Adam Shor

New research indicates that fathers build bonds best with their children (and craft secure attachment in them) by "destablizing the child" in a "safe environment. Fathers in the study had a unique ability to make their children laugh and therefore create more perceived safety for the child which led to stronger attachment. Mothers made children feel safe too, usually with repetition and soothing, but the laughing and playing did not make the children as attached as it did when fathers performed it. Several things jump out from this at me: First, a father who is relaxed enough to laugh and play indicates a safe environment. Fathers are biologically the providers of safety, so if dad is relaxed, the world must truly be safe. Children may be picking up on this. Second, being worthy of a father's time and attention is a huge marker for kids. A father's attention may actually mean more in many cases, as we've seen in other studies. The bond with mom is equally as important, but sometimes the bond with mom is taken for granted, where the bond with dad is taken as remarkable due to perceived other demands on his time. What this means: Dads, you've got to be playing with your kids. As silly and disruptive as possible. They need this from you. It's one of the strongest ways they can bond to you. More about the research: psypost.org/laughter-plays…

@volcaholic1 @boulder_fire @BoulderOEM @BldrCOSheriff This would be a great addition to your fire fighting arsenal, particularly in the Foothills. TBD how the drones would handle the wind obviously.

Chinese drones dropping fire-extinguishing capsules that burst before impact, spreading foam or powder fast to tackle fires in hard-to-reach spots before crews arrive.

NEW: In a letter to employees, United CEO Scott Kirby says the airline is prepping for oil to hit $175/barrel & “doesn't get back down to $100/barrel until the end of 2027.” United is shaving 3% of off-peak flights - “think redeyes, Tues/Wed/Sat flying” - this spring & summer.

A goal so crazy you have to see it to believe it

@Wolflikeswool @MrGlobal2025 @MalcolmNance Do you happen to recall the source article? Very interested in reading it.

@MrGlobal2025 @MalcolmNance In the early 2010s, a conservative think tank warned that failing to build up renewables would leave the US at the mercy of volatile global energy markets. They called it the "worst-case scenario." We are now living it.

Breaking: Oil prices discovered they are controlled by supply, demand, and geopolitics, not congressional press conferences. Markets shocked.

Hi, my name is literally David And I’m going a year without screens in 22 days (down from 10h+ per day) While tracking: - Neuroimaging (fMRI + MRI) - Cognitive + motor tests (very comprehensive) - 131 blood-based biomarkers (@superpower) - Sleep and activity data (@ouraring) - Vision exam - Hearing exam - And more I’m excited to see what the data show We all deserve to know more about how our devices in their current form are affecting us

this is actually insane > be tech guy in australia > adopt cancer riddled rescue dog, months to live > not_going_to_give_you_up.mp4 > pay $3,000 to sequence her tumor DNA > feed it to ChatGPT and AlphaFold > zero background in biology > identify mutated proteins, match them to drug targets > design a custom mRNA cancer vaccine from scratch > genomics professor is “gobsmacked” that some puppy lover did this on his own > need ethics approval to administer it > red tape takes longer than designing the vaccine > 3 months, finally approved > drive 10 hours to get rosie her first injection > tumor halves > coat gets glossy again > dog is alive and happy > professor: “if we can do this for a dog, why aren’t we rolling this out to humans?” one man with a chatbot, and $3,000 just outperformed the entire pharmaceutical discovery pipeline. we are going to cure so many diseases. I dont think people realize how good things are going to get

this is so fucking wholesome guy used AI to save his cancer-ridden dog by sequencing its DNA and creating a CUSTOM cure. the tech behind this is fucking awesome (well done @demishassabis and the google team): - used CHATGPT to sequence dogs DNA discovers mutations - ran the mutations through Google’s Alphafold (AI protein sequencer) which CREATED A CUSTOM VACCINE TO TREAT THEM. - treated dog and reduced tumour by 50% in WEEKS. dog is alive and well. - this is the 1st time AI has been used to create a custom vaccine for a dog (and it worked) - dude is now working on similar vaccines for humans using AI! 2026 is definitely the year we see AI change personalised medicine in a HUGE way so sick

"Top Trump officials acknowledged to lawmakers during recent classified briefings that they did not plan for the possibility of Iran closing the strait in response to strikes." cnn.com/2026/03/12/pol…

When Democrats wanted to eliminate the filibuster in 2022, I stood my ground because I understood the consequences of turning the Senate into a glorified House with simple majority rule. Senator John Cornyn said of Democrats at the time: “They'll soon find themselves rueing the day their party broke the Senate.” The filibuster exists to make both sides work together and produce good legislation that can withstand the test of time. Eliminating the filibuster would consolidate even more power into the hands of the majority party’s leadership — and take power away from the minority and everyday Americans. When I was a U.S. Senator, there was not another person more committed to keeping the filibuster than Senator John Cornyn. He understood the incredible political pressure I faced from my former party to get rid of the filibuster and give Democrats complete power — and at the time, he understood why neither party should take our country past this point of no return. The filibuster — the soul of the Senate — has preserved the Senate’s role for nearly 250 years as the institution that cools passions, protects minority voices, and demands consensus. America was built on institutions designed to resist political convenience, not surrender to it. It’s deeply disappointing to see that Senator Cornyn is now willing to scrap the very rule he once praised and personally thanked me for defending. These extreme election-year politics that put party power over everything else are why Americans are sick and tired of the duopoly of the two-party system of Democrats and Republicans.

很可能中国领导层已经完整地计算了这场战争的政治账。从这几天的外交姿态看来，中国一开始是要求开放海峡，现在已经变成了摆姿态式的“劝和促谈”。也就是说，开放不开放对中国没所谓：从"积极开放海峡"过渡到"接受封锁现状并从中获益"。 中国有完整的煤化工体系在高油价状态下替代石油化工。还有大量的新能源产业。相当于短期冲击之外，这场战争在所有维度都是有利于中国的。 中国过去十年的能源战略现在回头看简直像是为这一刻准备的。不是说中国预见了这场战争，而是中国一直在为"某一天中东石油供应中断"这个场景做系统性的对冲。现在这个场景到了。 煤化工是最被低估的一张牌。中国有全球最大的煤炭储量之一，而且已经建成了世界上最完整的煤制油、煤制烯烃、煤制天然气产业链。神华、中煤这些企业的煤制油项目在油价60美元的时候是亏钱的，在油价80-90美元的时候是盈利的。油价越高，煤化工的经济性越强。 这意味着高油价对中国化工产业的冲击有一个天然的天花板——当石油化工成本超过煤化工成本时，中国可以切换到煤基路线。日本和韩国没有这个选项，因为它们既没有煤炭储量也没有煤化工产能。 新能源就更不用说了。中国控制了全球80%以上的光伏产能、70%以上的锂电池产能、60%以上的风电设备产能。高油价不是打击中国新能源产业，而是给它送了一个巨大的需求加速器。 每个国家在油价90美元的环境下都会加速能源转型，而转型所需要的设备几乎全部来自中国。中国既是高油价的对冲者，又是高油价的受益者。 电动车产业链也是同样的逻辑。比亚迪、宁德时代在全球的竞争力在高油价环境下进一步拉大。当美国消费者每加仑汽油要付4-5美元的时候，电动车的经济性论证变得不可抗拒。而电动车供应链从电池到电机到整车，中国都占据主导地位。 所以高油价对中国经济的净效应需要重新计算。负面是石油进口成本上升。正面是煤化工替代缓冲石化成本、新能源设备出口加速、电动车全球渗透率跳升、人民币结算扩大、战略储备的账面价值上升（买入时低价，现在高价）、俄罗斯折价油的渠道价值上升。把这些加在一起，净效应可能接近零甚至为正。 而日韩的净效应是纯负的。没有煤化工替代、新能源产业被中国碾压、电动车产业正在被比亚迪挤出、没有战略储备深度、没有替代供应渠道、货币面临贬值压力。同样的油价冲击，在中国和日韩产生的效果完全相反。 而且这里有一个更长远的含义。如果战争和海峡封锁持续6-12个月，全球能源转型会被显著加速。这个加速的最大受益者是谁？中国。因为它掌握了转型所需的几乎全部工业产能。 这场战争可能在无意中成为中国新能源产业的最大催化剂——比任何政府补贴、任何碳中和承诺都更有效。因为高油价是全世界最强的碳税，而且是IRGC免费帮全世界征收的。

Live from the Strait of Hormuz

"Sunlight travels 93 million miles to reach the earth. None of them through the Strait of Hormuz." Bill McKibben quotesof.me/edit/0e7684cf-…

Oil above $90. Monitoring the situation

Ukrainian drone makers say they're ready to export interceptors to the US and Gulf states, Reuters reports. SkyFall's P1-SUN costs about $1,000 and has downed over 1,500 Shaheds in four months. The company can build 50,000 a month and even fly them remotely from Ukraine.

Beware the trap of being really smart yet spending most of that bandwidth on things you have little control over. High intelligence with little agency is the pipeline to unexplainable anxiety

An NVIDIA powered farming machine uses Al vision and precision lasers to eliminate weeds in milliseconds without herbicides and without harming crops, a potential shift toward chemical free agriculture

Wild stat: the "home" county often isn't the one breathing it. Authors estimate that within ~6 hours, ~99% of coal emissions leave the source county.