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I'm working with a leftist party, part of the team to get my local candidate elected.</div> <div class="contentRow-minor contentRow-minor--hideLinks"> <ul class="listInline listInline--bullet"> <li><a href="/civis/members/numerobis.663853/" class="username " dir="auto" data-user-id="663853" data-xf-init="member-tooltip">numerobis</a></li> <li>Post #75,497</li> <li><time class="u-dt" dir="auto" datetime="2025-02-17T15:42:51-0500" data-time="1739824971" data-date-string="Feb 17, 2025" data-time-string="3:42 PM" title="Feb 17, 2025 at 3:42 PM">45 minutes ago</time></li> <li>Forum: <a href="/civis/forums/news-discussion.2/">News & Discussion</a></li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="block-row block-row--separated js-inlineModContainer" data-author="numerobis"> <div class="contentRow "> <span class="contentRow-figure"> <a href="/civis/members/numerobis.663853/" class="avatar avatar--s avatar--default avatar--default--dynamic" data-user-id="663853" data-xf-init="member-tooltip" style="background-color: #ffb300; color: #ffe57f"> <span class="avatar-u663853-s" role="img" aria-label="numerobis">N</span> </a> </span> <div class="contentRow-main"> <h3 class="contentRow-title"> <a href="/civis/threads/%E2%80%9Cthe-country-is-less-safe%E2%80%9D-cdc-disease-detective-program-gutted.1505666/post-43519626">“The country is less safe”: CDC disease detective program gutted</a> </h3> <div class="contentRow-snippet">Not just powerful people. You can see the posts here. The only thing the majority of Americans will do is to complain about the fascists. At best, a small number are going so far as to calling their representatives' offices.</div> <div class="contentRow-minor contentRow-minor--hideLinks"> <ul class="listInline listInline--bullet"> <li><a href="/civis/members/numerobis.663853/" class="username " dir="auto" data-user-id="663853" data-xf-init="member-tooltip">numerobis</a></li> <li>Post #335</li> <li><time class="u-dt" dir="auto" datetime="2025-02-17T15:30:11-0500" data-time="1739824211" data-date-string="Feb 17, 2025" data-time-string="3:30 PM" title="Feb 17, 2025 at 3:30 PM">58 minutes ago</time></li> <li>Forum: <a href="/civis/forums/news-discussion.2/">News & Discussion</a></li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="block-row block-row--separated js-inlineModContainer" data-author="numerobis"> <div class="contentRow "> <span class="contentRow-figure"> <a href="/civis/members/numerobis.663853/" class="avatar avatar--s avatar--default avatar--default--dynamic" data-user-id="663853" data-xf-init="member-tooltip" style="background-color: #ffb300; color: #ffe57f"> <span class="avatar-u663853-s" role="img" aria-label="numerobis">N</span> </a> </span> <div class="contentRow-main"> <h3 class="contentRow-title"> <a href="/civis/threads/despite-court-orders-climate-and-energy-programs-stalled-by-trump-freeze.1505695/post-43519176">Despite court orders, climate and energy programs stalled by Trump freeze</a> </h3> <div class="contentRow-snippet">Fundamentally I think presidential republics are set up for failure. If the president is a useless figurehead than it can work out (same as in a constitutional monarchy where the monarch actually has no power). Otherwise the president can accumulate power too easily. Not that a parliamentary...</div> <div class="contentRow-minor contentRow-minor--hideLinks"> <ul class="listInline listInline--bullet"> <li><a href="/civis/members/numerobis.663853/" class="username " dir="auto" data-user-id="663853" data-xf-init="member-tooltip">numerobis</a></li> <li>Post #36</li> <li><time class="u-dt" dir="auto" datetime="2025-02-17T12:44:20-0500" data-time="1739814260" data-date-string="Feb 17, 2025" data-time-string="12:44 PM" title="Feb 17, 2025 at 12:44 PM">Today at 12:44 PM</time></li> <li>Forum: <a href="/civis/forums/news-discussion.2/">News & Discussion</a></li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="block-row block-row--separated js-inlineModContainer" data-author="numerobis"> <div class="contentRow "> <span class="contentRow-figure"> <a href="/civis/members/numerobis.663853/" class="avatar avatar--s avatar--default avatar--default--dynamic" data-user-id="663853" data-xf-init="member-tooltip" style="background-color: #ffb300; color: #ffe57f"> <span class="avatar-u663853-s" role="img" aria-label="numerobis">N</span> </a> </span> <div class="contentRow-main"> <h3 class="contentRow-title"> <a href="/civis/threads/despite-court-orders-climate-and-energy-programs-stalled-by-trump-freeze.1505695/post-43519163">Despite court orders, climate and energy programs stalled by Trump freeze</a> </h3> <div class="contentRow-snippet">What are you on about? You're writing about how the judiciary can't enforce anything on its own, and then you think that somehow magically the constitution can enforce things?</div> <div class="contentRow-minor contentRow-minor--hideLinks"> <ul class="listInline listInline--bullet"> <li><a href="/civis/members/numerobis.663853/" class="username " dir="auto" data-user-id="663853" data-xf-init="member-tooltip">numerobis</a></li> <li>Post #33</li> <li><time class="u-dt" dir="auto" datetime="2025-02-17T12:40:41-0500" data-time="1739814041" data-date-string="Feb 17, 2025" data-time-string="12:40 PM" title="Feb 17, 2025 at 12:40 PM">Today at 12:40 PM</time></li> <li>Forum: <a href="/civis/forums/news-discussion.2/">News & Discussion</a></li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="block-row block-row--separated js-inlineModContainer" data-author="numerobis"> <div class="contentRow "> <span class="contentRow-figure"> <a href="/civis/members/numerobis.663853/" class="avatar avatar--s avatar--default avatar--default--dynamic" data-user-id="663853" data-xf-init="member-tooltip" style="background-color: #ffb300; color: #ffe57f"> <span class="avatar-u663853-s" role="img" aria-label="numerobis">N</span> </a> </span> <div class="contentRow-main"> <h3 class="contentRow-title"> <a href="/civis/threads/despite-court-orders-climate-and-energy-programs-stalled-by-trump-freeze.1505695/post-43519152">Despite court orders, climate and energy programs stalled by Trump freeze</a> </h3> <div class="contentRow-snippet">Clearly we need to build a deep space probe to find out!</div> <div class="contentRow-minor contentRow-minor--hideLinks"> <ul class="listInline listInline--bullet"> <li><a href="/civis/members/numerobis.663853/" class="username " dir="auto" data-user-id="663853" data-xf-init="member-tooltip">numerobis</a></li> <li>Post #31</li> <li><time class="u-dt" dir="auto" datetime="2025-02-17T12:37:27-0500" data-time="1739813847" data-date-string="Feb 17, 2025" data-time-string="12:37 PM" title="Feb 17, 2025 at 12:37 PM">Today at 12:37 PM</time></li> <li>Forum: <a href="/civis/forums/news-discussion.2/">News & Discussion</a></li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="block-row block-row--separated js-inlineModContainer" data-author="numerobis"> <div class="contentRow "> <span class="contentRow-figure"> <a href="/civis/members/numerobis.663853/" class="avatar avatar--s avatar--default avatar--default--dynamic" data-user-id="663853" data-xf-init="member-tooltip" style="background-color: #ffb300; color: #ffe57f"> <span class="avatar-u663853-s" role="img" aria-label="numerobis">N</span> </a> </span> <div class="contentRow-main"> <h3 class="contentRow-title"> <a href="/civis/threads/%E2%80%9Cthe-country-is-less-safe%E2%80%9D-cdc-disease-detective-program-gutted.1505666/post-43518496">“The country is less safe”: CDC disease detective program gutted</a> </h3> <div class="contentRow-snippet">There’s also public health and public education issues. Around the world we see oligarchs traveling to places with clean air and lower rates of disease, and they send their kids to be educated in private schools where the public schools are good so the private ones have to be very good to compete.</div> <div class="contentRow-minor contentRow-minor--hideLinks"> <ul class="listInline listInline--bullet"> <li><a href="/civis/members/numerobis.663853/" class="username " dir="auto" data-user-id="663853" data-xf-init="member-tooltip">numerobis</a></li> <li>Post #323</li> <li><time class="u-dt" dir="auto" datetime="2025-02-17T07:48:31-0500" data-time="1739796511" data-date-string="Feb 17, 2025" data-time-string="7:48 AM" title="Feb 17, 2025 at 7:48 AM">Today at 7:48 AM</time></li> <li>Forum: <a href="/civis/forums/news-discussion.2/">News & Discussion</a></li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="block-row block-row--separated js-inlineModContainer" data-author="numerobis"> <div class="contentRow "> <span class="contentRow-figure"> <a href="/civis/members/numerobis.663853/" class="avatar avatar--s avatar--default avatar--default--dynamic" data-user-id="663853" data-xf-init="member-tooltip" style="background-color: #ffb300; color: #ffe57f"> <span class="avatar-u663853-s" role="img" aria-label="numerobis">N</span> </a> </span> <div class="contentRow-main"> <h3 class="contentRow-title"> <a href="/civis/threads/%E2%80%9Cthe-country-is-less-safe%E2%80%9D-cdc-disease-detective-program-gutted.1505666/post-43518490">“The country is less safe”: CDC disease detective program gutted</a> </h3> <div class="contentRow-snippet">Imagine there’s a hurricane that hits and the Democratic government doesn’t prepare much nor does it effectively respond to the storm. Do you let them off the hook because actually it’s the storm’s fault? Edit: clearly the answer is yes. Americans will sit around complaining about how fascists...</div> <div class="contentRow-minor contentRow-minor--hideLinks"> <ul class="listInline listInline--bullet"> <li><a href="/civis/members/numerobis.663853/" class="username " dir="auto" data-user-id="663853" data-xf-init="member-tooltip">numerobis</a></li> <li>Post #322</li> <li><time class="u-dt" dir="auto" datetime="2025-02-17T07:43:58-0500" data-time="1739796238" data-date-string="Feb 17, 2025" data-time-string="7:43 AM" title="Feb 17, 2025 at 7:43 AM">Today at 7:43 AM</time></li> <li>Forum: <a href="/civis/forums/news-discussion.2/">News & Discussion</a></li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="block-row block-row--separated js-inlineModContainer" data-author="numerobis"> <div class="contentRow "> <span class="contentRow-figure"> <a href="/civis/members/numerobis.663853/" class="avatar avatar--s avatar--default avatar--default--dynamic" data-user-id="663853" data-xf-init="member-tooltip" style="background-color: #ffb300; color: #ffe57f"> <span class="avatar-u663853-s" role="img" aria-label="numerobis">N</span> </a> </span> <div class="contentRow-main"> <h3 class="contentRow-title"> <a href="/civis/threads/russia%E2%80%99s-space-chief-is-%E2%80%9Cvery-unhappy%E2%80%9D-with-%E2%80%9Chostile%E2%80%9D-us-policy.1482665/post-43518130">Russia’s space chief is “very unhappy” with “hostile” US policy</a> </h3> <div class="contentRow-snippet">Has Trump ever made anyone come?</div> <div class="contentRow-minor contentRow-minor--hideLinks"> <ul class="listInline listInline--bullet"> <li><a href="/civis/members/numerobis.663853/" class="username " dir="auto" data-user-id="663853" data-xf-init="member-tooltip">numerobis</a></li> <li>Post #75,477</li> <li><time class="u-dt" dir="auto" datetime="2025-02-16T21:19:18-0500" data-time="1739758758" data-date-string="Feb 16, 2025" data-time-string="9:19 PM" title="Feb 16, 2025 at 9:19 PM">Yesterday at 9:19 PM</time></li> <li>Forum: <a href="/civis/forums/news-discussion.2/">News & Discussion</a></li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="block-row block-row--separated js-inlineModContainer" data-author="numerobis"> <div class="contentRow "> <span class="contentRow-figure"> <a href="/civis/members/numerobis.663853/" class="avatar avatar--s avatar--default avatar--default--dynamic" data-user-id="663853" data-xf-init="member-tooltip" style="background-color: #ffb300; color: #ffe57f"> <span class="avatar-u663853-s" role="img" aria-label="numerobis">N</span> </a> </span> <div class="contentRow-main"> <h3 class="contentRow-title"> <a href="/civis/threads/%E2%80%9Cthe-country-is-less-safe%E2%80%9D-cdc-disease-detective-program-gutted.1505666/post-43518126">“The country is less safe”: CDC disease detective program gutted</a> </h3> <div class="contentRow-snippet">The topic was the theoretical concept of US troops firing on U.S. citizens. Kent State seems far more relevant (national guard firing on students) than My Lai (US troops firing on Vietnamese civilians).</div> <div class="contentRow-minor contentRow-minor--hideLinks"> <ul class="listInline listInline--bullet"> <li><a href="/civis/members/numerobis.663853/" class="username " dir="auto" data-user-id="663853" data-xf-init="member-tooltip">numerobis</a></li> <li>Post #309</li> <li><time class="u-dt" dir="auto" datetime="2025-02-16T21:16:25-0500" data-time="1739758585" data-date-string="Feb 16, 2025" data-time-string="9:16 PM" title="Feb 16, 2025 at 9:16 PM">Yesterday at 9:16 PM</time></li> <li>Forum: <a href="/civis/forums/news-discussion.2/">News & Discussion</a></li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="block-row block-row--separated js-inlineModContainer" data-author="numerobis"> <div class="contentRow "> <span class="contentRow-figure"> <a href="/civis/members/numerobis.663853/" class="avatar avatar--s avatar--default avatar--default--dynamic" data-user-id="663853" data-xf-init="member-tooltip" style="background-color: #ffb300; color: #ffe57f"> <span class="avatar-u663853-s" role="img" aria-label="numerobis">N</span> </a> </span> <div class="contentRow-main"> <h3 class="contentRow-title"> <a href="/civis/threads/%E2%80%9Cthe-country-is-less-safe%E2%80%9D-cdc-disease-detective-program-gutted.1505666/post-43518117">“The country is less safe”: CDC disease detective program gutted</a> </h3> <div class="contentRow-snippet">Ideals aren’t really intended to be something actually achievable, they’re directions.</div> <div class="contentRow-minor contentRow-minor--hideLinks"> <ul class="listInline listInline--bullet"> <li><a href="/civis/members/numerobis.663853/" class="username " dir="auto" data-user-id="663853" data-xf-init="member-tooltip">numerobis</a></li> <li>Post #307</li> <li><time class="u-dt" dir="auto" datetime="2025-02-16T21:07:58-0500" data-time="1739758078" data-date-string="Feb 16, 2025" data-time-string="9:07 PM" title="Feb 16, 2025 at 9:07 PM">Yesterday at 9:07 PM</time></li> <li>Forum: <a href="/civis/forums/news-discussion.2/">News & Discussion</a></li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="block-row block-row--separated js-inlineModContainer" data-author="numerobis"> <div class="contentRow "> <span class="contentRow-figure"> <a href="/civis/members/numerobis.663853/" class="avatar avatar--s avatar--default avatar--default--dynamic" data-user-id="663853" data-xf-init="member-tooltip" style="background-color: #ffb300; color: #ffe57f"> <span class="avatar-u663853-s" role="img" aria-label="numerobis">N</span> </a> </span> <div class="contentRow-main"> <h3 class="contentRow-title"> <a href="/civis/threads/russia%E2%80%99s-space-chief-is-%E2%80%9Cvery-unhappy%E2%80%9D-with-%E2%80%9Chostile%E2%80%9D-us-policy.1482665/post-43518103">Russia’s space chief is “very unhappy” with “hostile” US policy</a> </h3> <div class="contentRow-snippet">I only hope Europe can actually get their shit together.</div> <div class="contentRow-minor contentRow-minor--hideLinks"> <ul class="listInline listInline--bullet"> <li><a href="/civis/members/numerobis.663853/" class="username " dir="auto" data-user-id="663853" data-xf-init="member-tooltip">numerobis</a></li> <li>Post #75,475</li> <li><time class="u-dt" dir="auto" datetime="2025-02-16T21:00:22-0500" data-time="1739757622" data-date-string="Feb 16, 2025" data-time-string="9:00 PM" title="Feb 16, 2025 at 9:00 PM">Yesterday at 9:00 PM</time></li> <li>Forum: <a href="/civis/forums/news-discussion.2/">News & Discussion</a></li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="block-row block-row--separated js-inlineModContainer" data-author="numerobis"> <div class="contentRow "> <span class="contentRow-figure"> <a href="/civis/members/numerobis.663853/" class="avatar avatar--s avatar--default avatar--default--dynamic" data-user-id="663853" data-xf-init="member-tooltip" style="background-color: #ffb300; color: #ffe57f"> <span class="avatar-u663853-s" role="img" aria-label="numerobis">N</span> </a> </span> <div class="contentRow-main"> <h3 class="contentRow-title"> <a href="/civis/threads/%E2%80%9Cthe-country-is-less-safe%E2%80%9D-cdc-disease-detective-program-gutted.1505666/post-43517926">“The country is less safe”: CDC disease detective program gutted</a> </h3> <div class="contentRow-snippet">We’d find the responsible officers to have done everything according to regulations and write « four dead in Ohio » and other such songs.</div> <div class="contentRow-minor contentRow-minor--hideLinks"> <ul class="listInline listInline--bullet"> <li><a href="/civis/members/numerobis.663853/" class="username " dir="auto" data-user-id="663853" data-xf-init="member-tooltip">numerobis</a></li> <li>Post #300</li> <li><time class="u-dt" dir="auto" datetime="2025-02-16T17:49:03-0500" data-time="1739746143" data-date-string="Feb 16, 2025" data-time-string="5:49 PM" title="Feb 16, 2025 at 5:49 PM">Yesterday at 5:49 PM</time></li> <li>Forum: <a href="/civis/forums/news-discussion.2/">News & Discussion</a></li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="block-row block-row--separated js-inlineModContainer" data-author="numerobis"> <div class="contentRow "> <span class="contentRow-figure"> <a href="/civis/members/numerobis.663853/" class="avatar avatar--s avatar--default avatar--default--dynamic" data-user-id="663853" data-xf-init="member-tooltip" style="background-color: #ffb300; color: #ffe57f"> <span class="avatar-u663853-s" role="img" aria-label="numerobis">N</span> </a> </span> <div class="contentRow-main"> <h3 class="contentRow-title"> <a href="/civis/threads/russia%E2%80%99s-space-chief-is-%E2%80%9Cvery-unhappy%E2%80%9D-with-%E2%80%9Chostile%E2%80%9D-us-policy.1482665/post-43517917">Russia’s space chief is “very unhappy” with “hostile” US policy</a> </h3> <div class="contentRow-snippet">Reducing spending on social goods is counterproductive in the not very long term.</div> <div class="contentRow-minor contentRow-minor--hideLinks"> <ul class="listInline listInline--bullet"> <li><a href="/civis/members/numerobis.663853/" class="username " dir="auto" data-user-id="663853" data-xf-init="member-tooltip">numerobis</a></li> <li>Post #75,469</li> <li><time class="u-dt" dir="auto" datetime="2025-02-16T17:40:48-0500" data-time="1739745648" data-date-string="Feb 16, 2025" data-time-string="5:40 PM" title="Feb 16, 2025 at 5:40 PM">Yesterday at 5:40 PM</time></li> <li>Forum: <a href="/civis/forums/news-discussion.2/">News & Discussion</a></li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="block-row block-row--separated js-inlineModContainer" data-author="numerobis"> <div class="contentRow "> <span class="contentRow-figure"> <a href="/civis/members/numerobis.663853/" class="avatar avatar--s avatar--default avatar--default--dynamic" data-user-id="663853" data-xf-init="member-tooltip" style="background-color: #ffb300; color: #ffe57f"> <span class="avatar-u663853-s" role="img" aria-label="numerobis">N</span> </a> </span> <div class="contentRow-main"> <h3 class="contentRow-title"> <a href="/civis/threads/%E2%80%9Cthe-country-is-less-safe%E2%80%9D-cdc-disease-detective-program-gutted.1505666/post-43517908">“The country is less safe”: CDC disease detective program gutted</a> </h3> <div class="contentRow-snippet">The big announcement that Trudeau made about spending $1.2 billion or whatever in « response » to the tariffs? It’s actually stuff he announced in December in response to the expectation of a refugee crisis coming from the U.S.</div> <div class="contentRow-minor contentRow-minor--hideLinks"> <ul class="listInline listInline--bullet"> <li><a href="/civis/members/numerobis.663853/" class="username " dir="auto" data-user-id="663853" data-xf-init="member-tooltip">numerobis</a></li> <li>Post #298</li> <li><time class="u-dt" dir="auto" datetime="2025-02-16T17:30:39-0500" data-time="1739745039" data-date-string="Feb 16, 2025" data-time-string="5:30 PM" title="Feb 16, 2025 at 5:30 PM">Yesterday at 5:30 PM</time></li> <li>Forum: <a href="/civis/forums/news-discussion.2/">News & Discussion</a></li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="block-row block-row--separated js-inlineModContainer" data-author="numerobis"> <div class="contentRow "> <span class="contentRow-figure"> <a href="/civis/members/numerobis.663853/" class="avatar avatar--s avatar--default avatar--default--dynamic" data-user-id="663853" data-xf-init="member-tooltip" style="background-color: #ffb300; color: #ffe57f"> <span class="avatar-u663853-s" role="img" aria-label="numerobis">N</span> </a> </span> <div class="contentRow-main"> <h3 class="contentRow-title"> <a href="/civis/threads/hyundai%E2%80%99s-nacs-adapter-for-evs-will-be-free-to-all-existing-owners.1505667/post-43517590">Hyundai’s NACS adapter for EVs will be free to all existing owners</a> </h3> <div class="contentRow-snippet">The biggest issue with the cheap receptacles is they have very few plug/unplug cycles in them.</div> <div class="contentRow-minor contentRow-minor--hideLinks"> <ul class="listInline listInline--bullet"> <li><a href="/civis/members/numerobis.663853/" class="username " dir="auto" data-user-id="663853" data-xf-init="member-tooltip">numerobis</a></li> <li>Post #91</li> <li><time class="u-dt" dir="auto" datetime="2025-02-16T13:13:51-0500" data-time="1739729631" data-date-string="Feb 16, 2025" data-time-string="1:13 PM" title="Feb 16, 2025 at 1:13 PM">Yesterday at 1:13 PM</time></li> <li>Forum: <a href="/civis/forums/news-discussion.2/">News & Discussion</a></li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="block-row block-row--separated js-inlineModContainer" data-author="numerobis"> <div class="contentRow "> <span class="contentRow-figure"> <a href="/civis/members/numerobis.663853/" class="avatar avatar--s avatar--default avatar--default--dynamic" data-user-id="663853" data-xf-init="member-tooltip" style="background-color: #ffb300; color: #ffe57f"> <span class="avatar-u663853-s" role="img" aria-label="numerobis">N</span> </a> </span> <div class="contentRow-main"> <h3 class="contentRow-title"> <a href="/civis/threads/hyundai%E2%80%99s-nacs-adapter-for-evs-will-be-free-to-all-existing-owners.1505667/post-43517548">Hyundai’s NACS adapter for EVs will be free to all existing owners</a> </h3> <div class="contentRow-snippet">Oh and some recent (last couple weekends) data on L1 charging: at -25 C if the battery is cold, you get bupkis, or at least I did last week. But if the battery starts off warm you can charge perfectly fine, I got a good 20% charge Friday night and was still charging in the morning when it got...</div> <div class="contentRow-minor contentRow-minor--hideLinks"> <ul class="listInline listInline--bullet"> <li><a href="/civis/members/numerobis.663853/" class="username " dir="auto" data-user-id="663853" data-xf-init="member-tooltip">numerobis</a></li> <li>Post #88</li> <li><time class="u-dt" dir="auto" datetime="2025-02-16T12:45:06-0500" data-time="1739727906" data-date-string="Feb 16, 2025" data-time-string="12:45 PM" title="Feb 16, 2025 at 12:45 PM">Yesterday at 12:45 PM</time></li> <li>Forum: <a href="/civis/forums/news-discussion.2/">News & Discussion</a></li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="block-row block-row--separated js-inlineModContainer" data-author="numerobis"> <div class="contentRow "> <span class="contentRow-figure"> <a href="/civis/members/numerobis.663853/" class="avatar avatar--s avatar--default avatar--default--dynamic" data-user-id="663853" data-xf-init="member-tooltip" style="background-color: #ffb300; color: #ffe57f"> <span class="avatar-u663853-s" role="img" aria-label="numerobis">N</span> </a> </span> <div class="contentRow-main"> <h3 class="contentRow-title"> <a href="/civis/threads/hyundai%E2%80%99s-nacs-adapter-for-evs-will-be-free-to-all-existing-owners.1505667/post-43517357">Hyundai’s NACS adapter for EVs will be free to all existing owners</a> </h3> <div class="contentRow-snippet">I had a VW/Audi dealer lie to me and tell me that VW and Audi weren’t related. A question I was only asking because I was starting to doubt he was capable of telling the truth. The business model is at fault; the sales staff get commission, and if they’re bad at their jobs, they can get...</div> <div class="contentRow-minor contentRow-minor--hideLinks"> <ul class="listInline listInline--bullet"> <li><a href="/civis/members/numerobis.663853/" class="username " dir="auto" data-user-id="663853" data-xf-init="member-tooltip">numerobis</a></li> <li>Post #83</li> <li><time class="u-dt" dir="auto" datetime="2025-02-16T10:11:46-0500" data-time="1739718706" data-date-string="Feb 16, 2025" data-time-string="10:11 AM" title="Feb 16, 2025 at 10:11 AM">Yesterday at 10:11 AM</time></li> <li>Forum: <a href="/civis/forums/news-discussion.2/">News & Discussion</a></li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="block-row block-row--separated js-inlineModContainer" data-author="numerobis"> <div class="contentRow "> <span class="contentRow-figure"> <a href="/civis/members/numerobis.663853/" class="avatar avatar--s avatar--default avatar--default--dynamic" data-user-id="663853" data-xf-init="member-tooltip" style="background-color: #ffb300; color: #ffe57f"> <span class="avatar-u663853-s" role="img" aria-label="numerobis">N</span> </a> </span> <div class="contentRow-main"> <h3 class="contentRow-title"> <a href="/civis/threads/hyundai%E2%80%99s-nacs-adapter-for-evs-will-be-free-to-all-existing-owners.1505667/post-43517355">Hyundai’s NACS adapter for EVs will be free to all existing owners</a> </h3> <div class="contentRow-snippet">I bet not. It’s a device that can haul a few hundred amps and gets plugged and unplugged potentially a few dozen times a year for several years by a consumer. That doesn’t come cheap.</div> <div class="contentRow-minor contentRow-minor--hideLinks"> <ul class="listInline listInline--bullet"> <li><a href="/civis/members/numerobis.663853/" class="username " dir="auto" data-user-id="663853" data-xf-init="member-tooltip">numerobis</a></li> <li>Post #82</li> <li><time class="u-dt" dir="auto" datetime="2025-02-16T10:09:38-0500" data-time="1739718578" data-date-string="Feb 16, 2025" data-time-string="10:09 AM" title="Feb 16, 2025 at 10:09 AM">Yesterday at 10:09 AM</time></li> <li>Forum: <a href="/civis/forums/news-discussion.2/">News & Discussion</a></li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="block-row block-row--separated js-inlineModContainer" data-author="numerobis"> <div class="contentRow "> <span class="contentRow-figure"> <a href="/civis/members/numerobis.663853/" class="avatar avatar--s avatar--default avatar--default--dynamic" data-user-id="663853" data-xf-init="member-tooltip" style="background-color: #ffb300; color: #ffe57f"> <span class="avatar-u663853-s" role="img" aria-label="numerobis">N</span> </a> </span> <div class="contentRow-main"> <h3 class="contentRow-title"> <a href="/civis/threads/hyundai%E2%80%99s-nacs-adapter-for-evs-will-be-free-to-all-existing-owners.1505667/post-43517351">Hyundai’s NACS adapter for EVs will be free to all existing owners</a> </h3> <div class="contentRow-snippet">Retail they cost under C$40 at Tesla a couple years ago, so $50 on Amazon sounds reasonable. It’s carrying 32A or 40A but so is your oven receptacle which cost $5 or so.</div> <div class="contentRow-minor contentRow-minor--hideLinks"> <ul class="listInline listInline--bullet"> <li><a href="/civis/members/numerobis.663853/" class="username " dir="auto" data-user-id="663853" data-xf-init="member-tooltip">numerobis</a></li> <li>Post #81</li> <li><time class="u-dt" dir="auto" datetime="2025-02-16T10:07:31-0500" data-time="1739718451" data-date-string="Feb 16, 2025" data-time-string="10:07 AM" title="Feb 16, 2025 at 10:07 AM">Yesterday at 10:07 AM</time></li> <li>Forum: <a href="/civis/forums/news-discussion.2/">News & Discussion</a></li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="block-row block-row--separated js-inlineModContainer" data-author="numerobis"> <div class="contentRow "> <span class="contentRow-figure"> <a href="/civis/members/numerobis.663853/" class="avatar avatar--s avatar--default avatar--default--dynamic" data-user-id="663853" data-xf-init="member-tooltip" style="background-color: #ffb300; color: #ffe57f"> <span class="avatar-u663853-s" role="img" aria-label="numerobis">N</span> </a> </span> <div class="contentRow-main"> <h3 class="contentRow-title"> <a href="/civis/threads/hyundai%E2%80%99s-nacs-adapter-for-evs-will-be-free-to-all-existing-owners.1505667/post-43517350">Hyundai’s NACS adapter for EVs will be free to all existing owners</a> </h3> <div class="contentRow-snippet">I had a mechanic offer me an oil change. And then laugh when I looked confused.</div> <div class="contentRow-minor contentRow-minor--hideLinks"> <ul class="listInline listInline--bullet"> <li><a href="/civis/members/numerobis.663853/" class="username " dir="auto" data-user-id="663853" data-xf-init="member-tooltip">numerobis</a></li> <li>Post #80</li> <li><time class="u-dt" dir="auto" datetime="2025-02-16T10:04:51-0500" data-time="1739718291" data-date-string="Feb 16, 2025" data-time-string="10:04 AM" title="Feb 16, 2025 at 10:04 AM">Yesterday at 10:04 AM</time></li> <li>Forum: <a href="/civis/forums/news-discussion.2/">News & Discussion</a></li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </li> </ol> </div> <div class="block-outer block-outer--after"> <div class="block-outer-main"><nav class="pageNavWrapper pageNavWrapper--full pageNavWrapper--forceShow "> <div class="pageNav pageNav--skipEnd"> <ul class="pageNav-main"> <li class="pageNav-page pageNav-page--current "><a href="/civis/search/6541787/">1</a></li> <li class="pageNav-page 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