To EV or not EV?

Consumer Reports finds that EVs have significantly more problems than ICE counterparts

Reporting on the seemingly endless problems with EVs is giving me déjà vu, but, here we go again.

Yesterday, AP journalist Tom Krisher broke down the results of a new Consumer Reports survey, which according to Consumer, represented 330,000 vehicles …

 

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Forbes publishes new ‘hall of shame’ naming 10 people it regrets featuring on prized 30 under 30 list – with jailed FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried taking inevitable top spot

Forbes has published a new ‘Hall of Shame’ with 10 people it regrets featuring on its famous 30 Under 30 list in recent years.

FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried was the first person named on the new list after he was found guilty of $10billion in crypto fraud on November 2. He was featured on the prestigious Forbes 30 Under 30 in 2021.

Caroline Ellison, his ex-girlfriend and former co-CEO of FTX sister company Alameda, was also included in the Hall of Shame.

That’s quite a record.

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Star Trek’s Captain Kirk Actor William Shatner Claims: ‘We Are All Going to Die Because of Climate Change’

Actor William Shatner, best known for his role as Captain Kirk on Star Trek, urged King Charles to take a stand against climate change, expressing concerns about the potential for “human extinction.”

Shatner made his appeal during an appearance on Good Morning Britain, stating that the king should address the British public at the COP28 climate conference.

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Shove diversity up your arse …

Save room for multiculturalism.

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Homophobic remarks made at council meeting, alleges three-times sex change lawyer

Police were called over a community council meeting at which homophobic remarks were allegedly made about a transgender laird.

Samantha Kane – a barrister who is believed to be the only person in Britain who has changed gender three times – bought Carbisdale Castle in Scotland in 2022 for more than £1 million.

Ms Kane, who goes by Lady Carbisdale, has pledged to sink millions of pounds into restoring the category B-listed 19-bedroom manor, which is close to Ardgay, around 30 miles north of Inverness.

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Woke publishers ‘paid huge sums for books that flopped’

Paid huge advance for book whose sales are flatter than she is.

Inexperienced editors hired in a drive to diversify big publishing houses in the wake of the Black Lives Matter protests in 2020 are said to have paid huge advances for books that became commercial flops.

There has been a growing politicisation of publishing, industry insiders told the Free Press website, with books expected to espouse ideas about racial justice and racism such as those that suggest people from ethnic minorities are the victims of white supremacy.

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Busting the Bill Gates myth

Bill Gates has long been held up as the shining example of a “good billionaire”. The story goes that, having amassed an eye-watering fortune with Microsoft in the ‘90s, Gates decided to take a step back from the rat race to take on a new role: that of the selfless philanthropist. Since then, he has — by his own estimation — helped save millions of lives across the world and changed the face of charity forever. A mythology built up around Gates; he became both the richest but also the most generous man on the planet, revolutionising education, public health and agriculture in the developing world.

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Almost two months later: UN chief acknowledges Hamas rapes

Nearly two months after the Hamas attack on Israel on October 7, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres acknowledged on Wednesday that Hamas terrorists performed acts of sexual violence against Israelis.

“There are numerous accounts of sexual violence during the abhorrent acts of terror by Hamas on 7 October that must be vigorously investigated and prosecuted,” Guterres wrote on X.

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