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Ferrari has just officially unveiled its first ever all-electric car, called the Ferrari Luce. • Starting price: $640,000 • Interior co-designed with Apple's former head of design, Jony Ive • Range: 280 miles (expected EPA) • Peak charging speed: 350kW • 122 kWh battery • 1,050 horsepower • 0-60mph: 2.4s • 800v • Four-door four-seater • Four electric motors • OLED screens • Weight: 4,982 lbs • Front motors spin to 30,000 rpm, rears hit 25,500 rpm • Car uses an accelerometer to capture real vibrations from the electric motors & rear chassis. An algorithm filters out unpleasant frequencies and amplifies only the more “musical” sounds. This can be heard inside and outside the car. • Paddle shifter on steering wheel changes how aggressively torque is delivered, with five different levels • The trunk has 21.1 cubic feet of space, the largest luggage capacity the company has ever offered • 197.6 inches long, about as long as a Tesla Model S U.S. deliveries start in Q2 2027. More photos in the thread below:

In Seattle, distilled water, which sells for $1.39 at Target, is behind a protective glass case. You have to request employee assistance to open the case.

Submariner friend was talking about how one time the heat exchange machinery was not cooling down properly so they opened it up and looked at the pipes and instead of coolant and water. It was instead 20 pounds of congealed aquatic bio mass

NEW: Ferrari unveils the Luce, its first electric vehicle designed by Jony Ive.

Overall retrospective on The Enhanced Games: There are a few thoughts here to break down. 1) The athletes were so grateful to participate. They made so much money to be there, some $1M+ to participate. For them that was a new lease on life. For an athlete who is past their prime to be able to compete again, actually get paid, have support, they could not have been happier. 2) The athletes hitting PBs (personal bests) was actually interesting and a good to see. But who cares, right? What we want to see is WRs (world records) right? Sort of. The athletes they got were mostly all past their prime. The pool they had to choose from had to be willing to take the enhancement drugs, be excommunicated from the traditional sports orgs for participating, have needed money, etc. So basically they’re not the best of the best athletes that are enhancing (at least publicly in this event). Not jabs, reality of getting older in sports. And even then, many of them were able to perform the best they ever did in their lives with the enhancement. That’s actually a huge win and very cool. And when you watched the interviews they’re honestly saying they FEEL the best they’ve ever felt. So good for them. This is likely why several of the natural athletes outperformed the enhanced ones. Because those athletes were in their prime and training for the larger events. They were clean. Of course the actual question remains: if you were to give an athlete in their PRIME these enhancements, how much better could the best become? 3) The Enhanced Games seems to be angling for some sort of subscription based supplement company model or something like that. In one of the interviews one of the organizers mentioned something like they’re using the event to collect data and want to sell supplements. So that seems to be the larger play: show people how drugs can improve their life, sell the drugs. 4) The event was clearly using science as the main patina to promote their larger business agenda. TLDR: It was an interesting event. The athletes were over the moon grateful and excited to get paid (a lot). The organizers are trying to likely use this to promote some sort of supplement company. They got to expose the world to their drugs they’re trying to sell. Athletes got to hit PBs and feel great and play their sports again. It was overall a cool thing.

There could be no Independence Day without Memorial Day. 🇺🇸

The much-needed renovation of New York's Penn Station has moved a step closer after the US Department of Transportation (USDOT) and Amtrak appointed Penn Transformation Partners, a joint venture led by Halmar and Skanska, as developers for the project. In a statement, Amtrak explained that the project would create a new entrance on Eighth Avenue leading to a new train hall, expand track capacity, improve the station’s existing subterranean structure, and "replace cramped, decrepit walkways with open, beautiful concourses." Works are expected to start in late 2027. The appointment of a developer comes after USDOT and Amtrak took control of the Penn Station project from New York's MTA in 2025. It is understood that the federal government will now provide $ 8BN in funding for the project, and that New York Governor Kathy Hochul has, as a result, withdrawn a $ 1BN commitment previously put forward by the state. Commenting on the appointment news, US Transportation Secretary Sean P. Duffy said: “In selecting Penn Transformation Partners and their innovative plan, we are one step closer to delivering a world-class travel hub that daily commuters and travelers have dreamed of for decades. Under President Trump’s historic leadership, the days of Penn Station’s cramped hallways, broken infrastructure, and snarled rail lines are numbered. 2027 can’t come soon enough.” 📷 ASTM

Stopped at a super hipster farm to table cafe in Michigan and look what pulled up: