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[Matt Van Swol @mattvanswol]

🚨WOW!!!

Every Tuesday and Thursday for EIGHT YEARS STRAIGHT, a 73-year-old grandfather has volunteered at a Virginia hospital NICU to hold babies fighting for their lives, some weighing under 2 POUNDS.

And before he lays each one down, he whispers the same blessing over every baby:

"Grow strong. Grow smart. Grow kind." ❤️

His name is Dave Whitlow. He's 73 years old.

He's not a doctor or a nurse. He's a retired government manager, a father of two, a grandfather of three... who decided his retirement belonged to the smallest, most fragile babies in Richmond VA.

Every visit, he holds five or six of them, babies smaller than a loaf of bread, whose parents can't be there every hour because they need to work.

So Dave is there and he's never once missed a day.

"It's the best gig I've ever had. It just feels right."

He doesn't just hold the babies, he says the job is holding up the exhausted parents and the worn-down nurses too. "It all kind of gets tied together, they need God's love too."

For 8 years, every single baby gets the same blessing before he lays them down:

"Grow strong. Grow smart. Grow kind."

Why those words?

"This is what I want from people in general."

He says that somewhere out there in the world are eight years of kids, currently walking, running, starting school, who will never know that when they were two pounds and fighting for every breath, he held them and spoke those words over their lives.

That brings him joy.

He calls that NICU a family he never expected and can't imagine leaving.

GOD BLESS Dave Whitlow.

Grow strong. Grow smart. Grow kind. 🇺🇸

[Isabel Brown @theisabelb]

Only in America do you need a photo ID for bottomless pasta at Olive Garden, but not to vote.

[Lara @larajuku]

@KaitlynLucero Good luck lol

[Mike Netter @nettermike]

A college economics professor stated that he had once failed an entire class. That class insisted that socialism is functional and that no one should be poor and no one rich, that everyone is equal...

The teacher told them, "OK, we will do an experiment on socialism in this group.

All grades will be averaged, and everyone will get the same grade, so no one will fail and no one will get a 10."

After the first test, the grades were added up and divided by the number of students, and everyone got an 8.

The students who studied intensively were upset, but those who studied less were overjoyed.

As the second test approached, the students who had studied a little learned even less, and those who had studied more intensively told themselves that they also wanted a "handout", so they also studied less.

The average of the second test was 6.

When the third test was given, the average score was 4. To the great surprise of all the students, they all failed.

The teacher told them that socialism will eventually fail because when half the population sees that they cannot work, because the other half will take care of them, and when the half that worked realizes that there is no point in working anymore, because others are the beneficiaries of their labor, then that is the end of any nation
The story may be a fable not a fact but the moral is real
Get it?

[sendall jennerr @benzo_ferrarii]

I said to this dude at spybar last night “ayoo it’s 7-11 free slurpees” and he said “what?” and I said “it’s July 11th… free slurpees” and he said “man, free everybody”

[Carla Rockmore @CarlaRockmore]

I was a club kid, and I still to this day get completely swept away by music. And now I’m swapping some of my usual cardio for dancing, and I'd forgotten how much it lifts me up. No crowded dance floor, no lights, but that little rush of euphoria? Still there.

[Preethi Kasireddy @iam_preethi]

Pediatric dentists who tell you nighttime nursing causes cavities are clueless.

Breast milk on its own does not rot teeth. It has lactoferrin and immunoglobulins that kill the bacteria that cause cavities, plus calcium, magnesium, and phosphorus that strengthen tooth enamel.

If your kid has cavities, look at their overall diet (sugar, refined carbs) and their mineral status (vitamin D, K2, magnesium), not what they're doing at 3am.

[Navy Pier @NavyPier]

Dear Chicago,
While we can’t control the weather, we can try to make it right.
We’re hoping you'll give us another chance to see amazing fireworks set against the city's most spectacular skyline.

🎡 Starting this Wednesday, July 8 and EVERY WEDNESDAY until Labor Day weekend, we're inviting the great city of Chicago to join us for FREE Centennial Wheel rides after 6PM.

It’s easy:
✅ Register (up to 4) tickets each week at the URL below.
✅ Tickets will be sent directly to your email.
✅ Stick around for our free Summer Fireworks show.

It is pretty epic; we hope you’ll give us another spin. Learn more here: https://t.co/p9luDrWPAI

See you soon,
Your friends at Navy Pier

[The Woolshire @thewoolshire]

Chicago O’Hare doing it right.

[Lara @larajuku]

Happy 250th America ❤️💙

[cinesthetic. @TheCinesthetic]

Disney basically asked Phil Collins to write songs for a movie about a baby who loses his family and is raised by gorillas.

He responded with one of the greatest animated soundtracks ever made: TARZAN (1999).

[Bo Tussi @BoJaxGOAT]

the dudes at Costco working for AT&T trying to get you to switch phone providers has to be a top 5 worst jobs in the world

[Drew @drewdyck]

Panera is the perfect choice when you’re not sick but you’re craving hospital food. And you’re like, my bank balance is too high.

[Aisha ☆ @princessaiomii]

Having twins and one of them looking like each parent is soo cute

[Lara @larajuku]

Suffering with sunburn hells itch 🆘🥵

[Coco.B @Ana9Lisa]

La historia de Steve me tiene enamorada. Un boceto para un hombre que hace bocetos. 🥹❤️

[Mark Hyman, M.D. @drmarkhyman]

Laughter is anti-inflammatory. Crying is regulating. Hugging is immunoprotective. Singing is vagal toning. Dancing is neurogenic.

Joy is a biological necessity.

[Lara @larajuku]

I’m devastated to hear this 😭 RIP to the Bulls legend Stacey King

[Chicago Bulls @chicagobulls]

We are devastated by the passing of 3x NBA Champion and beloved broadcaster Stacey King.

[Emotion & Music @Emotion78687]

When grandpa discovered the newborn was named after him.

[Paul Vallas @PaulVallas]

Another Pritzker budget, another plethora of tax increases.

Pritzker’s eight new tax increases will take another $800 million from Illinois workers. This brings JB’s total tax and fee increases to 65, amounting to $8.5 billion annually, leaving Illinois residents paying the highest taxes and fees in the country.

Effective state and local tax rates totaled nearly 17% for a median Illinois household last year, compared to the national average of just 11.02%. Unbelievably, that is even higher than No. 2-ranked New York at 14.95%. Meanwhile, Illinois property taxes have increased by $11 billion, or 33%.

Illinois’ economy has performed so poorly that nearly all revenue growth used to fund the state’s ever-expanding government has come from tax increases rather than economic growth. In fact, since Pritzker took office, almost all employment growth has been in government jobs.

Illinois residents—particularly middle- and upper-income earners—are voting with their feet. Since Pritzker took office, Illinois has continued to lose residents, while the state’s population decline has been offset by a surge in migrant arrivals, which some estimates place at more than 500,000 people. Surveys also show that roughly half of remaining residents say they would leave Illinois if they had the means to do so.