2023-09-25

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2024 Nissan Kicks Is the Kind of Car We Need More Of: Affordable

there are still even cheaper options, like the Mitsubishi Mirage, Kia Rio, and Nissan Versa. Even with those three, I can count the $20,000 cars that exist right now with one hand. So while the Kicks isn’t glamorous, cool, or a car you want to be in long-term, it’s inexpensive, and it’ll move people around.
Crocodiles use their snouts to nudge dog to safety from river
These Walking 'Spider' Excavators Are Amazing—and Creepy | The Drive

"Spam Strike" Looms After Hormel Minnesota Workers Reject Contract Offer
Baby boomers are becoming homeless at a rate not seen since the Great Depression
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Diesel fuel shortages could lead to a global economic crisis within months
Excess No More? Dwindling Pandemic Savings
You Now Have to Earn Over $100,000 to Afford a Typical Home in the US.

With today’s high mortgage rates and expensive real estate, the median family income of $91,721 isn’t enough to buy a median-priced house. In fact, it now takes a record income of $104,496 to qualify for a median-priced house at prevailing mortgage rates, according to the latest data from the National Association of Realtors (as of July). As recently as February, it was only $87,840 — about $3,000 less than the median income.
Cargill: Peek Inside America’s Largest Privately Owned Company

Legal prostitution is a gift to pimps
Supreme Court case about hotel websites could upend much of US civil rights law

Deborah Laufer has filed more than 600 different lawsuits — many of which, according to a federal court in Maryland, appear to follow the same pattern. The defendants are typically small hotels, and Laufer accuses them of failing to comply with a federal regulation requiring that they disclose on their websites whether their rooms are accessible to people with disabilities.

There are very good reasons why Laufer — whose many lawsuits more than push the limits of the federal courts’ jurisdiction — should not be allowed to file these suits. But, in the worst-case scenario for civil rights advocates, a Supreme Court dominated by conservative Republicans may not only shut down Laufer’s vast array of lawsuits. They may also do considerable harm to civil rights writ large.
California governor vetoes bill to require human operators in autonomous trucks