Future #EV makers @slate.com and @telotrucks.bsky.social are developing small form-factor vehicles. Can they overcome American buyers' predilection for oversized vehicles?

I'm excited for the #Slate.auto as a wannabe #maker and EV proponent. They need to modularize everything in the same vein as @frame.work laptops. They must also release all 3D models to foster a community ready to deliver customizations. This could be the next #VWBeetle.

youtu.be/jKVwEg4ZToI

I'd planned not to rely on #SocialSecurity income; I did not expect it to survive. Politics has treated #SS as sacrosanct; giving me comfort. I'm finally near to benefiting from it; I might learn that my young self was clairvoyant.

A 404 from old browser bookmarks: "CD Database" (CDDB, a listing of music artist/album/track details) 👉 sad story: while new owners promised to keep open access, new owners of gracenote.com locked the license, killed open competition, and commercialized it

#cleanup#reminising#cestlavie