russiano

father, music listener, explorer, soccer fan. raised and shaped in the northeast

[ᜰ 🇦🇷🇯🇵 @markklfc]

Lionel Messi on the 100-year-old fan holding the “100 YEAR OLD MESSI FAN” banner:

🗣️ “When I saw her in the stands… I honestly had to hold myself together. In that moment, football disappeared for me. It wasn’t a stadium anymore, it wasn’t noise, it wasn’t pressure it was just emotion.”

“Someone who has lived a whole century of life… through wars, through generations, through everything the world has endured… and she is still here, smiling, holding my name in her hands. I don’t even know how to explain what that feels like.”

“It made me think about everything my first steps in football, the dreams I had as a child, the sacrifices my family made… and somehow, through all those years, my name reached someone like her. It’s overwhelming.”

“I don’t deserve something like that. No player does. Because this goes beyond football. This is love from a lifetime, not just a moment.”

“I looked at her and I just wanted to stop time for a second… to say thank you properly. Not as a footballer, but as a human being who understands how rare it is to be loved like that for so long.”

“There are goals that make noise, trophies that make headlines, but this… this was something completely different. Pure, unconditional connection between two lives that were never meant to meet, but somehow did through football.”

“If I could give her anything, it wouldn’t be a shirt or a photo. It would be time. Because the fact she spent part of her life supporting me… I will carry that forever.”

“When I retire, I will remember nights like this more than anything else. Because at the end of everything, football is not about records… it is about hearts that connect without even speaking.”

“And in that moment, I realized something very simple… I am not just playing for trophies. I am playing for people like her.”

[KNICKS BEAST @KnicksBeast]

I’m gonna get this tattooed on my forehead, holy shit.

[World Cup 2026 @ofootball__]

All-time top scorer in World Cup history (16). Lionel Messi 🐐⚽️🏆🌎

[Ben Stiller @BenStiller]

The start of the comeback

[MAGA Cult Slayer🦅🇺🇸 @MAGACult2]

Not white supremacist or fascist at all. Tennessee, you’re a black eye on our country. Get your house in order.

[Justin J. Pearson @Justinjpearson]

Today, we re-launch our campaign to take on billionaires and the political status quo.

Whether you live in the new TN-09, the old TN-09, or anywhere that our systems have failed you, I’m running for Congress for all of US.

We are still here. And we’re going to WIN!

[Rev. Benjamin Cremer @Brcremer]

Evangelical Christian leaders literally gathering around a gold statue of the president and celebrating it, all while raging against any accusation of idolatry.

This is what idol worship looks like.

[Maura DragonHeart 🍀🇺🇸🇮🇪🇮🇹 🌛🌝🌜💙 @maura_resister]

Justin Pearson is the leader of the modern day civil rights movement

His conviction, stamina, will, and strength is unrivaled

He will not lose this fight

#IStandWithJustinPearson

[MAGA Cult Slayer🦅🇺🇸 @MAGACult2]

There are politicians that talk the talk… And then there are those that we love because they don’t just talk.

[russiano @russiano]

@VoteMarsha @realDonaldTrump @BillLeeTN Evil and illegal. Not even remotely representative of the wishes of the residents of this state.

[Today in History @TodayinHistory]

Historic!

This is the highest quality video ever taken of the moon!

[Marcel @illnevercallitx]

That's it. That's the best picture from Saturday's No Kings protests in the USA.

The literal Statue of Liberty being detained by police. It doesn't get much more poetic than this.

[Deep Psychology @DeepPsycho_HQ]

The difference between animals and humans is that animals would never allow the dumbest member of the herd to lead them.

[WTFGOP @doggintrump]

“I did not dedicate my life to advocating for women and girls just so that I could be lectured by a bunch of pedophile protectors.” ~Hillary Rodham Clinton's Opening Statement

[The Lincoln Project @ProjectLincoln]

An image we won't soon forget. Attorney General Pam Bondi refused to look at Epstein survivors pictured behind her on the Hill today.

[🇨🇦 Henri A 🇨🇦 @HenriAGS]

Mark Carney just delivered Canada's version of Churchill's "we shall never surrender"

I'm so fuckin proud I helped elect this man. I knew he'd be a competent leader, but he's exceeded every expectation

He's the bulwark against the rising tide of fascism. Canada is ready! 🇨🇦

[jamie @gnuman1979]

I like the new union poster.

[Frenkie_Woody @Moho_Editor]

Una sera di ottobre del 1994, John F. Kennedy Jr. entrò in un piccolo ristorante italiano nel sud di Manhattan e fece qualcosa che il proprietario, Giovanni Russo, disse di non aver mai dimenticato. Vedendo che tutti i tavoli erano occupati e che una giovane cameriera, alla sua prima sera di lavoro, era sopraffatta e sull’orlo delle lacrime, John chiese con discrezione se potesse aiutare a sparecchiare finché la situazione non si fosse calmata.

Giovanni raccontò in seguito al New York Times di aver provato a rifiutare con gentilezza:
“Signor Kennedy, lei è un ospite, si accomodi e le troverò un tavolo.”
Ma John sorrise, si rimboccò le maniche e rispose:
“Ho lavorato in un ristorante durante la facoltà di legge e ricordo quanto possa essere spaventosa la prima sera. Lasci che aiuti.”

Per i successivi quarantacinque minuti sparecchiò tavoli, riempì bicchieri d’acqua e fece battute per tranquillizzare la cameriera, Maria Sanchez. Quando il momento di punta finì, rifiutò il pasto gratuito offertogli da Giovanni e lasciò invece una mancia di cento dollari con un biglietto:
“Per Maria — stai andando benissimo, e diventa più facile, te lo prometto.”

Maria, che in seguito divenne direttrice di ristorante, tenne quel biglietto incorniciato in ogni locale in cui lavorò per venticinque anni. Nel 2004 disse a un giornalista:
“Quella sera il signor Kennedy mi ha insegnato che la vera classe non riguarda dove ti siedi, ma accanto a chi scegli di stare quando le cose si fanno difficili.”

Giovanni ricordava soprattutto una frase di John, detta mentre usciva:
“Mia madre mi ha sempre detto che il modo in cui tratti le persone quando nessuno di importante ti sta guardando dice tutto su chi sei davvero.”

Un promemoria che il vero carattere emerge nei piccoli gesti invisibili, quando scegliamo il servizio invece dello status.