iPhone, iPad, and Mac users beware - if you get the new Apple Intelligence in your region (in the 27 update in September), it’s going to hog about 30GB of space and you have zero freedom of choice to remove it

Starmer is the worst Labour leader ever. he's a right-wing shitweasel. we can only hope Andy Burham will be better - he'll be in by July 20th, so maybe he could even reverse that insanity immediately?! (AP News screenshot)

has any car brand had a glow-up in ~10 years like Denza? the BYD sub-brand went rapidly from one of the most hideous and contemptible blobs ever made (left) to the gorgeous Z sportscar concept (right)

i only see "Sharing", which doesn't contain the option to opt-out

i'm more pessimistic. the genie is out of the bottle. not sure the "luxury" German brands can recover here's a Nio ES9, a Merc GLS competitor, fully loaded for just ~US$75k

Mbappé + Chinese electric bus (not my pic)

Mercedes EQC launch price in China in 2019: 500,000 RMB Mercedes GLC EV launch price in China in 2026: 299,900 RMB ...that's 40% LOWER! so Mercedes has finally admitted its delusional pricing caused the EQC disaster. now let's see how the GLC EV fares with a more reasonable price #EVs #EVsky

British politics for the rest of the summer...

Belgium thrashing the cheating US team is maybe my favourite football result ever

it's going really badly for Tesla in China as local brands nibble away at its customers Tesla's China sales have FALLEN 18.8% in the past 3 years when you compare January-June of each year: #EVs #EVsky

reminds me that i've bought it but still not read it yet - it sits alongside the weirdly complementary "Africa Is Not a Country" (also not yet read). i need to get a damn move on!

from a decade ago: "Trevor Noah Compares Trump to African Dictators" www.youtube.com/watch?v=PIHR...

Data out of China suggests the Mercedes CLA has been a flop, with some months bringing in only a few dozen sales carnewschina.com/2026/06/30/m... #EVs #EVsky

China's ICE apocalypse is really hammering Mercedes - Merc dealers are now flogging the A-Class sedan for <$20k (131,300 RMB = US$19,300), which is 48% lower than the MSRP ...and remember that Merc is struggling to sell them even with the mammoth mark down

Thanks to the AI assholes, your gadgets are now a lot more expensive Apple didn’t raise iPhone prices yesterday - that’ll likely happen a few days/weeks later or in September with the new iPhone launch

in the Slate truck you have to roll up your own windows even though it costs US$25k in Europe you can get proper EVs with electric windows and more creature comforts for the same price #EVs #EVsky

Respect to Reddit... After scrolling my feed for 30 minutes and apparently seeing everything there is since yesterday, it’s like ok hun you go get some fresh air

BMW starts taking orders for the new i3 earlier than expected - but it's a special First Edition for a hefty €73k the normal BMW i3 50 xDrive is due in the autumn. and then lower trim models later #EVs #EVsky

The New Yorker needs to stop with this one particularly demented style guide point. Language evolves. Move on

$2,195 for those jfc (they’re Snap Specs)

What a shot - in every sense of the word

think i literally just passed this new China-only VW hybrid a few minutes ago in camo with an engineer apparently testing auto park multiple times VW’s ID.Era 8X www.carscoops.com/2026/06/vw-i...

just posted and edited that from Mu.social, which not only has a fab pink icon but also allows bluesky post editing. I can’t remember how long the editing window is.

Sir Lewis wins 🏁 first full-length GP win for Ferrari

site is very buggy and tough to use this week. bug report: 1. it has logged me out a few times, which is inconvenient. 2. it often opens to the Settings page for some weird reason (my Safari Dock app is linked to sill.social/links) 3. Trending section is just full of porn

BMW just showed off this. it’s a concept car, but also it might be very close to the first electric M3 that’s due next year https://www.autoexpress.co.uk/bmw/3-series/364972/heres-new-bmw-m3-m-concept-neue-klasse-previews-electric-im3-super-saloon

Bluesky group chats, huh... baffling that anyone would use a non-messaging app for messaging