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Ken Tindell @kentindell.bsky.social · 26m

So why are so many car makers adopting *Google* as their infotainment platform?

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Ken Tindell @kentindell.bsky.social · 1h

Elliot Carver’s nephew.

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Ken Tindell @kentindell.bsky.social · 2h

Just leaving this here for anyone to re-use.

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Ken Tindell @kentindell.bsky.social · 2h

Just leaving this here for anyone to re-use.

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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 13h

Elon Musk is paying Tommy Robinson's legal bills.

The British media and political establishment is still on X and maybe this is the wake up call they need.

www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

Tommy Robinson says Elon Musk is paying his legal costs as trial begins

Far-right activist is accused of refusing to comply with counter-terrorism police request at Channel tunnel

www.theguardian.com

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Gabriel Milland @gabrielmilland.bsky.social · 2h

When you ride in a Tesla, you ride with Yaxley-Lennon.

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Ken Tindell @kentindell.bsky.social · 2h

I’m sure I remember this happening 20 years ago.

the words `` this has all happened before and it will happen again '' are on a black background .

ALT: the words `` this has all happened before and it will happen again '' are on a black background .

media.tenor.com

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Henry Mance @henrymance.ft.com · 2h

Elon Musk's key ventures:

SpaceX
xAI
Model X
YaXley-Lennon

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Ken Tindell @kentindell.bsky.social · 2h

Quitlings.

Reform Party UK Exposed @reformexposed.bsky.social · 3h

Richard Tice failed to register lavish hospitality from former Russian finance minister’s wife

hopenothate.org.uk/2025/10/13/r...

Richard Tice failed to register lavish hospitality from former Russian finance minister's wife – HOPE not hate

IN BREACH OF PARLIAMENTARY RULES: REFORM UK’S RICHARD TICE Reform UK deputy leader Richard Tice has broken parliamentary rules by failing to register lavish hospitality...

hopenothate.org.uk

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Will Yeates @wyeates.bsky.social · 18h

If you continue to hold on to your X account..
If you continue to drive a Tesla...
If you continue using Starlink...

Remember who and what you’re supporting.
Elon Musk is paying Tommy Robinson’s legal costs.

Tommy Robinson says Elon Musk is paying his legal costs as trial begins

Tommy Robinson says Elon Musk is paying his legal costs as trial begins

Robinson allegedly failed to comply with officers who ‘became concerned’ by his behaviour at Channel Tunnel

buff.ly

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Ken Tindell @kentindell.bsky.social · 2h

It’s hard to recommend anything.

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Ken Tindell @kentindell.bsky.social · 2h

Worse even than this is what it implies about the security architecture within the vehicle that is required to prevent a compromised infotainment from affecting the rest of the car.

From ten years ago:

Hackers Remotely Kill a Jeep on the Highway—With Me in It

I was driving 70 mph on the edge of downtown St. Louis when the exploit began to take hold.

www.wired.com

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Ken Tindell @kentindell.bsky.social · 2h

“The buggy update doesn't appear to brick the car immediately. Instead, the failure appears to occur while driving—a far more serious problem. For some, this happened close to home and at low speed, but others claim to have experienced a powertrain failure at highway speeds.” 😮

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Ken Tindell @kentindell.bsky.social · 3h

*deep sigh*

This was the nightmare scenario when I was designing OTA update mechanisms with Volvo. Now, 25 years later it’s apparently business as normal for the “cars are phones on wheels” business.

Software update bricks some Jeep 4xe hybrids over the weekend

Jeep has pulled the update; owners are advised to ignore it if it already downloaded.

arstechnica.com

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Ken Tindell @kentindell.bsky.social · 3h

It used to be so cheap I was genuinely looking to buy an ingot to use as a door stop.

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 11h

gene kelly is antifa

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Reuters @reuters.com · 3h

U.S. President Donald Trump described Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni as “a beautiful young woman”, as she stood behind him on stage at a Gaza summit in Egypt's Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh.

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Wendy Harmer @wendyharmer.bsky.social · 9h

I feel sure that every animal species that becomes extinct under our watch also takes a part of our humanity with it.

Heartbreaking.
Vale.

Australian Mammal Society @ausmammals.bsky.social · 1d

Sad news for Australian mammals..Australia's only shrew officially declared #extinct.
theconversation.com/and-then-the...

And then there were none: Australia’s only shrew declared extinct

Australia’s only known shrew has been declared extinct. Its loss emphasises the need for national protection of Australia’s rare and unique wildlife.

theconversation.com

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Ken Tindell @kentindell.bsky.social · 3h

The history of modern Britain has been one of forcibly removing the fingers of the Treasury from investment (water and rail privatisation, regulators like Ofcom, etc.). Putting the Treasury back in the loop will have horribly foreseeable unforeseen consequences.

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Ken Tindell @kentindell.bsky.social · 3h

Another reason to use end-to-end encryption just dropped.

Satellites Are Leaking the World’s Secrets: Calls, Texts, Military and Corporate Data

With just $800 in basic equipment, researchers found a stunning variety of data—including thousands of T-Mobile users’ calls and texts and even US military communications—sent by satellites unencrypte...

www.wired.com

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Ken Tindell @kentindell.bsky.social · 3h

Cat Buckaroo is a great game, fun for all ages.

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egg price watcher @bluser12.bsky.social · 1d

Stoller made the very elementary mistake of trying to go after menswearguy

@dieworkwear -3h
not true. i've been writing about and promoting US-made clothes for about fifteen years. an early article that comes to mind is my love for 3sixteen jeans, which are made in los angeles. that was published in 2011, the same year the second iraq war ended, a war you promoted

@matthewstoller.4h
Replying to @dieworkwear
Your weird insecurities aside, you consistently lie that native born Americans can't and never have made clothes, and push offshoring in sleazy ways. Then when confronted you talk about your left wing vie...

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Ken Tindell @kentindell.bsky.social · 3h

“It’s not that there aren’t any brilliant, economically successful and working-age people who still support Brexit — there are” [Citation needed]

All the Brexiters I’ve come across are either dumb as rocks, pig ignorant or broken brained. None would I call “brilliant”.

How Brexit drained the Tories’ talent pool

The party can’t keep expecting successful people to pretend that leaving the EU was a good idea

www.ft.com

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Jill Sargent Russell, PhD @jsargentr.bsky.social · 4h

Like Comey, she is going to have an array of lawyers that demolish the mopes who currently work at Trump's behest. And we should all be here for that.

Republicans Against Trumpism @rpsagainsttrump.bsky.social · 10h

Chris Christie: “Thie is no longer, the Department of Justice, is no longer the premier prosecuting office in America. What it is now is a capo regime who goes out and executes hits when directed by the Don to do so. That’s what it is.”

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Mayfair Cynic @mayfaircynic.bsky.social · 4h

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