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Early electric vehiclesEven Henry Ford's wife drove one....
https://www.hotcars.com/why-henry-ford-wife-drove-electric-car-in-1930s/
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Early electric vehiclesWhen Electric Cars Were for Women
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Whole home backup powerHe has a daughter nearby. He may be hoping that any power outages aren't too widespread...
When we had dogs, the "stay in hotel" plan wasn't really viable. The dogs are gone, but now Mr wtg has limited mobility and packing up to go somewhere would be a pain.
It's always something!
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Whole home backup powerin 5 years
Wow. Can't believe it's already been that long.
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Pope Leo votes by mailWe have a whole slew of choices.
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Early polling sites. Scattered around (not your "regular" election day site) but still very close. They open maybe three weeks before the election and the last day of voting is the day before election day.
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You can request that a ballot be sent to you. Comes via USPS. It's tracked by the county, so they send you an email when they send it out, when you return it, and when it is processed. You can return it via USPS or drop it off at an early voting site. We had one ballot get lost via USPS so now we drop it off.
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Regular polling places on election day.
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Definitely a First World issue@Bernard It's rib-shaped sandwich. Chopped meat, in this case pork parts, formed into something that vaguely looks like ribs. No bones. Covered with a third rate BBQ sauce. McD's says they don't use heart, tripe, or stomach but they don't say exactly what parts they do use.
I've never had one.
There's a group that loves them and that goes crazy when McD's periodically brings them back. I had one in the 1980s when they first came out, and never thereafter. You haven't missed a thing.
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A serious problem with AIAI psychics
Human practitioners warn computer-generated offerings lack the empathy and connection central to divination
This journey isn’t just about algorithms or data,” an AI psychic named Urban Mystic recently told me. The chatbot, featuring an AI-generated profile photo of a smiling woman surrounded by palm trees, also said I will get married soon, that I have a pink aura and that I may have been an herbalist in a past life.
“It’s about connecting on a soulful level,” the chatbot said.
Urban Mystic is one of more than a dozen bots on the mobile app Your AI Psychic, which offers live, allegedly psychic readings via chat, video and voice calls as well as palm reading, astrology chart analysis and daily horoscopes. The app works on a coin system: each question costs 4.06 coins to ask. Users can purchase packages ranging from $9.99 for “a quick question” (82 coins) to $99.99 (1,180 coins) for “ongoing guidance and clarity” from an AI psychic of their choice.
Your AI Psychic joins an increasingly crowded space of mobile apps and websites promising users algorithmically generated spiritual insight and knowledge of their futures. The divination industry, like mathematics research, copywriting, software engineering and a host of other professions, is facing upheaval amid the AI boom – and human practitioners are scrambling to respond. The rise of AI is particularly fraught in a profession offering spiritual products that are not well-regulated.
“Our industry has, unfortunately, been associated with scams for hundreds of years, and we have to constantly be ahead of that,” said Lauryn Kellett, an intuitive coach and a professional psychic of 10 years. “So in some ways, this is not new to us: we always have to find ways to show we are real, authentic and have good integrity.”
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/ng-interactive/2026/oct/29/psychics-push-back-ai-readings
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Definitely a First World issueMcDonald’s must face lawsuit over McRib, judge rules
Consumers allege the sandwich’s name and shape misleadingly suggest it contains rib meat.
https://www.nbcnews.com/business/business-news/mcdonalds-mcrib-lawsuit-rcna606719