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Things today look very different, at least for now. By mid-December, mpox, as the World Health Organization has now renamed it, had appeared in 110 countries, but the spread had dramatically slowed. The US, which had recorded 29,740 cases as of December 21—more than a third of the global total—was registering barely a handful each day. While one reason is that access to vaccines and testing improved, and another is that mpox is inherently much harder to transmit than Covid, the biggest, most agree, is that the people most at risk took their protection into their own hands in those crucial early weeks when the authorities were flailing....

If 2021 was a huge missed opportunity, 2022 was a huge turnaround. “I feel a lot more heartened about climate change now than I ever have,” says Jonathan Foley, executive director of the nonprofit Project Drawdown, which advocates for climate action. “We’re a lot less screwed than we would have been. And I’ll take that as kind of encouragement—a little more wind in the sails. Like, Hey, wait a minute, things are really starting to pivot....

Only Store Valuable Items If your life dictates the need for a self-storage facility, there are ways you can save on its costs. One of the best is to only store your most valuable items in the facility, which can be done in many different ways. For example, many organizing experts recommend focusing only on the most memorable items, which will free up space for additional items if needed later on....

One of these lovely RVs has shown up for sale in Canada, and a number of people have been recommending that I write about it. Thank you, Michael B from Twitter! recently posted. via: https://t.co/k8n2NNBFm7 pic.twitter.com/x7tlEkfPsL — Michael B ???? (@banovsky) January 27, 2023 Unfortunately, despite its $47,000 asking price, it sold in just three days. Don’t worry, because unique RVs can’t elude me. I found a 1986 Vixen 21 TD for a cheaper price at a dealership in Texas!...

Hold on. White Diamond paint with a contrasting black roof? Where have we seen this before? Oh yes, in that other Mitsubishi Mirage Ralliart edition. See, the Mitsubishi Mirage is primarily built in Thailand, and Thai drivers seem to really love the little thing. A small, economical, light car that’s still reasonably practical sounds like just the thing for an entry point to the new car market. Presumably enjoying decent popularity and sales, Mitsubishi dusted off the Ralliart nameplate for this special Thai-market appearance package that’s so kitschy it’s good....

If you know what the Ford Bronco Sport Badlands is then you can guess what the Ford Maverick Tremor has, because they’re similar. Available only on the XLT and Lariat trims with the 2.0-liter EcoBoost motor and AWD, the Tremor adds the baby Bronco Badland’s twin-clutch rear-drive unit with a clutch-based “differential lock” feature that Ford says “can divert virtually all rear axle torque to either wheel.” The Maverick Tremor also gets “Trail Control,” which is Ford’s excellent off-road cruise control system....

Sure, it’s got four wheels, a motor, and some modern conveniences, but underneath, it’s a “car” largely in the sense it can move under its own power. It’s very slow, and can’t go very far, and both Chinese and Western journalists alike have derided its kind of crude design. I mean, it’s a tiny car, only about 10 inches longer than a Smart Fortwo, with a three-link solid axle like what you’d find on a very cheap light truck....

I got the truck and a tow strap, looped one end through her Hyundai’s towing eye and the other around my tow hitch. I got in, put it in the granny gear first, and slowly let off the clutch and on the gas. At first, I got some wheelspin, not surprising with cold tires and an empty bed, but pretty soon there was a lurch and a satisfying sensation of mass and motion, and holy shit, the car was freed!...

I don’t have a ton of info on this thing, since this is breaking news, but I will note that the approach, departure, and breakover angles are quite good for a pickup truck. Check it out: It’s worth mentioning that GMC says in its press release that the AT4, Elevation, and Denali trims get an “ultra-wide track and two-inch factory lift” while the AT4X cranks that “lift” up to three inches (that’s in quotes because if all trims have it, is it even a lift?...

Upon seeing leaked photos earlier this year, I had hope that maybe the XM wouldn’t look so bad. There’s a chance that under the protective wrapping, BMW cleaned up some of the fussy details on the front clip. Nope. Claus Luthe is rolling over in his grave so violently that Olaf Scholz could hook up a generator and use Luthe’s corpse to solve the German energy crisis. It’s like the design team was given a budget of eight pixels and told to make do....

The motivation for his project is a simple fact: Every day, voices that could be preserved go extinct—whether that be the call of a critically endangered bird or a digital voice note lost in a phone update. That’s why Yeff and his collaborator Trung Bao created Voice Gems: a project that uses AI to shape iconic and endangered voices into digital gemstones and physical sculptures. These AI-generated gems are not just a random visualization: A voice with a lower resonance will take on a deep blueish quality; a more consistent structure suggests the person was speaking slowly and calmly; children’s voices, with higher resonances, leave behind rainbow-colored gems....

“Hopefully this strike will have a domino effect,” says Westwood, who is hoping other warehouses will follow Coventry’s example. The Coventry strike is expected to last for 24 hours, but organizers could announce further dates. Getting to this point has been a slog: Employees in the UK can’t just walk off the job—first a union has to mail ballots to workers’ homes then persuade a majority to return them, voting in favor of a strike....

Welcome to The Morning Dump, bite-sized stories corralled into a single article for your morning perusal. If your morning coffee’s working a little too well, pull up a throne and have a gander at the best of the rest of yesterday. F&I, Meet FTC A typical guideline with any new car dealership is that no matter how nice your sales guy is, the finance and insurance (F&I) office is going to try to make you bend over by pushing high-margin drivel like dentless paint removal and TruCoat....

Now, when you go on a long trip, you’re bound to run into some possibly helpful advice. You’ve probably heard it before: don’t eat the tuna sandwich from a rest stop vending machine, steer away from the gas station burritos, and you probably don’t want to drink something that’ll make you pee. David Tracy somehow outclasses us all on poor dietary decisions. At the old lighting site, it was an open secret that he stored food in a truck bed during the winter....

If this motorhome looks similar to you, it’s because I actually first wrote about it back in the summer of 2021. Now, I’ve seen it, touched it, played around with it, and have some additional news for you. Back then, Wingamm announced that it was coming to America. So the company’s reps tell me, Wingamm missed its release date. Then, after American RVers tested the European version, the company decided to make changes just for the American market....

It offers a wide range of cafes around the world. With it, you can share your encounters by uploading pictures and opinions of the cafes that you visit. Write a review and read other users’ reviews. This app acts as a travel guide and a navigational app. It offers a wide continuously updated database of maps and tips and areas of interest to make the most of a ride. In 2015, it won the Eurobike Award for being a must-have invention and so, it has lots of recommendations....

Whatever contradictory it might sound, comfort is a key factor in sports. Comfortable shoes, comfortable T-shirt mean the world when you’re prepping for the Championship. As for the headphones, they should provide that type of comfort where music, wearing, and other factors are favorable for exercising. So, in this article, you’ll get to know makes the headset comfortable. Also, you’ll find out about top over-ear headphones that our audiophiles consider the most comfortable in the world....

A list of the Best Platforms for your Blog #1 – We will start with a platform that is a No. 1 choice for at least a quarter of all blogs on the Internet. Its name is WordPress. The reason why it is so popular is that it is incredibly easy to use. You do not need to create a site; you can just get one of the templates and enjoy the process....

Proper product metrics allow you to succeed in decision-making and growth. Different sorts of data are meant to explain versatile facets of business like marketing, user engagement & acquisition, and, of course, financial health. The latter is traditionally the most acute challenge, and every startup founder strives to make his or her product as profitable as possible. For this purpose, there are different business metrics to analyze and track the state of things....

Before we get into these Prius body kits, let’s start with a bit of background information on Modellista. A bit like how Mercedes has both Maybach and AMG, Toyota has its own range of in-house tuning companies. There’s Gazoo Racing which handles all the really quick stuff, TRD which plays in a roughly similar arena as Gazoo Racing, and Modellista, which makes things look a bit funkier. If you’re familiar with Autech’s current role in the Nissan ecosystem, Modellista will make sense....