micnd90 [he/him,any]

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Cake day: August 17th, 2020
  • micnd90 [he/him,any]@hexbear.nettoFuck Cars@lemmy.ml•The NYTimes is once again trashing the most promising mobility innovation of the 21st centuryEnglish
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    6 months ago

    Elijah Orlandi makes deliveries for Grubhub in the evening after his 9-to-5 job.

    “There are scenarios where people have the right to be upset,” said Orlandi, who lives in the Bronx and has been making e-bike deliveries for Grubhub — in addition to his 9-to-5 job — since October. He has seen e-bike riders “swerving in between cars and all that kind of stuff.” But Orlandi is also hoping for compassion. “People got to understand, we’re working,” he said. Delivery apps, he noted, keep track of how quickly workers make their drop-offs — and ding them if they take too long. “Sometimes you’ll be going somewhere and Grubhub will send you another order, and then no matter what you do, you’re going to be late,” he said. “So that’s why you’ll see a lot of people rushing.”

    Surely the problem here this dude’s e-bike. Not that people need to do gig job on top of 9-5 work day, unaffordable rent, inflation, and exploitative gig economy platform

  • micnd90 [he/him,any]@hexbear.nettoAsklemmy@lemmy.ml•What's the most believable cryptid story you've ever heard of?English
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    11 months ago

    https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/116385390

    HOBART; An official sighting of the Tasmanian tiger, feared extinct for 48 years, was reported yesterday by the State National Parks and Wildlife Service. The tiger was seen 18 months ago by a ranger in forest country in the northwest of the State, according to the service’s chief wildlife officer, Mr Rod Pierce. Mr Pierce said the ranger had been "parked in his car at night doing some other work when he saw it in his spotlight. “It wasn’t a fleeting glimpse - he had long enough to have a good look at the animal.” Mr Pierce said it was one of a number of good sightings of the tiger over the past few years, but it was the only one by a ranger.

    Mr Pierce said the service would not disclose the name of the ranger who made the sighting, nor would it specify the area where it was made. “The tiger must have as much protection as possible.” he said. “We don’t want all sorts of people going out and looking for it.” Rangers have searched along creek banks and through muddy areas looking for footprints. If its general location becomes known, rangers will set up infra-red cameras in the hope of capturing it on film. But Mr Pierce said the search had so far been fruitless and no tracks had been found. “The project will run until the end of summer, and then it will be reviewed,” he said.