Olúsílé

Your life is your story. Write well, edit often.

[NASA @NASA]

Happy 250th birthday, America! We got you a present. 🇺🇸

The red, white, and blue stars of this globular cluster shine like a sparkler waved on a dark night in this image from @NASAHubble, released in celebration of the United States' 250th anniversary.

[Barack Obama @BarackObama]

America is a constant work in progress. Every generation must take up the unfinished work of the last and carry it further—protecting what’s right, fixing what’s wrong, and making our union a little more perfect. 250 years later, that’s more important than ever.

[Today in History @TodayinHistory]

I love this country! Happy Independence Day!

[Dr Moeketsi @AusBassie]

Day 185

[Today in History @TodayinHistory]

The Tall Ships parade in NY Harbor to celebrate America’s 250th!!

[Dan Go @CoachDanGo]

The 3 best exercises to prevent aging:

1. Weights
2. Walking
3. Sprinting

Hit weights 2-3x a week. Walking daily. Sprinting once a week.

[Dr Moeketsi @AusBassie]

Day 184

[Dr Moeketsi @AusBassie]

Day 183

[Sheldrick Wildlife Trust @SheldrickTrust]

An orphaned elephant, now grown and living wild, with the father figure who shepherded him into adulthood.

Tomboi, seen here, was orphaned as a newborn in 2002. Keepers like Benjamin raised him like one of their own, from a tiny calf in a stable to the wilds of Tsavo. Today, the little elephant we rescued is older, wiser, and entirely wild — but still, Benjamin stands by his side like a proud parent.

Join our family and become a proud parent yourself. You'll follow the journey of your chosen orphaned elephant back to the wild, and know you've helped play a vital role in it: https://t.co/XF8AJrjfhJ

[Elnathan John @elnathan_john]

Behold, Nigeria’s smartest con artist, who was somehow able to get an appointment letter from the presidency, smuggle the name of his agency into the budget, find the high level documents necessary to open an official CBN account, employed staff, got an office in the Federal Secretariat, got a budget for his office, was able to summon and have meetings with ambassadors and international business people, probably had a diplomatic passport. And magically made the only person who could prove his story die tragically in a hotel fire that killed only one man days before he could be questioned. A superhero. A genius. Houdini would be proud. We believe you.

[Neto @docneto]

Relearnt a valuable lesson recently. When under pressure, the temptation is to cower and hide; doing this worsens the pressure. Instead, you should engage and over-communicate. What vexes people is not that things are going bad but the uncertainty

[Dan Go @CoachDanGo]

As I get older I realize maintenance is cheaper than repair. Lifting weights now saves you the cost of losing independence. Quality sleep now is cheaper than trying to fix dementia. The best medicine on the planet is prevention, and you can achieve this by working to maintain what you have.

[Sheldrick Wildlife Trust @SheldrickTrust]

Why do our ex-orphans bring their wild-born calves home to the Keepers?

We can't know exactly what's in their heads. But after ex-orphan Yatta first made the pilgrimage many years ago, nearly every ex-orphan mother has followed suit, and walked her newborn to the stockades, often within hours of giving birth, and introduce the calf to the people who raised her.

It's likely a mix of trust (the Keepers were her family for years), safety (the stockade compound is calm and predictable), and recognition (these are the people she knows). Whether she's actively imprinting her calf with that knowledge or just following her own instinct to come home, the calf grows up understanding that our Keepers and the dependent orphans are a part of their family too.

Meet our newest wild-born calf, baby Moon: https://t.co/WjZQtajvUC

[Dear Lord @Oh_DearLord_]

Habakkuk 2:3

[Dr Moeketsi @AusBassie]

Day 182

[Dr Moeketsi @AusBassie]

Day 182

[sunny ⭐ @sunlithetarot]

repeat after me:

dear universe, i'm not asking for small favors this time. i am asking for the unthinkable to finally line up. may this month rearrange what i thought was impossible, turn endings into new beginnings, and remind me that miracles exist for people like me.

[James Clear @JamesClear]

In theory, consistency is about being disciplined, determined, and unwavering.

In practice, consistency is about being adaptable. Don't have much time? Scale it down. Don't have much energy? Do the easy version. Find different ways to show up depending on the circumstances. Let your habits change shape to meet the demands of the day.

Adaptability is the way of consistency.

[Dr Moeketsi @AusBassie]

Day 181

[Sheldrick Wildlife Trust @SheldrickTrust]

Raising newborn orphaned elephants like Wangalla is not for the faint hearted.

Our Keepers are highly attuned to the slightest shift in weight, behaviour, appetite, sleeping patterns, or stool — and equally important, to the intangible signs that indicate what might be going on within. They require constant supervision. We record every stool, measure out every milk feed, track weight gain or loss, take photos to monitor daily progress.

Thanks to this level of dedication, Wangalla has come through the most difficult side of the recovery period. But she still has a long journey ahead of her before she is ready to return to the wild. One you can support through an adoption: https://t.co/loS0hJV6JZ