Latest posts tagged with #WrongDirection on Bluesky
Happy Birthday to me! As I finally get to talk about one of my favourite director’s #PaulVerhoeven through the lens of his least successful film #Showgirls in another #WrongDirection with @sarahcoyne92 as my dance partner! #PrepareForPrattle bit.ly/3NAo5PK
Change of plans @sarahcoyne92 & I are actually recording on Thursday evening, not Friday so get your thoughts and feelings in on #Showgirls1995 quick! Did #PaulVerhoeven go in the #WrongDirection? Or is this a deeply misunderstood cautionary tale on the exploitation of women! #PrepareForPrattle
#Poll #DonaldTrump #IssuesThatShouldUniteUSCitizens #WrongDirection #PushingForMoreDivisionAmongUSCitizens #USIsWorseOff #ChangeForTheWorse #StateOfTheUnionIsNotStrong
PBS / NPR / Marist poll:
www.npr.org/2026/02/23/n...
The New VW Tiguan Turbo Is a Little Scary The 2026 Tiguan’s high-output turbocharged evo5 is one of the most complex and highly stressed gas engines Dan Neil has ever seen in a car not named Porsche
Watch your head. Hidden beneath that thick acoustic engine shroud, the new high-output turbo assembly isn’t much to look at. But it’s rad. It is, first of all, of aftermarket proportions—about the size of a country ham. It also employs variable inlet geometry that instantly and precisely meters boost, air charge and bypass, reducing throttle latency and increasing efficiency. Anticipating the higher stress of the big turbo, VW’s engine boffins future-proofed the standard evo5 in interesting ways. In the new version, the sky-high compression ratio—10.5:1, pretty much on the ragged edge for a turbocharged engine—relies on higher pressure in the direct fuel-injection system (from 350 to 500 bar) as well as a forged steel fuel rail to carry it. For your mechanic’s future reference, the fuel pump is now inside the crankcase, being driven by the engine balance shaft. So it should be no trouble to get to. The higher forces, in turn, would require thicker piston crowns, shortened connecting rods and thicker wrist pins. The need for cooling meant redesigning the combustion chamber itself, and incorporating a new air-to-water heat exchanger. The big turbo-edition comes with oil-cooled pistons and a nitrided crankshaft. The evo5 also features a hydraulic intake cam adjuster “and a simplified cam system,” VW’s press release crows, “which substitutes four separate cam pieces with eight adjusters for two pairs of cam pieces with double actuators.” You know. Simple.
Where can gas engines go from here? All of the above is what it takes to wring 268 globally compliant horsepower out of a 2.0-liter gas engine. And for what? Twenty-five mpg, combined, in a small family SUV? And how long before this hyperbaric, ultrasonic sewing machine spins a bobbin? Electric cars may not be perfect but they have far fewer moving parts. What the Tiguan really needs under the hood is a frunk.
supercharging failure (today's WSJ). VW probably spent €millions to squeeze 67 extra horsepower from an ICE engine to shave 1 second off the 0-60 time - but electrics remain faster, mechanically simpler (& thus less prone to failure) w/ relatively immature battery technologies. #wrongdirection
Reducing UC entitlement for new vulnerable claimants under 22 from April is a choice.
Bailing out water companies so shareholders don't suffer because of fines is a choice.
If this is the best a Labour Party with a large majority can do, seriously, why would anyone support them?
#WrongDirection
12/26 #SixFamilySpeaks
Majorities say he’s not honest, not focused on their needs, and steering the country in the wrong direction. These aren’t partisan splits, they’re broad trends.
#WrongDirection #CivicPulse
The #world is heading in a #wrongDirection.
A #singlePerson can do #whateverTheyWant, decide the #fate of #entireCountries, and #force others to #submit — just because of #militaryPower.
What do we call #this?
Are #weEuropeans really willing to #accept it?
In 2024, we emitted approximately 1,280,000,000 tonnes of CO2e more than 2023.
#WrongDirection
Phinius Gage – “Wrong Direction”
Brighton skate-punk vets return with speed, melody, and a chorus built to shout along.
First major drop since reforming, and it hits hard.
punkshits.com/phinius-gage...
🎧 bit.ly/NewPunkShits
#PhiniusGage #WrongDirection #SkatePunk #PunkRock #UKPunk #NewMusic
The joys of engineering works Sundays. Brighton to London via err….Littlehampton #TravelSky #WrongDirection #scenicroute
헥 세금을 그렇게나 뗀다고요?! 절대 4억 벌지 말아야지
#wrongdirection
After 8 months or so the invisible podcast finally stands revealed! @angryandy.bsky.social makes his #WrongDirection debut as we discuss whether #JohnCarpenter’s #MemoirsOfAnInvisibleMan forced this great man to go in the #WrongDirection #PrepareForPrattle tinyurl.com/ytks6yvt
I feel #JohnCarpenter’s judgemental stare as I FINALLY watch #ChevyChase #DarrylHannah & #SamNeill in #MemoirsOfAnInvisibleMan #WrongDirection @angryandy.bsky.social #PrepareForPrattle
What kind will we be left with when all the most dysfunctional, out of touch billionaires finish running amuck?
Uneducated, irrational obese, under-nourished, surviving on over-processed everything w/ unimaginable income disparity mirroring the horrors of the last Golden Age. #wrongdirection
What ai hasn't delivered has been truly astounding.
#ai #unimpressed #promisesunkempt #wrongdirection #chatgpt #meta
Make your own path, be authentically YOU every step of the way. #wrongdirection #makeyourownpath #authenticity #beyourself #spirituality #humanity
America can afford to #FeedOurChildren
I thought #RFKJr was supposed to make lunch healthier? This is #WrongDirection
#MomSkly
Suffer. We’re gonna suffer deciding whether we like where we live or whether we’d rather have that can of beans or if we really really need those heart pills. #wrongdirection #kindaelderabuse
Míchání požadavků na #OpenAccess (podle Horizon E) s požadavky na 1.kvartil v komerční databázi (podle MŠMT/ OP JAK) vytváří koktejl, který limituje možnosti publikování. Je to česká(!) cesta a fixuje výhodu časopisů s vysokým IF. Časopisy s vysokým IF a vysokou cenou APC vyhrávají. #wrongDirection
Stocks down, eggs up, unemployment office is overwhelmed and N. Korea test firing missiles. Y'all wake me up when America gets great again #wrongdirection #arresttrump #stocks #unemployment #northkorea #trumpregrets
#WrongDirection
Think Tank Funded by Elites and Corporations Tells Democrats to Drop Small Donors
In a five-page memo on how to connect with the working class, Third Way says the Democrats should move away from small-dollar donors. readsludge.com/2025/03/04/t...
@angryandy.bsky.social has got the touch! Finally overcoming all odds to beat out @benjamin_jgc ‘s #KickAss2 podcast! We’ll finally get almost a year later our #WrongDirection podcast on #JohnCarpenter’s #MemoirsOfAnInvisibleMan! #PrepareForPrattle
Trump’s unqualified and embarrassing nominees for important cabinet positions do not surprise me. It’s a strategy to flood the media with reports of sexual violence to destabilize survivors of sexual assault and use fear to control. #WrongDirection #USA
I get that people are frustrated with government, but #Pollievre is a step in the #wrongdirection.
