I like how it doesn't just list the brand and a rating (approved, watchlist, former great, and Avoid), but also justifies that rating. It even includes what it would take to change their minds.

The list of brands is still short, but it includes a lot of heavy-hitters and their reasoning. But, not all of their reasons are good. They really take a negative view of contract manufacturing and rebranding, even if it's not a secret and doesn't meaningfully affect quality.

For instance, their primary reason to avoid Kenmore is that it (mostly) rebadges other brands, especially Whirlpool and LG. This is the biggest open secret in appliances, and has been common knowledge for 50 years. While it's true the Kenmore name doesn't really mean anything, it doesn't change the fact that it's mostly a standard Whirlpool/LG/etc underneath. It has the same benefits and risks as the first party label, and it's trivial to identify who made it.

The current ownership is a much bigger sign of enshittification, but is not their focus.

That means they climbed 7 spots in recent years. Which is, unbelievably, true. But mostly because the rest of the country has spiralling education.

I imagine there will be a lot of token concessions to Trump to pass a lot of bills. For instance, to get Medicare For All, they might also have to let Trump put his name on the Kennedy Center. He only does anything for himself, and occasionally his immediate family, so it's an easy weakness to target.

Very true, but there's an extra element at play here. Texas has long been viewed as safely red. There isn't much point to voting blue, since the result will always be red. As of now, it's back in play. It's (potentially) a swing state, and a lot of blue voters are going to stay interested.

The most likely scenario is that each of them gets replaced with a Republican at the end of their terms, but those will be a lot closer than historically expected.

The victim is from Utah, rescued in Oregon. It sounds like something from a third-world country, but it happens everywhere.

Not mentioned in any coverage is what potential crime (specific law being violated) they are investigating. I can't find any reference to anything that would apply at the federal level, meaning it's all just a fishing expedition.

It's especially moot due to ranked choice voting, so there are no spoiler candidates.

Rigsby repeatedly targeted Montgomery’s transgender identity during the closing days of the election. Montgomery responded by emphasizing that voters were more concerned about everyday challenges facing Alabama families.

This is the strategy Democrats nationwide have always needed to play. Don't cave on culture war bullshit; pivot to the issues people actually care about. People care about things like inflation and data centers a lot more than they ever cared about anything related to transgender people.

🎶 So we'll march day and night, by the big cooling tower. They have the plant, but we have the power 🎵

Seems relevant given that it's election day in the US.

This is completely wrong. Your credit score is NOT how much interest you pay. It's how likely you are to repay your debts. You need to show that you will always pay, and never skip a payment.

My credit score for years was absolutely amazing, entirely on credit cards, and without paying a single penny of interest, ever. Instead, I paid in full every single month on every account.

Get a copy of your credit report (you can do so for free every year in the US) and see what actually gets reported. It's a much higher-level view than you probably think it is.

For credit cards, it's a revolving account type. That differs from the other major type, installment. The latter covers things like car/house loans.

Within that, the total balance on each statement is reported, along with credit utilization, and whether your payment was on time and as agreed. It does not include individual transactions, at all.

If you're trying to use credit cards to build your credit, here is how you do it. Note that this takes a long time to help, and won't help as much as you think.

Sign up for a bunch of cards, all with no fees, at the same time. Get the highest limits possible on all. Make sure they are all active and paid as agreed every month. In practice, that means a few small transactions on each, paid in full every single month. Do not pay any interest, ever. Keep this up for several years to help establish your reliability on repaying debt. You want your average active account age to be as high as possible.

After 2 years of this, you'll overcome the hit you took to open them. After 5 years or so, your account age will be decent enough to make it worthwhile. But this all falls apart if you need to buy a car or a house or something in the meantime.

Ignoring the legalities of the case, the article ignores a critical detail. It was already illegal for him to take her across state lines for sexual purposes (undermining claims that it was "normal" at the time). As such, he was granted formal guardianship, which is almost (but not quite) adopting her.

He became her guardian to travel and have sex with her. That's some pretty serious proof of mens rea (guilty mind). He knew exactly what he was doing, and how wrong it was

Jesus, that's a bad headline. She wasn't sentenced for the home birth; she was sentenced for her part and cover-up of her husband raping and impregnating their daughter. The lack of proper medical care is just part of the cover-up.