Funky Weird Blog Spot
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Monday, March 18, 2024
State Medicaid offices target dead people’s homes to recoup their health care costs
State%20Medicaid%20offices%20target%20dead%20people%u2019s%20homes%20to%20recoup%20costs%20%7C%20AP%20News: a routine process the federal government requires of every state: to recover money from the assets of dead people who, in their final years, relied on Medicaid, the taxpayer-funded health insurance for the poorest Americans.
Friday, March 15, 2024
Health Co. Says Future Harm Risk Falls Short In Breach Suit - Law360
Health Co. Says Future Harm Risk Falls Short In Breach Suit - Law360:
By George Woolston
"New Jersey healthcare provider Capital Health System urged a Garden State federal judge on Wednesday to toss a proposed class action seeking damages as a result of a 2023 data breach, arguing that the plaintiffs failed to allege their personal identifying information was actually misused."
Wednesday, March 13, 2024
Monday, March 11, 2024
I’m an Old Fart and AI Makes Me Sad
I%Medium: Previous major advancements in Computer Science and its applications always felt empowering to me, AI feels different.
Trump super fans are impossible to argue with because they don’t actually believe in logic
Trump logic: "The far-right worldview is incomprehensible until you realize that devotees believe truth flows from authority rather than reality"
Sunday, March 10, 2024
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Sunday, February 25, 2024
AT&T says cell outage cause was technical error, not cyberattack
AT&T says cell outage cause was technical error, not cyberattack - The Washington Post: "The company blamed ‘application and execution of an incorrect process’ for an outage that affected well over a million customers"
Friday, February 23, 2024
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Saturday, January 27, 2024
Fraud falls 13% but remains most dominant crime - Which? News
Fraud falls 13% but remains most dominant crime - Which? News
https://www.which.co.uk/news/article/fraud-falls-13-but-remains-most-dominant-crime-adxVQ5e8Ak0O
https://www.which.co.uk/news/article/fraud-falls-13-but-remains-most-dominant-crime-adxVQ5e8Ak0O
Thursday, January 25, 2024
Monday, January 22, 2024
What happens when a charity is insolvent? - Begbies Traynor Group
What happens when a charity is insolvent? - Begbies Traynor Group: "But in the same way that, under certain circumstances, a limited company’s directors may be held responsible for some or all of the company’s debts on liquidation, directors of these charitable structures can also become liable if they have failed to maximise creditor interests due to negligence or wrongful behaviour, including:
Transactions at an undervalue
Wrongful trading
Breach of trust
Fraud
How to rebuild trust in institutions: results, results, results | World Economic Forum
How to rebuild trust in institutions: results, results, results | World Economic Forum: "In the United States, trust in major national institutions is at or is close to an all-time low. Similar patterns have been observed in the EU and are true across the world."
Saturday, January 20, 2024
DragonFire: UK fires high-power laser at aerial targets for first time
- with 'intense beam of light' able to cut through drones | UK News | Sky News
https://news.sky.com/story/dragonfire-uk-fires-high-power-laser-at-aerial-targets-for-first-time-with-intense-beam-of-light-able-to-cut-through-drones-13051553 Friday, January 19, 2024
Ask an Advisor: How Do I Reduce My RMD to Just $25k So My Social Security Isn't Taxed?
Ask an Advisor: How Do I Reduce My RMD to Just $25k So My Social Security Isn't Taxed?
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/ask-advisor-reduce-rmd-just-123000366.html
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/ask-advisor-reduce-rmd-just-123000366.html
Tuesday, January 16, 2024
Monday, January 15, 2024
Philadelphia Attorney Tells Lawmakers How He Nearly Fell Victim to AI Scam | C-SPAN.org
Philadelphia Attorney Tells Lawmakers How He Nearly Fell Victim to AI Scam | C-SPAN.org: Philadelphia attorney Gary Schildhorn tells a Senate panel about his story of an attempted scam against him where his son's voice was spoofed by artificial intelligence.
Thursday, January 11, 2024
Get Ready for the Great AI Disappointment | WIRED
Get Ready for the Great AI Disappointment | WIRED
https://www.wired.com/story/get-ready-for-the-great-ai-disappointment/
https://www.wired.com/story/get-ready-for-the-great-ai-disappointment/
Wednesday, January 10, 2024
Monday, January 8, 2024
Tech ethics books, 2022
The%205%20Freshest%20Books%20on%20Ethics%20that%20Technologists%20Must%20Read%20%uD83D%uDCDA%20%7C%20by%20James%20Lynden%20%7C%20Medium:
- Future Ethics, Cennyd Bowels
- Radical Technologies: The Design of Everyday Life, Adam Greenfield
- Technology and the Virtues, Shannon Valor
- The Ethics of Invention, Sheila Jasanoff
- Moralizing Technology, Peter-Paul Verbeek
- Also this book
Sunday, January 7, 2024
Bill Ackman and Elon Musk Want to End DEI
Bill Ackman and Elon Musk Want to End DEI. Companies Won't Do That.: Billionaires and business leaders are arguing over whether DEI efforts should exist.
Investor Bill Ackman and Elon Musk say diversity, equity, and inclusion programs are "racist."
Saturday, January 6, 2024
Navajo Nation fights sending human remains to the moon
Navajo Nation fights sending human remains to the moon
https://www.axios.com/2024/01/05/navajo-nation-human-remains-moon-sacred
https://www.axios.com/2024/01/05/navajo-nation-human-remains-moon-sacred
White House responds to Navajo Nation request to delay mission that would land human remains on the moon | CNN
White House responds to Navajo Nation request to delay mission that would land human remains on the moon | CNN
https://www.cnn.com/2024/01/05/world/peregrine-moon-mission-navajo-nation-objection-human-remains-scn/index.html
https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2024/01/05/world/peregrine-moon-mission-navajo-nation-objection-human-remains-scn/index.html
https://www.cnn.com/2024/01/05/world/peregrine-moon-mission-navajo-nation-objection-human-remains-scn/index.html
https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2024/01/05/world/peregrine-moon-mission-navajo-nation-objection-human-remains-scn/index.html
Released records a reminder of Epstein’s allure to scientists | Miami Herald
Released records a reminder of Epstein's allure to scientists | Miami Herald
https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/crime/article283847883.html
https://amp.miamiherald.com/news/local/crime/article283847883.html
https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/crime/article283847883.html
https://amp.miamiherald.com/news/local/crime/article283847883.html
Friday, January 5, 2024
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Tuesday, January 2, 2024
Student Found in Utah Mountains After Alleged 'Cyber-Kidnapping'
Student Found in Utah Mountains After Alleged 'Cyber-Kidnapping'
https://people.com/missing-foreign-exchange-student-found-very-cold-and-scared-in-utah-mountains-after-suspected-cyber-kidnapping-8421194
https://people.com/missing-foreign-exchange-student-found-very-cold-and-scared-in-utah-mountains-after-suspected-cyber-kidnapping-8421194
Dr. Andrew Weil on Cannabis and Integrative Medicine | Project CBD
Dr. Andrew Weil on Cannabis and Integrative Medicine | Project CBD via Chey
https://projectcbd.org/health/dr-andrew-weil-on-cannabis-and-integrative-medicine/
https://projectcbd.org/health/dr-andrew-weil-on-cannabis-and-integrative-medicine/
Sunday, December 31, 2023
Online is the new frontline in fight against organised crime– NCA
says NCA on publication of annual threat assessment: Criminals are exploiting advances in technology to drive serious and organised crime, the NCA says in the 2021 National Strategic Assessment – with increased online usage leading to a rise in offending.
'It blows my mind that this condition isn't better known' - SundayWorld.com
'It blows my mind that this condition isn't better known' - SundayWorld.com: Caring Cathy Brooks has been giving blood every three months for the past five years - but the simple act of kindness hasn't just potentially saved other lives, it's transformed her own, too.
Medscape Registration
Medscape Registration: Men with iron overload due to hereditary hemochromatosis are at increased risk of developing dementia, an analysis of UK Biobank data indicates.
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