Alex Yates @avyates

Overturn this. 🧏‍♂️ #USABEL

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I get a lot of comments on my photos of Ajax asking when I will ‘release him’ or if I will ‘ever let him go’ so I want to be clear that there is nothing to release him from. He is not in a cage or captivity or restrained in any way. The photos I post of him inside the house are when he is choosing to be there and the door or window are open for him. If he is inside the house that’s because he wants to be. I only close the door at night but that’s after he goes to sleep inside. He could choose to sleep outside. This is not a bird that I stole from ‘the wild’ so that I can take selfies with it. This is a bird that would normally be semi-habituated and living in towns and gardens. The nest he fell out of was in my garden, and he’s still in the same place now. I didn’t move him away from his natural habitat. He is in exactly the same area he would have been if he had stayed in his nest. I just made sure he was fed and protected so now he trusts me and likes to spend time with me. Young magpies usually stay with their parents for several weeks after fledging. Ajax is in that period now. Eventually they leave their parent’s territory to establish their own. He will be fully free to do this if he decides to. He already forages very well by himself and is an expert invertebrate hunter. He has become very good at digging for worms and even tackling the very big ones. Unfortunately for me, he now loves fruit so picks and eats the garden strawberries often before I can get to them!🍓

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I miss the old door.

This Japanese restaurant logo is simultaneously a Japanese crane and a hand holding chopsticks.

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The Lessons I Learned from My Dad I am not the man my father is. I am trying. Some days closer. Some days farther. He never sat me down and explained these lessons. He lived them. I’m still learning them. Show up. The kitchen table. The hospital room. The funeral. The picket line. The call from the son who won’t answer. Show up. Most days that’s the whole job. My whole life I watched him do it. Not for cameras. Not for headlines. Not because there was something in it for him. He showed up because someone needed him. I learned that grief doesn’t make you special. My father buried a wife and daughter. He buried a son. Yet he never treated grief as a claim on other people’s sympathy. Instead, it made him notice theirs. A mother who lost a child. A father sitting beside a hospital bed. A kid scared about what comes next. A son who lost his mother, his sister, his brother. He always noticed. I learned that power is not the point. The people who chase power eventually confuse the office with themselves. My father never did. Whether he was a county councilman, a senator, vice president, or president, he was the same man. The title changed. He didn’t. I learned that family comes first. The train from Wilmington wasn’t symbolism. It was every night. He read to us. Showed up to games. Sat through hospital rooms. Waited up for children who were lost. And when the day came that the country and the family could not both have him at full strength, he chose family. He relinquished the last chapter of how he wanted to be remembered. And he never complained about it. Most of all, I learned that love is not soft. Love is discipline. Love is showing up at one in the morning when nobody is watching. Love is answering the phone. Love is staying. Love is getting back up after life knocks you down and doing it all again tomorrow. That love saved my life. I’ve failed at many of these lessons, sometimes in very public ways. He loved me anyway. That’s the last lesson. I am not trying to become my father. I am trying to carry what he gave me. And if I can do that, even imperfectly, that will be enough. Happy Father’s Day, Dad. I love you.

Rest in peace Oliver Tree Nickell June 29th, 1993 - June 14th, 2026 Your legacy will live on forever ❤️ Thank you to everyone who has reached out, shown love, support and has done incredible tributes for Oliver. The constant love, support and positivity is helping the family, friends and collaborators make it through these extremely difficult times. Oliver is now back in California where he can finally rest. His legacy will live on through his foundation/endowment named “Dr. Oliver Tree’s Extremely Epic Grant For Baby Geniuses” coming soon. This is something that Oliver had put together before his passing, written in his will. We will make sure his wish comes to fruition so that more joy, love and art can be spread into the world, that was his final wish. Love you all so much, Oliver would be so proud of every one of his supporters, friends and family. Peace be with Oliver … ❤️

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Emily tearing up on Waiting for the End and the crowd giving her a big round of applause!

baby☹️❤️🫂

WELCOME TO WASHINGTON, SOCCER FANS. Get acquainted with our state via this highly accurate and mostly-to-scale map.

Partimos com a força de milhões de portugueses. Obrigado por estarem connosco! 🇵🇹💪

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MSG requested a permit for a watch party for 500-999 fans. We approved that permit for 999 fans. Mr. Dolan has now decided to cancel the watch party. I know this is breaking hearts across our city. But if there's one thing Knicks fans don't need permission for, it's showing up for our team wherever we may be — no matter the block or the borough. Knicks in five.

I am deeply grateful for the overwhelming support, encouragement, and kind messages I have received from people around the world. Your solidarity has reminded me that football unites us beyond borders. Thank you to everyone.

WAKE TF UP

CALL TO ACTIVISM @CalltoActivism

a month ago

DONALD TRUMP HAS FALLEN ASLEEP AT THE NBA FINALS IN MADISON SQUARE GARDEN.

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What a dumbass.

Donald J. Trump @realDonaldTrump

6 years ago

People are tired of watching the highly political @NBA. Basketball ratings are WAY down, and they won’t be coming back. I hope football and baseball are watching and learning because the same thing will be happening to them. Stand tall for our Country and our Flag!!!

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Greetings, @NBA Finals.

.@NYCSanitation I'd like to report a sweep

Wemby is ridiculous

Mission complete ❤️❤️❤️

What the Artemis II astronauts did over the last 10 days was a testament to their bravery. And the fact that they traveled farther from Earth than anyone ever has, re-entered our atmosphere at more than 24,000 mph, and splashed down safely was a testament to human ingenuity. Thanks to everyone at @NASA for making this mission possible, and for taking us along for the ride.

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