Monthly archives: August 2016

Ghosts of White People Past: Witnessing White Flight From an Asian Ethnoburb – Pacific Standard

There's a very interesting article here about "white flight." Unlike the more common stories about this, this story isn't about whites moving out of an area when a black community arrives, to some newly-gentrified area which is guaranteed to have better schools and so on than the place they're abandoning: it's about whites moving out […]

MIXED EMOTIONS Esteban is delighted, after taking his first chequered flag in 16th place. He had a …

MIXED EMOTIONS Esteban is delighted, after taking his first chequered flag in 16th place. He had a flawless weekend and we’re thrilled for him! But at the same time, we’re gutted for Pascal, for whom an opening lap incident denied him a shot at a really great race today. The Race, 2016 Formula 1 Belgian […]

New Tesla Model S Now the Quickest Production Car in the World

Introducing P100D with Ludicrous Mode, more performance & range for Model S & Model X The Model S P100D with Ludicrous mode is the third fastest accelerating production car ever produced, with a 0-60 mph time of 2.5 seconds. However, both the LaFerrari and the Porsche 918 Spyder were limited run, million dollar vehicles and […]

Aerial Shots That Demonstrate The Stark Divide Between Rich and Poor

During apartheid, barriers were both constructed and modified to segregate urban spaces—roads, rivers, and large stretches of open land separating rich neighborhoods from the poor. Twenty-two years later these barriers still exist, large homes with lush lawns just a few yards away from tightly-p