Sam Abuelsamid
@sam.abuelsamid.com
VP Market Research @ Telemetry, host of Wheel Bearings podcast, husband, dog and human dad, car guy
Craig Cole and I had a great conversation with Recurrent CEO Scott Case for the GreenCars podcast about the EV data they collect and how much they've learned about the real life span of batteries. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nesp...
Is a Used EV ACTUALLY a Smart Buy? | Podcast
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That said, let us take a moment to thank our Bluesky Trans and Furry Elders for freaking out Jack Dorsey so much he bolted and left us this nice social media playground, taking most of his crypto chuds with him. We thank you for your service.
Exclusive: We obtained a leaked playbook that Flock gives to cops to coach them on "how to speak to city council" to avoid getting their contracts canceled. Includes strategies like "own the narrative" by talking to mayor "before public comment periods" www.404media.co/own-the-narr...
‘Own the Narrative’: Leaked Flock Guide Shows How It Teaches Cops to Promote Its Tech
"This document shows a coordinated effort from Flock Safety to compel law enforcement agencies to convince our elected leaders to represent their interests as a company rather than the interests of co...
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Why is this liar invited on a news show? Don’t platform liars.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 4d agoRFK Jr yelling at Dana Bash sounds like a rabid dog barking
It’s Fantaaastically Expensive It's just Sam and Robbie this week and Robbie has the BMW M5 Touring while Sam drove the Rivian R1T Quad. Audi took the wraps off its new Q9 three-row SUV this week while Mercedes-Benz went for the opposite end of the scale with the new GLA crossover. Zoox got a…
It’s Fantaaastically Expensive
It's just Sam and Robbie this week and Robbie has the BMW M5 Touring while Sam drove the Rivian R1T Quad. Audi took the wraps off its new Q9 three-row SUV this week while Mercedes-Benz went for the opposite end of the scale with the new GLA crossover. Zoox got a NHTSA waiver for its robotaxi and the feds are finally going to start working on AV regulations. Nissan and Honda are expected to partner on next-generation software platforms. If a bill in congress goes through, Mercedes-Benz could get booted from the US market and Jim Farley expects the Chinese to be here within a decade anyway.
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this is the exact right messaging. we should attach it to everyone musk is supporting. make his money so toxic that no one wants it.
Oliver Willis@owillis.bsky.social · 5d agoSusan Collins is financed by a man who wants to make it easier to create nude pictures of children
Jared Moskowitz, the first Democrat to join the DOGE caucus
Robert Reich@rbreich.bsky.social · 6d agoSix congressmen bought between $83,000 to $245,000 in SpaceX stock just before its IPO: -Jared Moskowitz -Gil Cisneros -Dan Meuser -John McGuire -William Timmons -John James Five serve on committees whose work impacts SpaceX's business. We must ban members of Congress from trading stock.
Just say no.
Zac Estrada@zacestrada.com · last wk."We're in 7,000 cities today, and I'd like to get us to all 17,000 cities in America and create that future, because it's quite doable. Whatever technology we need to build to help get there while maintaining our local societal norms is what we’re planning to do" www.thedrive.com/podcast/floc...
Bye-Bye Nicole This week Sam had nothing scheduled so he drove his 1990 Miata around. Robbie joined in a bit late to tell us about the Lucid Gravity and Kia Telluride X-Pro SX Prestige while Nicole shared some thoughts on driving her spouse's Wrangler PHEV. Jalopnik provided a reader listicle on…
Bye-Bye Nicole
This week Sam had nothing scheduled so he drove his 1990 Miata around. Robbie joined in a bit late to tell us about the Lucid Gravity and Kia Telluride X-Pro SX Prestige while Nicole shared some thoughts on driving her spouse's Wrangler PHEV. Jalopnik provided a reader listicle on concepts that didn't translate well to production. Recurrent provided some data on rising prices of used EVs. Ford invited us out to Michigan Speedway to sample some products from its custom garage and see the new Bronco Desert Rising Edition. Ford also announced a partnership with GenerLink to make connecting an F-150 to the house for power backup easier.
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Very important concept. An additional reason why the WHCA dinner was grotesque and the harms of journalists and news orgs normalizing and democracy-washing the fascist MAGA movement From our pro-democracy election coverage recommendations:
Rita Moore@ritamoore.bsky.social · last wk.Important corollary: people are LESS likely to support authoritarian leaders if people around them don't. This is where "social proof" comes in. Be vocal and visible to social circles and neighbors about your resistance against authoritarians AND your support of pro-democracy candidates and causes
I suggest we start by remigrating Musk, Sacks, and the rest of this cabal back to South Africa
Sunder Katwala (sundersays)@sundersays.bsky.social · 2w agoElon Musk, owner of X, has called the editor of the Economist "a traitor to the West, plain and simple" after her recent interview with him. He now argues that "anyone who opposes remigration is a traitor" Musk has been socialising violence since Aug25: "fight or die, that's what it comes down to"
I particularly like how he’s had the AI portray Canada as pristine wilderness and his country as a denuded wasteland of terrible urbanism, crowded sprawl, deprived housing, absent privacy and roads that literally go nowhere
After 27 years running the pioneering and leading ADAS company Mobileye, Prof Amnon Shashua is going to step down as CEO redcircle.com/shows/1c1492...
TTD July 23, 2026 - Mobileye Founder To Leave
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Startup idea: build a "digital twin" whose sole job is to make you appear as destitute as possible, so that dynamic algorithmic pricing always gives you the lowest possible amount.
Hanaa’ Tameez@hanaatameez.bsky.social · 2w agoNEW: At least five media companies are using algorithmic pricing to decide how much news subscribers should pay. If you've been told that your news subscription price was determined by an algorithm using your personal data, please take the survey at the end: www.niemanlab.org/2026/07/this...
Attacking civilian targets is a war crime, and Donald Trump is a war criminal. Impeachment. 25th amendment . Remove Trump from office now and end this war.
Craig Cole and I had a great conversation with GM executive chief engineer Mandi Damman about what GM is doing in electrification and automated driving on the latest GreenCars podcast www.youtube.com/watch?v=p0cx...
At 18 She Joined GM. Now She’s Shaping its Future. | Podcast
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Your feelgood-video-of-the-day. Love the look on the Techlord's face, standing there with his dick flapping in the wind as the crowd laughs.
badly drawn bee 🐝@soapachu.bsky.social · 2w agoperfect dead drop 10/10 no notes (the shrouds really make this)
It's now been over 5 years since the boring company opened the Las Vegas Loop for business and for anyone that has followed the legacy of self-driving of autonomous Teslas, you won't be surprised to learn that it's still a farce & in no way improves on public transit www.youtube.com/watch?v=e7vF...
The Newest Vegas Loop Stations Will Blow Your Mind
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run them out of every part of polite society. years ago sarah huckabee sanders was asked to leave a restaurant and there was much clutching of pearls, but this is exactly what SHOULD happen when you enable a fascist regime.
𝐉𝐞𝐫𝐢 𝐁𝐥𝐮𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐥 𝐒𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐭 🩷@jastuart68.bsky.social · 2w agoWatching ICE agents literally run away from a Mount Laurel Starbucks without their coffee because the neighborhood completely rejected them is pure gold. South Jersey will make you unwelcome every single time you show your faces.
What Is A Moonroof This week Robbie has been driving the Ford Mustang Mach-e GT and Sam had the Ford F-150 Lariat PowerBoost Hybrid There's lots of news including a Ford patent that could immobilize cars, a proposal for a VW Thing revival as an EREV and an Abarth version of the Fiat Topolino. A…
What Is A Moonroof
This week Robbie has been driving the Ford Mustang Mach-e GT and Sam had the Ford F-150 Lariat PowerBoost Hybrid There's lots of news including a Ford patent that could immobilize cars, a proposal for a VW Thing revival as an EREV and an Abarth version of the Fiat Topolino. A wagon version of the Polestar 4 has been spotted testing with a rear window and Volvo is planning to bring sedans and wagons back to the US. Horse has a range extender system with an axial flux motor and VW is considering building its China developed EVs in Germany.
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I don't think we should mince words. Transphobia and hatred killed May Pollard. The Idaho legislature killed her as surely as if they'd pointed a gun at her head and pulled the trigger. Anti-trans laws were the gun. www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
Idaho pushed anti-trans laws for years. Then a teen died.
The life and death of May Pollard, 16, provides a window into the tragic effect that legislation and political rhetoric have had on trans people in America.
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Pete Hegseth: "We need our warriors to embrace the Spartan mindset" U.S. Military: *suffers crushing defeat to the Persians*
Before sports betting was legalized everywhere, I was neutral about it, thinking that it was a personal choice. Now that it exists everywhere I have been radicalized against it like a 19th century suffragette
shauna@goldengateblond.bsky.social · 3w agoi worked in several casinos and later for an online sportsbook. the best advice i can give you is to stay the hell away from all of it.
I'm sure this will end well for everyone involved.
Dissent Magazine@dissentmag.bsky.social · 3w agoMore than a quarter of American adults have a daily gambling habit, 42 percent of bettors have said they spend more than they should, and a majority of men ages eighteen to forty-nine have an active account with an online sportsbook.