Ken Tindell
kentindell.bsky.social
Ken Tindell
@kentindell.bsky.social
Automotive in-vehicle networking, CTO of a chip startup.
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Jury trials in England and Wales to be scrapped except for most serious cases on.ft.com/3LY1Ceq
Jury trials in England and Wales to be scrapped except for most serious cases
Proposed changes unlikely to apply for trials of serious offences such as rape and murder
on.ft.com
November 25, 2025 at 3:42 PM
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dude built a 2 million units/year automotive business, and then leveraged it all into all-in bets on the fourth-ranked chatbot and a robot that will never work... when the AI bubble pops he'll be in the weakest position, without a source of cashflow to fall back on, and then the unwind will begin
November 25, 2025 at 3:41 PM
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Other automakers don't want Tesla's garbage "FSD;" no one serious about AI wants xAI's garbage Grok; & no one serious about robots wants dopey Optimus.

Meanwhile, SpaceX's "Starship propellant transfer" program - vital to Artemis III - looks more & more like fantasy.

electrek.co/2025/11/24/e...
Elon Musk admits other automakers don't want to license Tesla's 'Full Self-Driving'
After years of teasing that other automakers would license Tesla’s Full Self-Driving (FSD) system, Elon Musk has now admitted that...
electrek.co
November 25, 2025 at 2:57 PM
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A lot of people come up to me and ask has success changed me and I say I'm sorry you're not allowed in here this is the VIP area.
November 25, 2025 at 2:59 PM
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'He doesn't know the monster he's created.'

Caller Nick, who went to school with Nigel Farage, tells @henryriley1.bsky.social that he 'absolutely will not' vote Reform.
November 25, 2025 at 2:22 PM
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Reith lecturer accuses BBC of censorship over Trump edit on.ft.com/3LXwv2E
Reith lecturer accuses BBC of censorship over Trump edit
Dutch historian Rutger Bregman hits out at corporation after US president threatens to sue over ‘Panorama’ documentary
on.ft.com
November 25, 2025 at 1:11 PM
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When is a traitor not a traitor?
(Just asking questions.)
youtu.be/CHRkLeVGmV4?...
How Farage feels about Putin: in his own words | LBC
YouTube video by LBC
youtu.be
November 25, 2025 at 1:16 PM
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The Secretary of Defense, ladies and gentlemen
November 25, 2025 at 1:23 PM
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Trump wasn’t involved, couldn’t have known, isn’t at fault for the awful Ukraine plan negotiated by his envoy, VP, and son in law?

He’s the president! And the plan fits his longrunning Putin-sympathetic stance!

I second @phillipspobrien.bsky.social. Making excuses for Trump is insane and harmful.
Just sent out this free piece. When the stories of the 28-point plan were first written, too many people went into overdrive to try and make excuses for Trump (He was not informed! He was not involved!). open.substack.com/pub/phillips...
We Seem Intent On Making Excuses For Trump Until He Destroys Us
Phillips’s Newsletter is a reader-supported publication.
open.substack.com
November 25, 2025 at 1:16 PM
America is not a safe country to visit or to be in.
ICE arrests, detains British woman with US husband and newborn when she shows up for her green card interview. She’s now in a detention center, separated from her 6-month-old. No criminal record. She had overstayed her visa.

www.lbc.co.uk/article/brit...
British mum detained by ICE agents in California as six-month old baby and stunned husband watch on | LBC
Katie Paul, 33, was in the process of applying for a green card when she was ambushed by immigration agents
www.lbc.co.uk
November 25, 2025 at 1:11 PM
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The smorgasbord of tax increases has just acquired its smallest and feeblest contribution, as a bottle of Yakult is quietly added to the buffet.

(Am reliably told they excepted milk-based drinks because it looked silly taxing yogurt that advertised itself as healthy, silly though that is.)
UK GOVT WILL REMOVE THE CURRENT EXEMPTION FOR MILK-BASED DRINKS FROM ITS SUGAR TAX FROM 2028
November 25, 2025 at 11:53 AM
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are you fucking serious
November 25, 2025 at 10:47 AM
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Might be time to activate the Grift Klaxon.

The US Space Force has awarded several sub-$9 million contracts to undisclosed companies to build early prototypes of space-based missile interceptors for Trump’s Golden Dome defence program, Bloomberg reports.

All names kept secret.
November 25, 2025 at 11:44 AM
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Just a periodic reminder.
Wish people would stop saying Trump has done a U-turn on Ukraine. He does this every few weeks. Putin then makes a violent point of ignoring him. Trump's alleged change of heart is just a prelude to his next humiliation by Putin.
November 25, 2025 at 11:41 AM
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We are moving inexorably to the end point of electoral chaos - five parties all tied on 19% in the polls, election to be decided by blindfolded chimps chucking coloured darts at a constituency map
Westminster Voting Intention:

RFM: 25% (-2)
LAB: 19% (=)
CON: 18% (+1)
GRN: 16% (-1)
LDM: 15% (+2)
SNP: 3% (=)

Via @yougov.co.uk, 23-24 Nov.
Changes w/ 16-17 Nov.
November 25, 2025 at 11:14 AM
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"[I]f history were to repeat itself and we were to return to the so-called "normalcy" of the 1920's—then it is certain that even though we shall have conquered our enemies on the battlefields abroad, we shall have yielded to the spirit of Fascism here at home."

Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1944
November 25, 2025 at 10:59 AM
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This is extremely unfortunate to say the least. Not sure how I would have reacted to having my Reith lectures censored - the world has changed in an ill way in the two years since.
I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.

They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
November 25, 2025 at 10:39 AM
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I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.

They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
November 25, 2025 at 9:26 AM
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Although you didn't need it - given their unqualified support for everything Trump is doing in the US - it's a hint of how Reform would treat the norms of democracy in the UK if they got into power.
November 25, 2025 at 9:47 AM
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Oh this is so beautiful.

Read it on a small phone screen, zoomed in and scrolling so you can’t see the future boxes until they’re due.

Also beware that this somehow causes tiny pieces of grit to flake off the screen and get in your eyes.

xkcd.com/3172/
November 25, 2025 at 2:58 AM
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I guess it’s a compliment that the top story on BBC London’s TV/online output today is a direct lift of a month-old London Centric story? But once again the BBC is consistently the worst news outlet for actually remembering to credit others.
November 25, 2025 at 7:52 AM
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My colleague, Dr. Vahid Abedini, was illegally detained by ICE on Saturday. He is currently being held without a court date in sight, despite being in the country legally. Please spread the word! We must ensure his due process rights are upheld. www.oudaily.com/news/ou-prof...
OU College of International Studies professor reportedly arrested by ICE
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement reportedly arrested an OU professor at Will Rogers International Airport Saturday.
www.oudaily.com
November 24, 2025 at 11:05 PM
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ICE kidnapped a 17-year-old U.S. citizen named Christian Jimenez. Jimenez, a high school senior born in Newberg, Oregon, was driving on his school’s lunch break when ICE/CBP agents stopped his car, smashed his window, and abducted him on November 21, 2025.

www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...
November 24, 2025 at 11:36 AM