The racism news just keeps getting worse at Tesla, like a repeat of the rapid fall of South African apartheid. It’s almost as if Elon Musk, whose family helped build and run South African apartheid until 1988 when they abruptly fled to Canada, has somehow escaped accountability for their and his horrible past. On Wednesday, … Continue reading Tesla’s Anti-Black Racism Headed to Court: 10s of Thousands of Workers Cited
The Daily Show interview with Mark Cuban is fantastic. I agree, I agree, AI agree. He really nails the problem with the post-2008 Silicon Valley rise of fascist bro culture. In particular he correctly points out Musk and Thiel types want to end democracy and flip the U.S. into a corporation, buying themselves a seat … Continue reading Be a Mark Cuban
A lawsuit filed by the family of a worker killed by Tesla has published some preliminary findings. Attorneys for the Gomez family claim that he was working as part of contruction at a Tesla facility called Gigafactory Texas. There, while inspecting electric panels prior to activation, Gomez was fatally electrocuted by an already energized panel. … Continue reading Feds Investigate TX Tesla Factory Killing Its Latino Workers
Before I get to the Toyota crash, let’s recognize that all the news lately about Cybertruck design failure has centered on a very high profile towing incident, from a social media personality’s durability test. Allegedly the Cybertruck attempt to pull unstuck another truck, instead completely ripped the back of the Tesla frame off. Big oops. … Continue reading Another Tesla “Civil War” Cybertruck Destroyed Itself by Crashing Into a Toyota Corolla