Notices by maniajack (maniajack@mastodon.world)

@aral I don't quite understand the hate of Firefox, was their "update" directed at your sentiment? Mozilla is a nonprofit and they're of course not going to be perfect but they're kind of the last game in town since Google took over all the browser backends? I see a lot of "go to librewolf" but would they have enough support to maintain the browser if FF died?

Definitely worth the subscription. Wired's coverage of the mess that is DOGE has been essential.

#uspol #tech

https://www.yahoo.com/news/not-known-political-coverage-wired-150551761.html

Obama created a technical guru group to fix healthcare.gov. When the clown show came back to town musk fired 40 of them and pulled 65 into DOGE. 21 just quit with a group resignation letter:

“We will not use our skills as technologists to compromise core government systems, jeopardize Americans’ sensitive data, or dismantle critical public services,” they wrote. “We will not lend our expertise to carry out or legitimize DOGE’s actions.”

#uspol

https://apnews.com/article/doge-elon-musk-federal-government-resignations-usds-6b7e9b7022e6d89d69305e9510f2a43c

Wow so blue cross blue shield will only cover anesthesia for a specific time limit on a surgery, the US health care system is broken.

#healthcare

https://www.asahq.org/about-asa/newsroom/news-releases/2024/11/anthem-blue-cross-blue-shield-will-not-pay-complete-duration-of-anesthesia-for-surgical-procedures

Powerful words from true journalists at @ProPublica

"We face the biggest test of our professional lives. Now we get to see if we really meant it when we said we will hold power to account. Will we do so when our subjects have true power on their side and a willingness to use it? We may be harassed. We may be sued. We may be threatened with violence. We may be ignored. Are we just sunshine journalists or are we ready?"

#journalism

https://www.propublica.org/article/second-trump-administration-investigative-journalism

@ryanhoulihan What did The Atlantic do?

What a quote: "There’s not much use in pointing out hypocrisy in the Trump era. Trump and his core supporters are governed only by the Cartman [of South Park] principle—“I do what I want!”—and to that principle, they are always faithful."

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2023/12/trump-maine-ballot/676987/?utm_source=feed