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Brian Peter Gluckman

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PR professional focused on cybersecurity and influence operations by day. Interests include autos, watches, travel, cat cohabitation, fashion, food, books and liberal YIMBY politics 🏳️‍🌈 Signal: bpgluckman.01 White Center, Seattle

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Brian Peter Gluckman @bgluckman.bsky.social · 11h

Translation: the things Americans need or want will get more even expensive because Trump is a baby when he gets beaten at his own game.

Alexios Mantzarlis @mantzarlis.com · 11h

hey but at least everyone can still post on TikTok

Trump threatens tech export limits, new 100% tariff on Chinese imports starting Nov. 1 or sooner

President Donald Trump said Friday that he’s placing an additional 100% tax on Chinese imports starting on Nov. 1 or sooner, potentially escalating tariff rates close to levels that in April fanned fe...

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Brian Peter Gluckman @bgluckman.bsky.social · 11h

I think I need this sticker.

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Brian Peter Gluckman @bgluckman.bsky.social · 16h

And we know that the Kia PV5 is apparently going to be sold as a Chevy, which only makes sense if it's built here, so likely in GM's plant. So I wouldn't be surprised if GM scrapped its own Bolt replacement for something shared with Kia.

Brian Peter Gluckman @bgluckman.bsky.social · 16h

US-spec EV3 prototypes are still being spotted, so it's definitely not off the table.

Wild speculation: what if the Bolt replacement ends up being a reworked EV3 built at GM's soon-to-be upgraded EV plant alongside the Kia version?

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Brian Peter Gluckman @bgluckman.bsky.social · 16h

Kia says it's not! But they also haven't given any firm details, either.

Brian Peter Gluckman @bgluckman.bsky.social · 16h

Or EV4. Or IONIQ 3, for that matter.

Brian Peter Gluckman @bgluckman.bsky.social · 16h

But it's also probably back because a lot of leased Bolts are coming up on trade-in next year, and without an offering, those owners will likely decamp to Kia showrooms (assuming the EV3 actually happens).

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Brian Peter Gluckman @bgluckman.bsky.social · 17h

BoJack Horseman - Honeydew is the Jared Leto of Fruits

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Brian Peter Gluckman @bgluckman.bsky.social · 17h

You know what? If you drive the honeydew of EVs, you deserve to spend two minutes of every single drive staring at Jared Leto's blank expression as he stalks his way around a sequel absolutely nobody asked for.

Ryan McManus @ryantomorrow.bsky.social · 17h

Tesla pulls an Apple U2. electrek.co/2025/10/10/t...

Tesla pushes Tron: Ares ad inside its cars, upsetting owners

Tesla has partnered with its recent foe, Disney, to promote its latest movie, Tron: Ares, with an in-car update that...

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Brian Peter Gluckman @bgluckman.bsky.social · 17h

I've been wondering if a confluence of factors -- the tariffs, the partnership agreement with Hyundai -- may have caused GM to shift its strategy and that might be why the replacement is delayed with an uncertain timeline.

But still, guys, c'mon.

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Brian Peter Gluckman @bgluckman.bsky.social · 18h

My gut feeling is that the Bolt will get replaced with a new EV at the same price point that may be a somewhat more crossover-esque bodystyle. Why announce it this way? Why kill the Bolt nameplate? I don't know. I am tired.

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Brian Peter Gluckman @bgluckman.bsky.social · 1d

I really need to get to their DC showroom sometime.

Brian Peter Gluckman @bgluckman.bsky.social · 2d

You can store a bag under the seat in front of you in the exit row in the US, however, except for certain very specific plane configurations where there's no underseat storage.

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Brian Peter Gluckman @bgluckman.bsky.social · 2d

In case you were wondering what the latest anti-Semitism is, most American Jews' trace their lineage back to family members who came here post-Civil War.

The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 2d

The nativist right keeps talking about “heritage Americans.” It's a buzzword engineered to move the goalposts on immigration even further, argues @alibreland.bsky.social. https://theatln.tc/bLRZoopN

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Brian Peter Gluckman @bgluckman.bsky.social · 2d

Now spending time up-county, I'm seeing how much sprawl is happening north of Olney and Gaithersburg, all of it car-oriented. It's nuts.

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Brian Peter Gluckman @bgluckman.bsky.social · 2d

And I will never let this issue go by without mentioning that one of the biggest opponents to this kind of sensible reform is consumer advocate turned racist NIMBY Ralph Nader, who is still fucking things up in the DMV at the age of 91.

Wreck-It Ralph

Photographs by Darrow Montgomery Ralph Nader had a busy summer. In July, he launched a petition urging New York Yankees closer Mariano Rivera not to retire; announced plans to open a tort law museum i...

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Brian Peter Gluckman @bgluckman.bsky.social · 2d

It's incredibly unfortunate that Montgomery County, Maryland, hasn't gotten the memo.

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Brian Peter Gluckman @bgluckman.bsky.social · 2d

I think it's in part because some MoCo towns -- Rockville particularly -- are so enormous but yeah so non-dense it's easy to disassociate yourself from actually living there.

Brian Peter Gluckman @bgluckman.bsky.social · 3d

The other challenge is dumping these Teslas into Uber fleets does absolutely nothing to help them compete on lease rates with Hyundai, Kia and Chevrolet.

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Brian Peter Gluckman @bgluckman.bsky.social · 3d

Well, Uber has been still taking them, but drivers have been avoiding them, because they get riders (including me) who won't tip.

Brian Peter Gluckman @bgluckman.bsky.social · 3d

To make a base model Chevette as cheap as possible, GM cut things like rear roll-down windows, struts for the hatch, and any sort of standard radio.

Meet the new Tesla Y Scooter.