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Starting my day off happy that every car I have ever owned has been more pleasing to the eye than the latest million-dollar Ferrari.

The Ferrari Luce is a sobering monument to unchecked ego, the desperate desire for auto shareholders to own a tech stock, the victory of short-term capital over long-term brand value and sycophancy so pervasive that no one could say no.

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Anticipated by whom? By what benchmark? Isn't this breathless superlative an insult to journalism? Cybertruck, R3, Slate... months of anticipation across income sectors, and real pre-orders. The hideous Luce, a plaything for the moneyed and tasteless, is somehow more anticipated? No.

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adam barrera @highmileage.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

Ferrari Luce. Hoo, boy. This industry really had to learn the hard way that consumer electronics design cannot directly translate to automotive. Such a high-profile, public disaster.

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Imagine if Miata owners were snobs instead of weebs. "Actually, we call those *retractable* headlamps, not 'pop-ups'. 'Vinyl'? You mean, the Hampton seats? With Bose Audiopilot surround sound? Yeah, an M Edition is worth like $50,000 more nowadays. The OEM BBS alone... "

scotthoots.bsky.social @scotthoots.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

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He can keep $10B of his total net worth and everything else should go to the people. That's more than enough to buy a professional sports franchise in any sport by yourself. If he's mad about that then it's off to the guillotine.

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adam barrera @highmileage.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

Then let's quadruple them? Asshole. 🙄

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

"We're dealing with a Jim Crow legislature... Tennessee is is a state autocracy... if this was happening anywhere else we'd call it authoritarianism." @timmiller.bsky.social & @brotherjones.bsky.social on the TN GOP supermajority racially gerrymandering Memphis, kicking Dems off committees, etc.

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adam barrera @highmileage.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

Maybe I gave up my career in favor of a meaningless job so I can get paid to sit and steep in the unbelievable moments from the time before, which I can barely face enough to call to mind, much less write down in preservation.

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Texas Observer @texasobserver.org · 30/04/2026

Sometimes our covers offer reprieve from an ambient heaviness; other times, they're a call to skip brunch and take to the streets. And sometimes, they're just a rattlesnake. As Editor-in-Chief @gusbova.bsky.social explains, with our May/June 2026 cover, we're planting a flag:

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Editor's Letter: Introducing Our May/June 2026 Issue

A note from the editor-in-chief

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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 18/04/2026

The FBI Director, the DC US Attorney, and the Secretary of Defense walk into a bar. Apparently like every day.

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adam barrera @highmileage.bsky.social · 19/04/2026

Heard the new Kurt Vile on SiriusXMU Friday. It is, of course, so accessible and lovable and immediately singable. But 2000 miles is a lot of time read way too into Kurt's intro bump, where he sounds so wholesome just like the good dude he is — a voice that we need in these times.

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adam barrera @highmileage.bsky.social · 16/04/2026

Nissan's current top-trim wheel designs are iconic. There's not another word.

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adam barrera @highmileage.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

The truly epochal moments within my automotive lifetime. 1986 Ford Taurus 1991 Saturn 1994 Dodge Ram 1994 Audi A4 1997 Toyota Prius 2004 Scion 2010 Chevrolet Camaro 2011 Chevrolet Volt 2012 Tesla

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adam barrera @highmileage.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

America is a dangerous unaccountable police state.

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adam barrera @highmileage.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

I can't even listen to Grimes anymore. I'm sorry.

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adam barrera @highmileage.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

I refuse to believe closing El Paso airspace was just incompetence. This was one step shy of Yoon Suk Yeol declaring martial law. This was government terror targeting our own citizens in a heavily Hispanic, Democratic and easily isolated city.

adam barrera @highmileage.bsky.social · 08/02/2026

Ever notice that Cayman owners are the only Porsche people who deign to speak to others?

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adam barrera @highmileage.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

Chrysler dealers got what they asked for: V8s in everything, zero globally competitive products, nothing in the pipeline and the most aged lineup in the business. Tavares tried to modernize Chrysler. Dealers refused, legislators set us back 20 years, and short-term profit beat long-term survival.

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adam barrera @highmileage.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

Today's design leaders are Renault, Hyundai, Kia and Nissan — they're a decade ahead of the industry. BMW, Honda and Mercedes are so wildly off the mark of elegance, it's shameful. GM has all the talent in the world and none of the wherewithal. And Chrysler's wilting lineup is honestly sad.

adam barrera @highmileage.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

Buick and Lincoln are zombie brands that somehow still exist in 2026 because of China. ✍🏻... ooookay.

Michelle Mad AF @ihazquestionz.bsky.social · 19/01/2026

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Why would anyone believe him about anything. “Elon says,” is already disqualified.

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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 04/01/2026

We cannot become numb to the outrage of this. The wife of the President’s Senior Advisor threatens a sovereign nation.

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Better Things Are Possible @internethippo.bsky.social · 03/01/2026

You should be embarrassed to be a member of congress and issuing anything other than impeachment resolutions. You're in the model UN. They should give you legos and a propeller hat

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mattie lubchansky @mattielubchansky.com · 03/01/2026

if you are talking today about how bad maduro was and were alive, at all, during the run-up to the iraq war you are potentially the dumbest person to ever live

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Ben Jackson @benjacksontp.bsky.social · 04/01/2026

Lots on my mind at the moment. No better way to clear the head than a blast in this.

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Adam Schwarz @adamjschwarz.bsky.social · 03/01/2026

Trump voters have turned the most powerful country in the world - the longtime leader of the democratic West - into a violent rogue state. In doing so, they have smashed any semblance of international law and order. This ‘might is right’ world MAGA have inflicted upon us endangers all of humanity.

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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 03/01/2026

Among the many reasons you don’t kidnap a foreign head of state at gunpoint even if you have the capability, is that it sparks consequences you can neither control nor anticipate.

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Zamafir @zamafir.bsky.social · 03/01/2026

Waking up to the news today I’ve never been more proud not to own a ICE/HEV/PHEV. The biggest thing we can do as contentious consumers is not buy gas, ever again.

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James Ball @jamesrball.com · 03/01/2026

Marco Rubio is reportedly saying Maduro will stand trial in US courts. Which means it’s now the US administration’s position that US courts can hold foreign presidents, but not the US president, accountable for crimes.

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Max Berger @maxberger.bsky.social · 03/01/2026

The aging pedophile who wants to be a king has kidnapped the leader of a sovereign nation without congressional approval. If the United States had an opposition party, they would treat this as an illegitimate act and start impeachment proceedings immediately.

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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 03/01/2026

Just woke up even angrier. Impeach, convict, remove. Draft articles now. Either we have a representative government or we don’t. Do not shut up about this until there’s a vote.

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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 03/01/2026

You have to go through Congress for anything resembling this type of war. Round up Massie and Paul types and have him removed. The people in this administration are on actual drugs and have insatiable bloodlust and bespoke mental illnesses. He has to go, and everybody with him.

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adam barrera @highmileage.bsky.social · 03/01/2026

We don't actually have three branches of government anymore.

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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 03/01/2026

Tonight, the President of the United States has launched an unconstitutional war of aggression, dooming another generation to spill their blood for oil, and lay waste to a sovereign nation. I demand that Congress exercise its power, halt this conflict, and impeach this war criminal president.

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adam barrera @highmileage.bsky.social · 24/12/2025

American is definitely the Dallas of airlines.

Timothy Burke @bubbaprog.xyz · 23/12/2025

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The full spiked 60 Minutes CECOT package, clean & subtitled. 1/5

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Patton Oswalt @pattonoswalt.bsky.social · 23/12/2025

I mean yeah it’s an authoritarian takeover but can we take some comfort in the fact that the people doing it are INSANELY stupid?

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adam barrera @highmileage.bsky.social · 24/12/2025

Too bad Zuck blared his bigotry and forced my hand to delete Threads. I loved having an active and interactive sounding board with tons of real people to meet. It felt new, nostalgic and special. This place can feel quite lonely.

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adam barrera @highmileage.bsky.social · 23/12/2025

American is the worst airline this side of Spirit and it's not even close. No such thing as a good domestic US airline now, but American really makes the point.

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Greggo 🏳️‍🌈 @greggo.bsky.social · 18/12/2025

I bought a white Fiat Panda in GT7, thought I'd put white wheels on it and stop there. It's now Ferrari Vinaccia with Oro Kelso wheels, Brembo calipers, a solid metal panel instead of a grille, with an OLIO FIAT logo instead of a badge. Wanted Ricambi on the plate, but it didn't look right.

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My response to anything over the next two weeks

A grey and red transit bus on the road in a city. The bus’ destination sign reads “NO? ?? ???????”

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NIL Youngboy @dimmadome.bsky.social · 18/12/2025

Greg Biffle, the driver, wasn’t a superstar but his efforts in the Hurricane Helene response for western North Carolina says more to his character than anything he ever did behind a wheel. The sport lost a great ambassador today. RIP.

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Greg Biffle air-dropped supplies to Hurricane Helene victims, because that's what badass racers do. 👍🏻

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Awful news about Greg Biffle today. Cheers to a racer's life well-lived, and thoughts to his family, friends and fans. Motorsports is a tight brotherhood and we all feel this loss.

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