Lights out

"Chaos Sweeps Iberia: Mass Blackouts in Spain, Portugal, and France Spark Fears of Cyber Attack"

Cyber attack, or something else?

This is truly bananas: all of Europe appears to have been seconds away a continent-wide blackout.

The grid frequency across continental Europe plunged to 49.85 hertz — just a hair above the red-line collapse threshold.

The normal operating frequency for Europe’s power grid… https://t.co/5qyZLpammm pic.twitter.com/83eCl5B1Ux

— Michael Shellenberger (@shellenberger) April 28, 2025

Meh. I'm not saying it's aliens, but there is a precedent...

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Dear Mr. President...

...you're going to need a bigger broom.

Texas Rangers suddenly possessed by the spirits of inept Little Leaguers

"What a Brutal Way to Lose a Baseball Game".

This has got to be the funniest "inside the park homerun" of all time (technically, it was ruled as a single, with multiple errors).

The loyalty of the dog

I'm not sure if this applies to chihuahuas or not, but this encomium from a lawyer's speech in a 19th century courtroom certainly would apply to any dog I have ever owned: "Eulogy of the Dog".

Classical corner

Originally written for harpsicord, here is J.S. Bach's Partita in C Minor played by Evangelina Mascardi on the baroque lute.

We obviously need common sense car control

"Car ramming attacks: Why do they keep happening?"