Crude oil us primarily classified based on density and sulphur content. It’s all hydrocarbons and a portion of all of it can be turned into gasoline.

Only butt-munchers will reply to this comment about something vague regarding US gasoline production

Just this year I learnt you should carve out the top (stem) part. Apparently there’s some nutrients/water, magic, or something, left in it; and if you leave it uncut it will help the rest of the pumpkin look better for longer.

Cut out the bottom, or a hole in the back, instead.

Death penalty

On one hand, I don’t believe capital punishment has any place in civilized society.
On the other, there are some in-human people (serial killers mainly, but including e.g. CEOs who have caused thousands of deaths to increase profits), where it just seems a waste of everyone’s time, to lock them away in a cell for decades. Some people are just completely beyond rehabilitation, and if they are proven guilty with 99.9+% certainty, what’s the point of locking then up and waiting for old age to do the job?

The? Rupert Murdoch has been running a huge propaganda network playing ‘defense’ for republicans for decades.

I’m not saying we should grind any living beings into pulp, but I’m pretty sure those meat grinders they throw male chickens into, already exist in very similar and much larger versions in various industries.

The are all great, but tawdry is fantastic!

Rolls of the tongue, and we all come across several tawdry things/people in a given day.

I hate that “feature” so much. For a while it has used the speed of other’s phones for your ETA. As in, if everyone is doing 10-15 over the speed limit, you’re expected to go with the flow.
I don’t want a more accurate ETA. I want to arrive when it says I will if I follow all speed limits, and shave off a couple minutes if I am going faster than that.

Very tough situation, wish I had something helpful to share, but any chance you can nudge them towards well sourced, largely promoting critical thinking, but also entertaining videos?

https://youtu.be/rE3j_RHkqJc?si=4TIAOEJDIjPijGmP

https://youtu.be/m81q-ZkfBm0?si=we-Zqq4w4xXlLJrd

https://youtu.be/wmVkJvieaOA?si=XmKdb_fAW_sMGlkD

https://youtu.be/wfYbgdo8e-8?si=zMl9IAfvZeYhsnXo

https://youtu.be/C8dfiDeJeDU?si=TSgDaYdZr9j78xzZ

I recall Taxi being very 90s as well!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taxi_(1998_film)

Smaller kids still love playgrounds, even if they also want/love screentime. Heck, it is not infrequent there are a group of younger teenagers at the playgrounds we frequent.