This young mechanic is warning “listen before you try to work as a mechanic” hit hard.
In his story he explains how pay is now garbage, you have to start with your own $40,000 set of tools and your hours get cut. You then work on cars that are impossible to diagnose.
My late uncle Jack sold his shop 20 years ago for the exact same reason. Cars were becoming too complicated for old-school wrenchers like him. He saw it coming.
What’s happening now isn’t accidental. There’s a clear push to force every repair through the dealership. They load these cars with proprietary electrical systems, modules, and computers that require manufacturer-specific tools, software subscriptions, and certifications just to diagnose.
That barrier costs a fortune. Independent shops can’t keep up with the tool prices, the training, the locked-down diagnostics. So the mom-and-pop places that used to keep your car running for a fair price get squeezed out. Customers get funneled to the dealer where the labor rates are higher and the incentive is often to sell more work (or a new car).
This isn’t progress. It’s control of the aftermarket. Right-to-repair exists on paper in some places, but the practical reality is that modern vehicles are designed to be opaque to anyone without the factory key.
Uncle Jack saw the writing on the wall two decades ago. The kid in that TikTok is living it now. The skilled trades that built this country are being engineered out of the independent repair business, one locked module at a time.
Support the shops that still fight to stay independent. And push harder on actual right-to-repair that includes the software and tools, not just the parts.
Multiple U.S. sailors have reportedly tried to jump overboard the USS Abraham Lincoln amid poor conditions as the Iran war extends their deployment. Natalie Oliverio from The Military Times spoke with one of the sailor’s wives: “She is extremely worried and concerned about how her husband is actually doing.”
This is interesting and I would definitely like to hear more from this man. I see both sides of this issue. Anyone know him or seen any more videos of him? What are your thoughts on Data Centers?
State trooper spits in the face of a journalist that is asking him questions on his 75k in overtime pay for a desk job.
Connecticut State Police Sergeant Bryan Fahey—a trooper reassigned to a 9-to-5 desk job over anger issues—made over $212,000 in a single year, with more than $75,000 coming from overtime pay.
When independent journalist went to Fahey’s residence to ask about these taxpayer-funded overtime claims as one wonders how you accumulate 75k in OT working a desk job.
Fahey immediately told the journalist to leave his property and as they were in the process of leaving, Fahey came out of his door and confronted the journalist with an unholstered firearm.
The camera man's video shows an aggressive Fahey following the journalists down the road to the street with his firearm in hand while body checking the journalist, and spitting directly in the journalist's face.
Instead of holding the trooper accountable, responding Groton Police Department officers claimed spitting on a civilian wasn't a crime and arrested Reyes for "voyeurism" and "trespassing" even though no signs were on the property stating no trespassing and the journalist was leaving immediately upon when asked to do so.
Following the arrest and the footage going public, Fahey has resigned from the department. Also, Fahey had to turn himself in on criminal charges.
The journalist has federal Section 1983 civil rights lawsuits are underway against Fahey, the Connecticut State Police, and the Groton Police Department for First Amendment retaliation and malicious prosecution.
Is a French style revolution is probably necessary at this point?🤷♂️
Good news is the cameras could capture all the decisive actions …so maybe despots in the future will think twice…
Credit: @helloamericasup
You are watching a Movie
Some people can not see it and others refuse to accept it
The movie is keeping those who are choosing not to wake up distracted whilst also creating more and more bait for the communist Gatekeepers to chomp on.
Whilst this is taking place, the world is being cleaned up from this criminal communist system that has been operating around us our whole entire lives
We keep seeing new characters coming into the Movie
Abdul is now everywhere in just the last few days
We also have Tom Barrett and Stephen Miller who both look like they are being played by someone wearing a mask
People will soon understand why this movie was so important during The Great Awakening
#harrythesoulcoach #abdul #stephenmiller #awakening #communist
Trolling The Communist Gatekeepers can be fun!
Trump, Kamala and many other characters are trolling both sides right now knowing that these people are taking the bait
It is becoming more and more stupid, yet the anger and fear is ramping up from those who are hiding in plain sight
#harrythesoulcoach #donaldtrump #kamalaharris #trolling #truth
Abdul is Obama
Central Casting
Abdul has come out of nowhere and running for Senate in Michigan
That is Obama wearing a mask and a body suit
People still find it hard to understand we are watching a movie, the movie is to bring more awareness to The Communists who report on The Fake News and each time get caught in the lie
Trump has called Abdul a communist, and the Gatekeepers are now exposing communism by calling out characters labelled communist.
We see the same in New York With Mandami
Central Casting is Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and Obama grew up on the farm
Obama is real, Abdul is full of shit
#harrythesoulcoach #donaldtrump #obama #centralcasting #truth
WOAH 🚨 Fraud scheme discovered where illegals are paying police officers $5,000 for a fake police report saying they were physically abused. Once they have that report they can get a “U Visa”
Just one scandal uncovered 5 officers making MILLIONS writing fake police reports for legals for visas
@Brookerteejones “Massive fraud scheme that has been taking place in Louisiana involving illegal immigrants and visas. This is what happened.
A business owner in a small town of Oakdale, Louisiana hired three police officers and one town marshal. He hired them to write fake police reports for illegal immigrants saying an illegal immigrant was hurt by an American, robbed, beat up, whatever. They were hurt. The officers and the marshal would write up fake police reports. They would give the fake police reports to the illegal immigrants in exchange for $5,000.
$5,000 per illegal immigrant for a fake police report. Once the illegal immigrant had a police report in their hand, they could turn that in, and for some reason, if you're an illegal immigrant and you are hurt here in America, you can get a visa — This has been going on for 10 years, and the officers and the business owner have made millions of dollars doing this.
“This was going on so much this small town of Oakdale, Louisiana was registered as one of the most dangerous cities in America when in turn nothing was really going on. Officers were just writing fake police reports”
The U visa is a US nonimmigrant status for victims of certain crimes who suffered mental or physical abuse and helped law enforcement in the investigation or prosecution. It grants temporary legal status and a work permit for up to four years
So as long as they could get one of these fake police reports, they could get this visas
You know this is happening all over America
🚨 Teen charged with raping two high school girls and one of whom needed neck surgery after being strangled just had his case dismissed and sealed.
JESSE BUTLER was given youthful offender status in Oklahoma.
He completed the program and the charges were dropped one day before his 19th birthday.
The case will now be expunged as if it never happened.
During the final hearing, the defense claimed the perpetrator suffered more than the victims.
The new District Attorney said it made his “blood boil.”
Two victims.
No prison time.
Case erased.
This man simply wanted to smoke a cigarette. An off-duty undercover pig saw a black man hand him a cigarette and decided he was suspicious. This is what followed. Oh, that's right- it's just a few bad apples. #backtheblue
Anthropic's "Project Panama" should DISTURB EVERYONE. Anthropic is secretly buying up rare books, slicing their spines, scanning them, and shredding the originals - and it's court sanctioned.
Some of these are the last known physical copies in the world. Now, they're gone forever, for the sake of digitization.
Wanting to digitize them is understandable, and I have no idea if Anthropic is doing anything with malintent. But DESTROYING rare books on purpose is both wrong and dangerous. And based on internal memos, Anthropic knew that's how people would react if this ever got out.
A digital file can be edited, updated, or quietly rewritten overnight. Anthropic could be completely accurate with their reproductions, but that doesn't stop someone else down the line. Without the original physical copy, there is nothing left to check the file against. Every dictator in history who has tried to control the will of the people has known that. This just makes it way easier than gathering up all the books and burning them.
Buy physical books, on acid free paper if you can so they'll last longer. No one can quietly change a physical book overnight. It is a reliable witness.