

Completely agree. We should have gotten rid of the law. It was born out of racism and restricts our rights in Cali.
Completely agree. We should have gotten rid of the law. It was born out of racism and restricts our rights in Cali.
The people of sh.it.just.works and Lemmy.world both loved to try and act like I was out of line for calling for open carry the other night. Unfortunately California state law doesn’t allow for it. I think that it’s the only way to get them to back off with the Marines, the National Guard and with ICE though. If they’re not going to be afraid of us then they’re never going to change and the people saying “don’t give them a reason to escalate” will keep saying that up to the first battles at which point they’ll run and cower.
Where does the goal post moving stop? It’s not an escalation of violence if you don’t use it. It’s a threat to escalate to violence. If they aren’t afraid of you then they’re not going to change.
When they declare martial law are you going to be saying the same thing and hoping by just chanting loudly you change their mind?
People are acting like this man got conned or like they’re stupid. This was a bribe for a get out of jail free card. If you’re rich and make your money in black market ways this is the best possible decision you can make. Your name is on a list in front of the president even if you didn’t meet him. That means a pardon in the future.
Maybe you should read the article then before commenting since it calls out that the car has been on sale for 1.5 years.
The Prius Prime came out in 2012. Only 2 years after the first volt. 100% of the people in these threads are not car people and don’t actually know what products have existed or currently exist out there.
Also, Nissan might have had the first leaf, but what has it done with its EV program since then? They have the Arya and the leaf… and look at the state of Nissan now. Toyota made correct calls on Hybrid tech being better, and it’s paying off financially now too.
https://www.motoringresearch.com/car-news/lowest-co2-emissions-car-companies/
Yes. Most Americans drive less than 40 miles a day. Giving them the ability to do all of that on electric only, and then gas when they have to go further but with better efficiency is statistically better for the environment. Look, mining, shipping heavy ass battery cars, assembling, and them catching on fire and polluting toxic gas is a real thing. In our current obsession with driving everywhere and not investing in public transportation it’s the better of the two alternatives. If batteries had no mining, no net negative shipping weight, and didn’t pollute toxic gas if they caught on fire for a long time wasn’t a thing then yes you would be correct that BEVs are better. You know what’s even better though, real public transportation. You’re letting the small picture get in the way of the real fight you should be focused on. Not to mention the ballooning size and weight of cars.
Toyota LITERALLY launched new EVs yesterday. On top of that what the fuck do you think the prime models are? They’re battery vehicles with less waste because they have generators onboard for longer range. Most people can accomplish their daily driving in EV mode effectively making them EVs. Which is better for the environment currently. Less gas usage when you’re around town, and an efficient motor that allows you to use less battery resources which require dirty AF mining.
Primes are better options for 100% of Americans than a BEV. Less use of batteries and a motor when you need it with 60+ miles of range. Toyota has like 3 Prime vehicles and they just launched a new EV C-HR yesterday and updated Bz today with a new set of trims for various different people.
https://paultan.org/2025/05/15/2026-toyota-c-hr-returns-to-the-us/
They were one of the first companies to invest into solid state batteries. They don’t want lithium/ non-solid state batteries as those batteries are less safe and have more long term reliability issues. Both of which are core principles of Toyota. They also make some of the longest lasting cars on the road which is better for the environment than you buying a new car every few years (which is obviously not as good as public transit options). Just because other brands have the illusion of caring about the environment doesn’t mean you should try and shit on the one that has a track record of actually lowering their emissions.
They were only “anti-EV” years ago when there was no infrastructure and batteries weren’t as capable. Plus they made it a point to say it was better for the environment if all gas cars were hybrids as it would use less resources and be more beneficial, and they aren’t/weren’t wrong. Today Toyota has a range of BEVs and is launching more as I type this.
I actually think regulation is how we got them, but not in a known bad way. Originally car headlights had little to no standards, but eventually people realized they’re important to safety and so testing started happening to ensure that headlights met a minimum safety rating. The problem is that the testing was done from the drivers seat, and based on light projection in front of the vehicle rather than taking into account other humans looking toward it. I’ve been a big proponent of LED lights that dim when stopped or slowing, and even halogen/ultra dim lights for city driving, and keeping LEDs for brights. LEDs have really made a lot of brights basically useless, but the brightness, and harshness of color temperature is absolutely detrimental to other drivers.
They said it in space too.
Teslas are not upper class. They’re cheap, shitty cars. The handful of people driving Cybertrucks are paying 100k, but that’s not because they’re upper class, they’re just financially irresponsible.
I enjoyed the “we gotta lower the national debt for our kids” which quickly converted into “we gotta raise the national debt and we’re going to go into more debt” all in the same month.
Best I can do is drop the taxes on the rich. 👉👈🥺
Telling someone to “get to the back of the bus” while in the same comment trying to say Race didn’t play a factor is some major yikes.
Hilary Clinton was also “cruising” at those ranges and lost too… because of the electoral college and middle America. Considering you make racist ass statements I wouldn’t expect you to understand the intricacies or Misogyny and race as a factor into Kamala. I’m not even a supporter of her. I called her losing the second they announced she was the new candidate.
Nebraska gets one electoral vote per 400k people. California gets 1 per 731k. Nebraska gets two senators to represent 2 million people while California gets two senators to represent 39.5 million people.
Stop acting like this is some moment of Nebraska having progressive clarity. It isn’t. Had states like Nebraska with unproportional representation actually voted for more progressive candidates we wouldn’t be in this boat. But sure, bemoan the states who have tried to do something but can’t because of an antiquated system. Even though nothing would have changed since Trump also won the popular vote this go around anyways.
Also, Kamala didn’t lose because she was a moderate. She lost because she’s a mixed race woman. Not saying progressive policies aren’t my values and aren’t appreciated, but people want to look at Kamala and think we lost because she had a middle ground personality rather than the harsh reality that the voter base isn’t ready for a mixed race woman to lead the country.
When the FUCK did I claim to be a one man army? Holy shit my dude. I simply said I’m trying to convince my other progressive/liberal friends to arm themselves and keeping myself armed. If I thought I was a one man army I wouldn’t be trying to get them to arm themselves. Your point doesn’t stand because it’s coming from an assumption that you’ve made not from truth
Modern family.
It’s just funny enough to be entertaining and has some loose plot that’s fine to follow. Easily forgettable, but great for throwing on. Also, it’s cool to watch the kids on that show grow up over its 10 year run.
Community
Parks and rec
Are others I would toss on for easy to watch. Although community and P&R hide a TON of jokes that make it even funnier if you pay attention.