The new Chevy Trax update caught me off guard. The previous gen has been one of the ugliest cars available for a while and then the 2024 comes out and it’s almost attractive. That is a huge swing between generations.

Keeping a trademark can actually be very difficult, as it requires actively defending it to stop it from becoming part of the public domain. That’s why companies like Nintendo and Disney are so quick to sue anyone that could just maybe start infringing on them. Taco Johns backed off because they were very likely to…

My Target had a variety of Lego sets go on sale for 30% off (a few at 50-70% too). Literally every box of the discounted sets was gone while the rest looked almost untouched. Are Lego sets gold bars now?

That design has aged shockingly well, considering my primary memories of these as being my friend’s hand-me-down cars that their older siblings thrashed. 

I’d be surprised if the MCU didn’t have a few different options based on how different movies/shows perform for each of the main characters and then how they expand on them as the phases progress. 

My dream is that Trump ends up running as an independent and bunch of Trumpers down ticket follow him there and then McConnell has a heart attack live on camera as the party burns down and votes are split down ticket across multiple states.

It seems like the union is in a strong position to get public support, but the studios also have the advantage that consumers have access to decades of material at our fingertips. Unless people start cutting services, streaming companies will just keep making money without having to produce content. I bet the execs…

When I lived near Chicago, one of the systems there supposedly had a person review every ticket video before they got sent out. I got to see the video of my rolling stop before I made a right on red when they sent me the ticket for it. 

Deaths from drunk driving have been continuously hovering 11k-14k deaths a year for the last 20 years, varying by year with no pattern going up or down. Pretty consistent overall, so the idea that you can greatly reduce them based purely on enforcement doesn’t appear to be true. However, America has uniquely high…

It’s because they are confidently stupid. A lot of people really want you to know how ignorant they are. 

Turns out criminals really enjoy it when there is a largely unregulated market that is used by a lot of people for a popular product. Whodathunkit...

Maybe not a huge spike in viewership, but I would definitely expect that they lead to more future opportunities for all staff involved on the show. 

The TV show Zoo was pretty good. It’s basically about animals of the world uniting to take down humans. It’s based on a book by James Patterson, so enjoyment of that may be personal preference. 

I’ve actually cross shopped this space twice in the last 3 years and the Atlas offers more space, is cheaper (feature for feature anyway), a better drive (the turbo 4 engine, not the V6), and they’re more regularly available then a comparable Toyota/Honda. The brand new Pilot and Grand Hilander come much closer to…

Skip lagging is the card counting of airfare. Nothing more than a business owner mad that some customers can outsmart the system. 

At most they’re a 3rd party accounting firm

The only way there would be a union gig site is if there is an ownership group that wants more union involvement. That is the opposite of what business owners want, so it’s hard to see that ever happening. 

School choice is extra dangerous because it’s also a dog whistle to get public funding for religious schools, which is how it has migrated from just rich white people looking for taxes to fund their high-end private schools to any religious person looking for taxes to fund their church school. After the GOP has done…

The best 4x4 Toyota you can afford and be set for life with how rare you’d use it. Would be a little concerned leaving any car sitting all winter though and how that will mess with the common wear parts every year.

Almost makes me want to pretend to be a die hard Trumper in my red district just so I can say I’ve changed my morals or some BS once in office. Could be difficult, as I lack the proven record of being a racist asshole that many of my local reps have. We may be witnessing a bunch of Rs start calling each other false…