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@NobleF1 Are the cars even running? All I can hear is the commentators. Rubbish Apple TV needs to turn up the on-track volume. This is unwatchable.

I must admit to having been a bit worried that the 2026 #F1 cars were going to look a bit rubbish around Suzuka with excessive super clipping and not enough battery power. Thankfully that wasn’t the case… 🧵

@the_zb_ So far it’s pretty awful. Here’s a free change they could make right now. Please turn DOWN the commentator’s (overly shouty/dramatic) volume and turn UP the volume from the track. Surely these cars make some noise, but on Apple TV, you can’t even hear them switch gears.

🇨🇳 Sprint Race - Initial Thoughts (These are my unabashed thoughts - a little spirited discussion is great, but if you’ve pre-decided you don’t want to hear it, gleefully move along) Watching the cars go so slow for energy starvation vs what an F1 car can actually do… is still really disorienting and jarring to the brain. Is it for you? My brain can’t help it, you see cars on a race lap going around a corner and you think “is it a VSC, did I miss something?” No, we’re just taking the high speed corners at 60%. 🙂‍↕️ But I’m trying to find the silver linings. It still feels tarnished, but some little glimpses of improvement compared to week 1… with other things equally bad. Ultimately, some teams have simply dropped the ball on the start procedures for their cars. Ferrari have nailed that part of it. I feel no sympathies based on how that whole dynamic has gone with the teams and the FIA, who had ample warning and chance to solve this issue with regulatory change or car design. Some chose neither, now let them sleep in that bed. Most of the “excitement” we are seeing in race trim will subside once teams get the deployment debacles sorted out, as being able to use the “overtake” button will disappear. Ironically, the poor adaptation to the regs is temporarily keeping the casual observer or those that don’t really get what is actually happening with the energy back and forth, “engaged”. It’s an easier sell for F1 to spin the yo-yo racing as “look at all the overtaking!” A little timidness from Russell kept the Ferraris in play here, but there’s still pace in the Merc to stay at arm’s length when given 4-5 laps to get position and steady themselves. SC made an otherwise easy outcome more labored. And the elephant in the room… Kimi has, thus far, not shown why he’s in a Mercedes seat. It’s not like an emergency situation for some radical in-season change, but Toto has to have some sort of timeline in his mind to see progression, before a hard decision regarding the lineup in 2027/2028. Tight racing from the Ferraris, good to see them race hard without colliding. Lewis looking racey again is very good. I didn’t expect it, but Leclerc was a little quicker, in China of all places. Not sure if that will hold up for the GP or not. But if they’re going to let the two cars race each other (which is not always the right call), they need to decide that quicker than they often do. The racing all still feels a bit hollow considering the non-human randomness of much of it. you’ve still got cars doing different electrical harvesting and deployment lap to lap while the driver is doing the exact same thing… so it’s not too fun for adaptive software to matter in racing outcomes without driver control. I’m never going to like that. But the inherent track traits of Shanghai aren’t as poor as Albert Park was. I realized that I’m not able to watch this current iteration of F1 as a fan that’s invested in outcomes. Right now it feels more distant, like an exercise of observation and reflection. I’m aware of the reduction of the human input into the outcome, so it feels disingenuous to treat it otherwise. I hope I don’t feel that way forever, because that’s a bummer. but that’s just where I’m at with it. The sport has lost some luster. I am genuinely hopeful for some adjustments inbound after Shanghai that begin to directly address these exact issues of energy starvation and how it’s led to an algorithmically driven product - if they don’t make some tweaks, it will lead further in that direction as the regs mature. What were your thoughts on the Sprint? On to GP Quali and the Feature Race.

@Vaughters Aroused? Did you sign an ED medication as a sponsor?

Long time, no speak. Anyhow. We have some big news coming up. Be excited. Be aroused. JV

Hey @denverpolice the Cherry Creek trail along Speer from Grant to Colfax looks horrible. Camps, people using drugs and trash litter the grass, sidewalk and the area around the trail. Also, a group of about 8 drug addicted vagrants are gathering back up at the recently cleared 6th and Grant. CLEAN IT UP @mikejohnstonco

@ashincolorado Weirdos… with your silly superstitions and magic.

When you go to a worship service at Red Rocks Amphitheater 🙌

@dnvr_is_burning Good. STK is the same place that basically blocked the sidewalk with their patio seating “tents”.

Angry bike bros are threatening LoDo restaurant STK bc its valet svc is disrupting the bike lane🙄 In July the city spent 200k to switch a few blocks of nearby bike lane from plastic flex posts to "zippers"...only a few yrs after the flex posts were put in & during a deficit

@Erin4Parents @ColoradoDOT @jaredpolis Maybe track the weather forecast and stay away when snow is predicted? Just an idea.

What did I do last night? I was here. Until like 2am. No plows to be found. Not even that bad of snow but @ColoradoDOT was completely unprepared. @jaredpolis fails again.🙄

@AlecStapp We desperately need traffic enforcement in Denver... I've heard it's an explicit policy to not pull people over. And we have a major issue with people not registering their cars or getting insurance which is a d*ck move

CLOSED SIDEWALK: Denver’s public walkways are being blocked by drug addicted individuals, turning safe paths into safety hazards. Why are we letting this happen to our shared spaces? This raises serious safety concerns and violates ADA accessibility standards. @mikejohnstonco @govofco @chrisfordenver #Denver #PublicSafety #ADACompliance #CleanUpDenver

@jeffhunt And then, you’d complain about drive time to the airport…

RTD has little to do with public transportation - skyrocketing costs, lower and lower ridership. It's nearly entirely subsidized. It's actually a jobs program for people in public transportation. It should be dismantled and no longer publicly funded.

@chrisFnicholson @BuildUpDenver @RideRTD Always an excuse… Other cities all over the world do 15 minute (or less) intervals. Why can’t RTD figure it out.

@BuildUpDenver @RideRTD Cost and maintenance needs. Single track reduces our ability to do track maintenance and keep the thing at 15 minute frequencies. It’s also more expensive. Expanding the hours at 15 minutes is possible, but there’s just a lot of complications that go with it.

SPRINTED to the A Line literally 30 seconds before the train pulled away. Absolutely packed train, and not another one for 30 minutes for folks who couldn’t make this train? What gives @RideRTD? Why isn’t there all day 15-min service on A Line?

@BuildUpDenver How about 3100 Umatilla St??

I'm in the middle of a writing project and need a change of pace. Ask me about the project in your neighborhood you want to know about or the big project you've been waiting to see the Post write up 🏗️ 🏠🏢🏬 🚧

@BuildUpDenver 2926 Umatilla Construction has been stopped for like a year. What’s going on with this project??

@jeffhunt Probably because it’s a weird death cult…

The one thing you can't be to get elected statewide in Colorado is a Bible-believing Christian. Colorado is the most hostile state to Christianity in America.

@RideRTD Easier to clean the vagrant pee…

It’s never too late for a makeover! RTD is converting light rail seats to vinyl—easier to clean, easier to maintain, and better for riders. Keep an eye out as the upgrades roll out, including on 16th Street FreeRide buses! #RideRTD #TakeTransit

@lifedeath68 @denverpost Apparently you could still see them. What’s the issue?

@denverpost There's nothing quite like driving back from work in Commerce City at 3 am & seeing homeless on bikes in the rather narrow breakdown lane- no lights, black clothing- no problem.

Colorado pedestrian, bicyclist deaths jumped 78% in the last 10 years trib.al/to1oETW

@dnvr_is_burning That doesn’t address my comment at all, but okay.

@MWigggs Restaurants of all cuisines have been closing in Denver proper It was so bad they actually passed a law to lower min wage just for restaurants... they wouldn't have done that if the industry was doing great. It's structural

Two French restaurants in LoHi (Noisette and Jacques) are closing* - they opened in 2022 and 2024 It's laughable to me that I was attacked for pt out that local laws/policies are decimating small biz in Denver (esp restaurants) and told the industry is doing great here🙄

@BuildUpDenver 29th Between Zuni and Sheridan.

Question for my Denver friends—where in your neighborhood are there already speed bumps or speed tables? Shout out the spot for me, I'm doing research for an upcoming blog post