They might have been yelling “BRUUUUUUCE”. It confused me when I watched one of Springsteen’s old concerts and thought the crowd was booing him.

In case anyone wants more adorable hamster pictures, the hamster’s name is Sukeroku by the artist Gotte.

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Made in West Germany and sounds like someone’s pouring salt into a hair drier, but still more reliable than the Beckman centrifuge bought in 2010.

The current three blade design of utility-scale turbines achieves about 80% of the Betz limit, are relatively efficient in materials for their output, and the blades’ pitch can be adjusted to control their speed in varying conditions (eg. during storms). I wouldn’t call their design “incredibly stupid”.