Looks like they thought of putting the cables far enough apart that they can’t be shorted out by one side of a pantograph when somebody changes lanes without lowering theirs first. Somebody would’ve done that within 5 minutes of it opening if they hadn’t.

The cherry on top of this fiasco is Shapiro’s attempt at damage limitation. He tweeted this out before the broadcast, to get ahead of the media-

All we need now is for the missile to hide in the sand and jump out at you and we’ve got Screamers.

The were used by the USAF before Gulf War 2.0 and I’ve heard a rumour of them being used as an anti-tank weapon by NATO forces during the various Balkan wars.

It might’ve been inspired by Trump’s golfing couture-

What was that thing they kept saying.... was it ‘Get woke, go broke’? lol

Anybody else disappointed at the lack of a warhead visibly streaking out of the sky before exploding?

Beat me to it.

2018: “Alita’s eyes are weird.”

I’m glad I’m not the only person who noticed that.

a lot of nonprofits

I’ve had that happen in the UK. We use an induction loop in the road which detects if there’s a big ferromagnetic mass above it but it only picks up bikes if you stop with your feet down in the middle of the loop.

Considering that these things will do intergalactic mileages in their lifetimes, you could probably save money by throwing a solar panel on the roof to provide supplemental power for the aircon so they’re not burning as much fuel. There’s a pretty close correlation between how bright the sun is and how much power your…

Most places don’t any more.

Yaxo (for his real name is Stephen Yaxley-Lennon) already has a few convictions for assault so it’s entirely predictable. I’m surprised that the guy who milked him was as short as Yaxo.

founder of the rabidly Islamophobic British English Defence League

A lot of Roman and Dark Ages structures were reduced to their foundations in the UK by later people recycling the stone into new buildings. The concept of preserving historical artefacts that have no practical/religious use is a fairly recent invention.

...and this is after Mongolia implemented an air quality improvement initiative. Traditionally, Mongolians had an brazier in the middle of the ger (so traditional that it came to be of religious significance) which is not so good for breathing. The government gave everybody subsidised (or free, I’ve forgotten which)…

This is truly high level Trump brain: assuming you’ve lost followers due a plot nefarious liberals

Thing is, the 996 work schedule is virtually the norm in video game development.