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Monday, January 13, 2025

Bertha & Tina Rock!

An excerpt from People -

Model, 28, with Limb Difference Carries Her Prosthetic Legs in Public After Years Feeling 'Ashamed' (Exclusive)

Lyric Mariah was born with amniotic band syndrome

By Jordan Greene

Model Lyric Heard showing off her prosthetic leg. Photo: Lyric Heard

Lyric Mariah has two prosthetic legs — one named Bertha, for sneakers, and the other, Tina, for high heels — and they’re taking the Internet by storm.

Now a model in London, Mariah has amassed more than 330,000 followers on TikTok and 575,000 followers on Instagram, where she shares videos of herself swapping out her prosthetic legs in public — from the train to the café and beyond. The first video of the leg switch, which she posted in 2023, quickly went viral.

"It was set to a Barbie sound, and it was only seven seconds long," she tells PEOPLE. "My friends and I were shooting content that day, and I was just adjusting and fixing Tina. My friend happened to capture that moment."

"It was totally organic," she adds. "My friend was like, 'Oh, that looks so cute! You should post it.' " So she did. Instantly, people loved it, and Mariah says that’s when everything clicked.

@phenixsoul On my way to deck the halls @asos #ad #fyp #confidence #limbdifference #inclusion #fitcheck #bratz #bratzdoll #christmastime #itstime ♬ original sound - Lyric Mariah Heard

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https://people.com/model-with-limb-difference-goes-viral-for-carrying-her-prosthetic-legs-after-being-forbidden-to-wear-heels-growing-up-exclusive-8737922

In-N-Out Fries Hack

An excerpt from The DailyDot -

‘You need to ask for them cooked…’: Woman reveals you’ve been ordering In-N-Our fries wrong. It’s not about the secret menu

‘YES a lot of people don’t know.’

By Melody Heald

@alittlebitlovey/TikTok (Licensed)

In-N-Out fries are pretty divisive. Some In-N-Out fans absolutely despise the fries, especially when compared to some of the chain’s other menu offerings. Just look to Reddit to get a sense of the strong opinions surrounding the fries.

You’ll see posts simply asking questions like, “Why do In N Out fries suck?” and “Why doesn’t in n out improve their fries?” Or, you’ll see posts with straightforward statements like, “In-N-Out Fries are Garbage.”

How are In-N-Out fries made? And why don’t some people like them?

In-N-Out does laud on its site that its fries are made from fresh potatoes.

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OK, so what’s the hack?

“If you don’t like In-N-Out fries, I think it’s because you’re ordering them wrong,” she says. “You need to ask for them to be cooked ‘light-well.’”

https://www.dailydot.com/news/in-n-out-light-well-fries/

Come Home to Ghana

An excerpt from The Grio -

‘Come home,’ Ghana told the African diaspora. Now some Black Americans take its citizenship

Americans face few obstacles to living in Ghana, with most people paying an annual residency fee.

By The Associated Press

Keachia Bowers, second from right, her husband Damon Smith, right, and their children play cards in the living room of their home in Accra, Ghana, Friday, Dec. 6, 2024. Their family relocated to Ghana from Florida and have obtained Ghanaian citizenship. (AP Photo/Misper Apawu)

ACCRA, Ghana (AP) — Flipping through a family album, Keachia Bowers paused on a photo of her as a baby on her father’s lap as he held the 1978 album “Africa Stand Alone” by the Jamaican reggae band Culture.

“When I was 10 years old, I was supposed to come to Ghana with him,” she said. A day earlier, she had marked 10 years since her father’s death. Though he was a Pan-Africanist who dreamed of visiting Ghana, he never made it here.

Bowers and her husband, Damon Smith, however, are among the 524 diaspora members, mostly Black Americans, who were granted Ghanaian citizenship in a ceremony in November.

Bowers and Smith moved to Ghana from Florida in 2023 after visiting the region several times between them since the ’90s. They now run a tour business that caters to Black people who want to visit Ghana or elsewhere in West Africa, or like them have come to consider a permanent move.

The November group was the largest one granted citizenship since Ghana launched the “Year of the Return” program, aimed at attracting the Black diaspora, in 2019. It marked 400 years since the first African slaves arrived in Virginia in 1619.

Ghana’s Tourism Authority and the Office of Diaspora Affairs have extended the program into “Beyond the Return,” which fosters the relationship with diasporans. Hundreds have been granted citizenship, including people from Canada, the U.K. and Jamaica.

https://thegrio.com/2025/01/04/come-home-ghana-told-the-african-diaspora-now-some-black-americans-take-its-citizenship/

CJ Stroud Praying With His Mom & Sis Before the 1/12/25 Game

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Family Praising God Among the Ashes of Their Home

From People -

Bette Midler Shares Video of Family Singing After Their Home of 37 Years is Destroyed in L.A. Fire: 'So Glad We Can Offer Some Small Comfort’

The actress posted the heartwarming clip on Instagram on Friday, Jan. 10

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Wednesday, January 8, 2025

Comforting a Mourner With Thoughtful Questions

An excerpt from FORWARD: JEWISH. INDEPENDENT. NONPROFIT. -

What’s the best thing to say to a mourner? A rabbi responds

At a house of shiva, listening and being present can be more important than talking

By Rabbi Daniel

What’s the best thing to say to someone when visiting them during shiva, the week of Jewish mourning following a death in the family?

It may sound odd, but the answer to this question was revealed to me in the middle of the night while holding my two-week-old granddaughter.

As my daughter and son-in-law convalesced in our home, my wife and I volunteered to have the baby sleep in our room to give our daughter some rest while she recuperated from the birth. I was exhausted in the early morning hours and my wife said to me, “Do not think about how tired you are right now. Think about what the baby needs.” Those words shifted my perspective from being self-centered to other-centered. At that moment, my granddaughter needed my full attention.

The perspective on being fully present for another and being mindful of their needs is the secret to a meaningful shiva visit and in enriching all of our relationships. All too often, when we enter a house of mourning, the discomfort of not knowing what to say leads to an environment of levity and distraction from the purpose of the visit.

Having gone to hundreds of shiva homes and spoken with countless mourners, the most comforting visits may be in just listening to the mourner speak about their loved one. Ask a few questions to evoke their relationship with the person for whom they are mourning.

Here are some ideas for questions:

What are some positive memories with your father or mother that you will never forget?
Can you share some of your parents’ values? What was important to them?
Did your loved one visit Israel and on what occasion?
What were some of the most meaningful conversations with your loved one?

Be fully engaged when they speak, knowing that your empathy will provide comfort to them. When we provide the mourner with the opportunity to share stories, the memory of their relative becomes alive and truly felt. The mourners sense their loved one is being honored and remembered when we put away our phones and listen fully. This sentiment can be the most comforting of all.

https://forward.com/culture/686161/shiva-jewish-mourner-what-to-say/

Doggie Days

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Grandma's Flu Bomb

@lo.reyez recipe in the caption below👇 Abuela’s flu BOMB: - 2 tbs ginger - 1 tbs tumeric - 1 tsp minced garlic - 1 pinch of black pepper (this activates the tumeric) - 1 pinch cayenne pepper - cinnamon (to taste) - cover in honey take 1 tbs and mix it with WARM water and drink or take it straight 😉 #naturalremedy #fluseason #holistichealth #healthtok #creatorsearchinsights ♬ Sabor a Mi - El Trío Los Panchos

From Lo.Reyez - Abuela’s flu BOMB: - 2 tbs ginger - 1 tbs tumeric - 1 tsp minced garlic - 1 pinch of black pepper (this activates the tumeric) - 1 pinch cayenne pepper - cinnamon (to taste) - cover in honey take 1 tbs and mix it with WARM water and drink or take it straight 😉 #naturalremedy #fluseason #holistichealth #healthtok #creatorsearchinsights

https://www.tiktok.com/@lo.reyez/video/7450283335118621982

CHARMING MACHINE WITH INGENIUS FARMING TECHNOLOGY #shorts

https://youtu.be/K3zdfS4H5w4?si=dk_2IOft_vvVIdAX

Best Volkswagen Commercial EVER!

https://youtu.be/e615ktqob64?si=hW2OlshqqazJrCbe

Two Cool builds

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When the dress eats, no crumbs are left. 💚✨

https://youtu.be/lJngjXbaLpg?si=7kaU7o0b6bG1v80P

Brazilian prison uses geese to deter escapes

https://youtu.be/-2YptHI23qg?si=ZkmDpTuAvNU6JRWP

Thursday, January 2, 2025

Stealing Bases & Hearts

An excerpt from The Shadow League -

‘Everybody Wanted To Play Like Man of Steal’: With Rickey Henderson Gone, Black Baseball Loses Another Legend Of Its Soul Patrol

by J.R. Gamble

The greatest leadoff hitter in MLB history passed away on Friday at the age of 65. Rickey Henderson was the total package of speed, power and swag, influencing the styles of thousands of baseball players of future generations.

While baseball’s all-time stolen base leader’s death came as a shock, a dagger even, to the baseball community, it’s also a reminder of how fragile life is and, as far as its impact on Black baseball, Henderson’s passing is a reminder of the African-American pioneers and titans of the game that have left this earth since Frank Robinson’s passing at the age of 83 in 2019.

Not only the sport of baseball, but the culture, history and lineage of Black excellence in baseball, dating back to the Negro leagues, is lost with each passing of these game-changers.

With the recent passing of MLB legend Rickey Henderson, six of the most influential figures
in the history of Black Baseball have passed away in the last five years (Photo: Getty Images)