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[Uchi @TheUchi]

Alone - @marshmellomusic

[Turbine Traveller @Turbinetraveler]

There is still good left in humanity.

Captain Jon Jackson was supposed to take his final retirement flight with Spirit Airlines today. But after Spirit's shutdown, he instead found himself as a passenger on a Southwest Airlines flight into Baltimore.

What happened next was truly special. Capt. Jackson was honored with a traditional water cannon salute and a surprise welcome celebration at the gate.

This is a powerful reminder that the aviation community is built on respect, compassion, and solidarity—especially when it matters most. Above all, this moment was about honoring a fellow aviator.

Congratulations, Capt. Jackson, and thank you for your years of service in the skies.
Well done Southwest Airlines 💙

[Sheel Mohnot @pitdesi]

RIP @SpiritAirlines

Choked up listening to the final pilot announcement

[Vince Langman @LangmanVince]

A Spirit Airlines flight attendant says goodbye on the last flight!

[Uchi @TheUchi]

@DVBBS @coachella 👀👀👀🫰🏼 please 🤞🏼

[Uchi @TheUchi]

@SawyerMerritt Please and thank you! https://t.co/4vkXm4VTFj

[Uchi @TheUchi]

@ScannerRadioDFW https://t.co/XQbGsgqd67

[mariana Z @mariana057]

The CEO of IKEA was just elected Prime Minister in Sweden.

He should have his cabinet together by the end of the weekend.

[Women Posting W's @womenpostingws]

when the internet is good and amazing ❤️❤️❤️

[ana⁴⁴ @anapau_villa]

Siempre se habla de la mediocridad de los artistas masculinos comparados con las mujeres pero también hay que aplaudir a los que la rompen, y nadie la rompe más que Tyler the Creator.

Segundo artista en lograr que me diera fomo no ir a Coachella. ESE es un headliner.

[James Shepard @jumpjim]

Off to Tokyo (Haneda) tomorrow. Wind dependent (And due to Russian airspace being unusable) we can sometimes head east on the return sector.. We end up circling the globe in 5 days. This was a graphic of a recent Tokyo trip… #avgeeks #avgeek #aviation

[Uchi @TheUchi]

@sssachinm Preach

[fjord @harrison_fjord]

slamming on my brakes at 85 mph and firing that at the Tesla in front of me like a green shell

[Sawyer Merritt @SawyerMerritt]

BREAKING: @Tesla has officially introduced the all-new Model 3 in North America. It starts at $38,990.

• Model 3 RWD: $38,990 (272 mile range)
• Model 3 Long Range: $45,990 (341 mile range)

Ordering is now available.

[🛒 @tayhader]

phineas and ferb: we're building a rollercoaster today
perry's subplot:

https://t.co/NlyIHy6L5c

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

Beats a Porsche 911 while towing a 911

[Uchi @TheUchi]

@AlanaBuhler @kingxkaylin @Hozier rip

[Jason Helmes @anymanfitness]

Last year, my daughter got cut from her 7th grade volleyball team.

She made the first cut, and thought she had a good chance. But on the second and final cut, they called her name, and she put her head down and walked out to the car where her mom and I were waiting.

She opened the car door, sat down, and started bawling. It was so hard to watch. She wanted to be on that team more than anything. I thought she was good enough, but the coach didn't.

My heart went out to her. But we didn't sugarcoat things for her. We told her we understood how much it stings. I've been cut before. Her mom had been cut from sports before, too. It's an ego shot and a gut punch.

We told her to go ask the coach what she could work on for next year. The coach gave her good feedback. And told her she was the "first girl cut". Which sounded promising, but only added to the sting. She said to me, "If only I had been a little bit better and made a few more serves..."

We told her she had a few choices. She could let this be the end. Or she could use this as fuel and fire. And to use it as motivation to work hard to make the team next year.

For a solid year, she practiced 4-5 times per week minimum. She went to every camp, every practice session she could find, found a travel team she could play on, and spent her entire summer at camps, practices, or in our backyard smashing the volleyball against our house (and denting our siding lol).

She had her tryouts this week. In the first tryout, she unleashed her new jump serve and hit 20 straight volleyballs over the net. The coaches were stunned. She said all the coaches came up to her immediately in the first 5 minutes with their clipboards and said, "What's your name?"

They started using her as a demonstrator, saying "Hey, Brooklyn, can you show everyone how to do this?" Even over the returning starters.

I asked her how she did when she got back. "Hey, you've been around a lot of volleyball in the last year. How did you do? Were you in the upper half of the players?"

She's a humble girl. And she proudly said, "I was the best player on the court."

She made the team, obviously. I'm beaming as a father this week.

I told her how proud I was of her. But not just because she made the team, or she's a great player now. But because she didn't give up. She didn't cry about it (after that first day). She didn't ask mom and dad to go lobby for her to be on the team.

She got after it and worked hard for a full year, taking no breaks. Her other volleyball friends were for sure taking it easier. Chilling out and vibing during the summer. She was attending camps and practicing and getting better while they were relaxing.

Sometimes as a parent, you hope you're teaching your kids how to do things.

But this was a case where she taught me how to do things. 100%.

[Norwich City FC @NorwichCityFC]

𝗔𝘁 𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲𝘀, 𝗶𝘁 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗯𝗲 𝗼𝗯𝘃𝗶𝗼𝘂𝘀 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝘂𝗴𝗴𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼 𝗰𝗼𝗽𝗲, 𝗯𝘂𝘁 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗻𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗽𝗼𝘁.

Check in on those around you.

#WorldMentalHealthDay | #YouAreNotAlone | @samaritans

[George Takei @GeorgeTakei]

When I was a little boy, the Japanese military attacked Pearl Harbor. It was a surprise attack, and thousands of U.S. servicemembers perished. As a nation, we were stunned. And we vowed to strike back. Revenge was understandably on everyone’s mind, including many Americans of Japanese descent who opposed the emperor and were peaceful and law-abiding U.S. citizens and residents.

In its zeal to exact that revenge, however, the U.S. government overreacted, out of fear and bigotry. They targeted everyone who happened to look like the people who had carried out the attack. Those of us who had done nothing wrong were forced to pay the consequences for the decisions of others far away and disconnected from us. We were interned for years, in open-air prisons, while America went off to fight Japan, Germany and Italy.

It’s so important that we carry the lessons of the past through to today. Merely because one group commits atrocities and acts with depravity does not mean vast hundreds of thousands or even millions of others should be lumped together with them and made to suffer. We must never paint with the brush of justice and retaliation too broadly, or the toll of human suffering will rise immeasurably.