With the debut of remarkably effective weight-loss drugs, America’s high obesity rate and its uniquely astronomical prescription drug pricing appear to be set on a catastrophic collision course—one that threatens to “bankrupt our entire health care system,” according to a new Senate report that modeled the economic...
The wealthiest people in this country have never had it so good. While income and wealth inequality in the United States is soaring, more than 60% of Americans live paycheck to paycheck, we have one of the highest rates of childhood poverty among major countries on Earth, and more than 650,000 people are homeless....
The instance I’m on just did the update and this comment highlighting is really throwing me off. It’s super glaring and unpleasant imo and I’d really appreciate the ability to turn it off. I’ve looked around a bit but haven’t found anything myself. Am I missing something?
"Outrageously" priced weight-loss drugs could bankrupt US health care (arstechnica.com)
With the debut of remarkably effective weight-loss drugs, America’s high obesity rate and its uniquely astronomical prescription drug pricing appear to be set on a catastrophic collision course—one that threatens to “bankrupt our entire health care system,” according to a new Senate report that modeled the economic...
X automatically changed 'Twitter' to 'X' in domain names, breaking legit URLs (mashable.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/14106579...
Roku explores taking over HDMI feeds with ads (www.lowpass.cc)
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Bernie Sanders: It’s time for a 4-day work week | CNN Opinion (www.cnn.com)
The wealthiest people in this country have never had it so good. While income and wealth inequality in the United States is soaring, more than 60% of Americans live paycheck to paycheck, we have one of the highest rates of childhood poverty among major countries on Earth, and more than 650,000 people are homeless....
Jails banned in-person visits in order to maximize revenue from voice and video calls as part of a "quid pro quo kickback scheme" with prison phone companies (arstechnica.com)
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Sublinks Aims to Be a Drop-In Replacement for Lemmy (wedistribute.org)
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Tesla removes Disney+ from vehicles amid Elon Musk's Twitter beef with Bob Iger (electrek.co)
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Anyway to turn off or control the comment highlighting in 0.19?
The instance I’m on just did the update and this comment highlighting is really throwing me off. It’s super glaring and unpleasant imo and I’d really appreciate the ability to turn it off. I’ve looked around a bit but haven’t found anything myself. Am I missing something?
Unions are the strongest in decades. Nearly a million Americans got double-digit raises as a result (www.cnn.com)
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New 'joint employer' rule could make it easier for millions to unionize - if it survives challenges (apnews.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.ca/post/9253908...