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Alan @ Former Instants
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Pro/Am motorsport photographer (I shoot lots of other stuff too). I also like talking about movies, science, and...well a lot of things really. Also on Flickr. Check my website to see my latest work: https://www.formerinstants.com/
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If I was president I'd put a go-kart track on the white house grounds. Gas-powered shifters, probably.
*taps your sign* bsky.app/profile/docr...
A very good question to determine someone’s politics:

Who is working class, the guy running his family’s Ford dealership or the purple haired barista sharing an apartment with 3 other 20 somethings?
"working class does not mean 'the good kind of job' or 'not fabulously rich'" is one of those bitter pills the left on this site will never swallow and is why they can't be taken seriously
dangit now I want to pour some more tequila and dance all night
decided it was high time for another round of new music in my collection
What can we do about neighbors' cameras?
I suppose a shitload of nickels will work just as well
If ever there was a place to give some hard stares...
Rode my bike out to do a hike. Why not just go mountain biking? Well I wanted to take some pictures, see... #photography #hiking #nature
See, like today, when I can't watch the sprint OR qualifying because it's fucking college football season.
ESPN can get rekt for this. There's a whole "ESPN U" channel for college sports, and they bump F1 for that nonsense.
At least qualifying is never again getting pre-empted for fucking college football programming.
Apple TV will have US streaming rights to Formula 1 for the next five years.

American fans, I have requests:
- What remaining questions do you have about the logistics of the deal?
- How are we feeling about it?
I have realized that Ethan Hawke is a drop-in replacement to instantly elevate any Jared Leto role.
Just saw it. Can't see any of the Chrises doing it, but Ethan Hawke would have crushed it.
I used to watch SuperGT a lot for free on YouTube, and then the english coverage went paywalled and I don't watch SuperGT anymore.
Just saw it. Can't see any of the Chrises doing it, but Ethan Hawke would have crushed it.
Bless the Valkyrie and his cylinders
Bless the passing and roaring of him.
May his passage please your ears.
May he keep the engine for his people.
Bless the Valkyrie, now cemented as the last of its kind

With this + hybrids at Indy, one could say auto racing has fully entered its second century
WEC confirms ERS mandate for new Hypercars
Maybe it's too inside-baseball for regular viewers to think this way, but moving to *mandatory* hybrids when manufacturers are already doing it electively is perhaps sending the wrong message!
It could be interesting to see high level electric drag racing. 50,000 Volt Tesla coils running down the strip. Maybe you can use pantographs so they don't even need batteries. Could be a good show, technically interesting, AND wildly dangerous!
There but for the grace of God go we.
It feels like propaganda to me, designed to counteract the pushback against electrification from manufacturers and consumers. Because why not also mandate (or even just allow) hybrids in GT classes? Oh right because it's expensive and complicated and people don't really care for it.
At least the Valkyrie is allowed to be grandfathered in...
But like why make this rule? Are they worried non-hybrids are going to come in and outrun the more expensive & complicated cars? Are they admitting the BoP is not capable of performing its assigned task?
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