Levin Gubler

@stalman @samsheffer Thanks for taking the time to answer. I think your feedback makes sense, even though I‘m not personally bothered by the opinion-heavy writing (I prefer an obvious bias).

@levosaurus @samsheffer It shifted to mostly politics and policy. One example is just how often they write about Elon, in a way that their distaste for him skews the actual tech coverage. Or their takes on Apple often feel more like bait than thoughtful opinions. Or their knee jerk dismissal of AI.

@stalman @samsheffer I pay for The Verge. What are your issues with their coverage? It‘s an honest question since I know nothing about the internals.

@samsheffer It’s frustrating because Nilay has such a deep understanding of the industry but has allowed his pet issues to completely take over Verge coverage

@bimbbie I'm sorry. But you did the right thing.

i quit

Private equity firms bought 500 hospitals. Death rates in their emergency rooms went up 13%. They fired 12% of the staff. Then they paid themselves billions in dividends. A Harvard study just confirmed what doctors already knew: people are dying so investors can hit quarterly targets. Exactly what happens. A PE firm buys a hospital using debt. The debt gets placed on the hospital's balance sheet, not the firm's. Now the hospital owes hundreds of millions it never borrowed. To service that debt, the hospital cuts costs. Costs mean nurses. The numbers from the Harvard/University of Chicago study are horrifying. After PE acquisition, emergency department salary spending dropped 18.2%. ICU salary spending dropped 15.9%. Hospital-wide employees were cut 11.6%. Emergency department deaths rose 13%, seven additional deaths per 10,000 visits. A separate study found patients undergoing surgery at PE-acquired hospitals had 17% higher odds of dying within 90 days. Steward Health Care, owned by Cerberus Capital, filed bankruptcy with $9 billion in debt after closing hospitals across Massachusetts. The CEO lived on a $40 million yacht while emergency rooms went dark. Eight hospitals serving 2 million people nearly disappeared because a PE fund extracted more cash than the system could survive. The private equity industry has poured over $1 trillion into healthcare. They operate a quarter of ERs nationwide. This isn't going away. The investing angle nobody talks about. Non-PE hospital operators like HCA Healthcare (HCA) and Tenet (THC) are the direct beneficiaries. Every time a PE hospital closes or deteriorates, patients flow to the nearest competitor. HCA has returned 1,200% since 2011. Patient volume from PE closures is a structural tailwind nobody's pricing in. Medical staffing firms (AMN Healthcare, Cross Country) charge premium rates specifically because PE hospitals cut staff. The staffing shortage IS the business model for these companies. The disruption play: outpatient surgical centers (SCA Health, now part of UnitedHealth) are pulling profitable procedures out of hospitals entirely. PE-owned hospitals lose their highest-margin surgeries to outpatient, and the death spiral accelerates. Pull up tradevision and monitor healthcare M&A alerts, hospital closure filings, and patient volume migration data. When a PE-owned hospital announces "restructuring," the patient volume shift to competitors like HCA starts within 30 days. That 30-day window is when the competitor's earnings revisions haven't updated yet. Free to try. (a private equity firm bought your local hospital. borrowed $500 million in the hospital's name. fired 12% of the nurses. emergency room deaths rose 13%. then they paid themselves dividends. nobody went to prison. they're currently buying another hospital.)

@positivityofx Hiding behind my human avatar, I very much enjoy seeing my plan come together.

THAILAND DECLARES CATS AS OFFICIAL NATIONAL SYMBOLS

@derspiegel Dieser Nachruf genügt nicht. Falls jemand einen guten findet, wäre ich interessiert.

Jürgen Habermas ist tot. Der Philosoph und Soziologe starb heute im Alter von 96 Jahren in Starnberg. #ref=rss" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">spiegel.de/kultur/philoso…

@samhenrigold For me, this machine was an indigo blue iMac G3 with 400MHz. It had to do gaming, graphic design and video editing, whether it was suitable or not.

@echo_pbreyer Fantastische News. Vielen Dank an alle Aktivisten!

🇩🇪🎉 SENSATION! Dank eures Protests hat das EU-Parlament heute für ein ENDE der anlasslosen Massenscans gestimmt! 💪 Doch Achtung: Die finale Entscheidung fällt jetzt im Trilog mit den EU-Regierungen. Der Kampf geht weiter! ⚔️ Alle Infos: patrick-breyer.de/eu-parlament-k…

@markgurman Hi, MBP guy here. I would love another iPhone mini.

The MacBook Neo is kind of like the iPhone mini. The same folks praising it all over social media are the ones who would never trade in their Pro for it. It’s clearly the best $600 laptop on the market - but few are going to switch away from the high-end. It’s about new buyers.

@TheFigen_ Please no more AI slop 😔

That look! That pause! That paw! = The Queen!

Loving the MacBook Neo reviews so far. @gruber says: «I’ll just say it: I think I’m done with iPads.» Right on the money. daringfireball.net/2026/03/the_ma…

@sciencegirl It is a cool demo, but constantly switching form factors doesn‘t seem very practical.

The new laptop from Huawei. Pay attention starting at the 13th second.

@atmoio Thank you for your video, I really appreciated your thoughts about the dilemma. We need to be very discerning when technology interferes with our passion and our creative juices.

I was a 10x engineer. Now I'm useless.

@positivityofx The elephant tax seems very reasonable.

Elephants in Thailand have learned to exploit their right of way and stop passing sugar cane trucks to grab a quick snack..

Apple should make a Macbook in British racing green.

@RWMaloneMD Your own audience disagrees with this take.

The progressive left are crazy.

@positivityofx When we finally meet the aliens it will feel like this.

A pigeon that came close to a photographer trying to shoot the ceiling

@SnazzyLabs They are ridiculous. Now tell me that you don‘t want one.

Is Apple being serious with these new displays? lmaooooo

@MrPitbull07 This is more inspiring than anything you‘ll see on CNN.

In a small neighborhood park, there’s a massive Maine Coon everyone calls Capitán. For five years, he’s ruled that little patch of green like a quiet king. Not aggressive. Not loud. Just steady. Watching from his favorite bench like a gentle guardian of the block. Then one day, a tiny white kitten appeared. He was beautiful. Fragile. And something wasn’t right. He kept bumping into benches. Planters. Curbs. He didn’t flinch at sudden movements. He didn’t track sound the way kittens do. It didn’t take long for the neighbors to realize the truth. The kitten was blind. Out there alone, he wouldn’t have lasted long. But he wasn’t alone for long. Because Capitán noticed. From that day on, the big Maine Coon never left his side. He started walking slightly ahead, slowing his long, powerful strides so the kitten could brush against his thick fur and follow. Like a living guide rope. When neighbors set out food, Capitán gently nudged him toward the bowls. When they crossed the sidewalk, he adjusted his pace. When they rested on their favorite bench, Capitán curled his massive body around the kitten like a shield. And when it rained? He made sure the kitten was safely tucked under the planter first. Only then would he settle in beside him. A local veterinarian later confirmed it. The little one was born blind. She said without Capitán, he wouldn’t have survived even a week outdoors. He wouldn’t have found food. He wouldn’t have avoided danger. Some neighbors offered to adopt the kitten. But every time they tried separating them, both cats cried endlessly. So the community made a decision. They kept them together. Now their bowls sit side by side. The neighborhood looks out for them daily. And Capitán still walks just ahead, with a tiny white shadow brushing against his fur. Because sometimes family isn’t about where you come from. Sometimes it’s about who slows down for you. Who shields you. Who chooses to guide you when you cannot see the way. And sometimes… the strongest hearts wear fur. 🐾❤️ Credit: Bringer of Rain

@curiosityonx Can I get a Kamaz with that engine?

NEWS🚨: Russia claims to have developed a prototype plasma engine to reduce the trip to Mars from 10 months to just 30 days.