Yo-Yo Ma's #SongsOfComfort: Appalachia Waltz (By Mark O'Connor)

Yo-Yo Ma’s #SongsOfComfort: Appalachia Waltz (By Mark O’Connor)

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Wishing everyone a peaceful weekend. Mark O’Connor’s “Appalachia Waltz” #songsofcomfort
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This video was originally released on May 15, 2020, as part of Yo-Yo Ma’s #SongsOfComfort project, which was launched at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic to provide comfort in a time of anxiety and fear. The project inspired thousands of people around the world to upload their own songs of comfort in the months that followed.

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b.d. (Be Best!) Jan 15, 2021 • 6:38:40pm

We will never again have another Trump Friday night news dump.

2021 starts Wednesday.

PhillyPretzel Jan 15, 2021 • 6:39:31pm

Thank you Charles.

Charles Johnson Jan 15, 2021 • 6:42:27pm

Exactly. Lock down hard, but help people get through it. Don’t ask them to suffer with no help. https://t.co/KQTPXZMpSF

— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) January 16, 2021

🌹UOJB! Jan 15, 2021 • 6:43:04pm

I had to go out and walk for 2 hours. Did not carry my phone with me to listen to Sirius. I needed to decompress and chill after seeing the latest ssshhhaaavvviiinnnggg cream the asshole My Pillow Guy was trying to pull…

jaunte Jan 15, 2021 • 6:43:04pm

It is enraging that instead of joyfully celebrating the multiple historic 1sts of Kamala Harris’s taking the oath of office next Weds —1st woman,Black person,Indian — we must instead gird ourselves & fortify our cities against the outgoing loser’s ongoing incitement of violence.

— (((antiantisemite))) (@Tristanshouts) January 16, 2021

She was the candidate I supported from the beginning, and I’m so happy she made it.

🌹UOJB! Jan 15, 2021 • 6:44:34pm

re: #5 jaunte

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She was the candidate I supported from the beginning, and I’m so happy she made it.

Few things will give me as much pleasure as seeing Kamala with the gavel in the Senate giving the stink eye to McConnell.

Dangerman Jan 15, 2021 • 6:46:56pm

Three days before thousands of rioters converged on the U.S. Capitol, an internal Capitol Police intelligence report warned of a violent scenario in which ‘Congress itself’ could be the target of angry supporters of President Trump on Jan. 6, laying out a stark alert that deepens questions about the security failures that day,” the Washington Post reports.

here it comes

b.d. (Be Best!) Jan 15, 2021 • 6:50:35pm

Holy Crapola! Maggie come through on the pillow coup!

Once up there, he insisted on meeting with Cipollone. It got contentious, in part bc supposedly on the blacked-out part of his notes was something about how Cipollone should be fired.

— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) January 16, 2021

Lindell insists the papers he was holding, which were photographed and visible, didn’t reference “martial law.” An administration official says they definitely referenced martial law.

— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) January 16, 2021

O’Brien, to be clear, was not encouraging this, per administration officials. No one was.

— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) January 16, 2021

Among the items on Lindell’s list was replacing O’Brien. The national security adviser, seeking to end the conversation, said if there was evidence of what he was saying it should go to the White House counsel, and he steered Lindell upstairs to the counsel’s office.

— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) January 16, 2021

-30-

— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) January 16, 2021

wow

Dangerman Jan 15, 2021 • 6:50:59pm

Lots of jokes about the My Pillow guy but ask yourself this: does anyone know who Biden’s pillow guy is? we’re about to have a president who has no advisors from the pillow industry, let that sink in

— Sarah Cooper (@sarahcpr) January 16, 2021

Charles Johnson Jan 15, 2021 • 6:54:43pm

The US is a country in which the military-industrial complex has a blank check to pay for anything they want, but ordinary citizens are left twisting in the wind because it costs too much to keep them alive.

— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) January 16, 2021

b.d. (Be Best!) Jan 15, 2021 • 6:54:43pm

re: #9 Dangerman

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Nobody expects their government to be overthrown by a pillow guy. We’ve been looking in all the wrong places.

b.d. (Be Best!) Jan 15, 2021 • 6:57:08pm

re: #10 Charles Johnson

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Hey! Don’t forget that on his way out of the door Ike told us to look out for the military industry complex. Thanks Ike or not doing a damn thing to stop it,

Dangerman Jan 15, 2021 • 6:57:15pm

So according to right-wing “logic”, if Trump pardons all the insurrectionists who stormed the Capitol, wouldn’t he be pardoning Antifa?

— Markos Moulitsas (@markos) January 16, 2021

Charles Johnson Jan 15, 2021 • 6:57:26pm

WEDNESDAY IS COMING

— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) January 16, 2021

I’ve never looked forward to a Wednesday this much.

— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) January 16, 2021

Dangerman Jan 15, 2021 • 6:58:29pm

re: #11 b.d. (We Won!)

Nobody expects their government to be overthrown by a pillow guy. We’ve been looking in all the wrong places.

the ” Spanish inquisition ” employed the soft cushions

b.d. (Be Best!) Jan 15, 2021 • 6:59:12pm

re: #14 Charles Johnson

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HUMP DAY!

jaunte Jan 15, 2021 • 7:00:16pm

American lifespan declined by more than a year under this “health” secretary’s watch.

That’s 330,000,000 years that won’t be livedhttps://t.co/12dZD9bVAY

— Pat Bagley (@Patbagley) January 16, 2021

Decatur Deb Jan 15, 2021 • 7:00:37pm

re: #11 b.d. (We Won!)

Nobody expects their government to be overthrown by a pillow guy. We’ve been looking in all the wrong places.

Historical origin of the term “soft coup”.

jaunte Jan 15, 2021 • 7:01:13pm

Talk to your Trumper relatives about that 330,000,000 years.

b.d. (Be Best!) Jan 15, 2021 • 7:04:05pm

re: #18 Decatur Deb

Historical origin of the term “soft coup”.

GIVE ME LIBERTY OR GIVE ME AN EXCESSIVELY MARKED UP INDUSTRIAL REMNANT BYPRODUCT COMPOUNDED INTO PILLOW FORM OR GIVE ME DEATH

Decatur Deb Jan 15, 2021 • 7:04:32pm

re: #19 jaunte

Talk to your Trumper relatives about that 330,000,000 years.

“Boomers. Their time was up.”

🌹UOJB! Jan 15, 2021 • 7:04:46pm

re: #19 jaunte

Talk to your Trumper relatives about that 330,000,000 years.

Nope because I know what their answer will be—“Soros”…

austin_blue Jan 15, 2021 • 7:07:39pm

Such a sweet song, and played by The Master of his instrument. Thanks boss!

Dangerman Jan 15, 2021 • 7:07:56pm

Two presidencies today

Biden: “Here’s my plan for getting the Covid vaccine distributed quickly and rebuilding the economy.”

Trump: “I’m conferring with a pillow salesman about imposing martial law.”

— Seth Masket (@smotus) January 15, 2021

🌹UOJB! Jan 15, 2021 • 7:09:06pm

Folks, PLEASE tell me this is fake…PLEASE!!!

The Correction of the CENTURY. pic.twitter.com/NqaSzS6U2a

— Don Van Natta Jr. (@DVNJr) January 16, 2021

calochortus Jan 15, 2021 • 7:10:34pm

re: #25 🌹UOJB!

Someone upthread said it was fake.

Dangerman Jan 15, 2021 • 7:11:22pm

I can say with 100% confidence I didn’t give any Capitol tours to anyone last week.

Any Republicans out there who want to join us in answering this question? https://t.co/gtGODzjuWX

— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) January 16, 2021

Charles Johnson Jan 15, 2021 • 7:13:14pm

Wondering tonight if Donald Trump is going to make another serious try at installing himself as a dictator.

— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) January 16, 2021

Dangerman Jan 15, 2021 • 7:14:15pm

restoring science

President-elect Joe Biden announced Friday that he has chosen a pioneer in mapping the human genome to be his chief science adviser and is elevating the top science job to a Cabinet position, the AP reports.

austin_blue Jan 15, 2021 • 7:18:12pm

Asked in the last thread, but I would love some input:

re: #2 Jay C

Second!

And I’m thinking “breathe”mode isn’t going to be really operable til Biden’s appointees can get settled at the various Departments (Justice and Defense being the most important ones IMO) stop

Serious question: Can JB fire the whole pack of Drumpf’s Cabinet and install his own Cabinet picks as “Acting” until Senate confirmation?

Semper Fi Jan 15, 2021 • 7:20:22pm

re: #28 Charles Johnson

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I think he will.

EPR-radar Jan 15, 2021 • 7:21:22pm

re: #28 Charles Johnson

Further attempts are certain. The main question would seen to be if his minders can keep it under control for just a few more days.

A Three Hour Tour Jan 15, 2021 • 7:22:55pm

re: #15 Dangerman

the ” Spanish inquisition ” employed the soft cushions

And the comfy chair.

austin_blue Jan 15, 2021 • 7:24:45pm

re: #28 Charles Johnson

At this point, I think his political dick is shooting blanks. He has no capital. He has no gifts to bestow.

Chrysicat Jan 15, 2021 • 7:25:45pm

So somebody responds to my final tweets that went into the last thread, and completely misses what I was responding to, apparently…

Reread the first part, where Cruz and Hawley are out on their arses until such time as their governors decide that the Senate isn’t going to back down on bouncing them, and thus appoint their replacements. THAT’s when it’ll be 50-48, and Manchin can’t block new states.

— Chrysi Cat (no, Karen is STILL my sister!) (@chrysicat) January 16, 2021

🌹UOJB! Jan 15, 2021 • 7:28:20pm

re: #35 Chrysicat

So somebody responds to my final tweets that went into the last thread, and completely misses what I was responding to, apparently…

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Don’t stop there. Bounce Ron Johnsonwax too.

austin_blue Jan 15, 2021 • 7:28:43pm

re: #35 Chrysicat

So somebody responds to my final tweets that went into the last thread, and completely misses what I was responding to, apparently…

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Ma readin’ comprension ain’t so good.

sagehen Jan 15, 2021 • 7:34:29pm

re: #26 calochortus

Someone upthread said it was fake.

But a for-real correction, from the WSJ a number of years ago:

“We mistakenly quoted Netanyahu as saying Moses got water from Iraq. What he actually said, was Moses got water from a rock.”

🌹UOJB! Jan 15, 2021 • 7:38:17pm

What an arrogant CENSORED

“I would like a pardon from the President of the United States.”
Dallas area realtor Jenna Ryan is the 2nd D.C. riot participant to ask for one. She flew on a private jet to D.C. to “stop the steal.” FBI arrested her today. She says: I feel persecuted. pic.twitter.com/Rk4XCYVqX3

— David Begnaud (@DavidBegnaud) January 16, 2021

jaunte Jan 15, 2021 • 7:38:51pm

Had fewer than 45,000 votes in 3 key states gone the other way on Election Day, we’d be plunging toward authoritarian rule, and discussing which of Trump’s children would take over in 2024. But dodging that bullet won’t save us from real bullets.

— Garry Kasparov (@Kasparov63) January 13, 2021

jaunte Jan 15, 2021 • 7:39:08pm

After the USSR fell in 1991, Russia chose to bury the crimes of the security services in the name of national harmony. The KGB changed its name, but not its nature. Just 9 years later, a KGB man became president and it was our last meaningful election.

— Garry Kasparov (@Kasparov63) January 13, 2021

raistuumum Jan 15, 2021 • 7:40:36pm

re: #35 Chrysicat

To be fair, Manchin did say he’d be open to consider admitting DC and PR, so that’s just more of an advantage to get it done soon.

Chrysicat Jan 15, 2021 • 7:42:51pm

re: #35 Chrysicat

So somebody responds to my final tweets that went into the last thread, and completely misses what I was responding to, apparently…

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Which also got me thinking about the response to me that got CL’d (when the original tweet only went in as the last post on the active thread):

re: #179 Hecuba’s daughter

The governors of their respective states would appoint a RW replacement almost immediately, so there would be little time that there would be 2 vacant seats.

This is true. However, it’s also true that in both states, the governor is considered a valid target for a recall election.

So these idiots have to weigh “at what point does my constituency become more likely to just be happy to be represented in Washington again, vs. their likely initial response of trying to throw me out of office for capitulating to leftist pressure and terror?”

That may not give much time where we don’t have to cater to Manchin, and rushing things through would leave us with a 49-51 minority until the DC and PR Senators are seated because he will caucus with the GOP if we “betray” him that way—

—but I’m not sure it’s not worth it as the last chance to ever get anything even liberal, let alone leftist, done without having it overturned by SCOTUS in a year.

No Malarkey! Jan 15, 2021 • 7:47:05pm

re: #25 🌹UOJB!

Folks, PLEASE tell me this is fake…PLEASE!!!

Friends, I regret to inform you that this is not real. There is no CNN Doritos correction. pic.twitter.com/VeeNakOcHj

— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) January 16, 2021

Yeah Sure WhatEVs Jan 15, 2021 • 7:47:22pm

re: #39 🌹UOJB!

What an arrogant CENSORED

Really?

“I would like a pardon from the President of the United States.”

GLWT. Not gonna happen.

Is like to win a few million dollars. I have a better chance than you.

b.d. (Be Best!) Jan 15, 2021 • 7:48:00pm

As the 1st black POTUS Obama could not push it too far.

Biden was the one who broke the ice on same sex marriage.

Because of white privilege Biden will be able to steer more towards reality than it ever was allowed under Obama.

Obama was the right man at the right time and he may have shown us where the f door is but he left it to us to kick it in.

No Malarkey! Jan 15, 2021 • 7:49:29pm

re: #39 🌹UOJB!

What an arrogant CENSORED

Terrorist Karen wants to talk to the President.

🌹UOJB! Jan 15, 2021 • 7:49:37pm

re: #45 Yeah Sure WhatEVs

Really?

GLWT. Not gonna happen.

Is like to win a few million dollars. I have a better chance than you.

If she wins Mega Millions tonight…

No Malarkey! Jan 15, 2021 • 7:50:49pm

re: #42 raistuumum

To be fair, Manchin did say he’d be open to consider admitting DC and PR, so that’s just more of an advantage to get it done soon.

It’s the filibuster that will prevent it.

Belafon Jan 15, 2021 • 7:53:02pm

re: #46 b.d. (We Won!)

As the 1st black POTUS Obama could not push it too far.

Biden was the one who broke the ice on same sex marriage.

Because of white privilege Biden will be able to steer more towards reality than it ever was allowed under Obama.

Obama was the right man at the right time and he may have shown us where the f door is but he left it to us to kick it in.

Biden really does seem to know exactly what he needs to do on multiple fronts. And, given his choice of Attorney General, I think he knows how to set up others to do their jobs.

Chrysicat Jan 15, 2021 • 7:54:13pm

re: #49 NO SMOCKING GUN!

It’s the filibuster that will prevent it.

Why on EARTH would we want to leave that poison pill in the Senate rules for anything at this point?

I mean, I suppose it might be useful if we had to filibuster an actual Enabling Act for the next GOPresident, but filibusters rarely work as well against Republican bills in the first place.

Belafon Jan 15, 2021 • 7:54:13pm

BTW, do we know who is going to take our new VP’s place in the Senate? Until she’s replaced, we’re actually down a Senator.

Belafon Jan 15, 2021 • 7:55:03pm

re: #51 Chrysicat

Why on EARTH would we want to leave that poison pill in the Senate rules for anything at this point?

I mean, I suppose it might be useful if we had to filibuster an actual Enabling Act for the next GOPresident, but filibusters rarely work as well against Republican bills in the first place.

The only reason McConnell left the filibuster in place is he never cared to govern.

🌹UOJB! Jan 15, 2021 • 7:55:32pm

re: #52 Belafon

BTW, do we know who is going to take our new VP’s place in the Senate? Until she’s replaced, we’re actually down a Senator.

Governor Newsom named Alex Padilla, our Secretary of State to take over Kamala’s Senate Seat.

DodgerFan1988 Jan 15, 2021 • 7:56:33pm

“If it wasn’t my job I would do it for free. It was absolutely my pleasure to crush a white nationalist insurrection,” he said. “And we’ll do it as many times as it takes.”

pic.twitter.com/XxzwGkwL12

— Liam Stack (@liamstack) January 16, 2021

A Hero.

raistuumum Jan 15, 2021 • 7:57:53pm

re: #49 NO SMOCKING GUN!

Or maybe not:

Statehood for D.C. and Puerto Rico without nuking the filibuster? It’s more likely than you think. From @JonWalkerDC:https://t.co/KWEEIUsrEC

— The Week (@TheWeek) January 15, 2021

No Malarkey! Jan 15, 2021 • 8:02:10pm

re: #51 Chrysicat

Why on EARTH would we want to leave that poison pill in the Senate rules for anything at this point?

I mean, I suppose it might be useful if we had to filibuster an actual Enabling Act for the next GOPresident, but filibusters rarely work as well against Republican bills in the first place.

I agree the filibuster should go, but it takes a majority of Senators to eliminate it, and I don’t think we have the votes. I hope I’m wrong.

Shiplord Kirel: Fan of USPS, Goodyear, and Oreo Jan 15, 2021 • 8:08:57pm

Disintegration:

Trump was a deep left plant.

😂 pic.twitter.com/NEPUY2xe7e

— ⚖️Powerful Mel Ankoly 🦈 #ForThePeople (@Mel_Ankoly) January 15, 2021

🌹UOJB! Jan 15, 2021 • 8:19:42pm

Now why would Nick tell them to do this?

White nationalist Nick Fuentes just told his followers on a video stream tonight to destroy their phones if they entered the Capitol building on January 6th.

— Zachary Petrizzo (@ZTPetrizzo) January 16, 2021

Yeah Sure WhatEVs Jan 15, 2021 • 8:20:51pm

Link 👇https://t.co/AVzVOCP0Jy

— Save The Democracy (BLM)🌊🌈🌊  (@DemocracyInn) January 16, 2021

Yeah Sure WhatEVs Jan 15, 2021 • 8:21:30pm

re: #59 🌹UOJB!

Now why would Nick tell them to do this?

Like that will help.

austin_blue Jan 15, 2021 • 8:25:27pm

Texas has shut the Capitol and its grounds from right now until Wednesday.

How many other states have done this? If not, why not?

raistuumum Jan 15, 2021 • 8:27:47pm

re: #58 Shiplord Kirel: Fan of USPS, Goodyear, and Oreo

This other screencap is … wow:

Trump is also due to the the 19th POTUS, according to my ex: https://t.co/mMFUQTXHUG pic.twitter.com/je7fyKVbAL

— Morgana (@morgana_SSS) January 16, 2021

austin_blue Jan 15, 2021 • 8:31:00pm

re: #63 raistuumum

This other screencap is … wow:

How reliable is this? Can you provide some verification?

No Malarkey! Jan 15, 2021 • 8:32:55pm

re: #59 🌹UOJB!

Now why would Nick tell them to do this?

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Too late.

Belafon Jan 15, 2021 • 8:34:15pm

Betty White turns 99 on Sunday.

No Malarkey! Jan 15, 2021 • 8:34:55pm

re: #62 austin_blue

Texas has shut the Capitol and its grounds from right now until Wednesday.

How many other states have done this? If not, why not?

All state buildings in Frankfort are closed through Wednesday. I don’t know about the rest of the state.

Belafon Jan 15, 2021 • 8:36:30pm

Would Trump let a family member go to prison if it would save himself?

— Michael Beschloss (@BeschlossDC) January 15, 2021

BeachDem Jan 15, 2021 • 8:37:04pm

re: #5 jaunte

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She was the candidate I supported from the beginning, and I’m so happy she made it.

She was mine too—won me over March 8, 2019, when she came to speak at a little restaurant in Myrtle Beach. I was so impressed, and so excited that I got to meet her up close and personal after the speech.

Belafon Jan 15, 2021 • 8:37:08pm

re: #62 austin_blue

Texas has shut the Capitol and its grounds from right now until Wednesday.

How many other states have done this? If not, why not?

If people want the definition of terrorism is, there you go.

No Malarkey! Jan 15, 2021 • 8:38:29pm

re: #64 austin_blue

How reliable is this? Can you provide some verification?

Are you kidding? It’s batshit insane.

plansbandc Jan 15, 2021 • 8:38:56pm

The fact that there is a playlist on Spotify that is called “SEA SHANTIES THAT DROP MY PANTIES” is a testament to the fact that even in the darkest times there is light.

— Taylor R. Genovese (@trgenovese) January 16, 2021

Yeah Sure WhatEVs Jan 15, 2021 • 8:43:12pm

My Pillow Guy last week AFTER the insurrection (on his private jet) .

From Parler before it shut down…pic.twitter.com/GyfJDH87br

— Rex Chapman🏇🏼 (@RexChapman) January 16, 2021

Interesting Times Jan 15, 2021 • 8:43:15pm

re: #71 NO SMOCKING GUN!

Are you kidding? It’s batshit insane.

I think austin_blue was asking for verification that the screencapped comments were authentic frontier gibberish from an authentic parler-esque site (as opposed to Poe’s Law “parody”)

🌹UOJB! Jan 15, 2021 • 8:46:09pm

I wonder why that asshole just can’t make up his mind….

After encouraging his followers to destroy their phones, Fuentes backtracked. “I’m gonna say don’t do that, for my legal sake,” he stated. pic.twitter.com/azjfvMFq81

— Zachary Petrizzo (@ZTPetrizzo) January 16, 2021

Jay C Jan 15, 2021 • 8:49:35pm

re: #30 austin_blue

Asked in the last thread, but I would love some input:

re: #2 Jay C

Second!

And I’m thinking “breathe”mode isn’t going to be really operable til Biden’s appointees can get settled at the various Departments (Justice and Defense being the most important ones IMO) stop

Serious question: Can JB fire the whole pack of Drumpf’s Cabinet and install his own Cabinet picks as “Acting” until Senate confirmation?

Well, since you’ve directed the question at me, I’ll be polite and answer - as far as I can, since while I think the answer is (technically) “yes”, I really have no idea of now the procedure works/ is supposed to work.
I don’t recall many/any problems with filling Cabinet posts in prior transitions of Administrations, but in the Trump Era WTF knows….?

No Malarkey! Jan 15, 2021 • 8:50:29pm

re: #75 🌹UOJB!

I wonder why that asshole just can’t make up his mind….

He’s a moron. His first comment was that they should destroy evidence, which opened him up to criminal charges.

No Malarkey! Jan 15, 2021 • 8:52:23pm

re: #74 Interesting Times

I think austin_blue was asking for verification that the screencapped comments were authentic frontier gibberish from an authentic parler-esque site (as opposed to Poe’s Law “parody”)

Ahh. Yes, I’ve been reading frontier gibberish like that for decades.

Ace Rothstein Jan 15, 2021 • 8:53:25pm

re: #1 b.d. (We Won!)

We will never again have another Trump Friday night news dump.

2021 starts Wednesday.

I don’t believe in God, but thank you God for delivering us from this evil.

Jay C Jan 15, 2021 • 8:53:41pm

re: #78 NO SMOCKING GUN!

Ahh. Yes, I’ve been reading frontier gibberish like that for decades.

And it always seems to come back to the goddam gold fringe on the flag….

Yeah Sure WhatEVs Jan 15, 2021 • 9:06:45pm

WELCOME TO THE WORLD: The Philadelphia Zoo welcomed the birth of a baby Francois’ leaf monkey. https://t.co/gMOptqAsCO pic.twitter.com/uBas2GUXfW

— ABC News (@ABC) January 16, 2021

🌹UOJB! Jan 15, 2021 • 9:12:18pm

Folks, I sure do hope that Joe doesn’t have a Pillow Guy!

Spy Auto

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