No. They are regurgitating info from people who personally contacted them which is in the lede. They also are reporting about it in other parts of the country and from kids attending universities.

The Reddit part was regarding speculating about who is sending them.

For sure. In any case, people are really stupid. 😢

That’s not how Trends works.

Trends looks at searches for a keyword (or topic) compared to all searches performed (in that area) and then the data is normalized.

In short, Trends looks at “is it hot or not” (e.g., popularity of a term, NOT actual search volumes) and 100 is peak hot while 0 is peak cold. So that curve up today means it is starting to get hot when you compare to the rest of the data except that spike which is around when he dropped out. Narrow your view gap from 12 months to past 1 month and you’ll see a much different story.

Source: am former SEO and this shit was part of my daily job.

Beezus has risen! Thank you Lord Beezus

Calm down. It’s not Duolingo. Your family is safe.

But not that shocked?

I’ve always said this job would be great if it weren’t for the fucking customers.

See you in the news, I guess?

Or helping to come up with some plot hooks in a pinch.

As I’m not in journalism, why couldn’t the most senior editor control the top headline and push out the views of the also believe the same?

Serious question, but what stops the editors and writers who feel differently from just telling him no and printing what they want?

I understand he owns them and could fire them, but I think that would be more telling and a much bigger story internationally if he just fired or shut down WaPo for not doing his bidding rather than this subscriber loss being what we see. Journalists used to do real reporting and expose huge things (some still do), so if they actually feel this way about the candidate then they should’ve just printed what they wanted anyway.

I see. So you don’t live in America. I still stand by what I said because I’m pretty sure that many manufacturers that sell vehicles in your area are cheaper than a Tesla.

Also, why are you getting angry for me pointing out what’s true? You compared Tesla and Ford without specifying where you live and/or availability. If you can’t get a Ford there at all then of course it’s less affordable than a Tesla because it’s not even an option.

If that’s the point then it begs to ask the question of why you even compared the two for your edge case and used a generality of affordability to most “normal people”.

Then you certainly couldn’t buy a Tesla either which is more out of your price range. That’s the point of my response.

TL;DR of this response is that a Tesla is not more affordable for most normal people because what they can purchase is influenced by initial buy in costs/their own budgets at purchase:

Many “normal people” have less than 5K in savings. A model 3 is baseline around $40K plus the infrastructure of chargers you will probably need installed to charge it.

A Ford Bronco Sport or Escape start at 29K and I used them as an example because most Americans are buying SUVs or trucks, not sedans or compacts. No infrastructure needed.

Even with high credit scores, you’re talking at least ~$500 monthly payments even with something like 7K down. I know this because I purchased a new Subaru for about 30K within the past 6 months and my credit score was 815 at the time of purchase and I shopped around for the best APR financing I could get.

You have to remember that long term affordability doesn’t matter. Up front costs are influencing most “normal people” purchases because what you can afford NOW is what you can afford.

As an example of this in action - There’s a reason subscription services see monthly or quarterly as their biggest buy-ins because cheaper up front costs mean more to the consumer who has to invest in the NOW despite the long term being a better deal. I was in marketing for a subscription service and guess what we always sold the most of? If you guessed monthly - have a cookie.

NO, LouNeko! No touchy non-FOSS.

Everybody get up, it’s time to slam now!

At least 4 dozen!

Bud, imagine your parents taking you as a teen to see Species (1995) because we all thought it was just some sci-fi alien movie…

Mapquest is still around, so that solves one problem. The rest can be alleviated by communicating in person with your partner and aligning on a plan to not get tracked (like partner driving you and leaving their phone at home).

In the absence of that help, friends or family you trust. A cab? The clinic probably has a phone to hail a cab when you’re there.

Disclaimer: I’m just providing work arounds, I’m not saying they’re ideal.