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Trump admin seeks medical records of federal workers—for vague reasons
The unprecedented proposal would give the Trump admin access to doctors' notes.
https://arstechnica.com/health/2026/04/trump-admin-seeks-medical-records-of-federal-workers-for-vague-reasons/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

deewani 13m ago

Lauren Weinstein 33m ago

Analysis Finds That Google's #AI Overviews Are Providing Misinformation at a Scale Possibly Unprecedented in the History of Human Civilization

https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/google-ai-overviews-misinformation

@wendinoakland @kottke
check out the alt-NPS effort to get big brands to speak out against this (Patagonia, etc.). https://SaveUSFS.org

Our Forests Are Being Taken. SAVEUSFS.ORG

193 million acres of America's public lands face unprecedented attacks. It's time to pay attention.

deewani 51m ago

kottke.org 4h ago

Trump Administration Orders Dismantling of the U.S. Forest Service. “…the most devastating attack on the U.S. Forest Service in the agency’s 121-year history. Not a budget cut. Not a policy shift. Not a ‘reorganization.’ An execution.” https://www.hatchmag.com/articles/trump-administration-orders-dismantling-us-forest-service/7716263

Trump administration orders dismantling of the U.S. Forest Service

Late Tuesday afternoon, with the subtlety of a wrecking ball and the morality of a foreclosure notice, the Trump administration announced the most devastating attack on the U.S. Forest Service in the agency’s 121-year history. Not a budget cut. Not a policy shift. Not a “reorganization.” An execution.

Hatch Magazine - Fly Fishing, etc.

deewani 5h ago

AI6YR Ben 9h ago

Meanwhile, in important religious news...

#religion #pope

deewani 12h ago

NWS Bay Area (bot)18h ago

#CAwx #MTR #graphicast
Unsettled weather returns Thursday and continues into the weekend. Isolated to scattered thunderstorms are possible Friday through Sunday with widespread beneficial rainfall expected over the weekend.

deewani 12h ago

AI6YR Ben 23h ago

Price of a cup of coffee, in some cases, approaching my cost per pound of green coffee (did not buy coffee, lol...) #coffee #inflation

deewani 12h ago

Liz Szabo 1d ago

Pregnant people who are vaccinated against COVID have a 30% lower risk of pre-eclampsia, a serious complication that poses risks to mom and baby www.thelancet.com/journals/ecl...

COVID-19 vaccination status du...

Texting in 2026.

Presenting the Pupster, in rare “not dashing around trying to play with everything simultaneously” mode. Just over 8 weeks old. #DogsOfMastodon