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drahardja, 11 days ago to Texas

#Texas is losing Californian transplants again. No surprise to me, as Texas politicans use Californians as rhetoric bait—at the same time boasting about how Californians are moving into the state to create the next Silicon Valley in Austin, while simultaneously scapegoating Californians as disgusting commie liberals invading their state, lumping them together with “illegal immigrants” in their xenophobic rhetoric.

Not said in the article is the fact that Texas law is hostile to non-cis-het people, especially those with a uterus. You can’t pay me enough money to relocate to Texas (or any number of southern red states), because that would add a mortal risk, if not to me directly, then to someone close to me.

The recent influx of tech workers to Texas was a mirage anyway, fueled more by tax giveaways than any systemic change. Now that the money has run dry, companies are finding a different state to fleece.

“Texas Attracted California Techies. Now It’s Losing Thousands of Them.”

https://www.texasmonthly.com/news-politics/austin-texas-tech-bust-oracle-tesla/

GeorgeCarlinWasRight, 24 days ago to random

50 years. This could never happen again, there are just no decent, principled people left in what is now the Trump/MAGA party. It is literally a religious / cult like movement and one in three adults you encounter is one of them.

drahardja, 28 days ago to TeslaMotors

I think Toyota was right all along.

It’s an unpopular opinion among EV purists, but I think hybrids will reduce a lot more carbon emissions than BEVs, for the simple reason that way more people can switch. Even without access to charging outlets, hybrids are far more efficient thanks to their regenerative braking. With access to outlets, they are as good as EVs within their electric range, which will account for most of the daily commutes of their owners, and all with far smaller batteries and better costs of ownership than BEVs.

The way to eliminate emissions due to personal transportation is not to put people in BEVs. It’s to eliminate commutes and massively invest in (electrified) public transportation.

#ev #bev #hybrids #phev #cars #transportation

“Hybrid vs. Electric Cars: Why Hybrids Make More Sense”

https://www.kbb.com/car-advice/hybrid-vs-electric-why-hybrids-make-more-sense/

lolgop, 29 days ago to random

So we're four years into a 6-3 Republican majority on the Supreme Court and we're already hearing arguments for debtors’ prisons.

https://www.scotusblog.com/2024/04/court-divided-over-constitutionality-of-criminal-penalties-for-homelessness/#:~:text=The%20Supreme%20Court%20on%20Monday,sle

jeffjarvis, 1 month ago to random

Galloway glibness: "People are opting out of America..,Young people aren't having sex.They're not meeting, they're not mating. The pool of emotionally and economically viable men shrinks every day, which lessens household formation...Our kids are more axious, more depressed, more obese, more addicted...We are producing too many of the most dangerous person in the world & that is a young, broke & lonely young man....I would like to see in the senior year of college [a course in] mating dynamics."

GottaLaff, 1 month ago to Texas

Via Democracy Docket:

NEW: The Supreme Court won't take up a case challenging #Texas' age-based restrictions on mail-in voting. Voters who brought the case argue the lawsuit was wrongfully dismissed by lower courts. #SCOTUS

compost, 1 month ago to random

Since many seedlings like to volunteer in the worm bins, I wanted to experiment with starting some seeds in a worm bin and using it as a tray.

If the experiment is successful, I will only use the worm bins as seed trays, it is worth the try.

emarktaylor, 1 month ago to golf

⛳ @golf #Golf

Via No Laying Up 🤖 @NoLayingUp

The texture of St. Andrews.

GottaLaff, 1 month ago to random

Please proceed....

Via Politico:

House Democrats are pushing for a hearing on Jared #Kushner’s business deals — the latest sign that they could focus their investigations on Donald #Trump’s family members as the former president looks to take back the White House.

drahardja, 1 month ago to TeslaMotors

So it seems that the #cybertruck’s doors have a propensity to gape open because the screws that hold the door striker to the body are improperly torqued and this chews up the car body so badly that they can no longer be torqued back down.

I love how one xitter user’s suggestion is to use gaffer tape to hold the striker in place. I’m sure that works great in a collision, but hey, no panel gaps, right?

“Elon Musk weighs in on Cybertruck door panel gap after reviewer calls it the 'worst I've ever seen in a production vehicle’”

https://www.businessinsider.com/elon-musk-responds-mkbhd-tesla-cybertruck-door-panel-gap-2024-3

drahardja, 2 months ago to california

Not only this, but making a will is doubly important in #California, where the state has a Byzantine probate system that essentially owns all your property until it can adjudicate who gets what—and that may take years, and cost your successors money and time.

If you live in California, I urge you to spend some money to consult with an estate lawyer to make sure you don’t burden your survivors with even more work right when they lose you. https://lgbt.io/@celesteh/112061421348152199

skykiss, 2 months ago to random

Elon Musk should lose all his government contracts.
Today.

BREAKING NEWS: Twitter Owner Elon Musk, Publicly Accuses Democratic President Joe Biden of Treason—a Death Penalty-Eligible Offense—on Super Tuesday.

-seth.abramson

Facist-Elon is publicly accusing to millions on the social media platform, that Yeah, Biden is secretly bringing in illegals who have no ID, no citizenship, and no right to vote...to vote. Sure, makes perfect sense.

#election #vote #Disinformation #stooge #putinstooge #propaganda #BigLie #BigLies #fraud #domesticterrorism

GottaLaff, 2 months ago to Ukraine

AFP—US will not send troops to fight in #Ukraine: White House

skykiss, 3 months ago to Ukraine

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TexasObserver, 3 months ago to politics

From last week: After 15 years of declining teen birth rates, the trend is beginning to reverse itself ... starting with the end of Roe v Wade. A new study explains what we can expect next.
https://www.texasobserver.org/texas-teen-birth-rate-after-roe?utm_campaign=mastodon

#politics #news #USpol #HumanRights #abortion #healthcare

flexghost, 3 months ago to random

Party of personal freedom strikes again!

The Florida Republican House passed HB1 which bans kids from social media
…though it’s intent is to make everyone register in order to track dissent

Don’t want kids posting about having to work a double shift while pregnant?

What’s more: The CDC reports 12 million people had suicidal ideation last year
3,351 Floridians ended their lives in 2021
LGBTQIA+? Higher risk
This bill removes their support network

Fascism

🇺🇸

https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/1/BillText/e1/PDF

flexghost, 5 months ago to random

14th amendment 3rd clause

“No person shall be… elector of President and Vice-President, or hold any office, civil or military, under the United States, or under any State, who, having previously taken an oath..shall have engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the same, or given aid or comfort to the enemies thereof…”

Nowhere does it say

oh, also butthurt republicans in failing states can block whomever to get back at democrats

skykiss, 5 months ago to Ukraine

C’mon Senators, pass the bill and help #Ukraine before Christmas!

Americans, #Ukrainians, and our partners will thank you for advancing their security interests.

The article is free - just click on "continue reading" 🇺🇦

🔗
https://michaelmcfaul.substack.com/p/cmon-senators-pass-the-bill-and-help?r=17z4l&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web

#Ukraine #supportUkraine #StandWithUkraine

flexghost, 7 months ago to random

Shani Louk attended a peace festival in Israel

That was her transgression

And because of this, Hamas terrorists r**ed her, beat her, murdered her, and desecrated her by parading her body around to be displayed to chats of "allahhu akbar"

"god is greatest"

Image of Shani Louk staring into the camera
image of Shani Louk with a direct stare into the camera, somber