David Friedberg: “This will be one of the most amazing discoveries of our lifetime”
“Friedberg, what's your Breakthrough of the Year?”
“Okay, we haven't talked about it on the show, this definitely deserves a science corner, but asteroid Bennu.”
“NASA sent a probe. They pulled a bunch of samples up in 2020. They landed back on Earth in 2023.”
“Two days ago, they showed that on asteroid Bennu, there are nucleic acids, there are amino acids, there are sugars.”
“All of the building blocks of life were found on this asteroid floating through space.”
“This is going to end up being one of the most amazing discoveries of our lifetime because it really does show that life is not necessarily unique to planet Earth.”
“This was an asteroid that's been floating around for 4.5 billion years, and it's got all the components of life on it.”
“It's a pretty incredible discovery.”
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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?
We’ve moved from drawing sharp lines between government and the private sector to a blending of their roles.
Private companies compete for government dollars, deliver public services, and are shaped by public policy to a previously unthinkable degree
https://t.co/gBijYTZOAu
🇬🇧🇺🇸 Tom Cruise hangs off airplanes at 30,000 feet. He's jumped out of helicopters, scaled the Burj Khalifa, and broken bones doing his own stunts because he thinks safety doubles are for cowards.
This man just fled London because the streets feel too dangerous.
When the most reckless actor in Hollywood history thinks your city is too sketchy, your city has a serious problem...
Trump caps CEO pay for defense companies at $5 million a year, while also ordering them to stop all dividends and stock buybacks
Reminds me of Paul Volcker's post-08 criticism that some CEO pay packages are too big/make the system riskier
https://t.co/ecGgwRVAJe
🚨🚨 THIS WILL BLOW YOU AWAY.
The Democrats have filed a lawsuit against the USDA for trying to find out how many illegal aliens are receiving welfare benefits.
D.O.G.E.:
“This literally blew us away. We went there to find fraud, and we found this by accident.
We were like, what is this? In 2021, you see 270,000 people — it goes all the way up to 2.1 million in 2024. These are illegal aliens who are getting Social Security numbers.
The defaults in the system — from Social Security to all of the benefit programs — have been set to max inclusion, MAX PAY for these people, and minimum collection.
We found 1.3 million of them already on Medicaid, as an example. In every benefit program we reviewed, we found individuals from this particular group — about 5.5 million people — receiving benefits.
So we took a sample and looked at voter registration records, and we found people from this population registered to vote.
Yes — who did vote. We found they actually did vote.
I just want you to know this: the truly disturbing thing to me — the darkest thing about all this — is that the voter fraud is terrible.”
In other words: you’ve been Deceived. Robbed. Extorted. Blackmailed — and Betrayed.
Italian rhythmic gymnast Sofia Raffaeli is truly out of this world.
Just listen to the crowd erupt as she delivers a breathtaking, sublime performance.
@GovPritzker It's sad that you don't realize that part of Secretary Hegseth's "job" is to stand with those brave soldiers, be a part of them. I've known some of those brave soldiers. My heart hurts for them knowing there are people like you that have never had a "job", disparaging them
🚨NEW: Stephen A. Smith *EXCORIATES* "PEOPLE CELEBRATING" Charlie Kirk Assassination🚨
"I don't care what his political beliefs were! I don't care what he felt! I care about the fact that a man was gunned down in front of 2 of his children who are 5 years of age or less. That he's dead at the age of 31. That his wife is a widow. That his children are fatherless because his ideas and his beliefs differed from somebody else, apparently."
"And then I'm going online and I'm seeing people celebrating it! Shame! Shame on you!"
@DailyCaller
@elonmusk Do not let them win! I didn't always agree 100% with everything, but he was always respectful, listened to the discourse and had a personal validation that he stood by and he moved me. My heart hurts