Seth Stuck

How come there never seems enough time (and money) to do it right, but there's always enough time (and money) to do it over?

The Atlanta @Braves: -Complete the sweep -Have won 15 of their last 18 games -Are off to their best 35-game start to a season in the Modern Era (since 1900)

me as i read 40% of what claude wrote back and type in “continue”

"If I told you there was one free thing you could do every Sunday that would make your kids happier, healthier, smarter, and closer to you, you'd think I was selling something." Take your kids to church regularly. I don't care if you believe. The data is so lopsided that skipping it is the parenting equivalent of refusing vegetables because you don't like the taste. Grades. Religious teens get As at almost twice the rate of nonreligious teens. In a class of 100, that's 24 A-students instead of 14. Church gives a kid the same academic boost as being born rich instead of poor. College. Working-class religious kids earn bachelor's degrees at double the rate of their nonreligious peers. Middle-class kids do it at 1.5x the rate. For families without a trust fund, this is one of the most powerful forms of upward mobility social scientists have measured. Character. Religious teens are far less likely to lie, cheat, or do things they hope their parents never find out about. They're more likely to care about racial equality, the elderly, and the poor. They reject the idea that morality is whatever works for you in the moment. That kind of kid doesn't happen by accident. It's built. Closeness. 60% of parents of religious teens say they feel "extremely close" to their kid, compared to 50% of nonreligious parents. The kids report the same thing back. They get along better with their parents, talk about hard stuff, and actually want to spend time with their family. Despair. Religious teens are dramatically less likely to be depressed, anxious, lonely, or feel that life is meaningless. 90% of devoted religious teens never binge drink, compared to 41% of the disengaged. Economists named the modern epidemic "deaths of despair." Regular church attendance is one of the strongest known buffers against it. Parents are spending fortunes trying to solve teen mental health. The most evidence-backed intervention is free. Purpose. Religious young adults report higher purpose, gratitude, life satisfaction, and resilience. These are the exact traits every parent says they want their kid to have. Here's why it works. Affluent families already surround their kids with networks of stable, accomplished adults through neighborhoods, schools, and parents' colleagues. Working and middle-class families usually don't. A congregation is often the last institution in American life that puts your kid in weekly contact with dozens of stable, employed, sober adults who know their name. It used to be called "a village." Now it barely exists outside of churches. "But I don't believe." Your kid doesn't need your theology. They need you to show up. "But church is boring." So is sitting through a kindergarten music recital. Parenting is the deliberate choice to be bored on purpose for someone you love. There's a church within 15 minutes of nearly every American home. You don't need money, connections, or credentials to walk in. Nothing else in this country will surround your kid with engaged adults, teach them moral seriousness, and give them a stable weekly rhythm at zero cost. You already drive them to practices that produce far less. The free thing on Sunday produces more, on more dimensions, than almost anything else you do as a parent. You don't have to believe anything. You just have to take them.

America demands art deco data centers

Stop whatever you're doing — especially if you're reading The New York Times — and play with your kids.

Realizing the best performing asset of the last 5 years wasn’t Bitcoin, stocks, or gold… It was Pokemon cards.

A Joby aircraft departs from JFK Airport in New York and lands at the city's existing heliport network as the air taxi company begins trials of point-to-point flights reut.rs/4ubbjqv

The Appalachian region of the eastern US holds enough lithium to curb America’s reliance on imports for centuries, according to a new US Geological Survey study bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

This is unprecedented. 99.8% of the Southeast US is now in drought, obliterating the previous record of 87%. 94% is in severe drought (previous record: 71%). By far the worst drought the region has seen in the 21st century.

The Braves are the 38th team in baseball history to win 21 or more of their first 30 games with a +65 or better run differential. Among the previous 37 teams, 24 made the World Series and 15 won them.

🚨 @USGS has found that the Appalachian region of the U.S. contains enough lithium to replace 328 YEARS of imports! Thanks to world-leading mineral science, permitting reform and renewed investment in domestic mining, @POTUS has reclaimed America's mineral independence.

@hashjenni Wut? x.com/SethStuck/stat…

Barack Obama was targeted 11 times in assassination attempts during his two terms. We don't remember any of them because they were handled through proper channels, professionally, and he isn't a whiny bitch.

There is a lot of cope right now on X claiming that threats on President's Trump's life *aren't* extraordinary, that Obama had it worse (because of racism - presumably), and that the only reason you don't know this is because President Cool and his adoring media just underplayed it. Literally none of this is true. 1) Actual attempts on Trump's life *are* unprecedented in the modern era (closest anyone ever got to Obama was a lone shooter firing at an "empty" white house when Obama was away on a visit to California) 2) The volume of threats/plots Obama faced were on par with other presidents (so even the threats he faced were simply normal level) Director Mark Sullivan testified at the time that the volume was "the same level as it has been for the previous two presidents at this point in their administrations," and the Secret Service has since repeatedly disputed the "unprecedented" framing as inaccurate, stating volumes were in line with recent predecessors. politico.com/blogs/on-congr… 3) Despite all this, sympathetic media at the time claimed Obama was facing unique levels of hate and violence (when he objectively wasn't) The revisionism we're seeing now (that no one "whined" about political violence under Obama, etc.) isn't surprising, but it's absurd and provably false. There were, during Obama's presidency, MANY news articles and reports that explicitly claimed he faced "unprecedented" or "record levels" of death threats, assassination threats, and related violence, and these (of course) frequently attributed this to the "surge to racism" tied to him being the first Black president-elect/president. These were not fringe claims. This false claim appeared in major outlets like ABC News, NPR, the Los Angeles Times, and others. Here are just a few examples you can still find today: "There have been more potential threats reported against Barack Obama than any past president-elect." npr.org/transcripts/97… "President Barack Obama is receiving a record number of death threats" marieclaire.co.uk/news/obama-get… “President Obama has gotten more death threats in a shorter period of time than any other president in U.S. history” mississippifreepress.org/hutchinson-oba… Just to reiterate... this did not happen. It's not true. To quote then U.S. Secret Service Director Mark Sullivan: "It's not [a] 400 percent [increase]." "I'm not sure where that number comes from." The number of threats against Obama "are the same level as it has been [against] the last two presidents." To recap: Obama faced less actual violence. The threat (not actualized/attempted) volume was on par with other presidents. And - despite all this - many in the media still desperately tried, at the time, to frame him as the victim of a non-existent "surge." Flash forward to today after three *real* attempts on Trump's life, one of which actually clipped him... and we're yet again being gaslit and told not to believe our lying eyes or memories.

Silicon Valley was really so ahead of their time

Taking flight by turning traffic into air. @jobyaviation celebrates American innovation and the new Golden Age of Flight with NYC’s first electric air taxi demo from JFK to Manhattan. $JOBY

A look at the average age of @NFL Draft picks over the past 20 years. Notice anything? 📉

@yenalmh @CNN @wingbits Oh, they're making @jobyaviation go over water only? Is that temporary?

@CNN We tracked this via @wingbits ,, epic stuff

Electric air taxi firm Joby Aviation flew the first electric vertical takeoff and landing demonstration flights between two points in New York City on Friday and is continuing testing this week. cnn.it/4ucyMYm