Both Chinua Achebe and Pema Chodron’s books under this title should be read during these times, for different reasons.

So Congress doesn’t have a role anymore. He’s just going to dictate through executive orders.

There’s also a send to Kindle feature but it goes through Amazon’s servers to convert your files and I don’t trust Amazon with that data.

I’m not even sure if I trust Amazon with a history of what I read from my library reads either.

That’s what I do. You can also get ebooks from other sources and convert them to a file your Kindle would recognize through a free software called Calibre.

The great lengths administration goes through to “address” a problem without addressing it

Also convince people to not trust actual experts in their fields. Build AI that profits of these people’s works. Without any background in said fields, filter what you don’t like. Provide these carefully crafted AI to the masses, give them a false sense that they don’t need the experts.

Pharmacy is probably trying to chase the increasing cost/fees from the PBM. Aside from the increasing cost of the drug itself, the insurance middlemen also makes up silly reasons to “clawback” the claim the pharmacy submits to them, leaving the pharmacy hundreds in the red months down the line.

So this is how 2025 starts. A bit foreshadowing of things to come.

What have they’ve accomplished to deserve a 40% raise?

Must be nice to have the power of the purse and sign off on your own raises.

This bill would be a first step in the pharmacy sector at least. CVS first introduced cheap generics to entice patients to switch from independent pharmacies. Then they used their capital to buy PBMs to control reimbursements and push out independents for good.

Partly. I think there’s also a trend in going back to owning physical products. In part as a response to control some companies have once they’ve monopolized ebook and subscription industries