<p>I know most people here don't need to hear this, so maybe just pass this along to your less techy friends and family members, but: please, do not go to ChatGPT for medical advice.</p><p>"For example, in response to telling it about a fictional pain in my right side, it cited the guardrail and suggested relaxation techniques, but ultimately took me through a series of possible causes that escalated in severity."</p><p><a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/2026/04/chatgpt-health-anxiety/686603/?gift=IaTMqerMHTZL-ib0ALx6bbfXdr4zgjwghWmVOZ9_cgU&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.theatlantic.com/technology/2026/04/chatgpt-health-anxiety/686603/?gift=IaTMqerMHTZL-ib0ALx6bbfXdr4zgjwghWmVOZ9_cgU&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.theatlantic.com/technology</span><span class="invisible">/2026/04/chatgpt-health-anxiety/686603/?gift=IaTMqerMHTZL-ib0ALx6bbfXdr4zgjwghWmVOZ9_cgU&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#news</a> <a href="/tags/technology/" rel="tag">#technology</a> <a href="/tags/technews/" rel="tag">#TechNews</a> <a href="/tags/health/" rel="tag">#health</a> <a href="/tags/ai/" rel="tag">#AI</a> <a href="/tags/llms/" rel="tag">#LLMs</a> <a href="/tags/enshittification/" rel="tag">#enshittification</a> <a href="/tags/chatgpt/" rel="tag">#ChatGPT</a></p>
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<p>Fifteen laws in 11 states that could immunize the fossil fuel industry from climate-related legal claims have either been passed or are being debated.</p><p>Many bills are part of a coordinated effort by groups linked to right-wing activist Leonard Leo.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/climate-change-alec-leonard-leo-lawsuits-fossil-fuel-oil-gas-immunity?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/climate-change-alec-leonard-leo-lawsuits-fossil-fuel-oil-gas-immunity?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/cli</span><span class="invisible">mate-change-alec-leonard-leo-lawsuits-fossil-fuel-oil-gas-immunity?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/fossilfuels/" rel="tag">#FossilFuels</a> <a href="/tags/oil/" rel="tag">#Oil</a> <a href="/tags/gas/" rel="tag">#Gas</a> <a href="/tags/climate/" rel="tag">#Climate</a> <a href="/tags/environment/" rel="tag">#Environment</a> <a href="/tags/climatechange/" rel="tag">#ClimateChange</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a></p>
<p>You can find lots of news and journalism accounts sorted into categories on the Fedi.Directory website:</p><p>➡️ <a href="https://fedi.directory/news-media" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>fedi.directory/news-media</a></p><p>To follow an account listed on the site:</p><p>1. Every listing includes the account's Fediverse address. Copy this.<br>2. Paste the Fediverse address you copied into the search box in Mastodon etc.<br>3. The account's profile will appear, where you can click "Follow".</p><p>If you have any questions, please ask!</p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/journalism/" rel="tag">#Journalism</a> <a href="/tags/fediverse/" rel="tag">#Fediverse</a></p>
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<p>Anders Puck Nielsen is a Danish naval officer, author and military analyst making English-language videos about geopolitics and world events. You can follow his video account at:</p><p>➡️ <span class="h-card"><a href="[{'type': 'Link', 'href': 'https://muku.dk/a/anderspuck/video-channels', 'mediaType': 'text/html'}, {'type': 'Link', 'href': 'https://muku.dk/a/anderspuck', 'mediaType': 'text/html'}, {'type': 'Link', 'href': 'https://muku.dk/accounts/anderspuck', 'mediaType': 'text/html'}]" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>anderspuck</span></a></span> </p><p>There are already four videos uploaded, if these haven't federated to your server yet you can browse them all at <a href="https://muku.dk/a/anderspuck/videos" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>muku.dk/a/anderspuck/videos</a></p><p>You can also follow his Mastodon account at <span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@anderspuck" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>[email protected]</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="/tags/featuredpeertube/" rel="tag">#FeaturedPeerTube</a> <a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/geopolitics/" rel="tag">#Geopolitics</a> <a href="/tags/iran/" rel="tag">#Iran</a> <a href="/tags/ukraine/" rel="tag">#Ukraine</a> <a href="/tags/peertube/" rel="tag">#PeerTube</a></p>
<p>My Whistleblower Story!</p><p>A true account of persecution I faced as a whistleblower against the powerful. </p><p><a href="https://drive.proton.me/urls/TVQBZBVQK0#g50TCYlBdeeb" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="drive.proton.me/urls/TVQBZBVQK0#g50TCYlBdeeb"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">drive.proton.me/urls/TVQBZBVQK</span><span class="invisible">0#g50TCYlBdeeb</span></a></p><p>Please boost for reach!</p><p><a href="/tags/earth/" rel="tag">#Earth</a> <a href="/tags/equalrights/" rel="tag">#EqualRights</a> <a href="/tags/justice/" rel="tag">#Justice</a> <a href="/tags/freedom/" rel="tag">#Freedom</a> <a href="/tags/humanrights/" rel="tag">#HumanRights</a><br><a href="/tags/socialjustice/" rel="tag">#SocialJustice</a> <a href="/tags/amnesty/" rel="tag">#Amnesty</a> <br><a href="/tags/workersrights/" rel="tag">#WorkersRights</a> <a href="/tags/hr/" rel="tag">#HR</a> <a href="/tags/union/" rel="tag">#Union</a> <a href="/tags/unions/" rel="tag">#Unions</a> <a href="/tags/solidarity/" rel="tag">#Solidarity</a><br><a href="/tags/usa/" rel="tag">#USA</a> <a href="/tags/america/" rel="tag">#America</a> <a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a><br><a href="/tags/whistleblower/" rel="tag">#whistleblower</a> <a href="/tags/whistleblowerstory/" rel="tag">#WhistleBlowerStory</a> <a href="/tags/whistleblowing/" rel="tag">#Whistleblowing</a><br><a href="/tags/maga/" rel="tag">#MAGA</a> <a href="/tags/dnc/" rel="tag">#DNC</a> <a href="/tags/rnc/" rel="tag">#RNC</a><br><a href="/tags/speaktruthtopower/" rel="tag">#SpeakTruthToPower</a><br><a href="/tags/police/" rel="tag">#Police</a> <a href="/tags/policebrutality/" rel="tag">#PoliceBrutality</a><br><a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a> <a href="/tags/legal/" rel="tag">#Legal</a> <a href="/tags/judiciary/" rel="tag">#Judiciary</a> <br><a href="/tags/court/" rel="tag">#Court</a> <a href="/tags/courtsystem/" rel="tag">#CourtSystem</a><br><a href="/tags/freesoftware/" rel="tag">#FreeSoftware</a> <a href="/tags/freedom/" rel="tag">#Freedom</a></p>
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<p>"In both cases, [A.I. start-up] Oumi’s analysis focused on 4,326 Google searches. The company found that the results were accurate 85 percent of the time with Gemini 2 and 91 percent of the time with Gemini 3."</p><p>Seems bad?<br> <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/07/technology/google-ai-overviews-accuracy.html?unlocked_article_code=1.ZVA.nS7H.TMwrrWt8GUQE&smid=url-share" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.nytimes.com/2026/04/07/technology/google-ai-overviews-accuracy.html?unlocked_article_code=1.ZVA.nS7H.TMwrrWt8GUQE&smid=url-share"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.nytimes.com/2026/04/07/tec</span><span class="invisible">hnology/google-ai-overviews-accuracy.html?unlocked_article_code=1.ZVA.nS7H.TMwrrWt8GUQE&smid=url-share</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#news</a> <a href="/tags/technews/" rel="tag">#TechNews</a> <a href="/tags/technology/" rel="tag">#technology</a> <a href="/tags/ai/" rel="tag">#AI</a> <a href="/tags/llms/" rel="tag">#LLMs</a> <a href="/tags/enshittification/" rel="tag">#enshittification</a> <a href="/tags/google/" rel="tag">#google</a> <a href="/tags/gemini/" rel="tag">#gemini</a></p>
<p>NEW: For-Profit Hospital Chain Never Put Aside Money for Malpractice Insurance to Compensate Injured Patients</p><p>Eager to save money, Prospect Medical promised to “self-insure” malpractice claims brought against its doctors and hospitals. The chain’s bankruptcy now threatens to leave hundreds of patients whose claims are pending with no recourse.</p><p><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/prospect-medical-malpractice-bankruptcy-hospitals-doctors-philadelphia" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/prospect-medical-malpractice-bankruptcy-hospitals-doctors-philadelphia"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/pro</span><span class="invisible">spect-medical-malpractice-bankruptcy-hospitals-doctors-philadelphia</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#news</a> <a href="/tags/health/" rel="tag">#health</a> <a href="/tags/healthcare/" rel="tag">#healthcare</a> <a href="/tags/hospitals/" rel="tag">#hospitals</a> <a href="/tags/doctors/" rel="tag">#doctors</a> <a href="/tags/insurance/" rel="tag">#insurance</a> <a href="/tags/government/" rel="tag">#government</a> <a href="/tags/business/" rel="tag">#business</a></p>
<p>A supermajority of people in the US support trans folks' civil rights.</p><p>"In a new survey of over 1,000 respondents, 85% of Americans believe that 'transgender people should have the same rights and protection as everyone else.' The sentiment was agreed upon by 92% of Democrats, 76% of Republicans and 87% of independents. The survey was conducted by research firm SSRS and funded by the Human Rights Campaign Foundation."</p><p><a href="https://www.them.us/story/transgender-rights-human-rights-campaign-survey-data-american-support" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.them.us/story/transgender-rights-human-rights-campaign-survey-data-american-support"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.them.us/story/transgender-</span><span class="invisible">rights-human-rights-campaign-survey-data-american-support</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/trans/" rel="tag">#trans</a> <a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#news</a> <a href="/tags/lgbtq/" rel="tag">#lgbtq</a> <a href="/tags/uspol/" rel="tag">#uspol</a></p>
<p>NEW: Trump’s DOJ Plans to Settle Predatory Lending Case Without Compensating Victims</p><p>The Biden administration sued a Texas land developer accused of duping tens of thousands of Hispanic residents. </p><p>Trump’s DOJ is now offering an unprecedented settlement that experts say could target the very people who were harmed by the developer.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-doj-colony-ridge-texas-settlement-victims" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/trump-doj-colony-ridge-texas-settlement-victims"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/tru</span><span class="invisible">mp-doj-colony-ridge-texas-settlement-victims</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#news</a> <a href="/tags/government/" rel="tag">#government</a> <a href="/tags/texas/" rel="tag">#texas</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#trump</a> <a href="/tags/doj/" rel="tag">#doj</a></p>
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