The idea is anti-urbanist garbage designed to reassure prospective Telsa buyers that the 1950s Motorama dream can live on by magic. Personal automobiles do not belong in or under cities. Electrification (i.e., what Tesla ought to be about) is great, and I’m even n board with automation because humans suck. This…

Spark hydrants!

Those were the Omnibots, some of the special mail-away “Reenforcements From Cybertron” that you could only get by collecting the points on the boxes of other Transformers. I got Overdrive, who transformed into a Ferrari 512 Berlinetta Boxer.

CHEVR-(continued on next grill)

Reading between the lines a a bit, I think he’s a religious zealot, hell-bent on being the on the good side of Roko’s basilisk.

They might, but so do others who don’t deserve it, so they’ll happily do without for spite’s sake.

There are, in fact, many, many foldable ebikes! Get pedaling, you!

Because not driving a car is a thing any individual human can decide to do. Converting electricity-generating infrastructure or reforming industry takes a bit more effort from rather a few more people.

Most municipal regulation regimes for these include some sort of per-unit fee, so they are paying to use public space for business, just like cabs and cafes with sidewalk seating. We just need to establish a norm as to where they out to be when not in use - maybe in a corral that used to be a car parking spot.

False; many who have difficulty walking can pedal just fine. What we need is a cultural norm as to where they should go. I propose in car parking spots at the curb or on the strip of ground in the right-of-way between sidewalk and curb. https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2018/jan/02/cambridge-disabled-people-cycling-ro…

Funny how people all across northern Europe, which is quite frosty in the winter, ride year-round because their bike infrastructure is decent. If the state of the modern US is illustrative of anything, it’s that once big money wants something - like, say, plowed or defrosted bike lanes - it gets done, for better or…

According to Torch’s handy ruleset, I think that Shooting Brake ⊆ Wagon: https://jalopnik.com/5872562/what-makes-a-wagon-a-wagon

Because sidewalks are more dangerous than bike lanes or taking a regular lane, because drivers will not be looking for you to be there. 

“Sik-swuh”

Because associating a good thing (an award) with a crummy thing (19th-century racism) tends to tarnish the former. While history can be kept other ways, the reputation of a current entity need not be held hostage by it.

How does changing the name of an award whitewash history? The books she wrote and others about her life still exists by the thousands, as do all the source documents. I don’t think many rely on the name of an award in order to keep history in mind.

I think we’re writing off the Jetsons sound idea too quickly here. It doesn’t have to be cacophonously loud; a subtle burble, like a small stream, but more future-y, would be great. Something engineered not to build to a roar in contained or dense environments would be a good feature, too.

You do know legislators interested in reducing black turnout are ON THE RECORD as having which polling places and registration locations to close based on the race of those who use them? The argument may chafe, but the fact remains that it’s true. To deny it and chalk it up to a lack personal responsibility is worse…

I always thought it was weird that the Saturn SL2 had one, but it was apparently the fancy look, since it was not on the SL or SL1.

The Doing-a-Thing-with-Equipment-Poorly-Suited-to-That-Thing category of competition is my favorite sort.