Zoë Schiffer: Yeah, I imply, I used to be speaking to somebody earlier than these current layoffs who’d labored on the CDC beforehand and had been fairly concerned in efforts to check the influence of sure illnesses or pandemics particularly on pregnant populations, and this individual had informed me some time in the past, that whole staff was gone. They did not have many individuals in place anymore who might take a look at significantly weak populations from a well being perspective, which I discovered fairly unhappy and disturbing, however now, I imply, it is simply getting a lot worse. It is getting a lot worse.
Jake Lahut: And Russell Vought appears to be fairly glad about every further model of this that retains coming down the pike, so.
Zoë Schiffer: Proper. OK. We’ll speak extra about these federal layoffs and the way they’ve affected different companies too in our subsequent section. However earlier than we go to interrupt, I’ve bought a enjoyable and really tech bro scoop for you, Cybertrucks.
Jake Lahut: Yeah. Actually, I must be paying you to be on the present immediately, Zoë, so inform me extra about it.
Zoë Schiffer: OK. Effectively, I discovered this story so charming as a result of basically our Options Director Reyhan had mentioned, “Let’s do a photograph essay of Cybertruck homeowners.” And I used to be like, ‘I volunteer as tribute. I actually wish to do that.” So I contacted a bunch of individuals, I used to be really going round, and after I noticed Cybertrucks, I would depart little notes on their automobile. Not a single individual ever responded to me, I used to be like.
Jake Lahut: Stalker conduct.
Zoë Schiffer: “OK, all proper.” However ultimately I bought in touch with this man who runs Cybertrucks Homeowners Solely, which is that this 50,000 individual Fb group that is actually, actually energetic. And he, whereas very suspicious of the media, like many Cybertrucks homeowners was like, “I am recreation. If you happen to come to Palm Springs on this weekend, we are able to have a Cybertrucks meetup and you’ll go meet folks, you may take images and interview them.” I like reporting the place your authentic thesis is totally disproven in the middle of the reporting, and the Cybertrucks homeowners actually see themselves because the victims of this marketing campaign. They’re being spit at, they’re being focused, folks yell that they are Nazis. And to lots of people who I speak to, they do not see their buy of this automobile as in any respect political. They’re like, “I identical to the automobile. It is a cool automobile, it is enjoyable and all of those loopy liberal persons are screaming at me all day. I’ve my youngsters within the automobile they usually’re chasing after me calling me a Nazi.” The article got here out immediately, there’s some actually cool images. I am curious to listen to what you thought.
