Climate Yes!: “Why climate doomerism is wrong”
Spot on: I don’t want to talk about whether pessimism is accurate. I want to focus on whether it’s useful. People might defend doomsday scenarios as the wake-up call that…
Health care: Cigna insurance denies claims without even looking at the patient’s medical record
https://twitter.com/propublica/status/1639586525825441792
Public health: “How Zeynep Tufekci and Jeremy Howard Masked America” #MasksForAll
Zeynep Tufekci and Jeremy Howard played a decisive role in shifting CDC guidance and ushering in mask mandates across America. Zeynep’s role in the COVID story goes far deeper than…
Climate oops: Largest seller of carbon offsets accused of being a scam
The world's largest seller of carbon offsets is accused of being a scam, possibly selling 30x more offsets than were actually realized.
Advertising oops: “Levi’s to Use AI-Generated Models to ‘Increase Diversity'”
I doubt this is what most expected when they pushed for more diversity in advertising: Fashion brand Levi Strauss & Co has announced a partnership with digital fashion studio Lalaland.ai…
How the Lily Collins Facebook Hack May have worked
Details are here. I believe there were multiple attack vectors. The one described at the link is an analysis of a Google Chrome extension that grabbed the authentication cookie for…
Facebook “Lily Collins” hack
The Lily Collins hack is gradually encompassing more and more Facebook accounts. The attack has been underway since January and is still underway in late March. Facebook has no comment…
Follow up: Jet passenger killed by turbulence?
March 3, 2023 After the March 3d, 2023 incident, there was much publicity about a former government official killed “by turbulence” while her family flew on a private jet flight.…
Business: Remote work is so last year
https://twitter.com/ZoeSchiffer/status/1638677318104408064
Demographics: North Carolina dropping 4-year degree requirement for state jobs
Bearing the modest title “Recognizing the Value of Experience in State Government Hiring,” Executive Order No. 278 makes a number of concessions to economic reality. First, the order “recognizes that…