Indiana Jones And The Big Dick Of Destiny
https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/11000-year-old-statue-of-giant-man-clutching-penis-unearthed-in-turkey
A 7.5-foot-tall statue of a man clutching his penis was unearthed at one of the oldest temple sites in Turkey. Archaeologists in Turkey have unearthed a nearly 11,000-year-old statue that may depict a giant man clutching his penis, along with a life-size wild boar statue. The two statues come from the neighboring sites of Gobekli Tepe and Karahan Tepe, which are among the oldest temple sites in the world.

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Will We Have To Bail Out GM Yet Again?
5,000 autoworkers walk out at Texas GM plant, as UAW expands strike for second day in a row
More than 45,000 autoworkers total are now on strike. The UAW first launched the strike nearly six weeks ago, after failing to reach an agreement with General Motors, Stellantis and Ford before its contract expired Sept. 14.
GM Is LOSING With It’s EV Investments
https://www.wsj.com/business/autos/general-motors-finds-itself-in-a-jam-7204ef81?st=1qhlhjar8uzsuf6&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink
GM’s third-quarter results on Tuesday came in better than expected. Net income of roughly $3.1 billion was down 7% from a very strong quarter last year, but higher than the $2.5 billion consensus that analysts had penciled in, according to FactSet.
Profit fell because of rising costs, and not just because of the strike. Among the reasons given by GM was its increased output of EVs. This is a point of particular sensitivity to investors given the new technology’s growth prospects and the vast gap between Tesla’s costs and Detroit’s.
Unlike Ford, GM doesn’t split out its EV business, so investors don’t know just how bad its losses are. But the company is sending alarming signals. It scrapped EV production targets Tuesday and said it was slowing its growth plans. It wants time to incorporate engineering changes that should boost the profitability of its production platform. It also needs to limit any risk of overproduction that might force it to follow Tesla down the route of cutting prices.
Toyata Expresses Doubts About EV Viability
https://www.wsj.com/business/autos/toyota-chairman-says-people-are-finally-seeing-the-reality-about-evs-31f1669c?st=1lsxc6mbb8i88ss&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink
As EV sales momentum lags behind in the U.S., he [Toyota Chairman Akio Toyoda] may be enjoying an “I told you so” moment.
“There are many ways to climb the mountain that is achieving carbon neutrality,” Toyoda told a small group of reporters at the Japan Mobility Show, formerly the Tokyo Motor Show, which is opening this week for the first time in four years.
Japanese automakers, most prominently Toyota, have been more vocal than their Western peers about the challenges EVs face in the near term, including high costs, resource crunches and limited charging infrastructure.