Elon Musk is in the news again (when is he not?) thanks to his falling out with Donald Duck Trump. This contretemps was big news, which is somewhat surprising since it seemed impossible for it not to happen. When you get two men with overinflated egos, who behave like five-year-olds, what does anyone expect to happen?
Elon is now backing off government work to return to his private interests, one of which is the electric vehicle company, Tesla. This photo is of one of those vehicles, which is commonly known as the Cybertruck.
This is the point where I should say something nice about the Cybertruck. However, the only thing that springs to mind is that I loved reading that raccoons have been climbing on these vehicles and scratching them. Apparently, they think they’re dumpsters! The downside of this news is that now, every time I see one of these vehicles, I can’t help but shout out ‘Muskrat in a dumpster!’ Yes, I can behave like a five-year-old too.
I’ve seen this Cybertruck several times, and I can’t decide whether the paint job makes the truck look better or worse than the usual shiny metal look. My initial thought is it’s worse. I thought the shiny metal look was the one redeeming feature of these trucks, and I liked the echo of the original Ford Model T, where Henry Ford allegedly said, “Any color the customer wants, as long as it’s black.” I wonder if Ford had any trouble with raccoons?
Graham's Island 
Luckily we don’t have those over here, yet
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You’re not missing anything!
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You gave me a few laughs with that post. I think the truck (it’s not really a truck though is it? Not even a lorry) looks like it’s made of Lego.
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They could definitely put out a Lego kit for this one.
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A good example of WTF???? The colours don’t help at all. I would join you in a chorus of ‘Muskrat in a dumpster!’ 😂
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I don’t really know how this could emerge from any design meeting, though I have seen, indeed driven, worse!
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Have you been to the volcano. There were news reports today about an eruption
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Currently, the volcano is erupting about once a week for around 8 hours or so. Some of the lava fountaining has been awesome. I went down there about a month ago and saw one of them. A couple of weeks ago, I texted a friend who lives in Hilo, to get out there as the fountaining was reaching 1000 feet and more.The latest eruption didn’t put out such high fountains, but the volume was fabulous. There’s a live webcam you can check at https://www.youtube.com/usgs/live
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1000 feet would be amazing to see….from a distance
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The main viewing area is a little over a mile from the active vents.
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When I was watching the number of people watching kept increasing a few at a time.
Would someone know when there was an eruption imminent?
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The USGS puts out daily updates, which I signed up for. They also put out extra bulletins when anything changes. This sequence of eruptions has been interesting in that they all seem to follow a similar pattern which enables the scientists to predict events with a fair amount of accuracy.
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I enjoy how scientist try to involve people with the fun stuff of science
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Strange looking they are
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Very strange, though not the weirdest car I’ve ever seen.
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couldn’t quite believe what I was seeing the first time I saw one last year, and as for those toddlers . . . . . . .
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It catches the eye. Perhaps that’s a positive thing I could have included!
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hee hee!!
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