The latest regressive Twitter idea is a tax on public safety agencies of nearly $50K per month to continue providing emergency notifications. On Friday and throughout the weekend, multiple National Weather Service (NWS) accounts announced that Twitter had removed their API access, which would disrupt crucial potentially life-saving automated emergency updates. The move came as … Continue reading Twitter Announces Profit Plan Linked to Disasters. Heavy Tax Placed On Public Safety Accounts→
Scant details are reported so far on how a driver escaped “without entrapment” after their Tesla ended up burning in a quiet green pasture. My first guess is the owner was so disgusted with Tesla’s rapid deflation they just set it on fire to collect the insurance and buy a Ford truck instead. You can … Continue reading Tesla Hits Open Pasture and Catches on Fire→
Privacy in a Tesla vehicle is non-existent, apparently. Interesting to think Tesla customers actually paid for this treatment. …between 2019 and 2022, groups of Tesla employees privately shared via an internal messaging system sometimes highly invasive videos and images recorded by customers’ car cameras, according to interviews by Reuters with nine former employees. Some of … Continue reading Massive Tesla Privacy Breach Exposes Culture of Cruelty and Customer Abuse→
Any big rig is going to require maintenance. Truckers, much like farmers, expect repairs and breakdowns to come with the complexity of their machinery. I mention farmers because of their right-to-repair precedent and ongoing litigation. In that context you’d think the Tesla Semi being observed broken down wouldn’t cause any concern beyond the usual $10-20K … Continue reading “Pontiac Aztek of Trucks”. Eight Tesla Semis Already Broken Down. Operators Pan Dumb Design→