I'm rewatching The West Wing (reassuring in these dark times to watch a COMPETANT if fictional, administration).
Those guys would obsess over the PERCEPTION of what color tie the president wore in a stump speech or what FONT was used for a notice about national parks. CJ uses one word vs. another and the press goes bananas.
Remember Obama's tan suit?
THIS administration slings unreviewed, unvetted, zero effort AI slop like its nothing and noone bats an eye.
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I just saw the awful news about Jota and his brother. So very shocking and tragic.
Just 28 years old, a father of three, married not even two full weeks, a league title in hand. He was on top of the world. 😭
The railway I need for commuting is closed for the next couple of weeks. So I commuted by car the first time since ages.
I won't become a fan of commuting by car. The fact that I need to concentrate on the traffic is so utterly annoying 😒
I finally got a new car today after being without one for over 3 months.
Also, it's the first time I've owned a car with Apple CarPlay... wow, I've been missing out!
#Cars
Woo, nice find by my wife in a charity shop this morning! Now I just need to find time to read it. (How To Build A Car, by Adrian Newey)
The impact of the following vehicles behaviors on the car following behaviors of the ego-vehicle
Yang Liu, Jiahao Zhang, Yuxuan Ouyang, Huan Yu, Dengbo He
https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.00452
I have been traveling through Greece with a rental car last week, really recommended, mixing little villages along the coastline with classic landmarks like Delphi and Epidaurus. Also low prices compared with the Netherlands.
#greece #holiday
ICE says its officers use a “minimum amount of force” when making arrests.
You can judge for yourself.
WHAT WE’RE SEEING
🆘Agents break car windows even when sobbing children or pregnant women
https://projects.propublica.org/trump-ice-smashed-w…
Police car cartoon with Quran Recitation
>Broken window switch in car.
>Takes window switch out of car to see how it works.
>Takes it apart.
>Re-assembles.
>It works just fine again.
>*confused*
Neighbor has a new car. Prick.
Highly recommended reading. Europe's automotive industry was already in transition before electrification emerged, but it missed the boat when it arrived. However, it [industry & workforce] still has plenty of opportunities, particularly in the mass market.
https://www.
The shock of hearing the report of Diogo Jota's death in a car accident.
Been working in Costa again whilst freeloading off Tesco’s leccy.
Definitely works as a way to save money…
#EV #PHEV #VW
So today I pulled apart the rear passenger door on our “new” car & fixed the sunshade motor (replaced the cheap plastic gears that had broken after 13y with METAL ones that will never break) & now the whole window goes down like it’s supposed to!
I even put it back together!
Ice cream afterwards!
Hey NY, let Eric Adams know that he's a piece of shit.. er, wait, sorry, I meant let him know that making ebikes limited to 15mph (not the motor speed, but literally pedaling faster than 15mph) with *criminal* charges if you go faster is a terrible idea. Cars will still have a 25mph (or more) speed limit, only ebikes will be criminally charged for keeping up with car traffic on the road.
#NYC
#A2VanityPlateSpotting
M1XTAPE
not my car. big ups.
We discovered the "Star City Secret Cinema" in which the movie you're about to see remains a mystery until the curtain goes up. We invited some friends we knew would absolutely be up for it.
Tonight's showing turned out to be Elliot Silverstein's "The Car" from 1977, which the host aptly described as "imagine Jaws, but with a car instead". James Brolin starred in this ridiculous, yet very enjoyable, movie. The writing was bananas, but so too w…
So apparently the Switch 2 has a hollow kickstand that technically allows you to do this in your car, and while hilarious, please do not actually do this in your car (while driving).
(via https://www.reddit.com/r/NintendoSwitch2/c
Second day in a row where a driver has threatened me with their car because I asked them to stop rolling through the stop sign while I was in the crosswalk. You don’t get to go that way because I’m definitely not moving if you keep coming at me.
I’m sorry your mother didn’t teach you manners or how to drive. So here it is: you don’t “get a turn” at a stop sign. You have to stop until you have the right of way. Which you don’t have if there’s even a pedestrian thinking about crossing.…
cars are emerging as a political fault line all over the country, from Prop K in SF to the NYC mayoral primary. which side are you on? https://www.jalopnik.com/1895759/nyc-mayor-election-zohran-mamdani-won-non-car-owners/
Tesla's European car sales nosedive for fifth month in a row.
Tesla 'has sustained brand and reputational damage in part due to CEO Elon Musk's incendiary rhetoric and political activity.'
That's politely put.
https://www.cnb…
Who wouldn’t want the people who brought us liquid glass to also design our car dashboard.
“Apple’s push to take over the dashboard resisted by car makers”
https://arstechnica.com/cars/2025/06/apples-push-to-take-over-the-da…
Nonlinear Oscillatory Response of Automated Vehicle Car-following: Theoretical Analysis with Traffic State and Control Input Limits
Sixu Li, Yang Zhou
https://arxiv.org/abs/2505.24029
Tell me, car lovers, in case of electric traction failure, how long will your car continue rolling on an even road? Because our trains can easily (and with reasonable velocity) roll to the next stop.
#rail
From Translink
Car Free Days of Summer kick off in Surrey
Annual event series starts in Newton on Saturday, June 7
Leave the car behind and join thousands across the region for the return of Car Free Days this summer, starting with Car Free Day in Surrey on Saturday, June 7 from noon to 8 p.m. in Newton.
Now in its fourth year, Car Free Day Surrey kicks off at 137th Street in Newton (between 72A Avenue and 74 Avenue) with a full day of music, dance, food, and f…
There’s more: the e-bike means I’m not planning to replace my venerable old car when it finally dies; we’ll become a one-car family.
AFAICT from my research, this is even more important for climate / pollution concerns than the mileage. Just the sunk carbon emissions cost of manufacturing any new car, EV or otherwise, is roughly equivalent to another ~10 years of driving the venerable old gas-powered Civic. 10 years!
If you’re going to be buying a car, buying an EV is better. But unless you’re putting massive mileage on it, there’s a pretty good chance that not buying •any• new car ever — just running the existing one into the ground and shifting primary transportation mode — is the even better choice.
Urban Diaspora VIII ♾️
城市放逐 VIII ♾️
📷 Nikon FE
🎞️Ilford FP4 Plus, expired 1994
buy me ☕️ ?/请我喝杯☕️？
#filmphotography
Sources: Uber is in talks with Travis Kalanick to help fund his acquisition of Pony.ai's US arm; Pony.ai has permits to operate robo taxis in the US and China (Mike Isaac/New York Times)
I went to a concentration camp, Neuengamme, yesterday to learn more about the local history. The visit has reinforced my belief that fascism must be stopped at all costs.
As a security community we have to make sure that people know about this vulnerability. Right now it's pretty easy to thwart, _don't keep your keys near the front door_. It's a simple countermeasure, but people have to see footage like this to understand. The threat is real and the gear to do this is pretty cheap.
https://www.
"as dense urban neighborhoods grow more costly, lower- and moderate-income renters, the very people most likely to ride the bus, are pushed out and replaced by a more affluent set who, on the whole, tend to favor getting around by car."
This finding should temper expectations that building lots of market-rate, i.e., expensive, housing will automagically bring about some kind of transit renaissance.
iPhone-Videos im Auto gucken: So läuft "AirPlay in the Car"
Apple verbietet bislang die Wiedergabe von Bewegtbildern via CarPlay aus Sicherheitsgründen. iOS 26 macht es dennoch möglich.
https://www.
We took a break from unpacking and organizing and did tour of local greenhouses and garden centres. We came across this humble establishment in Bradford that takes up 10 acres of growing and retail space. My wife said she has found her new favourite place. The Bad News - it's too close, only 15 minutes by car. The Good News - we have a tiny yard, so we might not go broke.
#Gardening #Zone5a
I have a garage spot near my apartment that I own but I do not own a car. What's in my spot? Some of my bikes of course.
This is a nice demo of how much more space efficient cycles are compared to cars, even though I have a cargo bike, penny farthing and a tall bike here.
P.S. That car on the left, yes he had moved it as far away from my penny as possible! 🤣
Imagine any government in Canada spending $30 Million on a tunnel, for BICYCLES. AAAAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHHAHA
the whining from the car people... the wringing of hands... the car dealership lobbyists groups...
(TBC: this is a laugh of desperation and yearning for better things like they have in Zurich, Paris, Europe, where the 21st century seems to live)
#cycling #bicycles #canada #USA #CarCulture
https://mas.to/@meganL/114782059960984360
Sprinkle fine glitter along the air intake grille--that area between the windshield and hood of a car. Because when ICE agents turn their A/C on, it just poofs all over the place
Cocktails and cable cars.
Takeaways from every NFL team's offseason program, plus Henry Ruggs breaks silence about fatal car crash
https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/tak…
Urban Snaps 📸
城市抓拍 📸
📷 Pentax MX
🎞️Fujifilm Neopan SS, expired 1995
buy me ☕️ ?/请我喝杯☕️？
#filmphotography
If Detroit follows precedent, Belle Isle will be accessible on foot and by bike *only* on Monday, June 23rd from 5am to 2pm. Come with me! 🚲
https://coreyrowe.me/2025/05/19/car-free-belle-isle
Spotted on my way back to the car, this afternoon #Cedarburg #WuTangClan
Eminently true for this new (almost one year!) e-bike owner!
In its first year, I’m on track to put ~2200 miles on the e-bike — and <1000 miles on the car. (In previous years, car mileage was ~3000-5000 mi/year.)
And per the study, I can say with confidence that I’m doing a whole lot of things on the e-bike that I would certainly have done on the car in the past: commuting, school transportation, groceries and errands — all theoretically bikable before, but mostly car-based in practice. Until now.
https://chaos.social/@lalonsander/114915153549041117
As a security community we have to make sure that people know about this vulnerability. Right now it's pretty easy to thwart, _don't keep your keys near the front door_. It's a simple countermeasure, but people have to see footage like this to understand. The threat is real and the gear to do this is pretty cheap.
https://www.
Using (cargo) bikes to get shit done. Had to pick up the car after getting new tires installed, so on the way home from work swapped cargo bike for car at the gas station, drove home, rode the 3-speed back to the garage, and towed it home behind the cargo bike.
The cost of the car repair was equal to the cost of the Big Dummy's frame (though not in inflation-adjusted dollars, the Big Dummy is 16 years old).
Claiming back space for people. Seen in Stockholm.
I bet it wasn't the fault of the car, the barn, the trampoline, or the boy.
"Two seriously injured as car crashes into barn roof in Germany" | #Germany | #TheGuardian
Of course they knew no local would go for it. So they would pick their targets, based in part on license plates which made it pretty obvious who was local, and who wasn’t.
My mother, living in Denmark at that point, despite being *from* the town, of course had a foreign car.
So the windshield wipers would always go to town on our car, in the hopes of making a fat tip I suppose.
And my mom would always roll down the window and curse them out in Polish for their little scam.
Welp. Was going to take advantage of the rare vacation day on a work day between the weekend and Canada Day to go buy rocks for the #poolpond but turns out the local rock/cement place is taking the day off too. Fair. 🤷♂️
I took the trailer for a bath at the car wash instead and got the watering done before the heat sets in today.
Maybe later I will go get some lengths of pipe. But I sense a swim in the lake. 🏊♂️ #today #canadaday
What are you up to today? Day off, or slaving for The Man?
So, my plan today is to continue to do some work this morning.
Clean my smol car at lunchtime when the sun is above and likely to melt my clothing as I stand there.
Then I will have a shower, and continue work once the sun goes down a bit.
#UKSummer #Heat #Hot
On our way to Costco yesterday, and saw that the one of the local “no/ez credit car lots in our neighborhood* has a Cybertruck 😂
This is the car dealer where they asked us “why are you here?“ When they discovered we didn’t have bad credit. (respect for honesty I guess🤷🏻♀️)
So that’s kinda hilarious
People keep yapping to me at work while I wear my earplugs (them not realizing I have earplugs in) so I got earmuffs instead so people can more easily see that I might not hear them well (also means I can leave my house keys in my locker at the office).
Also some different filters (a bit less dampening and less damping on the higher-ends) for my earplugs (that I mostly use for driving my car n stuff).
How was Joe Biden forced out of a presidential race for a disastrous debate and for looking frail and for confusing names,
but this man, one of the most ignorant men to ever be elected to any office, allowed to continue on as president and treated as a normal, serious leader??
https://bsky.app/pr…
I think I finally figured out why the hard push for AI everywhere. AI is the sports car of a developer's midlife/mid-career crisis.
The average age across most tech ecosystems is about 40 and we're all maybe not as sharp as we remember.
Time to get something that makes us feel young again. Like we haven't missed a step. But like everyone trying a little too hard, we look a bit ridiculous.
Mehr Autoschlüssel: In diese Autos kommt bald Apples Car Key
Mit iOS 26 und watchOS 26 will Apple eine ganze Reihe neuer Fahrzeugmodelle aufschließen können. Außerdem wird der Standard verbessert.
https://www.
Runway and Luma AI say they are talking to robotics and self-driving car companies about their video models and expect these revenue sources to eclipse studios (Rocket Drew/The Information)
https://www.theinformation.com/articles/runway-luma-target-sales-r…
Car Free Days return to Metro Vancouver with expanded lineup
Car Free Days are back and bigger than ever with nine events across the region. From Maple Ridge to North Vancouver, streets will transform into pedestrian-only spaces, filled with art, music, food trucks, and local vendors.
Car Free Days invite residents to experience their vibrant neighbourhoods without cars — encouraging walking, cycling, and transit as greener, more sustainable ways to get around.
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A pair of red Fiats on a car transporter.
#WeirdCarMastodon
Today I recalled an event from my youth.
One day, as I was walking home from school, a car driver stopped me. He asked if I'm from around here. Naturally, I found that quite inappropriate, since he has no business learning where do I live. But I answered. So he's asking me if I know where tire repair shop is. I answered that I don't. So he asked me again, "but are you from around here?" Well, that was too much, so he got a short explanation that just because I live here, that doesn't mean that I need to know every single company around here, and since I am not a driver (obviously — after all I was a school kid), I have never needed tire repair shop.
I suppose that worked quite well, since he drove away at this point. As he drove away, his car revealed a tire repair shop poster on the fence opposite.
The obvious lesson here is: if you need something, ask straight instead of going through silly helper questions.
my parents went to get us pizza for dinner, and on the way back the car ahead of them broke down. they pulled over and hopped out to check on it, and discovered the driver was an absolutely ancient looking iranian immigrant and his son. he immediately started going off about how he was bahšʼí and not muslim and how the muslims in iran were crazy evil oppressors, almost like he thought that was a foolproof spell to ward off ice agents and other hostile whites
Ok, it turns out that this wasn't a great idea... hot, and sneezy, but at least smol car is mostly clean 🤷♂️ #UKSummer #Heat #Hot
Urban Diaspora 7️⃣
城市放逐 7️⃣
📷 Nikon FE
🎞️Ilford FP4 Plus, expired 1994
buy me ☕️ ?/请我喝杯☕️？
#filmphotography
Tesla says a Model Y drove itself from Gigafactory Texas to a buyer's home 30 minutes away, marking its first fully autonomous vehicle delivery (Andrew J. Hawkins/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/news/694801/tesla-autonomous-delivery…
Hertz and other car rental agencies are increasingly relying on scanners that use high-res imaging and AI to flag even tiny blemishes, angering some customers (Gabe Castro-Root/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/09/travel/rental-car-ai-scann…
Waymo plans to launch its robotaxi service in Dallas in 2026 with Avis as the fleet partner, a first after exclusively working with Uber in Austin and Atlanta (Natalie Lung/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-07-…
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