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Nathaniel Gregory<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://bsky.brid.gy/r/https://bsky.app/profile/thejenniwren.teamlh.social" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>thejenniwren.teamlh.social</span></a></span> </p><p>The <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ACA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ACA</span></a> / <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Obamacare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Obamacare</span></a> is a popular but not overwhelmingly popular system (60% popularity). It left a lot of the problems with the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/private" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>private</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/forprofit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>forprofit</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/medical" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>medical</span></a> system intact and is vulnerable to <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/farright" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>farright</span></a> attacks.</p><p>Only 8% of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Democrats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Democrats</span></a> oppose <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MedicareForAll" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MedicareForAll</span></a>, yet no Dem politicians pursue it. Ask why.</p><p>Reminder: This was the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/RonaldReagan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RonaldReagan</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Healthcare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Healthcare</span></a> Plan made by the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Heritage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Heritage</span></a> Foundation who would then make <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Project2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Project2025</span></a>!</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Politics</span></a></p>
Longreads<p>"Charging people in prison to communicate with the outside world has long been good business."</p><p>Katya Schwenk for The Lever‬: <a href="https://longreads.com/2025/03/21/the-succession-battle-for-a-prison-empire/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">longreads.com/2025/03/21/the-s</span><span class="invisible">uccession-battle-for-a-prison-empire/</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Longreads" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Longreads</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Investigation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Investigation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Corruption</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Incarceration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Incarceration</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Prisons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Prisons</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Jails" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Jails</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/ForProfit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ForProfit</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Business" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Business</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>This year, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/GEOgroup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GEOgroup</span></a> &amp; Washington are back in court — for a third time — as the company tries to reverse the earlier decision that sided w/the state. <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/GEO" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GEO</span></a> has brought in contract cleaners at the Tacoma facility while the case plays out, keeping detainees there from *paid* work &amp; from having a way to earn commissary money.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>immigration</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Slavery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Slavery</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/forprofit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>forprofit</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/prison" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>prison</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HumanRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HumanRights</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>At the 1,575-bed detention center GEO runs for <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ICE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ICE</span></a> in Tacoma, Washington, detainees once prepared meals, washed laundry &amp; scrubbed toilets, doing jobs that would otherwise require 85 full-time employees…. The state’s <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MinimumWage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MinimumWage</span></a> at the time was $11 an hour. (It’s now $16.66.) In 2017, Washington sued GEO to enforce it, &amp; in Oct 2021 a federal jury ruled unanimously in the state’s favor.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>immigration</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Slavery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Slavery</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/forprofit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>forprofit</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/prison" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>prison</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/GEOGroup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GEOGroup</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>The <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/forprofit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>forprofit</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/prison" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>prison</span></a> company <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/GEOGroup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GEOGroup</span></a> has surged in value under <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>. Investors are betting big on <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>immigration</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/detention" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>detention</span></a>. Its stock price doubled after Election Day.</p><p>But despite its soaring fortunes, the $4B company continues to resist having to pay detainees &gt;$1 a day for cleaning facilities where the government has forced them to live.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Slavery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Slavery</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/geo-group-ice-detainees-wage" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">propublica.org/article/geo-gro</span><span class="invisible">up-ice-detainees-wage</span></a></p>
gentlegardener<p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Ice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ice</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/detention" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>detention</span></a> isn’t just a bureaucratic nightmare. It’s a <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/business" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>business</span></a>. These facilities are privately owned and run <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/forprofit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>forprofit</span></a>.<br>Companies like CoreCivic and GEO Group receive government funding based on the number of people they detain, which is why they lobby for stricter immigration policies. It’s a lucrative business: CoreCivic made over $560mfrom Ice contracts in a single year. In 2024, GEO Group made more than $763m from Ice contracts.</p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://flipboard.social/@guardian" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>guardian</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/19/canadian-detained-us-immigration-jasmine-mooney" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/us-news/2025/m</span><span class="invisible">ar/19/canadian-detained-us-immigration-jasmine-mooney</span></a></p>
petersuber<p>Update. "<a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DOGE</span></a> order leads to journal cancellations by U.S. agricultural library"<br><a href="https://www.science.org/content/article/doge-order-leads-journal-cancellations-u-s-agricultural-library" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">science.org/content/article/do</span><span class="invisible">ge-order-leads-journal-cancellations-u-s-agricultural-library</span></a></p><p>"The <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/USDA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USDA</span></a> on Friday told staff members it has canceled subscriptions carried by its National Agricultural Library as part of a drive by President Donald <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>’s administration to cut federal spending. The move appears to drop nearly 400 of the library’s roughly 2000 journals, including many prominent in various agricultural subfields —but curiously none from the world’s three largest scientific publishers, all of which are <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/ForProfit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ForProfit</span></a>. USDA staff members depicted the move as hasty, indiscriminate slashing…Studies of journal subscription fees indicate that on average, scientific <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/SocietyPublishers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SocietyPublishers</span></a> charge less than such for-profit companies."</p><p>PS: (1) Of course the best ag research should be <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/OpenAccess" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenAccess</span></a>. But that's a goal, not the current reality, and while we work for that goal, policymaking agencies still need access the best research. (2) If efficiency requires budget cuts, why focus the cuts on journals from <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/nonprofit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nonprofit</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/publishers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>publishers</span></a>, which on average are lower in price and higher in quality? </p><p><a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Agriculture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Agriculture</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/DefendResearch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DefendResearch</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/USPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPolitics</span></a></p>
Benjamin Carr, Ph.D. 👨🏻‍💻🧬<p><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Firefighting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Firefighting</span></a> Fire Sale<br>After <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/ForestService" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ForestService</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/layoffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>layoffs</span></a>, will <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/forprofit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>forprofit</span></a> contractors protect you from <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/wildfires" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wildfires</span></a>? <br>Like many of 3,400 Forest Service abruptly fired by <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DOGE</span></a>, Kloetzel’s permanent job offer last spring had come with a 1 year “probationary” period, with fewer job protections. Since he lives in Forest Service housing, he also lost his housing. Altogether, around quarter of the ranger district’s employees were fired. “It’s a bitter pill to swallow,” he says.<br><a href="https://www.levernews.com/the-firefighting-fire-sale/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">levernews.com/the-firefighting</span><span class="invisible">-fire-sale/</span></a></p>
Liam O'Mara IV, PhD<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ForProfit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ForProfit</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HealthCare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HealthCare</span></a> is a crime against humanity. It places a value on human life and tells us the profit of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/shareholders" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>shareholders</span></a> rightly depends upon <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/denying" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>denying</span></a> care to those who need it in line with actuarial figures. No bean-counter should sign your death warrant to make others rich.</p>
DoomsdaysCW<p>It's a wonder more incidents like that aren't happening. Expect CEOs to start having armed guards ('cuz they can afford it). They target innocent people, now the people are targeting them!</p><p>This is what's wrong with <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ForProfit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ForProfit</span></a> Healthcare! </p><p>"The business run by Thompson brought in $281 billion in revenue last year, making it the largest subsidiary of the Minnetonka, Minnesota-based UnitedHealth Group. His $10.2 million annual pay package, including salary, bonus and stock options awards, made him one of the company’s highest-paid executives.</p><p>[...]</p><p>"Thompson also drew attention in 2021 when the insurer, like its competitors, was widely criticized for a plan to start denying payment for what it deemed non-critical visits to hospital emergency rooms.</p><p>"'Patients are not medical experts and should not be expected to self-diagnose during what they believe is a medical emergency,' the chief executive of the American Hospital Association wrote in an open letter addressed to Thompson. 'Threatening patients with a financial penalty for making the wrong decision could have a chilling effect on seeking emergency care.'"</p><p>It seems pretty obvious that the gunman had suffered because of UnitedHealthcare's practices!</p><p>"The masked gunman who stalked and killed the leader of one of the largest U.S. health insurance companies on a Manhattan sidewalk used ammunition emblazoned with the words 'deny,' 'defend' and 'depose,' a law enforcement official said Thursday."</p><p>Source articles:<br><a href="https://apnews.com/article/united-healthcare-ceo-new-york-shooting-brian-thompson-8a130e64bcab749d1a085f5a34ab8254" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">apnews.com/article/united-heal</span><span class="invisible">thcare-ceo-new-york-shooting-brian-thompson-8a130e64bcab749d1a085f5a34ab8254</span></a></p><p><a href="https://apnews.com/article/unitedhealthcare-ceo-manhattan-shooting-death-7f6581ba6b0b520938d82c361e77a83c" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">apnews.com/article/unitedhealt</span><span class="invisible">hcare-ceo-manhattan-shooting-death-7f6581ba6b0b520938d82c361e77a83c</span></a></p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/UnitedHealthcareGroup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UnitedHealthcareGroup</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Assassination" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Assassination</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BrianThompson" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BrianThompson</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/EatTheRich" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EatTheRich</span></a></p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://transfem.social/@puppygirlhornypost2" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>puppygirlhornypost2</span></a></span> this is why <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/privatized" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>privatized</span></a>, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ForProfit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ForProfit</span></a> - <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/healthcare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>healthcare</span></a> should be illegal!</p><p>There's <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1d3QLPdHysc" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">a lot of space for improvement</a>.</p><ul><li>Also live-saving and essential drugs are not '"negotiable"* <a href="https://time.com/5706668/insulin-pricing-us-germany/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">in most places</a>...</li></ul>
Nonilex<p>…the changes announced yesterday simply demonstrate…what has long been happening within <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/OpenAI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenAI</span></a>. The <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/nonprofit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nonprofit</span></a> has continued to exist until now. But all of the outside investment—billions of dollars from a range of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tech</span></a> cos &amp; <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/VentureCapital" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VentureCapital</span></a> firms—goes directly into the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ForProfit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ForProfit</span></a>, which hires the company’s employees.The board crisis at the end of last yr, in which <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SamAltman" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SamAltman</span></a> was temporarily fired, was a major test of the balance of power between the 2. The money won, &amp; Altman ended up on top.</p>
Nonilex<p>In Aug of that year, I [Karen Hao] embedded in OpenAI’s office for 3 days to profile the company. That was when I first noticed a growing divergence between <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/OpenAI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenAI</span></a>’s public facade, carefully built around a narrative of transparency, altruism, &amp; collaboration, &amp; how the company was run behind closed doors: obsessed w/ secrecy, profit-seeking, &amp; competition.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/technology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>technology</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ChatGPT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ChatGPT</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SamAltman" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SamAltman</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/nonprofit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nonprofit</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ForProfit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ForProfit</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>In the 6 months following the release of GPT-2, OpenAI would make many more announcements, including <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SamAltman" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SamAltman</span></a> stepping into the CEO position, its addition of a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ForProfit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ForProfit</span></a> arm technically overseen &amp; governed by the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/nonprofit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nonprofit</span></a>, &amp; a new multiyear partnership with, &amp; $1B investment from, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Microsoft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Microsoft</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/technology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>technology</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/OpenAI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenAI</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>To top it off, Reuters, The Wall Street Journal, &amp; Bloomberg reported that <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/OpenAI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenAI</span></a> is planning to turn away from its <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/nonprofit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nonprofit</span></a> roots &amp; become a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ForProfit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ForProfit</span></a> enterprise that could be valued at $150 billion. <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SamAltman" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SamAltman</span></a> reportedly could receive 7% equity in the new arrangement—or the equivalent of $10.5 billion if the valuation pans out. </p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/technology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>technology</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ChatGPT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ChatGPT</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/GPT4o" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GPT4o</span></a></p>
Susan Larson ♀️🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🌈<p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Schoolvouchers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Schoolvouchers</span></a> spell trouble for <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Kentucky" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Kentucky</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/students" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>students</span></a>. <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Vote" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Vote</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/no" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>no</span></a> on <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Amendment2" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Amendment2</span></a>. </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Amendment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Amendment</span></a> 2 would allow <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/publicschool" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>publicschool</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/funding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>funding</span></a> to flow to <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/private" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>private</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/forprofit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>forprofit</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/schools" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>schools</span></a>. </p><p>Over the next few months, Kentuckians will be hearing a lot more about “<a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/schoolchoice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>schoolchoice</span></a>.” </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Women" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Women</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Transgender" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Transgender</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/LGBTQ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LGBTQ</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/LGBTQIA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LGBTQIA</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Kentucky" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Kentucky</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Education" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Education</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Conservatives" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Conservatives</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Extremism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Extremism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fascism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Religion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Religion</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/RepublicanParty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RepublicanParty</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/ThePartyOfHate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ThePartyOfHate</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/EmptyThePews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EmptyThePews</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.kentucky.com/opinion/op-ed/article292632199.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">kentucky.com/opinion/op-ed/art</span><span class="invisible">icle292632199.html</span></a></p>
Steve Dustcircle 🌹<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ForProfit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ForProfit</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Healthcare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Healthcare</span></a> System—Once Again—Ranks Dead Last Among Its Peers</p><p><a href="https://www.commondreams.org/news/us-healthcare-system" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">commondreams.org/news/us-healt</span><span class="invisible">hcare-system</span></a> </p><p>"Our private, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/profitdriven" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>profitdriven</span></a> system means that we are <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/paying" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>paying</span></a> more for less," said one progressive <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/activist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>activist</span></a>.</p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@a_phlaming_phoenix" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>a_phlaming_phoenix</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://infosec.exchange/@munin" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>munin</span></a></span> generally, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ForProfit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ForProfit</span></a> Healthcare should be as illegal as <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ForProfitPrisons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ForProfitPrisons</span></a> becauce they have <em>"<a href="https://infosec.space/tags/PerverseIncentoves" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PerverseIncentoves</span></a>"</em> that are <a href="https://infosec.space/@kkarhan/113149360520260489" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">inherently antithetical</a> to to what is beneficial to society <em>and</em> patients!</p>
Nonilex<p>On Tues, he again took to social media for another post: selling a book—$99, $499 w/his autograph—of pictures of himself. “A MUST HAVE on US History,” he said.
In both cases, the money isn’t going to his campaign but <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ForProfit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ForProfit</span></a> ventures he earns millions from promoting.…selling a staggering array of merchandise that includes signed bibles where he receives a royalty for hawking them, pricey sneakers, gold necklaces, cryptocurrency cards, pens, books, licensing fees on overseas properties &amp; more.</p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CashesIn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CashesIn</span></a> during final wks of his campaign<br>
No candidate has ever so closely linked his election w/personal <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ForProfit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ForProfit</span></a> enterprises, selling items from shoes to books to pieces of his suit.

With &lt;10 wks before the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/election" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>election</span></a>, Trump had a msg for voters in late Aug: He would be selling more digital trading cards for $99 each.
<br>“50 all new stunning digital trading cards — it’s really something,” Trump says.</p><p>“These cards show me dancing &amp; even holding some bitcoins.”</p><p><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/09/08/trump-cash-merchandise-books-cards/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">washingtonpost.com/politics/20</span><span class="invisible">24/09/08/trump-cash-merchandise-books-cards/</span></a></p>
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