Fiat people of Bluesky, what can y'all tell me about the early Palios? (late-90s/early-00s models) Also, is there even a remote chance of coming across a first-gen Uno (BR spec) with air conditioning?

Maitani was an absolute genius. There’s a good reason the OM-1 and XA are two of my all time favorite cameras. Small, solidly built and can be taken anywhere

This week's "Cheapest Rental from Localiza" challenge gave me a '25 Fiat Fiorino. I'm a fan

Cameras are meant to be carried and used, that is all.

🎄 🎅 🦛

Ciao Buenos Aires, gracias por todo. 3 years, 3 months and 23 days later, we’re waving goodbye to Argentina and moving to Rio de Janeiro.

you will be visited by three Spirits

Imagining Asimov's three laws of robotics, plus several extensions to the laws based on how easy it is to trick an LLM going off the rails

Five more days in Argentina, 17 more days until we get the keys to our house in Rio de Janeiro. Not that I'm counting or anything.

Alfa is going to a new home this week, and it's bittersweet, though the new owner is a fellow Alfisti. Next step, deciding what'll replace it when I get to Brasil

good morning gang - once again, Brazil delivers the goods carro.mercadolivre.com.br/MLB-55255448...

Movie you’ve watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Stars (Wars nor Trek), LOTR, or Marvel, Disney Animated or Pixar.

Cheap, minimally online if at all, doesn't spy on you, doesn't have subscriptions or micro transactions, won't be enshittified, you own it, reminds them of simpler times or childhood, modern pop culture is adversarial and alienating

Minor annoyances: Bluesky decided my handle was invalid, despite having verified my domain over a year ago, so I got to go in and reverify. Stupid, stupid website.

Introduce yourself with 5 cars you’ve owned. 1965 Oldsmobile 98 1992 Dodge Dynasty 1980 Volvo 242 GT 1994 Buick Roadmaster Estate 1988 Mazda RX-7 Convertible I could’ve also done an all Volvo list, or even an all wagon list, but these were all very influential for me.

My contribution to the annual cranberry sauce discourse is that my homemade sauce is nowhere near as good as the lump of Ocean Spray that comes out in the shape of the can, but it's better than most people's, and when it's a 12 hour flight to get the canned stuff, you learn how to get good at DIY.

Operação Thanksgiving + Aniversário no Brasil foi um sucesso. 10/10 muito top Amanhã vou voltar ao normal

I’m using my rental correctly. #weirdcarbs #renault

The U.S. doesn’t have the guts to do this. archive.today/ADQ9x

Y'all, do I want a '90s Toyota Corona with a 3S-FE and only 40k miles as my only car?

Opinião: ‘Que horas o senhor começou a fazer isso, senhor Jair?’ é a pergunta que derrete a defesa (por Washington Araújo) O dano térmico calculado contraria a ideia de curiosidade e indica prática orientada que exige investigação rigorosa sobre coautores

This was on that list of great decisions to kick off Birthday Week in our household… (both my wife and I are celebrating this week)

After way too many years, I’m finally getting to see bôa live. This feels like a 10/10 decision

I'm seriously considering a ridiculously-low km '90s Toyota for my next car. Do I want a 90s Corona?

I used to daily one of these and I miss it to this day. Amazing little cars when they’re working

It's fitting that my current top picks for a new daily are: 1 - An Australian RWD sedan with a 3800 Series II 2 - A weird French wagon 3 - A funky little Giugiaro-designed AWD Japanese hatchback 4 - A French-badged Romanian subcompact that was made in Brazil 5 - A Brazilian-made Corolla wagon

This is probably the sort of car that would make my life more difficult, but damn if it's not hard to resist the call of a Citroën wagon. @midnightdorifto.bsky.social bait too, I suspect. sp.olx.com.br/sao-paulo-e-...

Sometimes, the answer is as simple as an Australian La-Z-Boy dubbed in Portuguese, with a 3800 Series II and a 4L60 rj.olx.com.br/serra-angra-...

That moment when you see a West Virginia fan in Rio.

🕯️Manifesting 🕯️

One week update: after 1000km, I still do not like the HB20s but the 18km/L is offsetting the uncomfortable driving position

It'll never stop being funny that a bunch of cyrpto libertarians started a SM platform as a POC for atproto to which it was immediately coopted by left wing trans furry sex workers who now make their lives miserable because they used mod tools to put the admin's friends on a digital leper colony

GM killed the wrong division

Brasil: “Saímos da mapa de fome uhuu!” EUA: “Tem lugar na mapa pra nós? 🥺” Tenho vergonha do meu país

Preparing for the day

a lifetime of anti bullying campaigns have left our current college students unequipped to kick this guy's ass immediately. beating up the nazi dude used to be a right of passage

My rental for the next 18 days in RJ: Hyundai HB20s... First impression, between Galeão and Vargem Pequena: Seats are too hard, shifter feels a little vague and I have yet to find a comfortable driving position. Hopefully this changes

It’s Thursday and I’m thinking about the SsangYong Rexton

If we're talking cars that aren't mine... Someone in my neighborhood has a delightful green W116 with green cloth interior and a manual.

what’s the last car you stopped to take a photo of?

Reason 42069 why I'm glad to be moving to Brazil soon: I miss being able to get good coffee without taking an international trip to bring back good beans.

I’m thinking about the best rental car I’ve ever had, from back in December, even beating the Mustang, Camaro, Challenger and Volvo S60 rentals I had in the past. I’d actually own one.

This is literally the same thing the US is unhappy with Argentina about, for letting the Chinese do...

Midwestern culture is crying whenever you hear "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald"

Fiat reusing stampings and mounts for different models is a great thing.

Fun fact: The mirrors from the Tipo fit "good enough" on an Alfa 155, if the notoriously fragile 155 mirrors ever break... Like my driver's side mirror did when a neighbor tapped it, this week.

wtaf are you talking about