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The Yankees and the Democrats Suck For the Same Reason
My life contains a glaring hypocrisy: I, a leftist champion of economic justice, am also a die-hard Yankees fan. When I’m not advocating for a fair playing field, I root for baseball’s richest team of smaller markets’ poached All-Stars. I’m egalitarian in the streets, plutocratic in the cleats.
Epstein’s Sprawling Reach ; The Left’s Tea Party Moment w/ Jeet Heer, Dan Osborn | MR Live
This is concerning
Wall Street still doesn't understand AI
The way the market views AI is completely irrational, driven more by viral “it’s so over” X posts than logic or fundamentals.
Vittoria Ceretti, Accomplished Model (and Leonardo DiCaprio’s GF), Struts Through Olympic Opening Ceremonies
The Italian-born model, draped in custom Armani Privé, carried the country's flag.
Startups builds underwater robots to better track ocean movements
The robots will record movement, temperature, and salinity daily, aiming to reduce the cost of gathering ocean data by a factor of 1,000.
The team behind Fitbit is back with an AI health app
The Luffu app tracks a person’s diet, fitness, daily activity, and lab results, and shares information with family members.
Trump’s Prescription Drug Website Exposed as a Big Fat Scam
TrumpRx, the website launched by the Trump administration Thursday to sell discounted prescription drugs directly to consumers, is offering a whole lot less than advertised. The drugs offered on the site are all from brand-name manufacturers, making them more expensive than generic brands. Almost all of the drugs are also covered through insurance already. The product pages on the website even say, “If you have insurance, check your co-pay first—it may be even lower.”One X user fact-checked Trump’s claim Thursday that TrumpRx will lower the cost of inhalers from $458 to $51. In reality, clicking on the link on TrumpRx redirects the user to the manufacturer’s website to see if the buyer qualifies for hardship discounts. As the user pointed out, these discounts are available regardless of whether TrumpRx is involved. Another X user pointed out that the lack of generic drugs on TrumpRx makes prices higher than on prescription comparison sites such as GoodRx. “There may be patients who think this is a good deal and then end up financially worse off,” Rachel Sachs, a law professor studying drug pricing at Washington University in St. Louis who advised the Biden administration on drug policy, told The New York Times. “TrumpRx is a sideshow,” said Sean D. Sullivan, a health economist at the University of Washington. “I consider it not a real, serious effort in service to lowering prescription drug prices for Americans.”