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Brian Peter Gluckman@bgluckman.bsky.social |
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PR at WE Communications supporting security by day, globe trotting, cat cohabitating auto enthusiast slash fashion influencer in my dreams at night 🏳️🌈
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Brian Peter Gluckman
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Christ, I cannot with people reposting "just asking questions" type posts on Facebook from anonymous "influencer" accounts about whether or not EVs are really better environmentally than ICE.
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Brian Peter Gluckman
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The album is excellent, far better than it has any right to be
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Brian Peter Gluckman
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And William Shatner's version was produced by Ben Folds.
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Brian Peter Gluckman
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It's Jack's, but more what you're used to from Houston
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Brian Peter Gluckman
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Have you been to their Jackalope location?
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Brian Peter Gluckman
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At this point, I'm assuming the worst-case scenario is probably the best we can get.
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Brian Peter Gluckman
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There isn't any.
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Brian Peter Gluckman
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Look, maybe you should take a survey reporting negatively on EVs from one of the largest oil, gas and coal consulting companies in the world with a couple of grains of salt.
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Brian Peter Gluckman
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It's also McKinsey, which I find inherently untrustworthy.
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We also continue to ignore the massive environmental impacts these rocket launches have in terms of soot released into the stratosphere
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Brian Peter Gluckman
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Counterpoint: no, you should not.
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Brian Peter Gluckman
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Americans love Mexico for the food! the art! the culture! Which is true. But also, something like 60% of all tortillerias in the country are now paying protection money to cartels.
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Brian Peter Gluckman
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Mexico is still pretty easy to move to for Americans (we briefly considered buying a condo in PV and looked into the process). The issue with Mexico is it's a failed state -- CDMX is out of water, most cities outside it are run by cartels.
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Brian Peter Gluckman
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There's exactly one thing.
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Brian Peter Gluckman
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Escape dies after this generation.
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Brian Peter Gluckman
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Lots of talk yesterday about how overturning the Chevron rule will destroy environmental and safety regulations, but good news: it'll also make the Internet less secure!
From @samsabin.bsky.social
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Brian Peter Gluckman
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Wow. Even *I* like the LC500.
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Brian Peter Gluckman
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I suspect some of it is also based on who you follow or who follows you. I'm on a block list for posting about politics too much with a bunch of people I do not know.
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Brian Peter Gluckman
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I've been there, too, and the problem is these communities are supposed to be an extension of the American healthcare system, such as it is, because our healthcare system is an unregulated disaster. Some are great, some not, but it's up to the buyer to sort through the mess.
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Brian Peter Gluckman
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Coming from the comms side, I read this the exact same way you do.
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Brian Peter Gluckman
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Most of those communities exist because they have some level of support and care for the aging. Removing them would add a whole other level of burden of care on younger people.
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Brian Peter Gluckman
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New EV just dropped
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Brian Peter Gluckman
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Peak Seattle was my getting into a fight with someone about whether or not this storage lot of abandoned cars should be zoned out of existence. Anyway, note the Mercedes-Benz 300 Adenauer in there, which even disassembled, is still worth probably $12 - 15K, at least.
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Brian Peter Gluckman
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It is very...built.
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Brian Peter Gluckman
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Walking over to the place where I get my haircut is an adventure in car spotting.
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Brian Peter Gluckman
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I wish it was that simple, but that requires a populace that actually showed up at the polls and engaged their elected leaders (see: the saga of the Seattle Streetcar).
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For all that Waymo has accomplished, there is still an incredibly long way to go. Notice no one is yet testing in Chicago, and the company still has an incredible number of backup human operators to monitor the vehicles.
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Brian Peter Gluckman
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If you care AT ALL about people who are homeless, you must get involved in your local politics. You must vote in every election, you must track proposed legislation, you must show up to yell for empathy at meetings. Otherwise, people will suffer.
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Brian Peter Gluckman
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This thread. Read this entire fucking thread.
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Brian Peter Gluckman
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Did somebody say Bagheera?
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Brian Peter Gluckman
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I mean, it's fine. I'm just tired of Fifty Shades of Gray.
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Brian Peter Gluckman
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It's a terrible color on a MX-5, which desperately needs shades like a good green and a deep orange.
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Brian Peter Gluckman
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But also, Hyundai, Kia and Ford are near the top, and they sell a decent number of EVs, and so if those vehicles were creating headaches for buyers, we'd likely see some of that reflected here.
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It's lacking the optional in-dash barware, but is otherwise perfect, the original and still greatest four-door coupe ever made
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Brian Peter Gluckman
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Ha! I'm in the other side of unincorporated King County in White Center
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Brian Peter Gluckman
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I live in the town one over from SeaTac. Well, "town".
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Great Wall, which has a presence in Mexico but not in the US, and lacks any EV SUVs, since its only electrified vehicles are the cars sold as Ora.
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Brian Peter Gluckman
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I thought that was what is under one of the tarps in their plan?
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Brian Peter Gluckman
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Today I learned that Kinky Friedman once saved the life of Cathy Smith, the woman who inspired both The Band's "The Weight" and Gordon Lightfoot's "Sundown," then later injected the fatal speedball into John Belushi, for which she went to prison and taught computers to Leslie Van Houten.
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Brian Peter Gluckman
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Yeah, I run into him all the time at the neighborhood coffee place (seriously, it's a 15 minute walk from my house)
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Brian Peter Gluckman
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At this point, I think the Cybertruck has only outsold the Ocean 3:1 in the US, so not a lot.
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Brian Peter Gluckman
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Forks! Also famous for Twilight. I've also always wanted to hit Port Roberts, the part of the US only accessible via Canada.
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Brian Peter Gluckman
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Yup! Hit me up when you're here!
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Brian Peter Gluckman
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Oh my goodness. I'm sure no one got scammed there!
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Brian Peter Gluckman
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There are three new Model 3s in my office garage -- I nearly hit one the other day because the owner had to use "self-parking" so they could stare at their phone 🙄 -- but only one CT that I've seen in all of Seattle outside of Tesla's holding lot.
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Brian Peter Gluckman
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What's really crazy is between EV crazy Seattle and ultra-trendy Palm Springs, I've seen twice as many Oceans as I've seen Cybertrucks
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Brian Peter Gluckman
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Likely on its way to my neighborhood then, as there are twenty in the repair shop down the street from me, at least.
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Brian Peter Gluckman
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There is a locations page on their website, but it's not cross-linked anymore and only findable via Google. I've seen two or three Oceans here, and I keep wondering how they got them, since the nearest dealer is a thousand miles away.
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Brian Peter Gluckman
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Have you ever looked up the dealers on Google Maps? Most seem to be also Karma retailers, so I guess they're also ex-Fisker, plus a few shady used car stores. Also, I'm hearing rumors they're not actually dealers in a traditional sense, but selling the cars on consignment.
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