People don’t even have free speech in this country anymore, why would it be different for irresponsibly wielded tech?

Yeah these two quietly splitting up? No fucking chance.

Shit, I’ll give you a handjob for a horse. But not these guys.

There is no wrong answer when it comes to horrifying art.

It’s 2025. We’re doing gunmetal or titanium only.

With that sharp ridge of plastic at the meeting points, called flash, because they didn’t bother to clean it up before moving it down the line.

They remind me of FUUUUUUCK!

That wouldn’t anger anybody. Left or right.

I’d give 20-1 odds that it’s a Chinese-made print on petroleum-based material, and highly unlikely to be canvas. So it would make beautiful art as it burns and drips.

Edit: picture this- this building with this banner at night. The banner in flames at a rightward angle. At the bottom of the banner where it’s burning, the cheaply made plastic based banner melts as fast as it burns. Dripping, black molten plastic stalactites feed tiny black plastic stalagmites below. Freedom and law are seen in burn barrels behind the building.

None of that surprises me. The cyber truck is a flop so it makes sense to “inventory adjust” a week for them. And you can likely expect that trend to continue. Nice of them to give time off for their workers to enjoy the spring weather, right? 😉

The model Y just got a facelift, though. And whenever that happens, there are hiccups. That being said, you would think production would be going full bore for it from generated excitement from the refresh.They could have found a flaw that stopped production while they fix the issue, or it could be that the excitement that they expected isn’t there. Knowing Tesla, it’s likely both.

I’ve done it before. When we were working 64 hour weeks? Fuck yeah I’m taking that time off. It also said they could use PTO. The thing is, everywhere I’ve ever worked, there was never just “one week” of it off. It’s like one week every 4-6 weeks as it’s slowing down. Hell, I’m on one now. It’s basically to avoid layoffs and losing experienced workers.

Also, when you get a week off like that, it’s considered a layoff. So you can apply for unemployment for that time. If you keep calling in and reporting your working hours during the time that you’re back, you don’t have to refile for the next time it happens. Which will happen again in a couple weeks/months. The weird thing to me is that this is being reported on. It happens all the time, it could be for inventory adjustment, or because they’re having problems procuring parts due to tariffs. Or retooling/maintenance.

My point is, this doesn’t mean a whole lot as of yet. If it happens several more times over the coming months, then that means something. Especially since the stock isn’t going down like it was.

That show saved him from the streets.

Sounds like someone’s missile defenses worked! Congrats!

And spending went up…

They love their ancient traditions, some of which significantly predate Christianity.

Or turn naive individuals into crazies themselves.

Honestly, I think that’s unlikely. They tend to keep nukes out of the equation, and keep it to themselves. And honestly as far as nuclear armed skirmishes go, India’s kept pretty well within historical boundaries. I.e. they’re in constant skirmishes with both Pakistan and China, and sometimes Russia. The fact that that region has remained as stable as it has is a bit of a testament to peace that we should all agree is good, this latest bit notwithstanding. Hopefully it can remain a smallish issue globally, and they resolve it soon, especially because global warming threatens them both.

In 20 years, they’ll say it started in 2022

Or at least make an attempt.