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Stephen Edelstein

@saedelstein.bsky.social

Automotive journalist | Nerd | Human analog

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Stephen Schwartz@atomicanalyst.bsky.social · 2d ago

At this instant in 1945 (8:15 AM August 6, local time), Little Boy—a 15-kiloton, uranium-fueled atomic bomb—destroyed Hiroshima, killing (per official US military estimates) ~70,000 men, women, and children, incl. 12 American POWs. Independent estimates later maintained ~140,000 people were killed.

A color photograph of a damaged Iras wristwatch with a leather band on display in the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum, its hands frozen at 8:15 AM.A photograph of a shadow of a person living in Hiroshima on August 6, 1945, who was killed as they climbed the steps of the Sumitomo Bank building while using a cane, leaving behind only their shadow imprinted on the steps (because their body and cane momentarily blocked the light from the intense thermal flash, burning away everything on the steps that was not in shadow).A color photograph of a damaged and partially melted child’s tricycle on display in the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum. On the morning of August 6, 1945, Shinichi Tetsutani, who was one month shy of turning four years old, was riding this tricycle, playing with his best friend, a girl named Kimi, 1,500 meters away from where the Little Boy atomic bomb exploded overhead. When found in the wreckage of his house, he was still grasping the red handlebar grip from his tricycle. Severely injured and burned all over his body, calling out, “Water, I want water,” he died that night. Shinichi’s father buried him in the backyard with his favorite toy, and his best friend Kimi, so he could ride it and play even after death. Forty years later, in 1985, Shinichi’s father, Nobuo, decided to rebury his son in the family’s gravesite. Unearthing the backyard grave with Kimi’s mother, Nobuo rediscovered the tricycle and donated it to the museum.
John Scalzi@scalzi.com · 3d ago

Noticing some folks seem to think writers just say clever things without understanding how the world works, as if we're all naifs who just happen to be good with words instead of people with formal educations and a professional interest verging on requirement in the ability to conduct research

John Voelcker@johnvoelcker.bsky.social · 3d ago

Estimates by @coxautomotive.bsky.social suggest 247,226 EVs were sold in Q2, up 14.7% from the revised Q1 total. As analysts expected, Q2 EV sales volume was down year over year for a third consecutive quarter. #EV sales made up 5.8% of total new-vehicle volume in Q2, essentially unchanged from Q2.

EV Market Stabilizes in Q2, as New Entries Help Slow Sharp Sales Decline - Cox Automotive Inc.

The electrified vehicle story in the first half of 2026 is increasingly a story about hybrids. While the overall U.S. new-vehicle market is expected to decline by 2.2% compared to a year ago, accordin...

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Sam J Miller@sentencebender.bsky.social · 3d ago

Today is the day on which Ray Bradbury's “There Will Come Soft Rains” (pub'd 1950) takes place. It’s a short elegaic story about a smart home slowly dying after its owners are wiped out in a nuclear extinction event. Re-reading it now, I’m feeling softly sucker-punched by what it has to offer us.

Tempting Fate Tours@temptingfatetours.bsky.social · 6d ago

When Chaz told us his Stylus stumbled under load, the brain trust promptly got it up on stands. They found + fixed several problems. But it still stumbled on full throttle. Maybe it was the fuel pump? But he did NOT expect Aamir to get out his grinder + carefully start cutting into his floorpan ...

Chaz said his car stumbled. He DIDN'T expect this! #carrepair #oldcars #roadtrip #isuzu #isuzugemini

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