Noting that she has also had more controversial people on her show, honestly - alien conspiracy theorists seem quite quaint and harmless today.

Toyota says it’s a Supra.  Ergo, it’s a Supra.  You might not agree - but that’s 100% Toyota’s call.

... and that was owned and operated by a well resourced, highly regulated, company that flagged all its vessels in the same jurisdiction in which it did the majority of its business. And that jurisdiction had significant, enforceable laws relating to both shipping and the use of nuclear energy.

You really don’t think that there are valid concerns with outfitting freighters with nuclear reactors? This isn’t like placing a reactor on land, in a highly predictable, easily controlled and well regulated environment.

My first new car was a 2007 Honda Civic. The day I picked it up - 10 km on the odometer - this song came on as I was driving home. Pretty perfect. And yeah - every time I heard it, it’s absolutely makes me remember that specific car. I also won’t deny that trying to time your shifts to the song was fun.

Don’t forget rust and see continual, tough to mitigate reductions in overall structural integrity.

I’m sure you’re right, but the unique problem with Tesla and Musk is precisely what you said - he doesn’t keep his thoughts to himself - and in doing that he’s politicized himself and his company. I won’t say that driving a Tesla is the same thing as wearing a ‘Pureblood’ t-shirt of ‘MAGA’ hat. But it’s a lot closer…

Well, again, could you post your sources and research that say these instances are certainly nothing more than play?

Well the researchers and experts quoted in the article say they can’t say for sure why this is happening - but provided some hypotheses.  My sense is that they feel this current activity is beyond play.

I would say no. It’s orbiting the earth, not flying through the atmosphere.

Every time I read a story about bears figuring things out or otherwise gaining access to places that are supposed to be secure - I keep thinking back to that comment by a California park ranger to the effect that the overlap between the smartest bears and the stupidest tourists is significant.

The thing about minimalism is that simply hiding all the complexities behind a screen (that’s only ever off when you’re not using the car) doesn’t count. You’re just taking complexity and moving it to a different, less intuitive, less accessible interface. Doing minimalism well is really, really tough - it means…

I don’t know how you’re ascertaining intent from the descriptions though. It could be entertainment for them - Orcas are known to play, after all. But it could also be something else - including a stress response to increased boating traffic in the area / traumatic interactions with vessels. The experts in marine…

Why do you think that?

I honked at one that was trying to cut in line at the Ferry terminal two weeks ago!  Felt awkward to go and ask him about it, afterwards.

huh - so it appears that the Orcas knew how to disable the boat.

Watch these three numb-nuts start WW3 by accidently driving a tank into Russia or some shit.

haha yeah - oh yeah. I’ve looked at that one too as a on option. Then quickly stopped looking at it when I saw the price. The mild hybrid v70 is more reasonable - but not exactly mind-blowing from an efficiency perspective.  I mean fueleconomy.gov basically has the V60 mild hybrid getting worse fuel economy than the…

Honestly - a PHEV is probably about perfect for our uses. ICE for long trips, EV for around town.

As others have said - Tesla for me. And it is largely because of Musk. If he’d remained a quirky, largely politically agnostic, eccentric billionaire - whatever.  But in my opinion he’s doing real, profound, damage to our society at this point.