Hey @delauro.house.gov, great job standing up for your queer, disabled, and immune-compromised constituents.
Joel Berger
@teknomantik.old-home.net
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Here for people, not "protocols." Nerdy guy with opinions, mostly that people should care about each other. Dad of two awesome young humans, sysadmin for the money, overly-distracted anime fan, baseball/hockey enjoyer. He/him. ⚾ #Rockies 🏒 p - #GoAvsGo
![A shift in the temperature distribution that is expected with continued climate change, will cause a higher occurrence of temperatures in the heat part of the range and a lower occurrence in the cold part. However, given the shape of the exposure–response relationship and the steeper risk on the right-hand side, such shifts can be expected to be associated with a much higher increase in heat-related deaths than for cold. In fact, a recent health impact projection study in more than 800 cities in Europe showed that a future reduction of cold deaths is unlikely to offset the projected increase in heat deaths. [footnote 10]
The bottom line, however, is not whether heat or cold is more dangerous, but how we can save the most lives, especially as the climate continues to change. Nowadays, given the current climate trends and limited success in climate mitigation, the current epidemiological literature strongly suggests that an urgent focus on heat-related deaths is well justified.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:maprf7m4okc2kptlebgotlrm/bafkreieniqgpturgzp43bklihc66ahpe45swzpwdg6m7tspkr46qbdfmmy)
![Bluesky reply by Drew Peardon (@d95w19p9.bsky.social):
Leftist feminist journalist @threadsdeadbaby.bsky.social has looked at the publicly available evidence and determined that Neil Gaiman is innocent. It was all a TERF / fascist smear campaign. Please read it before you judge it: [link to the same Substack article all the bots are passing around declaring Gaiman "innocent"]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:maprf7m4okc2kptlebgotlrm/bafkreiausbbwvl5qz7pyktepchxuz2ugmsowz3mi4qykdmlybkhtlfujgm)
![Post by 💚🧡💙Oakbrook❤️💛💜 (@oakbrook.bsky.social)
Dear Senate Dems!!!
SHUT DOWN the government if necessary,
but DO NOT FUND ICE!!
Repost this and it will go to the Dems in this list each time! [ed note: this is a lie]
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![[2/2, see parent post for first part]
If a driver usually logs on at 10 PM and accepts every garbage $3 order instantly without hesitation, the algo tags them as "High Desperation." Once they are tagged, the system then deliberately stops showing them high-paying orders. The logic is: "Why pay this guy $15 for a run when we know he’s desperate enough to do it for $6?" We save the good tips for the "casual" drivers to hook them in and gamify their experience, while the full-timers get grinded into dust.
Then there is the "Benefit Fee." You’ve probably seen that $1.50 "Regulatory Response Fee" or "Driver Benefits Fee" that appeared on your bill after the recent labor laws passed. The wording is designed to make you feel like you're helping the worker.
In reality, that money goes straight to a corporate slush fund used to lobby against driver unions. We have a specific internal cost center for "Policy Defense," and that fee feeds directly into it. You are literally paying for the high-end lawyers that are fighting to keep your delivery guy homeless.
And regarding tips, we're essentially doing Tip Theft 2.0. We don't "steal" them legally anymore because we got sued for that. Instead, we use predictive modeling to dynamically lower the base pay.
If the algo predicts you are a "high tipper" and you’ll likely drop $10, it offers the driver a measly $2 base pay. If you tip $0, it offers them $8 base pay just to get the food moved. The result is that your generosity isn't rewarding the driver; it’s subsidizing us. You’re paying their wage so we don't have to.
I'm drunk and I'm angry. Ask me anything before this gets taken down.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:maprf7m4okc2kptlebgotlrm/bafkreigueiplnqmmxg4ft7tshw6gyfgpji2emdxf6yqabyl4larjptonoe)
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![Sample post of the suspicious campaign, from "Reem's Family Is Waiting For a Lifeline From You 🍉🙏" (@savefamily33.myatproto.social):
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![But according to a person who socialized with Platner when he was living in Washington, D.C., more than a decade ago, Platner had specifically acknowledged that the tattoo was a Totenkopf, the "death's head" symbol adopted by an infamous Nazi SS unit that guarded concentration camps in World War II.
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"He said, 'Oh, this is my Totenkopf,'" the former acquaintance told Jewish Insider recently, speaking on the condition of anonymity to address a sensitive issue. "He said it in a cutesy little way."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:maprf7m4okc2kptlebgotlrm/bafkreicixcapvcidhg26eva7rv4kqm37uo4flstidb5r7ixrpkv25uchli)
