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The Giant Pond Rat That Built America - YouTube
Via: Bob Nelson • The Beacon • 5 Comments • 3 Likes • 2 years ago
“This animal is an architect - it builds entire ecosystems just so it can be better at hide and seek.”
I'm sorry, Buzz... but there's a LOT of good stuff on YouTube. I'm subscribed to thirty or so channels of all kinds, from cars to politics to nature to... whatever.
2024 Mercedes-Benz eSprinter electric van will be built and sold in U.S.
Via: Bob Nelson • The Beacon • 11 Comments • 3 Likes • 2 years ago
“The 2024 Mercedes-Benz eSprinter gets more driving range thanks to new technology, and it will be sold in the United States starting in late 2023.”
Delivery vans are a large, and largely negative, part of America's urban landscape. They are not great... With relatively modest, known distances, delivery vans are ideal for electrification. Zevo and Rivian are pumping out a bunch...
The Biggest Penguin That Ever Existed Was a 'Monster Bird' - The New York Times
Via: Bob Nelson • The Beacon • 2 Comments • 1 Like • 2 years ago
“Fossils found in New Zealand highlight an era after the dinosaurs when giant flightless birds prowled the seas for prey.”
Every kid loves dinosaurs... and then almost any extinct critter. I am pleased that in this, at least, I never grew up.
Democrats just won a majority in the Pennsylvania House
Via: Bob Nelson • The Beacon • 1 Comments • 1 Like • 2 years ago
“Democrats keep notching wins in state legislatures even after the midterms.”
REDMAP (short for Redistricting Majority Project) is a project of the Republican State Leadership Committee of the United States to increase Republican control of congressional seats as well as state legislatures, largely through determination of electoral district boundaries. The project has...