Do we think this thing is legit? I’m more willing to experiment with a dicey land vehicle than an aircraft.

I could beat them both with my invention, the megaspear

Right, there’s also a constitutional amendment saying insurrectionists can’t stand for office

I do think Tesla has unsafe door latches whether that was the issue in this particular crash or not. But that design issue is unrelated to electric vehicle technology

Are you accounting for inflation? 17 years ago is a while

Not really representative of most electric cars

I hear you that achieving a certain percentage of sales is dependent on people actually buying the cars. And if there’s a way to fuck over customers, dealers will find it.

What would you suggest as an alternative - the dealer has to have a certain number of electric models? Or when you say percentage of fleet do you mean just percentage of total cars on the road?

If it’s just a question of models I could easily see a manufacturer making some “fuck off” models that meet the regulation requirements but which aren’t desirable to customers so they don’t get sold.

If percentage of total cars on the road that seems more desirable but not sure it’s that different from percentage of sales? I guess less incentive to charge very high prices per car.

I also noticed the article has a much more opinionated view than a typical news article. That said, if Toyota only has one BEV available then of course it’s not going to be able to hit an emissions target.

It’s one thing to try hard and say it’s impossible, but they haven’t been trying hard.

It’s worth pointing out that BYD is a threat to other auto companies, because they’re actually manufacturing a serious amount of electric vehicles.

I’d rather it wasn’t a company tied to an authoritarian government. If democracies think BYD is being funded unfairly how about we promote our manufacturers to do a green transition and make a good product, instead of whining that we need more tariffs?

In terms of shirts I’d actually wear I’m probably going with “music brand” but I’ve always loved “me want food”

Thanks for sharing this. I’ve been getting emails saying it’s close and they’re looking for volunteers to help cure ballots but hadn’t taken the time to track down where we’re at. A 40k gap with 100k outstanding votes doesn’t seem like a slam dunk, but it’s not impossible.

100k to 200k! Anyone have more pictures?

What was a time where you were doing a dad-ly duty and got it totally wrong?

Interesting tidbit I didn’t know is that they’ve found fungi growing on the outside of the ISS

Good to read, and funny enough timeless.

Which suffering are we talking about? It’s plenty valid to recognize low wages, inflation, poor healthcare, all of that. But I think here we’re talking about being deported, being physically threatened, raped, imprisoned, killed. As a white guy, I can say in my day to day those aren’t things I’m facing. (yet)

I hear you that the situation is daunting. It’s frightening to forecast where things will go in the U.S. Still it’s inaccurate and unhelpful to say representative democracy is dead.

First off, even the Nazis lost. If it comes to violence fascists will ultimately lose.

But also, the U.S. was founded in slavery, only land owning white men could vote. We had the civil war, we had Jim Crow. So we have a history of hopeless looking oppressive situations, and made progress away from them.

Most importantly, believing that fascists are unbeatable makes them so. If you don’t believe it’s possible, you won’t try.

I’m still staggering from this election, it sucks. I don’t intend to roll over, and I believe, after much unnecessary suffering and probably death, that we will win.

Well I don’t really expect someone in prison to win, but I don’t believe there’s any law about the location where the president gets sworn in. If a majority of voters chose that person, they could get sworn in in jail, immediately pardon themselves and off they go.

Eugene Debs, the must successful American socialist candidate for president, was at one point running for office while in prison. Of course he lost so I can’t imagine it helped

I hear you that it’s tiring and intimidating dealing with fascists. That said I don’t think it’s factual to say they only need to win once, and believing so creates a strategic disadvantage.

Factually, world war 2 is the classic example of fascists needing to win continually and being unable to do it. The Nazis had a good showing in an election, Hitler was made chancellor and then they used that foot in the door to take over the government and seize many countries. But they lost in the end, and that was a result of resistance, not just militarily but the sum of every individual act of opposition.

There’s a concept of anticipatory obedience. Corporations and local governments sometimes fell over themselves to do what they thought the fascist government would ask before the actual ask. Even if Trump seized power, that wouldn’t be the end. They need us to cooperate. And by resisting in a concrete way (not just #resist posting of course) we will stop fascism.

It’s never over. Fascism is destined to lose. It’s a question of how much suffering and injustice can we avoid by defeating it sooner.

And believing like they want us to believe, that it’s all over, is a strategic disadvantage. If we believe we’re beaten or that victory is impossible we’ll act that way. Believe that we can win, and spread that belief, and we’ll act that way.

He’s an inspiration.