It seems disingenuous to say that this is simply an attack on trans athletes and that it’s not about protecting fair competition for female athletes when there is no one pushing for banning trans men from competition. If it were just about oppressing trans people there would be blanket bans, not only bans based on…

I don’t think the Russians saw any use for it without the Buran orbiter program. They would have needed help from Antonov to even keep it flying, and Ukrainian companies weren’t all that eager to work with Russia after getting their independence. Ukraine also owns the incomplete hull of a Slava class missile cruiser…

Antonov is based in Ukraine and the projects for which the plane was made were all dead at the time.

On paper, all of the non-Russia SSRs were independent countries and control of the government-owned company Antonov was assigned to the Ukrainian SSR. Also, the headquarters and most of the facilities were located there.

He paid taxes, once...

As a Miata owner, if all I have to do is go on Jalopnik.com and say the word ‘Miata’ for my car to go up in value...MiataMiataMiataMiataMiataMiataMiata,

Republican gets in office, starts writing checks all over, boosting economy. Democrat takes over as economy tanks, does all the unpleasant stuff needed to fix things. Replaced with a Republican who takes credit for economic growth and starts giving away free money again. Rinse and repeat.

Not only that, but Blackrock, which manages somewhere in the ballpark of $15 trillion (yes, you read that right) only invest in companies with good ESG scores. So if you’re a major company, you have to play by their asinine rules or you pay the price (literally). It makes perfect sense why Elon would be vocal about it…

The flip side is Carmax bought our Focus ST for the same price we paid for it 4 years ago. Didn’t even require us to buy a car from them.

fuck, this is dumb 

They aren’t getting it, Fitz. I guess it’s true, ignorance is bliss.

Except the Constitution says you do have this right...FTFY.

This. The fundamental problem is that the established legal precedent and social conventions related to privacy (or lack thereof) come from a time where the technology for mass surveillance simply didn’t exist. Back then, having prominent license plates on cars struck the right balance between individual privacy and…

they infringe on my right to privacy

This is America. If you’re rich enough, you can make it legal for your kids to kill others while driving drunk.

Infinitesimal cost cutting has been has been a corporate monomania since the 1960s and is embedded in at least three generations of leaders and the education programs that train them.

Right. You really can’t have the low-slung, wedge-shaped frontal profiles that 90s Hondas did. I agree they looked good—my first car was a J-VIN 1990 Honda Accord EX—but the time when you could do that has long passed.

Or you could read the article.

Here: Let women wear what they want.

Basically...