A quotation from Steven Levitt
No one is more susceptible to an experts fearmongering than a parent. Fear is in fact a major component of the act of parenting. A parent, after all, is the steward of another creature’s life, a creature who in the beginning is more helpless than the newborn of nearly any other species. This leads a lot of parents to spend a lot of their parenting energy simply being scared.Steven Levitt (b. 1967) American economist and author
Freakonomics, ch. 5 “What Makes A Perfect Parent?” (2005) [with Stephen Dubner]
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No one is more susceptible to an experts fearmongering than a parent. Fear is in fact a major component of the act of parenting. A parent, after all, is the steward of another creature's life, a creature who in the beginning is more helpless than the newborn of nearly any…
Can't leave your pipe bombs there, mate!
From what I hear these weren't actually functional, but it still caused a scare and a huge police response. About 15 miles from our house, a bit closer as the crow flies. Glad nobody was hurt!
A quotation from Teddy Roosevelt
There were all kinds of things of which I was afraid at first, from grizzly bears to “mean” horses and gunfighters, but by acting as if I was not afraid, I gradually ceased to be afraid.Theodore Roosevelt (1858–1919) American politician, statesman, conservationist, writer, US President (1901–1909)
Autobiography, ch. 2 “The Vigor of Life” (1913)
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109-year-old tortoise undergoes advanced scans for health scare
https://misryoum.com/us/us/109-year-old-tortoise-undergoes-advanced-scans-for/
A 109-year-old Aldabra giant tortoise had advanced medical scans after keepers at an Australian zoo noticed neck swelling and breathing changes. The 298-pound reptile, Esmerelda, was transported from Taronga Zoo Sydney to a specialist animal hospital in North Ryde...
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#Palantir’s co-founders make no secret their software is meant to be used as #deadly #weapons
In a call with investors:
- Palantir is here to disrupt & when necessary, to #scare our #enemies & occasionally #kill them
He quoted a #political scientist:
- “The rise of the West has not been made possible by the superiority of its #ideas, #values, or religion, but rather by its superiority in the use of organized #violence.”
https://www.republik.ch/2026/02/18/how-tenaciously-palantir-courted-switzerland