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When I see a car with bumper stickers that let everyone know that the car owner fawns over all police, I wonder if that car owner is sincere or if those bumper stickers are simply being used as a tactic to butter up the police so that they won’t write...
by Perlinator
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on Thu Apr 18, 2024 at 07:32 PM PDT
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Sixty years ago today was the debut of one of the world’s most successful cars, and my personal favorite, Ford’s Mustang .
The first-generation Ford Mustang was manufactured by Ford from March ...
by jck
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on Wed Apr 17, 2024 at 05:30 PM PDT
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My neighbor across the street has an outlet on her front porch. She uses it to plug in her Christmas lights in the winter, and her lawnmower in the summer. In November Nicki, another neighbor, was using it to charge her phone. Nicki works at the...
by MeJean
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on Thu Mar 28, 2024 at 02:22 PM PDT
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The spotlight is a weekly, categorized compilation of links and excerpts from environmentally related posts at Daily Kos. Any posts included in the collection do not necessarily indicate my agreement with or endorsement of them. Because of the...
by Meteor Blades
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on Sun Mar 24, 2024 at 11:47 AM PDT
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UPDATE: Saturday, Mar 23, 2024 · 10:10:13 PM +00:00 · Alan Kandel You’ve heard the expression “everything in moderation,” right? Well, everything but cars, apparently. Worldwide, there are some 1 billion of ‘em. You’ve seen the images. Gridlocked...
by Alan Kandel
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on Sat Mar 23, 2024 at 03:07 PM PDT
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I appreciate that the new Dodge Charger EV does not have a ten foot-high grille. But it comes with an obnoxious feature called "Fratzonic Chambered Exhaust" which creates fake engine-revving sounds through a system of woofers and speakers and acoustic...
by Jen Sorensen
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on Tue Mar 12, 2024 at 05:00 AM PDT
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We face a global epidemic of physical injuries; physical inactivity; and air pollution. 354,272; that is the number of U.S citizens who lost their lives in car accidents, with additional 17,5 million receiving injuries requiring medical attention...
by Neon Neo
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on Tue Feb 13, 2024 at 11:26 AM PST
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Republican Rep. Chip Roy of Texas posted a video on Wednesday that showed him railing against government regulations from the House floor. Roy proclaimed that “[t]he fundamental problem is that we've inserted the government into every aspect of our...
by Walter Einenkel
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on Wed Feb 07, 2024 at 12:25 PM PST
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📦ENGIn Champions: Tutoring Ukrainians in English homepage & diary list founded 2023 by captainfactoid — Comments and stories, with tips on how to get started. It's easier than you might think - and there is more help available.
by mettle fatigue
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on Thu Feb 01, 2024 at 04:00 PM PST
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Well, dang. Dang dang dang. I was the happy owner of a senescent 2006 Corolla until two weeks ago. Stick shift. Pocket rocket, even at its advanced age. Nimble and clever on the road. Fantastic mileage, even at its advanced age. Loved it to pieces. A...
by Gaelsdottir
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on Mon Jan 22, 2024 at 02:10 PM PST
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I am the kind of person who can easily come up with way above average ideas, but find I am way below average with the ability to execute them. My plans are great; carrying them out—not so good. Perhaps I am plagued with fear of failure. If I have a...
by Stephen Dreyfus
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on Fri Jan 05, 2024 at 09:53 PM PST
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You can make a difference to the hurt being caused by climate chaos and the great extinction event in your town or your city! �How? �Reuse, repurpose, and recycle this information. �You can push ...
by birches
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on Thu Jan 11, 2024 at 10:00 AM PST
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I don’t like driving, and I don’t like having to drive. But since I often have to, it becomes clear to me why attempts to limit car use in most of the United States, to get people to shift to bicycles and public transit (usually buses), are doomed to...
by K S LaVida
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on Thu Dec 21, 2023 at 03:39 PM PST
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Carmakers, and GPS have advanced far enough to install speed limiters on car so they can at most go a few miles over. It would save a lot of lives, maybe reduce emissions, and take away the fun people get out of driving. It’s called Intelligent Speed...
by Somchai
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on Sat Nov 18, 2023 at 11:47 AM PST
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You might have seen, if you’re into cars or trucks, YouTube videos — for months and months — by car dealers, complaining that no one can now afford to buy a vehicle. Cars and trucks are stacked up on dealer lots, with no sales in sight. And those...
by Adventurist
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on Wed Nov 15, 2023 at 01:12 PM PST
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You can make a difference to the hurt being caused by climate chaos and the great extinction event in your town or your city! �How? �Reuse, repurpose, and recycle this information. �You can push ...
by birches
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on Tue Nov 14, 2023 at 10:00 AM PST
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On the final leg of our recent ten-day road trip, we were cruising westbound across the Cascade mountain range of Washington state on interstate 90 and came upon the structure you see above. It was unlike any other overpass we’d seen and I wondered at...
by OceanDiver
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on Thu Nov 02, 2023 at 07:00 AM PDT
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You can make a difference to the hurt being caused by climate chaos and the great extinction event in your town or your city! How? Reuse, repurpose, and recycle this information. You can push your local politicians to act. It will make a difference!...
by birches
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on Fri Oct 20, 2023 at 10:00 AM PDT
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Morning Open Thread is a daily, � copyrighted � post from a host of editors and guest writers. We support our community, invite and share ideas, and encourage thoughtful, respectful dialogue in an ...
by CaptBLI
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on Thu Oct 05, 2023 at 03:30 AM PDT
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130 years ago today, the Duryea brothers cranked up the first gas-powered car. Charles & Frank were, like the Wright brothers, initially bicycle makers. On September 21, 1893, the Duryea brothers ...
by jck
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on Wed Sep 20, 2023 at 05:30 PM PDT
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