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Scott FitzGerald@fitzstartz.bsky.social |
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Just a Canadian paying attention. Views are my own, not those of my employer.
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Steve Saideman
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About to be on CHML 900 if my time zone math is right to talk about LTG Carignan getting the CDS job. I did write about it here saideman.blogspot.com/2024/06/new-...
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Aaron Kimball
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Adam Savage's book "Every Tool a Hammer" explicitly gives you permission to get a second x-acto knife and a second pair of pliers and leave a set at each spot you need them rather than wander around looking for where you last left The Tool and omg it is LIBERATING.
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Scott FitzGerald
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Scott FitzGerald
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Absolute insanity. And it grows unchallenged while "individuals" make genuine but piecemeal efforts to "make a difference". Everything you or I do at home basically gives Corp's a bigger share of the nat'l emissions bucket to freely fill because "profit".
www.theguardian.com/technology/a...
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Scott FitzGerald
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Channels @alexroy144.bsky.social....
www.thedrive.com/polizei144/4...
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Scott FitzGerald
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My kids saw one for the first time on an Eastern Canada road trip over the past ~10 days.
Kid, off device and observing the Real World: "OMG... what is that?!"
Me, just cruising along: "That's a Nissan Cube!"
Kid <hangs head>: "Dad, you're being gapped by a Nissan Cube"
#truestory
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Scott FitzGerald
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Cult members have a ready-to-go reference library of goal-post shifting <insert long history of stupid things people do in vehicles> to match anything FSD/AP fails at. Conveniently ignoring that people's eyes are in fact connected to an organic brain makes their vision-only case much easier.
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Scott FitzGerald
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Reminds me of... what was that Microsoft font... Wingdings? Dingbat?... just all symbols. I wonder what the overlap is (if any) to isotype.
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Scott FitzGerald
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Headline does not appear to match accompanying photo OF A TESLA ACTUALLY ON TRAIN TRACKS. "appears to veer"? Weasel words. Fuck off.
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Scott FitzGerald
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100%... especially since the issues & concerns cited are de rigeur newbie Tesla owner forum post fodder for a swarm of "how dare you" abuse since The Beginning.
#thisistheway
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e.w. niedermeyer
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After five years and over 100 violations, Tesla's Fremont factory has been ordered to abate illegal pollution by the local regulator!
I've been reporting about this since 2019, a story nobody else wanted to touch, and was beginning to believe nothing would ever happen!
apnews.com/article/tesl...
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Scott FitzGerald
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All hail the inanimate carbon ro.... euh... faceted gold object!
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Scott FitzGerald
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IROC seems obvious... and also wrong.
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e.w. niedermeyer
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Tesla is now Musk's dream factory
~yours truly in the @washingtonpost.com
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
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Scott FitzGerald
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But... but... the headlines from 2.5 years ago...? Do they mean *nothing*?
electrek.co/2021/09/22/t...
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Scott FitzGerald
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The thumb that Musk & Tesla have put on the scales - the GOTV campaign - has been wild. While I never expected a different outcome, it's clear they were scared.
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Scott FitzGerald
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Good analysis of the NY Times oped here, by @kgandersen.bsky.social
bsky.app/profile/kgan...
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Kristian G. Andersen
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When dealing with pseudoscience, the devil is in the detail - in this case, narrowing down a specific "Lab Leak" hypothesis.
In Dr. Chan's @nytimes.com OpEd there is, however, a very specific hypothesis for COVID-19 origin.
It's a prime example of conspiracism vs empiricism, so let's dive in.
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Scott FitzGerald
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I really wish I had the energy - the life points, the fucks to care - to read this, because I know it is likely excellent, compelling, thorough. BUT SINCE IT DOESN'T MATTER I'm going to go walk the dogs, instead.
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Scott FitzGerald
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Wow - that is a very talented pull of soft serve epic tower service. Do enjoy!
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Scott FitzGerald
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Bring it, Spiro. #FAFO
news.bloomberglaw.com/business-and...
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Scott FitzGerald
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lol graphics
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Thomas Hansen
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Tesla securities fraudster and serial con man Elon Musk’s deadly dangerous battery-powered greenwashing lemon cars top the list for flunking the MOT. Nearly 20% of the Model 3 Performance cars failed the roadworthiness test, which cars must take annually from three years old: $TSLA $TSLAQ
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David_j_roth
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Really great post here, jeez. www.nytimes.com/2024/05/24/o...
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Scott FitzGerald
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Wow... that really sounds like a deliberate ploy on OpenAI's part to embarrass Johansson. And frankly, sounds like exactly the shitty kind of thing that Silicon Valley techbro incels would take particular glee in.
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Scott FitzGerald
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If that's your stance - "I miss the old Elon" - then you should brace yourself for this newsflash: you never really knew the "old Elon". It's the same m'fer.
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Scott FitzGerald
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Fantastic.
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Scott FitzGerald
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I had one! Loved it... and the bolt-on bits from James Barone Racing.
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Jason Koebler
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Axon's AI is now writing police reports directly from bodycam footage. Says cops are actively using it. What could go wrong? This is what it looks like:
www.404media.co/here-is-what...
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Scott FitzGerald
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"When things get particularly heated, a fellow trustee follows her in his car to make sure she gets home safely." [this is fine dog.gif]
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Scott FitzGerald
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The Realization:
The result, several of those businesses told Reuters, is a reluctance to work on SpaceX-related projects again. "If they were to call me today, I'd tell them to fuck off,"
finance.yahoo.com/news/musks-s...
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e.w. niedermeyer
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The Environmental Democracy Project apparently does not trust the BAAQMD's hearing board to get Tesla to stop violating the Clean Air Act, and has filed its own lawsuit seeking to halt rampant pollution at Tesla's Fremont, CA factory.
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Scott FitzGerald
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That Tesla continues to violate these clean air regs is one of the more egregious examples of how toothless & deferential oversight has become in the US (not that it is a uniquely American state of affairs).
Maybe this will be a bit of #FAFO for the Fremont factory?
www.reuters.com/legal/tesla-...
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Scott FitzGerald
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Also... SEVEN?!
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Scott FitzGerald
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And let me guess... Tesla's "commitment" to open source and patent sharing doesn't extend to this particular functionality of their EV ecosystem...
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Scott FitzGerald
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I presume concerns about this "integration" have less to do with the actual connector standard, and more about the in-car software & billing?
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Scott FitzGerald
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"So far, this is not blowing my skirt up, gentlemen.
Don't you have anything remotely substantial?
Do you have any hard data?"
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Scott FitzGerald
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Strong "When did you stop beating your wife?" vibes.
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Scott FitzGerald
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As long as this continues to be the required steps for rear seat passengers (<cough>kids<cough>) to get out of the rear of a Model 3 in an emergency - something Sandy dwelled on, "I guess the kids don't matter" - I'm not inclined to subscribe to those theories.
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Scott FitzGerald
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I remember Sandy just ripping the Model 3 for it's obvious design & engineering failings... wtf happened to that guy?
www.teslarati.com/tesla-model-...
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Scott FitzGerald
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Is this guy, his business, still held in any kind of regard - are clients still paying him for work ("reports"), despite the blatant Tesla shilling & credibility concerns? What does this video have to do with "Our three core services are new product development, costing, and benchmarking"?
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Scott FitzGerald
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Oh, phew... not just me. And I actually don't mind watching Max romp to win after win, because why shouldn't I want to witness the best doing their best, setting records? But this track is cartoonish.
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Scott FitzGerald
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Fair.
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Scott FitzGerald
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The enshittification of Tesla.
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Scott FitzGerald
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Repeatedly seeing this trash from Musk, my first thought over the years is of those who put him on a pedestal in children's books.
This - THIS - is your child's hero?
ex: www.amazon.com/Elon-Musk-In...
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Chron.com
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Using data released by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, an investigation found that injuries at SpaceX’s facilities in Brownsville in 2023 reached 5.9 injuries per 100 workers. The space industry average is 0.8.Â
www.chron.com/culture/arti...
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e.w. niedermeyer
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New blog post: No More Rebuys, Mr Musk
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Justin Ling
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I, for one, am shocked — shocked! — to learn that Michael Shellenberger may have been lying. www.brasilwire.com/brazilian-la...
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Scott FitzGerald
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Tesla Tesla TESLA!
www.fool.com/author/6614/
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Scott FitzGerald
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Take a moment and appreciate how amazing this woman was, to accomplish what she accomplished, against so much self-righteous arrogance, and to still be so graceful and energetic. A great Canadian in so many ways.
www.nytimes.com/2024/04/17/s...
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