Drivers of the Tesla Cybertruck have been complaining constantly about its many hardware and software defects. Tesla’s ignorant decision to add their infamously defective FSD has been an even worse disaster, putting lives in immediate danger. Note the last comment.
Meanwhile in China, a Tesla on Autopilot smashed into a huge obvious road barrier.
Police say they are searching for the driver of an abandoned Cybertruck, as if Tesla release of FSD isn’t what’s responsible for this motorcycle being hit-and-run.
Unified police are searching for the driver of a Tesla Cybertruck who hit a woman on a motorcycle at a high rate of speed and then sped away.
The victim, Kayla Watson, 26, was transported to the hospital in critical condition.
Tanner Miller, a friend of Watson’s, was with her on another motorcycle at the intersection of 7800 South and State on Saturday about 1:40 a.m. when the incident occurred.
“We were sitting at a stop light, and it just came through and just hit her and took off,” Miller said. “It was terrifying actually.”
Watson was knocked to the ground from her Harley Davidson motorcycle. The right-side impact broke Watson’s right hand and broke and mangled her right leg.
“They didn’t even have the heart to stop at all. I just don’t know how someone could live with themselves after doing something like that,” Miller said.
Notably, Tesla FSD software is known to be dangerously blind to motorcyclists, repeatedly injuring or killing them without any explanation.
It’s curious how nine million pipes were allowed to remain a threat to public health, given what is known about the effects of lead.
Lead poisoning can cause irreversible damage to the nervous system and the brain and poses a particular risk to infants and children, impairing their cognitive development and causing behavioral disorders. […] Digging up and replacing the nation’s lead pipes to address that health risk will be a colossal undertaking. The E.P.A. estimates that water utilities must replace about nine million lead pipes at a total cost of $20 billion to $30 billion over a decade. While much of that cost will fall to the utilities, and most likely their customers, $15 billion in federal funding is also available under the 2021 infrastructure law to help pay for the effort. On Tuesday, the E.P.A. announced $2.6 billion in new funding to support lead pipe replacement.
It’s for the safety of children, which should not be controversial.
In related news: 70% of utilities inspected in the last year failed to meet the EPA’s voluntary cybersecurity standards.
Update October 12, from Mary Trump:
Donald Trump has always been for sale.
Silicon Valley sources claim that Peter Thiel and Elon Musk are buying the White House. It has circulated through private parties, where agents of the South African duo have been asking wealthy foreigners (Saudis, Indians, Russians) to buy potential access; a pay-to-play scheme offering direct influence over the American executive branch of government.
According to individuals familiar with these discussions, Thiel has allegedly boasted about his influence in Ohio politics through JD Vance, suggesting he could leverage this same relationship to extend his influence to federal governance.
This approach potentially creates a pathway for wealthy naturalized citizens to exert outsized control over executive decisions by working through politically connected intermediaries.
According to sources, Trump is allegedly being presented to potential wealthy investors as a malleable figure who would serve their interests as a figurehead to be influenced by what some involved have referred to as a “board of investors” potentially including Saudi and Russian interests. Of course some suggest there is a risk that Trump may believe he can ultimately outmaneuver his overbearing investors.
