The most manipulative but effective thing I’ve ever done in my life was when I read an article about how children moderate their behavior to protect their self-identity, so if a child believes he’s smart, for example, he’ll intentionally study and try to do well to protect his image of himself.
Anyway, I would pull kids aside with behavioral issues at church and tell them, “David (obviously fake name), you’re such a kind person and such a good listener. I can see that in you. Thank you for always listening.” “Little Annie, thank you for taking such good care of the babies around you. You’re going to be such a good big sister. Can you be in charge of watching Sally?”
They would ALWAYS behave afterward. ALWAYS. Worked like a charm. Morally questionable because it wasn’t initially true, but I kind of willed it into existence. Tbf, I did think that they had that in them or I wouldn’t have tried.
Will publish longitudinal results of this method once my kid is old enough to report back.
Death penalty for horse thieves is a core pillar of the American legal tradition. And this wasn’t even plain horse theft—the savages murdered and butchered them too—a heinous offense. I peacefully petitioned a member of Congress for the restoration of justice. I do not apologize
The hotel that JJ Watt put us up in gave us a tour of their biggest suite. It costs $150,000 a night. Completely insane. It even had its own basketball court.😭
@thisThadius@DustinWalper The chinook isn’t the worst monstrosity of a helicopter we have made.
That distinction goes to the products of the Kaman corporation.
Once you understand how helicopters work.
And the cleverness of the swashplate.
And how steering linkages elegantly compensate for gyroscopic precession.
And how the rotors will autorotate in an emergency.
You never want to get into one of those flying bolt buckets again.
Always appreciate when a liberal takes time to put down the burning flag to let us know some military ceremony isn’t being carried out to the satisfaction of their sense of patriotism
On June 13, 1777, a 19-year-old French teenager landed on a beach in South Carolina, uninvited, to fight in someone else's war. He would become one of the most important men in American history.
The Marquis de Lafayette was one of the richest young aristocrats in France. He had a beautiful wife, a fortune, and zero reason to risk any of it. But he believed in the American cause so fiercely that when the French king forbade him from going, Lafayette bought his own ship and sailed anyway. He literally went AWOL from a life of luxury to bleed for a country that didn't exist yet.
Congress was annoyed at first. Another foreign officer looking for a paycheck? Then Lafayette offered to serve for free and pay his own way. That got their attention.
He met Washington and the two formed one of the great father-son bonds in American history. Washington had no biological children. Lafayette named his only son George Washington Lafayette.
He took a bullet in the leg at Brandywine and kept rallying the retreat. He was instrumental at Yorktown, the battle that won the war. He went home a hero on two continents.
A foreign teenager believed in America before America did. 249 years ago today.
@jvin248@romanhelmetguy Fun story, there is actually an AI that has mined the Vatican Archives.
The Catholic Church has its own internal model trained on the Vatican Archives.
@grrs42@DAKKADAKKA1 What part of that setup looked secure, properly prepared, redundant, or in any way appeared remotely appropriate for something as inherently risky as bungee jumping?
I'm still reading every comment with tears in my eyes…
Thank you, thank you, thank you America.🙏🏼
As a South African mom preparing to bring my husband and our two kids (13 & 10) to the United States, your love and encouragement have overwhelmed us.
We’ve been told we will fly out within the next 2 to 4 weeks. We’ll only know the exact date and landing city 4–5 days before departure when the tickets arrive.
We’re praying we make it in time to experience America’s 250th anniversary celebrations on July 4th! 🎆🇺🇸
We’ll keep you posted every step of the way.
We’re coming ready to work hard, worship freely, raise our children with strong values, and fully embrace Faith & Freedom.
Please keep us in your prayers.
Thank you Family 🫶🏼
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Wait my friend started at spaceX in 2010
Her job is visiting suppliers that are behind schedule because she’s too hot for engineers to talk to, much less lie to
And for that she’ll be a multimillionaire
Cette vidéo est un véritable cauchemar éveillé pour l'écologiste décroissant.
Un robot qui traque la nuit les pathogènes et les nuisibles à la lumière ultraviolette, sans un gramme de produit chimique, ce n'est pas un gadget... De quoi faire s'effondrer toute la théologie écologiste. Ici, c'est bien l'entrepreneur et le marché qui offrent une solution réellement efficace aux défis environnementaux.
Pas de contrainte, pas de retour en arrière et pas de renoncement. L'entrepreneur résout le problème en créant de l'abondance là où l'on nous promettait la pénurie. Le rôle du progrès a toujours été celui-là : produire de l'abondance à partir de la rareté naturelle avec comme moyen ultime l'ingéniosité humaine.
Reste alors une question : si la technologie résout réellement les problèmes que l'écologisme prétend combattre, pourquoi l'écologisme la déteste-t-il à ce point ?
Tout simplement parce que ce qu'il veut, ce n'est pas une nature préservée, c'est une société administrée, dont il serait aux manettes. Comme toutes les autres idéologies constructivistes, socialistes et collectivistes, ce qui importe vraiment à l'écologiste ce n'est pas de résoudre les défis de son temps, c'est de régner sur les hommes de son temps.
Le héros sera toujours l'entrepreneur, jamais celui qui le déteste.
congrats to Elon and all who made a lot of money today
but remember that if the left ever gets back in power, they will put you in jail and take all of this away
the next frontier is to make sure that never, ever happens.