Just heard a white woman tell her dog “breathe through it” as the dog eyed a squirrel

Never write off the Germans

In 1943, the Gestapo finally caught Raymond Aubrac — one of France's most wanted Resistance leaders. He was sentenced to death. His execution was days away. His wife Lucie was six months pregnant. Most people would have hidden. Would have grieved quietly and prayed for a miracle. Lucie Aubrac did something else entirely. She obtained forged identity papers, constructed a cover story, and walked straight into the office of Klaus Barbie — the man history would remember as the Butcher of Lyon — and convinced him to grant her a visit with the condemned man. She wasn't there to say goodbye. She was memorizing guard positions. Counting minutes. Mapping the route the prison truck would take. On October 21, 1943, that truck rolled through the streets of Lyon carrying Raymond and other prisoners toward what should have been the end. Lucie had spent weeks quietly assembling a team of Resistance fighters, planning an ambush with the precision of a military operation. When the truck reached the ambush point, the team struck — fast, coordinated, and without hesitation. In the chaos of gunfire and confusion, Raymond Aubrac was pulled free. Lucie — visibly, unmistakably pregnant — had organized every detail of his liberation. They went into hiding. Weeks later, Lucie gave birth to their daughter in a safe house while German forces searched for them across France. When liberation finally came, the Aubracs didn't merely survive — they rebuilt. Raymond became a celebrated engineer and entered public life. Lucie became a historian, pouring decades into ensuring that the women of the French Resistance — so often unnamed, so easily forgotten — were written permanently into the record. They raised three children. They traveled the world. They argued and laughed and grew old together. When journalists asked Lucie, years later, what had compelled her to risk everything that October day, she didn't hesitate. "He was my husband. What else would I do?" Lucie Aubrac passed away in 2007 at the age of 94. Raymond — who had once needed a commando team to be freed from a German prison — lived on until 2012, reaching 97 years old. In his final years, he continued speaking publicly about the Resistance, about memory, about the obligation to tell the truth. They had been married for 64 years. Not a love story built on grand gestures or perfect circumstances. A love story built in occupied France, in safe houses and forged documents and a prison truck ambush on a Lyon street — forged in fire, and never broken. True love doesn't wait for rescue. Sometimes, it does the rescuing

Aaron Rai the absolute boy

“Breaking Point” from Band of Brothers (2001) feels less like watching actors and more like watching men physically and mentally collapse from war. One of the few episodes of television that leaves you genuinely exhausted by the end.

Refereeing at the top level is mental. Defo a foul like

This is how i used to feel when i watched football as a child. What a game. Glorious

Man I need a cup of serious mud brother. HH

Don’t even try to bull shit us brother HH

A timely nod to the absolute 🐐 of football pissboiling. Pure theatre. #wafc

Steve Austin and HBK in 1997

Best first 20 minutes of prem football all season

Me trying to dodge all the War tweets to find all the Rookie Combine results..

Guy who picked Guadalajara as a World Cup venue at the FIFA board meeting tomorrow:

trains that run near highways should always go at least 85 MPH in order to mog cars. this should be a key design requirement

Unbelievable that wow #wafc

Bears fans watching this play: "Caleb Williams is the only QB in the world who can do this"

I'm so bolted right now it's scary

Still the best video I've ever seen on here