Mechanismatic

Concision seems like it should be a word for that which is made concise rather than the brevity itself. An incision is the cut made by incising.

No, I read yesterday (Lightning McQueen) as juxtaposed with today (Thomas the Tank Engine), as if you were implying that Lightning McQueen predated Thomas the Tank Engine and TTTE was a newish show.

I’m not sure I understand the “yesterday’s” part. Thomas the Tank Engine predates Cars by decades.

"An apostrophe followed by “s” was often used to mark a plural;[4] specifically, the Oxford Companion to the English Language notes that

There was formerly a respectable tradition (17th to 19th centuries) of using the apostrophe for noun plurals, especially in loanwords ending in a vowel (as in … Comma’s are used, Philip Luckcombe, 1771) and in the consonants s, z, ch, sh, (as in waltz’s and cotillions, Washington Irving, 1804)…"

You have it backwards. It actually used to be the standard.

“Until the 18th century, the apostrophe was extensively used to indicate plural forms. Its use for indicating plural “possessive” forms was not standard before the middle of the 19th century.”

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apostrophe

But in language, generally, usage can alter standards, so you may see a shift of grammarians saying it’s acceptable if enough people see it as valid.

I’ve had dreams where I’ve pulled out my phone to take a picture of something beautiful that I want to remember and then I wake up upset that I didn’t actually take the picture.