Ben Quick ® 🇺🇸🇵🇱🦂班傑明 @BRQuick

@dawny005 How do tan lines like that even happen? 😁😬

This a carpenter bee seen up close (Xylocopa ruficornis). Despite their large size, these bees are generally docile and are unlikely to sting unless they feel threatened or are handled roughly. [📹 jithesh_pai]

Dear Joe, I wish I could sit down with you face to face and explain why so many of us were offended by the UFC fight on the South Lawn of the White House. For me, it had nothing to do with the UFC or who showed up for the fights. The brand you and Dana have built is a bona fide American success story. More power to you. As for the fighters, in my book, anyone brave enough to put it all on the line in the arena is remarkable to witness. Their dedication and discipline inspire me. I don’t understand anyone who can’t admire that. And as for the people who attended, I, for one, love Shane Gillis. I think he’s hilarious and brilliant. It was a show. A once-in-a-lifetime spectacle. I can’t blame anyone for wanting to witness it firsthand. My problem is that I believe some of our public spaces are sacred. And unlike many of the great powers that came before us, these American monuments belong to all of us. Not to whoever happens to hold power at the moment. The White House does not belong to Donald Trump. It does not belong to any President. It belongs to the people. To treat it as Caesar treated the Colosseum is antithetical to everything our founding fathers fought for. This is not Rome. Presidents are not emperors doling out bread and circuses for the peasants. The White House is the People’s House. This “celebration” could have happened in any stadium within a stone’s throw of the South Lawn. No one would have had an issue with it. But that was obviously Donald Trump’s whole point. By holding the event on the South Lawn, what he was saying to the rest of us is: “This is my house. I own it. I will do with it what I please. I’ll build a colosseum and have the gladiators fight under my gaze. I’ll tear down the East Wing. I’ll pave over the Rose Garden. I’ll cover everything in gold and marble. I’ll erase the names of all the men who came before me.” The fights were an exhibition of imperial domination, not a celebration of our 250th anniversary as a democracy. The White House is not Buckingham Palace. It is not the Palace of Versailles. It is not the Forbidden City of Beijing. It does not belong to an emperor, or a king, or a commissar. The White House belongs to us. All of us. The person who sits behind the Resolute Desk in the Oval Office is nothing more than an honored guest. A temporary caretaker. The President is our servant. Not our Caesar. Respectfully, Hunter P.S. Cage match between me and Don Jr.? Your call on the venue. Anywhere but the South Lawn.

On June 17, 2015, nine members of a Bible study at Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, South Carolina, were murdered in an act of racial hatred that shocked the nation. Today, we remember: 🕊️ Clementa C. Pinckney 🕊️ Cynthia Marie Graham Hurd 🕊️ Susie Jackson 🕊️ Ethel Lee Lance 🕊️ Depayne Middleton-Doctor 🕊️ Tywanza Sanders 🕊️ Daniel Lee Simmons Sr. 🕊️ Sharonda Coleman-Singleton 🕊️ Myra Thompson Their lives were far greater than the tragedy that took them. They were pastors, librarians, coaches, mothers, grandmothers, community leaders, and friends whose legacies continue to inspire compassion, faith, and resilience. The locations connected to this heartbreaking chapter of history are preserved in Death Atlas, ensuring that the stories behind the places are never forgotten. May we always remember the Emanuel 9—not only for how they died, but for how they lived. #Emanuel9 #Charleston #NeverForget #HistoryMatters #DeathAtlas ⸻ Download Death Atlas on the Google Play Store and the Apple App Store. Android: play.google.com/store/apps/det… iPhone: apps.apple.com/us/app/death-a…

On February 2, 2008, a quiet neighborhood in Cockeysville, Maryland, became the scene of an unimaginable tragedy. John and Tamara Browning and their two young sons, Gregory and Benjamin, were found shot to death inside their home. At first, suspicion fell on an unknown intruder. But investigators soon uncovered a shocking truth—the family’s 15-year-old son, Nicholas Browning, had returned home during a sleepover, used his father’s handgun to kill his parents and brothers as they slept, then went back to his friend’s house to maintain the illusion that he had been away all night. (Wikipedia) The case stunned the nation. An honor student and Boy Scout with no obvious history of violent crime had committed one of the most disturbing familicides in modern American history. The motives remain debated, with claims of abuse contrasted against prosecutors’ arguments that he wanted freedom from his parents’ rules and control of the family’s inheritance. (Wikipedia) 📍 The site of the Browning Family Murders is preserved in Death Atlas, ensuring that tragedies like this—and the lives lost—are never forgotten. Download Death Atlas on the Google Play Store and the Apple App Store. Android: play.google.com/store/apps/det… iPhone: apps.apple.com/us/app/death-a…

On March 31, 1995, the music world lost one of its brightest stars. At just 23 years old, Selena Quintanilla-Pérez was shot and killed at a motel in Corpus Christi, Texas, by Yolanda Saldívar, the former president of her fan club. Her death stunned millions and brought an abrupt end to a career that was on the verge of worldwide superstardom. Known as the “Queen of Tejano Music,” Selena broke barriers, inspired generations, and left behind a legacy that continues to grow decades later. Songs like Como la Flor, Bidi Bidi Bom Bom, and Dreaming of You remain timeless classics. Today, fans from around the world still visit the place where her life ended—a solemn reminder of both a heartbreaking tragedy and an extraordinary life that was gone far too soon. Death Atlas preserves the locations where history happened, ensuring the stories of those who shaped our world are never forgotten. Download Death Atlas on the Google Play Store and the Apple App Store. Android: play.google.com/store/apps/det… iPhone: apps.apple.com/us/app/death-a…

Americans realizing they spent $75 billion fighting Iran, then another $300 billion rebuilding Iran, just to reopen the Strait of Hormuz that was already open before the war started

🚨Like many people following the disappearance of Elena Moore, I’m hoping and praying she is safe and found soon. But at this point, there seem to be more questions than answers. Those who know Elena, know that she is very active and familiar with the Lake Murray area. She spends time kayaking, paddleboarding, rollerblading, walking the dam, working out at Wolf Fitness and training her clients. She often wears baseball caps and athletic gear. As well as big sunglasses. The most important thing right now is getting Elena home safely. If anyone has information about her whereabouts, contact Lexington law enforcement immediately. If you’ve seen or heard or know anything, please call police at 803-358-7271, CrimeStoppers at 888-CRIME-SC. Praying for you, Elena.🩷

@NatashaCL7 When it comes to loving this country, its ideals and what it has stood for/stands for, I’m off the scale! 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸 When it comes to partisan politics, infighting, and the blame game they play amongst those groups, they can all go shit.

WELLLLLLL IT'S THE BIG SHOW 😂

@wellACTUALILY

Aged like milk.

Greg Abbott @GregAbbott_TX

3 weeks ago

Spurs about to dunk on Knicks like Texas has been dunking on New York. Go Spurs Go 🔥👽

6K 1K 16K 13.9M 2K

Sometimes we pay way too much for jobs that look this simple.

Knicks fan launched a banana into the crowd and it came back to him 👀 x.com/B3nClipsHQ/sta…

USA. A Mexican restaurant. We had not yet ordered anything, and the food was already arriving. Chips. Salsa. Unrequested. Free. I stopped the waiter. "We have not earned these." "They just come with the table, man." They come with the TABLE. In my land, hospitality is a debt. Every gift creates an obligation, weighed carefully, returned in the proper season with interest of feeling. Here, the gift arrives before you have even proven you can pay for dinner. This is not an appetizer. This is a declaration: we trust you. Eat. I ate with the gravity the moment deserved. And then — I must report this calmly — the basket emptied, and a new one appeared. "Did we…?" "Refill," the waiter said. "It's bottomless." Bottomless. They have wells of salsa. The supply lines of this nation are beyond anything my ancestors imagined. My friend warned me. "Don't fill up on chips, dude." Too late. I had accepted three baskets. Honor demanded each one be finished — an unfinished gift is an insult. By the time my actual food arrived, I was a ruined man. I was not hungry. I was not comfortable. I had been defeated by a courtesy. Generosity that arrives before the request cannot be repaid. It can only be survived. I know the rule now. I have made my peace with the basket. One basket. Two at the most. Who am I deceiving. There is no number of baskets I would refuse. The trust of a nation is in that salsa, and I intend to honor all of it.

@CHDAngelMom @John_A_Meier @ofctimallen Did we read the same thing?

THE FUCKING NERVE OF NETFLIX AND OTHER STREAMING SERVICES TO ENCOURAGE US TO CANCEL OUR CABLE WITH THE PROMISE TO DELIVER AN AD FREE SERVICE, ONLY TO TURN AROUND AND RE INTRODUCE ADS, AND THEN CHARGE YOU ON TOP OF YOUR CURRENT PLAN FOR THE PRIVILEGE TO REMOVE THEM!!!!!

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