I would have thought that trains would be a great place to experiment with hydrogen fuel cells—no infrastructure surprises to deal with and set routes. Maybe they’re doing this already? But it seems like a better use of green tech than trying to load up on batteries.

It was all worth it to ensure the world has one less Versa Note in it.

Sort of like a methhead buying 10% of Sudafed.

*looks at my dating history*

Hell, I’m still in mourning over the passing of the Maloo, which should have come to America in 2009-10 as a G6-based Pontiac. Would have bought the hell out of that.

This is why I bought an Abarth 500—I wanted a nimble, light, peppy car. It’s perfect for me. But it’s also gone from this market like my human’s Ford Focus hatch is. I know my Abarth is probably the last ICE car I’ll buy, and it’s a good way to go out. But where I live, enormous, unused potential is the name of the…

I have to assume at this point they all know that CRT isn’t actually taught outside of law and grad school. But it’s part of their crusade of perception that there is liberal propaganda in schools and saying “critical race theory” is scarier than just admitting they don’t want anyone upsetting the status quo of race…

At some point, with the climate costs involved, we’re going to have to accept that we won’t be able to cheaply and cleanly prance around an entire continent. The solutions are expensive, and few of them are clean. This is just a reality and we should design our cities in ways that understand this limitation—mixed-use…

I don’t know how to resolve it, but if my high school class ever has a reunion and he actually shows, it’s going to be a hell of a story.

Defector, Car Edition (finds $119 to spend)

I got really lucky with my timing: in April 2020, I bought a clean, stick, loaded 500 Abarth with 19k miles for $14k. I shudder to think what I would pay for that if I tried to buy it today.

There are worse fates.

I wish the reporting around this thing (not specifically referring to this article or site) was more honest. This was a stunt organized by a couple of far-right activists, and the truckers can’t get into the US anyhow because of our vaccine mandates. This wasn’t about truckers. This was always a political stunt that…

If I remember correctly, Schwinn is part of Pacific cycles, and they tend to be one of their big-box brands. Your big three in the US are Giant, Specialized, and Trek, with decent representation from the likes of Jamis, Cannondale, Kona, and a bunch of others. I ride a few different frames from Surly that I built up…

Greetings, neighbour. I’ll bring the Labatt next time. Hopeless with a wrench, but good with words.

I did admittedly buy my Fiat 500 Abarth without driving it first—but I also love small cars and it was a manual, so I knew what I was getting with this. And it’s been an absolute joy. But that’s also because I know the type of car, I looked for all of the nuances and idiosyncrasies, and was prepared to live with some…

More like promise, don’t deliver, and call naysayers a bunch of paedophiles.

I’ll tack on the Nissan Versa Note.

Drives like an asshole, talks like an asshole.

“But it’s a dry dumb.”