Mark Pekala

@markpekala.bsky.social

Former U.S. Ambassador, Michigan Wolverine, husband, and father (definitely not in that order).

This gargantuan work must be the best biography of the young Stalin between his birth and 1917. It also may be the best history of the Bolshevik party over that period. Prodigiously researched, it's hard to see how this could ever be surpassed. #booksky

"Stalin: Passage to Revolution," by Ronald Grigor Suny

Why I Bit You Mid-Pet 1. Too much affection. 2. Too little affection. 3. You moved your hand. 4. I was done. You weren't. 5. I was testing your reflexes. 6. You were petting in the wrong direction. 7. I remembered something you did in 2025. 8. Doesn't matter why. I make the rules. 9. I'm a cat.

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this comparison leaves out a key point: the Edsel sold roughly twice the Cybertruck's volume at a time when the overall car market was just 6m units/year instead of the current 16m units/year that makes the Cybertruck the much, much bigger flop, hands down

Anne Cronin@annecronin.bsky.social · 2w ago

FREE LINK > Tesla Cybertruck sales have been so weak that it's challenging Ford's Edsel to become the biggest automotive flop of all time. Great tale by Bethany Benjamin > www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...