NIH closes experimentation labs accused of brutally killing thousands of beagles for 40+ years
Sparky has too much ninja blood to be an official beagle, but these reports are heartbreaking. All of the lab beagles shown in the photos have Sparky’s stoic good nature, so you know that they are all good dogs.
The life-or-death case for self-driving cars
The studies are in, and self-driving cars are a good idea. We should remain skeptical.
This article explains why a high percentage of power generated by wind and solar could have caused the power outage. In a separate post, I explained that Spaniards don’t worry about what could happen. That would explain the lack of backup power and the total disruption from the outage.
Spaniards are lovely people, but they think differently. It didn’t take much persuasion to get me to jump in the ring. I’m a “when in Rome” kind of guy.
That was quite a rain storm.
The service department was out this morning working on this big, six foot storm drain, but the water brought more debris. They showed back up a couple of minutes after I took this photo.
Members of a family tend to share ways of thinking or doing. The traits may be expressed differently or skip a few people, but it’s there. These things are probably a mix of nature and nurture, innate aptitudes and family attitudes. My sister recently commented about “The Nestoff Way”, and I’ve been thinking about what that is.
Sparky was tense about the rainstorm. I shot an ASMR video of Sparky weathering the storm.
Spain and Portugal hit by unexplained power blackout.
The power is coming back on for parts of Spain and Portugal, more than 12 hours after the massive outage shut off traffic lights and caused chaos at airports, train stations and on the roads.
Both countries have declared states of emergency as authorities work to manage the situation.
It’s not clear why this is a big story in international news or why Spain and Portugal declared a state of emergency. This time of year, it’s pretty pleasant on the Iberian Peninsula, and much of the power was back on after 6 hours.
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