nice job getting the ring detail so crisp

PR isn't going to happen (constitutional amendment). STV could reduce polarization, but the most polarized places are unlikely to adopt. Congress could increase # of reps to 1920s level or more (1500-3000 reps): make it harder to gerrymander, and help with the electoral college distortion too.

The disposable pepper grinders are so common they come in the generic store brand.

Rich people don’t buy newsrooms because they care about journalism they do it so they can control the news.

Sure, in the same way they know buying up Toys R Us and loading it up with debt will likely lead to eventual bankruptcy after they've got their money out and left. Someone else's problem by then.

I saw a couple in Santa Cruz and assumed they were a local thing. Monarchs winter here and we recently celebrated their return.

Hey now, as long as _they_ live free it's not their problem if other people die because of it.

Backup cameras are great (especially in a van or RV). With mirrors as backup it can't fail catastrophically.

Replacing the side mirrors with screens, however, is terrible. I don't think it's legal in the US but I saw it in a European EV (might have been a demo model, not production)

Why are the rings orange? Does that represent infrared, and if so why would they be warm?

Isn't California a two-party consent state? I hope these pervs get sued into oblivion.

The tariffs aren't 500%. Was there any explanation of other "fees"?

No, no, you're doing the Gell-Mann amnesia effect all wrong. Everything else is perfectly fine, honest!