The hottest Non-profit organization Substack posts right now

And their main takeaways
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Weight and Healthcare β€’ 639 implied HN points β€’ 04 Mar 23
  1. The Obesity Action Coalition (OAC) is not an advocacy group for higher-weight people, but predominantly funded by and lobbies for the priorities of the weight loss industry.
  2. OAC's priorities aim to expand Medicare coverage for weight loss interventions, revealing ties to the weight loss industry such as funding from companies producing weight loss drugs and surgical equipment.
  3. There are parallels between OAC's actions and the tactics used by pharmaceutical companies in the past, like Purdue Pharma, to influence healthcare organizations and profit from weight loss interventions.
Symposium β€’ 137 implied HN points β€’ 17 Apr 23
  1. The purpose of Symposium is to encourage different ways of thinking about liberalism and politics.
  2. Symposium aims to break through traditional categories and find common ground among liberals.
  3. Changing how people think is crucial for intellectual progress and political change.
Messy Progress β€’ 35 implied HN points β€’ 27 Apr 23
  1. New Public is a non-profit focusing on building better digital public spaces.
  2. Projects include creating a database of healthy digital space practices and open-source tools for communities.
  3. The organization aims to amplify positivity and build tools based on the good.
Dataplane.org Newsletter β€’ 0 implied HN points β€’ 03 Aug 22
  1. Dataplane.org has been accepted as a U.S. federally recognized not-for-profit organization, allowing them to accept donations to improve Internet infrastructure operations.
  2. They are deliberating on whether to continue funding Russian hosting providers due to ethical considerations, seeking legal counsel before making a decision.
  3. Insights into ISATAP DNS queries reveal patterns in network traffic, resolver behaviors, and DNSSEC deployment, shedding light on Internet DNS subsystem.
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