Stephen
@7forwardgears.bsky.social
obsessions: cars, numbers, useless info. if i get into something i get very into it. born/raised/lived: philly region. yearn to live on the west coast once.
other ❤️: data, sports, travel, tech, history, sketching, timepieces, craft beer
autistic & 🩷💜💙
other ❤️: data, sports, travel, tech, history, sketching, timepieces, craft beer
autistic & 🩷💜💙
it's still Wednesday where I live
🎶
it's a nice day for a ... white wagon
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it's a nice day for a ... white wagon
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February 5, 2026 at 1:46 AM
it's still Wednesday where I live
🎶
it's a nice day for a ... white wagon
🎶
🎶
it's a nice day for a ... white wagon
🎶
if you have to announce your failing car company is back, it most certainly is not back
February 5, 2026 at 1:33 AM
if you have to announce your failing car company is back, it most certainly is not back
ICE just bought a warehouse in my county [for $87M !!!]. I live in a red¹ county. It only hit the news 2 days ago. It has not been well received... by anyone.
[¹ with blue pockets & trending blue, very slowly]
[¹ with blue pockets & trending blue, very slowly]
Remarkable: Trump's planned migrant prison camps are hitting deep resistance in red areas. In Virginia's partly rural Hanover (+26 Trump) opposition is intense. GOP leaders in other states are opposed.
Voters are rejecting mass deportations big time. 1/
(new piece)
newrepublic.com/article/2060...
Voters are rejecting mass deportations big time. 1/
(new piece)
newrepublic.com/article/2060...
Trump’s New “Prison Camp” Threat Unleashes Fury Even in MAGA Country
The next phase of ICE’s big ramp-up: a nationwide network of vast detention facilities. But guess what? Even parts of Red America are saying no.
newrepublic.com
February 4, 2026 at 4:37 PM
ICE just bought a warehouse in my county [for $87M !!!]. I live in a red¹ county. It only hit the news 2 days ago. It has not been well received... by anyone.
[¹ with blue pockets & trending blue, very slowly]
[¹ with blue pockets & trending blue, very slowly]
every good headliner event needs a warm-up act 😏
Fox News reports that Senator Mitch McConnell has been hospitalized with flu-like symptoms.
February 4, 2026 at 3:27 AM
every good headliner event needs a warm-up act 😏
personally hoping to see the French deploy some of their sharpest tools in going after tech billionaires doing bad things
February 3, 2026 at 11:57 PM
personally hoping to see the French deploy some of their sharpest tools in going after tech billionaires doing bad things
the recruiting industrial complex has always sucked. it's getting worse. recruiter reached out via linkedin multiple times pleading [srsly] to reply to discuss roles, more flattering each time abt my background
ok, fiiine, whadaya got?
"here's a link, apply, then we'll talk"
ma'am, fuck you. lol
ok, fiiine, whadaya got?
"here's a link, apply, then we'll talk"
ma'am, fuck you. lol
February 3, 2026 at 10:47 PM
the recruiting industrial complex has always sucked. it's getting worse. recruiter reached out via linkedin multiple times pleading [srsly] to reply to discuss roles, more flattering each time abt my background
ok, fiiine, whadaya got?
"here's a link, apply, then we'll talk"
ma'am, fuck you. lol
ok, fiiine, whadaya got?
"here's a link, apply, then we'll talk"
ma'am, fuck you. lol
CarMax owns Edmunds. They suck now [both CarMax & Edmunds].
February 3, 2026 at 6:07 PM
CarMax owns Edmunds. They suck now [both CarMax & Edmunds].
I miss Bader already [for all the reasons]
DID SOMEONE SAY TRUCK DAY? PLEASE ENJOY SOME
DUMPTRUCKS 🍑🍑
DUMPTRUCKS 🍑🍑
February 3, 2026 at 4:11 PM
I miss Bader already [for all the reasons]
Delaware Ave is the top answer on the board
What instances can you think of where Philadelphians insist on calling something by its old name after it's been renamed, like The Gallery?
February 2, 2026 at 9:01 PM
Delaware Ave is the top answer on the board
last night I noted how good Pharrell looks for his age [we're the same age, but he looks half my age] and today I've gotten 3 different instagram ads for men's skincare products 😒
[fuckers are right too, I definitely need the help]
[fuckers are right too, I definitely need the help]
how the fuck is Pharrell Williams 52?!? he's almost 2 months older than I am and he looks 25 years younger
February 2, 2026 at 6:42 PM
last night I noted how good Pharrell looks for his age [we're the same age, but he looks half my age] and today I've gotten 3 different instagram ads for men's skincare products 😒
[fuckers are right too, I definitely need the help]
[fuckers are right too, I definitely need the help]
Mustang Monday? 30 years old & trudging through the cold & salty roads.
cc: @tamslick.bsky.social [no it's not a sweet sweet V8 manual like yours sadly; it's a V6 & odds are it's an auto, but it has the oft beloved tri-spokes]
cc: @tamslick.bsky.social [no it's not a sweet sweet V8 manual like yours sadly; it's a V6 & odds are it's an auto, but it has the oft beloved tri-spokes]
![1996 black Ford Mustang base. It's got the Essex V6, some tri-spokes & a wing. Impressive seeing it dailied during a stretch of cold snowy weather [worst in years]. It likey is an auto as most V6 models were, but it's possible it carries a 5-speed manual. I liked these except for one thing - Ford stopped offering a sunroof on this generation and never offered one again [I'm ignoring that dumb glass roof the S197 received].](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:bewmeu3oyroi6xshez2i27oq/bafkreifwbgqfivlkvsuieflpbumc3uf6b6qivmhefhonqoy35kpjymkf7i@jpeg)
February 2, 2026 at 4:39 PM
Mustang Monday? 30 years old & trudging through the cold & salty roads.
cc: @tamslick.bsky.social [no it's not a sweet sweet V8 manual like yours sadly; it's a V6 & odds are it's an auto, but it has the oft beloved tri-spokes]
cc: @tamslick.bsky.social [no it's not a sweet sweet V8 manual like yours sadly; it's a V6 & odds are it's an auto, but it has the oft beloved tri-spokes]
ah yes, autism, where you get told you say shit wrong
February 2, 2026 at 4:19 PM
ah yes, autism, where you get told you say shit wrong
stupid groundhog
homer simpson and marge simpson are standing in front of a calendar that says march on it
ALT: homer simpson and marge simpson are standing in front of a calendar that says march on it
media.tenor.com
February 2, 2026 at 12:41 PM
stupid groundhog
Reposted by Stephen
"I love the 90s!" heros spotted while running errands today
1992 Accord EX [crafted like a Swiss watch, but this one has illegal plates]
1996 Buick Century [platform in its 15th model year, driver in his 80th]
1992 Accord EX [crafted like a Swiss watch, but this one has illegal plates]
1996 Buick Century [platform in its 15th model year, driver in his 80th]
![White 1992 Honda Accord EX sedan, dealer installed spoiler, illegal tags - all plates of this vintage were "retired" recently because of fading [ask me how I know!]. Car is in good shape though & being used in really shitty cold weather. The 4th gen is not my favorite [the 3rd & 5th gens are both better], but it was arguably the best assembled. The craftsmanship on these matched or exceeded anything on the road at the time regardless of price.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:bewmeu3oyroi6xshez2i27oq/bafkreiclch2szwegred374ogpfzglbwmxevizxvbgpajmcae45mpkq2usa@jpeg)
February 1, 2026 at 10:15 PM
"I love the 90s!" heros spotted while running errands today
1992 Accord EX [crafted like a Swiss watch, but this one has illegal plates]
1996 Buick Century [platform in its 15th model year, driver in his 80th]
1992 Accord EX [crafted like a Swiss watch, but this one has illegal plates]
1996 Buick Century [platform in its 15th model year, driver in his 80th]
phenomenal cover of War Pigs by Post Malone, Duff, Slash, Andrew & Chad, but a medley would have been even better & that moment called for one - they would have rolled through Ozzy's best & brought the arena down
also that's twice Post Malone did right channeling someone gone [Kurt Cobain on SNL50]
also that's twice Post Malone did right channeling someone gone [Kurt Cobain on SNL50]
February 2, 2026 at 3:56 AM
phenomenal cover of War Pigs by Post Malone, Duff, Slash, Andrew & Chad, but a medley would have been even better & that moment called for one - they would have rolled through Ozzy's best & brought the arena down
also that's twice Post Malone did right channeling someone gone [Kurt Cobain on SNL50]
also that's twice Post Malone did right channeling someone gone [Kurt Cobain on SNL50]
how the fuck is Pharrell Williams 52?!? he's almost 2 months older than I am and he looks 25 years younger
February 2, 2026 at 3:33 AM
how the fuck is Pharrell Williams 52?!? he's almost 2 months older than I am and he looks 25 years younger
so he's incompetent AND incontinent?
February 2, 2026 at 12:56 AM
so he's incompetent AND incontinent?
cruise control was not available on the 1984 to 1986 Ford Mustang SVO
this is why it failed
this is why it failed
February 2, 2026 at 12:03 AM
cruise control was not available on the 1984 to 1986 Ford Mustang SVO
this is why it failed
this is why it failed
you can walk into a Toyota dealer that has one and buy it without markup [at least based on what I see locally] so I have no idea what we're doing here [seller is a general manager of a Toyota dealer]
February 1, 2026 at 11:00 PM
you can walk into a Toyota dealer that has one and buy it without markup [at least based on what I see locally] so I have no idea what we're doing here [seller is a general manager of a Toyota dealer]
"I love the 90s!" heros spotted while running errands today
1992 Accord EX [crafted like a Swiss watch, but this one has illegal plates]
1996 Buick Century [platform in its 15th model year, driver in his 80th]
1992 Accord EX [crafted like a Swiss watch, but this one has illegal plates]
1996 Buick Century [platform in its 15th model year, driver in his 80th]
February 1, 2026 at 10:15 PM
"I love the 90s!" heros spotted while running errands today
1992 Accord EX [crafted like a Swiss watch, but this one has illegal plates]
1996 Buick Century [platform in its 15th model year, driver in his 80th]
1992 Accord EX [crafted like a Swiss watch, but this one has illegal plates]
1996 Buick Century [platform in its 15th model year, driver in his 80th]
Reposted by Stephen
Warm greetings from South Philadelphia
February 1, 2026 at 4:39 PM
Warm greetings from South Philadelphia
watching the 25th anniversary celebration of the 2000-01 76ers jogs memories of a great personal encounter, w/funny twist, I had w/Pat Croce while they were in rebuild mode prior to 2000. 300 characters isn't enough space. maybe I'll type it in Keep & post sometime. long-short: nicest 'celeb' ever
February 1, 2026 at 4:54 PM
watching the 25th anniversary celebration of the 2000-01 76ers jogs memories of a great personal encounter, w/funny twist, I had w/Pat Croce while they were in rebuild mode prior to 2000. 300 characters isn't enough space. maybe I'll type it in Keep & post sometime. long-short: nicest 'celeb' ever