Kristi

has Freddie Mercury tattoos, several of them! 😊

[Moshe @IsraelIDFend]

I snuck beer into the nursing home for my dad’s birthday.
This was his final beer.
This was his final birthday.
10 days later he passed at the age of 85.
Love you dad 💙

[🎹 Ames™ 🎹 @AmesStraight]

I look at this photo and can’t help but wonder what was going through their minds.

They were trapped above the impact zones of the World Trade Center, standing at shattered windows, desperately searching for air, help, or some impossible way out.

Did they call home? Did they pray? Did they tell the person beside them they were scared? Did they still believe someone was coming to save them?

We know how the story ends. They didn’t.

But in this photograph, they didn’t know that yet. They were still sons, daughters, husbands, wives, mothers, fathers and friends—still hoping.

That is the part of 9/11 that absolutely breaks me.

May we never allow these faces to become just another photograph in a history book. Never forget. 🇺🇸💔

[🇺🇲 Mr Warmth 🇺🇲✝️ 🟦 @CAHartley64]

Sept 10th, 2001

[The Lowdown On Pop Culture @tldonpop]

Rachel Joy Scott would be turning 45 years old today. (1981-1999)

She was the first victim of the mass shooting at Columbine High School.

[Mambo Italiano @mamboitaliano__]

Since no one’s said it yet, I’ll say it

Kudos to America! 🇺🇸🏆

You absolutely crushed the organization of this World Cup

Flawless machine, zero hiccups, world-class venues, everything executed to perfection

But… you can’t host them all, right?

Just asking ⚽️

[Gina Milan @ginamilan_]

Our hearts are heavy today for 19-year-old Pvt. Isabella Gonzales of Carrollton, Texas. This brave young soldier was killed Friday in Iranian missile and drone attacks on a U.S. base in Jordan.

At just 19, she selflessly answered the call to defend our nation. Her courage and sacrifice will never be forgotten.

Sending deepest condolences and prayers to her family, friends, and all who loved her. May God wrap you in comfort and grant her eternal peace.

Thank you for your service, Isabella. You are a true hero. 🇺🇸

[Selene Mariposa @Selene_Mariposa]

The World Cup ends today. One game left. By tomorrow most of you visitors will be packing up, heading to the airport, going home.

So before you go, let me say the thing I actually want to say.

A few weeks ago I wrote a silly post about all the things you were discovering here. Free refills. Free water. Ice like civilized people. Chips and salsa before you even order. Air conditioning that is a fact and not a moral debate. Drive-throughs. Ranch by the gallon. The Germans standing in the HEB meat aisle in reverent silence, finally understanding why we do not have trains. Buc-ee’s, for which there are still no words.

It blew up, because it was true, and because you were so delightfully stunned by all of it.

Even the Wall Street Journal caught on. Their headline this week: how the US lost the World Cup and won over the world. We did not lift the trophy. But apparently we lifted something else.

We even learned a few things about ourselves along the way. Like the fact that Elon Musk, the single richest man on the planet, shops at HEB. Just rolls in and queues up for fresh tortillas with everybody else. The man could buy the tortilla company, the state it is in, and the moon it sits under, and instead he is standing in line at the hot-tortilla counter like the rest of us, because that is where the good ones are. Only in America is the wealthiest human alive elbow to elbow with a mom of four at the salsa bar. That is the whole country in one aisle.

And here is the part I want every one of you to hear on your way out the door.

None of it was a show.

We did not roll all this out because you were coming. The ice was always there. The refills were always free. The grocery stores were always the size of aircraft hangars at ten on a Tuesday. The stranger who adopted your whole section, the guy who gave you a ride, the waitress who remembered your order, the family that invited you to the cookout, that is not World Cup America. That is just America. That is Tuesday.

We are exactly like this when nobody is visiting. Loud, generous, ridiculous, overfed, and genuinely thrilled you came. We will still be exactly like this tomorrow when the stands are empty and the flags come down.

So thank you. To everyone who came, who sang in our streets, who cleaned our stadiums, who turned our cities orange and filled our bars and taught us your chants. You were wonderful guests, and you made a country that just turned 250 feel young and seen and loved.

And to everyone who could not make it this time, the door does not close today. We meant all of it. Come whenever. The porch light stays on, the fridge stays full, and there is always room for one more at the table.

You found out who we are these last few weeks.

Good news. We are like this all the time.

Safe travels home.

Y’all come back now, you hear. 🦋

[しかC @igufoto]

この木の根もと、どうぞ子鹿さん座ってくださいと言わんばかりの座りやすそうな形状になっていて、毎年まんまと子鹿が座っていてかわいい

[BaseballHistoryNut @nut_history]

This is Tom DeLonge, the lead singer of Blink-182, and the dude who wrote the song the entire stadium is singing. No one around him seems to notice he is there (except the camera person)

That’s gotta be one of the greatest feelings to see this stadium full of people chanting your bands song.

[Massimo @Rainmaker1973]

A stunning photo of dark clouds topped with a bright rainbow, a rare event called cloud iridescence

[Kristi @klsnyder74]

@wahlstedt007 Awwww 🤣

[Xeriland @Xeriland]

The one in the mouth is the trouble maker.

[The Random Recruiter @randomrecruiter]

How life starts to feel when you stop taking work so seriously

[scoobs @scoobsluvr]

was eating chips and he brought me his doggie chip toy 😭 now we are eating chips together !!!!

[Corby Davidson @corbydavidson]

Ok. I can’t believe this just happened. My kid is sitting in a beach chair with his hand casually in the sand, & suddenly goes “oh my god look.” He pulls up a girls wedding band. It says “April 16, 2016 I love you.” This was gone FOREVER until now. Seagrove, Fla…Find this lady!

[Retro Recall (☥𝐃𝐁) @RetroMoviesDB]

Who remembers wooden playgrounds?

[Today Years Old @todayyearsold]

LA banned fireworks and this is how people responded

[City's Hub ✨️✨️ @ScopeWorldX]

This is what Los Angeles looks like when 10 million people celebrate at once 🇺🇸 🎇

✨Happy 4th of July, America🎉

[chels @gremlingardener]

keeping the tradition alive, happy 4th!!!!