I feel a bit bad for Carter here, stepping into the ring against what will surely be an all-timer, but I loved his ruminations on the appeal (?) of your past showing up at the door, drunk and looking for a place to sleep and offering the promise of one more ride

The thing I love about this…contest, I guess, is that it’s not really a contest. It’s an invitation by the sponsors, by the authors, to get together, and to let readers see the world in new ways—the songs, the votes, they’re all avatars for that This specific invitation is one you should accept

Extremely expensive airport decoration in Barcelona

Ok, sure, but have you considered going to a very high place and just kind of looking around?

American van, what’s stopping you from looking like this?

Biggest complaint about Mobile World Congress is not enough cars (though still more cars than most recent auto shows)

Biggest complaint about Mobile World Congress is not enough cars (though still more cars than most recent auto shows)

It’s fancy #vantime

Good car spotting today

LFG, the @marchxness.bsky.social book is here just in time for my long plane flight. Who needs sleep anyway? It’s called a redeye for a reason

BREAKING: The U.S. military used a laser to take down a Customs and Border Protection drone, lawmakers say, and FAA closed airspace near El Paso, Texas.

Do you want a W body coupe? Sure you do Do you want a W body coupe with the 3.4L twin DOHC V6? You know that’s right Do you want a W body coupe with the 3.L twin DOHC V6 *and a manual?* Well. I have good news. bringatrailer.com/listing/1992...

This person knows what’s up

DJI has filed a petition for review in the Ninth Circuit; the wrinkle is that the decision they are challenging is Bureau-level, which generally can’t be directly appealed to court without first seeking review of the full FCC, per 47 CFR 1.115(k)

Kudos to @caranddriver.bsky.social for a cool article idea with great photos; stuff like this is why the print magazine still doesn’t have a substitute

Wow talk about things I forgot existed Cardle 4/5 Streak 21🔥 🔴 🔴 🟢 🔴 🔴 🟢 🔴 🔴 🟢 🟢 🟢 🟢 www.playcardle.com

Name a cover song you love more than the original This is a new one; never much liked the original but the creepier Chvrches take is quite good youtu.be/-tQSo10f2B4?...

Do you remember what you did on February 24, 2022?

Some BMW stuff, too. These are the two best F80 colors, even if they’re autos. CB/cinnamon on comp pack wheels is the Platonic ideal for the E46. But the 3.0CS is better looking than any of them

British stuff from Katie’s. The new Vantage really looks like a fish 🐠

I could do without the decals but the pasha interior is pretty sick

Mustang stuff at Katie’s

No cheating: your last saved pic of a celebrity is a therapist Well, if you delete the “a”

For now, at least

I recently received “The Bomber Mafia” as a birthday gift (heh). It was bad, so bad that I believe it cannot be read as a reliable account of strategic bombing in World War II. In so many ways, it demonstrates the worst tendencies of the “pop history” genre. My review (and latest)⬇️

Which is the rarer winter spot?

The "Irgendwie, Irgendwo, Irgendwann" video is a perfect 1980s fever dream of post-apocalyptic, time-traveling chaos www.youtube.com/watch?v=oMHL...

I don’t really know what I expect in posting this, but maybe some people see it and can learn from it. I’ll call it “lessons from an unwilling immigration attorney.” 1/

These advertising tie ins are getting eerie

I don’t know what’s happening in El Paso but I am kinda proud of this one Cardle 1/5 Streak 8🔥 🟢 🟢 🟢 www.playcardle.com

What is your favorite song that is over 10 minutes long? It’s gotta be a Jim Steinman joint Give me the ring… youtu.be/pgifFdi8eio?...

Attn @midnightdorifto.bsky.social, we have an R129 SL70 alert www.broadarrowauctions.com/vehicles/am2...

And here is my story: ‘Absolute hell’: Irishman with valid US work permit held by Ice since September www.irishtimes.com/world/us/202...

Finally time to make your pics!

3 generations of RAV4 in one photo

Really appreciate the subversive genius of the Don Colossus statue design

I need to find a way to make every lawyer I know read this with their eyes forced open, Clockwork Orange style, so I never have to sit in a meeting about AI tools again.

Ian McKellen performs “The Strangers’ Case” speech from “Sir Thomas More” on Colbert.

Highlighting the speaker who stood in front of the Surprise mayor and told him to consider what the Mayor of Ohrdruf must’ve thought before he died by suicide: “He might have thought ‘how is this my fault I had no jurisdiction over this’ maybe he said ‘this site was not subject to local zoning.’”

“Neither of them had any power which is quite crucial to their moral prestige” An excellent line by @dorianlynskey.bsky.social about Gramsci and Luxemburg but really applies universally

Foreign Affairs trying to force me to read Stephen Walt for free, but no, I won’t do that unless you pay my hourly rate

Happy #mustangmonday to all who celebrate

Hey so any update on that plan to ban all Canadian planes?

Guys I am starting to think the Starbucks isn’t really opening soon

I was pretty confident on the make and model but was off by about 6000 miles Cardle 2/5 🔴 🔴 🟢 🟢 🟢 🟢 www.playcardle.com

Alright, posting the SW region of March Sadness 1990s Edition here. Some super interesting matchups coming...

Interesting spot over DC just now

Saw One Battle After Another last night and honestly really disliked it, but the car choices were interesting enough from a #weirdcarbs standpoint to make me seek out Max Read’s excellent take. Mostly agree, though two other thoughts (1/3) maxread.substack.com/p/the-oscar-...

Café. Looking up from my notebook to see two friends talking about yoga in a ping-y, fun conversation, when one picks up her phone casually, like to check the time or something, & then she goes quiet & hands it across the table, & then the friend goes quiet. & then I watch the news spread—a fire.

Buddy I have THOUGHTS.