Tim Arrowsmith
@timarrowsmith.bsky.social
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• Motorcyclist • Winery Owner
• PhD: history of British motorcycle culture
• Motorcyclist • Winery Owner
• PhD: history of British motorcycle culture
Interesting counterposition: Rebecca Burke, British woman detained for 10 days in the US was refused entry from US-Canada because she was intending to work, and didn't have a work visa to enter Canada. She was detained on return to the US because she didn't have a work visa to enter the US either
April 6, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Interesting counterposition: Rebecca Burke, British woman detained for 10 days in the US was refused entry from US-Canada because she was intending to work, and didn't have a work visa to enter Canada. She was detained on return to the US because she didn't have a work visa to enter the US either
Tesla boycotts / demonstrations at dealers are a sign that residual values are about to tank. The impact on RVs will be felt on leasing, which is all that was propping up Tesla's sales in Q3/Q4 last year. Model 3 cars were available for $199/mth, which boosted sales. That will evaporate in 2025 1/?
March 17, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Tesla boycotts / demonstrations at dealers are a sign that residual values are about to tank. The impact on RVs will be felt on leasing, which is all that was propping up Tesla's sales in Q3/Q4 last year. Model 3 cars were available for $199/mth, which boosted sales. That will evaporate in 2025 1/?
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This is how the Press and the Public at town halls need to phrase it when talking to GOP in Congress.
"Do you support the US Government standing with North Korea in attacking and killing Europeans?"
"Do you support the US Government standing with North Korea in attacking and killing Europeans?"
February 25, 2025 at 1:09 AM
This is how the Press and the Public at town halls need to phrase it when talking to GOP in Congress.
"Do you support the US Government standing with North Korea in attacking and killing Europeans?"
"Do you support the US Government standing with North Korea in attacking and killing Europeans?"
Might be best if you didn't fly for a while....
A team from SpaceX is being brought in to overhaul FAA’s air traffic control system
A team from SpaceX is being brought in to overhaul FAA’s air traffic control system
Staff shortages are about to get even worse.
buff.ly
February 18, 2025 at 9:58 AM
Might be best if you didn't fly for a while....
Which is why you don't need tech bros, you need expensive forensic accountants.
President Trump and Elon Musk have vowed to uncover and eliminate fraud in the federal government.
Government Accountability official says fraud does exist, but it's not widespread
President Trump and Elon Musk have vowed to uncover and eliminate fraud in the federal government.
www.npr.org
February 16, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Which is why you don't need tech bros, you need expensive forensic accountants.
This feels accurate
I know everything feels grim right now but let's be realistic. These people are idiots. They're going to tank their economy. They're going to fuck-up every deal they sign. They're going to leave America looking shattered and deranged. And all those who supported them will look as idiotic as they are
February 15, 2025 at 6:12 PM
This feels accurate
It's 626 days until the mid terms.
February 15, 2025 at 2:23 PM
It's 626 days until the mid terms.
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Reposted by Tim Arrowsmith
Brianna Keilar: Do you think that calling Elon Musk a dick is effective messaging?
Congressman Robert Garcia: Well, he is a dick.
Congressman Robert Garcia: Well, he is a dick.
February 12, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Brianna Keilar: Do you think that calling Elon Musk a dick is effective messaging?
Congressman Robert Garcia: Well, he is a dick.
Congressman Robert Garcia: Well, he is a dick.
Next time you're in Costco, take a look at the name badges of the staff. Each one has the year the employee started working there. At our two local stores many of the staff have been there over thirty years. That tells you everything you need to know about how they treat their staff.
February 2, 2025 at 8:31 AM
Next time you're in Costco, take a look at the name badges of the staff. Each one has the year the employee started working there. At our two local stores many of the staff have been there over thirty years. That tells you everything you need to know about how they treat their staff.
Fun fact: Mike Hailwood's Honda RC181 from this race is in the Solvang Motorcycle Museum three miles from my home.
It was VERY rare for teams to wear sponsor gear in the 1960s. This is the Honda team at the '66 TT on Douglas prom. Riders: Redman, Hailwood, Graham, Taveri, Bryans. Chief engineer Michihiko Aika between Taveri/Bryans
February 1, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Fun fact: Mike Hailwood's Honda RC181 from this race is in the Solvang Motorcycle Museum three miles from my home.
You've got just a couple of days to binge the first season of SAS: Rogue Heroes on Amazon Prime before it gets dropped. It's a fascinating story - mostly true - in which Nazis and fascists get stabbed, shot and blown up in comically large numbers.
January 29, 2025 at 8:53 AM
You've got just a couple of days to binge the first season of SAS: Rogue Heroes on Amazon Prime before it gets dropped. It's a fascinating story - mostly true - in which Nazis and fascists get stabbed, shot and blown up in comically large numbers.
Don't give your customers an excuse to take their business elsewhere by polarizing your prospects. Last thing I want to do now is any training or travel with this company if I think I'll have to tolerate the owner forcing his views on me while *I pay for his time*.
An owner telegraphing his support for Trump in the first email marketing communications for 2025 is a brave move, especially here in California. It's a motorcycle business that's clearly been struggling for the last year or so, and may not be off to the best start. They just lost my business.
January 28, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Don't give your customers an excuse to take their business elsewhere by polarizing your prospects. Last thing I want to do now is any training or travel with this company if I think I'll have to tolerate the owner forcing his views on me while *I pay for his time*.
An owner telegraphing his support for Trump in the first email marketing communications for 2025 is a brave move, especially here in California. It's a motorcycle business that's clearly been struggling for the last year or so, and may not be off to the best start. They just lost my business.
January 28, 2025 at 7:18 PM
An owner telegraphing his support for Trump in the first email marketing communications for 2025 is a brave move, especially here in California. It's a motorcycle business that's clearly been struggling for the last year or so, and may not be off to the best start. They just lost my business.
I wish more people understood this.
PROP - PR Over Policy.
Don't confuse them.
He is flooding the zone. He knows that media will cover everything he does. Getting people upset. Which helps give him more coverage of the upset people. All just talking about him.
Dems need to be strategic.
Don't confuse them.
He is flooding the zone. He knows that media will cover everything he does. Getting people upset. Which helps give him more coverage of the upset people. All just talking about him.
Dems need to be strategic.
January 28, 2025 at 7:15 PM
I wish more people understood this.
Just got a notification that Ducati's latest Panigale V4 has been recalled for a problem causing rear brake failure. Slightly worrying that a big manufacturer can have such a serious issue that makes it through quality control.
January 23, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Just got a notification that Ducati's latest Panigale V4 has been recalled for a problem causing rear brake failure. Slightly worrying that a big manufacturer can have such a serious issue that makes it through quality control.
Meanwhile, in California, we're dumping excess renewable energy to neighboring states because solar and wind generation far exceeds demand. What a clown.
President Trump signed a "national energy emergency" that gives his administration new powers to boost fossil fuel development around the country.
Trump's energy emergency is a gift to fossil fuel firms. It's likely headed to court
President Trump signed a "national energy emergency" that gives his administration new powers to boost fossil fuel development around the country.
www.npr.org
January 23, 2025 at 11:05 AM
Meanwhile, in California, we're dumping excess renewable energy to neighboring states because solar and wind generation far exceeds demand. What a clown.
No doubt driven by a desire to free EU economies from reliance on Russian gas. De facto sanctions; just as effective, despite taking longer.
"Fossil fuels are losing their grip on EU energy. At the start of the European Green Deal in 2019, few thought the EU’s energy transition could be where it is today; wind and solar are pushing coal to the margins and forcing gas into structural decline"
Big new @ember-energy.org report on EU energy
Big new @ember-energy.org report on EU energy
European Electricity Review 2025 | Ember
The EU’s electricity transition continued at pace in 2024, as solar overtook coal for the first time and gas declined for the fifth year in a row.
ember-energy.org
January 23, 2025 at 10:52 AM
No doubt driven by a desire to free EU economies from reliance on Russian gas. De facto sanctions; just as effective, despite taking longer.
Hero
“I had a feeling that there were people watching what was happening and wondering, Was anyone going to say anything?” Bishop Mariann Budde explained. “Was anyone going to say anything about the turn the country’s taking?”
So, she took a breath, and spoke. nyti.ms/3WtmNY2
So, she took a breath, and spoke. nyti.ms/3WtmNY2
January 23, 2025 at 10:48 AM
Hero
In these tense times, surely it's important to get the location right? Isn't this meant to say the 405, not the 5? They're nowhere near each other at this point.
A 20-acre brush fire was spreading on Thursday in a part of Los Angeles that is near Interstate 5, the Getty Museum and UCLA's campus.
New Brush Fire Breaks Out in L.A., Threatening Area Near U.C.L.A.
The 20-acre fire was burning on the Sepulveda Pass near Interstate 5, the Getty Museum and the campus of the University of California, Los Angeles.
www.nytimes.com
January 23, 2025 at 9:48 AM
In these tense times, surely it's important to get the location right? Isn't this meant to say the 405, not the 5? They're nowhere near each other at this point.
We've had an EV of some kind for over ten years, and for the last year both our daily drivers have been electric. They have cool features: I checked the charge on the VW overnight when it was 25F, and saw that the car was in intermittent defrost mode to keep the windshield clear. Smart.
January 23, 2025 at 9:43 AM
We've had an EV of some kind for over ten years, and for the last year both our daily drivers have been electric. They have cool features: I checked the charge on the VW overnight when it was 25F, and saw that the car was in intermittent defrost mode to keep the windshield clear. Smart.
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If she can do it, we can all do it.
January 22, 2025 at 10:43 AM
If she can do it, we can all do it.
The question should have been "Mr President, are members of the military with high levels of security clearance still forbidden to use TikTok?"
REPORTER: Why did you change your mind about TikTok?
TRUMP: Because I got to use it. And remember, TikTok is largely about kids. Young kids. If China is gonna get information about young kids, I don't know -- to be honest with you, I think we have bigger problems than that.
TRUMP: Because I got to use it. And remember, TikTok is largely about kids. Young kids. If China is gonna get information about young kids, I don't know -- to be honest with you, I think we have bigger problems than that.
January 21, 2025 at 2:12 AM
The question should have been "Mr President, are members of the military with high levels of security clearance still forbidden to use TikTok?"
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Can someone remind me what it’s called when the government seizes private businesses?
January 21, 2025 at 1:24 AM
Can someone remind me what it’s called when the government seizes private businesses?
Posted this 18 hrs ago; motorcade passed me an hour ago. We appear to have new neighbors, and a second President has chosen to live this area.
And the home the Bidens were rumored to be viewing at the time went under contract on New Year's Eve after being on the market for some time. I wonder if we're getting new neighbors this week?
January 21, 2025 at 1:58 AM
Posted this 18 hrs ago; motorcade passed me an hour ago. We appear to have new neighbors, and a second President has chosen to live this area.