NorseGrizzlyPol

Manifest Destiny, Monroe Doctrine, Roosevelt and Trump Corollaries. Panama, Greenland and the Western Hemisphere

[joshua steinman (🇺🇸,🇺🇸) @JoshuaSteinman]

DS9 was, and continues to be, underrated. It cast aside many of the idealistic tropes of the earlier series and was set in a world of realpolitik.

Truly a “Space Opera” in the grandest sense.

[The Ways of A Gentleman @Gentleman_Ways]

“Do not wait to strike till the iron is hot; but make it hot by striking.”

-William Butler Yeats

[𝙷𝚒𝚌𝚔𝚖𝚊𝚗 @shagbark_hick]

One major visual difference between VT and Northern NY is the cornfields.

In Vermont, cornfields often run adjacent to a mowed yard with no "buffer" of unmowed grass in between.

In New York, cornfields usually have a strip of unruly vegetation between them and mowed yards.

This makes for a markedly different "look." Where Vermont's is orderly and almost fastidiously well-kempt (like a Grant Wood painting), New York's look is just generally more haphazard and "feral-looking." Almost nobody in New York is carefully manicuring the space between cornfields and yards.

Now that I've noticed it, I can't un-see it. And it's a perfect visual expression of the general visual differences between the two states.

[Elle Lookbook @EvaLovesDesign]

Hydrangeas 🤍

Why we love them:

Huge blooms: Giant, fluffy flower heads create a bold focal point.

Aged beauty: Blooms shift to soft antique and muted autumn tones as the season ends.

Winter texture: Dried papery flower heads keep yards looking interesting even in cold weather

[NorseGrizzlyPol @viking_big38]

@Gentleman_Ways I will watch one after the other

[Brendan Fraser Crane @bf_crane]

Still the best take on American soft power

[Coach Noah Revoy | Arms Dealer For The Soul 🏴‍☠️ @NoahRevoy]

When my oldest son was three, he had recurring bear nightmares.

So he came to me and said, “Dad, could you fight a bear?”

And I said, “Of course I could. Humans fight bears all the time. We kill many, many bears, and very rarely does a bear ever kill a human, so we almost always win.”

“And you are stronger than an average person, Dad, so it would be even easier for you,” Levi said.

And I said in response, “Well, I would hope to have a gun if I were going to fight a bear. But you know, our ancestors did not have guns.

Long, long ago, our ancestors fought and killed bears much bigger than the bears today.

Cave bears.

They were huge and very aggressive, and they lived all over Europe in caves. And that is also where our ancestors liked to live. And they killed these bears with only sticks with a sharp rock at the end.

Can you imagine that?

Now I want you to imagine that you live back in that time, and there is a beautiful, warm cave that you want to sleep in. And it protects us from the winter. But we cannot sleep there because there is a cave bear inside.

So what do we do?

We light a fire at the entrance, and we smoke the bear out. And when the bear comes out of the smoke, you and me and the other men of the tribe stab the bear with our big spears.

But the bear’s fur is so tough that the stabs do not necessarily penetrate. So we have to keep trying together, and we all work as a team, and we fight the bear until we finally get a good stab in.

And it bleeds out and dies.

And now we have beaten the bear.

And we celebrate, and we skin the bear, and we put its skin as a bed in the cave.

And its skull as a trophy of the tribe, to show that we are brave.

Just imagine being part of that.”

Interestingly, shortly after, he stopped having bear nightmares.

You should tell your kids stories, especially ones that are based on reality. Tell your kids about their ancestors’ heroic deeds.

[Crazy Vibes @CrazyVibes_1]

"In 1964, in Albuquerque, New Mexico, a 17-year-old girl gave birth to a son. The school administrators had told her she couldn't finish high school. She pushed back anyway.
Her name was Jacklyn Gise. And the baby she was determined to raise would one day become one of the most influential people on Earth.
Being a pregnant teenager in 1960s Albuquerque wasn't just difficult — it was scandalous. When Jacklyn tried to return to school after giving birth, the administration told her no. She didn't accept that answer.
""I pushed back and I kept on pushing back,"" she would later recall. ""Eventually the school relented.""
But there were conditions. She couldn't talk to other students. She couldn't eat in the cafeteria. She had to arrive and leave within five minutes of the bells. She agreed to all of it. And she graduated.
Her marriage to her son's biological father, Ted Jorgensen, didn't survive. They were both teenagers when they married. He struggled with alcohol. They divorced before Jeff was even two years old.
Suddenly, Jacklyn was a single mother with no money. She found work as a secretary, earning $190 a month. It was barely enough to afford rent. She couldn't even pay for a telephone. Her father rigged up a walkie-talkie system so she could check in with her parents every morning at 7 a.m.
""That's how we were able to stay in an apartment,"" she later explained. ""Because I didn't have to pay for a phone.""
Determined to continue her education, Jacklyn enrolled in night school. She chose her classes based on which professors would let her bring her infant son to class. She would show up with two duffel bags — one filled with textbooks, the other with cloth diapers, bottles, and toys to keep baby Jeff occupied.
It was in one of those night classes that she met a young Cuban refugee named Miguel Bezos. He had arrived in the United States at age 15, fleeing Castro's regime with almost nothing. They fell in love.
Mike, as everyone called him, adopted Jeff and gave him his name. Together, Jacklyn and Mike built a home where hard work, education, and big dreams were the foundation of everything.
Jacklyn never stopped learning. Even after putting her college dreams on hold to raise her family and support Mike's career, she went back. In her late thirties, she enrolled again. She was relentless. At age 40, Jacklyn Bezos finally earned her college degree.
""When I graduated from the College of Saint Elizabeth at the age of 40,"" she said, ""I had never been more proud of myself.""
Then, in 1995, her oldest son came to her and Mike with a proposal that sounded risky. Jeff wanted to quit his stable Wall Street job to start a company selling books on the internet. Most people had barely heard of the internet. Almost no one was shopping on it.
He told his parents there was a 70% chance the company would fail. They invested anyway.
Jacklyn and Mike put approximately $245,000 into their son's startup. It was an enormous leap of faith. If Jeff was right about the odds, they would lose everything.
The company was called Amazon.
By 2018, that investment had grown to approximately $30 billion.
But the money was never the point for Jacklyn.
Jeff Bezos has spoken publicly about his mother countless times. He called her story ""incredible."" He credits her not just for the financial investment, but for the foundation she built — the values she instilled, the example she set, the sacrifices she made when he was too young to understand them.
Jacklyn Bezos never sought the spotlight. While her son became one of the most recognizable people on the planet, she worked quietly behind the scenes. She co-founded the Bezos Family Foundation, donating hundreds of millions to education and health causes. She championed opportunities for young people, especially those who faced obstacles like she once did.
She passed away in August 2025 at the age of 78, after battling Lewy body dementia. Her son announced her death with a simple tribute: ""She pounced on the job of loving me with ferocity.""
Jacklyn Bezos's life proves something important about parenting.
The most valuable gift you can give your children isn't money. It's showing them what's possible by refusing to accept what others say is impossible.
She was a teenage mother who society might have written off. Instead, she raised a son who changed the world — and she did it by changing hers first."

[marqix ☆ @fwmarqix]

My Japanese coworker died. I barely knew him. Went to the funeral to be polite.

His BROTHER approached me after.

Brother: Kenji left you something.

Me: What? Why?

Brother: hands me keys, His house.

Me: I'M SORRY, WHAT?!

Brother: He had no children. Will says "to the foreigner at my company who always microwaved strange food."

Me: I microwaved LEFTOVERS!

Brother: Apparently that impressed him.

The house was in Saitama. 3 bedrooms. Fully paid off.

Worth ¥25 million (~$170k USD).

Me: This is insane! I can't accept this!

Lawyer: You legally have to. It's in the will.

Me: WHAT IF I REFUSE?

Lawyer: Then it goes to the government.

Me: ...I'll take the house.

Week 1: The house was FULL of stuff. Old furniture, books, boxes.

I started going through it.

Found a box labeled "FOR THE FOREIGNER."

Inside: 40 Tupperware containers and a note.

"You clearly don't have proper food storage. You're welcome. -Kenji"

Me: crying, He left me TUPPERWARE?!

Month 2: Found another box: "ALSO FOR THE FOREIGNER."

Inside: A rice cooker, proper knives, and a 10-page handwritten guide on "How to Not Embarrass Yourself in Japan."

Me: He was HELPING me from beyond the grave!

Month 4: I found a THIRD box: "FINAL GIFT."

Inside: ¥3 million in cash and a note.

"Taxes on the house will be expensive. This should cover 5 years. Don't be stupid with it. -Kenji"

Me: absolutely losing it

Month 6: I moved into the house full time.

The neighbors welcomed me.

Neighbor: Kenji-san talked about you.

Me: He did?!

Neighbor: He said "The foreigner is helpless but trying."

Me: THAT'S what he said?!

Neighbor: He liked you. That's why he left you the house.

Me: We NEVER had a conversation!

Neighbor: Kenji didn't need conversations. He observed.

Present day:

I still live in Kenji's house.

I use his Tupperware every day.

I followed his 10-page guide.

Last week I found ANOTHER box: "IF YOU'RE STILL HERE."

Inside: A bottle of whiskey and a note.

"Good. You stayed. The house suits you. Take care of it. -Kenji"

I poured a glass for him.

Best coworker I never really knew.

[Art Gallery @X_ArtGallery]

Neil Welliver - Two Nudes Twice, 1970

[NOBUNAGA🇯🇵🏯_夏樹蒼依 @japan_nobunaga]

In a diner, I accidentally asked the waitress for "power coffee."

I meant strong black coffee. My English failed me.

She didn't correct me. She yelled to the back: "ONE POWER COFFEE FOR THE SAMURAI!"

The cook banged a spatula on the grill in approval.

They brought me a mug the size of a bucket.

I have visited that diner every Tuesday for six months.

Last month, I arrived feeling defeated after a terrible week.

The waitress looked at my face, placed the giant mug on my table, and said softly, "Power coffee is on the house today, Samurai. Stand up straight."

I did not need a speech. I needed a mug and a title.

I stood up straight.

[Une Bonne Droite 👊🏻 @BonneDroite]

🇹🇯 Le Tadjikistan est un petit pays musulman qui a connu une terrible guerre civile entre 1992 et 1997 avec des échos violents jusqu'en 2012. 1% de la population est morte à cause des islamistes.

Conséquences ? Aujourd'hui au Tadjikistan :

— Les barbes islamiques sont interdites
— Les tenues musulmanes pour hommes et les hidjabs sont interdits
— Les prénoms trop arabes sont interdits (les prénoms perses sont encouragés)
— Les fêtes musulmanes sont strictement limitées et contrôlées (tandis que les traditions perses sont promues)
— Les mariages entre cousins sont interdits
— Les mosquées indépendantes sont interdites
— Les mineurs n'ont pas le droit de prier dans les mosquées

👉🏻 Bref, un pays MUSULMAN fait plus pour lutter contre sa propre religion que la France après le Bataclan ! Non seulement nous ne faisons rien, mais pire, nous continuons d'importer des fanatiques.

[Rob Schmitt @SchmittNYC]

I hope these two are terrorized for the rest of their lives

[Chuck Bass @ChuckFBass]

For all the casuals that missed everything that happened this NFL off-season, here's a quick recap

1. Dianna Russini was riding the dick off of Mike Vrabel for scoops

2. Every sports account is a prediction market affiliate

3. The Rams took a QB at 13 that McVay hates

4. Banner year for DUIs. Tony Romo embraced his inner Cowboy with one. Kyle Shanahan embraced his inner 49er by getting out of one. I think Jordan Addison had like 6

5. Stefon Diggs choked the shit out of his chef that he was banging then got 12 million from the Commanders who love that shit. The tried to trade for Josh Jacobs for the same reason.

6. Brandon Aiyuk became a role model to everyone who ever wanted to be a CTE influencer

7. ESPN fired everyone cool except Matt Miller who lost his arm then even more tragically was outed as a scammer

8. Aaron Rodgers reconciled with his family for attention

9. Falcons have two left handed QBs (Penix, Tua) with zero right brain cells

10. Tom Brady went off the deep end

11. Dolphins held tryouts from local citizens of Miami for every position

12. The 49ers electrical substation became sentient and went full Widow's Bay

13. Travis Kelce married an older woman. Rashee Rice missed the wedding because he was in jail for having a shitty knee or something

14. The NFL can eject players from games even when referees missed something (the DK Metcalf rule)

15. Everyone that tore an ACL or dislocated something is somehow on track to play Week 1

16. The fat kid from Superbad is going to kick your ass

[LT Jonathan Kendrick @PlisskenPatriot]

It’ll never not be funny to me that the original “To Catch A Predator” show was canceled in 2008 after Chris Hansen and Dateline NBC discovered an Assistant District Attorney in Texas trying to meet up with a 13 year-old, arrived at his home, them witnessed him blow his brains out on camera. LMAO.

[Donald J. Trump @realDonaldTrump]

Robert Pattinson should not take back Kristen Stewart. She cheated on him like a dog & will do it again--just watch. He can do much better!

[Hermit @hermitfriend]

for my 18th birthday my girlfriend (who was a few months younger than me) invited me over to her place "while her parents were gone" 😏

when I arrived she left the room and my best friend walked in dressed as Chris Hansen and said "What did you think was going to happen here?"

[Chief Nerd @TheChiefNerd]

MIKE ROWE: “I own four pair of pants and like five shirts … I drive a Ford Bronco … I believe the more things you own, the more things own you.”