Christopher Mims

Help a journalist out? I'm looking to talk to researchers, engineers, students or entrepreneurs who are considering leaving the U.S. because they lost funding or are worried about visas or anything like that. I'm at mimsical.94 on Signal

Tesla has the highest rate of fatal accidents among all car brands, report shows * Fatal accidents per billion miles driven by all vehicles was 2.8 -- Teslas had a rate of 5.6 * Unclear why the disconnect with high vehicle safety ratings, but issue could be autopilot

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Tesla has the highest rate of fatal accidents among all car brands, report shows

A new analysis of National Highway Transportation and Safety Administration auto crash data shows that Tesla has the highest rate of fatal accident...

really heartening to see that everyone who was so confident Harris would win is absolutely sure they know why she lost

I know everyone’s focused on the presidential election, but it is a big deal that 10 states have ballot measures to either protect or restore the right to an abortion: 1. Arizona 2. Colorado 3. Florida 4. Maryland 5. Missouri 6. Montana 7. Nebraska 8. Nevada 9. New York 10. South Dakota Putting these measures on the ballot has had huge effects on elections in the recent past!

Map shows how abortion measures fared on the ballot in the 2024 election

Abortion measures were on the ballot in 10 states, from Arizona to Florida, this Election Day.

Here's the thing about Tesla, the source of much of Musk's wealth (for now) -- he's bet the entire company on something that's very unlikely to work. And even if it does, eventually, then certainly not on the timetable he's promised. Or even, for that matter, any timetable that might justify the company's current valuation. This week's deep dive on the false promise of Musk's self-driving tech: 1/🧵 (gift link) https://www.wsj.com/business/autos/elon-musk-robotaxi-end-to-end-ai-plan-1827e2bd?st=2gjhEo&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink

everything after November 5 feels like the far side of an event horizon, a space and time I can’t possibly imagine

Buttons are back, baby!! This piece has been 15 years in the making, more or less. 15 years of watching designers and engineers cram touchscreens and capacitive buttons down our throats, only to be outflanked by a new generation of thinkers who recognize that true luxury is the considered weight of a dial, the reassuring click of a physical key. (gift link) https://www.wsj.com/tech/personal-tech/touch-screens-are-over-even-apple-is-bringing-back-buttons-86fb9ea8?st=XPWkwV&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink

Longshoremen could strike all over the U.S., which could have big ripple effects on the economy. (It always depends on the number of ports and the length of the strike.) For anyone wanting to understand why longshoremen have *so much power* -- more power, I would argue, than any other workforce in the entire U.S.A., this is my obligatory bat signal: I wrote a whole book on this, the most recent and definitive one on the topic. If you need an expert, reach out. https://www.amazon.com/Arriving-Today-Factory-Everything-Changed/dp/006298795X