UnitedHealthcare CEO Assassinated In NYC

[Katheryne Helendale]

There are so many things that happen that I consider "unacceptable", and yet, somehow, they still happen. Over and over again.

It's not that I consider the killing of this CEO to be acceptable, so much as this: of all the unacceptable events of the past few years, his death just doesn't meet my "give a damn" threshold.

This!

Of all the fucked up things going on right now or have recently happened, this is waaaaay down the list.

 

[Katheryne Helendale]

Katheryne Helendale (@khelendale.bsky.social)

To all of you clutching your pearls over Luigi being made a folk hero: Now you know how we felt when you made Kyle Rottenhouse into one.

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[Noodles]

There are so many things that happen that I consider "unacceptable", and yet, somehow, they still happen. Over and over again.

It's not that I consider the killing of this CEO to be acceptable, so much as this: of all the unacceptable events of the past few years, his death just doesn't meet my "give a damn" threshold.

This is probably pretty close to my feelings.

Also, I kind of feel that it won't fundamentally change anything unless it happens again... A few more times. Which feels really awful to think, but we, collectively, as a spiecies, need some actual fucking change.

Oh hi FBI, I did not mean me. I would not.

 

[Kamilah Hauptmann]

This is probably pretty close to my feelings.

Also, I kind of feel that it won't fundamentally change anything unless it happens again... A few more times. Which feels really awful to think, but we, collectively, as a spiecies, need some actual fucking change.

Oh hi FBI, I did not mean me. I would not.

Not sure what will happen when Elon and Vivek take a bunch of Army snipers off the VA.

 

[WeFlossDaily]

Takes note of the fun squeezy juice pouch.

 

[Free]

Absurdity.

UnitedHealth Gets Luigi Mangione T-Shirt Pulled With Copyright Complaint

"I've unfortunately had a lot of experience navigating the healthcare industry," the designer told Gizmodo.

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When UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson was shot and killed in New York on Dec. 4, it kicked off a national conversation about how health insurance companies regularly deny patients life-saving treatments. Many people even celebrated the alleged shooter, 26-year-old Luigi Mangione, who awaits extradition to New York from where he was arrested last week in Pennsylvania. But UnitedHealth Group, the parent company of UnitedHealthcare, appears to be using a peculiar tactic to fight back against anyone who celebrates Mangione online.

Internet users have created tributes to Mangione, including everything from songs to t-shirts. But one pro-Mangione design isn’t available on the internet anymore because UnitedHealth Group submitted a copyright complaint against it under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). The painting has been removed from Teepublic, which allows artists to sell their own designs on merchandise like t-shirts and sweatshirts. But it’s not clear how UnitedHealth could claim they have rights to something that doesn’t involve any of its intellectual property.

She's likely being punkd, but if not...I just broke copyright by posting that image.

 

[Kamilah Hauptmann]

David Mack (@davidmackau.bsky.social)

the feds: stop trying to turn this guy into some cool antihero with a badass public image also the feds: *treat him like they’ve captured the joker*

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[Monica Dream]

apropos of nothing...

 

[Kamilah Hauptmann]

You'll have gun mounted police robots soon to mow down food rioters.

 

[Monica Dream]

You'll have gun mounted police robots soon to mow down food rioters.

Sounds expensive. I'd think it's more likely that they'll have AI powered drones shoot looters from a distance.

 

[Zaida Gearbox]

I called it on them charging him federally to make him eligible for the death penalty.

 

[Casey Pelous]

I called it on them charging him federally to make him eligible for the death penalty.

I know it is the correct verbiage, but "eligible" just seems wrong in this context....

 

[Khamon]

apropos of nothing...

since 2018 and is steadily increasing

 

[Cindy Claveau]

 

[Kamilah Hauptmann]

This thread:

Goldman Sachs asks in biotech research report: ‘Is curing patients a sustainable business model?’ - CNBC

 

[detrius]

Sounds expensive. I'd think it's more likely that they'll have AI powered drones shoot looters from a distance.

"Ths scoops are on their way! The scoops are on their way!"

 

[Free]

Goldman Sachs asks in biotech research report: ‘Is curing patients a sustainable business model?’ - CNBC

Companies focused on developing medicines probably shouldn't be focused on a sustained cash flow. For that, it would be smarter for them to diversify to different products, like say cigarettes.

 

[Khamon]

"Ths scoops are on their way! The scoops are on their way!"

The Youtube is requiring me to sign in to prove that I’m not a bot, then giving no option to do so, so I’ll not be clicking those videos. It used to default to the app on the phone but no longer gives that option.

 

[Free]

Are they trying to make more Luigis? Because this is how you get more Luigis.

 

[Innula Zenovka]

All we want is to believe

Social banditry, unidentified aerial phenomena, and the end of the inter-Trump moment

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