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We will.
marklemley.bsky.social Mark Lemley @marklemley.bsky.social · Jan 12
"Here are the demands we all need to make: Use the National Guard to protect our citizens. Arrest agents who commit crimes. Charge police, National Guard, and ICE with crimes when they commit or refuse to stop them. . . . Do it now."
cmarmitage.substack.com/p/my-first-7...
My First 72 Hours in Minneapolis and How I Got an ICE Agent to Scream “MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN”
The activists on the ground are doing the work, that should give you hope.
cmarmitage.substack.com
January 13, 2026 at 5:44 PM
walkwalktalk.bsky.social
When in the gym, remember, Lifting has the same rules as barbecue:

For best results, go low and slow.
January 12, 2026 at 4:44 PM
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Statement by Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell.

This is fucking crazy!!!!
Statement by Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell
YouTube video by Federal Reserve
www.youtube.com
January 12, 2026 at 1:03 AM
walkwalktalk.bsky.social
"Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story" deserves a space in the Comedy Hall of Fame and it's a travesty how under appreciated it is.

Filmsky, What film do you adore that just doesn't get the love and fanfare it deserves?
January 11, 2026 at 3:46 PM
walkwalktalk.bsky.social
The Maximus storyline in fallout is stuuuuuuupid. I just want to skip every scene.
January 8, 2026 at 3:36 AM
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fightforaunion.bsky.social
Our greatest minds are hard at work making sure nobody ever has a free moment, or the necessary peace of mind to tackle this mystery

@mcsquared.bsky.social
January 7, 2026 at 3:19 PM
walkwalktalk.bsky.social
Poland, 1939
Venezuela, 2025

This time, please do something, world.
January 3, 2026 at 5:05 PM
walkwalktalk.bsky.social
... so a foreign country can just arrest another country's head of state? Can we request this?
January 3, 2026 at 4:27 PM
walkwalktalk.bsky.social
01/02/26
A canal with a bridge in the distance. A rainbow shines above with an office building along the right side of the canal
January 3, 2026 at 2:52 AM
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damonyoung.com.au
I can’t verify what’s in this confession, but it certainly seems plausible.

“I'm a developer for a major food delivery app. The 'Priority Fee' and 'Driver Benefit Fee' go 100% to the company. The driver sees $0 of it.”

Loathsome manipulation and exploitation.
r/confession Join u/Trowaway_whistleblow • 3h I'm a developer for a major food delivery app. The 'Priority Fee' and 'Driver Benefit Fee' go 100% to the company. The driver sees $0 of it. I'm posting this from a library Wi-Fi on a burner laptop because I am technically under a massive NDA. I don't care anymore. I put in my two weeks yesterday and honestly, I hope they sue me. I've been sitting on this for about eight months, just watching the code getting pushed to production, and I can't sleep at night knowing I helped build this machine. You guys always suspect the algorithms are rigged against you, but the reality is actually so much more depressing than the conspiracy theories. I'm a backend engineer. I sit in the weekly sprint planning meetings where Product Managers (PMs) discuss how to squeeze another 0.4% margin out of "human assets" (that's literally what they call drivers in the database schemas). They talk about these people like they are resource nodes in a video game, not fathers and mothers trying to pay rent. First off, the "Priority Delivery" is a total scam. It was pitched to us as a "psychological value add." Like I said in the title, when you pay that extra $2.99, it changes a boolean flag in the order JSON, but the dispatch logic literally ignores it. It does nothing to speed you up. We actually ran an A/B test last year where we didn't speed up the priority orders, we just purposefully delayed non-priority orders by 5 to 10 minutes to make the Priority ones "feel" faster by comparison. Management loved the results. We generated millions in pure profit just by making the standard service worse, not by making the premium service better. But the thing that actually makes me sick-and the main reason I'm quitting-is the "Desperation Score." We have a hidden metric for drivers that tracks how desperate they are for cash based on their acceptance behavior. 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 taken down.
January 2, 2026 at 6:01 AM
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damonyoung.com.au
When you give a driver a “desperation score”.
January 2, 2026 at 6:05 AM
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nycjayjay.bsky.social
Distressing yet accurate.
December 30, 2025 at 1:31 PM
walkwalktalk.bsky.social
Animation and AI thought:

The one field I thought could genuinely benefit from GenAI was animation.

Not to create from scratch, but to just cut down on some of the grunt work-specifically, I was thinking it would be perfect for say:

"Create 32 frames of motion to connect these two cells fluidly"
December 30, 2025 at 3:04 PM
walkwalktalk.bsky.social
I used to live next to Hugo Weaving and used my middle name Anderson as my last name. You can guess the rest.

That 6/7 years felt like I was living in the matrix
bolt451.bsky.social Frey has a free writing Patreon @bolt451.bsky.social · Jun 13
Right folks. Feeling rather down at the moment so bringing back an oldie

Please Quote this with your most minor celebrity interaction
December 30, 2025 at 4:14 AM
walkwalktalk.bsky.social
Any chance @lastweektonight.com can help us secure funding to keep this going? The volume of calls we've already received and the responses both positive and negative prove the ongoing need for the service.

This is an Absolute Hail Mary of a post.
December 27, 2025 at 9:37 PM
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hawaiinewsnow.com
State launches culturally grounded crisis line for queer youth during holidays #HNN #HINEWS #HawaiiNews
Hawaii nonprofit launches culturally grounded crisis line for queer youth during holidays
If you or someone you know is struggling with their mental health, Kids Hurt Too is offering a free 24/7 helpline through Jan. 9. Call (808) 545-5683.
www.hawaiinewsnow.com
December 26, 2025 at 12:00 AM
walkwalktalk.bsky.social
The story aired this evening. Share out if y'all can.
Hawaii nonprofit launches culturally grounded crisis line for queer youth during holidays
If you or someone you know is struggling with their mental health, Kids Hurt Too is offering a free 24/7 helpline through Jan. 9. Call (808) 545-5683.
www.hawaiinewsnow.com
December 27, 2025 at 5:57 AM
walkwalktalk.bsky.social
Oh Jesus. The same thing that happened to me happened to Ilya and his mom and family.

What the frack. What. The. Frack.
December 27, 2025 at 4:51 AM
walkwalktalk.bsky.social
I'm watching Heated Rivals episode 6. I am 9min 30sec in. I have YELLED "TELL HIM YOU LOVE HIM!" at the TV twice.
December 27, 2025 at 4:44 AM
walkwalktalk.bsky.social
Brah. Bring back blue cheese at Kalihi Costco
December 26, 2025 at 9:15 PM
walkwalktalk.bsky.social
More news coverage. The story will air tomorrow- they wanted to get the word out ASAP so they posted the web story early.

If you want to support queer youth and this vital service, please consider donating.
Hawaii nonprofit launches culturally grounded crisis line for queer youth during holidays
If you or someone you know is struggling with their mental health, Kids Hurt Too is offering a free 24/7 helpline through Jan. 9. Call (808) 545-5683.
www.hawaiinewsnow.com
December 26, 2025 at 5:58 AM
walkwalktalk.bsky.social
I was an obligatory nudist for a number of months a couple of years back- I had a reaction to laundry pods that hadn't properly broken down. It was an interesting time... I have friends who would let me just hang around their house naked
December 25, 2025 at 4:50 PM
walkwalktalk.bsky.social
Are all of my tattoos skanky? Even though they're all nerdy?
December 25, 2025 at 2:41 PM
walkwalktalk.bsky.social
I wish we could filter out and block all trans girls on grindr. I don't know about elsewhere, but it's turned into a straight guy cesspit over here in Honolulu.
December 25, 2025 at 2:37 PM
walkwalktalk.bsky.social
I'm watching Batman Returns and this is my LiveSky of it.

#batmanreturns #batman #christmas #livesky
December 25, 2025 at 4:41 AM