Robin Monks

When I first saw the TOS for MyChart Central’s Epic ID I was instantly concerned by this. The Lever had done an excellent write up: levernews.com/mychart-rewrit…… Patients should not have to give up their right to hold those keeping their most sensitive data accountable.

Flying back from D.C. and just finished writing up my thoughts from the ASTP/ONC Information Blocking Session. robinmonks.com/the-informatio… #healthpolicy

This is absolutely the right take. Substack is leveraging writers to build a network, but much like we saw with Facebook, they will quickly discard the majority of them and lock them out of their audience. robm.in/49yBjmE

Albertsons meanwhile has announced they're going to increase their dividend and buy back stock with their cash on hand; which shows just how much profit margin these companies were already making while independent. #kroger #Albertsons

Albertsons and Kroger merger is off! You love to see it! My earlier newsletter on the merger is here for context on why that merger would have completely screwed consumers: robm.in/kroger #kroger #merger

BREAKING: The FTC has announced the “click-to-cancel” rule that will require companies to let you cancel any product as easily as you registered. Long, difficult cancelation processes will be illegal. If you signed up with a click, they’ll have to let you cancel with a click.

So beautiful! A full rainbow over Vancouver. Photo taken from Sena II in English Bay. #beautifulBC #Vancouver

⚠ Jasper Wildfire Complex Update Current as of 9 pm, July 28, 2024 🔺Wildfire status Another day of reduced fire behaviour allowed our 350 firefighters and personnel to make progress again today. Today firefighters from Parks Canada and Alberta Wildfire were again busy

#Kroger and #Albertsons are looking to become a single grocer in one of the largest changes to the access and costs of groceries in US history. What's missing from the discussion is a lot of this happened before, and we can learn a lot: robinmonks.com/believe-them-w…

My post is up on WWDC. Apple has changed the world from where where companies are going to pay monthly to use AI tools, to one where AI will just be a hardware upgrade cycle. And a Microsoft, Salesforce, and Google are going to be big losers. robinmonks.com/wwdc-2024/ #wwdc24 #ai

That's 50% more just for the item price, PLUS their service fee (another 5%, which does not go to the shopper). Instacart massively compounds the problem of grocery inflation. I don't think people would keep using Instacart if they realized they were paying 50% more.

Just compared the price of an 8pk of La Croix at Fred Meyer (3/$10 for in-store or pickup) against the price of ordering that same pack of La Croix on Instacard from Fred Meyer ($5 each).

Excited to share my latest blog post, "An Engineering Manager's Guide to Pivoting Out of Work Mode for Real." 💼 I explore the importance of recognizing the signs of burnout and share practical insights on how to pivot out of work mode effectively. robinmonks.com/pivoting-out-o…

Johnson & Johnson evergreening their patent on bedaquiline will deny millions of people access to live-saving TB treatment. @JNJNews @JNJGlobalHealth Watch @johngreen's video today to learn more youtube.com/watch?v=tMhgw5…

Do I .... like .... geese? I like this goose! Learn about the horror of the pen cap patent: youtube.com/watch?v=tMhgw5…

@RicksWriting There are extensions to help with this, addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/… for Firefox and github.com/Lartsch/FediAct for Chrome (under review by Google, but you can manually install).

Okay this is still the thing that bothers me the most about mastodon. Once you've gotten past all the weirdness about servers and the choosing thereof, you're expected to do it all again every time you interact with anything outside your server

This gray screen could have been a meeting…🫡💙 #LoveWhereYouWorked #OneTeam #TwitterBlue