The fatal flaw the major US automakers made was following the Tesla model of the EV by making big, expensive vehicles that were out of reach of most consumers. Start by giving people the option of an affordable car or small crossover, not a monstrous(ly expensive) truck or SUV.

“What does it mean to not allow a single drop of fuel to reach a country? It affects the transportation of food, food production, public transportation, the functioning of hospitals, institutions of all kinds, schools, economic production, tourism. How do our vital systems function without fuel?”

i did get a laugh at how they slimmed down stephen harper for his official portrait

Please let the anger over ads during the CBC Olympics broadcast finally create the pressure for the government to fund CBC enough so it can stop having to rely on ad revenue.

The government is giving a loan to a Crown corporation that should just be a public service that we pay for because it provides an essential task that Canadians depend on. We don’t provide loans to the health care system or schools; we just pay for them.

having a gander… 👀

“Within two hours of subscribing to NatSocToday for the purposes of this investigation, the Substack algorithm directed the Guardian’s account to 21 other profiles featuring similar content.” substack continues to be a cesspool that should be abandoned just like x

Kind of a benchmark for state capacity, officially Pintos killed 27 people before being pulled. A testa killed the relative of a sitting congressman and nothing

the modern equivalent of the ford pinto. they should be pulled off the road.

I cannot sufficiently underline how despicable it is that the IOC has required Haitian Olympic athletes to remove an image representing the leader of the Haitian Revolution (against SLAVERY) from their uniforms.

usually they reserve this kind of sycophancy for when a ghoulish political leader dies, but for some reason they decided to do it early with stephen harper of all people

Has anyone asked UpScrolled whether “no censorship” applies to white suprematists and the far right yet? It’s funny to see them celebrated for using the same language as right-wing social media platforms, but since they’re pro-Palestine now it’s apparently fine. Not to mention their shit moderation.

Blueskyese and Xian share an obvious common root as both being Twitteric languages, the difference is that after the split Xian became a hybrid Twitteric/Channer-linkedin tongue, while Blueskyese changed less overall but did pick up some tumbleric and redditor loanwords

BREAKING NEWS: ELON MUSK TO FOCUS ON MARSHMALLOW FARM INSTEAD OF GUMDROP CITY www.wsj.com/science/spac...

how long until apple’s decision not to chase the AI hype starts looking like a competitive advantage?

here’s my latest on the Carney government’s proposed social media ban for kids: “…a social media ban for kids or a prohibition on certain types of content will not be getting to the root of the problem. We need to be demanding actual accountability and responsibility from social media companies”

“Physical books still account for about 75 percent of book sales, according to the Association of American Publishers. But mass market paperbacks have been a casualty” of the ebook and changing reader preferences.

lol. lmao

LIVE SHORTLY!!!

"The “anti-woke” movement was not a genteel intellectual inquiry, made by disinterested parties who cared deeply about free speech. It is a social circle of powerful people who feel threatened by #MeToo." www.theverge.com/tech/874721/...

I’m not opposed to age limits, but these interventions to actually change the way social media platforms work will be far more impactful than simply making it harder for younger users to get online.

Genuinely dislocating to see McKinsey tell every client and journalist they can talk to that AI is inevitable and they must hire McKinsey experts to embed it throughout the economy, while also acknowledging it is a security disaster and, in many cases, makes work slower and lower quality.

kamala harris's 6-7 themed zoomer digital marketing group has already changed its name after getting made fun of. for some reason they changed it to "68." we're witnessing a level of political instinct never before imaginable

apple rolling back plans for an ai-powered “health coach” that was the last thing we needed being pushed through hundreds of millions of its devices

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I still use an iPod from 2007 or so. No updates etc but still an excellent music playing device.

So often the story told of China's industrial success is one of state directed overthrow of the west. There's a completely different one of entrepreneurs trying to find their spaces in crowded but growing markets. This latter story is largely being ignored. www.ft.com/content/15e2...

I had a great time speaking with @hamrahrama.bsky.social about his perspectives on cinema, what’s really keeping people from spending more time at the movies, how digital technology has been used to move power to studios, and so much more!

i was with this until i read she still used an ipad and a smartphone. i’m sorry, but the computer is the least problematic of those three devices.

if russia or china were doing this we’d call it foreign interference

Credit where credit is due, very happy to see this move by @susanholtnb.bsky.social. All our governments and elected officials should be getting off Elon’s platform— few even get much traction there! I hope this means all NB Liberal MLAs will also get off X, along with their party.

here’s hoping spain sets a precedent for other countries to follow. elon’s x should absolutely be banned!

decided to see what upscrolled was like, and the third post i saw after making an account was csam i already had concerns about the platform’s leadership, but now you can be certain i’m going nowhere near it and would recommend others stay away too

Please, my magic bean, it is very sick

"Firms deliberately operate from small cities & towns, where rents & labor costs are lower & a growing pool of 1st-gen grads are seeking jobs. Improvements in internet connectivity made it possible to plug these locations directly into global AI supply chains, w/o relocating workers to cities."

thanks ted, i already have 🫡

I had a great time speaking with @hamrahrama.bsky.social about his perspectives on cinema, what’s really keeping people from spending more time at the movies, how digital technology has been used to move power to studios, and so much more!

Name them shame them

“The big story in television, as in other manufacturing industries, is the rise of China. Sony has conceded it and Samsung faces a fight not to go the same way in future.”

sneaking around the neighborhood at night, slapping stickers that say "I bought this after Elon begged to go to the wildest party at Pedophile Island" on every last Tesla I find

canada continuing to drop the ball on taking tech policy seriously

lmao he could try not being such a shithead but we all know he absolutely will not do that

“This news has moved me from ‘maybe computer use should be regulated’ to ‘Butlerian Jihad Now’ on the radicalisation scale.” 😂

got a used ps vita from japan and so impressed by the condition it’s in. waiting for a memory card adapter, then looking forward to seeing how it plays in 2026!

no surprise carney is introducing a convoluted credits-trading system instead of just telling automakers they need to sell progressively more EVs year after year

i want this for canada too, and it will only come through dependable public funding of journalism along the lines that exist in some european (particularly nordic) countries. we need to stop letting conservatives and old-guard figures who arose in a different era try to discredit public funding.

INBOX: Washington Post Ukraine Correspondent Lizzie Johnson announces that she has been laid off in the middle of a below-freezing war zone without power, heat, or running water.

anyway