Automotive journalist and middle aged dad here. Every dad should experience crossing a mountain range in an EV. The experience of draining the charge on the way up and recovering much of it on the way down scratches a very particular itch. “I drove 143 miles on 17 miles of energy” is a dad flex.

The shamelessness of celebrating this award the day you fired the team that earned it is worthy of its own fucked up award.

No idea what that link on my comment is but I can’t seem to edit it out. Apologies.

That was illusory. The end of the $7,500 ev tax credit on 9/30 meant people who would otherwise have bought in Oct/Nov/Dec rushed to buy in Sept, inflating the number. We won’t know what real EV demand in the U.S. is, absent incentives, for a long time. Don’t trust any recent figure.

But Charlie, when has packaging complicated murky financial instruments into securities and selling them in batches tanked the American economy? Ok, besides that one massive recent one we’re not recovered from?

The usual mistake is not a mistake *this one time* ?

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This is the perfect Trumpian idea. In Ancient Rome, an arch was built to commemorate a specific victory. Not that it’s a good idea, but it marked some accomplishment. Trump just wants the decoration. No specific reason. That’s the best illustration of him I’ve ever seen.

I’m mostly confused by the budget and time this person (or group) appears to have for this project. Very impressed. But confused.

3. Found that wine right between orange and white with just the right salted melon funk and got to pour it for my favorite girl
4. Pushing a sled of heavy weights. It doesn’t work for you but it works for me
5. I’m able to offer a job to someone perfect for it who hasn’t had a win in a while

Battle doomscrolling by posting 5 small pleasures in life

1. When the second kid, who took a little time to find themselves and what they like learning, comes home excited to talk about class, at last, at 21
2. Time to read a poem

After Trump I, the Chinese didn’t just say they’d buy Brazilian soybeans. They built an entire port in Brazil just to export the soybeans. They built railroads in Brazil to carry the soybeans to the port. They made a long/term investment in not buying any more American soybeans.

LA got on Signal and ICE-watch. LA's biggest non-profit advocacy groups like the LA Tenants Union widened their missions to incorporate saving the whole fucking city. LA showed up. LA filmed. LA *knew its rights* and handed out red-cards at every opportunity. 6/

The new material already comes pretty regularly, I get re-release or remaster texts every few months, and you tour so much I see you twice a year lately. John - are you moving into a tent in my back yard? We have a guest room. I’ll make more coffee…