Saturday, December 28, 2024

The Cybertruck Embodies Elon Musk, for Better and Worse (Newser Deep Dive)

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December 28, 2024
 
 
The headline at Texas Monthly refers to the vehicle as "the most polarizing thing on wheels." And not surprisingly, the accompanying article by SC Gwynne (who once covered the auto industry for Time) is about Tesla's Cybertruck. Keep reading
 
Jaime Cachua came to the US from Mexico as an infant when his mother found work, and as such is here illegally. With President-elect Trump pledging mass deportations, the 33-year-old longtime resident of Rome, Georgia, fears what's to come after Inauguration Day for himself, his wife Jennifer, and their 7-year-old twins, per a profile in the New York Times. Keep reading
 
The Wall Street Journal is out with a deeply reported story about how aides to President Biden have gone to unusual lengths to manage what the piece describes as his "diminished" capabilities throughout his presidency. "Presidents always have gatekeepers," reads the story. Keep reading
 
It's not so much a whodunnit as a where-is-it, the "it" being a lost masterpiece of Vincent van Gogh. As the New York Times explains, the mystery revolves around The Portrait of Dr. Gachet, which van Gogh painted in 1890, just weeks before taking his own life. Keep reading
 
At the start of dinner with his guests, Ben Green offers this pick-me-up of a toast: "We're here because it's already too late," he tells them. "The collapse of society is inevitable, and it's imminent." Keep reading
 
From the Archives
Tse Chi Lop is widely referred to as "Asia's El Chapo." But a profile at Toronto Life by Stephen Marche makes the case that the comparison is off by a mile. Keep reading
 
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