#Car want Tech

[clonerightsagenda]

Have accidentally read two books exploring speculative anarchist futures almost back to back so far this year and the whole time I cannot stop thinking "cool utopia you've got here. what happens to the disabled people btw"

[tearlessrain]

honestly like the main reason I have a first gen SE and a car that I need a cassette adapter to play music in with said phone is that we're in a phase where technology absolutely sucks ass, but it seems like people are starting to realize that it sucks ass and get fed up and I'm hoping all my ancient tech will hold out long enough for me to get a car without a start button and a phone with a headphone jack again.

[cipher-fresh]

The Doctor building her own sonic screwdriver is one of my favorite Thirteen scenes. I love when the audience is reminded the Doctor is an inventor.

[elvenbeard]

Road Trip 1/4 🏙️

Kerry: "Fuck, couldn't even tell ya when the last time was I went on a road trip." V: "Never been on one at all." Kerry: "... you kiddin'?" V: "Well, I guess you could count that half year I worked as a roadie. But that was more work than fun." Kerry: "If you're travelling with a band and don't've stories of wild escapades to tell on day two you're doing somethin' wrong." V: "That so?" Kerry: "Okay... lemme tell ya a story..."

I recently talked about how I love imagining Kerry and Vince on a long-ish road trip together, telling stories, absentmindedly holding hands, just enjoying the scenery and getting away from NC for a little while. And starting arguments with random radio DJs about old songs xD I bet Kerry has many stories to tell not only about his Samurai times but also his own tours and the shenanigans he went up to. Even Vince has a handful of travel stories to share, although he's not nearly as far-travelled as Kerry.

Where are they headed here? Not as important as they way to get there...

[bluebellthesponge]

i know everyone and how they take things is different and that’s ok but something still hurts when it feels like everyone else around your age has currently experienced the teenage dream and you feel kind of like a boring square

[girlfriendsofthegalaxy]

i am going to take a shower and i am going to get into bed and i am going to read my book and i will stop fucking thinking for five minutes and fall the fuck asleep

[lamplightjuniper]

reporting direct from the linkedin wastelands: rich motherfuckers with thousands of dollars to spend on political donations are rallying around musk and trump. I know, shocked pikachu face.

I’m not talking about billionaires either, I’m talking about garden variety rich guys, people I have personally met, who shop at costco and seem mostly normal until you realize how much money they truly have. and eventually they start liking shit on fb/linkedin that reveals the brain rot has set in outside of their personal bubble of expertise.

yall are severely underestimating how much money is being shoveled into the trump/musk/thiel campaign. a single undecided vote going to harris instead of trump will mean elon musk personally wasted thousands of dollars, tech billionaires and millionaires are incredibly invested in getting trump elected.

[istherewifiinhell]

actually can i say. if u keep consistently watching city planing traffic engineering vids on yt and yes specially that one guy. you mind find that they quickly become repetitive on the same subjects like. u will already have the tools to understand these concepts and get what the problems or successes are yourself

but im honessssssstly not sure thats what their for. like in the way u could watch endless... cooking videos or smth and hear a larger percent of new stuff. i think their fucking agit-prop. likeeee. i watch em and im yeah yeah its a stroad the roads to wide the speeds to high its not built at ppl scale. but it also REALLY MAKES ME WANNA RIDE MY BIKE! seeing like. gopro mount footage of commute cycling being commentated. and makes me notice the cyclers when im out walking <- im not brave enough yet. and go. SHIT I WANNA BE DOING THAT! And i think helpfully builds ur skills to like. look at a place u COULD cycle and figure out how dangerous it could be.

i hope they make the speed limit everywhere 30km per hour and we all get protected bikelanes. amen.

[topnotchquark]

Behind F1's Velvet Curtain

This article by Kate Wagner on her INEOS sponsored trip to the Austin GP at COTA last year was commissioned by Road and Track magazine and then taken down. Presumably because Kate has was pretty staunch in her opinions about what was essentially a paid trip.

It is exactly the kind of thing I have wanted to read about the felt experience of the money business of F1. It doesn't get into technicalities and does not produce any spreadsheets for reference. It's just, her experience of the presence of wealth in the sport.

She starts off by talking about how she has been covering cycling and NASCAR for a while now and both of those, in comparison, are scrappier sports with smaller sponsors and cheaper tickets.

What I also especially loved was how fascinated she was with the cars themselves, and how they seem like a true marvel of human engineering. She almost described the cars like these alien beasts that came into this dimension out of nowhere and were being constantly monitored and dueled with to furnish wins and glory (and shareholder value for sponsors).

I think I always had an understanding of the weird myth making surrounding F1 and the kind of media attention it attracts, but someone like Kate (who I have loved reading for a while now) putting it into perspective really made it click for me. This sport thrives off of the kind of cocoon it has built around it and understands exactly the certain exclusiveness it needs to maintain to keep the story alive.

Anyway, give it a read, especially because Road and Track is trying to bury it to not piss off sponsors.

[youjustwaitsunshine]

you know you're a bit in too deep when u get gender euphoria from being dressed like a light version of a racing driver

[madomkasak]

I am too keyed up to sleep but also I can come back to the office and talk about the penalty to all the fans :))) knowing my enchanté and Renault helmet is here so I got my Daniel trifecta

[niqabisinparis]

I’m a car girlie but a vroom vroom 🏎️ 💨 car girlie not so much a techy techy 🛠️🛞 car girlie

[vampyroteuthid]

ok i told the scary lady i would get back to her by wednesday and i have the interview with a place that might be better tomorrow morning. everyone cross your fingers and hope it's the best workplace on earth and they want to hire me instantly and hopefully for more than minimum wage🤞🏻

[futureofthemasses]

Glad to be picking up the car tomorrow. Not glad it's still broken. Glad I can still drive it and hopefully get it fixed. On the fence about the rental situation because the rental has grown on me and I will miss feeling cool when I drive around. Not glad that once the car is in my possession again I have to start calling auto body shops to get estimates.

[bunnyb34r]

I really wasnt expecting that anti-apple post to get notes sgdgdgdg I feel so validated 😭💕

[deermouth]

I would love if people stopped treating communism and degrowth as mutually exclusive