PERSON OF THE DAY. 7 July 1940. Ringo Starr (Richard Starkey) was born in Liverpool. He gained worldwide fame as the drummer with The Beatles. He occasionally sang lead vocals with the group, most notably, on Yellow Submarine, Act Naturally, With a Little Help from My Friends and Octopus’s Garden.

THE BEATLES on the set of A HARD DAY’S NIGHT (1964) 📷 by Astrid Kirchherr

Happy 86th birthday drummer, singer, songwriter, and actor Richard Starkey, aka Ringo Starr. 🎂

Happy Birthday, Ringo!! My first drumming inspiration, before I was even old enough to articulate something like that.

Happy Birthday, Sir Ringo Starr! 🎶 What's one of your favorite Beatles or Ringo Starr solo songs? 🎶 Born Richard Starkey in Liverpool on July 7, 1940, he co-founded his 1st band, the Eddie Miles Band, later renamed Eddie Clayton and the Clayton Squares, by 1957. He first performed as a member of 👇

Happiest of birthdays to the mighty Ringo Starr!

Happy 86th birthday to Ringo Starr!

Ringo⭐️ “ Birthday greetings bottle of wine..” for 🎈🎈🎈🎈🎈🎈🎈 Ringo Starr ❤️ b. July 7, 1940 #botd 🎈 🎈 🎈 🎈 🎈 🎈 Thank you, Ringo, for the 🎶 music #beatles Thank you for establishing the ❤️ Ringo Foundation #philanthropy ❤️ Thanks for being Ringo Starr ✌️

Happy birthday to Ringo Starr, the one essential Beatle!

Happy 86th birthday, Ringo Starr!

Happy Birthday to drummer Ringo Starr born in Liverpool, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 86 years ago today. What are your favourite songs that showcase Ringo Starr? #RingoStarr

Effective immediately. I have signed an Executive Order banning Belgian waffles, because the World Cup was rigged and stollen.

Storm the Capitol, plead guilty, get divorced over it, then whine that dates go south when you bring it up. John, this isn’t a sob story…it’s just consequences. No sympathy here. #USDemocracy #Pinks apple.news/AXWGVzDknQWK...

😎🌵🪴 a long read, but worth the time

Where are the apologies from independent media that refused to believe women when they told us who this man is?! I am so infuriated and sick and tired of this misogynistic society. I’m looking at you, Mehdi Hassan,The Bulwark,POD Save America,Wajahat Ali. Had enough ladies?! We know who to trust.

⚠️WOKE CONTENT⚠️™️ 🧵 The International Sweethearts Of Rhythm were the first integrated all-woman's jazz band in America. Coming from very humble beginnings in Mississippi in 1937, (cont) #ProudBlue #ResistanceRoots #USDemocracy #Voices4Victory blackpast.org/african-amer...

My mayor Muslim My bagel Jewish My Knicks pumped USMNT got Trumped

Hey so, if you use Waymo driverless car services, you are aiding and abetting fascism. Waymo helps ICE agents locate people to terrorize and abduct. The company willingly shares all facial recognition, license plate and GPS data with ICE and other law enforcement agencies—no subpoena required.

Brownouts here in LA as the heat advisory stays on. Now, a public official would usually call for people to conserve energy so we don't blackout everything. But apparently even suggesting it is "communism" now. So we'll all have to blow the grid, sit around like cavemen, and die. Eat it, Stalin!

Apparently US World Cup coverage includes a programme called "World Cup Tonight" with James Corden & I have never been more thankful that I live in Scotland😲

Who asked for James Corden? Who brought his name up? Who said: I think what this needs is more James Corden? Who loves James Corden? Who likes James Corden? Who tolerates James Corden? What place does James Corden have in a free society?

“I remember years ago Ringo saying to me he’d love to have a Number 1. And I said, What for? You are the Number 1. It doesn’t matter about the record.” - George Harrison, Q Magazine (1988) Celebrating Ringo and George’s friendship at harrisonarchive.tumblr.com/post/8214985....

Hey Texans: Is this really what your Christian values look like?

This is Rocky. He just stopped by for a quick mid-zoom check in. Seems like everything is fine though, so he'll be off. Good chat. 13/10 (IG: rockyybowboa)

Dr. Sherrilyn Ifill is a nationally recognized civil rights attorney, expert, and scholar. Ifill is the former president of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund and the founder and director of the 14th Amendment Center for Law & Democracy at Howard University School of Law. #WeAreAmerica250

NEWS: NATO just picked Sweden's Saab over Boeing for its new $4.5B early warning fleet — and the snub landed the same day Trump touched down in Türkiye for the NATO summit. Awkward.

We rolled out the red carpet for buses on Madison and Lexington Avenues. The result? 150,000 New Yorkers have faster daily commutes. Fast and reliable buses now cruising along an avenue near you.

Lovely

Ohh that’s how you do it.

A male turtle displays a form of courtship behavior, trying to attract a female by demonstrating his fitness and dominance through a movement often called "claw fluttering.” Courtship

He's still much better at sports than he is at presidenting. #FIFA-Fiasco

Togetherness….

Maybe. Just maybe, I was howling in the middle of the night because I saw a bug that was coming to get you and I was trying to save your life. Ever think about that?

After the cancellation of the wolf-themed character Valko, the Love and Deepspace community rallied to support real wolves, raising more than $7K for the Wolf Conservation Center. To everyone in the LADS community: thank you for turning your passion into action!🐾 Read more: bit.ly/44RkiCA

FBI Report: Trump Met with Epstein in the Spring of 2015 Before Announcing His Candidacy open.substack.com/pub/thiswill...

For people who are mad at the suggestion, women make up 28% of Congress 0% of US presidents 11% of Fortune 500 CEOs 13% of US billionaires 20% of close friends, confidants, and perps in the Epstein Files 100% of people arrested and convicted in the Epstein Files #EpsteinFiles

Todd Blanche refused to comply with Court Order on Epstein Files by the required Jul 2d deadline. This should kill his nomination for AG.

The chorus against Blanche is growing 1,200+ frm. DOJ employees urged the Senate to reject his nom—citing illegal firings & political purges @democracydefendersfund.org @ldadorg.bsky.social + 101 judges called for investigation into his Epstein conflicts & ethics breaches Reject this nom! -TN

We received a record number of applications this year for our Summer Youth Employment Program! Congrats to the 100,000 New Yorkers in our newest cohort, who were definitely not caught sleeping.

Happy birthday Ringo Starr, 86 today. He still owns Maureen's red vinyl raincoat.

Patti Smith and PJ Harvey #WomensArt

Le sniff! Photo from my collection, no date/info.

Seems like a good time to remind people the USWNT has won 4 World Cups! ⚽️

Me pretending to injure myself at work so they'll send me home.

"I think for women in the culture the pendulum will come back again, and there'll be another renaissance to push back against the oppression of the cranky old rich white guys. I hope I am alive to see that next revolution." Nancy Wilson (of Heart)

Remember, kids: data centres are full of copper and expensive equipment

As horrific as Trump is, it's truly appalling to see how many Republicans and billionaires are assisting his criminal racket.