1. 📰 Dad with Stage 4 cancer dies after insurance company said tumor-shrinking treatment was ‘not medically necessary’ (direct link) (👍1193 👎9)
from Not The Onion (!nottheonion@lemmy.world)
Dad with Stage 4 cancer dies after insurance company said tumor-shrinking treatment was ‘not medically necessary’
The patient’s health insurance allegedly stood in the way — until it was too late. Tennant’s wife, Rebecca, had heard of histotripsy and brought the idea to her husband’s doctor. 3 Eric Tennant and his wife, Rebecca, on a family vacation in Florida, their last while Eric was alive. Out-of-pocket costs for the Tennant family — which included Eric, his wife and their two grown children — would have been about $50,000. Facebook/Eric TennantAccording to a recent report from KFF, delaying or denying care in some cases actually drives profits for health insurance companies. 🖊️️🤖
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2. 📰 Fisher-Price Is Pivoting to AI-Powered Autonomous Weapons Manufacturing (direct link) (👍176 👎3)
from The Onion (!theonion@midwest.social)
Fisher-Price Is Pivoting to AI-Powered Autonomous Weapons Manufacturing
Effective immediately, Fisher-Price will exit the “child development toy” vertical and re-emerge as Mattel·igence AI Defense Systems, a fully integrated autonomous weapons manufacturer focused on AI-enabled lethality solutions for the modern battlefield. As a company founded in 1930 on the principles of “safety, durability, and play value,” we felt the logical next step was autonomous kill drones. We are thrilled to introduce the first wave of Mattel·igence AI Defense product line:Little People Killbots. Fisher-Price’s beloved Little People are being reimagined as fully autonomous microscale combat units. We are pleased to report that our autonomous weapons systems do not contain small parts. 🖊️️🤖
Posted by sundray
3. 📰 Australia: Woman trapped in poo for three hours after toilet collapses (direct link) (👍65 👎1)
from Offbeat (!offbeat@lemmy.ca)
Australia: Woman trapped in poo for three hours after toilet collapses
In 2014, a five-year-old student in South Africa died after the pit latrine he was using collapsed. In 2018, after the death of a second student, it was established that more than 4,500 schools in the country had pit latrine toilets, which were often shoddily built and left uncovered. The same year, South Africa's government vowed to get rid of them from schools entirely. 🖊️️🤖
Posted by FTonsilStones
4. 📰 Peterborough man creates supersized household objects (direct link) (👍63 👎1)
from And Finally... (!andfinally@feddit.uk)
Peterborough man creates supersized household objects
A DIY-fanatic who became bored after retiring has come up with an unusual way of filling his days - creating supersized models of everyday household items. In scenes reminiscent of '80s Hollywood blockbuster Honey, I Shrunk the Kids, Steve Wainwright lives in his home among huge objects including a giant pencil, clothes peg, audio cassette and a 13-amp plug. "Once retired you can only cook and clean for so many hours," said Wainwright, 62, who lives with his wife in Peterborough and has a background in engineering and electrics. "Men generally say my stuff is amazing, but women normally ask, 'Where does your wife keep it all?'" 🖊️️🤖
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5. 📰 Secretary of War Hegseth: "The one institution that should win the Nobel Peace Prize, every single year, is the U.S. military." (direct link) (👍59 👎3)
from Not the Onion (!nottheonion@lemmy.ml)
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📰 Chuck E. Cheese arrested for credit card fraud in Florida (direct link), posted in SERIOUS NEWS ONLY (👍10 👎0)
Chuck E. Cheese arrested for credit card fraud in Florida
Tallahassee police officers arrested Chuck E. Cheese on charges of credit card fraud on Wednesday. Authorities believe Jermell Jones, who was dressed as the rodent when they arrived, stole a customer’s credit card and used it to make fraudulent purchases. In the photos, police can be seen leading the iconic pizza rat through the front door of the establishment. “Ok, Tallahassee Police Department, y’all couldn’t let this man change out of his Chuck E. Cheese costume before arresting him in front of those kids?” wrote one Facebook user while sharing photos of the incident. TPD spokesperson Alicia Hill told the Tallahassee Democrat that officers had hoped to lead Jones out of the restaurant without placing him in handcuffs. 🖊️️🤖
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