Don’t use Amazon Clinic. Waiving your privacy rights to engage with services shouldn’t be something that’s ever allowed.
Amazon Clinic requires patients to waive HIPAA protections in exchange for care https://iapp.org/news/a/analysis-amazon-clinic-requires-patients-to-waive-hipaa-protections-in-exchange-for-care/
The Toronto Star just published my op-ed calling on the #CBC to run its own Mastodon/fediverse server:
I don't really want "AI" in my search results. What I actually want are search results that accurately correspond to my queries. So far the "AI" tech companies have been showing off tends to do a lot of fabulation; that doesn't bode well for good search results.
A wide network of cellphone sensors helps Seattle ease traffic congestion, but the technology raises questions among privacy advocates about how individual data is retained, especially since the company involved has a history of bribes and illegal sales.
Today in small bureaucracy tweaks: the WA State Board of Health has proposed a set of food safety rule changes that will allow you to use your own reusable containers at more places. The public comment period ends September 29 at midnight, you can send an automated support letter here: https://bringyourowncontainer.good.do/zerowasteaction/bringyourowncontainer/
Almost no one ever comments on technical rule changes like this, so even form letters are impressive. #ZeroWaste
hey hey hey i have a joke
Q. what should you do if you see someone being assaulted?
A. call the cops, this is dangerous!
Q. what should you do if you see hundreds of thousands of people being murdered by fascists?
A. VOTE!
The recent uproar in the media and activist community regarding the Portland Police Bureau's communications with Joey Gibson did not take us by surprise, but only served to prove what has been known to many for some time.
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