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The Horsehead Nebula, imaged by the NIRCam instrument on NASA's James Webb Space Telescope, featuring a portion of the "horse's mane" about 0.8 light-years wide. The ethereal clouds that appear blue at the bottom of the image are dominated by cold, molecular hydrogen. Red-colored wisps extending above the main nebula represent mainly atomic hydrogen gas. In this area, known as a photodissociation region, ultraviolet light from nearby young, massive stars creates a mostly neutral, warm area of gas and dust between the fully ionized gas above and the colder nebula below. As with many Webb images, distant galaxies are sprinkled in the background. . . . https://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2024/05/photos-of-the-week-may-day-campus-protests-snake-festival/678275/

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My H'birds are almost too big for their nest...pics from this morning:

My baby hummingbirds are growing...

South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem stands by decision to kill dog, share it in new book https://www.cbsnews.com/news/kristi-noem-dog-cricket-new-book-defense/

Bibimbap for lunch today after my kid's morning soccer match... . . .

Definitely have to keep an eye on the fur buddies when out walking in the 'hood these days... . . . Fentanyl overdoses hit a surprising group of San Franciscans: the city’s dogs https://www.sfchronicle.com/sf/article/fentanyl-overdose-dog-tenderloin-19423535.php ... As the proliferation of fentanyl kills hundreds of people a year in San Francisco, some dog owners say their pets are also suffering from the crisis. San Francisco last year recorded 810 fatal accidental overdoses, the deadliest year on record. And in a city where canines may outnumber children, people living in and around San Francisco’s homeless encampments and drug users say their pets are also overdosing on fentanyl. It’s unclear the extent to which dogs in San Francisco are getting exposed to fentanyl because the city does not keep numbers on dog deaths or overdoses from fentanyl as it does for humans. Experts widely agree that Narcan is the standard of care in these cases and the chief medical officer of the San Francisco SPCA said Narcan would effectively reverse opioid overdoses in canines. The San Francisco police and fire departments do not maintain any data on dogs receiving Narcan. San Francisco Animal Care & Control said its officers have not used overdose-reversing drugs on dogs. The San Francisco SPCA also has not seen any recent cases of fentanyl toxicosis in any animals, according to chief medical officer Dr. Jena Valdez. However, a Marin Humane animal services officer last year used Narcan to revive a dog that had eaten his owner’s prescription opioid. Yuba City and Irvine police officers reportedly gave naloxone — the generic name for opioid-reversing drugs such as Narcan — to puppies that authorities believed might have been exposed to fentanyl. A dose of fentanyl as small as 2 milligrams can be deadly to a human, but according to researchers, dogs are typically much less sensitive to the drug. Still, Dr. Cynthia Otto, director of the University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine’s Working Dog Center who studies the issue, said “fentanyl can be absorbed across their mucous membranes in their nose, and they can face a life-threatening overdose.” ... . . .