Zaddy

Enjoying the little things, like internet comment sections.

[Hermit Thrush Ⓜ️ @Hermit_Thrush]

LOL you thought the office of the president was not just the personal instrument of a ruler 🫵😂 You thought there were three branches of government 🤣

[Travon Free @Travon]

He literally hates the American people and they love him for it.

[Alex Gruskin @AlGruskin]

Had always wondered why they call Athens THE Mecca of College Tennis

Completely get it now

[Riley @Ri_S_OB]

The Braves winning the division in 2022

[Jesus Guevara @SocialistFuture]

Reminder that you don’t have to pay a dead relative’s debt if you aren’t a co-signer. No matter how much the bank harasses you

[The Husky @Mr_Husky1]

He was thirty-two years old, a husband, a father of two little boys, and expecting a daughter in just a few months.

In his final moments, knowing he would never meet her, Todd Beamer could have begged for mercy.

Instead, he organized a resistance, prayed with a stranger, and spoke two words the world would never forget.

It was September 11, 2001. United Airlines Flight 93 took off from Newark at 8:42 a.m., delayed and routine, heading for San Francisco. On board were 44 people: passengers, crew, and four hijackers. Among the passengers was Todd Beamer, traveling for work and planning to surprise his pregnant wife, Lisa, on her birthday.

At 9:28 a.m., chaos erupted.

Hijackers stormed the cockpit. The plane jolted violently. Screams echoed through the cabin. Within minutes, Flight 93 was turned around and redirected east, toward Washington, D.C. The pilots were gone. Control of the aircraft was no longer in the hands of those trained to fly it.

Todd Beamer picked up the seat-back Airfone. He didn’t call his wife. He didn’t call a friend. He reached a customer service center and was connected to Lisa Jefferson, a GTE supervisor. What followed was a thirteen-minute call that would become part of history.

Todd spoke with clarity and composure. He described the hijackers, the weapons, the layout of the cabin, the absence of the pilots. Lisa listened, documented everything, and stayed with him. As other passengers on Flight 93 made calls of their own, a devastating truth came into focus. The World Trade Center had been hit. The Pentagon had been struck. This was not an isolated hijacking. Their plane was part of a coordinated attack.

Todd understood what that meant.

Doing nothing would not save them. Compliance would not bring negotiations. The aircraft itself was intended to become a weapon. Whatever target lay ahead would suffer massive loss of life unless something changed.

Todd asked Lisa to do something deeply personal. If he didn’t survive, would she call his family and tell them how much he loved them?

He had every reason to be terrified. His wife was seven months pregnant. His sons were three years old and one year old. He would never meet his daughter. He would never see his children grow. But fear did not paralyze him. It focused him.

Todd joined with other passengers, including Tom Burnett, Mark Bingham, and Jeremy Glick. They spoke quietly. They compared information. They weighed the risks. They understood the outcome either way. Remaining seated meant certain death and catastrophic consequences on the ground. Fighting back meant danger, injury, and likely death — but it also meant the chance to stop the attack.

Over the phone, Lisa could hear the resolve forming.

Todd returned to the call and asked one final thing. He asked Lisa to pray with him. At thirty thousand feet, facing the end of his life, he recited the Lord’s Prayer with a stranger. His voice did not shake. When the prayer ended, he paused, then turned back to the others.

“Are you ready, guys?”
“Okay.”
“Let’s roll.”

Lisa stayed on the line as movement erupted in the background. Shouting. Struggle. The sound of passengers rushing forward. At 10:03 a.m., United Flight 93 crashed into a field near Shanksville, Pennsylvania. Everyone on board was killed.

But the plane never reached Washington.

Investigators later concluded Flight 93 was likely headed for the U.S. Capitol or the White House. Because of what happened inside that cabin, that attack never occurred. Countless lives were spared by people who knew they might not survive and chose to act anyway.

The 9/11 Commission later described the actions of the passengers of Flight 93 as the first successful counterattack of that day. It was not led by soldiers or commanders. It was led by ordinary people who refused to be passive.

Todd Beamer’s daughter, Morgan, was born four months later. She grew up knowing who her father was and what he chose.

[Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan]

These two men helped Trump and Vance get elected. I’m glad they’re saying what they’re saying now but I wish they would own that.

[Kelsea Bond 🌹 @KelseaBondATL]

Just finished There is No Place for Us by Brian Goldstone which tells stories of the working homeless in Atlanta. Never read a book so devastating. So many families who can’t make ends meet are rendered invisible under capitalism. It won’t end til we win housing as a human right!

[Sam Stein @samstein]

Just unpacking it here.

Ukraine is helping us with Iranian drones, resulting from the war we launched against Iran.

And we're easing sanctions on Russia because of the oil market fallout from the war we launched against Iran.

And Russia is helping Iran with medical aid and intel, in the war we launched against Iran.

And Trump is frustrated with Ukraine because it's still at war with Russia.

[Angry Staffer @Angry_Staffer]

It’s looking increasingly likely that Kristi Noem and Lewandowski funneled almost 200 million in government money to a company that is run by her friend and that nobody can give an address for.

Oh, and it was 8 days old when it was awarded the contract.

[Neil Stone @DrNeilStone]

RFK Jr attacks measles vaccines for 25 years

Becomes Health Secretary

Measles cases at record levels in the US

RFK Jr - "nothing to do with me"

[Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan]

In any normal administration, this would be a huge scandal for the White House and the president and First Lady. But not in this administration. It’s probably not in the top 10 even for this weekend.

[Integrity Guy @Integrity_Freak]

I feel like normally when a mountain of credible evidence that a country's leader is an unrepentant pedophile is uncovered, at the very least the opposition party demands that person step down.

[Ronan Farrow @RonanFarrow]

First, journalists who step one foot over the line are targeted. Then scrutiny fades—and power operates in the dark.

The real question isn’t “Did Don Lemon trespass?”

It’s: why is the government working this hard to handcuff reporters?

[Ronan Farrow @RonanFarrow]

History shows a pattern here.

When governments begin criminalizing the observation of dissent—using technical oversteps as justification—it’s often a warning sign. We’ve seen similar patterns precede press crackdowns in countries like Turkey, Russia,

[Goodberry @JoeGoodberry]

Football is funny to have even a slightly similar play happen the next day

[Trey @Trey2Triggerr]

THAT BALL GAME FOLKS

[Zaddy @zaddyga]

Finish them

[Trey @Trey2Triggerr]

Need 7 points here

[Jeff Mueller, PT, DPT @jmthrivept]

They’re letting Jalen Hurts throw it more and now we’re seeing why they weren’t letting him throw it so much.

[Will Compton @_willcompton]

“A lot of these kids want a check. They don’t want physicality.”

What a BAR from Kirby Smart