Dave

I ate a lot of dumplings to get where I am Designer @cultureamp · He/him

[I'm @Ketanjoshi.co on Bluesky @KetanJ0]

An interesting thread that suggests #Dontlookup works better as a pandemic metaphor than a climate metaphor -->>

[Dave @dlimiter]

@annaspargoryan Oh hell I’m so sorry that’s awful x

[Jordan K. Green @jordonaut]

@leeloowrites I thinks I found the toolkit: https://t.co/Msp6x8udTq

[Dave @dlimiter]

@keirasaid Oh my friend, I’m so sorry xx

[@[email protected] @NewtonMark]

Leave them alone for God’s sake. https://t.co/PyVWFA2Sfx

[georgia @georgetweets2u]

Playing my tiny violin for landlords who are sad that they have to ensure their properties are livable.

https://t.co/jrbKWWpCyj

[anna spargo-ryan 🍉 @annaspargoryan]

"I started to write “it’s been a long week for survivors” but that monumentally understates the years we’ve already spent here, trying to reconcile what has been done to us with what we’re permitted to say."

Me on this monstrous week/life.

https://t.co/pzvohTzWw8

[Imo @imogenrq]

Imagine having one single vertebrae

[Jez Heywood @jezheywood]

"It is revealing, I think, that as a nation we sought to save the newly unemployed from distress and the long tail of penury but not the ones who were already caught in that cycle from years before."

Brilliant writing, as per usual, from @SquigglyRick

[anna spargo-ryan 🍉 @annaspargoryan]

Maybe someone could give point values to different kinds of suffering, and we could all tally up our total and then the men could explain how we’re allowed to feel on a sliding scale.

[Helen Davidson @heldavidson]

“It is no wonder then that a large percentage of the Australian public now thinks Morrison is doing a good job. He set the bar so appallingly low for himself that anything is an improvement.”
- The Washington Post https://t.co/QqZc0XjVvQ

[Dave @dlimiter]

Galaxy brain utilitarianism

[Alexander Downer @AlexanderDowner]

We either save avoidable deaths & destroy society OR accept avoidable deaths & save society. The moral dilemma of our time.

[Dave @dlimiter]

I've been using Tweetbot and just had to use twitter dot com for the first time in ages and what the hell is all this mess I'm so confused

[Dave @dlimiter]

Love when a podcast I haven’t seen in a while pops up in my feed again. Thanks for coming back @AnxietyAunts, it was just what I needed 🙏🏼

[Dave @dlimiter]

Timeless tweet

[Dave @dlimiter]

People don’t all have equal buying power you fucking sociopath.

[Matthew Lesh @matthewlesh]

There is nothing wrong with retailers increasing prices. It ensures products can be bought by those who value them the most and helps prevent shortages.

[Dave @dlimiter]

Or to put it another way, what’s the use of a few extra dollars an hour when overall you still make far less than an equivalent full time employee and have none of the other benefits?

[Dave @dlimiter]

The extremely relevant perspective of someone who has clearly never relied on casual employment to survive

[Eryk Bagshaw @ErykBagshaw]

IR Minister Christian Porter suggests casuals are prepared for #coronavirus sick leave because they are paid more. "Many people would have already made provisions for that because of course the purpose of casual employment is that you're paid extra in lieu of entitlements."

[Dave @dlimiter]

The relatively small increase in hourly rate is doing a lot of heavy lifting. It has to offset: under employment, unpredictable hours, lack of sick/holiday/carers/parental leave, precarious job security

[Dave @dlimiter]

So these industries appear to employ more people, but on average most of them work far less than full time hours.

[Dave @dlimiter]

The purpose of casual employment is to make it easier for *employers* to maintain a workforce in industries where there is large fluctuation in revenue without having to pay salaries for people they don’t need all the time.