On the Spanish power cut: if it is really a result of an 'atmospheric event', that is not a Carrington-style geomagnetic storm, then it may be that their grid was fairly poorly designed. It… (View Post)

All I can say is that you're way off-base with my schoolfriend, who was trans at the time, and indeed had the op a couple of decades ago. For him, it was far deeper than the somewhat shallow rea… (View Post)

Which is ridiculous for several reasons: *) It is so obviously blackmail, that it means any nuclear-capable power can just invade and annex territory and use the same argument. *) They've said i… (View Post)

As I walked around fields yesterday, looking for a missing boy, I chatted with the strangers I was with about what we would do if we found something - as none of us had been told. We decided that if … (View Post)

It won't end at illegals. (View Post)