Wednesday, June 10, 2026

‘Jason Statham Stole My Bike’: David Leitch’s action-comedy sets summer 2027 release

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There are no storyline details outside of Statham playing a fictionalized version of himself. Budget is around $80M and it releases August 2...

In Havana, 21-year-old Yadán Pablo Espinosa builds a homemade solar panel “factory,” equips 15 electric trikes, and boosts their range, a local fix that kept multiple workers’ livelihoods alive

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The project is not a miracle cure for Cuba’s energy crisis, but for drivers who carry food, goods, and passengers through hot streets, traff...

The FRENCH edition of Hayao Miyazaki's "Daydream Note" artbook is coming this fall.

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https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=1425079606316179&set=pcb.1425080792982727 https://www.catsuka.com/shopping/index.php?mode=produit...

the Ford Le Mans racing program of 66-69 original budget was $1.8 million, but quickly doubled.

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https://fordauthority.com/2026/06/1966-ford-le-mans-racings-program-details-revealed-for-first-time

amazing and real, crash results in a kid getting ejected from a truck, onto a cop cars hood, and it was all caught on dash cam

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https://fordauthority.com/2026/06/child-ejected-from-ford-truck-during-crash-lands-on-police-cruiser-video

a tribute to all the air and ground crew who flew from Rivenhall England, this gate features the image of a post D-Day B-26.

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https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10232130028297990&set=gm.2192390698211712&idorvanity=217468302370638
Tuesday, June 09, 2026

Happy birthday to David Hobbs! He started racing in 1959 in his mom's Morris Oxford. Within three years, he was at Daytona driving someone else's Jaguar and lending his own Lotus Elite to Jimmy Clark.

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The career that followed touched every corner of motorsport.  Formula 1 for Honda, McLaren, and BRM.  Sports cars in the Ford GT40, the Mira...

sign painters van, 1964

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https://bl.ag/what-a-ride-the-wonderful-world-of-sign-painter-vehicles/

Parnelli Jones Mustang, Trans Am 1970

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https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10227046150019944&set=gm.3121837301342832&idorvanity=527146584145263

1975 F1 at Anderstorp, Fire marshalls waiting behind the armco barrier.

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https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=1580626460425182&set=a.565232475297924

Mike Parkes Labrador Federica in the cockpit of his Ferrrari 512 during the shooting of the movie "Le Mans".

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  https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10227081652547485&set=gm.3126082747584954&idorvanity=527146584145263

North Rose depot

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  https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=4302361473410501&set=pcb.27741491122124373

1st world problem

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https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10237505772655360&set=gm.850829864318289&idorvanity=717844027616874

Chaplain Meeus using the cowling salvaged from the crash site of the P-40K flown by Raymond Kaiser, 25th FS, 51st FG

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https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=26703057539377468&set=gm.10163693083976785&idorvanity=57402936784

LAPD impounded 72 vehicles and issued trespassing citations after responding to a car meetup inside the Los Angeles River

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https://www.facebook.com/reel/1553982759484885

high-resolution images and transcriptions of nearly 1,200 sheets of the original Leonardo Da Vinci manuscript collection, the Leonardotheka 2.0, ( but it's a very slow website to load)

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https://teche.museogalileo.it/leonardo/home/index_en.html https://news.artnet.com/art-world/leonardotheka-da-vinci-codex-2779022

Fire departments across the U.S. and Canada are waiting years — sometimes four and a half — for new fire trucks, and paying double or triple what those trucks cost five years ago. What is the cause?

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just three manufacturers control more than 70% of the market wait times that once ran about 18 months now stretch up to four and a half year...
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The preservation of steam locomotives in Britain was largely due to a scrap yards decision to prioritize scrapping the railcars first... 213 locomotives were saved from scrapping at just one yard, Barry in South Wales (thank you Paul!)

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At the end of steam in the 1960s, Dai Woodham bought hundreds of withdrawn steam engines from British railways for his scrap business at Bar...

Today, let's remember that a bridge was measured in Smoots!

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In 1958, as a freshman at MIT and Lambda Chi Alpha pledge, the fraternity pledgemaster hatched the idea to use the shortest — and most scien...
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Monday, June 08, 2026

Did you see the preview for Supergirl, and that Jason Momoa is in the movie as a bounty hunter biker?

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Of course, I had no idea who "Lobo" is, I had to look it up:  Lobo is a cosmic bounty hunter whose goals align with Supergirl'...

California, and taking a moment to rock with the RHCP in one of the cool videos - taking a shot at all the iconic looks of 80s and 90s videos

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comparative sizes

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https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=122126164119226390&set=pcb.122126164239226390

the muscular little 0-4-0 steam locomotive known as “Standard Oil No. 1” that once chugged along the miles of rails at the Standard Oil Refinery starting in 1920 will soon be on display at the Fort Caspar Museum (Thanks George!)

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The Standard Oil Refinery in Casper was the largest in the world for a time and had a lot of track for its engine to cover. https://cowboyst...

A Pennsylvania man faces felony fraud, theft, and deception charges after state police discovered he disguised a NASCAR race truck as street legal. Photos show the truck when it ran at the NASCAR Bristol dirt race in 2023. It looks almost identical now,

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https://www.thedrive.com/news/police-arrest-man-for-trying-to-pass-off-nascar-race-truck-as-street-legal-chevy-s10
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Only about 150 were ever made, only 9 are still known to exist. Made by an almost all women production line.

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https://www.facebook.com/groups/141738879854904/permalink/1912877902740984

vintage cool stuff

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https://www.facebook.com/groups/49655829434/permalink/10163800277539435

Dennis goes to an auction, and is the only bidder on this Econoline

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It was $5, and he gets the engine, a 24,000 mile 1972 302 in a lovely carrying case. https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10242538786156801...
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Sunday, June 07, 2026

the Mercury Quicksilver Ride Guide steering for outboard boats

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https://dorsettbelmont.blogspot.com/2015/06/vintage-mercury-quick-silver-ride-guide.html