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14 pound brisket going in now. Tomorrow will be a great day. #barbecue

I just finished reading Unconditional Parenting by Alfie Kohn.

The gist of the book is that incentives and punishments are ineffective tools for raising children because they override any lessons learned with extrinsic motivation. Instead, we should not treat our love for our children as a transactional good that needs to be earned. We should keep our long term goal of raising free-thinking, kind, and independent people always at the forefront.

Have any parents on here read this book? If so how useful has its advice been for you? I liked the book and it seems like a great idea to me, but my firstborn isn't due for a few months.

#asknostr #books #bookstr #parenting

Not a bad seat in the house. #hockey

This Romanian election story is absolutely crazy, and this is the first I’m hearing about it.

https://youtu.be/5DbmgndlEto?si=CxiHg0Uj4beNxwbP

In this clip there’s a brief mention of The National Endowment for Democracy, which is exactly as creepy as it sounds. This old episode of Congressional Dish is a great deep dive on the subject. Give it a listen.

https://fountain.fm/episode/M0OrlJ8HbNpKEuuveJeF

The #nfl has become so predictable and boring over the past decade or so. I never thought sports were rigged before but it’s kind of beyond the pale at this point. Just give KC the Lombardi in September and save us all the trouble.

For those who are new to watching Congress, don’t expect anything to come from this quickly. The institution is appallingly ineffective. They literally haven’t even funded the government FOR LAST YEAR.

Gonna try this today. I’ll probably need a new job tomorrow…

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🎵 Take me home… 🎵

I think it’s some snazzy video we all get at the end of the year showing us how we used Bitcoin, but I’m not sure.