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Lexus at its peak—the 2024 RX450h+ is one smooth plug-in hybrid
The plug-in hybrid powertrain is pleasant, but the infotainment can irritate.
arstechnica.com/cars/2024/09/l…
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Just finished Matthew Desmond’s “Poverty, by America,” (2023).
An amazing (and amazingly readable) overview of how #poverty is manufactured and sustained in America.
There were so many #quotes that I loved. I had to actively stop myself from collecting them all, out of fear that I’d simply copy the whole #book. Here are some of my favorites 👇
#books #bookstodon @bookstadon
Springfield, Ohio, is still having to shut down schools and cancel events over Donald Trump and J.D. Vance’s racist conspiracy theory.
The Boeing Strike: 4 moments the company fractured its bond with workers
Though contract negotiations were the catalyst for Boeing machinists to go on strike, frustrations among workers have been building up for years.
#news #npr #publicradio #usa
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Initial temperature check for #Socialcoop members:
What would you think of enabling members to have [user].social.coop as their handles for Bluesky?
This would require no data storage or throughput from us, just a DNS record: bsky.social/about/blog/4-28-20…
- Love it, I would use it (16%, 2 votes)
- Fine, I guess (58%, 7 votes)
- I have reservations (reply below) (8%, 1 vote)
- Definitely not (16%, 2 votes)
My own perspective is that I think this could be a low-hanging way for Social.coop to become cross-platform and to explore what it means to have a cooperative presence on ATProto/Bluesky. It would also advertise our collective existence there.
Personally, not sure I'd use it, as I already use my personal domain (@ntnsndr.in) on Bluesky.
No Longer Full of Commuters, Atlanta's Old Subway Cars Are Now Filled With Fish
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/no-longer-full-of-commuters-atlantas-old-subway-cars-are-now-filled-with-fish-180985085/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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NEW RESOURCES
WFYI: New statewide tool helps residents find local housing resources. “Indiana residents seeking housing resources have a new tool they can use. Prosperity Indiana created a housing stability map that connects people to local housing resources.”
Patch Connecticut: CTData Collaborative Launches Population Estimates Dashboard. “CTData Collaborative, in partnership with the […]
After 2012, some Republicans worried that an evolving electorate, driven by young and non-White voters, had shifted against them permanently.
New Gallup data shows that, in the Trump era, the shift was heavily among young women.
washingtonpost.com/politics/20…
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What can go wrong? qz.com/tiktok-owner-bytedance-…
#china #ai #technology #tiktok #bytedance #economy #news #future
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Did I just downgrade my shell? (via Erik's Weblog)
I've lived in a shell for the last 40 years or so…
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in reply to Ars Technica • • •(In a Lexus design team meeting)
“Ok so.. what do we want this thing to look like?”
“Well, I’ve been thinking…”
“Yeah?”
“What if Darth Vader could scowl, but … like … with his whole helmet?”
“…”
“…”
“What if Darth Vader could scowl but with his whole helmet.”
“Yeah, like … the whole thing."
"..."
"Like... grrrr. Darth Vader but like... grrrr.”
“…”
“… so ...”
“Ok, we’re doing that. That is genius and we’re doing that.”
Matthias R. Koch
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