Here’s why Substack’s scam worked so well • Buttondown

Substack’s leadership pays a secret, select group of people to write for the platform

As you may already know, Substack is a tool for publishing email newsletters like this one. The idea is that anyone can start a newsletter, using Substack’s (very nice) interface, and we have the option to charge subscribers. Substack advertises itself as a tool, an app, that functions like a…

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How MAGA Conspiracies Infected Autism Groups – Mother Jones

How MAGA Conspiracies Infected Autism Groups

The result of cross-pollination between Covid and autism, says Canadian autism-acceptance activist Anne Borden King, who is working on a book about unproven autism treatments, is an explosive blending of disinformation. As the anti-vaccine movement has increasingly tacked right in recent years, the true believers in autism cures have aligned…

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RFA-ES-23-007: Exploratory Grants for Climate Change and Health Research Center Development (P20 Clinical Trial Optional)

The purpose of this Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) is to solicit P20 planning grant applications for Climate Change and Health Research Centers (CCHRCs). This program will support the development of a transdisciplinary research environment to sustain a program of fundamental and applied research to examine the impacts of climate…

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Courageous Cancer Conversations w/ Guest Ethel Jones

Courageous Cancer Conversations w/ Guest Ethel Jones

Join us for Courageous Cancer Conversations Sunday, November 27th, at 6 pm EST live @OraLeeOrg on Facebook, LinkedIn, and Twitter. The Ora Lee Smith Cancer Research Foundation has a patient-centric approach to changing the way cancer is treated. Happening on the last Sunday of each month, this series is designed…

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BetterHelp shared customer data while promising it was private, says FTC – The Verge

BetterHelp shared customer data while promising it was private

Online counseling company BetterHelp has agreed to pay $7.8 million to settle charges from the Federal Trade Commission that it improperly shared customers’ sensitive data with companies like Facebook and Snapchat, even after promising to keep it private. The proposed order, announced by the FTC on Thursday, would ban the…

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