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David LaBar 🏳️🌈 retweeted
Music has always had the power to connect and inspire us. At the opening of the Obama Presidential Center, @EddieVedder and the young people from @GuitarsOverGuns wrote and performed a profoundly moving song, ‘Better Believe,’ that spoke to each of them and all of us.
David LaBar 🏳️🌈 retweeted
Gael Monfils wrote a beautiful post about his dad, and what turning 40 years old today means for him:
“40.
When my father turned forty, I was a boy celebrating him without really understanding what forty meant. I remember the room, the music, all the people around him. And me, watching him, thinking that one day I'd like to stand the way he stood.
Now I understand. Forty means every choice, every fall, and every hand that picked you back up. He was my first mentor.
He still is. Everything I know about staying standing, I learned from him.
Today it's my turn. And life, in its own way, decided to make it special: I get to spend my birthday on a court, at the US Open, doing the only thing I've ever wanted to do since I was that little boy.
So thank you, life. For the wins and the injuries. For the doubts that made me work. For the people who stayed when it was quiet.
Nothing to prove today. Just a lot to be grateful for, and one more match to leave everything on.
40, and still running. ❤️”
David LaBar 🏳️🌈 retweeted
Luigi Mangione is a cold-blooded assassin who belongs in prison for the rest of his life.
Any civilization that lionizes a cold-blooded murderer has forfeited the right to call itself civilized.
David LaBar 🏳️🌈 retweeted
I thought I was done when the season ended. I wasn't ready to announce it, and I knew I needed some time to really decide, but I was pretty sure I played my last game. I was honest at that last press conference when I said I needed to look at myself and deicide if I still love
David LaBar 🏳️🌈 retweeted
For a while, we thought New York City’s @Macys fireworks would be canceled. Storm clouds rolled in, lightning flashed, and everyone waited for the final decision. Then they started the show 30 minutes early. It was the perfect call. Absolutely incredible. 🇺🇸 Happy Birthday USA! – at New York, NY
David LaBar 🏳️🌈 retweeted
"When I was a lad as a rule you didn't yank your pants down and take a giant dump on your new boss's desk, but I guess that's just what the fad is today with young whippersnappers like Scott Pelley. Heckuva thing."
David LaBar 🏳️🌈 retweeted
Barney Frank was one of a kind. For more than three decades in Congress, he fought tirelessly for the people of Massachusetts, helped make housing more affordable, stood up for the rights of LGBTQ+ Americans, and helped pass one of the most sweeping financial reforms in history designed to protect consumers and prevent another financial crisis. Barney’s passion and wit were second to none, and our thoughts are with his family today.
David LaBar 🏳️🌈 retweeted
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David LaBar 🏳️🌈 retweeted
With data from @nytimes API, I analyzed all national+local coverage since 2000—224K articles— to see which topics in each state get covered out of proportion to the rest of the country. A portrait of how the paper of record sees America, one state per tweet, alphabetical. 👇
David LaBar 🏳️🌈 retweeted
The American Archive of Public Broadcasting, to their eternal glory, have digitized more than 7,000 public radio and television programs from 1940 to the present.
It's a treasure trove of historic newsreels, interviews, speeches, and more.
Dive in here.
americanarchive.org/
