@smaurizi Ribolla ha una tradizione di lotte popolari dai tempi dell'esplosione della miniera raccontata da Luciano Bianciardi negli anni '50

“Our investigation developed proof beyond a reasonable doubt that President Trump engaged in serious crimes against our nation.”

https://apnews.com/article/jack-smith-trump-congress-5739c9cd8bee9652bdeedbd10336492b

@_elena it is a shame if it’s going away but it was kind what I would have expected from day one. It was still worth it for the people that found a new community and choose to stay.

This is the script of my national radio report yesterday on how Trump's Medicare is using AI to reject preapproval Medicare treatments, in some cases leaving patients in literal agony. As always there may have been minor wording variations from this script as I presented this report live on air.

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Well, the short answer is ... it's not going very well at all. We've talked before about a whole range of related AI problems. Examples of these include sometimes crucial errors in AI-generated reports created from police officer body cameras, potentially devastating errors in transcriptions of recorded doctor-patient interactions, like inaccuracies about medications a patient is taking or even confusing which body parts are involved in an important, or potentially critical treatment. Some health experts are recommending declining to have your discussions with doctors monitored by AI, assuming you're even asked for permission.

In theory these kinds of AI-generated reports are supposed to be verified by humans, but human nature being what it is, it's clear that the human verification step slacks off very quickly. This can leave AI reports that can sometimes appear to be written by idiots, which frankly isn't a surprise, because we've all seen that current AI systems tend to have less real intelligence and common sense -- as we normally use those terms -- than your average damp sponge.

What you may not know is that recently the federal government, which of course is currently very gung ho on AI, started an experimental Medicare program called "WISeR" where private companies are using AI as part of approvals or rejections of Medicare treatment preapproval requests. And apparently Medicare is planning to expand this procedure beyond the current set of treatments in the experiment to a much larger array of Medicare services.

A whole mass of documents recently became public regarding this AI Medicare program, and it's very upsetting reading. Patients are reportedly being left literally screaming in agony when pain relief treatment approvals were taking far too long -- in at least one case months instead of a few days -- and in many cases were being rejected outright because these firms reportedly have a financial incentive to reject as many procedures as possible. Even when these firms are found to be not processing claims properly, the financial penalties are relatively small.

This whole system, especially as it impacts managed care like Medicare Advantage, appears to be designed to use AI as an excuse to deny as many treatments as possible, with the documents now public suggesting that many of those denials were unjustifiable. As I mentioned, reportedly Medicare wants to EXPAND this program despite its record of failures, including using AI-based decisions in time-sensitive situations like emergency transport and the like.

Even if these AI systems were capable of 100% accurate analysis of these situations, using them in this kind of way to provide an excuse for reducing necessary treatments would be unacceptable. But we know how error-prone AI is, often spewing out completely inaccurate and sometimes dangerous wrong answers, misinterpretations, and misinformation. That makes the situation orders of magnitude worse.

Cutting down on genuinely wasteful Medicare spending is a laudable goal, But it's intolerable to be treating Medicare recipients as guinea pigs for AI, with patients often blocked from important treatments by those AI systems, while Big Tech AI CEOs are literally partying it up with government officials.

Medicare is supposed to be a service, not an AI experiment that apparently can actually harm patients. Rather than running an AI Medicare experiment on vulnerable seniors, perhaps these Big Tech AI CEOs and their friends in government, should be experimenting ... on themselves.

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#AI #Medicare

#OneYearAgoToday #AreWeGreatYet

September 29, 2025 - Miguel Ángel García Medina, 31, died in ICE custody after being shot five days earlier by a gunman who opened fire on the ICE field office where he was being held in Dallas, Texas.

At the time of his death, Medina was shackled inside a government van outside the office.

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#TrumpMustGo #KingOfTreason #RepublicansOwnThis #NoRepublicansEverAgain #USPol

RE: https://mastodon.online/@NOSRSS/117354722915589512

Het #kapitalisme heeft een ruime meerderheid van de Nederlanders vergiftigd. En vrijwel niemand lijkt het wat te kunnen schelen. Bizar.

#PFAS

Liebe netz- und digitalpolitische NGOs und Verbände,

wenn Ihr Eure wichtigen Informationen tapfer an alle MdB, aber nicht an Referent*innen schickt, dann kann schon mal passieren, dass sie in Sprechzetteln und Entwürfen überhaupt nicht berücksichtigt werden.

Lieber Gruß,
eine Referentin 😘

Hi everyone! It’s almost the end of September. How are you feeling as we move into October? Inspired for fall? Prepping for the holidays? Sad that summer’s over? Ready to wear hand knits? What’s the vibe?

#FinishOrFrogAlong #Handspinning #Spinning #knitting #crochet #weaving #quilting #sewing #embroidery #CrossStitch #FiberArts #FibreArts #crafting #handmade #TextileArts #FoFAQandA

the lengths i go to for shitposts...

> The kind of regulation that AI needs but AI companies will never ask for

https://blog.bgcarlisle.com/2026/09/29/the-kind-of-regulation-that-ai-needs-but-ai-companies-will-never-ask-for/

✍️ [blog] Celebrando la comunidad de rOpenSci por Mauro Lepore #RStats

En el marco del 15.º aniversario de rOpenSci, Mauro reflexiona sobre su recorrido en la comunidad y comparte cinco aprendizajes sobre colaboración, contribución, amabilidad y la importancia de las conexiones humanas en la era de la IA.

https://ropensci.org/es/blog/2026/09/29/celebrando-ropensci/

✍️ [blog] Celebrating the rOpenSci Community by Mauro Lepore #RStats

For rOpenSci’s 15th anniversary, Mauro reflects on his journey with the community and shares five lessons about collaboration, contribution, kindness, and the importance of human connections in the age of AI
https://ropensci.org/blog/2026/09/29/celebrating-ropensci/

@GuerillaOntologist @Matt_Noyes I almost booed him. A few minutes earlier, someone actually did.

Later, a staffer gave a talk on worker ownership, but his slides consistently said "EO."

Florida seeks a ban on ChatGPT acting like a person https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/1001527/chatgpt-florida-ban-first-person-human-attributes-kids

The kind of regulation that AI needs but AI companies will never ask for

When you can't find your cat anywhere, then suddenly, the black seat cushion blinks. 🐈‍⬛

#BlackCat #Cats #WritersFamiliar #WritersLife

@mathowie paid for it on Amazon. Pretty bad movie. The book was amazingly funny, wry disappointed.

@Drayventhal @witix Should be @Krita

@venkatasg I am not using iCloud Private Relay. (But even if I was, it would not be an excuse. It’s an Apple feature!)

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