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[Olena Rohoza @OlenaRohoza]

Stephen King: ‘Putin thought he was dealing with a lapdog, but it turned out he was facing a wolverine. Glory to Ukraine!’

[Sebastian™ @Azariel91]

In 2003, my brother was sentenced to 24 years in prison. After serving 21 years, he stepped back into the world and hit the ground running. By the grace of God, UPS took a chance on him. Through discipline and faith, he saved his checks, worked a second job, and just officially purchased his very own home! He is living proof that people really can change through hard work. God is good 🙌🏾

[Crazy Vibes @CrazyVibes_1]

The man bagging your groceries at Smith's in Salt Lake City is 83 years old.

His name is Gary. He was an architect for decades — a man who designed buildings, raised a family, and built a life with his wife Carol.

When Carol got sick — severely sick, with dementia and a brutal neurological disease called progressive supranuclear palsy — Gary never once considered putting her in a facility. He brought her home. He became her caregiver, her nurse, her constant companion. Every single day.

The bills came anyway. Insurance covered what it covered. The rest — medications, equipment, the relentless cost of keeping someone you love alive and dignified — fell on Gary. When Carol passed in 2021, she took a piece of his heart with her.

She left behind $80,000 in debt.

Utah law says a surviving spouse can be held responsible for medical debts accumulated during a marriage. Gary knew that. Gary paid. He's still paying.

So three, four days a week, a former architect in his eighties puts on his vest, drives to the grocery store, and bags strangers' groceries. He doesn't complain. He doesn't ask for sympathy. He just works — steady hands, quiet dignity, doing what a man does when he loves someone even after she's gone.

A customer noticed him. Asked around. Learned his story.

When someone asked Gary why he didn't just walk away from the debt, he said something that stopped everyone cold:

"She was my wife. It was the least I could do."

The least he could do.

Next time you're in that checkout line, look at the people around you. You have no idea what someone is carrying. You have no idea what kind of love story is standing right in front of you, quietly paying its bills.

[𝕯𝖆𝛎𝖎𝐝🧘🏾‍♂️ @DavidPattt]

She Landed the Banned Backflip on One Foot and Changed Figure Skating Forever

[WordleBacon @WordleBaconNYC]

@BGOnTheScene

[Retro Recall (☥𝐃𝐁) @RetroMoviesDB]

Sadly, kids today will never know how hard this intro goes man...

[Republicans against Trump @RpsAgainstTrump]

Mike Johnson: “If we lost the majority in the House, it would be the end of the Trump presidency.”

Don’t threaten me with a good time.

[George Wallace @MrGeorgeWallace]

Alex Haley grew up in Tennessee. He traced his family tree back to his original enslaved, African ancestor, then wrote 'Roots'. He received a Pulitzer Prize for it. Knoxville just banned it 'cause it might make white kids sad.

[Camus @newstart_2024]

Richard Gere spent time living on the streets of New York dressed as a homeless man — both as research and while filming his movie Time Out of Mind.

He said most people completely ignored him or looked at him with disgust. He felt totally invisible. Only one woman stopped and offered him food — a moment of kindness he said he’d never forget.

After the experience, he went back out as himself and handed out food and money to the homeless people he encountered.

In our busy lives, it’s easy to overlook those who are struggling. This story shows how powerful even the smallest act of kindness can be for someone who feels unseen. It reminds us that we all have the ability to make someone’s day — or restore a bit of their dignity — with very little effort.

One genuine act of kindness can pierce through years of invisibility.

[Rohoza (Дев'ятий) Mykhailo 🇺🇦🇱🇹🇨🇦 @Oct7NeverForget]

After becoming president, I asked my bodyguards to take a walk with me through the city. After the walk, we went to a restaurant for lunch. We sat down in one of the central restaurants, and each of us was asked what we wanted to order.

After a short wait, the waiter brought our meals, and at that moment I noticed a man sitting alone at the table directly in front of us, waiting to be served. Once he received his food, I told one of my soldiers:

“Go invite that man to join us.”

The soldier walked over and delivered my invitation. The man stood up, picked up his plate, and sat beside me.

Throughout the meal, his hands trembled constantly, and he never raised his eyes from his food. When we finished eating, he waved goodbye without even looking at me. I shook his hand, and he left.

One of the soldiers said to me:

“Madiba, that man must be very sick. His hands wouldn’t stop shaking while he was eating.”

“Not at all,” I replied. “The reason for his trembling is something else.”

They looked at me in confusion, and I explained:

“That man was a prison guard at the jail where I was imprisoned. After the torture sessions I endured, I would often scream and beg for water. He would come to humiliate me — he laughed at me, and instead of giving me water, he urinated on my head.

He was not sick. He was terrified and shaking, perhaps afraid that now, as President of South Africa, I would send him to prison and do to him what he once did to me — torture and humiliate him.

But that is not who I am. Such behavior is not part of my character or my ethics. Minds that seek revenge destroy nations, while those that seek reconciliation build them.”

— Nelson Mandela

[The Intellectualist @highbrow_nobrow]

Jack Smith on Trump’s behavior on January 6, 2021: “He was getting calls from people he trusts, people he relies on, and he still refused to come to the aid of the people at the Capitol. That’s evidence for criminal intent in our case.” @Acyn (2025)

[Joyce Alene @JoyceWhiteVance]

The stories and photographs from today’s voting rights marches in Alabama deserve to be seen by people who weren’t able to stand there in person. If this piece moves you, please share it widely and help make sure these voices aren’t lost in the noise of a crowded news cycle. https://t.co/TIVqbA9k9O

[TONY™ @TONYxTWO]

Father comes home to celebrate his daughter at Graduation

Love this!! 🇺🇸🙏🏼

[Marco Foster @MarcoFoster_]

James Talarico: “The only thing worse than a tyrant is a tyrant who thinks they’re on a mission from God. Our faith in Jesus should lead us away from theocracy, tyranny, Christian nationalism and toward a multi-racial, multi-cultural democracy”

[Bill Madden @maddenifico]

The great American tragedy is in yellow. It's called ignorance and apathy.

[The Tennessee Holler @TheTNHoller]

Republican C-SPAN caller: “It’s hard for me to say this, but I think if I can open up about it in public it might help others… I regret my support for Trump, and I should’ve known better. He’s a con man. A liar. The worst, most corrupt president we’ve ever had.”

[Crazy Moments @Crazymoments01]

"He didn't break the law out of greed. He broke it out of love. Standing in court, head in his hands, shivering in an orange jumpsuit, he looked like just another criminal facing fraud charges. But the file on the judge's desk told a different story. He'd written a bad check for thousands of dollars. Not for a new car or a vacation, but at a pharmacy counter. When the insurance company denied his mother's life-saving medication, panic took over. He knew the check would bounce, but he also knew it was the only way to get the medicine she needed to survive the week. Now, he faced prison time for that desperation. And as he stood there weeping, his only thought wasn't about jail, but about who would take care of her if he was gone. He braced himself for sentencing. But the judge didn't bring down his gavel. In a moment that stunned the entire room, she stood, leaned across the bench, and wrapped her arms around him. She didn't see a con artist; she saw a loving son pushed to the brink. Holding his face in her hands, she looked him in the eye and delivered the life-changing verdict: 'It's over. I'm dropping the charges. You deserve a second chance, and I believe you can take advantage of it.' She didn't just give him back his freedom; she gave him the challenge of going home, taking care of his family, and making this mercy matter. Sometimes, justice isn't just about punishment. It's about understanding. Do you think the judge made the right decision by looking at the 'why' instead of just the 'what'?"

[Variety @Variety]

Javier Bardem speaks out in #Cannes on toxic masculinity:

"That problem also goes to Trump, Putin and Netanyahu... the big balls man saying 'my cock is bigger than yours and I'm going to bomb the shit out of you' is a f*cking male toxic behavior that is creating thousands of dead people."

https://t.co/XAPnz8vSKP

[Dan Gilbert @cavsdan]

Congratulations to the whole Pistons organization on a great series. Thank you to the @cavs fans for being The Diff tonight. Last but not least… what a magical, outstanding win in the Motor City. Next up: The Big Apple. Let’s keep the journey alive.

[Sulekha Tripathi @sulekhat95]

A man spends 50 years teaching at MIT.

He knows his time is running out.

So he records one last lecture — everything he knows, distilled into a single hour.

He died 5 months later.

This is that lecture.

The most important hour you'll watch this week. 👇
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