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Without 'Libs' to Dunk On Reactionaries on X Face a Crisis of Relevance

As liberals exit X, reactionaries find themselves without the opposition that fuels their influence.

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Maybe they can set up AI bots to post as pretend libs?

 

[Innula Zenovka]

Elon Musk Gets Trolled With Proposed Rebate for EVs—Except Tesla

“This is insane,” whined the MAGA billionaire, who opposes subsidies.

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[Innula Zenovka]

Bruno J. Navarro (@brunojnavarro.bsky.social)

Several British police forces have largely withdrawn from Elon Musk's X social media platform as concerns over its role in promoting violence and extreme content persist, a Reuters survey of forces' social media output showed...

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[Noodles]

Meanwhile, American Police forces are probably extra flocking to it.

Because of the violence.

 

[Innula Zenovka]

I Don’t Know Why Women Keep Laughing at Me When I’m Out Driving my Tesla Cybertruck

A Tesla Cybertruck owner says there is a concerted effort to publicly shame people who drive the all-electric truck. He recounts several instances where people pointed and laughed at him while driving his Cybertruck.

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[Innula Zenovka]

Financial Times (@financialtimes.com)

Elon Musk: the ‘wild card’ in Trump’s dealings with China https://www.ft.com/content/e2ecd4fa-d41b-4563-b747-c3de8ec48c30

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[Noodles]

I Don’t Know Why Women Keep Laughing at Me When I’m Out Driving my Tesla Cybertruck

A Tesla Cybertruck owner says there is a concerted effort to publicly shame people who drive the all-electric truck. He recounts several instances where people pointed and laughed at him while driving his Cybertruck.

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I can't tell if this is a parody or not.

I Bought a New Chevy Silverado, 4 Months In, the Bank Wants $35K From Me On My Old Truck, the GMC Dealer Never Paid It Off

Imagine buying a new 2024 Chevrolet Silverado pickup, trading in your 2017 truck to a Chevy dealer, and then your bank says you still owe them for the old pickup you traded in. Here is David's incredible story.

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[Innula Zenovka]

I can't tell if this is a parody or not.

I Bought a New Chevy Silverado, 4 Months In, the Bank Wants $35K From Me On My Old Truck, the GMC Dealer Never Paid It Off

Imagine buying a new 2024 Chevrolet Silverado pickup, trading in your 2017 truck to a Chevy dealer, and then your bank says you still owe them for the old pickup you traded in. Here is David's incredible story.

www.torquenews.com

Unfortunately, not all new car and truck dealers are honest. David Wright found out the hard way.

 

[Noodles]

Yeah but like, thats not how that works. Your loan doesn't go away just because you traded in the car you bought with the loan. Those are two seperate things a loan and a car (bought using money from a loan).

 

[Innula Zenovka]

The Guardian (@theguardian.com)

Tesla owners turn against Musk: ‘I’m embarrassed driving this car around’ https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2024/nov/29/tesla-owners-elon-musk?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=bluesky&CMP=bsky_gu

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[Argent Stonecutter]

Yeah but like, thats not how that works. Your loan doesn't go away just because you traded in the car you bought with the loan. Those are two seperate things a loan and a car (bought using money from a loan).

I read a newspaper story many years ago about the same kind of situation. It's unfortunately not uncommon.

 

[detrius]

The Guardian (@theguardian.com)

Tesla owners turn against Musk: ‘I’m embarrassed driving this car around’ https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2024/nov/29/tesla-owners-elon-musk?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=bluesky&CMP=bsky_gu

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There are two kinds of Tesla owners: BTC and ATC.




(Before Thailand Cave and After Thailand Cave)

 

[Innula Zenovka]

Elmer is also interesting himself in UK politics, campaigning on behalf of Nigel Farage's Reform Party

Mike Galsworthy (@mikegalsworthy.bsky.social)

WTAF That’s not trolling the UK govt anymore - that’s straight up campaigning for a political party in a foreign country. It’s serious.

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Though this thread suggests he misunderstands British politics and doesn't realise that Farage is trying to distance himself from Stephen Yaxley-Lennon (AKA Tommy Robinson) and his fascist hooligans, whom Elmo also supports.

Dave Rich (@daverich1.bsky.social)

An important thread about Musk's political trajectory in relation to UK politics; and also about how UK political culture differs from that of the United States in ways that Musk does not understand. [contains quote post or other embedded content]

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[Katheryne Helendale]

Yeah but like, thats not how that works. Your loan doesn't go away just because you traded in the car you bought with the loan. Those are two seperate things a loan and a car (bought using money from a loan).

I think the way it was supposed to work is this: Guy trades in his old vehicle. The amount the vehicle is worth (usually KBB value) is deducted from the price of the new vehicle. Anything guy still owes on the old vehicle beyond the trade-in value is rolled onto the new vehicle loan balance, and the dealer fully pays off guy's old loan.

 

[Noodles]

I think the way it was supposed to work is this: Guy trades in his old vehicle. The amount the vehicle is worth (usually KBB value) is deducted from the price of the new vehicle. Anything guy still owes on the old vehicle beyond the trade-in value is rolled onto the new vehicle loan balance, and the dealer fully pays off guy's old loan.

I could see that maybe.

I have to admit, Inhave never actually traded a vehicle for a replacement one. The previous vehicle is usually dead from an accident or age or whatever. Also we always just pay cash and not get loans.

 

[Casey Pelous]

I could see that maybe.

I have to admit, Inhave never actually traded a vehicle for a replacement one. The previous vehicle is usually dead from an accident or age or whatever. Also we always just pay cash and not get loans.

I thought this story was about some dude who didn't understand that he was what dealers call "upside down" in his truck* -- that he owed more than it was worth as a trade-in. Nope. Here's the quote from way down in the story that gives away what's happening:

Michael Winding, owner of Winding Chevrolet GMC, said that the new vehicles had been moved because they are in the process of changing out GM Financial as their floor plan loan company.

LOL! There's no "changing out GM Financial" as their flooring company as long as they are a GM dealer! Allow me to translate: "Flooring" is the payment the dealership makes to the manufacturer while they have the car "on the floor." It's the main way GM makes money on cars, since the margin on new cars is skinny as hell. In other words, the dealership has gone broke.

Michael Winding reminds me of poor old Jerry Lundegard in Fargo who was going to "just fax the paperwork over to ya." That man who kept demanding the real paper not the fax was working for the flooring company.

* Also known as "having a firm grip on his vehicle."

 

[Innula Zenovka]

I thought this story was about some dude who didn't understand that he was what dealers call "upside down" in his truck* -- that he owed more than it was worth as a trade-in. Nope. Here's the quote from way down in the story that gives away what's happening:



LOL! There's no "changing out GM Financial" as their flooring company as long as they are a GM dealer! Allow me to translate: "Flooring" is the payment the dealership makes to the manufacturer while they have the car "on the floor." It's the main way GM makes money on cars, since the margin on new cars is skinny as hell. In other words, the dealership has gone broke.

Michael Winding reminds me of poor old Jerry Lundegard in Fargo who was going to "just fax the paperwork over to ya." That man who kept demanding the real paper not the fax was working for the flooring company.

* Also known as "having a firm grip on his vehicle."

That's what I assumed from the story, too, when it transpired, after problems with the bank because "our account was hacked", that the lot was empty and all the vehicles had gone. The dealer had done a runner.

 

[Innula Zenovka]

A plausible theory

Marie Le Conte (@youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com)

not seen it mentioned elsewhere so: my theory is that Elon has become obsessed with Britain because he's essentially stopped sleeping due to drugs and/or madness but for like six hours of his nights Americans are sleeping so Brits are the one English-speaking timezone awake and posting

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[Khamon]

and South Africans

 

[Bartholomew Gallacher]

Elon Musk rehired the entire super charger team he fired earlier in May this year. The rehiring started less than a week after the firing.

Elon Musk Rehires Entire Supercharger Team After Halting Development by Firing Them - Glass Almanac

In a surprising turn of events, Tesla CEO Elon Musk has decided to rehire the entire Supercharger team that he recently fired, effectively halting one of ... Continue Reading →

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