Braindead populism:

Severin Borenstein, an economist and researcher at the UC Berkeley Energy Institute at Haas, told lawmakers it could be another $1 to $2 more per gallon. "Unfortunately, that would be a crisis and completely out of control of the state of California," Borenstein said. www.kcra.com/article/cali...

the entire nate jacobs plotline is "man driven to complete madness by california environmental protection act". to be fair, many such cases

Tesla hyping up the idea of pre-collision airbag deployment as if Mercedes hasn't been developing and refining "PRE-SAFE" technologies since 2002... absolutely insane how this company can hype up half-assed versions of multi-decade old concepts and the media reports them like major breakthroughs

Anyone suggesting doing anything with a gas tax now is doing that to look like they’re doing something

The Post already has tons of video gear and a modern control room but they cut everyone who knows how to use it so they had to buy more.

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This post is one gigantic gross factual error I don't even want to link to it

"'Hot dog vendors are having a turf war,' said one business owner who provided the footage. 'Leaving their carts unattended on the street while they throw punches. It's insane'" wehotimes.com/alleged-turf...

When you are sitting alone in a dark room on Mother’s Day

maybe they should build us a fucking library or something

"It's a classy move by Streep, and one that honors the ensemble magic that made the first 'Prada' a perennial favorite." variety.com/2026/film/ne...

we are living through incredible times

Guess who wrote about LA’s decades-in-the-making subway extension for the Guardian? ☺️ Glad I got to have some fun with this and revisit the transportation beat at an exciting moment. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

"While there was lighter programming (like a karaoke party with pop producers StarGate and a talk about snacks with chef Nancy Silverton), the bill included talks and cameos from major weapons and surveillance technology firms..." Sure, all those fit together, sure www.latimes.com/entertainmen...

The future of democracy may seem bleak atm. But people are still winning fights for fair representation

Media coverage of climate change is at a record low. But if we work together we can bring this down to zero! Come on people, it's like we're not even trying to erase this issue from human discourse! It helps to make a jar where you deposit a coin every time you catch yourself mentioning climate

And just like that, the final Tesla Model S has rolled off the assembly line in Fremont. What a chapter in the EV history book.

Giving me flashbacks to the time I was reading Fast Food Nation on a plane and the part about the meat processing plant prompted me to make so many faces that the person across the aisle from me had to ask what the book was and then if I'd ever eat again gizmodo.com/trumps-push-...

Trump with less subtlety. He’s making the runoff

State of federal transit funding in 2026: —2nd Trump admin has not approved a single new project for funding —It has slowed advancement of other projects in the engineering process —It is pushing funds for projects back into future years so as to avoid ever spending —Congress appears to be asleep

“In March, the price of a U.S. domestic round-trip economy ticket rose 21% from a year earlier to $570.” That’s not a typo. That’s not 2.1%. That’s twenty-one percent. Gift link ⤵️ www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

True. It gets you less than 6,000 sq. ft. and maybe six bathrooms if you can somehow manage to live with that

David Attenborough, Enrique Iglesias and I now share a birthday with Metro D Line Extension Section 1. Honored, really

"Their interest centered on specific treatments within a class known as selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors, or SSRIs, such as Zoloft, Prozac and Lexapro, which have been available in the U.S. for decades, one of the people said. The sources did not say which drugs were being ​examined..."

More royalty on the purple carpet: Amanda Begley and Ed Begley Jr., who took the 217 bus to the event. “Such a big day,” says Ed. “Huge!”

if you ride the bus and post enough times about it, the bus agency starts inviting you to things (laudatory) (heartwarming) (life-affirming)

On a train full of recent Master’s of Urban Planning graduates

Irony not lost but they also have motorcycles now

another day, another recall from a major automaker for something that has routinely happened on Teslas for years without manufacturer action (main display resets while vehicle is in motion)

“.. another major setback to the party in a nationwide battle against Republicans for an edge in this year’s midterm elections.” @apnews.com apnews.com/article/redi...

“China and Japan are jointly developing a next-generation plug called ChaoJi that can handle almost four times the power of NACS, the North American charging standard … If ChaoJi is adopted globally, U.S. cars would be stuck charging on a slower, older system.”

BMW's New iX3 Gets Up to 434 Miles on a Charge, Will Retail for $63,000 https://gizmodo.com/bmws-new-ix3-gets-up-to-434-miles-on-a-charge-will-retail-for-63000-2000756178

Retail trade added 22,000 jobs. But the gains were offset by department stores shedding 7,000 jobs and electronics and appliance retailers losing 2,000 jobs. Unsurprisingly, social assistance adds 17,000 jobs. Basically health care and social assitance are the only growing sectors.

Cuba’s foreign minister Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla tells ABC Trump is on a “dangerous path” that could lead to a “bloodbath in Cuba.”

Kash Patel has ordered the polygraphing of more than two dozen former and current members of his security detail and other staff and has been described as in panic mode to save his job and find leakers among his team, according to two people briefed on the development. www.ms.now/news/kash-pa...

just stumbled upon what might be the funniest graffiti i've ever seen

"'I don't want to be sarcastic or jaundiced, but we cannot allow a crisis to go to waste, and we are in a crisis here in Whittier.'"

Finally ktla.com/news/theme-p...

"At his best, Pratt came off as a boisterous bro with enough charm to call himself 'humble' without coming off as obnoxious" How the hell is that not obnoxious? www.latimes.com/california/s...

You know how if you’re hit by a truck, the impact is 10 times harder than from a car going the same speed? Well, EV trucks are about to upend the freight industry, and the impact will be 10 times bigger than from EV cars. The scale of what is coming is HUGE: 🧵 www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Cost aside, here's pretty much the reason it took an extra 40 years to put a subway under one of the worst stretches of road in LA, and that's saying something. Looking forward to being on Wilshire in the middle of a Friday is something no one has ever said www.latimes.com/california/s...

Ford Is Trying to Beat China and Bring a $30,000 Truck to the U.S. https://gizmodo.com/ford-is-trying-to-beat-china-and-bring-a-30000-truck-to-the-u-s-2000755262

Here’s The Cheapest 'EV' in America, but You Can Only Drive It Until You’re 5-Years-Old https://gizmodo.com/heres-the-cheapest-ev-in-america-but-you-can-only-drive-it-until-youre-5-years-old-2000754474

Debates are dumb and reward candidates for being rude. I say we should have Blue Book exams.

"Because San Jose was mentioned, you have 30 seconds to respond."

EXCLU: City Hall tells CitiBike - No to facial recognition. Mamdani administration tells Lyft to stop developing Adams-era AI age checks. My latest in the @nydailynews.com With @josiestratman.bsky.social