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Full autonomy, production numbers, and a real push towards electrification that’s moving global markets? We must be talking about electric forklifts! On today’s uplifting episode of Quick Charge, we’ve got Big Joe CMO Martin Boyd here to walk us through some of the ways these battery powered equipment assets are making all our lives better.

The Moroccans, 1916 #cubism #matisse

Elon Musk was asked directly on Tesla’s Q2 2026 earnings call whether the company still plans to upgrade Hardware 3 (HW3) cars so they can run its latest “Full Self-Driving” software. His answer made one thing clear: Tesla still has no concrete plan.

Instead of committing to a fix, Musk floated a grab-bag of options and timelines — none of them firm — for the millions of vehicles Tesla sold with the promise that they had “all the hardware necessary” for self-driving.

Not sure why I’m responding either, but thanks for the opportunity!

When my students and I studied historical episodes of active citizenship, we saw that six things needed to be in place for the activists to have a chance for success.

One of them was the ability to affiliate with others. Not just write as we please and read what others write. Beyond that: to find partners and allies and take on the shared work of effective citizenship, through public speech and private planning, just as historical examples have shown.

By now we take for granted that we can read and write as soloists on the web. Looks like rss.chat, however, is taking a very practical step forward in the power to affiliate.

Currently, our #2 story of July: An Indiana prison allows some residents to raise kittens thanks to a partnership with a cat shelter. https://prisonjournalismproject.org/2025/08/12/cats-can-live-their-whole-lives-at-this-prison/?utm_source=Bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=PJP-Bluesky

“The Trump administration is split over how to respond to the rapid rise of China’s leading AI models, according to multiple people familiar with deliberations,” Wired reports. “The debate is broadly divided between parts of the White House, which has pushed for stricter controls on Chinese AI that may soon rival the most powerful U.S. […]

“Senators on both sides of the aisle are quietly hopeful about avoiding a third government shutdown this year,” Axios reports. “Time is short, patience is wearing thin and neither party wants to head into the campaign’s final sprint under the cloud of a funding lapse.”

“President Donald Trump is comparing the death toll from the war in Iran to several past wars in what appears to be an attempt to downplay the rising number of fatalities,” ABC News reports. “Via posts on his social media platform, Trump displayed the number of fatalities in Afghanistan, Iraq, Vietnam and Korea — multi-year […]

“More than 100 child pornography files were found in the central Pennsylvania home of Jesse White, a former Democratic state representative,” CBS News reports. “According to court records, FBI agents discovered more than 100 files containing child pornography on laptops and drives belonging to the former state representative.”

The White House posted on Facebook claiming that 198 Democrats voted against banning members of Congress from trading stocks while in office. What they don’t tell you is that House Republicans attached the SAVE Act to the bill.

How much waterproofing matters in our tech and our riskiest water moments, the last time we changed our minds about a technology, how we buy our phones and thoughts on upgrade programs, and the recent tech purchases we feel guilty about.…

“Department of Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin is ramping up immigration arrests, ending a spring lull that followed the shooting deaths of two U.S. citizens by federal agents,” Bloomberg reports. “Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents made 16,213 arrests during the first 11 days of July for a daily average of more than 1,400, according to […]

Elon Musk hinted at a merger between Tesla and SpaceX on Tesla’s Q2 2026 earnings call, pointing to “more and more overlap” between the two companies he controls.

He stopped short of confirming anything, deferring to Tesla’s general counsel and “the appropriate process” — but the exchange is the closest Musk has come to addressing the merger speculation directly.

Had fun experimenting with some new integration for RSS.chat today, to roll out sometime this week. Give me a new feed or API and I’ll happily start writing code.

Q2 2026 was profitable, but barely.

Not a Bang “Greetings. Please remain where you are,” it squeaks into my mind from atop its towering mechanical conveyance. Another wee being sits in an eye socket. Three others stand on the collar area, miming universal symbols of three wise [___.] The vehicle’s mouth is uncommitted except for a wisp of upturn. My lizard […]

Hello RSS.chat. I'm new here, but I know many of you and have learned from you on previous products. I've been following along as you develop this. I'll hang out for the next few days to observe from the inside of the app, then will (carefully) try my hand at setting up a server of my own.

“Progressive Democrats have romped through primaries this summer, dispatching incumbents and minting new stars of the left in deep-blue territory in New York and Colorado,” the New York Times reports. “In the coming weeks, they’ll take their fight to tougher turf.” “Primary elections in Michigan, Wisconsin and Minnesota will test whether Democratic voters in swingier […]

“Nevada and South Carolina are the leading contenders to be recommended to head Democrats’ 2028 presidential primary calendar,” CNN reports.