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[Rob Wright Images @RobWrightImages]

Timelapse of that isolated thunderstorm over Central New Hampshire Thursday evening. Mesmerizing.
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July 2, 2026
Rollinsford, New Hampshire

[John A. Daly @JohnDalyBooks]

I thought it was the million people dying.

[Rob Wright Images @RobWrightImages]

Timelapse: Full Flower Moon rising behind Whaleback Light after sunset tonight. This is the first of two full moons this month; the next one will be a Blue Moon on May 31st.
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May 1, 2026
New Castle, New Hampshire

[hunt and peck @Caderfader]

To put it bluntly, the discipline of economics has yet to get over its childish passion for mathematics and purely theoretical and often highly ideological speculation, at the expense of historical research and collaboration with the other social sciences. - Piketty

[FactPost @factpostnews]

Burgum suggests that Americans who want to protect public lands are not "financially literate"

[hunt and peck @Caderfader]

Fifteen Days To Stop The Spread

[Branko Marcetic @BMarchetich]

CENTCOM is preparing for a war that lasts a minimum of 3 months, and as long as half a year, heading right into the midterms. That's a major jump from the 4-5 weeks Trump was floating on Sunday, and we're not even at a full week into this.

[Jared Rennie @jjrennie]

Here's the entire radar run of the February 22-23 2026 Blizzard, using @NOAA's MRMS dataset.

#snOMG @ryanhallyall @MaxVelocityWX @spann @JimCantore

[HWS Athletics @HWSAthletics]

‼️RECORD BREAKER l

With tonight’s win vs Buffalo State, the Statesmen extend their home unbeaten to 64 games and counting. It is the longest home winning streak in collegiate hockey history, breaking a record that has been held by Cornell since 1972.
#GoStatesmen #d3hky

[hunt and peck @Caderfader]

And into the forest I must go, to lose my mind and find my soul!

[Vintage Maps @vintagemapstore]

Forest coverage by state.

[Dylan O'Sullivan @DylanoA4]

C. S. Lewis on reading, readers know

[Camus @newstart_2024]

Dr. Russell Barkley, drawing from 20+ years of twin studies, behavior genetics, and neuroimaging: Parenting isn't engineering a blank slate—it's shepherding a unique genetic mosaic already loaded with 400+ psychological traits that emerge mostly on their own timetable.

You provide the pasture: safe, nourishing environments with adequate (not excessive) stimulation, protection from harm, and access to rich out-of-home influences (peers, schools, neighborhoods, community—the biggest shaper after genetics, per Judith Harris in The Nurture Assumption).

But you don't redesign the sheep. No prenatal Mozart, no overload of crib toys turns threshold development into engineered genius. Extra stimulation past basics yields diminishing returns; "more is better" is a cultural illusion, not biology.

Data is stark: Parental influence on core traits peaks before 7, plummets to ~6% in teens, hits zero after 21. Knowledge transfers via exposure—yes. Personality, abilities, temperament? Largely genetics + broader world.

This frees parents from crushing guilt ("If my child struggles, I failed"). Instead: Curate wisely, then enjoy watching the individual unfold. Open the Chardonnay, kick back—the show is brief.

Short of abuse/neglect/malnutrition, in-home tweaks are often trivial next to where you choose to live and the doors it opens.

Shepherd, not engineer. Let them grow into who they already are.

Does this shift relieve pressure—or challenge how you view "success" in raising kids?

[NBC Olympics & Paralympics @NBCOlympics]

Skiers reach more than 90 MILES PER HOUR on the dramatic men's downhill course at Stelvio Ski Center. 😳

Watch the men's downhill final NOW on Peacock & USA.

[Aná @annamo_ana]

J. Hoflehner

[Fredrik C D Kruhsberg @FredrikKbg1]

"Et si je ne suis pas normal, c'est que je n'en ai pas envie, car les normaux sont trop nombreux, laissons les se comprendre entre eux."
Georges Brassens, 1921-1981

[Sherry @SchrodingrsBrat]

Donkey is the holy fool. He's annoying, lacks self awareness, and is literally an ass. Unlike Shrek he's okay with being the outcast, being stupid in front of strangers, and he's proud of being a donkey. He's like Abraham in the Bible - unqualified to go on a journey but does it anyway because he is called to, and Donkey's humility helps him become more than what the world tells him he is, towards his highest form: a noble steed.

He deflates pomposity in Farquaad and reveals hypocrisy in Shrek by being honest - he walks beside the Hero and guides him inward. Donkey embodies Christian meekness and Greek Stoicism. He loves openly and trusts easily, yet resisting judgment is what saves him from being eaten by a dragon. He has grace.

In tarot, The Fool is card 0: unfixed, at the beginning of everything, a blank slate with infinite potential. It's a new beginning with unlimited possibilities.

In Shakespeare, the fool is the only character who tells the truth and is allowed to be honest. The fool is funny because he gets to say what everyone knows but is afraid to admit.

In Dostoevsky, Prince Myshkin is called an idiot but is the moral center. The humility of being "an idiot" allows him to take a leap of faith into the unknown and his innocence protects him

[hunt and peck @Caderfader]

@pulte Hire a dietitian lard

[sophie @sophiemg2018]

In 2019, Kim White and her sons Ocean, Orca, Ozzy, and Oasiz Wiesblatt were featured on Home Team Heroes. Kim, a deaf single mother of 5, made incredible sacrifices so her boys could play hockey. Tonight, Ozzy Wiesblatt made his NHL debut with the Nashville Predators.

[Poetic Outlaws @OutlawsPoetic]

"Human beings are compelled to live within a lie, but they can be compelled to do so only because they are in fact capable of living in this way.

Therefore, not only does the system alienate humanity, but at the same time alienated humanity supports this system as its own involuntary masterplan, as a degenerate image of its own degeneration, as a record of people's own failure."

--Vaclav Havel

[rly cool girl @hikingshawty]

8pm june, 4pm december

[hunt and peck @Caderfader]

@tillwehvfaces Andre ftw

[James Lucas @JamesLucasIT]

The incomprehensible scale of Space 🧵

1. Perspective is everything. Feel small yet?