On 12/8/2025 2:33:40 PM, an earthquake occurred in Japan potentially affecting 290 thousand in MMI IV. The earthquake had Magnitude 5.5M, Depth:44.295km.
Whistleblowers Report that Calves are Suffering at Heifer Solutions—Take Action!
In 2018, PETA exposed a worker at Heifer Solutions, LLC—a Porterfield, Wisconsin, farm that keeps and raises approximately 1,000 calves and heifers for various dairy farms—using a hot iron, without any anesthetics or pain relief, to burn the sensitive tissue off calves’ heads as they kicked and cried out in agony.
Following our exposé, the farm owners told law enforcement and the media they would start providing calves with pain relief when “dehorning” them, yet whistleblowers recently reported to PETA that calves as old as 6 to 7 months of age are still dehorned with a hot iron without any pain relief and clearly feel pain as they struggle against the halters used to restrain them.
Veterinary and dairy industry experts agree on the need for pain relief before and after this agonizing mutilation, and experts point out that because horn buds grow and attach to the skull at about 8 weeks of age, disbudding after that point can cause holes in the sinuses and subsequent bleeding and infection.
Further, the whistleblowers described cows who were deprived of veterinary care and confined in filthy, muddy conditions. They told PETA that one calf even died after being severely bitten in the face by a worker’s dog and receiving no veterinary care.
Please join us in calling on the farm owners to immediately ensure that no more calves endure this abusive mutilation without pain relief!
Send polite comments to:
Jeremy Schwittay, Co-Owner
Heifer Solutions
heifer.solutions@yahoo.com
Then leave a comment on their social media:
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Green earthquake (Magnitude 7.6M, Depth:44.146km) in Japan 08/12/2025 14:15 UTC, 170 thousand (in MMI>=VII).
Green earthquake (Magnitude 7.6M, Depth:44.146km) in Japan 08/12/2025 14:15 UTC, 210 thousand (in MMI>=VII).
Kilauea volcano (Hawai’i): report on the 38th lava fountaining episode
The latest lava-fountaining episode at the volcano was one of the most intense of the series and remarkable in several ways. Here’s the official observatory report:
„Episode 38 of the ongoing Halemaʻumaʻu eruption ended abruptly at 8:52 p.m. HST on December 6 after 12.1 hours of continuous lava fountaining.
The south vent stopped erupting at approximately 8:52 p.m. HST, marking the end of the episode. The dual north vents stopped erupting much earlier at approximately 11:50 a.m. Lava fountains reached heights of up to 1,000-1,200 ft (300-370 m) during episode 38. Fountains were down to about 400 feet (120 meters) high just before the abrupt end of the eruption. Lava fountaining lasted for 12.1 hours and produced an estimated 16 million cubic yards (12 million cubic meters) of lava. The combined average eruption rate was over 250 cubic yards per second (190 cubic meters per second) from the lava fountains.
Sustained lava fountains began erupting from two vents located within the north cone at 8:45 a.m. HST on December 6 after just over 5 hours of precursory lava overflows. The south vent then began fountaining at 8:49 a.m. By 9:15 a.m. a rare triple fountain event was underway with the two north vents and the south vent all erupting together at heights of about 500 feet (150 meters). By 9:40 a.m. the south vent fountain grew to about twice as high as the north vent fountains. The highest peak or instantaneous effusion rate of 1,300 cubic yards per second (1,000 cubic meters per second) occurred just before 10 a.m. when the south vent exploded. The enlarged south vent produced an inclined fountain over 1,000 feet (300 meters) tall that sprayed the south wall of Halemaʻumaʻu crater. Hot pumice and molten spatter from this fountain destroyed the HVO „V3“ streaming camera site.
Lava flows from this episode’s fountains covered 50-60% of the floor of Halemaʻumaʻu crater. Lava flows near the vents and on the floor of Halemaʻumaʻu within the southern part of Kaluapele (Kīlauea caldera) may continue to exhibit slow movement or incandescence as they cool and solidify over the coming days.
Volcanic gas emissions have greatly decreased with the end of the eruption. Earlier today the gas plume reached over 20,000 feet (6000 meters) above sea level. Tephra including Pele’s hair and fine ash carried in lower levels of the plume fell in the town of Pahala and other communities southwest of the vents. Satellite imagery showed the upper regions of the gas and ash cloud moved due east of the summit across lower Puna and well out to sea before turning south. Reticulite pieces up to the size of a baseball fell along Chain of Craters Road east of Kīlaueaʻs summit transported by the high eastern plume. The extremely high effusion rates early in the eruption provided the gas and heat that drove this enormous plume.
The Uēkahuna tiltmeter (UWD) recorded about 33.1 microradians of deflationary tilt during this episode. The end of the eruption was coincident with a rapid change from deflation to inflation at the summit and a decrease in seismic tremor intensity.“
Source: HVO / USGS