Another one that makes me sick to my stomach.

Suing #NYC because it stopped using taxpayer money to pay for your lawyers in multiple sexual assault + improper conduct suits brought while you were working for the City is … a choice. A choice that ex-mayor Eric Adams' senior adviser Timothy Pearson has made.

Debunking the whole current hunanoid robot nonsense. Read it all. Best quotes: "Not having limbs in a meat processing plant is a definite advantage." "The obsession with humanoid form stems from a desire to play God."

Today, the U.S. Senate will debate the nomination of Todd Blanche to be Attorney General of the U.S. This is the first of 2 articles about his actions within the Justice Department under the current administration. Both are worth the read. (1 of 2)

An international transmission line delivering Canadian #hydropower to #NYC went down for more than a week as another heat wave blasted the 5 boroughs + New Yorkers cranked up their air conditioners. Oh. @thecityreporter.nyc has it.

The destination charge for the Blank Slate pickup is $1,450. That takes the minimum sticker price to $26,400 for an #EV with 205 mi (est.) of range. From Slate: "It’s the lowest among all pickup trucks in the U.S., because we believe that trucks should be affordable." So where will Ford's land?

"Electrifying the world’s gas-guzzlers isn’t just necessary to prevent a climate disaster—it could save hundreds of thousands of lives in the U.S. + millions worldwide as pollution continues to extract a disproportionate toll on the poor." Urbanists often hate cars. They should hate #EV cars less.

Minnesota prosecutors say they've obtained key evidence in their investigations into the fatal shootings of Renee Good + Alex Pretti, including Good's car + hard drives with body-cam recordings. The Feds only agreed to hand it over once the government needed evidence from the state ... (1 of 2)

Oh.

The encomia to the late Senator Beverley Lesley turn my stomach. I've written then deleted a dozen comments on essays saying, "You may not have agreed with him, but he was a great man." FEH. He was a closeted gay man who led a sad, self-loathing life + did huge harm to prove his anti- #LGBTQ bias.

Volkswagen could cut around 50,000 additional jobs ‌based on calculations aimed at bringing the carmaker into line with the cost competitiveness of other companies, CEO Oliver Blume ⁠told staff in an internal memo seen by @reuters.com.

"Lindsey Graham lived an incredibly sad + lonely life + never stood up for his friends or himself. "He won’t be remembered for anything he did as a Senator or politician. He was a shining emblem of the hypocrisy that destroyed 1 of our 2 parties + millions of people’s lives." — @lktiv.bsky.social

This one's a twofer: for both obscure-car fans AND pretty much anyone who lived in NYC during the '80s or '90s and had access to cable TV. The Robin Byrd documentary 'Bang My Box' is wonderful. The NYC folks, especially Teh Ghez, will likely remember it all.

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Le sigh.

What would be your "irreplaceable" U.S. sites or buildings?

This is a great + subtle #WorldCup nod.

Well ... isn't that SPECIAL! After NATO leaders gathered at a fractious summit in Ankara, their host, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, handed each an unusual parting gift: ‌a vintage revolver. And live ammunition, indicating it was not just for show. [INSERT JOKE on 'TURKISH DELIGHT' HERE]

The #EU has charged Meta's #Instagram + #Facebook with breaching its tech rules. Regulators are targeting features they say are designed to keep users hooked. They have demanded changes to both autoplay ‌+ infinite scroll. Social-media firms that do not comply risk fines. Buy popcorn.

I have thoughts. (I mean, I always have thoughts ...) But there have been enough dumb headlines on Polestar's withdrawal from the U.S.—Trump did NOT personally kick them out—that context seemed required. Elena Ciccotelli asked me about it on The EVs for Everyone Podcast. Here's the Spotify link:

"America has survived mistaken policies before, and it will survive more in the future. "What it cannot safely normalize is the idea that governing consists of announcing success rather than achieving it."

NHTSA says autonomous cars are interfering with emergency vehicles + their makers must quickly address a surging problem of #selfdrivingcars interfering with law enforcement + other first responders. Shep at @reuters.com has it.

PHRASE OF THE DAY: the crack spread "The spread between the price of a barrel of gasoline + a barrel of crude oil—known in the industry as the gasoline 'crack spread'—is almost $57 a barrel, near the highest since June 2022. The diesel crack spread is also considerably elevated from prewar levels."

UNAIDS official Christine Stegling has made clear the danger she sees coming. "I fear a new #HIV / AIDS epidemic is coming -- and the world won't care."

A federal judge ordered the release of $5 million in escrow that was awarded to E. Jean Carroll after a 2023 jury found Donald J. Trump liable for sexual abuse + defamation. Judge Lewis Kaplan cited the Supreme Court's recent rejection of Trump's bid to toss the civil verdict. She made him pay !!

"A question that seems to have gone unanswered: What is actually illegal for an influencer to do online? "As it turns out, there are plenty of laws governing creator advertisements. "There’s a reason Polymarket + most content creators don’t abide by these laws: They’re barely being enforced."

For all the breathless headlines about EREVs, the U.S. has only ever seen 2 of them: Fisker Karma + BMW i3 REx. (The Volt was *not* an EREV.) And neither was remotely a mass-market vehicle. Now Stellantis is selling the Leapmotor B10, a Chinese EREV in the compact crossover SUV segment. Next door.

TL/DR: Go + roll coal, saw off your catalytic converters, toss that diesel-exhaust aftertreatment nonsense ... laws mean nothing + you can emit whatever you want into our shared air. Because, y'know, god will take care of it. And climate change isn't real. Nor are lungs. Feh. [OTHER WORD REDACTED]

Researchers used a Tesla Model Y with FSD for 100+ days on roads in Queensland, Australia. They logged 500+ safety-critical events where the system needed driver intervention or revealed limits in its interpretation of the road environment. Authors says roads s/b redesigned for #selfdrivingcars.

This blockbuster story tracks with other nat-sec coverage I've seen: After 80 yrs, Europe + the UK have decided the US is no longer a reliable—or even stable—ally. Rectifying even some of the damage our current president has wrought will take decades. Or perhaps he's just enabled the China Century.

Ohio, Oklahoma, Arizona, South Carolina + Minnesota have suffered some of the deepest losses in Obamacare coverage since beefed-up federal subsidies expired this year. Coverage losses hit deep-red states as well as blue ones after Congress let subsidies expire. The @apnews.com analyzed the data.

Solar panels on dams, using what's effectively dead space to generate #renewable energy. Remind me again why the U.S. can't do #solar stuff like this?

If you follow us on Instagram, a new video shows exactly HOW slow our journey was: in this case, climbing a steep hill with exactly 27.5 hp. It took 7 hours to do 160 miles, cruising comfortably at 40 mph ... but a blazing top speed of 48 mph on one quite long downhill stretch. HOONS, we were!

Paddington. At Paddington.

It goes all the way to the almost top. Get the truth now with The Haggerty Show.

It is the dawn of a new era. Hear our battle anthem. Welcome to the new InfoWars.

"Huge crowds packed the National Mall on Wednesday night to watch the U.S. Men’s National Team beat Bosnia 2-0 and claim a spot in the World Cup Round of 16." Contrast to, ummmmm, That 250th Thing With All The Empty Lawns ...

CSIS: "Russian fatalities in #Ukraine are more than 4 times greater than all U.S. fatalities in all wars combined since World War II. They are "more than 9 times greater than all Soviet + Russian fatalities in all wars combined since World War II." Ooooooofffffff.

A very smart article on landslide elections, their implications + long-term effects ... and the likelihood of at least 1 or 2 truly bad Reps from the winning party. LOL. Worth reading in full for the sober, informed perspective.

As Pride Month ended, the @nytopinion.nytimes.com ran a piece arguing #LGBTQ people must whitewash our existences for the comfort of conservative Christians. That's a no from me, dawg. The author grew up gay in a regressive Kansas evangelical church. It's clear he still harbors shame + resentment.

What did we eat in earlier eras? The NY Public Library’s collection of centuries-old menus offers some insight on how historical dining differs from where we are now. [hat tip: @thecityreporter.nyc]

This. So much this. [whimper]

The traditional liberal Supreme Court take—"a partisan 6-3 majority that reflexively rules for Trump and conservative causes on every big case"—is wrong, says @eliehonig.bsky.social. He argues it's 3 who ALWAYS support Trump policies, 3 who NEVER do so ... and 3 who read + apply the law's text.

The White House insists there’s no conflict of interest as our current president reports $1.4 billion in income from an industry he deregulated. Oh.

We're trying to work out whether this is more or less impressive than clearing the same goal in ... a Skoda Fabia. Which the owner has ALSO done!

At 23, he lost his father ... and the store his father started lost its driving force. What to do? Search & Destroy lives.

Zuhair Lakhani ​is creating an army of AI influencers + flooding feeds with "propaganda campaigns." What could go wrong?

GOOOOOOOOOAL !! At halftime: France 1, Sweden 0.

OK, now why didn't we ever think of that? Write the TO DO list on the windscreen! Much better than the bulletin board on the wall ... or the sheet of paper we already misplaced ... or anything else. Nice. From a Hemmings video.