why not cut out the middleman and install a petrol engine?
the only thing worse that Musk's post are the replies
can even they remember which one is which?
more detailed thoughts on the Technoking here: ft.com/content/08c2dc…

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22 Mar
This may be the stupidest intervention ever by an MP.
The BBC is a world class broadcaster, and James Wild’s idea of parliamentary scrutiny is to count the flags in its annual report.

It’s up there with the American senators who ask Mark Zuckerberg what the internet is.
You know what other document has no photos of the Union flag, @jamesowild?

The Conservative Party Manifesto 2019.

Now, please - if you care about national unity, stop trying to rip institutions like the BBC to shreds for no reason.
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5 Nov 20
I'm getting the hang of commenting on US politics

- if Trump scrapes home in the electoral college, but loses popular vote in 2016, the Democrats are out of touch.

- if Biden scrapes home in the electoral college, and wins popular vote in 2020, the Democrats are out of touch.
yes, it's partly about polls and expectations.

but why is it hard for the right to admit that the only reason that American presidential elections are close is because of a perverted electoral system, which is operating in a way that was never intended?
Trump got a lot of votes. If I were the Democrats, of course I would want to understand why. But Gore, Kerry and Clinton got a lot of votes too and the right didn't spend the aftermath of those elections saying that those votes should be listened to.
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3 Oct 20
What does it say about Boris Johnson that his preferred pick for BBC chair lasted a week? telegraph.co.uk/news/2020/10/0…
This is brilliant - Charles Moore, who thinks the licence fee should be slashed, also apparently wanted to be paid at least £280,000 of licence fee payers’ money to be BBC chairman
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26 Sep 20
What happens when you find out your romantic country home is linked to slavery? Well, the owners of one castle urged me not to mention it, in case of vandalism. But happily other owners have been more thoughtful...
ft.com/content/ffbfd3…
One question I had while writing the piece is: are many country homes owned by people of colour? Have they been? Someone kindly pointed me to the story of Nathaniel Wells, the son of a plantation owner and a black woman…
Wells inherited his father’s plantations in St Kitts (he freed very few slaves), and circa 1800 used some of his money to buy Piercefield House, near Chepstow. He became a country gentleman and probably Britain’s first black sheriff.
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25 Sep 20
It's OK to confront people not wearing masks on trains. A society where people call out rule-breakers is also a society where people help each other carry the shopping. ft.com/content/8bcc03…
What we need is from train companies to produce badges for people who are exempt. TfL has one in development. Some people are worried that such badges would single out those with a disability, but... ft.com/content/8bcc03… Image
Last time I wrote about masks I received many, many emails about the size of coroanvirus particles...
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25 Sep 20
woah, a Brexit deal might be reached after all?!
victory for Boris Johnson as Boris Johnson stops bluffing
this from the excellently-informed James Forsyth thetimes.co.uk/article/8bc316…
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