The Philippines first joined the Olympics in 1924, exactly a hundred years ago. In Paris.
I love the symmetry in Carlos Yulo's historic win.
13th Filipino to win an Olympic medal in a century. First to win for Gymnastics. Second Gold for the nation.
@mindanaoan@TheMarkMonta High time someone called me out sa akong kamaldita tbh. Familiar na kaayo si Mark ana hahaha. Sigh, werking on it. Thank you for the ❤️
FORESTS: OUR NATURAL AIRCONDITIONERS 🍃🌳
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Local forests in and around cities can lower surface and air temperatures through shading and evapotranspiration, dramatically reducing the need for air conditioning and enhancing urban livability. (1/2)
since it's @annecurtissmith's 15th year on twitter, here’s a thread of anne using her influence and platform to speak up and raise awareness on relevant social issues:
The aquinos have their problems but i will always remind everyone of how pnoy saved and scrimped and budgeted the govt money like a ww2 housewife only for barangay tanod duterte and his barubal family to go through it like it was water
And this grief is unprecedented. The only loved ones I have lost thus far are my grandparents, and two men I loved dearly (one to suicide, the other to the ocean). Shadow's death hits different because she and I belonged to each other. She slept next to me for 16 years.
I got Shadow when I was 34, what seems like a lifetime ago. Different circumstances, different me. She was the runt of the litter, and I was a first time furmom.
I lost her a few weeks ago, at the ripe age of 16. To old age and inevitability. God I miss you, my love.
And the guilt of euthanasia is weighing heavily on my heart, to be honest. I cradled her when they injected, and I felt her last heartbeat. Her erratic heart, silenced. The finality of that reality has broken me. I know I did the right thing, but it eats at me still.
Palliative care and multiple organ failure were in the same sentence as Shadow, my beloved 16-year-old mixed terrier.
I won't be ok in the next few days.