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on the way home, the Tesla Model 3 barreled into a tree and exploded in flames, killing von Ohain, a Tesla employee and devoted fan of CEO Elon Musk. Rossiter, who survived the crash, told emergency responders that von Ohain was using an “auto-drive feature on the Tesla” that “just ran straight off the road,” according to a 911 dispatch recording obtained by The Washington Post. In a recent interview, Rossiter said he believes that von Ohain was using Full Self-Driving, which — if true — would make his death the first known fatality involving Tesla’s most advanced driver-assistance technology.

Finally, they have a witness. A survivor of an Autopilot mishap who can testify that the driver was using Full Self Driving mode at the time of the crash.

See, this has been impossible thus far because (1) survivors are rare, and (2) Teslas are programmed to automatically disengage Self-Driving milliseconds before the crash so that when investigators review the telemetry it clearly shows FSD wasn't turned on.

And due to this technicality, Musk has been able to claim Autopilot has never killed anybody. Until now.

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absolutely losing my mind that a bunch of nimby assholes spent $500k to build a sandcastle that was promptly wiped away

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Free Palestine protesters shut down the Golden Gate Bridge and 880 freeway in Oakland. This is huge🫡

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Let's irresponsibly breed a dog together!

Share as much as possible that dog gotta be atrocious by the end of the week

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something about loving a being that is categorically incapable of love so much that they transcend their very nature and learn to love back

(this is about Hiccup and Toothless from the HTTYD books, and Shawn and Corr from The Scorpio Races, and Lucy and the Skull from The Empty Grave)

#silas from sorcery of thorns #tryna think of others #but yes this post is very good

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Kendra: Would you be more surprised to find a walrus or a fairy knocking at your door?

Seth: Neither would surprise me at this point, but I better not be the walrus this time.

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Angie Sage describing a random child sentry playing with cats and snowballs and looking extremely cold:

And then he is the main character of the entire story.

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The vibe for next season after that last scene:

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“Nobody’s going to want to sit on high-speed rail for fifteen hours to get from New York City to LA.”

Me. I will sit on high-speed rail for fifteen hours. I’ll sit on it for days. I’ll write and read and nap and eat and then do it all over again. I’ll stare out the windows and see America from ground level and not have to drive. I’ll see the Rockies and the deserts and cornfields and the Mississippi River and your house and yours and yours too. I’ll make up stories in my head about the small towns I see as we go along. I’ll see the states I’ve yet to see because driving or flying there is a fucking slog and expensive to boot. I’ll enjoy the ride as much as the destination. And then I’ll do it all over again to come the fuck home.

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#I had an app where people could just upload random jokes #idfk it was like ifunny but for android #and someone uploaded a super explicit sex scene #and i asked my mom if that was how sex worked #i was like 12 #and she went yep and never elaborated #and i was like oh okay #and that was it

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hush little baby dont you cry. mamas gonna buy you a big horse fly. and if that big horse fly dont fly. mamas gonna buy you another horse fly

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#being a clone means you have a secret twin #being a robot means you dont have internal organs which means your medical history is a lie #and also somebody could download malware into you #so much more messed up

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WHY THE FUCK do people have a problem with smile lines ?? you don’t like that your face shows evidence of you being happy??? why are you so afraid of aging to the point that ur afraid to smile? this is not okay

#the way smile lines are literally the most attractive thing a person can have #do people seriously not like them #wtf

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everyone on tumblr rn for some reason