Todd
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Oh boy is this ever being reported in bad faith. Farley is incompetent. His leadership has been, at best, tepid and duplicitous. He green lit the expansion of the 9 mpg gasoline "Raptor" models while claiming Ford's future is electric.
www.wired.com/story/ford-k...
www.wired.com/story/ford-k...
Ford Kills the All-Electric F-150 as It Rethinks Its EV Ambitions
The move comes as a response to the Trump administration’s waning support for electrification and a weakening consumer market.
www.wired.com
December 16, 2025 at 2:44 AM
Oh boy is this ever being reported in bad faith. Farley is incompetent. His leadership has been, at best, tepid and duplicitous. He green lit the expansion of the 9 mpg gasoline "Raptor" models while claiming Ford's future is electric.
www.wired.com/story/ford-k...
www.wired.com/story/ford-k...
All true but misses the larger ideological point.
When Apple fired Steve Jobs, what happened to its product line vision? Why did they bring Jobs back?
When Apple fired Steve Jobs, what happened to its product line vision? Why did they bring Jobs back?
Porsche switched to water cooling to meet stricter emissions and noise rules, handle more power and heat, improve efficiency, and cut costs.
Why Porsche Switched From Air-Cooled To Water-Cooled Engines - Jalopnik
www.jalopnik.com
December 16, 2025 at 1:18 AM
All true but misses the larger ideological point.
When Apple fired Steve Jobs, what happened to its product line vision? Why did they bring Jobs back?
When Apple fired Steve Jobs, what happened to its product line vision? Why did they bring Jobs back?
What if it's 3IATLAS gravity, Susan?
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December 15, 2025 at 10:22 PM
What if it's 3IATLAS gravity, Susan?
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www.sfgate.com/bayarea/arti...
What could go wrong?...
www.reuters.com/business/fin...
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Exclusive: Nasdaq seeks to extend trading hours, as Wall Street gears up for 24/7 move
Nasdaq is planning to submit paperwork with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Monday to roll out round-the-clock trading of stocks, as it looks to capitalize on a global demand for U.S. e...
www.reuters.com
December 15, 2025 at 10:11 PM
What could go wrong?...
www.reuters.com/business/fin...
www.reuters.com/business/fin...
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Rob Reiner’s Heartfelt Comments on Charlie Kirk’s Murder Go Viral After His Own Tragic Murder
Rob Reiner’s Heartfelt Comments on Charlie Kirk’s Murder Go Viral After His Own Tragic Murder
Rob Reiner's gracious words about the death of Charlie Kirk went viral Monday following news that the director and his wife had been found murdered.
The post Rob Reiner’s Heartfelt Comments on Charlie Kirk’s Murder Go Viral After His Own Tragic Murder first appeared on Mediaite.
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December 15, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Rob Reiner’s Heartfelt Comments on Charlie Kirk’s Murder Go Viral After His Own Tragic Murder
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Bidirectional EV charging is another demand lever. Will be interesting to see how powerful it becomes.
www.pv-magazine.com/press-releas...
www.pv-magazine.com/press-releas...
The emerging power of bidirectional EV charging
The electric vehicle (EV) revolution is reshaping the way we move and use energy. As a growing fleet of battery-powered vehicles begins connecting to homes and the broader electricity network, they ar...
www.pv-magazine.com
December 15, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Bidirectional EV charging is another demand lever. Will be interesting to see how powerful it becomes.
www.pv-magazine.com/press-releas...
www.pv-magazine.com/press-releas...
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Merriam-Webster’s human editors have chosen ‘slop’ as the 2025 Word of the Year.
December 15, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Merriam-Webster’s human editors have chosen ‘slop’ as the 2025 Word of the Year.
This is dumb on so many levels.
Will create an ice skating rink when it rains
Will take all of an hour to be married by tire tracks
The reason the streets are 145° is because of the gigatons of CO2 being pumped into the atmosphere by gasoline cars
www.jalopnik.com/2046808/la-w...
Will create an ice skating rink when it rains
Will take all of an hour to be married by tire tracks
The reason the streets are 145° is because of the gigatons of CO2 being pumped into the atmosphere by gasoline cars
www.jalopnik.com/2046808/la-w...
LA's White Painted Streets Actually Serve A Cool Purpose - Jalopnik
Los Angeles is painting some of its streets white in an attempt to reduce the heat island effect that plagues the city and creates unbearable temperatures.
www.jalopnik.com
December 15, 2025 at 5:36 PM
This is dumb on so many levels.
Will create an ice skating rink when it rains
Will take all of an hour to be married by tire tracks
The reason the streets are 145° is because of the gigatons of CO2 being pumped into the atmosphere by gasoline cars
www.jalopnik.com/2046808/la-w...
Will create an ice skating rink when it rains
Will take all of an hour to be married by tire tracks
The reason the streets are 145° is because of the gigatons of CO2 being pumped into the atmosphere by gasoline cars
www.jalopnik.com/2046808/la-w...
I really like the interior design especially the low ceilings which is something I don't associate with a ski lodge. Also like the material choices of real and engineered stone instead of ski lodge cliche wood. The *indoor* snow making machine is dumb tho.
m.youtube.com/watch?v=p5Bl...
m.youtube.com/watch?v=p5Bl...
Touring the Best Ski-Chalet in Verbier, Switzerland
YouTube video by Julian Lee
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December 15, 2025 at 5:02 AM
I really like the interior design especially the low ceilings which is something I don't associate with a ski lodge. Also like the material choices of real and engineered stone instead of ski lodge cliche wood. The *indoor* snow making machine is dumb tho.
m.youtube.com/watch?v=p5Bl...
m.youtube.com/watch?v=p5Bl...
I kinda like goth Trump...
Trump Predicts Don Jr. Would ‘Rather Be In The Jungle’ Than Mourning When President ‘Kicks The Bucket’
Trump Predicts Don Jr. Would ‘Rather Be In The Jungle’ Than Mourning When President ‘Kicks The Bucket’
Donald Trump, who has voiced his concerns recently about his earthly legacy and whether he'll get into heaven, made a stunning claim about Don Jr.
The post Trump Predicts Don Jr. Would ‘Rather Be In The Jungle’ Than Mourning When President ‘Kicks The Bucket’ first appeared on Mediaite.
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December 15, 2025 at 12:12 AM
I kinda like goth Trump...
They had toll form a military style "strike team" made from people at Weissach to figure out how to put gasoline engines in cars designed and already built as electric only, adding $100k to the cost of each one, a cost Porsche has to eat.
www.autocar.co.uk/car-news/new...
www.autocar.co.uk/car-news/new...
The next Porsche Boxster and Cayman were meant to be EV-only – now they're going petrol too! | Autocar
Porsche will install petrol power into its previously electric-only new duo
www.autocar.co.uk
December 14, 2025 at 10:29 PM
They had toll form a military style "strike team" made from people at Weissach to figure out how to put gasoline engines in cars designed and already built as electric only, adding $100k to the cost of each one, a cost Porsche has to eat.
www.autocar.co.uk/car-news/new...
www.autocar.co.uk/car-news/new...
I wish these were "Nature is healing" stories but they aren't.
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December 14, 2025 at 3:54 PM
I wish these were "Nature is healing" stories but they aren't.
www.msn.com/en-us/weathe...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.msn.com/en-us/weathe...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Michael C. Rockefeller got shipwrecked in 1963, washed up on an island, and was promptly eaten by cannibals.
December 13, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Michael C. Rockefeller got shipwrecked in 1963, washed up on an island, and was promptly eaten by cannibals.
AVMPI department at the Smithsonian, established in 2022
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blog.library.si.edu/blog/2022/10...
Introducing the Audiovisual Media Preservation Initiative – Smithsonian Libraries and Archives / Unbound
blog.library.si.edu
December 13, 2025 at 7:31 PM
AVMPI department at the Smithsonian, established in 2022
blog.library.si.edu/blog/2022/10...
blog.library.si.edu/blog/2022/10...
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Because if you care about securely owning a movie that you love--as opposed to "owning" it only until a license agreement over which you have no control expires without warning--you need a DVD or Blu-ray. The hardware may be yesterday; the concern is very much of this moment.
Why do (us) old people want to burden Gen Z with our nostalgia for an antique piece of hardware in the first place?
A (quite) young movie lover said to me recently, "Not everybody can afford a DVD player," and I said "How much do you think a DVD player costs?"
He said, "I don't know, like $500?"
Those of us who advocate physical media are maybe not doing the best job of messaging.
He said, "I don't know, like $500?"
Those of us who advocate physical media are maybe not doing the best job of messaging.
December 13, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Because if you care about securely owning a movie that you love--as opposed to "owning" it only until a license agreement over which you have no control expires without warning--you need a DVD or Blu-ray. The hardware may be yesterday; the concern is very much of this moment.
I have made many old people angry with my innocuous question. Bluesky fulfilling its promise of being Twitter's successor.
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bsky.app/profile/todd...
Why do (us) old people want to burden Gen Z with our nostalgia for an antique piece of hardware in the first place?
A (quite) young movie lover said to me recently, "Not everybody can afford a DVD player," and I said "How much do you think a DVD player costs?"
He said, "I don't know, like $500?"
Those of us who advocate physical media are maybe not doing the best job of messaging.
He said, "I don't know, like $500?"
Those of us who advocate physical media are maybe not doing the best job of messaging.
December 13, 2025 at 7:14 PM
I have made many old people angry with my innocuous question. Bluesky fulfilling its promise of being Twitter's successor.
bsky.app/profile/todd...
bsky.app/profile/todd...
Why do (us) old people want to burden Gen Z with our nostalgia for an antique piece of hardware in the first place?
A (quite) young movie lover said to me recently, "Not everybody can afford a DVD player," and I said "How much do you think a DVD player costs?"
He said, "I don't know, like $500?"
Those of us who advocate physical media are maybe not doing the best job of messaging.
He said, "I don't know, like $500?"
Those of us who advocate physical media are maybe not doing the best job of messaging.
December 13, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Why do (us) old people want to burden Gen Z with our nostalgia for an antique piece of hardware in the first place?
Umm, the Army does not fight in the open ocean and littoral waters, that's the Navy and Marines. Stop letting AI writes things and blindly publish them, WSJ.
www.wsj.com/politics/nat...
www.wsj.com/politics/nat...
U.S. Army Changes Tools and Tactics to Prepare for the Next Pacific War
A “terrifying” era of warfare has arrived, forcing America to rethink how it prepares for great-power conflict with China.
www.wsj.com
December 13, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Umm, the Army does not fight in the open ocean and littoral waters, that's the Navy and Marines. Stop letting AI writes things and blindly publish them, WSJ.
www.wsj.com/politics/nat...
www.wsj.com/politics/nat...
"You can't paint everything black, it'll be too dark inside."
"Yeah, a little black is Ok but not EVERYTHING. C'mon."
NOT A HOTEL:
m.youtube.com/watch?v=TyLf...
"Yeah, a little black is Ok but not EVERYTHING. C'mon."
NOT A HOTEL:
m.youtube.com/watch?v=TyLf...
ROOM TOUR | IRORI | NOT A HOTEL KITAKARUIZAWA
YouTube video by NOT A HOTEL
m.youtube.com
December 13, 2025 at 3:37 AM
"You can't paint everything black, it'll be too dark inside."
"Yeah, a little black is Ok but not EVERYTHING. C'mon."
NOT A HOTEL:
m.youtube.com/watch?v=TyLf...
"Yeah, a little black is Ok but not EVERYTHING. C'mon."
NOT A HOTEL:
m.youtube.com/watch?v=TyLf...
*Returning
Returning to their neighborhoods after being gentrified out
Returning to their neighborhoods after being gentrified out
December 13, 2025 at 3:29 AM
*Returning
Returning to their neighborhoods after being gentrified out
Returning to their neighborhoods after being gentrified out
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I guess it's fitting that it's a reimagined, worse version of someone else's artwork
December 12, 2025 at 4:00 AM
I guess it's fitting that it's a reimagined, worse version of someone else's artwork
Brabus is determined to be the Hello Kitty of cars. Now they're doing Bentleys in addition to Mercedes, Porsches, RVs, dune buggies and boats.
m.youtube.com/watch?v=Bv2v...
m.youtube.com/watch?v=Bv2v...
BRABUS 900 SUPERBLACK: The Hybrid Bentley That Should Not Be This Fast
YouTube video by DPCcars
m.youtube.com
December 13, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Brabus is determined to be the Hello Kitty of cars. Now they're doing Bentleys in addition to Mercedes, Porsches, RVs, dune buggies and boats.
m.youtube.com/watch?v=Bv2v...
m.youtube.com/watch?v=Bv2v...
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LOL... Pentagon released a new AI military chatbot and it immediately pointed out that Pete Hegseth is a war criminal.
abovethelaw.com/2025/12/pent...
abovethelaw.com/2025/12/pent...
Pentagon Unveils New GenAI Platform, It Immediately Starts Flagging Pete Hegseth's War Crimes - Above the Law
The Defense Department's new ChatJAG turned out to be better than the human chain of command.
abovethelaw.com
December 12, 2025 at 8:00 PM
LOL... Pentagon released a new AI military chatbot and it immediately pointed out that Pete Hegseth is a war criminal.
abovethelaw.com/2025/12/pent...
abovethelaw.com/2025/12/pent...
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Global EV sales jump 21% in 2025 as Europe surges and the US stalls
Global EV sales jump 21% in 2025 as Europe surges and the US stalls
EV and battery supply chain research specialists Benchmark Mineral Intelligence reports that 2.0 million electric vehicles were sold globally in November 2025, bringing global EV sales to 18.5 million units year-to-date. That’s a 21% increase compared to the same period in 2024.
more…
electrek.co
December 12, 2025 at 12:03 AM
Global EV sales jump 21% in 2025 as Europe surges and the US stalls