Wayne Patterson

Everything is not terrible

[Wayne Patterson @wayneomite]

Everything is not terrible. We can expose darkness & we can/should work - passionately, diligently, even angrily - against injustice. Just don't forget to celebrate the good too. It's there, it's just not as loud. In '19 let's hold some big ol megaphones up so the world can hear

[Pádraig Belton @PadraigBelton]

I will always think of @Glen_Hansard busking on Grafton Street each Christmas Eve for the Simon community and the homeless - the Big Busk, which he started (and which inevitably also involved Bono and Sinéad O'Connor), was a huge part of returning to Dublin for the holidays, for me and many like me, living away.

It made sense to someone who was himself a former Dublin busker - he quit school in Ballymun at 13 to play on his city's streets. He even played an Irish busker on a Simpsons episode ("In the Name of the Grandfather"). The Commitments, The Frames, the Swell Season came after, and so did an Oscar and an Emmy. And still every Christmas he was out busking for the homeless, and getting every other Irish musician to, too.

And Once was both the perfect romantic comedy - the right amount bittersweet, no happy endings but we can value the moments of closeness we get, as long as they last - and the perfect Dublin film. I danced to Falling Slowly at my wedding.

We're all Broken Hearted Hoover Fixer Sucker Guys today. Ar dheis Dé go raibh a anam.

[Atlanta Dream @AtlantaDream]

Oh, you thought we were leaving y'all without THE moment of the win? Think again 😌

[Jon Sumrall @CoachJonSumrall]

👍

[Neil Stone @DrNeilStone]

Whatever you think about Fauci

I will always remember that period in 2021 when our ICU was absolutely stuffed full of extremely sick Covid patients - and they were ALL unvaccinated

It's now 2026 and all I hear every day here is "the vaccines didn't work"

Complete nonsense

[Cory Booker @CoryBooker]

There are everyday heroes.

Humble.
Steady.
Relentless in their kindness.

Every day, amidst it all, they stand up for others.

They give more than is expected.
Help more than is required.
Offer more grace than most people will see.

May we walk through the world this way.

May we remind one another that, despite the trials, the tribulations, and the bad actors, goodness still abounds.

May we see it.
May we celebrate it.
May we be it.

[Neil Stone @DrNeilStone]

As someone who saw Covid right from the very start it's quite remarkable to see history totally rewritten and whitewashed

It was a terrifying new virus we knew nothing about that was overwhelming intensive care units

It was scary as hell

[MLB Network @MLBNetwork]

“Dad, we did it... I love you very much.” ❤️

An emotional Andruw Jones gives tribute to his late father during his Hall of Fame induction speech.

[Pope Leo XIV @Pontifex]

Firmly rooted in the Word of Jesus, reading the Gospel every day, never stop dreaming of a land where there is peace and fraternity, nor stop looking at the world with wonder, nor stop facing the future with the light of hope. Do not let anything or anyone steal your hope.

[Neil Stone @DrNeilStone]

I have literally been in a crowded room surrounded by kids with measles

Measles is one of the most infectious viruses known to man

I didn't catch it. Because I was vaccinated

More nonsense here from RFK Jr's anti vaccine propaganda organisation

[Ryan Holiday @RyanHoliday]

The Odyssey isn't about Odysseus. It's about you.

[positive side of X 🌞 @positivityofx]

These birds saw someone feeding an injured bird, so the all started faking injuries too...

[Christopher Hale @ChristopherHale]

“Dear migrants, before I say any other word to you, I want to bow before your dignity.

“You are not numbers or case files.

“You are people — with a family and a home left behind, with dreams that no one has the right to scorn.” — Pope Leo XIV

[David French @DavidAFrench]

"After more than 10 years of Trump, two things are clear. First, most Americans don’t like him, and second, his opposition has never been united enough to drive the man or his movement all the way out of electoral politics.

Yet the longer that Trump remains in power, the more I’m convinced that it is only an unambiguous electoral landslide that will rebuke Trump and his movement. Make the outcome so overwhelming that it’s beyond any conceivable doubt." https://t.co/Xk8TxJul0B

[Today in History @TodayinHistory]

Alex Trebek, the longtime host of Jeopardy, was born on this day in 1940!

This exchange was always so funny to me.

[Team Talarico @TeamTalaricoHQ]

This you?

[Wayne Patterson @wayneomite]

LET THE VICTOR MEDEROS FANCRAZED HYPE TRAIN NEVER SLOW DOWN

[Atlanta Braves @Braves]

Víctor Mederos and Hall of Famer Walter Johnson are the only players in modern MLB history to amass the following statistics within their first five games of the season:

9.0+ IP
1-or-fewer runs allowed
1 save
2 RBI

[MLB @MLB]

Michael Harris II always knows where the camera is 😂

[The Root @TheRoot]

In one of the most emotional moments of Nolan Wells’ funeral, his mother, Christine Wonsley, delivered a tearful tribute to her son.

Speaking through tears, she urged everyone listening to live the way Nolan did, with kindness, compassion, and empathy for others.

[National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum ⚾ @baseballhall]

The number 755 holds significance in the heart of every baseball fan because of one man.

Fifty years ago today, Hank Aaron hit the final home run of his career. https://t.co/0ovdGbmTFO