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In case you’re having a bad day, here’s a cute picture of baby elephant ❤️

@itsdesserts @martinmbauer This was the first thing I thought about when I saw the post.

@martinmbauer That’s messed up

When Pluto was demoted from planet status

Lego has updated their age range from the years of 4-99 in honour of Sir David Attenborough’s 100th birthday: “There’s no age limit for those who never stop playing”

No @BBCNews - you can't send out a breaking news alert to millions of people across the UK that begins "Sir David Attenborough..." the day before his 100th birthday. The entire country just took a sharp intake of breath.

@Jeopardy What is Yugoslavia?

This geographic history is still being written ✍️ 🌍

You got no idea…

@Joshstrangehill @HankAzaria What I love most about the Simpsons was the extraneous captioning. I could swear that when I originally watched this episode, there were unspoken (but captioned) words during Frank's funeral.

Before we realized @HankAzaria was the perfect choice for Frank Grimes - thank God we did because it's one of the best performances ever - we briefly thought it might be a spot for a guest performer & considered asking William H. Macy or Nicolas Cage.

@goodreads Juliet Marillier

Do you have a "comfort author" — someone whose books always feel like home?

Don’t let anyone talk you out of that thirty minute before bed read. Those two hours will be the most relaxing five hours you ever spend.

AAAAAAND THE WAITRESS IS PRACTICING POLITICS

Hot take: Pizza Hut could launch a BOOK IT for adults and raise the American literacy rate by full percentage points

Pizza Hut is Bringing Back the 'BOOK IT!' Summer Reading Program

You'll be shocked by the sheer number of people who are bad, very bad at what they do but earn wayyyy higher than you!!! That imposter syndrome you're feeling? Throw it out the window. Throw it out now!!!

tbh ADHD is not being able to clean your own kitchen for 6 days but volunteering at a community event for 6 hours on a Saturday because other people's needs activate your brain in ways your own needs don't.

@NoNonsenseND I have to see a new doctor tomorrow and I'm nervous that they won't believe I'm autistic and have ADHD.

During my assessment I wrote up a document of all my traits and sent it to my clinician Someone said "only someone who's faking and trying to trick the clinician would do that!" Smh

@nettermike Didn't he pass away last year?

With deep sorrow, we say farewell to one of the final sentinels of the Tuskegee Airmen. George E. Hardy, who once danced across the skies of Europe in his Mustang has taken his final flight at the age of 100. Leaving behind a legacy forged in courage, resilience, and unwavering dignity. It began in a quiet room in Philadelphia. A 16-year-old boy hunched over his homework as the radio crackled with the news of Pearl Harbor. In that instant, the world fractured, and George’s childhood evaporated. He didn't wait for history to call; he went to meet it. Denied entry because of the color of his skin, he didn't retreat. He leaned into the wind. He joined the U.S. Army Air Forces, arriving at Tuskegee not just to learn the mechanics of flight, but to dismantle the mechanics of prejudice. By 19, George was a "Red Tail," a guardian of the clouds. While the world below was segregated, the flak in the European theater was indifferent. He flew 21 combat missions over Nazi-occupied territory, a teenager in a cockpit proving that valor has no pedigree. Most men would have seen enough of war. George was not most men. - World War II: 21 combat missions in the P-51 Mustang. - Korea: 45 combat missions, braving the dawn of the jet age. - Vietnam: 70 combat missions, a veteran hand guiding a new generation. For nearly thirty years, he wore the uniform of a country that didn't always love him back, yet he protected it with a devotion that shames the very idea of hate. When he finally climbed out of the cockpit, he didn't stop serving. As a Lieutenant Colonel, he helped architect the military’s first global communication systems. He spent his sunset years ensuring that those who followed him would never be out of reach, never be truly alone in the dark. "He rose above the clouds so we could finally see the light." Today, we don't just salute a pilot. We salute a man who endured the sting of Jim Crow to earn the silver wings of a hero. He was the quiet defiance in the face of "no," the steady hand in the cockpit, and the humble heart in the room. The "Red Tails" are thinning now, their formation heading into the eternal sunset. But as George E. Hardy crosses the ultimate horizon, he leaves behind a legacy etched not in ink, but in the very air we breathe. Rest well, Colonel. The watch is ours. The sky is yours.

I was in line at the bookstore & the guy behind me was talking shit about every woman in line "her boobs are out..." "those leggings are tight" "she's looking like a hooker" so I whispered "the guy behind us is looking at people's boobs" and my aunt faces the guy & says "this guy is looking at women's boobs??"…every woman in line looked at him with disgust, he got embarrassed and left... BRING BACK PUBLIC SHAMING!

For so many readers, #AmeliaPeabody wasn’t discovered—she was passed down. So, my question today: Did you find Amelia or did someone hand you the key? #books #ElizabethPeters #BarbaraMertz