Building a bridge across the Atlantic, with steel beams and rivets. 🌎 🕊️
Life is not a problem to be solved, but a reality to be experienced. — Kierkegaard
@TG22110
“Work stops at sunset. Darkness falls over the building site. The sky is filled with stars. "There is the blueprint," they say.”
― Italo Calvino, Invisible Cities
"The tyrant dies and his rule is over, the martyr dies and his rule begins."
— Søren Kierkegaard, 1848.
Alexei Navalny †
June 4, 1976 - February 16, 2024
💔🕯️🕊️
"Do what you can to show you care about other people, and you will make our world a better place."
— Rosalynn Carter
August 18, 1927, Plains, Georgia.
November 19, 2023, Plains, Georgia.
Rest in Peace, sweet soul.
💔🇺🇸🕯️
Amazing, heartwarming story. 🙏🇸🇰
Yesterday, an 11-year-old boy showed up at the Slovakian border from Ukraine with only a plastic bag, passport & phone number written on his hand. He came completely alone, his parents had to stay behind in Ukraine.
#SlavaUkraini
❤️🇺🇦🕊️ 1/3
Stunned beyond belief. My older daughter just got accepted to Sorbonne, to study economics in France. Her dream was to study stateside, she applied to Columbia, Harvard & Cornell, but was not accepted. Alas, off to France she goes! Not crying, just chopping onions over here.❤️🇫🇷
"When I was born, I was colored. I soon became a Negro. Not long after that I was black. Most recently I was African-American. It seems we're on a roll here. But I am still first and foremost in search of freedom."
May you Rest in Peace, Harry Belafonte, 1927-2023.
💔🕊️🕯️
Thanks to the phone number written on his hand and a piece of paper in his pocket, police managed to contact relatives who came for him later. A rare, happy ending during extremely dire times. 🙏🇸🇰
From Polícia Slovenskej Republiky
#SlavaUkraini
❤️🇺🇦🕊️
Let me get this right. According to MAGAs, elections are fixed, NFL is fixed, vaccinations are fixed, southern border is fixed, dating scene is fixed, schools are fixed, Ukraine is fixed, Biden is fixed, entire friggin’ universe is fixed. The fix is in.
Cry harder, MAGAs 🤧🤡🤷🏼♂️
In 1960, David Latimer planted a tiny garden inside a glass bottle & sealed it shut. The self contained ecosystem has flourished for nearly 60 years. Compost bacteria > dead plants > oxygen/carbon dioxide > photosynthesis. Essentially, a microcosm of earth. 🙏🌏🕊️
📷EarthPictures
After more than fifty years of service, Dr. Anthony Fauci briefed reporters for the very last time today.
A true American hero. 🏆
#ThankYouDrFauci
🙏🏼❤️🇺🇸🕊️
For years,
@TG22110
and I joked around, how a follow from
@MarkHamill
would be the ultimate sign of respect on this platform. That you've hit some semblence of relevance.
Breaks my heart, TG, that you're not here, to share this with me.
Mark, thank you kindly for the follow. 🕊️
The volunteers at the border crossing immediately brought him inside to warmth, provided him with food & drink and gave him comfort.
He amazed them all with his defiant smile, fearlessness and determination, worthy of a true hero.
#SlavaUkraini
❤️🇺🇦🕊️ 2/3
Not a good look for Kremlin, when Putin calls for military to arrest Prigozhin, and Prigozhin posts clip of himself hanging out with two top military leaders in Rostov, sitting around calm as fuck, discussing what comes next. What a time to be alive. Fasten your seatbelts. 🇷🇺⚠️😳
@AdamKinzinger
There is mass psychosis underway in America. It is real and dangerous. Public health officials should be screaming from the rooftops. Something has gone terribly wrong with roughly a quarter of the population. It has nothing to do with party politics. This will not end well. ⚠️
@TG22110
Vladimir Putin is a war criminal. His decision to unilaterally invade a peaceful, democratic Ukraine with an overwhelming military force violates international law. We cannot tolerate this level of evil & violence threatening peace & stability in the world.
#HeyPutin
🖕🏼🖕🏽🖕🏿🖕
Amazing to see courageous Russians show up in Moscow to shower Navalny’s hearse with flowers. The struggle for freedom and democracy is real and palpable.
💔🕯️🕊️
#Navalny
America... instead of
@Jason_Aldean
, be like
@ChrisStapleton
.
"There's a very broad awakening that's come about. It's time for me to listen. It's time for other folks to listen. Do I think Black lives matter? Absolutely. I don't know how you can think they don't."
❤️🇺🇸🕊️
@theliamnissan
Flynn family lawyer: “We will not tolerate being mocked by NFL star Travis Kelce, nor by renowned Scottish actor, Liam Neeson. The Flynn family has always stood for wholesome family values and American patriotism. These viscous attacks by Hollywood liberal elites is intolerable.”
@panyiszabolcs
It's a sad commentary on the pc world we're living in, that as a far-right, anti-gay, Christian conservative MEP, you can't have a hot, ecstacy-fueled gay sex orgy without everyone rubbing your nose in it. 🙁
To all the fake Christians out there who support MAGA Republicans & other treacherous, far-right autocrats, this is how it's done.
"I live in my van. Found this on my windshield this morning."
🙏🏼❤️🕊️
📷 Earth Pictures
As we gather to bid farewell to TG on the day of his funeral, thought I'd curate a thread with the remnants of his
#TGTwitterTips
. Feel free to add any I missed.
@TG22110
left a trail of breadcrumbs - his nuggets of wisdom - for new users & smaller accounts.
#ThankYouTG
💡✍️🏼🧵
Folks, just a reminder that that little button you’ve come to know as “the like button” is more than that. It’s also an “I heard you” button. You would be surprised to know how much your followers truly appreciate it when they know they have been heard.
#TGTwitterTips
Trying to envision this conversation with my wife. It wouldn't last 15 seconds, she'd be laughing so hard, telling me to GTFO and make my own damn coffee.
☕️🤣🤷🏼♂️
@BlackKnight10k
With a huge target on his chest, knowing full well he’s the first guy Putin’s thugs are looking to take out. Hope the war crimes tribunal in the Hague are taking notes. Zelensky is one brave soul w ice in his veins. Bless him & all of Ukraine. Praying for his well-being. 🙏🕊❤️🇺🇦
Beautiful message from J.K. Simmons.
"Call your mom. Call your dad. If you're lucky enough to have a parent or two alive on this planet, call 'em. Don't text, don't email, call them on the phone. Tell 'em you love 'em, and thank them, and listen to them."
🙏🏼❤️💐
📷 Film Zone
"We lit up the Chain Bridge with Ukrainian national colors on the second anniversary of Putin's invasion, because Budapest stands with Ukraine. Budapest stands for peace, Euro-Atlantic cooperation and solidarity, and it won't budge.”
—
@bpkaracsonyg
🇭🇺🕊️🇺🇦
#StandWithUkraine
If I had a crystal ball, I'd predict Daniel Goldman will be elected POTUS some day. We've had a forever-run of Catholics, Obama broke through for African Americans, a woman is long overdue.
@danielsgoldman
will be the first of Jewish faith. I'm here for it. He's amazing. ❤️🇺🇸🕊️
Three days since my dad passed away, my heart is utterly broken. Loved no one on earth more than my father. Strange, this searing hole in my heart, since he was nearly 90 years old. He lived a beautiful, long life. Have never met anyone as humble, honest and lovable as he was. 💔
Undoubtedly, if my friend
@TG22110
was here to bask in this moment, he'd encourage us to celebrate with a hashtag.
Please join me in adding
#LoserTrump
to your tweets tonight. Perhaps it'll drive the message home to the losers who still choose to support him.
#LoserTrump
🤡
This is a massive victory for New York, our nation, and everyone who believes we all must play by the same rules.
Donald Trump, Donald Trump, Jr., Eric Trump, and his former executives must pay $463.9 million for their staggering financial fraud.
"This little girl tried saving her friends by pulling a fire alarm when she heard the Nashville shooter coming. She was shot and killed. Her name was Evelyn Dieckhaus." —
@other98
My heart breaks for Evelyn & all kids threatened by the maddening reality of gun violence.
💔🇺🇸🕯️
We’ve *never* experienced an incessant barrage of political duplicity and depravity as we have with Trump-MAGA. In our faces day & night since 2016, nary a moment of pause or respite. Feels like America has been at war with itself for nearly a decade, with no end in sight. ❤️🩹🇺🇸
Trump being able to hold onto his passport... facing 37(!) federal counts under the
#EspionageAct
for stealing sensitive military & nuclear secrets, endangering national security and obstructing justice, is a slap in the face of every American across this great nation.
💔🇺🇸⚖️
Multiple indictments and half a billion dollars in civil liability later, pretty much the only person who can say they were better off four years ago is Donald Trump.
My friends, I am leaving for a while. The weight of the world has sagged my shoulders, brought me to my knees. I love you all, who’ve been kind enough to engage with me. I’m extremely humbled by your kindness & attention. I trust we will meet again. Peace be with you.
🙏❤️🕊️
Twitter tragicomedy in two parts. No joke.
Yesterday, posted clip of wild geese flying overhead. Minutes later, got locked out of my account for *posting footage w/o consent.*
How was I supposed to get 'consent' from a bunch of fucking geese flying by a hundred feet overhead?🧐
Wishing my sweet daughter Zia Chloé a joyous, blessed, and immensely Happy 22nd Birthday! We are so proud of you. Honored and humbled to be your father. You bring so much joy, enthusiasm and positive vibes into to our lives. Isten éltessen! ❤️💐🎂
They say we should honor and celebrate our friends, family and loved ones in life, not in passing.
As my 88-year-old father rests peacefully in hospital, his recovery uncertain, here is a collection of my "Dad Tweets" from over the years, as my tribute & homage to him. 🧵❤️🕊️
Guess the thirty-seven (37) federal criminal counts in Miami, and the thirty-four (34) federal criminal counts in NY weren't enough to convince MAGAs of Trump's incessant criminality.
Here is the next shoe to drop.
Be best, Donald. 🤡👋🏼
#TrumpIndictment
Shout out to my mom in the mid 70s, who sent me to class photo day in elementary school in Los Angeles, in a pair of deerskin Lederhosen, recieved as a gift from relatives in Germany. As I was doing my best to fit in with the cool kids... with a name like Tibor. 😳🫣🤣
You can be pro-Palestinian and reject Hamas, terrorism and extremism. You can support Israel and reject Zionism and autocratic, far-right politics.
Praying for peace and immediate de-escalation in Israel and the Gaza Strip.
🇮🇱 🇵🇸🕊️
📷
@LluisApesteguia
@Leslieoo7
@RpsAgainstTrump
Something to be said for low-key, steady determination. No drama, no hissy fits, no shouting into the abyss. Americans, regardless of political persuation, understand these most basic virtues. Perhaps, they’ll learn to recognize & appreciate them in President Joe Biden. 🙏❤️🇺🇸
From Australia 🇦🇺
“As the news of his death spread, tributes poured in from across the Twitterverse, highlighting the profound impact
@TG22110
had on countless lives.”
💔🕯️🕊️
No disrespect to British friends. But there is something fundamentally comical & perverse seeing King Charles & Queen Camilla with crowns on their heads...in 2023. Not sure why I find it absurd & funny. Perhaps images of the Queen are fixated in my head. 😳👑🤷♂️
#Coronation2023
@LifeImitates
@TG22110
People Power from
@other98
:
Fill your tank elsewhere. Lukoil is a Russian multinational corporation headquartered in Moscow. Their CEO, Vagit Alekperov, is a Russian oligarch worth an estimated $19.6 billion. Lukoil gas stations are all over PA, NJ and NY.
#HeyPutin
🖕🏼 🖕🏼🖕🏼🖕🏼
Dad arrived on a US naval ship as a refugee. Spoke not a word of English. Washed dishes, worked through college, earned MA in Theater & PhD in Theology.
One thing remained constant throughout his lifetime. He always washed the dishes. Did so quietly, with humility & gratitude.🕊️
"My dad is a janitor. He is my pride. I love you, dad."
All the feels. The humanity this world so desperately needs.
🙏🏼🌍🕊️
📷 Gourav Saxena | Wholesome Memes
Great to see you back online,
@theliamnissan
. 🎉🍻👏🏻
This place simply isn’t the same without you. Welcome back.
Thanks,
@slater_paul
for the heads up. 🙏🏼🕊️
When I moved to Hungary in the 90s, ancestral land of my forefathers, was delighted to meet my 90-year-old grandfather, Imre. He lived alone in the countryside, kept a beautiful, vibrant garden full of fruit trees.
Found this lovely, hand-painted legend of his orchard.
🍐🍑🍒
One week has passed, since my father's death. One week, to digest the profound impact he had on our lives, and the lives of so many, in congregations in San Francisco, Los Angeles, Cleveland, and his hometown in Tata, Hungary. One week, to begin to somehow say goodbye.
💔🕯️🕊️
@stopbeingaderp
@HeatherThomasAF
Judge Arthur F. Engoron is a man of the people.
Over the years, he drove a taxi, taught piano & drums, took part in Vietnam War protests, and wrote a screenplay about Holocaust survivors.
Godspeed, Judge Engoron. May the force be with you!
❤️🇺🇸⚖️
Clash of the Titans, pre-Covid, 2019.
My genius, chess-playing son, matched up with my genius, chess-playing father.
Sadly for me, it seems to have skipped a generation... but glad to sit on the sidelines and watch this epic battle.
💝♟️🕊️
Noticed the delightful Mark Hamill responded to my remembrance thread. Dad would have been over the moon that Luke Skywalker himself gave him a sendoff. Besides his religious, academic & spiritual interests, he was a big Star Wars fan, saw all those films together in my youth.✨
Taken multiple train rides past few weeks to visit my ailing father in a countryside hospital. Alas, this time, he won’t be there to greet me. A misty, drizzling day… a quiet, reticent train ride, fit for solemn reflection as I visit his house to take in a life well lived. 🚆🕊️
Best analogy for what it feels like to lose both of your parents, is floating alone - untethered - on a routine spacewalk, and noticing the mothership drifting away on the horizon.
You’re on your own, buddy.
What better time to recommit to being a better version of yourself? 🕊️
Funny thing with all the bluster about Biden being old, media infatuation with Biden being old, comedians cracking jokes about Biden being old, incessant tweets about Biden being old, and well, Biden being old…
I am 100% voting for him come November.
#VoteBlueToSaveDemocracy
Sending out love & compassion on this day of mourning & remembrance of our cherished friend,
@TG22110
.
May the forces of good overcome the forces of evil. May democracy stand strong, around the globe.
Clara-Jumi Kang & Vladimir Spivakov: Bach, Concerto for 2 Violins.
💔🕯️🕊️
Visited my 88-year old dad in hospital. He’s resting peacefully. Went by his house, took a picture of his desk the way he left it. Beautiful, serene image of his open bible, pencil & ruler nearby. It’s how he always prepared for a sermon, over a lifetime serving as a minister. 🕊️
The reason I used the adjectives *amazing* & *heartwarming,* is this little boy made it out alive of a devastating warzone, alone, on foot, and made it safely to Bratislava to stay with relatives. His mother & sick, immobilized grandmother are still in harm's way in Ukraine. 🙏🏼🕊️
@AndyKimNJ
You have my support, and my respect,
@AndyKimNJ
. Will never forget you sweeping up the chamber after Jan 6th. That image resonated with me then, as it does now. Time to bring back respectability & decency to a tarnished seat. You are the perfect man for the job. Godspeed. ❤️🇺🇸🕊️
Alas, tree decorated in shimmering lights. Daughters home from college, ‘tis snowing outside. Settling in for Xmas weekend, awaiting my 87-year-old dad, who arrives tomorrow.
So much to be thankful for, this time of year. Wishing you all a blessed, peaceful Christmas.
🙏🏼🎄🕊️
Sending out thoughts & prayers to all the Proud Boys, Oathkeepers and III%-ers who'd love to come to Mar-A-Lago next week in defense of their hallowed leader, but won't be able to *break free* in time for the MAGA event. 🤷♂️😘💅
For years, 'tis was a dormant account, hardly logged in. Became active during Trump's term, resisting MAGA became full-time hobby. Met
@TG22110
& so many vibrant, engaging folks in his orbit. Democracy hangs on by a thread on both sides of the Atlantic. I'm not going anywhere. 🕊️
I'd like to propose a toast to the man of the hour, Alvin Bragg,
@ManhattanDA
. 👏🏼🍻
"Alvin Leonard Bragg Jr. is serving as the New York County District Attorney. In 2021, he became the first African American and first person of color elected to that office."
@Wikipedia
❤️🇺🇸🕊️
The dark angel of death & destruction, the harbinger of *American carnage,* arrives in Scotland 🏴.
We’re not sending our best. On behalf of freedom & democracy-loving Americans, we apologize profusely.
❤️🇺🇸🕊️
Sending out this gentle lullaby to help soothe our souls, as we begin to grapple with the devastating loss of our friend and ally, the incomparable
@TG22110
.
Rest in Peace, mon ami.
💔🕯️🕊️
#ThankYouTG
“Peace is not something you wish for, it is something you make, something you are, something you do and something you give away.”
― Robert Fulghum
Sending love and compassion to a troubled world.
Clara Jumi-Kang performing Brahms Violin Sonata No. 2 in A Minor.
🙏🏼🌍🕊️
Coffee ☕️
#Kindness
& Shenanigans
TG, my zany, imaginative, anonymous Twitter friend. My tireless ally in the eternal battle of good vs evil…both in politics and in life. TG, a rare soul who understood nuances and shades of gray…is gone.
A devastating loss. 💔🕯️
Yesterday...
“When you see Trump with Putin, as I have on a few occassions, he’s like the 12-year old boy that goes to high school and meets the captain of the football team. ‘My hero!’ It’s really creepy.”
@TurnbullMalcolm
, 29th Prime Minister of Australia.
All the feels. This is the kind of world I want to live in.
"This person sold their VHS player on eBay and got a surprise letter in the mailbox."
🙏🏼🌍🕊️
📷 u/effectivepep | All Blade
Past two weeks, I've taken six trips by train to visit my 88-year-old father in a countryside hospital. Sadly, he may not be coming home. These solemn, solo trips have given me much needed pause and reflection, to take in a lifetime of wonder, adventure, and achievement. 🙏🏼❤️🩹🕊️
Thank you humbly for the kind, thoughtful birthday wishes from friends near & far. As many of you know, this is a solemn, reserved occasion, having lost my father two weeks ago. The warmth and generosity of spirit from so many here is welcome solace. With love & appreciation. 💝
@joncoopertweets
@TweetsPamela
Wishing Clarence Thomas a speedy recovery, great health and a fantastic retirement from the SC. So many hobbies to pursue, so much quality time to spend with family, unburdened by the demanding, strenuous work of the highest Court. Good luck, Clarence! 🙏🏼 🌞🕊️
My father cherished family, friends & community. His ability to maintain contacts around the globe was extraordinary.
Here he is last fall, resting at the family grave, having brought my mother flowers. He taught us to always be available; to reach out & stay in touch.
💝🕯️🕊️