What’s The Best Car For An After-Dinner Holiday Cruise? Even if you have the perfect family or group of friends, dinner during the holidays can be stressful. Whether it’s arguments about politics or pop culture, problems with the cooking or hosting, or maybe just built-up tension from work or other things, you’ll probably want to go for a relaxing drive after dinner to… Read more…

Here’s A Look Back At Some Of The Special Trucks We’ve Lost Nearly every crossover or pickup on the market either has a dedicated off-road trim or one inspired by it. While we all love bulky tires and useless features, there’s a real lack of variety in trucks nowadays. What if you want to go fast in your pickup? What if you want something luxurious with innovative technology? Read more…

This Is Your Sign To Do A Photoshoot With All Your Friends And Their Cars If you’re living in 2024 like me, you’re probably a part of a lot of group chats, many of which will be with people that don’t or can’t regularly get together. One of my most active chats is with eleven of my car enthusiast friends, almost all of whom live in LA and regularly hang out together whether its car-related… Read more…

A Thanksgiving Special: Brownies, Frownies and Beef Bourguignon + John Schmidt and Jonathan Woodward Come enjoy a meal with Katelyn, Roxy and special guests John Schmidt (Roxy’s boo) and Jonathan Woodward (SBTC’s beloved producer). The post A Thanksgiving Special: Brownies, Frownies and Beef Bourguignon + John Schmidt and Jonathan Woodward appeared first on RNS.

How should nonprofits prepare for the ‘nonprofit killer’ bill becoming law? (RNS) — With Americans serving more than 1.5 million tax-exempt nonprofits in the United States, according to the Nonprofit Risk Management Center, House Bill 9495 should concern all of us. The post How should nonprofits prepare for the ‘nonprofit killer’ bill becoming law? appeared first on RNS.

T.D. Jakes files suit after medical incident, accusing minister of false abuse claims (RNS) — The lawsuit makes a direct link between Jakes’ medical state and Duane Youngblood’s allegations, which Jakes’ suit calls ‘false and defamatory.’ The post T.D. Jakes files suit after medical incident, accusing minister of false abuse claims appeared first on RNS.

Jain Americans adapt Thanksgiving by applying an ethic of nonviolence even to the turkey (RNS) — Jain Americans have forged Thanksgiving traditions of their own, participating in a ritual fast, praying for forgiveness or cooking up a vegan feast for their families. The post Jain Americans adapt Thanksgiving by applying an ethic of nonviolence even to the turkey appeared first on RNS.

Watch Crash Tests Of Maybachs, Range Rovers And Other Luxury Vehicles You’ve Never Seen Smashed Before The scariest part about driving is arguably the fear of crashing, but a great way to tackle a fear is to learn more about it. Morbid curiosity has led me to YouTube to watch thousands of crash test videos over the years. I believe I have this admittedly strange infatuation because I love cars but fear crashing, so I… Read more…

On Bodhi Day, Buddhists commemorate Siddhartha Gautama’s enlightenment by combatting darkness (The Conversation) — For Buddhists, Bodhi Day represents hope and the potential to overcome suffering. The post On Bodhi Day, Buddhists commemorate Siddhartha Gautama’s enlightenment by combatting darkness appeared first on RNS.

What should public schoolchildren learn about the Bible? (RNS) — It should not be about imposing faith. It could be about encouraging knowledge. The post What should public schoolchildren learn about the Bible? appeared first on RNS.

I Said Keep Moving, But I Didn’t Mean It Like This Plenty of places have “Keep Moving” signs, but a little over a week ago, I learned that Getty Images didn’t have a photo of one that I could use. Conveniently, my drive home from the pharmacy takes me right by one, so when I decided to blog my frustration with drivers stopping unnecessarily in front of that sign, I… Read more…

Three Dead After Cybertruck Crashes, Bursts Into Flames Three people have died and another person is in hospital after a Tesla Cybertruck crashed and burst into flames in California in the early hours of Wednesday morning. The truck reportedly mounted a curb, smashed through a barrier and got wedged in between a tree and a wall before bursting into flames. Read more…

36-Year Driving Ban Didn’t Stop Australian Man From Crashing Porsche Into Lexus Before Running From The Cops Australia may be a gorgeous place, but it’s important to remember that everything there is trying to kill you. Including their drivers, apparently. Sydney’s 9News reports that the driver of a Porsche SUV recently blew through an intersection, T-boned a Lexus hatchback and ran from the cops before finally being… Read more…

Polaris RZR Pro R Can Take You Somewhere You’ve Never Been From the top of a twenty story sand dune as the first trickles of sunlight crest the horizon I can feel the full vastness of the world. An incredible natural display shaped over thousands of years, the Imperial Sand Dunes, lays out for miles in all directions. Aside from my travelling companions, the only evidence of… Read more…

The FBI May Finally Know D.B. Cooper’s Identity In 1971, a man going by the name Dan Cooper hijacked a plane, took $200,000 and two parachutes, and vanished into the night sky somewhere over the state of Washington never to be seen or heard from again. Armchair investigators have long theorized where he might have gone, and the FBI thinks he may have never landed… Read more…

GM Did Away With Apple CarPlay And Android Auto In Its EVs. This Aftermarket Kit Gives It Back GM caused an uproar last year when the automaker announced it was getting rid of the popular phone mirroring systems Apple CarPlay and Android Auto in its vehicles, specifically its EVs. Now one aftermarket company is bringing back Car and Android Auto via a kit that you can purchase. Read more…

Liberty Walk Is Modifying A Lamborghini Miura For Real This Time Japanese tuner Liberty Walk, creator of absurd widebody kits for everything from kei cars and semi trucks to iconic supercars and JDM legends, made waves back in 2018 when it debuted a modified “Lamborghini Miura” at the Tokyo Auto Salon. That car was actually just a replica built on a Ford GT40 kit car frame, but the… Read more…

Flashing Lights On Emergency Vehicles Can Cause ‘Digital Epileptic Seizure’ In Automated Driving Systems Elon Musk has perpetually promised that self-driving cars are only a year away. However, today’s relatively rudimentary autonomous systems are still making errors that most humans wouldn’t make behind the wheel. New research found that the flashing lights mounted on emergency vehicles can disorient automated driving… Read more…

Larry Cuban on School Reform and Classroom Practice: High Tech Devices: Addiction, Dependency, or Hype? Larry Cuban on School Reform and Classroom Practice: High Tech Devices: Addiction, Dependency, or Hype? “We used to talk more before we had fire.” The New Yorker cartoon about the possible decrease in Neanderthal communication after the invention of fire pokes fun at the current hullabaloo over users’ addiction to smart phones, tab…

At $67,000, Would You Plug Into This 2021 Porsche Taycan Cross Turismo 4? Who’d have ever thought the only company selling a fully electric station wagon in America today would be Porsche? Today’s Nice Price of No Dice Taycan is one of those wagons, and while used, it’s new enough to still be under warranty. Let’s see if it’s under budget as well. Read more…