Peter Jacobson

May 23, 2024 | healthaffairs.org | Sabrina Adler |Ross C Brownson |Scott Burris |Paul Erwin |Peter Jacobson |Wendy E. Parmet | +1 more

During and immediately following the COVID-19 pandemic, thousands of bills were introduced in state houses limiting the legal powers of public health officials. While most of these bills did not become law, at least 25 states enacted legislation curbing the legal authority of public health officials. Many judicial decisions also pushed back against broad interpretations of public health officials’ legal powers.

May 15, 2024 | jamanetwork.com | Felipe M. Kristensson |Region Västra Götaland |Johanna Andersson-Assarsson |Peter Jacobson

Key PointsQuestion  Is bariatric surgery associated with a reduced risk of breast cancer in women with obesity, and does baseline insulin level modify this association? Findings  In this nonrandomized controlled trial including 2867 women with obesity and a median follow-up of 23.9 years, bariatric surgery was associated with lower incidence of breast cancer compared to usual obesity care.

Feb 5, 2024 | medium.com | Peter Jacobson

For me personally, it’s over with Netflix. The thrill is gone. It’s lost its luster. The January 2024 ad tier is one customer-hostile decision too many. Netflix has been, in my experience, going downhill for a while. And I’m saying that as a longtime subscriber. Like, from back when they only shipped DVDs longtime. “Customer-hostile” is the only way I can describe their behavior.

Jan 5, 2024 | medium.com | Peter Jacobson

Or as our Fearless DevOps Leader would say, time for The Rebootening. I bought the linkingarts.com domain name in 2001, before even LinkedIn existed. I started the company with two amazing partners, but we just didn’t gel as co-founders. We worked together for years (he is a brilliant programmer, she a rock-solid manager and organizer), but the mix wasn’t right for partnership. It was a different world, a time of “webmasters” and the first dotcom boom, and bust. No iPhones. No Twitter or Facebook.

Dec 5, 2023 | shtfplan.com | Peter Jacobson

This article was originally published by Peter Jacobson at The Foundation for Economic Education. Elon Musk says the number one threat to humanity is a population collapse. Is he right? The irrational pandemonium of the 20th century was the fear of a population explosion. Estimates from scientists such as Paul Ehrlich projected population growth would lead to mass starvation, death, and environmental degradation. None of that happened.