What To Do After You Crash Your Motorcycle There’s an old saying in motorcycling: It’s not if you’ll crash, but when. At some point, your number will come up, and it’s important to know what to do in the aftermath: What organs to get checked out, which bones to mend, whose insurance to deal with for months on end until it almost doesn’t feel worth it any more.… Read more…

Republicans Are Back With Their Chemtrail Nonsense Again, This Time In Florida There was a time when the morons who believed fringe conspiracy theories about chemtrails and weather manipulation were treated like the crackpot weirdos that they are. Now that Republicans have gone absolutely mad, though, those same conspiracy theorists have gained enough political influence that lawmakers have… Read more…

‘Gladiator II’ and the voice of the radical minority (RNS) — It’s not only about the games in the Colosseum. It’s about America today. The post ‘Gladiator II’ and the voice of the radical minority appeared first on RNS.

Hindu Swayamsevak Sangh USA showcases Swami Vivekananda’s legacy at the UN Hindu Swayamsevak Sangh USA The post Hindu Swayamsevak Sangh USA showcases Swami Vivekananda’s legacy at the UN appeared first on RNS.

I Just Bought A Cheap, Decade-Old EV Because I’m A Glutton For Punishment As some of you know, I’ve been trying to figure out what to do with my 2008 Subaru Forester for a while now. With an engine that needed to be rebuilt, a transmission that would occasionally drop down into third gear on the highway and who knows how many other gremlins hiding under the hood, it clearly needed to be… Read more…

Chevrolet Snowmovan Combines Interests You Didn’t Know You Had I have learned that it’s possible to learn something exists and immediately have it occupy a space in your brain which will almost certainly perish if I don’t have it. I am Veruca Salt and this hybrid van/snow machine is my oompa loompa, if I don’t get it now I may throw a fit that will end in bloodshed. When the snow… Read more…

What’s The Best Used EV For A Cheapskate? Electric vehicles have only really been a major part of the public consciousness for about 12 years from the launch of the Tesla Model S and Nissan Leaf. As these machines age they are starting to get pretty dang cheap. If you’re looking for something electric to add to your stable to make your commute gasoline-free… Read more…

Josh Cowen’s Newsletter: My Address to the Center for Journalism and Democracy at Howard University Josh Cowen’s Newsletter: My Address to the Center for Journalism and Democracy at Howard University Hi again from the road! On October 8, I had the honor of addressing a gathering of journalists at the third annual Democracy Summit at Howard University’s Center for Journalism and Democracy. The Center was founded by Nikole Hannah-J…

Dodge Challenger Goes Airborne And Ends Up On Roof A person has been killed, two others are in hospital and power has been cut to thousands after a Dodge Challenger flew through the air and crashed into the roof of a house in Idaho. The muscle car reportedly came off the road on Sunday and hit a berm, before going airborne and hitting power cables and two houses. Read more…

Iron Dames All-Women Racing Team Grows With Porsche Support After Lamborghini Fumbled The Bag Porsche Motorsport has signed up for an alliance with all-women team Iron Dames which will last for “several years” and see the team flying Stuttgart colors in the FIA WEC, European Le Mans Series, Asian Le Mans Series, and IMSA sports cars. Since Lamborghini’s decision to depart the FIA WEC, leaving Iron Dames… Read more…

Traditional Jewish belief in the Internet era Kodesh Press The post Traditional Jewish belief in the Internet era appeared first on RNS.

Vivek Ramaswamy Is Mad About Rivian’s Georgia Factory Because He Doesn’t Know How Loans Work Rivian secured a big win last month when the Biden administration approved a $6.6 billion loan to fund construction of its Georgia factory. The electric startup had to pause its initial plans to bring the plant online this year, and the new loan will be a key part of Rivian’s plans to expand its lineup beyond the R1T… Read more…

Lilly Endowment elects John Witvliet to its board of directors Lilly Endowment Inc. The post Lilly Endowment elects John Witvliet to its board of directors appeared first on RNS.

Dry Ice And Lasers Used To Meticulously Detail Nigel Mansell’s Old Ferrari F40 There are a lot of satisfying things to watch on the internet, like the massive tank that Porsche’s cars swim through on the production line or crash tests of luxurious motors. Those pale in comparison to footage of cars getting a long-overdue clean, especially rare cars like the Ferrari F40. Read more…

Car Brands That Cost The Most To Maintain And Repair Over 10 Years According To Consumer Reports It’s always exciting when you buy a new car, whether it’s truly new or just new to you. You’ve usually read reviews, comparison shopped, taken multiple test drives and finally made a deal on a vehicle that will hopefully better suit your needs. Maybe you needed something bigger or just wanted something more reliable,… Read more…

Your Next Project Car Needs A Twin Turbo Hayabusa V8 The world of engine swaps is a broad one, covering everything from swapping one inline four for another to stuffing a three-rotor Wankel into a DeLorean. We’re used to seeing LS after LS and K-swap after K-swap nowadays, but there’s something cooler lurking behind all those pages of YouTube results: Engines like this… Read more…

What The Hell Are We Doing Here, Folks? One hundred sixty thousand dollars American—that’s a lot of money for a car. You’d expect to pay that price for something like a Porsche Taycan Sport Turismo, 911 or a decently optioned Mercedes-Benz S Class. You probably wouldn’t expect to pay that for a Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution, but that’s exactly what happened… Read more…

Elon Musk Loses His $56 Billion Pay Pack Yet Again Good morning! It’s Tuesday, December 3, and this is The Morning Shift, your daily roundup of the top automotive headlines from around the world, in one place. Here are the important stories you need to know. Read more…

At $13,500, Could This 1980 Triumph TR8 Give You A Wedgie? Once called by Car and Driver “the reinvention of the sports car,” today’s Nice Price or No Dice TR8 is now considered a classic. It’s still a controversial classic, and we’ll have to see how contentious its price might prove to be. Read more…

Traffic Jams: Daft Punk – ‘Face To Face’ One of my favorite internet wormholes to get lost in at the moment is the search for samples used in some of my favorite songs. I find it fascinating to learn how “Bittersweet Symphony” used a sample of a cover from a Rolling Stones song or how Amy Winehouse sampled Marvin Gaye, to name just a few particularly famous… Read more…