IP isn’t really the issue here. Musk doesn’t design or engineer anything. But he has legions of fans who give him generous amounts of cultural capital - not only rabid stans who spend all day on Twitter begging for his attention, but normal, not-terminally-online folks who just vaguely recognize him as “that science…

So this or a Raptor?

I think the fear on the part of the board is that Musk’s cult of personality is the real reason they actually sell cars. And that’s not a totally unreasonable fear, right? Like, no normie is going to order a cybertruck, that’s entirely a toy for rich techbro fans. So the concern would be that if they drive Musk out,…

Wait, so if Tesla doesn’t give Elon a huge pile of money they ALSO don’t have to waste their time and resources on a robotics program that won’t benefit their primary line of business?

Don’t. Let them weed themselves out.

I think the Duke boys get a pass because they are explicitly anti-authoritarian. It’s like how a cross section of black southern rappers coopted the stars and bars back in the 90s. Rock is clearly supportive of an authoritarian system that he believes will unfairly benefit him, so he’s a very different use case.

Man even the FIGHTS in NASCAR are boring huh

Can confirm the HHR is horrible. I found the electronic steering so numb I was never sure I was actually driving, it was horrifying.

Nice try gas cucks, clearly the FSD is planning to ramp BETWEEN CARS check and mate

I’m fuzzy on what this means. Does it cut power to the rotor and let it autorotate to act as a wing (essentially flying like an airplane) or does it cut power to the wing engine that ISN’T counterbalancing the rotor and fly like a regular helicopter?

Bring back the Escort label!

If you think I said a Supreme Court justice grifting millions to influence legislation is the same as your local city council officer receiving a wicker basket of snacks, you didn’t read what I wrote. Calm down.

The RV is just a visible symptom. Most bribes aren’t just money - that looks suspicious. Instead, lobbyists and other interested parties tend to subsidize a lavish lifestyle for the venal party. Congresspeople love to talk about how little they actually make, but if you play your cards right in Congress, you don’t…

I’m all for disparaging Thomas - heaven knows he deserves it - but if you think this dude being given a six-digit RV by a wealthy businessman while in office is crooked, I have some bad news for you about literally every federal official.

Unless congress impeaches him, the only person who can indict a member of the supreme court is a member of the supreme court. Congress hasn’t impeached a justice for over 200 years, and the entire supreme court hugged out their grumpies after repealing Roe, so um... It’s not ever gonna happen. Sorry.

Yeah, your choices are:

Mitsuoka’s work is very hit or miss, but their Miata body kits all rule pretty hard.

I was thinking of Titus

Oh good, protectionism in defense of fossil fuels. Hurrah.