Ken Tindell
@kentindell.bsky.social
Automotive in-vehicle networking, CTO of a chip startup.
I know your hardware is good but I'm calling bullshit on this, Apple.
November 28, 2025 at 4:35 PM
I know your hardware is good but I'm calling bullshit on this, Apple.
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Every year Tesla ranks as the worst for road worthiness amongst ALL brands, not just EV.
Every. Single. Year.
💩 🤡 🚗
Every. Single. Year.
💩 🤡 🚗
Tesla Model Y Is The Most Defective Car This Year, Germany Says - Jalopnik
The report comes from TÜV SÜD, a German auditing, inspection, and certification firm, and is based on data collected from about 9.5 million vehicle inspections.
www.jalopnik.com
November 27, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Every year Tesla ranks as the worst for road worthiness amongst ALL brands, not just EV.
Every. Single. Year.
💩 🤡 🚗
Every. Single. Year.
💩 🤡 🚗
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Once again, not a single member of the press corps stands up for their female colleague being verbally abused by the President.
Trump is a historic disgrace, but every single person in that room standing in compliant silence is complicit.
Trump is a historic disgrace, but every single person in that room standing in compliant silence is complicit.
“You’re a stupid person” — Trump lashes out at a reporter who presses him on the fact that the suspected DC shooter was actually thoroughly vetted before he was let in the US from Afghanistan
November 28, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Once again, not a single member of the press corps stands up for their female colleague being verbally abused by the President.
Trump is a historic disgrace, but every single person in that room standing in compliant silence is complicit.
Trump is a historic disgrace, but every single person in that room standing in compliant silence is complicit.
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*actually powered by an electric motor and a battery.
(when someone tries to sell "zonal architecture" as a consumer benefit, they've really run out of things to say)
(when someone tries to sell "zonal architecture" as a consumer benefit, they've really run out of things to say)
Rivian’s software-powered e-bike won me over with its adaptability
Also’s TM-B is a shape-shifting, adaptable, dynamic e-bike that’s a blast to ride.
www.theverge.com
November 28, 2025 at 1:54 PM
*actually powered by an electric motor and a battery.
(when someone tries to sell "zonal architecture" as a consumer benefit, they've really run out of things to say)
(when someone tries to sell "zonal architecture" as a consumer benefit, they've really run out of things to say)
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"The most obvious cause for Britain's difficulties is Brexit," says Salman Rushdie. "Yet nobody of any political party is willing to say that."
The author on life, death, the 'dumb' BBC and how a brutal stabbing in 2022 gave him "another act"
www.thenewsagents.co.uk/article/salm...
The author on life, death, the 'dumb' BBC and how a brutal stabbing in 2022 gave him "another act"
www.thenewsagents.co.uk/article/salm...
Salman Rushdie: ‘The BBC continues to be really stupid – and there's no cure for stupidity’ | The News Agents
Author Salman Rushdie, who The News Agents describe as a man who "spent probably half of his life under the threat of death" discusses his new book, the root cause of problems in UK society, and the…
www.thenewsagents.co.uk
November 28, 2025 at 11:39 AM
"The most obvious cause for Britain's difficulties is Brexit," says Salman Rushdie. "Yet nobody of any political party is willing to say that."
The author on life, death, the 'dumb' BBC and how a brutal stabbing in 2022 gave him "another act"
www.thenewsagents.co.uk/article/salm...
The author on life, death, the 'dumb' BBC and how a brutal stabbing in 2022 gave him "another act"
www.thenewsagents.co.uk/article/salm...
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Robot door closing as a service, LA area.
Waymo can only automate some human driver tasks, needing many & various ppl to mitigate the residual robot defects.
Without them, nearly every Waymo robot would get stuck before needing a charge.
Human dependent robots.
OP: tiktok.cesarroadsideassistance
Waymo can only automate some human driver tasks, needing many & various ppl to mitigate the residual robot defects.
Without them, nearly every Waymo robot would get stuck before needing a charge.
Human dependent robots.
OP: tiktok.cesarroadsideassistance
November 28, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Robot door closing as a service, LA area.
Waymo can only automate some human driver tasks, needing many & various ppl to mitigate the residual robot defects.
Without them, nearly every Waymo robot would get stuck before needing a charge.
Human dependent robots.
OP: tiktok.cesarroadsideassistance
Waymo can only automate some human driver tasks, needing many & various ppl to mitigate the residual robot defects.
Without them, nearly every Waymo robot would get stuck before needing a charge.
Human dependent robots.
OP: tiktok.cesarroadsideassistance
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A Chicago woman was sworn in as a United States citizen. She wanted her husband there, but he was taken by ICE. A story about the government tearing a couple apart even though they’re trying to do things the so-called “right way.” By @tesskenny.bsky.social www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/28/i...
As the immigration blitz wound down, an Uptown couple breathed a sigh of relief. Then they were torn apart.
Less than a day before Eva Gurtovaia was to become a U.S. citizen, federal agents detained her Kurdish husband, who was authorized to work in the country.
www.chicagotribune.com
November 28, 2025 at 1:30 PM
A Chicago woman was sworn in as a United States citizen. She wanted her husband there, but he was taken by ICE. A story about the government tearing a couple apart even though they’re trying to do things the so-called “right way.” By @tesskenny.bsky.social www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/28/i...
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This is a country that we still pretend in an ally?
November 28, 2025 at 1:19 PM
This is a country that we still pretend in an ally?
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Kinnock voice - "I’ll tell you what happens with impossible promises. You start with far-fetched resolutions....and you end up in the grotesque chaos of a Labour government, a *Labour* government, rejecting visas for homeless 8 yr olds trying to joing their parents"
November 28, 2025 at 10:43 AM
Kinnock voice - "I’ll tell you what happens with impossible promises. You start with far-fetched resolutions....and you end up in the grotesque chaos of a Labour government, a *Labour* government, rejecting visas for homeless 8 yr olds trying to joing their parents"
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There was no state. Who does she think crucified him, an anarchist collective?
November 28, 2025 at 11:22 AM
There was no state. Who does she think crucified him, an anarchist collective?
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So much of civilisation depends on people playing by the rules. Then people discover that, if they don't play by the rules, nothing happens! The sanctions most of us think are there actually aren't.
A system based on people being good chaps has no response when they stop being good chaps.
A system based on people being good chaps has no response when they stop being good chaps.
Excellent and courageous investigative journalism.
The fact that it is (apparently) legal to do this to people is utterly disgusting.
The fact that it is (apparently) legal to do this to people is utterly disgusting.
“It broke my heart, that was my savings towards a new car,” one woman who paid Milne tens of thousands of pounds told us. “He has just wiped me out.”
Who is Andrew Milne - the solicitor sending "very aggressive" letters to Sheffield homeowners?
www.sheffieldtribune.co.uk/a-london-law...
Who is Andrew Milne - the solicitor sending "very aggressive" letters to Sheffield homeowners?
www.sheffieldtribune.co.uk/a-london-law...
November 28, 2025 at 12:01 PM
So much of civilisation depends on people playing by the rules. Then people discover that, if they don't play by the rules, nothing happens! The sanctions most of us think are there actually aren't.
A system based on people being good chaps has no response when they stop being good chaps.
A system based on people being good chaps has no response when they stop being good chaps.
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New to the market, this 10 bed detached Hampstead property would suit a recently deposed Middle-Eastern dictator who is looking to downsize. www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/1...
November 28, 2025 at 10:29 AM
New to the market, this 10 bed detached Hampstead property would suit a recently deposed Middle-Eastern dictator who is looking to downsize. www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/1...
They do love creating cliff edge traps in the tax and benefit system.
Labour will not tax state pension for those with no other earnings on.ft.com/49KrfZZ
Labour will not tax state pension for those with no other earnings
Move reduces impact on older voters of this week’s decision to freeze thresholds
on.ft.com
November 28, 2025 at 10:29 AM
They do love creating cliff edge traps in the tax and benefit system.
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Why is inflation still high in the UK? One reason is that, even though the sharp inflation in goods after 2022 has tailed off, inflation consumer services is still running high.
@johnspringford.bsky.social and I flagged this as a key issue in our recent essay, and I wanted to say a bit more here…
@johnspringford.bsky.social and I flagged this as a key issue in our recent essay, and I wanted to say a bit more here…
November 28, 2025 at 9:50 AM
Why is inflation still high in the UK? One reason is that, even though the sharp inflation in goods after 2022 has tailed off, inflation consumer services is still running high.
@johnspringford.bsky.social and I flagged this as a key issue in our recent essay, and I wanted to say a bit more here…
@johnspringford.bsky.social and I flagged this as a key issue in our recent essay, and I wanted to say a bit more here…
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The government figuring this out slowly over the coming two years is going to be quite something to behold.
I think the government meant to cut net migration but have accidentally overshot the target by a lot. They haven’t realised this yet.
November 27, 2025 at 4:14 PM
The government figuring this out slowly over the coming two years is going to be quite something to behold.
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Think I’d prefer whale song tbh
November 28, 2025 at 9:41 AM
Think I’d prefer whale song tbh
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We will do any amount of self-harm to avoid seeing what our real problems are
Foreign doctors trained by the NHS face deportation under visa rules
Foreign doctors trained by the NHS face deportation under visa rules
www.thetimes.com
November 28, 2025 at 9:31 AM
We will do any amount of self-harm to avoid seeing what our real problems are
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This is an extremely interesting article about the collapse of early farming societies across Europe around ~5000 BC.
We like to think of prehistoric times as being largely peaceful, but it seems early civilisations weren't immune to ritualistic violence & cultural collapse.
We like to think of prehistoric times as being largely peaceful, but it seems early civilisations weren't immune to ritualistic violence & cultural collapse.
Headless bodies hint at why Europe’s first farmers vanished
Wave of mass brutality accompanied the collapse of the first pan-European culture
www.science.org
November 28, 2025 at 8:25 AM
This is an extremely interesting article about the collapse of early farming societies across Europe around ~5000 BC.
We like to think of prehistoric times as being largely peaceful, but it seems early civilisations weren't immune to ritualistic violence & cultural collapse.
We like to think of prehistoric times as being largely peaceful, but it seems early civilisations weren't immune to ritualistic violence & cultural collapse.
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Agree with every word of this
We've gone from 9% of social care staff coming from outside the UK and EEA in 2021/22 to almost 25% in 2024/25
The govt has no near-term replacement
It means either:
1) staffing shortages or
2) councils spending far more to attract staff, with no extra funding
We've gone from 9% of social care staff coming from outside the UK and EEA in 2021/22 to almost 25% in 2024/25
The govt has no near-term replacement
It means either:
1) staffing shortages or
2) councils spending far more to attract staff, with no extra funding
November 28, 2025 at 8:45 AM
Agree with every word of this
We've gone from 9% of social care staff coming from outside the UK and EEA in 2021/22 to almost 25% in 2024/25
The govt has no near-term replacement
It means either:
1) staffing shortages or
2) councils spending far more to attract staff, with no extra funding
We've gone from 9% of social care staff coming from outside the UK and EEA in 2021/22 to almost 25% in 2024/25
The govt has no near-term replacement
It means either:
1) staffing shortages or
2) councils spending far more to attract staff, with no extra funding
“Miles recalled one agent calling it “fake.”
“Anyone can make that,” she recalled another agent saying.”
“Anyone can make that,” she recalled another agent saying.”
‘Northern Exposure’ actor gave ICE agents in Redmond her tribal ID. They called it ‘fake,’ she says
Indigenous actor Elaine Miles of "Northern Exposure" was detained by ICE at a Redmond bus stop. When she showed them her Tribal ID, they told her it was fake.
www.seattletimes.com
November 28, 2025 at 8:56 AM
“Miles recalled one agent calling it “fake.”
“Anyone can make that,” she recalled another agent saying.”
“Anyone can make that,” she recalled another agent saying.”
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This suddenly came to mind, good night all.
November 28, 2025 at 12:11 AM
This suddenly came to mind, good night all.
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This is unhinged, unadulterated white nationalism that is so off-the-charts fascist not even David Duke would have said that in public.
Trump: “I will permanently pause migration from all Third World Countries … denaturalize migrants who undermine domestic tranquility, and deport any Foreign National who is a public charge, security risk, or non-compatible with Western Civilization.“
November 28, 2025 at 6:02 AM
This is unhinged, unadulterated white nationalism that is so off-the-charts fascist not even David Duke would have said that in public.
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The fundamental thing to understand about this administration is the president is a grumpy retiree. He has no interest in working anymore. Which leads to him being pissed that he is getting asked a question, pissed he has to show up and work, the scheming viziers running the show, etc..
“You’re a stupid person” — Trump lashes out at a reporter who presses him on the fact that the suspected DC shooter was actually thoroughly vetted before he was let in the US from Afghanistan
November 28, 2025 at 5:13 AM
The fundamental thing to understand about this administration is the president is a grumpy retiree. He has no interest in working anymore. Which leads to him being pissed that he is getting asked a question, pissed he has to show up and work, the scheming viziers running the show, etc..
Yes, but it’s not like they can remotely crash our road network or telecoms infrastructure or police IT. Right?
How China could crash Europe’s energy grid and what the EU can do about it
In my latest, I look at how Europe’s solar boom has quietly given Beijing potential access points inside the EU energy grid through Chinese-made inverters.
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ecfr.eu/article/how-...
In my latest, I look at how Europe’s solar boom has quietly given Beijing potential access points inside the EU energy grid through Chinese-made inverters.
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ecfr.eu/article/how-...
How China could crash Europe’s energy grid and what the EU can do about it
Europe’s solar boom has quietly handed Beijing remote access to hundreds of gigawatts of its power capacity. Without a 5G-type toolbox banning untrustworthy suppliers of inverters and other grid…
ecfr.eu
November 28, 2025 at 8:40 AM
Yes, but it’s not like they can remotely crash our road network or telecoms infrastructure or police IT. Right?