James McElwain breezes past the line outside Joy District, a three-story nightclub in Chicago’s sceney River North neighborhood. The bouncer recognizes him, nods and points him to the VIP entrance. A black laptop bag slung over his shoulder, James cuts across the dining room to the employees-only back staircase, shakes hands with a security guard, climbs two flights of concrete stairs and emerges in the second-floor kitchen, where he’s met by a phalanx of cocktail waitresses in gold tank tops and black booty shorts. “Hi, James!” they greet him. A second security guard is elated to see him, and James wraps her in his meaty arms for a hug. He crosses the dance floor and climbs into the 4-foot-high DJ platform on the club’s western wall, ready to perform. Sculpted, with a strong jaw and cheekbones, and standing 6-foot-2, James stands out, even among the horde of 20-something party bros who have descended on the club this Saturday night in October. And not … [Read more...] about How 2 Midwestern College Kids Became Trumpworld’s Favorite DJs
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Analysts: Tesla’s Cheaper Model 3 Is the ‘Un-iPhone Moment’
Analysts had harsh words for Tesla this week after Elon Musk’s company announced that it would not post a profit in the first quarter, and revealed a new $35,000 Model 3 vehicle. CNBC reports that financial analysts were not impressed following a conference call held by Tesla with particular members of the media last night. During the call, CEO Elon Musk revealed that the company would not be profitable in its first quarter and noted that all global sales were transitioning to an online-only ordering system. The cut in retail stores is designed to increase demand for Tesla vehicles – which many believe has been waning – and to cut overhead costs. Morgan Stanley analyst Adam Jonas was skeptical of the newly prices Model 3 vehicle stating:”Tesla significantly increased its efforts to promote the sale of cheaper cars… While this may stabilize the air-pocket in Q1 sales, we’re concerned it’s a sign of a brand that may be, at the margin, losing … [Read more...] about Analysts: Tesla’s Cheaper Model 3 Is the ‘Un-iPhone Moment’
Tech isn’t coming to save us
These days, we're all fad dieters looking for some technological magic bullet to save us from our drudgery. From climate change and global poverty to war and extremism, the world is collapsing in front of us. And we stare, slack-jawed, at our phones, watching as the world burns and the seas boil while everyone loses their damn mind.But there's more money to be made selling diet pills than vegetables, so there's no technology company looking to fix our problems. We can hope that some California genius will create the solution to our woes, but it's not going to happen. Even the sales patter is the same: Buy our Atkins Juice and drink yourself thin for $10.99 per month. We're helping you move toward your dream and making the world a better place at the same time.Trust me when I say that I bought a crate of that stuff for way too much money and it did not work. And it stank. The thing that works, and has always worked, is the slow, reasonable proposition of eating right and getting some … [Read more...] about Tech isn’t coming to save us