Linkage

• Teflon and steel are out. Indian are switching back to cast iron and earthen cookware. (The Scroll) Some times, the old ways are better.
• After ‘crisis of conscience,’ ex-Cigna exec hopes to set the record straight on health care (Columbia Journalism Review) Former PR Drone for Cigna reveals that they are lying parasites.
• The Demise Of Tilt: A Bargain For Airbnb, A Classic Loss For Investors Like Andreessen Horowitz (Fastcompany) The the degree to which Silicon Valley "Unicorns" resemble not particularly ingenious bunco artists is striking.
• Researchers link meeting corporate earnings goals to worker injuries (Left Labor Reporter) Capitalism 101
• Senate ID Cards Use A Photo Of A Chip Rather Than An Actual Smart Chip (Techdirt) Up there with the CD drive being used as a cup holder.
• Verizon bungles launch of $70 gigabit plan, which costs more than $70 (Ars Technica) It varies depending on your current plan, and their estimate as to your cost may have no relationship with reality. Clearly internet broadband needs more deregulation.
• Study on AT&T’s fiber deployment: 1Gbps for the rich, 768kbps for the poor (Ars Technica) We don't care, we don't have to ……… we're the phone company.
• Orleans Parish prosecutors are using fake subpoenas to pressure witnesses to talk to them (The Lens) Why isn't everyone who did this facing disbarment?

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