Auto experts say old-line companies risk becoming obsolete if they don’t learn how to make appealing, profitable electric vehicles, which most executives expect to eventually replace cars that run on gasoline despite the Trump’s administration efforts to promote fossil fuels. Improvements in electric vehicle technology mean that, within a few years, they will be cheaper to buy and will charge in 15 minutes or less.
One of the biggest problems established manufacturers have is that many of the electric models they sell have fared poorly against cars from Tesla and other newer companies.
Category: Pop Culture
Popular culture, culture that seems to spread beyond more than three people
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US automakers at risk of becoming niche manufacturers
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Rodger Sherman gives a Para-Olympics primer
What makes Rodger Sherman a great sports writer is how he can convey not only his enthusiasm for a sport but what makes it interesting and exciting. The Para Olympics start this weekend, and he has an excellent overview, explaining how certain events – visually impaired skiing – work.
There’s going to be BLIND people skiing down a mountain?
Yes, there are visually impaired events in all four alpine skiing categories. The visually impaired athletes ski down the mountain with a guide ahead of them, giving audio instructions through a Bluetooth headset
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Freedom.gov
The U.S. State Department is developing an online portal that will enable people in Europe and elsewhere to see content banned by their governments including alleged hate speech and terrorist propaganda, a move Washington views as a way to counter censorship, three sources familiar with the plan said.
The site will be hosted at “freedom.gov,” the sources said. One source said officials had discussed including a virtual private network function to make a user’s traffic appear to originate in the U.S. and added that user activity on the site will not be tracked.
Ah, yes…
The Trump administration has made free speech, particularly what it sees as the stifling of conservative voices online, a focus of its foreign policy including in Europe and in Brazil.
Europe’s approach to free speech differs from the U.S., where the Constitution protects virtually all expression. The European Union’s limits grew from efforts to fight any resurgence of extremist propaganda that fueled Nazism including its vilification of Jews, foreigners and minorities.
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Bet on anything
A trend I hate: that you can bet almost on anything now. It’s a capitalist parasitic scourge that takes advantage of the constant, information dense media environment.
Gambling culture is enveloping American sports, politics, media and trading, bringing betting out of the shadows and into the mainstream in a way that disturbs some and exhilarates others.
Why it matters: What was once a fringe vice is fast becoming a mass-market habit — raising urgent questions about addiction, fairness and who should regulate the business of betting on almost anything.
“Wanna bet on that?” That age-old contemplation has become more realistic than ever with the explosion of online sportsbooks and prediction markets.
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Women’s clothing sizes
Every adult woman already knows this, but sizing differs across nearly every major brand of clothing. An informative article with great visuals detailing how varied women’s closing sizes are.
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Enclose.horse puzzle game
Enclose.horse is a tile based puzzle game where you attempt to create a fence to prevent a horse from escaping. You try to create the largest possible area.
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A credit union inside a high school
A Missouri credit union opened a real, working branch inside of the high school.
That’s because this school year, a CSD Credit Union branch officially opened inside the high school, making it the second student-run credit union in Missouri. Winnetonka students and staff can make deposits, open accounts and even apply for loans without leaving campus.
Working at the school’s credit union wasn’t as simple as enrolling in a class. Students who were interested in the job had to fill out applications and undergo extensive training. After getting the job, they’re managed by a credit union supervisor.
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Respect the parking spot chair during winter
In cities that experience blizzard accumulation of snow, unwritten rules exist surrounding parking spots, and who gets to use them, especially if you do the work of clearing the space. The people of Pittsburgh use a chair to claim their snow cleared spot.
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Sabbatical, a.k.a. the adult gap year
There appears to be a growing trend of working adults taking sabbatical or gap years between jobs.
Mini-sabbaticals. Adult gap years. Micro-retirement. Extended career breaks go by many names and take many forms, from using the time between jobs to explore or taking an employer-approved leave to becoming a digital nomad or saving up for a monthslong adventure. Creating space for a reset, whether mental, physical or spiritual, is the common thread.
Cost, personal responsibilities and fears of being judged by colleagues, friends and family members are some of the obstacles that prevent people from hitting pause on their work lives and setting out in search of new perspectives, according to sabbatical experts and people who have taken sabbaticals.