Dave Modela

@BeardedTesla @MercedesAMGF1 @MercedesBenz As long as it's Kimi winning.

Amazing start to this season. Congrats to “our team” @MercedesAMGF1 @MercedesBenz on this historic first 3 rounds The little man and I are looking forward to Miami

@TracesofTexas Is that a folded newspaper on the porch roof?

Elsie McMullen, a laundry truck driver, delivering dry-cleaned clothing to a house in Beaumont. How great is this photo? Yet another example of women doing jobs that men did before WW II. Taken by the uber-talented John Vachon.

@DirtyTesLa Texas is great but I don't recommend Austin (or San Antonio). I'll be moving to Michigan this year and except for being near family, I 'm not looking forward to it.

I want to move to Austin. All of Michigan is so lame

@bthompson_bill @ericmmatheny @jacek_kapu94021 You can just push the lock button on the touchscreen (always visible in the top status bar, near the top edge of the touchscreen).

The default on my Tesla is to be unlocked when it is in PARK, and one is seated. Someone outside of the car can merely touch the door handles, and the door will spring open, when in PARK. As soon as one shifts into DRIVE everything locks. (There are no door handle locks or buttons to lock it ) The other option to lock it while it is parked, is to toggle through the controls go through 2 screens, and 3 button presses and look for the control that locks it, but it is not easy to find, especially if in a panic. Obviously, as soon as one walks away with the key fob, it locks automatically. It’s an awesome car, but it is quirky.

I was in fourth grade during the LA riots when I watched the live newsfeed of Reginald Denny getting ripped out of his truck and getting a brick thrown at his head. Forgive me if I take the more lenient approach to driving through a dangerous crowd.

@iowahawkblog Was his name Mat?

Just as the Mysterious Gypsy Woman foretold

@JeannetteCalle 👎

What emoji would you use to describe how you feel about these next 10 days?

@DirtyTesLa That's all part of the amazing abundance (at least for the owner of the robot)

Who is tipping a robot 😭 isn't the whole point we don't need to tip them

@grey4626 Outstanding!

No, Ryan. What you did to Cynical Publius wasn’t journalism, wasn’t courage, and sure as hell wasn’t “countering bullying.” It was a gutless, calculated doxxing of a combat veteran whose only crime was wielding a pseudonym to gut the sacred cows of your precious military-education cartel with more precision than your entire editorial staff could muster in a lifetime. You dragged his real name into the light like some cheap tabloid hitman, not because he posed a physical threat, but because his ideas...raw, unfiltered, and surgically lethal...threatened the cozy sinecures, the civilian faculty fiefdoms, and the intellectual rot you’ve spent years polishing into tenure-track respectability. This wasn’t about “accountability.” This was projection on steroids. You saw a man who refused to play your polite institutional game...a man who chose anonymity not out of cowardice but out of tactical necessity, the same way special operators don’t sign their real names on every after-action report...and you couldn’t stomach it. So you weaponized your platform to strip him bare, all while hiding behind the fig leaf of “he was going public anyway.” Bullshit. That’s the excuse of a bully who just got caught with his fist raised. You didn’t expose a threat; you exposed your own fragility. The second a pseudonymous voice started dismantling the war-college echo chamber with veteran credibility you’ll never match, your instinct wasn’t debate...it was destruction. Classic authoritarian reflex dressed up as professionalism. You don’t get to doxx veterans, Ryan. Not for political disagreement, not for “harassment” you conveniently redefine as anyone who makes your faculty friends squirm, and especially not when that veteran has bled for the same institutions you now gatekeep like a fucking hall monitor with a PhD. Cynical’s anonymity was his armor; you ripped it off not to protect anyone, but to punish dissent and send a message to every other independent mind: toe the line or we’ll burn your cover. That’s not defense of the realm. That’s the behavior of a man who’s internalized the very bureaucratic cancer he claims to oppose...petty, vindictive, and terrified of real scrutiny. You are the bully here, Ryan Evans. Full stop. The venom you injected into that article wasn’t righteous; it was the desperate hiss of a cornered insider watching his narrative monopoly crack. And the rest of us...veterans, reformers, anyone who still believes ideas should be fought with ideas, not personal destruction...see it for exactly what it is: a moral failure wrapped in editorial sanctimony. Next time you want to play tough guy, try it with your own name on the line instead of someone else’s blood-earned service record. Until then, spare us the lectures. Your mask just slipped, and the face underneath is pure, unadulterated institutional cowardice. 💀⚖️

@BeardedTesla Congratulations! Unfortunately I gained 11 lbs over the last year. 🙁

With everything going on at the home front, I’ve been super distracted and haven’t been providing updates. Although it doesn’t really feel like it, I’m actually down 11 lbs as of this morning. So checking in on those who are joining me, how’s the weight loss going for you?

@SawyerMerritt Two weeks.

Elon Musk in new interview: "Hold on to your $TSLA stock. It's going to be worth a lot, I think. That's my bet."

If Monday after daylight saving had a face…

@DirtyTesLa @aelluswamy

@aelluswamy Upcoming tech referring toooo 😏😏

It really is! And the upcoming tech will make it even more so.

@JeremyClarkson At least you didn't have to listen to the sub par Apple TV commentary that the U.S. got.

I’m slightly struggling with the new F1 rules. Mainly because the sound mix was so bad, it was hard to hear what Martin and Bernie were saying.

@AppleTV Please use the Sky Sports F1 feed, they provide much more (and better) information.

New drivers, new teams, and more drama. The first race of the new F1 season is this Saturday, March 7. Watch the #AusGP live on Apple TV, the new U.S. home of F1.

@DirtyTesLa I really think they do minor tweaks overnight.

The more I drive the more I'm convinced this last update changed FSD even though the version number didn't change...

@WifeDirtyTesla I don't want to be that guy but, I had two phantom braking events today.

2 years ago, FSD slows down in the middle of a drive and it's a phantom brake. Now, FSD slows down and you trust it, knowing it's for a good reason.

@cybrtrkguy Welcome to amazing abundance.

It’s like they don’t want to sell cars or something

@DirtyTesLa My 24 Model Y is going to be my last Tesla. I really wanted the Cybertruck but I don't want to give them anymore of my money.

Despite the website and email from Tesla saying Order before March 31 to transfer FSD "Tesla will NOT honor FSD transfer if the initial delivery window was after March 31, 2026 when the order was placed." Tesla just loves to treat customers like crap. Unbelievable

@HarmeetKDhillon A nice walk outside in the sun always makes the day better.

DC can suck, but I love the Tidal Basin. Started early this morning with my usual lawsuits and indictments, so I’m taking a short break to walk in the sunshine!