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   Not Just Bikes 🇳🇱 (notjustbikes@social.notjustbikes.com)'s status on Wednesday, 26-Mar-2025 23:16:05 JST Not Just Bikes 🇳🇱

   So I put up a YouTube post about the Tesla protests happening in Amsterdam this Saturday:

   https://actionnetwork.org/events/takedown-tesla-amsterdam

   It made a few people mad, and a handful of people unsubscribed (almost entirely Americans: I can see from the stats).

   That was to be expected.

   But what really surprised me was the number of people who said something like, "Why are you against Tesla when they are in favour of everything this channel stands for?"

   Uh ... wut? What channel are these people watching?

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     Not Just Bikes 🇳🇱 (notjustbikes@social.notjustbikes.com)'s status on Thursday, 27-Mar-2025 01:45:36 JST Not Just Bikes 🇳🇱

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     First of all, why would I be in favour of a car company, never mind an American car company?

     Telsa makes expensive luxury cars, primarily for the US market. They're big and overpowered. They're dangerous (to others) and encourage people to speed.

     And they're WIDE! Tesla cars are about 15 to 25 cm wider than a typical EU car, which means I can never pass them on a bike on the narrow Amsterdam streets.

     Haelwenn /элвэн/ :triskell: likes this.