Recently amid heat waves, ERCOT, the power grid operator in Texas, asked residents to reduce power usage. The Electric Reliability Council of Texas set a new unofficial peak record of demand, according to a spokesperson. Total power demand reached 78.3 gigawatts. Though warnings of rolling blackouts circulated, Texas has avoided them for now. Last winter, the state suffered days of power outages with freezing temperatures. Josiah Neely is a Texas-based Senior Fellow specializing in energy at R Street Institute.
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Itās not Afghanistan or Iraq. Itās not explosions or gunfire. What keeps Lynn up at night? A 5-ounce chick named Rosie who is the runt of the new chick squad but makes her mighty presence known with loud chirping whenever she poops. A word to new or potential chick owners: find a place outside in the garage or barn for their brooder instead of keeping them inside. Theyāre louder than youād think! Anyone else have tricks for creative spots to keep a brooder that are safe and warm?
Raise your hand if youāre the farm husband of a ālow maintenanceā woman who has a to-do list for you longer than Santaās. š We thank you for your service. Now get back to work on that fence.
I woke up Sunday to find that my trusty stead of 32 (almost 33) years, Sassy, had a swollen cheek with a rather hard lump. Our vet, Dr Julia Simonson, came to examine her and I thought it would be interesting for folks to hear it āright from the horseās mouth.ā Examining a horseās mouth without sedation can be tricky but thankfully Sassy is rather tame because I harassed her so much as a kid. 𤣠We saw what appears to be an ulcer or abscess likely from some kind of cut or foreign object. No signs of infection and it is slowly healing itself. I really appreciate having a veterinarian who supports the āmonitor and support nutritionallyā approach, and does not intervene pharmaceutically unless she believes itās truly medically necessary. Itās very difficult to find a vet (or a human doctor frankly) these days with this mindset.