Keith Barry
@itskeithbarry.bsky.social
Renault Medallion owner. Tweets/opinions my own. Not the Irish magician. itskeithbarry.com
Dueling fire-related recalls with no fixes available mean it's a bad time to be a 4xe owner www.consumerreports.org/cars/car-rec...
Jeep Plug-In Hybrid SUVs Recalled Again for Fire Risk - Consumer Reports
Jeep is recalling some plug-in hybrid Grand Cherokee and Wrangler 4xe SUVs because a manufacturing defect could cause engine failure or a fire.
www.consumerreports.org
November 14, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Dueling fire-related recalls with no fixes available mean it's a bad time to be a 4xe owner www.consumerreports.org/cars/car-rec...
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As of this morning, Starbucks workers across the country are officially ON STRIKE. And we're prepared for this to become the biggest and longest ULP strike in Starbucks history.
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
November 13, 2025 at 11:33 AM
As of this morning, Starbucks workers across the country are officially ON STRIKE. And we're prepared for this to become the biggest and longest ULP strike in Starbucks history.
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
I always wondered who played the unexpected violin solo on Paula Abdul’s “Rush, Rush.” It was Stuart Canin, who also performed a solo concert for Truman, Churchill, and Stalin at the Potsdam Conference in 1945, and started the Jack Benny-Fred Allen feud. stringsmagazine.com/from-riflema...
From Rifleman to Concertmaster, Stuart Canin Looks Back 90 Years | Strings Magazine
By Cristina Schreil Stuart Canin whips open the door to his Berkeley home and shakes my hand with the kind of solid clasp you’d expect from any lifelong violinist. While many in the Bay Area…
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November 12, 2025 at 11:21 PM
I always wondered who played the unexpected violin solo on Paula Abdul’s “Rush, Rush.” It was Stuart Canin, who also performed a solo concert for Truman, Churchill, and Stalin at the Potsdam Conference in 1945, and started the Jack Benny-Fred Allen feud. stringsmagazine.com/from-riflema...
Another photo of the new Telluride
November 10, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Another photo of the new Telluride
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Google Is Why Grandpa Thinks A Mustang Truck Is Coming And It’s Trying To Kill Our Business www.theautopian.com/google-is-wh...
Google Is Why Grandpa Thinks A Mustang Truck Is Coming And It's Trying To Kill Our Business - The Autopian
I like to say that advertising is not how we make money, but how we avoid losing money. But that’s no longer the case, because of what I suspect are changes to Google’s algorithm to promote utter crap...
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October 28, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Google Is Why Grandpa Thinks A Mustang Truck Is Coming And It’s Trying To Kill Our Business www.theautopian.com/google-is-wh...
Did Fiat intend for the 500e to play the last line of “I’m a Little Teapot” when you turn off the car?
October 27, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Did Fiat intend for the 500e to play the last line of “I’m a Little Teapot” when you turn off the car?
Thinking it might be time to move on to another project. I’ve had some interest from Renault Club members, but I want to float the idea here, too: Anyone interested in taking on one of the last 1988 Renault Medallions in existence? 122k miles, runs but needs work (obviously). In CT. DMs open.
October 23, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Thinking it might be time to move on to another project. I’ve had some interest from Renault Club members, but I want to float the idea here, too: Anyone interested in taking on one of the last 1988 Renault Medallions in existence? 122k miles, runs but needs work (obviously). In CT. DMs open.
Accidental Sir William Lyons
Musk repeats the line about the car "feeling like a living creature" with some future update in FSD software. This functionality is not dependent on the new AI5 hardware. Purely a software problem. "Living creature."
October 22, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Accidental Sir William Lyons
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after the 10th radioactive shrimp recall in 7 weeks, i decided to do some digging
little did i know it would lead me to an underreported industrial accident that may have released an airborne plume of radioactive debris over swaths of indonesia
www.consumerreports.org/health/food-...
little did i know it would lead me to an underreported industrial accident that may have released an airborne plume of radioactive debris over swaths of indonesia
www.consumerreports.org/health/food-...
What Is Really Going on With All This Radioactive Shrimp? - Consumer Reports
Here’s the latest on how shrimp and spices got contaminated with cesium-137, how the FDA has responded, and why consumers should not panic.
www.consumerreports.org
October 9, 2025 at 7:05 PM
after the 10th radioactive shrimp recall in 7 weeks, i decided to do some digging
little did i know it would lead me to an underreported industrial accident that may have released an airborne plume of radioactive debris over swaths of indonesia
www.consumerreports.org/health/food-...
little did i know it would lead me to an underreported industrial accident that may have released an airborne plume of radioactive debris over swaths of indonesia
www.consumerreports.org/health/food-...
In honor of Patricia Routledge (there’s some great cars in the last season of Hetty Wainthropp, too) youtu.be/Po9yWit9jL4
Hyacinth Can't Resist A Rolls Royce | Keeping Up Appearances
YouTube video by BritBox
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October 3, 2025 at 5:18 PM
In honor of Patricia Routledge (there’s some great cars in the last season of Hetty Wainthropp, too) youtu.be/Po9yWit9jL4
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Spoiler: Americans are less confident than they were last year that their personal data is private and not distributed without their knowledge.
October 1, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Spoiler: Americans are less confident than they were last year that their personal data is private and not distributed without their knowledge.
On her 90th birthday, I’m listening to the totally improbable country album that Julie Andrews recorded in 1982 as a fun side project with Johnny Cash, the Jordanaires, and a ton of great Nashville session musicians youtu.be/YiMjPboi7Q4
Crazy (1983) - Julie Andrews
YouTube video by The Julie Andrews Archive
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October 1, 2025 at 12:42 PM
On her 90th birthday, I’m listening to the totally improbable country album that Julie Andrews recorded in 1982 as a fun side project with Johnny Cash, the Jordanaires, and a ton of great Nashville session musicians youtu.be/YiMjPboi7Q4
Can you guess which 3 of the 15 automotive brands tested in Consumer Reports’ first cars issue (June 1936) still exist?
September 29, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Can you guess which 3 of the 15 automotive brands tested in Consumer Reports’ first cars issue (June 1936) still exist?
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it's 2007. you're scrolling your favorite rss feeds in google reader. the internet ad market has led to a boom in mid-sized blogs that can employ tens of writers and editors in a relatively niche subject. you don't know it, but this is the last time journalism will be any good.
September 24, 2025 at 7:22 PM
it's 2007. you're scrolling your favorite rss feeds in google reader. the internet ad market has led to a boom in mid-sized blogs that can employ tens of writers and editors in a relatively niche subject. you don't know it, but this is the last time journalism will be any good.
It’s not often the test car you’re driving gets discontinued while you’re driving it
September 24, 2025 at 7:57 PM
It’s not often the test car you’re driving gets discontinued while you’re driving it
You’ve got 7 minutes to beat the high bid (not mine) of $2625 on this Eagle Premier with 11k miles bid.boauctions.com/ui/auctions/...
RARE 1990 Eagle Premier LX Passenger Car
Less than 12,000 original miles stored inside excellent condition lowest mileage of any Known Eagle survivor This 1990 Eagle Premier LX is a remarkably well-preserved example of AMC/Chrysler’s ambitio...
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September 24, 2025 at 1:25 AM
You’ve got 7 minutes to beat the high bid (not mine) of $2625 on this Eagle Premier with 11k miles bid.boauctions.com/ui/auctions/...
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Someone save it
September 12, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Someone save it
There’s a small patch of Massachusetts that should be labeled “KTonic Demon Hunters”
September 11, 2025 at 7:06 PM
There’s a small patch of Massachusetts that should be labeled “KTonic Demon Hunters”
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If you missed me earlier here’s my segment on King 5’s New Day Northwest! youtu.be/JeI6_BcvumU?...
'We Deserve This' redefines what car culture looks like - New Day NW
YouTube video by New Day Northwest
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September 9, 2025 at 12:24 AM
If you missed me earlier here’s my segment on King 5’s New Day Northwest! youtu.be/JeI6_BcvumU?...
Our local grocery store remodeled and apparently used a time machine to do so (this is a very good thing)
September 1, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Our local grocery store remodeled and apparently used a time machine to do so (this is a very good thing)
Honda’s startup chime is the same as the piano on Bette Midler’s “The Rose” and now I can’t get it out of my head
August 29, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Honda’s startup chime is the same as the piano on Bette Midler’s “The Rose” and now I can’t get it out of my head
I think about this scene at least once a week youtu.be/hM43KvSsJeQ
Beach Boys "Wouldn't It Be Nice" (Roger and Me, Michael Moore, 1989)
YouTube video by Connor_references
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August 28, 2025 at 1:02 AM
I think about this scene at least once a week youtu.be/hM43KvSsJeQ
This looks like the most fun activity I’ve ever seen
August 27, 2025 at 10:05 PM
This looks like the most fun activity I’ve ever seen
My father drove a two-tone Cavalier sedan with those same wheels and I still remember how satisfying it was to spray and brush the grime out of each triangle and diamond. It was always garaged and still rusted to scrap within 9 years.
Wowowowow what a spot at back-2-school night. Incredibly clean #blueplatespecial
August 27, 2025 at 1:46 AM
My father drove a two-tone Cavalier sedan with those same wheels and I still remember how satisfying it was to spray and brush the grime out of each triangle and diamond. It was always garaged and still rusted to scrap within 9 years.