2022-03-17
Tax breaks for Bitcoin?! Of all the stupid ways we waste tax payer dollars on subsidies for profitable businesses this is a quick contender for the top 3 list. https://twitter.com/...
Thomson Reuters Foundation News
A look at the emergence of Kentucky as a small bitcoin mining powerhouse; an estimate says Kentucky produces more CO2 from crypto mining than any other US state
a few months later, he incorporated his own mining business. I took a road trip through Kentucky, where the bitcoin industry is making a big push: https://longreads.trust.org/ ... ...
2021-05-22
Not sure if it would be better for the environment to go buy a new Hummer and drive it across the state with the AC blasting and windows down or buy some bitcoin. Safe to say I won't be doing either anytime soon. https://twitter.com/...
Wall Street Journal
A look at a fossil fuel power plant in NY that has been restarted to mine crypto, as NY considers a bill for placing a three-year moratorium on crypto mining
The lofty prices of cryptocurrencies have investors sinking money into electricity generation, risking a backlash Tweets: @brianspegele , @the_moviebob , @bcappelbaum , @ayanaeliza...
2020-04-12
This is so appalling and pathetic. We did a large tip and our shopper went above and beyond and was so kind when she delivered we went back in and raised it above 20%. You should only be allowed to raise the tip amount not lower after an order is placed. https://twitter.com/...
Los Angeles Times
Instacart is paying workers about the same to do 2-3 orders at a time as it does for one order as demand rises during the pandemic, interviews and receipts show
and then changing them to zero https://www.cnn.com/... @juliaangelenpr : Well we've hit a new low as humans: https://twitter.com/... Frankie Pumps / @fiercefrankie1 : Who even thin...
2020-04-11
This is so appalling and pathetic. We did a large tip and our shopper went above and beyond and was so kind when she delivered we went back in and raised it above 20%. You should only be allowed to raise the tip amount not lower after an order is placed. https://twitter.com/...
Los Angeles Times
Instacart is paying workers about the same to do 2-3 orders at a time as it does for one order as demand rises during the pandemic, interviews and receipts show
Dina W. did her last job for Instacart on March 20. Before the coronavirus outbreak, Dina could easily avoid doing …