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Joel Stocksdale

@geekygearhead99.bsky.social

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Automotive Journalist at CarBuzz. Former News Editor for Autoblog. Nerding out over cars, video games and more. He/Him. Opinions are, of course, solely my own.

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Joel Stocksdale @geekygearhead99.bsky.social · Jul 18

My feeling as I start properly scrolling the feed for the day

a group of people are gathered in a living room with a fire coming out of the floor

Alt: Troy from Community steps into his apartment with pizzas to find it on fire. Jeff is swinging a shirt to put it out. Pierce is on the floor after being shot and Abed and Annie are tending to him.

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Joel Stocksdale @geekygearhead99.bsky.social · 14h

Adding all this to the other crazy stuff I learned about sea stars from the Ze Frank True Facts video

Joel Stocksdale @geekygearhead99.bsky.social · 14h

MIB 3 was actually surprisingly good. Easily second best of the series. Never watched the spin off one

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Joel Stocksdale @geekygearhead99.bsky.social · 15h

Oh and my old Mountain Dew clock lights up now.

Late ‘70s Mountain Dew advertising clock hanging on my kitchen wall above the stove. It’s illuminated.

Joel Stocksdale @geekygearhead99.bsky.social · 15h

Now THAT really does blow my mind

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Joel Stocksdale @geekygearhead99.bsky.social · 15h

And semi-related, a friend of mine in college had a Ford Granada coupe for a while, and even though it was a two-door, it still at least had ash trays for the rear seats

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Joel Stocksdale @geekygearhead99.bsky.social · 17h

That sounds extraordinarily Italian lol

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Joel Stocksdale @geekygearhead99.bsky.social · 18h

I remember going to the Detroit show one year, I think in the early 2010s, and Infiniti had a long-wheelbase Q70L (IIRC). Hopped in the back and saw it actually had cigarette lighters in each door. Then I put the pieces together and was like, "Oh this is definitely for the Chinese market."

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Joel Stocksdale @geekygearhead99.bsky.social · 18h

I don't know why two major American automakers are deciding to be such a pain about actually providing communications about their vehicles to people who can then amplify those communications.

Joel Stocksdale @geekygearhead99.bsky.social · 18h

I actually have an HDMI switcher from my desktop PC with a long HDMI cable to go to the TV. So when I want to play games, I'll hit the switch and boom, PC hooked up. Works pretty nicely. Ran the cable under the living room rug, so you basically don't see it.

Joel Stocksdale @geekygearhead99.bsky.social · 18h

It's insane

Joel Stocksdale @geekygearhead99.bsky.social · 18h

So this happened. Would be nice if press materials were out at all to actually get the word about this information....
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2027 Chevrolet Bolt Stays Under $30k... But Nissan May Have It Beat

It does offer solid charging improvements.

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Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 1d

“Pope Leo XIV’s eyes grew misty Wednesday as an El Paso delegation led by Bishop Mark Seitz presented him letters and a video that captured the fears and anxieties of people facing mass deportation in the United States …”

The church “cannot be silent,” Pope Leo said.

Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 1d

Oh — new reporting on Pope Leo from El Paso Matters, citing footage they have of yesterday's meeting.

Sounds like the pope was even *more* forceful in urging U.S. bishops to speak out about immigration than first reported.

I mean, that's…not subtle. elpasomatters.org/2025/10/08/e...

“I was struck at the beginning (of the video), it talks about the feeling of powerlessness, which I think is so much. I think it’s so important that we as a church give a message of hope in the midst of these horrible struggles, what’s going on in so many cities in the United States right now. At least the church cannot be silent,” the pope told the El Pasoans, according to a video of the meeting provided to El Paso Matters by Hope Border Institute.

Seitz responded: “You’ve spoken very strongly. We’re trying to do the same in our country and yet not get into the political fray the best that we can.”

Pope Leo told Seitz that he’d like to see the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops become more vocal on immigration issues.

“I mean, even within the conference, there are challenges. That’s one place they should be … I wish they were stronger in their own voice,” Leo said, adding that Archbishop Timothy Broglio, the president of the conference, should speak out more on immigration.

“There’s been some good movement in that sense, but I certainly intend to continue to encourage” U.S. bishops to address immigration, Leo said.

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NowThis Impact @nowthisimpact.bsky.social · 1d

This is amazing.

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Joel Stocksdale @geekygearhead99.bsky.social · 21h

I don’t exactly want to know more. But also I do

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Joel Stocksdale @geekygearhead99.bsky.social · 21h

Like, most of the time, I shouldn’t feel the need to be aware of every little thing happening in government because they’re just doing relatively boring, sensible work to keep things working smoothly. Not spending all their time doing horrible shit

Joel Stocksdale @geekygearhead99.bsky.social · 21h

So like, it’s not even close to the most important thing about the times we live in. But I’m just so tired of constantly being aware of being the people in charge of this country actively doing and saying terrible things.

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Joel Stocksdale @geekygearhead99.bsky.social · 21h

This reminds me that someone still needs to make a Kirby car cover

a pink car that looks like a pig driving down a street

Alt: Kirby in car form dancing on a street

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Joel Stocksdale @geekygearhead99.bsky.social · 1d

Oh man...

Joel Stocksdale @geekygearhead99.bsky.social · 1d

In retrospect, our measures to prevent bird strikes may have created more problems than they solved.

Joel Stocksdale @geekygearhead99.bsky.social · 1d

Learning that there was a UK version of Pimp My Ride

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Joel Stocksdale @geekygearhead99.bsky.social · 1d

a computer screen displays a speedometer reading 24-75

Alt: Alien motion tracker

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Joel Stocksdale @geekygearhead99.bsky.social · 1d

This is a pretty excellent crash course

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Lee Greenwood: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

YouTube video by LastWeekTonight

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Joel Stocksdale @geekygearhead99.bsky.social · 1d

The critical problem is that you can have a Chevy Equinox EV for about $35k, it still goes 300 miles, and it has normal things like a radio. And the new Nissan Leaf is coming in at just under $30k with similar features. Comparable Hyundai Ioniq 5 and Mustang Mach-E also come in just under $40k now

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Joel Stocksdale @geekygearhead99.bsky.social · 1d

And they’re right

Joel Stocksdale @geekygearhead99.bsky.social · 1d

Donald… don… have we done Don Quixote yet?

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