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I was interviewed for this article. Another bill not covered by insurance came from UCI Long COVID Clinic since. “Others may not be so lucky and may be forced to pay for most of their care out of pocket. That's what happened to Amy Cook, 51, of Orange County, California.”
NBC News: 'Long Covid patients face medical debt after insurance denies claims'
'Millions in the U.S. are out of work because of severe long Covid symptoms, and many are struggling to pay their medical bills. Here's how to navigate insurance coverage.'
nbcnews.com/health/health-ne…
Amy Cook retweeted
So let me get this right: if you’re a corrupt right-wing leader who loses an election and is under investigation you get asylum?
If you’re a mom and kid fleeing violence you’re not?
“Billionaire Joe Lonsdale’s venture capital firm 8VC has invested in an animal testing startup founded by the former chief operating officer of a company that incurred the largest ever fine in the U.S. for violating the Animal Welfare Act” forbes.com/sites/amyfeldman/…
Amy Cook retweeted
Just got Trump at his rally in Chillicothe Ohio! Sang The Epstein Plane song, called him "Pumpkin Spice Peeedo" and gave him the finger then got attacked! I'm okay I think! I do it for you! 🦒💙 – at Chillicothe, OH
Amy Cook retweeted
BREAKING: The president was about to tell his ass story about Jon Husted, and got interrupted by a total king. 😂
“Agents fused that with Minnesota DVS records and commercial data from the Thomson-Reuters CLEAR platform to produce a driver's license #, Social Security # summary, years of address history, phone numbers, property records, and jointly registered vehicles”wired.com/story/ice-is-runni…
“HSI investigators used similar workarounds to warrants and grand jury subpoenas to obtain phone records for several journalists who covered Operation Metro Surge”
“The health department said it is investigating a potential link to Brookshire Farms, known for having a pumpkin patch, corn maze, hayrides and other activities during the fall.” abcnews.com/Health/5-cases-c…
“allegedly bought and resold “hundreds – and possibly thousands” of dogs from commercial breeders, including puppy mills, in violation of numerous laws, a practice known as “puppy laundering.” ktla.com/news/local-news/los…
“He isn’t concerned by the absence of studies confirming that the treatments performed at BioMed work” newyorker.com/magazine/2026/…
“She had a colonic irrigation before joining Rau and Frei for a private vegan lunch. Afterward, Ammann got an alpha-lipoic-acid infusion—the same treatment that Lanitis would soon be given—followed by an infusion of mugwort.”
“some scientists have opposed such private sales, saying “Jodi” and other significant fossils should be displayed in museums or other institutions so they can be studied by researchers and viewed by the public” abcnews.com/US/wireStory/din…
“The Trump Administration is unlawfully rolling back reporting requirements meant to help law enforcement track down bad actors who hide financial assets in shell companies,”
A coalition of 21 attorneys general say the department pushed through rules that eliminate ownership information for shell companies, violating the Corporate Transparency Act. courthousenews.com/attorneys…
Amy Cook retweeted
The parents of Alex Pretti, who was killed by federal immigration officers in Minneapolis, say the Justice Department is refusing to turn over evidence to state and local officials.
“Do your job and stop shielding Alex’s killers,” his father said. wapo.st/4i791FU
“If your work does not benefit from current AI tooling, that is a finding, not a failing,” Amazon said in the memo.
The company added, “An engineer who can explain where AI does not yet help their work is demonstrating the judgement we are asking for.” cnbc.com/2026/10/27/amazon-a…
AMAZON IS REASSESSING ITS AI BET
Amazon’s AI retreat is becoming harder to ignore.
The company has closed its San Francisco AGI Lab, reportedly pulled back from several flagship Nova models, and announced that Amazon Q Developer’s IDE plugins will be sunset in April 2027 as developers are directed toward Kiro.
But the details matter. Amazon has not abandoned all Nova models or AI coding. It launched Nova 2.5 Sonic in October.
The bigger question is what Amazon believes it can win.
Training foundation models is expensive. Keeping up with frontier-model competitors requires enormous investment, while the commercial payoff remains uncertain.
Amazon has another option: sell the infrastructure.
AWS can make money providing compute, custom chips and access to models built by Amazon and its competitors. It doesn’t necessarily have to build the best model in every category to benefit from AI spending.
That creates a strategic trade-off.
Does Amazon need to win the model race, or does it make more sense to sell the picks and shovels to everyone running it?
The distinction matters for investors. AI spending can keep growing even as individual models, research teams and products get cut.
The winners may not be the companies training the most models. They may be the companies that can turn AI demand into durable cash flow.
Amazon’s restructuring doesn’t prove the AI boom is ending.
It does suggest that even the biggest players are making choices about where the economics justify the investment.
“The one-time star of the sitcom “That ’70s Show” is serving 30 years-to-life in prison after a jury found him guilty of drugging and raping two women in the early 2000s”
Danny Masterson loses rape conviction appeal @hillelaron courthousenews.com/danny-mas…
