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Blake Dodge
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I harvest grain for the billionaire media tycoon and former mayor of San Francisco @PirateWires. prev @BusinessInsider. DMs open.
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    Blake Dodge
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    Oct 14, 2025
    things that Heather Cox Richardson has written: - members of Trump’s inner circle are creating “a system” that will make it possible for them to “retain control over the country even without Trump" - Biden did good in The Debate: he’d just listed the accomplishments of his
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    Oct 14, 2025
    Heather Cox Richardson has more subscribers than Jimmy Kimmel has viewers. And every night, or thereabouts, she tells her 2.7 million followers that America is sliding into authoritarianism. Trump is a dictator, MAGA is inspired by Nazi political theory, and right-wing violence
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    Blake Dodge
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    Jan 12, 2022
    My main takeaway from #JPM2022 so far is that, with $29 billion flowing into digital health startups, still too few founders are talking in specifics about literally how they are doing what they are doing. Like describing the basics of care models is really so much to ask.
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    Blake Dodge
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    Feb 22, 2021
    Happy to say I've been promoted to a Senior Healthcare Reporter @BusinessInsider Please send tips before my bosses realize they've made a huge mistake ➡️💻
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    Blake Dodge
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    Aug 20, 2021
    Our reporting @BusinessInsider this week and this year has stirred up a familiar but important conversation: Why does big tech struggle in healthcare? A thread:
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    Blake Dodge
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    Jul 8, 2025
    floods happen. floods exist. the solution isn't banning, blaming, or threatening (!) the only company (@RainmakerCorp) and founder (@ADoricko) working to deeply understand and tame the weather. my take in today's @PirateWires daily
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    Blake Dodge
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    Jun 28, 2022
    2,000 leaked documents and employees say Silicon Valley healthcare startup @Cerebral harmed hundreds of patients and prescribed serious medication with abandon ➡️ 7,400-word byline from @ShelbyJLiv and me, with help from @Megan_Hernbroth.
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    2,000 leaked documents and employees say Silicon Valley healthcare startup Cerebral harmed hundreds...
    From businessinsider.com
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    Blake Dodge
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    Nov 19, 2019
    Doctors are taking opioid prescriptions away from a growing number of patients, a new report shows. Nearly one in five were tapered by more than 40 percent each month, an aggressive approach that can cause crippling withdrawal symptoms.
    Another Study Indicates Severe Opioid Tapering
    Doctors Are Removing a Growing Number of Patients from Prescription Opioids
    From newsweek.com
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    Blake Dodge
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    Jul 10, 2025
    NEW: @RainmakerCorp will try to save the Great Salt Lake with cloud seeding. The lake is drying out as snowpack (its main water source) decreases. This is exposing arsenic-containing dust from the lakebed, affecting local respiratory health.
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    They Want Him Dead. Augustus Doricko Just Wants to Make It Rain.
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    Blake Dodge
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    Apr 12, 2021
    Digital health people: Reply with your takes on the Microsoft/Nuance deal. My main question is what's so great about physicians' workflow? Why are MSFT, AMZN (Comprehend), and GOOGL (Care Studio) all trying to get in on the ground floor of healthcare? RTs welcome.
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    Blake Dodge
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    Apr 17, 2025
    apple needs a new assshole in charge. while AI explodes: it’s got: an emoji-generator and news summaries. fancy Siri was a lie. nobody’s been fired. bureaucracy is thriving. as @dhh told me: only an asshole — with some fucking regard — can fix it. link is threaded ➡️
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    Blake Dodge
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    May 4, 2022
    Breaking: The DEA is investigating Cerebral, @ShelbyJLiv and I report for @BusinessInsider. Sources told us that the DEA is interested in many problems at Cerebral, including issues with clinician licensing and its alleged duplicate patient accounts.
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    The DEA is investigating Cerebral as the $4.8 billion mental-health startup faces growing scrutiny
    From businessinsider.com
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    Blake Dodge
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    Feb 9, 2022
    New! @chrissyfarr just landed her first deal as a VC. The investment's in @OathCare, a kind of social media-like clinic that cares for birthing parents, from pregnancy through pediatrics. Fun fact: There's no dudes in this piece. (One tiny exception.) businessinsider.com/oath-care-chri…
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    Blake Dodge
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    Jan 7, 2020
    ...making @ewarren the first top presidential candidate to addressed forced tapering, understood as the premature or otherwise aggressive removal of opioid patients from their medications. Thanks, @headdock and @StefanKertesz! #cpp #cripthevote newsweek.com/warren-says-pa…
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    Blake Dodge
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    Oct 5, 2021
    In May I started looking into Apple's healthcare unit. I got a tip that the leaders there were controlling, to the point where even leaving the team, for another role at Apple or another company entirely, was a challenge. 1/10
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    Apple dreamed of making healthcare easy. Then it silenced its medical experts.
    From businessinsider.com