Aarian Marshall

@aarianmarshall.bsky.social

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Writing about stuff w/wheels (mostly) @wired.com

An X post from Reuters journalist David Shepardson shows a new logo for the US Secretary of Transporation
RFK's face transposed onto a slab of meat. It's scary, I promise
An X post from Secretary Sean Duffy: Mr. President, 5 things I did last week: 1. Terminated NYC elitist, anti-worker congestion pricing. 2. Launched an investigation into the $16 billion in taxpayer dollars wasted on a high-speed rail project that, after 17 years, has yet to lay a single mile of track. 3. Saved $10 million a year by eliminating redundant and outdated landlines. 4. Visited the Air Traffic Control Command Center in Virginia to see the critical tech upgrades we need to make our air traffic system the envy of the world. 5. Toured Burbank, California traffic control tower and heard from air traffic controllers about how to improve conditions and retain and recruit more controllers. Looking forward to another week of fighting for Americans @USDOT !
An excerpt from the article: Automakers are likely spending time calculating what it will cost to move supplier, assembly, or manufacturing operations back to the US. This is not just a matter of swapping one widget for another, which means responding to tariffs could take automakers months, if not years. Any component change requires testing and calibration, says Dan Hearsch, who leads the US automotive practice at AlixPartners, an industry consultant. “Vehicles carry people’s lives,” he says. “These things have to work, and they have to last. That’s what’s at risk when [automakers] don’t do the right thing when moving production or shifting supply.”
A tweet from DOT Secretary Sean Duffy that reads: “Big news - talked to the DOGE team. They are going to plug in to help upgrade our aviation system.”