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On January 11, 1992, John Thompson was unloading pig feed with a grain auger and playing with the dog when he somehow got too close to the power takeoff shaft, which didn't have a safety shield.
"My shirt wasn't tucked in, and they figure my shirt got wrapped up in the PTO shaft. And yeah, I still remember spinning on the shaft," he said.
Thompson blacked out and awoke to his dog licking his face and the realization that his arms were gone.
He says the only pain he really felt was when the exposed nerve hanging down his right side knocked against something.
But he was starting to get dizzy. After getting his arms reattached by surgeon Dr. Allen Van Beek (a 1966 University of North Dakota graduate) at North Memorial Hospital in Robbinsdale, Minnesota, he was put into a coma for four weeks so he could heal.
Thompson nearly died of a blood infection and endured more surgery and intensive rehabilitation but eventually recovered.
More rare photos:
Augur Development Update
A hallway captured on a phone with Modulus Mobile, rebuilt by Augur into a sim-ready digital twin. Then a Booster K1 is placed in it and walks the recorded route.
Real-world capture → world model → robot sim.
Algeria is sending troops to Niger in what L’Opinione describes as its first military deployment abroad since 1973.
Algeria’s parliament approved the mission on Oct. 25. The stated job: protect Sonatrach’s oil facilities at the Niger junta’s request. No troop count, timeline or rules of engagement were disclosed.
Algiers had already donated 2 Mi-24 attack helicopters and 2 Mi-171 transports. After the Aug. 28 mutiny, Algerian Su-30s landed in Niamey. Russia’s Africa Corps, Wagner’s successor, operates from Air Base 101, where roughly 300 Italian troops are also stationed.
Then there’s the gas. Sonatrach was tasked with building the 841 km Niger section of the Trans-Saharan Gas Pipeline, designed to carry up to 30 bcm/year from Nigeria through Niger and Algeria toward Europe. Russian firms are reportedly in talks to join.
There’s no public evidence of a troops-for-gas deal. But if Russian firms get in, Europe could get a new gas route with Moscow still in the picture.