271 Controlling Noise, USB Water Pump, Toyota Plant, Front Hitches

This week, we offer 10 ideas for keeping noise down in your van, play with a USB water pump, visit a Toyota plant, explain why use front hitches are, and learn how to tie some important knots. 

Sunset indeed.

NEWS

• De Minimis Shipments Taxed
  
  https://www.reuters.com/business/retail-consumer/what-end-de-minimis-exemption-means-us-shoppers-businesses-2025-08-29/
  
  
  
  


• New Way to Harness Solar Power
  
  https://www.technology.org/2025/09/03/black-metal-could-give-a-heavy-boost-to-solar-power-generation/
  
  
  
  


• Man Fined for Sitting
  
  https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/saratoga-springs-storyteller-issued-tickets-21022015.php

PRODUCT REVIEW

• USB Water Pump
  
  amazon.com/dp/B08DCCJ3FH?ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_fed_asin_title

A PLACE TO VISIT

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  Toyota Plant Tour
  
  https://tmmc.ca/en/plant-tour/

  
  

RESOURCE RECOMMENDATION

• Camping Knots
  
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hzAgyJWp4Og

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