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Miguel
@miguelcruiz.bsky.social
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Música, pelis, series, política, tecnología... un cajón de sastre
Madrid/Asturias
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erichaywood.bsky.social
Oh shit we're about to start collecting foreign countries like Infinity Stones
phillewis.bsky.social Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 1h
Marco Rubio on Cuba during the press conference: "If I lived in Havana and I was in the government, I'd be concerned ... at least a little bit"
January 3, 2026 at 5:34 PM
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elhombremalo.bsky.social
Lo pongo dos veces para que quepa el alt text
A 11.1k 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. (selt.confession) submitted 3 hours ago by Trowaway whistleblow 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 gets taken down.
January 3, 2026 at 10:01 AM
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lordolordor.bsky.social
Lo de Grok también es una oportunidad para que la UE amenace (y cumpla) con cerrar X si no se atiene a las normas. Es Elon el que necesita tener X abierto para influir en las elecciones, es él quien tendrá que pasar por el aro, sólo falta tener un poco de sangre en las venas
January 2, 2026 at 1:12 PM
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strandjunker.com
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There’s a lesson there.
January 1, 2026 at 9:01 PM
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paleofuture.bsky.social
I’m so fucking tired of this racist piece of shit
Trump: Much of the Minnesota Fraud, up to 90%, is caused by people that came into our Country, illegally, from Somalia. "Congresswoman" Omar, an ungrateful loser who only complains and never contributes, is one of the many scammers. Did she really marry her brother? Lowlifes like this can only be a liability to our Country's greatness. Send them back from where they came, Somalia, perhaps the worst, and most corrupt, country on earth. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!!! 3.55k ReTruths 11.2k Likes 12/31/25, 7:55 AM
December 31, 2025 at 5:56 PM
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kikegdelariva.bsky.social
Solo hay una palabra que pueda decirse: Shiiiiiiiiiit.
December 31, 2025 at 11:40 AM
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literland.bsky.social
La penúltima sonrisa del año:
December 30, 2025 at 1:28 PM
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iamreddave.bsky.social
We Didn't Start the Fire. With Bardot's passing three people mentioned in the song remain alive
Graph of Billy Joel song
December 28, 2025 at 11:24 AM
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alexdavistransit.bsky.social
Transit's main competition is cars. If you raise fares from $2.50 to $3, you're still way more affordable than driving. But if you cut the bus from every 15 to every 20, you're screwed because cars have infinity frequency and 24 hr service span.
ndhapple.bsky.social Nolan Hicks @ndhapple.bsky.social · 7d
I hate that we’re having to think in these terms, but the evidence seems to be bearing out that steep fare hikes are less damaging to ridership than service cuts.
davidzipper.bsky.social David Zipper @davidzipper.bsky.social · 7d
2025 was brutal for US transit. Agencies faced budget deficits, flat ridership, and open hostility from the White House.

I wrote a series of stories outlining ways to help transit endure.

Lesson #1: Whatever you do, don’t cut service. Riders will leave – permanently.

Here are a few others 🧵
December 27, 2025 at 3:32 PM
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xrayeyes.bsky.social
Debbie Harry performing "Sweet Thing." A clip from Unmade Beds, directed by Amos Poe, 1976.

Pioneer of the No Wave Cinema movement, Amos Poe was a central figure in the New York punk filmmaking scene.
December 27, 2025 at 1:20 PM
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subetealanutria.bsky.social
Me acaba de llegar el Pajas Wrapped de 2025 y no sé, creo que nos estamos pasando con esto de los wrappeds. ¿Soy el único al que le parece de mal gusto?
Una imagen con un diseño muy sobrio y muy friendly en el que se lee: Wankers Analytics. 2025 Pajas Wrapped. En quién pensabas. 38% Actors and celebrities. (fotito de stock de un actor con un premio) 17% Former partners. (fotito de stock de una pareja abrazada) 20% Imaginary people. (fotito de stock de una especie de Neptuno o Aquamán) 9% Erotic/porn models. (fotito de stock de unos labios pintados de rojo intenso) 16% Non-human entities. (imagen del Robin Hood zorro de Disney) Your pajas in numners. You hit the zambomba 279 days out of 365 (76% de los días). Longest treak: 40 days. You lost a total of 22 days and 12 hours sacudiendo la nutria. Saddest paja: 16th of June (your birthday!). Happiest paja: 1st of october (sexting with Coqui!). You could have read 927 books in that time! But preferiste zurrarte la sardina. Scroll down to see MORE.
December 27, 2025 at 10:39 AM
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nytimes.com
Perry Bamonte, a guitarist and keyboard player in the Cure, has died. He was 65.
Perry Bamonte, Guitarist and Keyboardist in the Cure, Dies at 65
A former roadie, Mr. Bamonte joined the band in 1990. He played on five albums and in hundreds of shows and was “a vital part of the Cure story,” the band said.
nyti.ms
December 27, 2025 at 12:05 AM
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perfectfromnowon89.bsky.social
the lemonheads ♡
December 27, 2025 at 7:50 AM
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852dude.bsky.social
Can't wait for the loosened up, non-perfect, but quickly shipped AI-enhanced updates to hit my banking and insurance services next year.

Im sure there will be no issues there at all.
software development in 2026 is going to require some to loosen up a little code doesn't have to be as perfectly crafted the way we did it pre-ai call it slop if you want, but if you're still demanding perfection on every pr while your competitors are shipping "slop" that works.. you're fighting from a disadvantaged position shipping velocity matters more than perfection
December 26, 2025 at 2:28 PM
miguelcruiz.bsky.social
Canciones de las que hablamos en la comida navideña.
No recordaba yo que el cantante de Triana muriera tan pronto.

youtu.be/7FwBRkE7BWk?...
SR. TRONCOSO - TRIANA
YouTube video by PixonRojo14
youtu.be
December 25, 2025 at 3:51 PM
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lmejino.bsky.social
Hoy empiezan mis recopilaciones anuales con todo un clasíco.
Mis mejores novedades británicas de 2025 - Series para gourmets blogs.diariovasco.com/series-gourm... via @diariovascobsky.bsky.social
Mis mejores novedades británicas de 2025 - Series para gourmets
Es el momento de iniciar mis listas sectoriales de las mejores series de 2025 según mis criterios personales e intransferibles. Como siempre tendremos cinco niveles, Reino Unido, España, Europa, resto...
blogs.diariovasco.com
December 24, 2025 at 7:42 AM
miguelcruiz.bsky.social
Sobre Pantone y su color del año, el Cloud Dancer, qeu es un blanco sin gracia. Divertido el artículo de @jpbrammer.bsky.social
open.substack.com/pub/johnpaul...
'Cloud Dancer': A Measured Response
Regarding Pantone's decision, and so on, and so forth
open.substack.com
December 23, 2025 at 5:34 PM
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nxthompson.bsky.social
"The reason so many of yesterday’s free-speech champions transitioned so easily into today’s pro-Trump censors is that their definition of free speech never included the right of others to talk back." @adamserwer.bsky.social www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
The Triumph of Free-Speech Hypocrisy
What the 60 Minutes scandal reveals
www.theatlantic.com
December 23, 2025 at 5:01 PM
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springsteen81.bsky.social
¿Que para qué sirven los impuestos? Pues, entre otras muchas cosas, para esto.
December 23, 2025 at 12:33 PM
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dagavoladora.bsky.social
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michaelwarburton.bsky.social Michael Warburton @michaelwarburton.bsky.social · 11d
Every Christmas for nearly 50yrs the filmmaker JOHN WATERS has sent out a personalized card to friends, and in 1995 they got a picture of Steve Buscemi dressed as him.
December 23, 2025 at 3:15 PM
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dieworkwear.bsky.social
It was hard to convince Americans torture is wrong as a moral principle during Bush's term, and that was with the debate about whether torture makes us safer. I'm afraid for a portion of Trump's base, that calculation matters less. Idea of torturing undocumented immigrants may even bring pleasure.
December 23, 2025 at 2:28 AM
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perfectfromnowon89.bsky.social
teenage fanclub open.spotify.com/track/72xcjm...
laura ward
December 23, 2025 at 2:01 AM
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mattduffy33.bsky.social
NW:
Movie poster for “Stand By Me” (1986)
December 22, 2025 at 12:01 AM