Nobody Cares: PRS

[Khamon]

Now I have to look up cast iron pizza because yummzo

 

[Sovereignty]

The other systemic problem is Medicare (which is separate from Medicaid) pays a better rate, because it is a plan for regular retirees, not poor people. But it only pays nursing home care for a limited time (max of 100 days) *after* a hospital stay. The idea is you go to the nursing home for a time after you get out of the hospital to finish recovering, and then go home. So nursing homes have an incentive to send patients back to the hospital, so they can restart medicare payments and get the higher rates.

Interesting info.

The reason for Cuomo's order and exactly what effect it had was never explained in the Q&A of his briefings. One reporter would ask the same question day after day (literally) and day after day Cuomo would give the same answer. The point of the order was never stated or explored. I guessed that the nursing homes wanted to keep clients (was going to say bodies but doesn't sound right) and did not want to tell the state to send the patient elsewhere. Of course, I'm not sure that Cuomo really had better alternatives.

Meanwhile, today Chris Hayes retweets gossip about working for Cuomo and some dark rumors. Are they true? Don't know.

I admit I was grateful for Cuomo's daily news conferences last spring. He beat the pants off all of Trump's minions. A friend warned me that people responded the same way to Bobby Jindal in Louisiana after Katrina. Jindal had some state job, and people loved his news conferences so much they elected him governor. They then found out he was a heartless bastard.

 

[Free]

 

[Essence Lumin]

Australia passed a law that companies such as Google and Facebook who link to and provide snippets of news from other organization's web pages have to pay. They defined news extremely widely.

core news content means content that:
19 (a) is created by a journalist; and
20 (b) that records, investigates or explains issues that:
21 (i) are of public significance for Australians; or
22 (ii) are relevant in engaging Australians in public debate
23 and in informing democratic decision-making; or
24 (iii) relate to community and local events.

Google paid up. Facebook removed all the links. NPR explains the situation better than I can in a two sentence summary.

Facebook Blocks News In Australia Over Government Plan To Force Payment To Publishers

The announcement came just as Google reached a deal with Australian publishers and as the president of Microsoft urged U.S. regulators to copy Australia's proposal.

www.npr.org

Some news sources in Australia are unhappy about it.

‘Mark Zuckerberg acting like North Korean dictator’

Facebook boss Mark Zuckerberg is behaving like North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un by blocking news in Australia, Mark McGowan has said, as he called on the United States to intervene.

thewest.com.au

There are a lot of people having a fit that Facebook decided not to bargain. As I see it, it is just a business decision. If Facebook feels the law is crappy and doesn't want to pay publishers to provide links to their content too bad for those publishers, especially I have no tears for those who lobbied for this badly written law. As it stands if read literally, VVO would have to pay a tax on posts that reference Australian news.

 

[Bartholomew Gallacher]

Australia passed a law that companies such as Google and Facebook who link to and provide snippets of news from other organization's web pages have to pay. They defined news extremely widely.

Wow, so Australia was so impressed by our crappy German Leistungsschutzrecht that they copied it. Weird!

 

[Bartholomew Gallacher]

The DHS confirmed that American Neo-Nazi-Leader Rinaldo Nazzaro once worked form them. Nazzaro, the leader of the group "The Base", is currently living in Russia and in a video held a DHS letter lauding him for his service as well as two by the US Marine Corps. Canada considers his group as terrorists.

Department of Homeland Security Confirms Neo-Nazi Leader Used to Work For It

The leader of terror group the Base once worked for an agency tasked with coordinating the U.S. government’s counterterrorism efforts.

www.vice.com

 

[Kamilah Hauptmann]

New terminology time:

 

[Free]

It's the standard Republican "rules for thee, but not for me."

 

[Innula Zenovka]

 

[Soen Eber]

Socialist!

Just as there are supposedly no athiests in foxholes, there are no "self-reliant" libertarian f*cktards in blizzards. Well, not after the first time, anyways. Not in our climate.

 

[Kamilah Hauptmann]

Build your own power plant, Elon, bookstraps.

 

[Isabeau]

 

[Kamilah Hauptmann]

 

[Kamilah Hauptmann]

 

[Kamilah Hauptmann]

Conservative (when it comes to what he does for a living) data driven investment guy isn't much for right wing economics.

Beware Economists Warning Against "Too Much Stimulus" (Again) - The Big Picture

Debates between various schools of economic thought keep playing out in the public policy sphere. We saw this in 2008-09 within economics, as debates raged about how best to respond to the financial crisis. During that era, the dichotomy between Saltwater and Freshwater economists came to the...

ritholtz.com

 

[Innula Zenovka]

Uber drivers are workers not self-employed, Supreme Court rules

The decision could mean thousands of Uber drivers are set to receive minimum wage and holiday pay.

www.bbc.co.uk

(That's the UK's Supreme Court, of course).

ETA

More detailed coverage in Financial Times

ETA II: More detailed coverage still -- big implications for the UK's gig economy overall.

Uber accused of trying to deter drivers from seeking compensation

Lawyers acting for claimants say firm’s statement after last week’s supreme court ruling is misleading

www.theguardian.com

 

[Innula Zenovka]

Really interesting interview with Bellingcat Founder

bellingcat - the home of online investigations

www.bellingcat.com

 

[Aeon Jiminy]

State attorneys general call for President Biden to forgive $50,000 in student loan debt

A multi-state group of attorneys general on Friday sent a letter to Congress urging President Joe Biden to cancel up to $50,000 in federal student loan debt.

www.cnbc.com

 

[Isabeau]

I find this so disgusting and vile. Here’s the Twitter thread (below), and a link to news on it, but it made me look up Biden’s stance on abortion.

"And the only thing, the only responsible response to that would be to pass legislation making Roe the law of the land. That’s what I would do."

Not sure how realistic that is, but let us hope.

Biden Reverses Trump's Global Gag Rule, Marking a Win for Abortion Rights

Here, we break down the new president's stance on and plans for reproductive rights.

www.harpersbazaar.com

 

[Bartholomew Gallacher]

Google has fired its second AI researcher, Margaret Mitchell. There was little reason given for the dismissal according to Mitchell. Google declined to comment.

The company said Mitchell’s firing followed disciplinary recommendations by investigators and a review committee. It said her violations “included the exfiltration of confidential business-sensitive documents and private data of other employees”. The investigation began Jan. 19.

Google employee Alex Hanna said on Twitter the company was running a “smear campaign” against Mitchell and Gebru, with whom she worked closely. Google declined to comment on Hanna’s remarks.

Google fires second AI ethics leader as dispute over research, diversity grows

Alphabet Inc's Google fired staff scientist Margaret Mitchell on Friday, they both said, a move that fanned company divisions on academic freedom and diversity that were on display since its December dismissal of AI ethics researcher Timnit Gebru.

www.reuters.com