B Erickson
@bjaardker.bsky.social
Just a regular person fleeing Meta platforms. Like stuff like Barbershop Harmony, Bowling, EVs. He/Him
I can't wait for the American tax paying public to have to spend billions bailing out domestic car manufacturers because they decided to chase quick profits and ignore the fact that EVs are the future.
February 9, 2026 at 6:52 AM
I can't wait for the American tax paying public to have to spend billions bailing out domestic car manufacturers because they decided to chase quick profits and ignore the fact that EVs are the future.
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"The only two countries in the world where EV sales didn’t rise? Canada + the United States."
A bad time to be emulating Trump's America @mark-carney.bsky.social
www.thestar.com/news/canada/...
A bad time to be emulating Trump's America @mark-carney.bsky.social
www.thestar.com/news/canada/...
Don’t let Donald Trump distract you. The rest of the world is finally making real progress on climate change
If you read climate news, 2025 was a bad year. But the headlines of denial and neglect risk drowning out a different, encouraging, story.
www.thestar.com
February 9, 2026 at 1:55 AM
"The only two countries in the world where EV sales didn’t rise? Canada + the United States."
A bad time to be emulating Trump's America @mark-carney.bsky.social
www.thestar.com/news/canada/...
A bad time to be emulating Trump's America @mark-carney.bsky.social
www.thestar.com/news/canada/...
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This will be like the 1970'a type devastation to the North American big three when people wanted smaller fuel efficient vehicles, they couldn't pivot fast enough. Chinese EV leaders MG and BYD bring the price war overseas share.google/WACyvigCzKng...
Chinese EV leaders MG and BYD bring the price war overseas
MG launched the new MG4 EV Urban in the UK, priced at just £23,495 ($32,000), undercutting BYD’s popular Dolphin hatch...
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February 3, 2026 at 11:24 AM
This will be like the 1970'a type devastation to the North American big three when people wanted smaller fuel efficient vehicles, they couldn't pivot fast enough. Chinese EV leaders MG and BYD bring the price war overseas share.google/WACyvigCzKng...
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My EV is fun to drive, reliable and inexpensive to run; good to know they measurably help my neighbors’ clean air too.
EVs are already making your air cleaner
A study in California finds that even small increases in EVs lead to measurable drops in air pollution at the neighborhood level.
grist.org
February 4, 2026 at 9:01 PM
My EV is fun to drive, reliable and inexpensive to run; good to know they measurably help my neighbors’ clean air too.
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US lost the EV race by refusing to enter the race.
Rs’ hostility towards clean energy, their insistence that climate change is a liberal hoax, not only failed to hand their Big Oil buddies a stay of execution, but they ceded an entire sector of our economy by refusing to subsidize USAuto R&D.
Rs’ hostility towards clean energy, their insistence that climate change is a liberal hoax, not only failed to hand their Big Oil buddies a stay of execution, but they ceded an entire sector of our economy by refusing to subsidize USAuto R&D.
February 3, 2026 at 1:09 PM
US lost the EV race by refusing to enter the race.
Rs’ hostility towards clean energy, their insistence that climate change is a liberal hoax, not only failed to hand their Big Oil buddies a stay of execution, but they ceded an entire sector of our economy by refusing to subsidize USAuto R&D.
Rs’ hostility towards clean energy, their insistence that climate change is a liberal hoax, not only failed to hand their Big Oil buddies a stay of execution, but they ceded an entire sector of our economy by refusing to subsidize USAuto R&D.
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GM/Toyota and EV policies, I have been summoned.
I highly encourage everyone to read this study which does a fantastic job illustrating how hard GM/Ford/Toyota have worked to stall EV adoption. All they want to do is sell stuff with gas engines.
I highly encourage everyone to read this study which does a fantastic job illustrating how hard GM/Ford/Toyota have worked to stall EV adoption. All they want to do is sell stuff with gas engines.
The temporal evolution of resistance strategies during low-carbon transitions: Revealing the industry playbook of US, German, and Japanese automakers in the unfolding electric vehicle transition (1990...
Building on research into the types of resistance strategies employed by incumbent firms (including framing, lobbying, organised pressure, and litigat…
www.sciencedirect.com
January 29, 2026 at 7:16 PM
GM/Toyota and EV policies, I have been summoned.
I highly encourage everyone to read this study which does a fantastic job illustrating how hard GM/Ford/Toyota have worked to stall EV adoption. All they want to do is sell stuff with gas engines.
I highly encourage everyone to read this study which does a fantastic job illustrating how hard GM/Ford/Toyota have worked to stall EV adoption. All they want to do is sell stuff with gas engines.
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The risk to North American auto manufacturing is North America's auto manufacturers not keeping up with what global consumers want.
You've had tens of billions of dollars in subsidies and supports shovelled at you. Compete or die.
You've had tens of billions of dollars in subsidies and supports shovelled at you. Compete or die.
Exclusive: A recent deal by Canada to allow tens of thousands of inexpensive Chinese EVs into the country is a risk to North American auto manufacturing, GM’s CEO says.
Canada’s Move to Import Cheap Chinese EVs is ‘Slippery Slope,’ GM CEO Says
Thousands of electric vehicles from Chinese automakers can enter Canada this year at new low tariff rate
on.wsj.com
January 28, 2026 at 5:11 PM
The risk to North American auto manufacturing is North America's auto manufacturers not keeping up with what global consumers want.
You've had tens of billions of dollars in subsidies and supports shovelled at you. Compete or die.
You've had tens of billions of dollars in subsidies and supports shovelled at you. Compete or die.
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One must remember that the average rural, Fox News-watching, Jesus loving MAGAt is absolutely terrified of male nurses and LGBTQ+ people…and cities, technology, PoC that aren’t doing agricultural slave labor, EVs, windmills (unless they have leased land to the power company, then they’re OK) etc.
January 25, 2026 at 3:44 PM
One must remember that the average rural, Fox News-watching, Jesus loving MAGAt is absolutely terrified of male nurses and LGBTQ+ people…and cities, technology, PoC that aren’t doing agricultural slave labor, EVs, windmills (unless they have leased land to the power company, then they’re OK) etc.
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Literally EVERYTHING else aside:
Officers involved in shootings - even shootings that everybody agrees were justified - always take time off to emotionally process their experience, go to therapy, process it.
Sending somebody right back out says "this is an everyday part of your job, expect it."
Officers involved in shootings - even shootings that everybody agrees were justified - always take time off to emotionally process their experience, go to therapy, process it.
Sending somebody right back out says "this is an everyday part of your job, expect it."
CBP chief Bovino has confirmed that the officers who executed Alex Pretti in the street yesterday are not only *not on administrative leave,* they have all been reassigned to other jurisdictions and are all on the street today.
This is totally unheard of for any officer-involved shooting
This is totally unheard of for any officer-involved shooting
January 25, 2026 at 8:14 PM
Literally EVERYTHING else aside:
Officers involved in shootings - even shootings that everybody agrees were justified - always take time off to emotionally process their experience, go to therapy, process it.
Sending somebody right back out says "this is an everyday part of your job, expect it."
Officers involved in shootings - even shootings that everybody agrees were justified - always take time off to emotionally process their experience, go to therapy, process it.
Sending somebody right back out says "this is an everyday part of your job, expect it."
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Dana Bash grills Bovino to provide any evidence that Alex Pretti "assaulted law enforcement" and Bovino has absolutely nothing
January 25, 2026 at 2:26 PM
Dana Bash grills Bovino to provide any evidence that Alex Pretti "assaulted law enforcement" and Bovino has absolutely nothing
Dillinger and Sark approve of everyone using MCPs for AI assisted development. #Tron #Oldmanreferences #Ai #Devops
January 22, 2026 at 7:08 PM
Dillinger and Sark approve of everyone using MCPs for AI assisted development. #Tron #Oldmanreferences #Ai #Devops
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We were warned the power grid couldn’t handle widespread electric vehicle adoption. I wonder what they have to say now about those energy sucking data centers.
December 26, 2025 at 4:45 AM
We were warned the power grid couldn’t handle widespread electric vehicle adoption. I wonder what they have to say now about those energy sucking data centers.
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More recently, I made the case that the current administration's approach to energy is akin to trying to resist the transition from horse and buggy to automobiles, or from wood to coal. brnw.ch/21wYpXm
The World Is Going Electric, with or Without the United States
As the current administration tries to hold back the tide on energy innovation, China is dominating in the production and sale of clean technologies.
brnw.ch
December 25, 2025 at 10:21 PM
More recently, I made the case that the current administration's approach to energy is akin to trying to resist the transition from horse and buggy to automobiles, or from wood to coal. brnw.ch/21wYpXm
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Enjoying this report by David Hart who argues that the smarter strategy for the US is to compete with China in the EV space. Electric vehicles are a superior technology & will eventually displace ICE vehicles. Abandoning the contest will leave the US behind. www.cfr.org/report/compe...
Compete, Don’t Retreat
The primary U.S. response to China’s first-mover advantages in emerging auto technologies has been protection. A smarter strategy would seek to compete by supporting producers and collaborating with …
www.cfr.org
December 25, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Enjoying this report by David Hart who argues that the smarter strategy for the US is to compete with China in the EV space. Electric vehicles are a superior technology & will eventually displace ICE vehicles. Abandoning the contest will leave the US behind. www.cfr.org/report/compe...
A house never seems emptier or more quiet than the first night after putting a pet to sleep.
November 21, 2025 at 6:23 AM
A house never seems emptier or more quiet than the first night after putting a pet to sleep.
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At least once a week now we're being served another example of how Ford, GM and Chrysler won't be globally relevant beyond this decade.
October 27, 2025 at 8:26 PM
At least once a week now we're being served another example of how Ford, GM and Chrysler won't be globally relevant beyond this decade.
#paythemwhatyouowethem
Collier warns WNBA players can’t back down in CBA fight share.google/jas7sWdPP27b...
Collier warns WNBA players can’t back down in CBA fight share.google/jas7sWdPP27b...
Collier says if WNBA players back down in CBA talks it would hurt women’s sports
Revenue sharing is where the rubber hits the road in for the two sides as the deal expires on Friday, Oct. 31. The WNBPA says it won't compromise.
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October 28, 2025 at 4:20 PM
#paythemwhatyouowethem
Collier warns WNBA players can’t back down in CBA fight share.google/jas7sWdPP27b...
Collier warns WNBA players can’t back down in CBA fight share.google/jas7sWdPP27b...
If you haven't watched formula E racing, you really should. It's a fascinating sport with some really exciting races
Formula E cars keep getting faster and faster: What’s next for the sport? - Ars Technica share.google/OoNWe4ERz3hI...
Formula E cars keep getting faster and faster: What’s next for the sport? - Ars Technica share.google/OoNWe4ERz3hI...
Formula E cars keep getting faster and faster: What’s next for the sport?
We hope downforce doesn’t ruin the racing when it arrives in a couple of years.
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August 2, 2025 at 7:09 AM
If you haven't watched formula E racing, you really should. It's a fascinating sport with some really exciting races
Formula E cars keep getting faster and faster: What’s next for the sport? - Ars Technica share.google/OoNWe4ERz3hI...
Formula E cars keep getting faster and faster: What’s next for the sport? - Ars Technica share.google/OoNWe4ERz3hI...
More people should watch the WNBA. These games are really entertaining.
August 2, 2025 at 3:50 AM
More people should watch the WNBA. These games are really entertaining.
People really are as stupid as we think they are.
"He really dragged down perceptions of EVs in general. It’s definitely unusual to have a chief executive have an impact on a whole class of products like this.”
[from @theguardian.com via @climatedesk.org]
[from @theguardian.com via @climatedesk.org]
Elon Musk has turned off many liberals to electric vehicles—and not just Teslas
Disgust over his political antics has cast a pall over the EV industry.
www.motherjones.com
August 1, 2025 at 8:21 PM
People really are as stupid as we think they are.
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Inflatable Elon Musks doing a Nazi salute outside the Tesla diner in Hollywood
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July 27, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Inflatable Elon Musks doing a Nazi salute outside the Tesla diner in Hollywood
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