That is true of the conservaclowns. To them, batteries, solar power and weather are all gay liberal conspiracies. If it weren’t so harmful to the future and to everyone, it’d be funny.
We probably should have emigrated.
Day: July 8, 2025, 10:59 PM
Becons
This is one reason why the repeal of EV subsidies in the BBB is big mistake. We are basically ceding the EV industry to China.
Make no mistake: no critical industry in the US emerged without large government subsidies, from the railroads on down. https://t.co/kAEpHenR8u
— Aaron M. Renn 🇺🇸 (@aaron_renn) July 8, 2025
Every major industry that has been developed anywhere ever has been government-subsidized all the way back to ancient times. It’s funny when idiots are like, “Buh-buh-buh, Tesla gets government subsidies! That makes it faaaaaake!” Or on the right, “Solar power got subsidized! That means it can’t worrrrrrrk!”
Meanwhile, oil companies and auto manufacturing incumbents receive dozens of billions in direct subsidies and tax breaks a year and no one says shit1. Makes no sense. If you object, at least be consistent. But no one any side ever does that. And the clown show continues.
Hups
Yesterday, I did 225 push-ups across three sets. Not bad. Not bad at all.
Elle McAndrews – Tassels
This is a good song, but it could be so much better with a quality producer and a tiny bit of re-work. To improve it and really make it a great song it’d need:
1) Double tracking on the vocals. This isn’t a live performance (that’s lip syncing in the vid). Use the advantages you have.
2) More dynamic bassline. It’s too static. It needs to groove. The keyboard hook is good but the bassline is a dead fish.
3) It should bump up the voice during phrases and let the instruments breathe during rests.
4) The song needs more vocal underlayering with chorus ducking during the singer’s phrases.
5) The drummer is just not very good. Use electronic drums or a better drummer.
Give me a few hours mucking around in Ableton and I could make this song a lot better.
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