Yearly Archives: 2023

Links 5/14/2023

AI May Be on Its Way to Your Doctor’s Office, But It’s Not Ready to See Patients

The technology misses life-threatening conditions, lacks privacy protections, and tends to “hallucinate,” but adopting the it could make the healthcare industry billions.

The EU Looks Doomed to Repeat its Russia “De-Risking” Strategy with China

Plans are lacking, but that hasn’t stopped Brussels before.

Links 5/13/2023

Understanding Your Cat’s Wild Side

In “The Cat’s Meow,” evolutionary biologist Jonathan B. Losos explores the ancestral roots of the modern housecat.

The Taliban and the Islamic State Continue to Fight for Afghanistan’s Future

True to form for US nation-breaking exercises, Afghanistan is afficted by continuing facional power strugges.

2:00PM Water Cooler 5/12/2023

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The Fed’s Interest Rates Are Still Fueling Inflation Rather Than Dousing it, and People Getting Used to this Inflation

Contrary to popular opinion, Fed interest rate policy is still permissive, if not quite as permissive as before.

Links 5/12/2023

One of the Few South American Governments Still Closely Aligned With Washington Just Signed a Trade Agreement With China

China continues to pull off big commercial and diplomatic coups in the US’ neighbourhood — this time with Ecuador, whose government is (or was) so closely aligned with the US that it recently asked Washington to directly intervene in its drug wars.

“Crypto Is a Fraud on the Public”: Financial Watchdog Explains Ties Between Crypto and the Banking Crisis

Dennis Kelleher of Better Markets explains why crypto is the last place anybody should be running to for safety.

PBMs, the Brokers Who Control Drug Prices, Finally Get Washington’s Attention

Why it isn’t easy to slip the leash of PBMs.

2:00PM Water Cooler 5/11/2023

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Big Food Raking in Huge Profits From Price Hikes as US Hunger Persists: Analysis

Big food company profit-goosing price hikes confirms that the Fed is barking up the wrong tree in going after labor.

Links 5/11/2023