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@jamiegilboy.bsky.social

sometimes car writer. seen in Car and Driver, The Autopian, US News & World Report, also kept The Drive’s lights on for a few years

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02.08.2025 04:22 β€” πŸ‘ 586    πŸ” 219    πŸ’¬ 12    πŸ“Œ 12
"He's a piece of shit, but let's get the political science stuff out of the way," Steven told me when I asked if he thought support of Tesla could be considered apolitical. "Elon Musk has platformed white supremacists and antisemites on X. He got rid of all the moderation. He put back accounts that were clearly neo-Nazis. He's changed algorithms to promote that type of hate.
Him and DOGE did massive cuts in the government, including our civil services.
He's cut cancer research. Did I mention he was a giant piece of shit?"
"He's cut our aid to Africa, which Will result, without exaggeration, in millions of women and children and innocent people dying. Millions," he said. "I'm not a big fan of people who give the Hitler salute. I mean, I'm kind of fussy like that. He gave it twice at Trump's inauguration," he continued. "He's a Nazi. And he cheats at video games. You have another question?"

"He's a piece of shit, but let's get the political science stuff out of the way," Steven told me when I asked if he thought support of Tesla could be considered apolitical. "Elon Musk has platformed white supremacists and antisemites on X. He got rid of all the moderation. He put back accounts that were clearly neo-Nazis. He's changed algorithms to promote that type of hate. Him and DOGE did massive cuts in the government, including our civil services. He's cut cancer research. Did I mention he was a giant piece of shit?" "He's cut our aid to Africa, which Will result, without exaggeration, in millions of women and children and innocent people dying. Millions," he said. "I'm not a big fan of people who give the Hitler salute. I mean, I'm kind of fussy like that. He gave it twice at Trump's inauguration," he continued. "He's a Nazi. And he cheats at video games. You have another question?"

lol at this response to a β€œman on the street” interview with protestors at the Tesla diner

01.08.2025 23:03 β€” πŸ‘ 6046    πŸ” 1727    πŸ’¬ 59    πŸ“Œ 84

a glizzaster

02.08.2025 00:53 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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This is not sustainable.

www.tiktok.com/@brutamerica...

31.07.2025 19:07 β€” πŸ‘ 648    πŸ” 274    πŸ’¬ 13    πŸ“Œ 28
Wall Street Journal headline and deck: "New York Shooting Puts Mamdani on the Spot Over Policing Views: The killing of four people in a Midtown office building rattled a city where mass attacks are rare and violent crime has declined."

Wall Street Journal headline and deck: "New York Shooting Puts Mamdani on the Spot Over Policing Views: The killing of four people in a Midtown office building rattled a city where mass attacks are rare and violent crime has declined."

It's really weird to demand accountability from a NYC mayoral candidate for a deadly NYC shooting rather than the current NYC mayor, an ex-cop who campaigned on a "tough on crime" platform and promptly got indicted for crimes

31.07.2025 16:53 β€” πŸ‘ 30514    πŸ” 7614    πŸ’¬ 762    πŸ“Œ 427

Holy shit actually good news

28.07.2025 02:59 β€” πŸ‘ 13    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Violent or destructive left wing protest is framed as delegitimising the protesters' stated cause.

Violent or destructive right wing protest is framed as emphasing the need for urgent action on the protesters' stated cause.

As always, right wing men are treated as elemental forces without agency.

27.07.2025 09:14 β€” πŸ‘ 2047    πŸ” 745    πŸ’¬ 28    πŸ“Œ 25

the executive order that allows the homeless and mentally ill to be incarcerated signed right as they started opening concentration camps

26.07.2025 12:17 β€” πŸ‘ 208    πŸ” 108    πŸ’¬ 8    πŸ“Œ 3

OH HEY ITS THE EUGENICS OF DISABLED PEOPLE WE ALL TOLD YOU WAS COMING

24.07.2025 22:39 β€” πŸ‘ 5104    πŸ” 2349    πŸ’¬ 32    πŸ“Œ 37

I got a β€œrecipient refused delivery” notice for a delivery where I watched the FedEx driver not even walk up to my doorstep

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20.07.2025 21:31 β€” πŸ‘ 11807    πŸ” 2330    πŸ’¬ 139    πŸ“Œ 59
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Following a 10-year absence from the sport,Formula Drift champion Daigo Saito planned to make his return to Formula Drift Stateside.

Instead, he was sent home by US Immigration.

Read more: www.motor1.com/news/766376/...

18.07.2025 18:58 β€” πŸ‘ 37    πŸ” 19    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 1

I'm not sure it's possible to get on the same page with people who refuse to understand that the Democratic Party's political choices over the last ~50 years played a major role in bringing us to this point

15.07.2025 22:14 β€” πŸ‘ 3520    πŸ” 454    πŸ’¬ 68    πŸ“Œ 54
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Tesla's top North American sales executive leaves, WSJ reports Tesla's top sales executive in North America, Troy Jones, has left the electric vehicle maker in the latest senior departure at the company, the Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday, citing people familiar with the matter.

definitely a good sign when a car company with collapsing sales loses the exec who’s seen them through thick and thin for 15 years. absolutely not a symptom of a death spiral www.reuters.com/business/aut...

15.07.2025 21:25 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
WeTransfer TOS says they can use all your uploaded content for genAI

WeTransfer TOS says they can use all your uploaded content for genAI

Bye forever, WeTransfer.

14.07.2025 23:57 β€” πŸ‘ 6462    πŸ” 3452    πŸ’¬ 207    πŸ“Œ 985
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Zohran Mamdani has already heavily ratio-ed Andrew Cuomo’s announcement ad with a donation link and it’s going up by thousands every minute

14.07.2025 19:06 β€” πŸ‘ 8891    πŸ” 1307    πŸ’¬ 151    πŸ“Œ 135

I can think of a few sites that’ll struggle having never built a core audience.

14.07.2025 19:19 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Cool how the president can just wake up and openly muse about ejecting someone he personally has a grudge against from the country using his secret police force funded off of stolen health care money, and all you'll see from the media today is "Are Trans people to blame for Zorhan's anti-semitism?"

12.07.2025 14:49 β€” πŸ‘ 14    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

the worm is just piloting RFK like an Eva

10.07.2025 17:52 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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10.07.2025 14:14 β€” πŸ‘ 584    πŸ” 144    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 2

we had like 3 straight years of hearings over 4 dead Americans in Benghazi

10.07.2025 02:02 β€” πŸ‘ 88    πŸ” 20    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 1
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The ST205 Toyota Celica GT-Four Turned Failed Rally Dreams Into Road-Car Glory - The Autopian Every one of Toyota’s 1990s performance icons has a legend all of its own. The Supra is synonymous with the 2JZ and the MR2 is synonymous with pirouetting in the hands of bad drivers. But the final-ge...

Toyota's infamous restrictor plate cheat is what most people know the ST205 Celica GT-Four for. But most people don't know about its radical front suspension design, and how it totally backfired when Toyota took the final GT-Four racing. Read about it in my latest feature at @theautopian.bsky.social

09.07.2025 21:47 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

A dozen of these. A karting track.

09.07.2025 06:29 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Prime Day is a scam Amazon Prime Day is a four-day sale promoted by the mega-retailer as a rare opportunity to secure "deep discounts" on a variety of consumer items.

"If Amazon Prime Day is rife with price manipulation, why do media outlets continue to relentlessly promote it? Amazon has created a financial incentive to do so."

The referral fees Amazon pays on purchases from media coverage have reportedly doubled for this year's Prime Day.

Worth the read.

08.07.2025 12:19 β€” πŸ‘ 17    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0
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I’m so sorry to bring two screenshots here in one evening but I am SCREAMING

07.07.2025 22:17 β€” πŸ‘ 44    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 2

fun fact is that when elon musk finally kicks the bucket all his weird little bootlicking poster fanclub is contractually obligated to be entombed with him as he journeys into the afterlife, much like an Egyptian Pharaoh

07.07.2025 00:32 β€” πŸ‘ 144    πŸ” 22    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 2
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Violence plummets in men's prison after inmates were taught philosophy Inmates at HMP Wayland, Norfolk, were taught how to live virtuous, peaceful lives based on resilience, rational thinking and self-discipline.

Phenomenal news story this and I love how the Mail seems quite supportive of it.

06.07.2025 08:33 β€” πŸ‘ 821    πŸ” 197    πŸ’¬ 43    πŸ“Œ 62

it is wild how many non-trans people seem to be taking an issue with this extremely correct thread: transphobia was an extreme minority position that was isolated to fringe reactionary christian conservatives, but through "liberal" publications laundering bigoted talking points it became accepted

06.07.2025 05:59 β€” πŸ‘ 5987    πŸ” 1621    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 50

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