animals from road accidents and conflict areas and transport emergency cases to our Free Clinic. We can move animals requiring specialist treatment safely and quickly. It can deliver food and medical supplies to communities desperate for aid. It can deliver rabies vaccines to communities who need help. We can respond quickly when and wherever animals are suffering. Without it, lives will be lost. Every donation we receive will bring us closer to replacing our ambulance and continuing with our life saving work. Together with you, our amazing supporters, we can put an ambulance back on the road, ensuring that vulnerable animals can receive the care they desperately need.
We are sorry that we have to ask you for help on top of the food appeal.
Please donate if you can, and please share this appeal with your friend, family and animal lovers everywhere. Please help us.

LINKS - Our donation links this month are –

https://t.co/VbSs1LMJYk

https://t.co/lFOrY8fk5H

https://t.co/CF2PQc9g5l

https://t.co/M40t0SCuHc

Our bank is
Banca Sella SPA,
Account name -House of cats Ernesto
IBAN IT73E0326822300052461720340

[Dr. Julie Gurner @drgurner]

"Let me fall if I must fall. The one I am becoming will catch me." - Anonymous

Don't put off taking the risk.
If you are bold enough to do it, the future version of you will take it from there.

Powerful Moves Create Powerful People.

[Sahil Bloom @SahilBloom]

I'm convinced that adaptability is the highest form of intelligence. Knowledge matters, but the ability to learn and unlearn matters more. To change your mind in response to new information. The rigid cling to what was. The adaptable adjust to what is. The future belongs to them.

[Massimo @Rainmaker1973]

30,000 hours of footage, equivalent to 3 years and 7 months, were filmed to capture the blooming of 77 types of flowers, and the result is spectacular.

[Ernesto’s Sanctuary for Syrian Cats @theAleppoCatmen]

Every cat you see here has a story. Many were bombed, abandoned, injured, unwanted. Left to survive on their own. Today, they are safe, cared for, and surrounded by love.
But right now, we are facing a difficult reality.
Our food supplies are running dangerously low, and within just a few weeks we may have little to nothing left to feed them. With so many hungry mouths depending on us every single day, the challenges are sometimes overwhelming.
The good news is that no donation is too small.
If everyone who sees this post gave just a little, our food store would be full again. A couple of dollars, a couple of euros, a few pounds—it all adds up and makes a real difference.
Every can of food matters.
Every donation helps. Every time you share, it reaches someone who may be able to help.
A lot of drops of water, eventually fill a big bucket. 🪣
Donate if you can. Share if you can't.

https://t.co/USCiGmjGD0

https://t.co/lFOrY8fk5H

https://t.co/CF2PQc9g5l

https://t.co/M40t0SCuHc -

Our bank account is-
Banca Sella SPA,
Via Italia 2, Biella, 13900, Italia.
Account name -House of cats Ernesto
IBAN IT73E0326822300052461720340

And you can buy dried food in our website shop here...
Canned wet food– https://t.co/c07LyVNyPw
Dried food -
https://t.co/l5gAY6tWW6

[Give A Shit About Nature @giveashitnature]

The box turtle in the road this month is likely a pregnant female on her way to lay eggs. Slow your roll on country roads, especially after rain.

Eastern box turtles nest from late May through early July. Females leave the forest to find dry, open ground for their nests, traveling up to a mile from their home range in the process. They look for fields, woodland clearings, gardens, lawns, mulch piles, and roadsides.

Most road-killed box turtles every year are nesting females.

If you see one on the road and it's safe to stop: move her in the direction she was already heading. She has a destination she's been traveling toward, sometimes for over an hour.

Don't take her home or relocate her elsewhere. Box turtles have a tiny home range they know intimately, and a relocated turtle will spend the rest of its life trying to walk back, usually dying before it gets there.

If you see her digging in a soft patch of soil at the edge of a road, leave her alone. She'll finish in 30 minutes to an hour and return to the woods on her own.

[Leisha @LoneStarChica]

🚨AFTER NEARLY 8 MONTHS IN A SHELTER KENNEL, QUESTIONS ARE GROWING ABOUT SNUGGLES' QUALITY OF LIFE AND THE COST TO TAXPAYERS

TUCSON, AZ — Snuggles, a 2-year-old livestock guardian dog belonging to a military veteran and his family, has spent nearly eight months at Pima Animal Care Center following a first-time bite incident that occurred on his family's property.

His family has reportedly been charged more than $15,000 in boarding fees while fighting the case through the court system.

The children's grandmother, who was the bite victim, has publicly asked that Snuggles be returned home.

As the case continues, new questions are emerging.

What is Snuggles' quality of life after nearly eight months in a shelter kennel?

What enrichment, exercise, socialization, and human interaction is he receiving?

Why is his family unable to receive updates about his condition?

As Tucson and Pima County face budget challenges and reports of staffing reductions, many residents are asking whether it makes financial sense to continue spending substantial public resources fighting this case instead of pursuing a resolution.

How much taxpayer money has already been spent on legal proceedings, administrative resources, court time, and personnel hours in a case where the owner, family, and even the bite victim are all seeking alternatives to euthanasia?

At a time when public resources are stretched thin, should hundreds of thousands of dollars be spent fighting over an accident, or should the focus be on finding a reasonable resolution?

Members of the public who would like answers are encouraged to respectfully contact Pima Animal Care Center and Pima County leadership.

‼️ Steve Kozachik, Director of PACC
📞 [phone]
📧 [email protected]
‼️ Chad Kasmar, Deputy County Administrator
📞 [phone]
📧 [email protected]

The #SaveSnuggles story was one of the top trending news stories on X for four consecutive days and continues to attract national attention.

Questions deserve answers.
#SaveSnuggles
@KVOA @kgun9 @KOLDNews @TucsonStar

[Peter H. Diamandis, MD @PeterDiamandis]

Optimism is not the belief that everything will be fine, but the belief that problems are SOLVABLE, combined with the willingness to actually go solve them. That thesis has built every good thing we have.