The article is also disclaiming the Overview Effect for some reason.  I suppose all those astronauts were simply 60-IQ individuals that could be persuaded by a chipmunk with charm.

Not having kids just means the future will be decided by those who do. 

Correction. American companies are not willing to pay people enough to afford American-made goods, nor are they willing to accept the smaller profit margins. We bought American for a few centuries before everyone started outsourcing to increase profits.

“only 0.5 percent of the cars in Russia are EVs”

Mercedes is a pretty good writer. 

Totally heard the line in Hugh Grant’s voice. Rory’s just being “re-distributed.”

Because the site is in excellent shape, because we have a great staff who are more than capable of maintaining Jalopnik’s place at the top of its competitive set and growing it from there, we were all able to send them off without concern for the site’s future.

This is to Spanfeller and any other herbs.

I hope the new venture will include an anatomically correct CARS webcomic.

I won’t lie to you. I didn’t read a single sentence. I read the title and immediately went to the comments to express my dismay. Then 5 minutes later saw the separate article about both of them leaving and almost fell out of my chair. 

Despite his background, I actually doubt that Elon is maliciously racist. I think it’s more likely that Elon (like most privileged white men) isn’t even aware of how racism manifests. He understands the definition of the word and the implications in the abstract; but not what it really means for the people who are on…

The no sale makes SO much sense.

“Cherokee-oxide hybrids” is a great turn-of-phrase.  I regret I have but one star to give.

Oh boy are you about to be disappointed. Not only have I now written about counterweights, but I’ve also written about blue anodized wheel cylinders:

Also,

this photo does not prove he is Canadian but it does prove there Is A Man. a fake husband sounds like way more work than a real one and I'm not about that life

You’ve got some things going for you here:

Thanks for the kind words! My mans is pretty great, and I’m stoked to start really learning with a car I freakin love

1th: Tell your husband that he’s awesome.

Here come the Crytapologists!