John Osborn 🏳️🌈
@johnosborn.bsky.social
Aerospace Nerd, Terrible Cars, Politics, Occasional Writer, Design Enthusiast, Angry Gay, Friend you Haven't Met Yet. Texan expat now calling PNW home. Protect Trans Kids (and adults too).
1. A new Popular Information investigation reveals that Senate Republicans have recently launched at least six fake news sites in key states.
(forehead palm)
DCTrikeMom@dctrikemom.bsky.social · 4d agoThis absolute parody of person shouted at us to get out of protected bike lane [that he was jogging] bc ebikes are dangerous & "this lane is for people who are actually exercising!" 🤯 #bikedc Yes nice sidewalk to immediate left..... no that is not how transportation infrastructure is organized 😂
Sorry, but "Ford Fathom" is a terrible name and we shouldn't be afraid to say it.
I thought my green C8 was kind of tacky but today in traffic I ended up next to a nuclear green Lamborghini Huracan with an Instagram account sticker on the window.
Twice in a row, eBay sellers who won't answer a simple question about the thing they're selling. Frustrating.
It was Trump, FYI.
STAT@statnews.com · 7d agoSix weeks after STAT reported that Eli Lilly granted a single 79-year-old patient special access to retatrutide, an unapproved obesity drug, the company confirmed on Monday that it will allow other patients to apply for early access. www.statnews.com/2026/08/03/e...
I feel like relatively few people in 1995 were saying to a Dodge salesman "I want a Viper, but make it tasteful."
Team Radar Love@midnightdorifto.bsky.social · 7d agolunchtime browsing today: we probably should talk about these anymore until everyone on here owns one, then we can talk about them again www.asphaltclassics.com/annonces/dod...
This morning's shower thought: Correlation and causation are themselves correlated but not causative.
Worth a click for the floor mats alone.
Bring a Trailer@bringatrailer.bsky.social · 7d ago30k-Mile 1997 Honda Civic Del Sol Si 5-Speed
Driving home from the Sierra drive last year, I ended up following one of these as it blasted through NorCal. It was not slow, let me tell you.
Bring a Trailer@bringatrailer.bsky.social · 7d agoWhy yes, it does have a Hemi in it! https://bringatrailer.com/listing/2008-dodge-magnum-13/
I appreciate that people younger than myself view brown as a sort of rich, exotic color rarely seen on cars these days. But they have no lived through the traumatic years of 80% of all physical objects you encounter on a daily basis, including cars, being brown. EVERYTHING was brown.
Don Incognito@shuadc.bsky.social · 7d agoNo, he needs something *reliable* bringatrailer.com/listing/1986...
There is no version of yourself you could become that would satisfy the people who hate you. So you might as well be who you are.
Much of retaining my remaining sanity these days relies on making a judgment call: "Is this actual politics or is this Brownian motion?"
I was browsing car listings today, as you do, and I realized that Porsche could delete the rear doors on the Taycan, shorten the wheelbase, add a rear hatch, and call it a “928” in the same that a 992.2 is a “911.”
Something for sale that you absolutely do not see every day, a Chrysler Laser Turbo in pretty decent condition. www.cars.com/vehicledetai...
Batman (1966) (aka "Batman: The Movie") premiered 60 years ago on this day in 1966 at the Paramount Theater in Austin, still one of my absolute favorite places to see a movie.
Apparently, something happened 57 years ago in, like, space or something? I think the best take on it is still probably that of Dinah Hall...
Questions you probably shouldn’t ask: 1) How old are you? 2) How much money do you make? 3) How did you get this imported car registered?
Perfect for when you’re in the mood to ride around on a teal banana.
Bring a Trailer@bringatrailer.bsky.social · 3w ago1990 Honda Zook at No Reserve
If you’ve been wondering what Olympic gold medalist and Nobel prize winner George Santos has been up to, here you go.
Olga Nesterova@onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 3w agoThis September, these folks will compete on the Special Forces tv show on Fox, where they will be subjected to military style challenges in Malaysian jungle.
I watched a video about Australian Road Trains and this small one, only two trailers, was averaging about 1.9 mi/gal of diesel. The fuel tanks hold something like 2000 L.
I saw something genuinely rare and exotic today: A Kia K900.
🙄 NEXT... FFs.🤬 If you purchase a car from a dealer, ANY DEALER new or used, they found a new way to profit off of you, without you being fully aware of it. This guy wondered why he was being prompted, by something he didn't recall signing up for. He followed the bread crumbs. Check your vehicle.