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[Fairfax County Government 🇺🇸 @fairfaxcounty]

Photos of the wildfire smoke this morning in Reston. Remember, there's a Code Red Air Quality alert today, which means the air quality is unhealthy for everyone.

Monitor air quality levels as they will change throughout the day: https://t.co/nu5iU5MwKL

[Belle @RoyallyBelle_]

Awww! The Princess of Wales and Princess Charlotte chatting away, before realising they’re on the big screen and giggling 😂 #Wimbledon

[K. Creek @sgrstk]

Aging “gracefully” is a scam. I’m trying to age wizardly — becoming even weirder, more perplexing, and increasingly unhinged.

[Narendra Modi @narendramodi]

This is shameful and unprecedented. Everyone who believes in democracy and the empowerment of tribal communities is disheartened.

The pain and anguish expressed by Rashtrapati Ji, who herself hails from a tribal community, has caused immense sadness in the minds of the people of India.

The TMC Government of West Bengal has truly crossed all limits. Their administration is responsible for this insult to the President.

It is equally unfortunate that a subject as important as Santal culture is treated so casually by the West Bengal Government.

The office of the President is above politics and the sanctity of this office should always be respected. One hopes better sense prevails among the West Bengal Government and TMC.

[Dr. Nicole LePera @Theholisticpsyc]

No one changes because you beg them to. Or because you give them an ultimatum. And if they do, it won't last long. The only reason people actually change is because they're so sick of dealing with the fallout of their own behavior, they have no choice.

[DDOT DC @DDOTDC]

TRAFFIC ADVISORY: Starting Feb 15, the Theodore Roosevelt Bridge (I-66) will be reduced to 2 lanes in each direction, and the eastbound US 50 ramp from Arlington Blvd will close through early June 2026. Plan ahead and use posted detours. Details 👉🔗 https://t.co/SeW2hW4wZq.

[Essential Mastery @EssentialMastry]

I'm in love with this quote.

[Dr. Nicole LePera @Theholisticpsyc]

When you're around someone with low emotional regulation their mood becomes your problem and you feel chronically anxious in their presence.

[Jim Acosta @Acosta]

BREAKING: The Epstein survivors are releasing this ad on this Super Bowl Sunday to send the message that they will not “move on” from the largest sex trafficking scandal in the world. #standwithsurvivors

[Dr. Nicole LePera @Theholisticpsyc]

Getting irritable is the first signal your nervous system sends you that it's no longer regulated and it's time to take a walk. Even if that walk is just around the house.

[Dr. Nicole LePera @Theholisticpsyc]

Following your curiosities and interests is therapy. The things you're drawn to are no accident. They're leading you to where you're meant to be in life. Ignoring them creates depression, anxiety, and dysfunctional relationships.

[Goodreads @goodreads]

Happy birthday, Jane Austen! 🎂🩷 250 years and we're still not over Elizabeth Bennet, Mr. Darcy, & one of the best opening lines in all of literature

[Manifest_Lord @Manifest_Lord]

A young student once asked a wise Monk.... MUST READ.. 🧵

[Mr PitBull Stories @MrPitbull07]

"My name's Raymond. I'm 73. I work the parking lot at St. Joseph's Hospital. Minimum wage, orange vest, a whistle I barely use. Most people don't even look at me. I'm just the old man waving cars into spaces.
But I see everything.

Like the black sedan that circled the lot every morning at 6 a.m. for three weeks. Young man driving, grandmother in the passenger seat. Chemotherapy, I figured. He'd drop her at the entrance, then spend 20 minutes hunting for parking, missing her appointments.

One morning, I stopped him. "What time tomorrow?"
"6:15," he said, confused.
"Space A-7 will be empty. I'll save it."
He blinked. "You... you can do that?"
"I can now," I said.

Next morning, I stood in A-7, holding my ground as cars circled angrily. When his sedan pulled up, I moved. He rolled down his window, speechless. "Why?"
"Because she needs you in there with her," I said. "Not out here stressing."
He cried. Right there in the parking lot.

Word spread quietly. A father with a sick baby asked if I could help. A woman visiting her dying husband. I started arriving at 5 a.m., notebook in hand, tracking who needed what. Saved spots became sacred. People stopped honking. They waited. Because they knew someone else was fighting something bigger than traffic.
But here's what changed everything, A businessman in a Mercedes screamed at me one morning. "I'm not sick! I need that spot for a meeting!"

"Then walk," I said calmly. "That space is for someone whose hands are shaking too hard to grip a steering wheel."

He sped off, furious. But a woman behind him got out of her car and hugged me. "My son has leukemia," she sobbed. "Thank you for seeing us."

The hospital tried to stop me. "Liability issues," they said. But then families started writing letters. Dozens. "Raymond made the worst days bearable." "He gave us one less thing to break over."

Last month, they made it official. "Reserved Parking for Families in Crisis." Ten spots, marked with blue signs. And they asked me to manage it.

But the best part? A man I'd helped two years ago, his mother survived, came back. He's a carpenter. Built a small wooden box, mounted it by the reserved spaces. Inside? Prayer cards, tissues, breath mints, and a note,

"Take what you need. You're not alone. -Raymond & Friends"
People leave things now. Granola bars. Phone chargers. Yesterday, someone left a hand-knitted blanket.
I'm 73. I direct traffic in a hospital parking lot. But I've learned this: Healing doesn't just happen in operating rooms. Sometimes it starts in a parking space. When someone says, "I see your crisis. Let me carry this one small piece."

So pay attention. At the grocery checkout, the coffee line, wherever you are. Someone's drowning in the little things while fighting the big ones.

Hold a door. Save a spot. Carry the weight no one else sees.
It's not glamorous. But it's everything."

Let this story reach more hearts....

Credit: Mary Nelson

[Bill Clinton @BillClinton]

Congratulations to Abigail @SpanbergerForVA on your election as Governor of Virginia! Your victory is a testament to your long record of service and your relentless focus on the issues that matter most to Virginians. I look forward to following your success.

[Barack Obama @BarackObama]

If nothing else, the last nine months should have made it clear that elections matter. But what’s remarkable about America is that we have the power, as citizens, to change this country by voting. Go to https://t.co/NKXRGNgbZX.

[Aditi. @Sassy_Soul_]

Best thing on the planet earth today

[Narendra Modi @narendramodi]

Greetings on the occasion of Diwali. May this festival of lights illuminate our lives with harmony, happiness and prosperity. May the spirit of positivity prevail all around us.