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For some reason, I was thinking that Nissan was re-badging an EV that was developed by a Chinese automaker.

No, this N7 was developed by Nissan's Chinese joint venture.

Well, good for them! Nissan is struggling financially and needs all the help they can get

They should be able to use their existing dealership networks, name recognition, and other infrastructure ahead of Chinese automakers who are just getting off the boat.

Of my rotation of brewers, I find myself enjoying the coffee that I get out of my cucumella, the Neapolitan flip over brewer, the most.

Intense, rich flavor from just about any kind of dark roast, even a little viscosity, with a minimum of fuss compared to a moka pot.

My moka pot gives even more intense flavor, but it's just too much work to clean, and takes too long because it actually requires you to boil the water inside it to actually work.

I really, really hate prying the filter funnel out of the moka pot boiler.

So much so that I put a dent along the edge of the funnel so that I can more easily pry the damned thing out, which is something I have to do twice in the brewing process, which gets old really fast.

Separately from the housing construction exemptions:

The new (changes to CEQA) exempts nine types of projects from environmental reviews: child care centers, health clinics, food banks, farmworker housing, broadband, wildfire prevention, water infrastructure, public parks or trails and, notably, advanced manufacturing.

An oddly specific list, that...

Particularly, the definition of "advanced manufacturing" seems to be exploitable.

According to the new law's definition of "advanced manufacturing" https://law.justia.com/codes/california/code-prc/division-16/chapter-1/article-1/section-26003/

Taking the inclusion of "additive manufacturing" for example... Asbestos is arguably an additive, so are BPAs, and so forth...

"Additive manufacturing," according to a quick Google, actually means 3D printing, but the letter of the law...

It's not even made from pocaris.

Rs: "Let's make absolutely positively sure that Chinese EVs will eventually crush our domestic automakers"

Also: Why maple syrup comes in a flat bottle with a vestigial handle loop

tl;dr It was marketing to resemble a jug, but most people don't know that these days, and the tradition has continued.

At least the bottles aren't plastic.

There's some crazy statistics behind the passage of these "anti drink spiking" measures.

According to: https://calmatters.org/politics/2024/07/california-drink-spikinglaw-bars/

A survey published in 2016 in the American Psychological Association’s journal “Psychology of Violence” found that 8% of 6,064 students surveyed at three universities believed they’d been slipped drugs. Eighteen percent of more than 45,000 respondents in a 2022 global survey from a London-based research firm reported that they had been drugged. The same survey noted that 92% of the victims didn’t report their suspicions to police.

"regular people" don't have money to spend on shit these days.

Used to be there was money in advertising things like Coke, hence the billboard that was along 101 near Downtown for decades.

But no more.

They've never been seen together in the same place!

It's what Republicans want: Repress those uppity females who tend to vote against our policies.

I just noticed an electric semi truck on the road for the first time.

It was quiet compared to an ICE semi, of course.

One should always try the product beforehand.