Keeping those chrome wheels clean up here in the Northeast would drive me to drink. That said, it’s a rare, well-kept Benz and someone is going to be ecstatic when they buy it. NP

Negotiable. If you’re going to get a 20 year old German car, this would probably be the one to get. With proper maintenance, these cars can go double that mileage. And it looks to be very clean. I don’t think it’s NP, but not ND. $10K should take it.

Normally a 20 year old German car would be a ND from me, but at this price — for this kind of performance — I think the ask is just about worth the gamble. It’s still a close call, though, and I think for me it would come down to the vibe I got from the seller.

I don’t think this was too surprising. Blue Origin really grew under Bob Smith, the previous CEO who was “stepped aside” in 2023. And there was a massive push to launch by 2024 so they were throwing people at it. Now they’re trimming back, especially at management layers. They cleared the first real hurdle and now…

Got to say, I grew up thinking that space exploration was just the coolest thing ever. But now that all these smarmy, greasy billionaires have got their grubby little paws all over it - it’s started to feel pretty lame.

[Amazon, interior. Jeff Bezos is pacing the floor, stopping to quiz each employee.]

It’s a lot harder to exploit the space industry than it is to exploit mom & pop book shops and flea markets.

“We grew and hired incredibly fast in the last few years, and with that growth came more bureaucracy and less focus than we needed.”

Hitting a coyote could have only happened in a 737 Max, as well.

FTFY.

1st & 3rd Gear coexisting on the same article is hilarious. Literally nobody is ever going to be forced to rationalize the biggest conservative mascot also owning the biggest EV company on the planet. 

Not to be ‘that guy’ but Bruce Willis is, sadly, suffering from end-stage dementia.

In the world of military contracts $400 million will get you one prototype. Maybe.

“I’m pretty sure Tesla isn’t getting $400M. No one mentioned it to me, at least,” Musk wrote on X on Thursday about the department’s revised forecast.

How much would it cost to get the asteroid here early?  I’d chip in.

For now, at least. There could be certain... efficiencies that could enable such tomfuckery.

Missed that part...my bad.

The vote and law is for Massachusetts. Nothing to do with Texas. Good luck finding an anti-worker judge in MA. 

Except that you can’t get a judge in Texas to overrule a state law in Massachusetts.

“will introduce potential security risks to our customers”