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2026-06-12 23:54:36 UTC

Times are hard for journalists, and they're getting harder. Peter Thiel has teamed up with a legal strategist called Aron D’Souza to create Objection, a tech startup that uses AI to assess the legitimacy of articles. Gary Baum writes for @nprofile…fjey about his experience being the first reporter to be taken to an "AI tribunal," over an article he wrote about Purdue Pharma heir Michael Sackler.
https://flip.it/hC9uy_
#Journalism #AI #Technology

2026-06-01 22:20:43 UTC

"She is murdering '60 Minutes.'" @nprofile…m6cc reports on an explosive CBS staff meeting in which "60 Minutes" correspondent Scott Pelley excoriated network editor in chief Bari Weiss and the show's new executive producer Nick Bilton. “She has no qualifications for her job; you have slender qualifications for this job. The changes that she’s made at the ‘Evening News’ have been catastrophic, so why should we expect that any of this is going to be any better?” Pelley asked Bilton. Weiss did not attend the meeting on the advice of CBS executives. [Gift link]
https://flip.it/0_lq9g
#Media #CBS #BariWeiss

2026-05-19 17:01:07 UTC

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@nprofile…dg43 @nprofile…z4c3
Hi Miguel, double checking that this is working for you again?

2026-05-18 20:26:48 UTC

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@nprofile…dg43 @nprofile…z4c3 Thanks for flagging! This is happening for us too — we'll follow up.

2026-04-22 17:51:21 UTC

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HI @nprofile…8vfh so sorry for the delay on this! Please could you let us know your Flipboard user name and we'll get right to federating?

2026-03-27 23:29:47 UTC

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Find the Dot Social playlist here and discover past episodes with @nprofile…9g8s, @nprofile…dysu, @nprofile…a0jn, @nprofile…pncn and more.
https://flipboard.video/c/dot_social/videos
#DotSocial #Podcast #OpenSocial #ActivityPub #Fediverse

2026-03-27 23:27:15 UTC

When TikTok’s future felt uncertain, Tori White saw an opportunity.
On the latest Dot Social, @nprofile…94mh sits down with Skylight Social's CEO to talk about building a creator-first video platform on the AT Protocol. Watch the episode here, or find it wherever you get your podcasts.
https://flipboard.video/w/c9tgxs6U6WonWJwAXYh9vH
#DotSocial #Podcast #OpenSocial #ATProto #ATmosphereConf #Skylight #TikTok

2026-03-26 21:33:46 UTC

The average American received no push notifications from a news organization in the last week, and only 16% pay for news. In a new series, Nieman Lab digs into how people get their information. First up: Sophie, a 37-year-old minister and mom of two who lives in Minneapolis.
https://flip.it/wfdAAL
#News #Journalism #Media #MediaIndustry

2026-03-23 22:21:49 UTC

Veteran Voice of America journalists are suing Trump administration official Kari Lake, claiming the network is broadcasting propaganda. Here's more from @nprofile…2qhs.
https://flip.it/FRq0Xb
#Journalism #Media #VoiceOfAmerica #KariLake

2026-03-20 19:37:57 UTC

CBS News Radio, which was established in 1927, is to shutter in May as part of cuts announced by CBS News editor in chief Bari Weiss and president Tom Cibrowski today. Here's more from @nprofile…vt2w.
https://flip.it/jAEWeb
#CBS #Media #News #Radio

2026-03-19 22:42:31 UTC

Small publishers (1,000-10,000 daily page views) are experiencing the worst traffic declines in the AI era, Axios reports, based on data from Chartbeat. Our managing editor @nprofile…4qce writes about how Flipboard is working with independent and worker-owned publications to drive people to their sites. At the second link, find @nprofile…eepw's story on the latest traffic stats.
https://about.flipboard.com/inside-flipboard/ode-to-independent-media/
https://flip.it/uhVLNO
#Media #Journalism #Internet #AI

2026-03-18 18:17:32 UTC

We’re kicking off season 3 of Dot Social with a conversation between our CEO, @nprofile…jdhl, and @nprofile…anhz and @nprofile…50px of @nprofile…m99x. Watch the episode here, or listen wherever you get your podcasts:
https://flipboard.video/videos/watch/c0dfea13-7f2a-402c-b47c-50ccd151554b
#DotSocial #Podcast #OpenSocial #AltStore #Federation #Fediverse

2026-03-09 18:10:29 UTC

In a survey of 25 countries, the United States was the only county in which more adults describe the morality of their compatriots as bad than good. 53% of respondents said that the morality and ethics of other people in their country is either somewhat or very bad. Since this is a new question for Pew Research, the team says they don't know whether this is a long-held view or something new. A million miles away in sentiment, but just kilometres away geographically, 92% of Canadians think other Canadians are either very good or somewhat good.
https://flip.it/bFGW8O
#USNews #CanadianNews #Morality #Data

2026-03-05 17:49:46 UTC

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@nprofile…m6fe 🙌🏻

2026-03-02 18:56:50 UTC

What is Looksmaxxing, who is Clavicular and what was wrong with The New York Times' most recent story about both? Digital culture expert Jamie Cohen breaks it down in this Medium post.
https://flip.it/cQbIZq
#Looksmaxxing #Clavicular #Media #NewYorkTimes #Culture #InternetCulture

2026-02-27 17:52:41 UTC

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@nprofile…t64l This link should be followable now:
@nprofile…p83s

2026-02-27 17:46:45 UTC

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HI @nprofile…t64l, Sahan Journal has a Flipboard account, https://flipboard.com/@SahanJournal. We just federated it so you will be able to follow it over here shortly at @sahanjournal@flipboard.com. That can take a while as their account won't become visible until they publish a new story.

2026-02-27 00:52:23 UTC

"We’re doing everything we can to support publishers that produce real journalism — original, fact-based and quality reporting — just as we have for the past 15 years," wrote our managing editor @nprofile…4qce in his latest blogpost. Learn more about our work to support indie and worker-owned outlets here:
https://about.flipboard.com/inside-flipboard/ode-to-independent-media/
#Flipboard #Journalism #Media #IndependentJournalism

2026-02-26 16:57:23 UTC

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@nprofile…3hyr Thanks for flagging this! We will let the team know.

2026-02-25 22:43:52 UTC

New episodes of @nprofile…avgw coming soon!
#DotSocial #Podcast #Technology #Tech #Decentralization

2026-02-24 19:11:29 UTC

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@nprofile…qe94 Hi! We hear you on Substack and understand why you choose not to engage with it. However it's the tool a lot of indie journalists choose to use when they go solo, and they do a lot of important reporting — like this story, which benefited probably hundreds of Londoners. We don't know Jim Waterson and his team, but would encourage him to migrate his site to another provider if we did! #NotABot

2026-02-24 18:55:42 UTC

Local journalism matters, example number one-billion (approximately). After a report by London Centric, an independent site founded by ex-Guardian journalist Jim Waterson, a billionaire landlord has shelved plans to carry out mass evictions across London. Here's more from London Centric on how their story made a difference.
https://flip.it/1YzcIu
#London #Journalism #Media #IndependentJournalism #LocalNews

2026-02-21 01:46:54 UTC

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Congrats, @nprofile…s3a4 — fantastic work!

2026-02-20 18:49:03 UTC

@nprofile…zeh9 is changing course when it comes to how people join the platform. In late 2022, the team decided to send sign-ups directly to their server in order to make onboarding more straightforward. But that didn't align with the promise of decentralization. Here, Community Director @nprofile…r6ca explains the new approach to server recommendation, along with some other ways Mastodon is helping build community.
https://flip.it/1bWN26
#Mastodon #SocialMedia #Decentralization #ActivityPub #Community #Technology #Tech

2025-12-19 22:18:13 UTC

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@nprofile…y4pm @nprofile…t8sa Fantastic! We just released a new beta with some performance improvements etc., and lots to come!

2025-12-19 21:55:59 UTC

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Thanks so much @nprofile…t8sa, much appreciated!

2025-12-18 21:13:49 UTC

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@nprofile…3mwc Thanks Tim — we appreciate the kind words! Happy Holidays!

2025-12-02 22:28:12 UTC

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We added you to our list — thanks Gareth! @nprofile…fjxs

2025-12-01 21:00:48 UTC

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@nprofile…pwf2 They don't appear to be active over here anymore, unfortunately, though great that their Threads account is federated!

2025-12-01 20:59:57 UTC

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@nprofile…7vxp @nprofile…xqy4 Adding to the list!

2025-11-29 01:05:36 UTC

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@nprofile…vjty @nprofile…47ey D'oh, yes!

2025-11-28 23:36:18 UTC

Black Friday is the perfect day to support independent news sites and journalists with clicks and/or cash. 💰
Here are some who are active in the fediverse. Tell us in the comments if there are any we've missed.
404 Meda, @nprofile…wwxt
 Bolts, @nprofile…mucy
Brian Merchant, @nprofile…qvjf
Casey Newton, @nprofile…c5gc
Cory Doctorow, @nprofile…998y
 Joan Westenberg , @nprofile…4gvd
 GBH News, @nprofile…mfqm
 Knowable Magazine @nprofile…2fea
The New York Review of Books, @nprofile…0qxs
 ProPublica, @nprofile…k02x
Rest of World, @nprofile…m60z
San Francisco Public Press, @nprofile…a5x2
Steve Herman, @nprofile…8u43
The Texas Observer, @nprofile…hk4v
The Continent, @nprofile…n4hs
 The Conversation, @nprofile…xytr
The Transmitter, @nprofile…7vnh
The Tyee, @nprofile…35gu
 The Xylom, @nprofile…qjqg
 The Tucson Sentinel, @nprofile…0l28
Tim Mak/The Counteroffensive, @nprofile…lm6m
#Newstodon #NewstodonFriday #News #BlackFriday #Media #Journalism #FollowFriday

2025-11-18 21:46:46 UTC

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Congratulations for all your incredible achievements, and thank you for all you've done, @nprofile…pqg8.

2025-10-31 23:32:55 UTC

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@nprofile…tu80 🙌🏻 🙌🏻 🙌🏻

2025-10-31 23:20:02 UTC

15 years in and we're just getting started! Flipboard's CEO
@nprofile…p84u spoke with @nprofile…gja4's Andy Meek about being digital survivors, @nprofile…cxsz, and our role in the future of publishing.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/andymeek/2025/10/30/flipboard-ceo-mike-mccue-on-the-15-year-old-app-were-just-getting-started/
#Technology #Tech #Media #Journalism #Publishing #Flipboard #Apps #SocialMedia #OpenSocial #SurfSocial

2025-10-21 19:54:52 UTC

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HI @nprofile…ltd9, will check this out for you!

2025-10-21 19:54:21 UTC

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@nprofile…h3ed You're the best!

2025-10-14 23:52:40 UTC

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@nprofile…ag04 Thanks so much!

2025-10-14 23:02:07 UTC

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HI @nprofile…ag04, we do not accept political ads on Flipboard so this should be removed for all users, however we need your help in tracking this down. Would you be able to either report it in the app via Settings > Help & Contact us or send us a screenshot via private message here? Thanks so much!

2025-10-14 18:19:09 UTC

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HI @nprofile…ag04, we'll look into this for you right away!

2025-10-07 18:10:54 UTC

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Amazing news @nprofile…803y! Congrats!

2025-10-01 19:08:43 UTC

FediForum is coming up. It's an unconference, so the agenda is set by the attendees, but we do know that it will be unmissable, featuring a keynote from @nprofile…mpj6 and sessions from people like @nprofile…hx87, @nprofile…vmmn, @nprofile…034u and more. Here's the schedule, plus some of what's on the cards.
https://fediforum.org/2025-10/
#FediForum #Fediverse #OpenSocial #ActivityPub #Developers #Conference #UnConference

2025-08-11 17:04:20 UTC

Ford says it's cracked the code on cheap EVs, thanks to more streamlined manufacturing processes and lithium iron phosphate batteries that the company says are more durable, faster charging and more affordable than what it currently uses. There will be more use of automation and robots, but the company declined to specify how this compares to current manufacturing. Ford announced a "family" of low-cost vehicles that will be made in Kentucky, starting with a four-door mid-sized pickup that will arrive in 2027 and will cost $30,000. Here's more from @nprofile…zndp.
https://flip.it/ayD2Vl
#ElectricVehicles #EVs #Ford #Automotive #Robots #Automation

2025-08-05 20:49:01 UTC

@nprofile…5mw3's latest piece for @nprofile…7tup is an absolute must-read if you're interested in democracy, technology, and the possibility of a better future.
"The solution isn’t building better platforms — it’s making platforms an obsolete concept. Platforms concentrate power; protocols distribute it. Platforms extract value from users; protocols enable users to create value for themselves. Most importantly: platforms can be captured by bad actors, but protocols resist capture by design."
https://www.techdirt.com/2025/08/05/take-back-our-digital-infrastructure-to-save-democracy/
#Technology #PeopleNotPlatforms #Fediverse #ActivityPub #Bluesky #ATProto #OpenSocial #OpenSocialWeb

2025-08-05 20:04:27 UTC

🗳️ Voting is open for #SXSW
Cast your vote to bring @nprofile…el04 and Blacksky founder Rudy Fraser to SXSW! They’ll discuss what it takes to build inclusive, sustainable social platforms — and what the open social web means for creators, communities and the future of connection.
https://participate.sxsw.com/flow/sxsw/sxsw26/community-voting-sxsw/page/community-voting/session/1753398895508001R33R
#SXSW2026 #SouthBySouthWest #Communities #Blacksky #SocialWeb #OpenSocial #BlackMastodon #Creator #Community #OnlineCommunities @nprofile…wmxm

2025-08-01 17:59:28 UTC

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@nprofile…asy0 Looks like a great night out — we wish we could have joined you (and in fact, we're pretty sure we know exactly where you were!).

2025-07-23 16:07:49 UTC

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Thanks so much @nprofile…3wy7!

2025-07-16 20:00:10 UTC

With social and search traffic declining, publishers need new ways to connect with readers.
In this #DotSocial episode,
@nprofile…el04 talks with @nprofile…ncxj's @nprofile…p9x3 and @nprofile…j3rp's
@nprofile…mpj6 about the benefits of decentralization.
"I think what's really missing is the human to human connection and the human curation ... Our informal tagline is by humans for humans. We really just want someone to look at our stuff and send it to their friends in a group text or talk about it out loud or add it to a stream on the fediverse," Jason says.
https://about.flipboard.com/fediverse/jason-koebler-and-ben-werdmuller/
#Podcast #DotSocial #Media #Journalism #ActivityPub #SocialMedia #SocialNetwork #Fediverse #OpenSocial
https://m-cdn.flipboard.social/media_attachments/files/114/864/678/423/673/130/original/a744ad4855abdfe6.mp4

2025-07-14 22:17:14 UTC

"In 2022, Medium was losing $2.6M each month. We were also losing subscribers so you couldn’t even look at that spend as an investment in growth," writes the company's CEO, @nprofile…0mz7, in a new post on the site. "Internally, we were kind of ashamed of the stories we were paying and promoting as winners on the platform. Our subscribers were less kind — calling out that we were swamped with get-rich-quick trash (and worse)." Here's his honest, detailed explanation of how the company fell in a hole, and got out. (Medium has been profitable since August 2024.)
"I’m not sure if a company is allowed to be this blunt about how bad things were. But it’s very much of the Medium ethos that if something interesting happened to you, then you should write it up and share it," he says.
https://flip.it/BTv6a6
#Media #Journalism #Medium #Writing #Business #Startups #Content

2025-07-10 22:00:41 UTC

All Rise News, by journalist Adam Klasfeld, is now available on Flipboard and in the fediverse via his federated Magazines.
Follow the profile, @nprofile…v9jv, for all his stories on the law, your rights and your powers to effect change in the Trump era. He also has Magazines specifically about immigration, @nprofile…5f4l, and about significant developments in the case of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, @nprofile…h3gc.
#News #Publishers #Fediverse #Federation #Flipboard #LegalNews #KilmarAbregoGarcia #Immigration

2025-06-24 15:03:21 UTC

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@nprofile…4wxm Thanks for flagging. Couple of issues that engineering is working to resolve.

2025-06-11 16:51:19 UTC

Remember when the web was fun? @nprofile…zwgs does, and she reminded users of that in her keynote speech at last week's FediForum, in which she talked about how the fediverse can't succeed without joy. Here's @nprofile…2skd's writeup of the event, which included presentations from @nprofile…74c4, @nprofile…hx87, @nprofile…el04, @nprofile…t5gc, @nprofile…kzgj and more.
https://flip.it/ft862s
#Fediverse #FediForum #ActivityPub #SocialMedia #OpenSocial

2025-06-10 19:45:31 UTC

Looking to lure people to the fediverse? Share @nprofile…74c4's explainer with them. It's a four-minute video that makes things simple for anyone to understand.
https://news.elenarossini.com/fediverse-video/
#Fediverse #FederatedSocialMedia #OpenSocial #OpenSocialWeb #ElenaRossini #SocialMedia #SocialNetwork #Tech #Technology

2025-05-30 16:41:57 UTC

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And finally, introducing Ruby Ibarra, a Filipina American rapper who won @nprofile…k2rj’s Tiny Desk contest with her entry, "Bakunawa." The three-song performance features an all-Filipino band, and Ibarra sings in English, Tagalog and Bisaya, sometimes switching languages between verses. As she introduces herself, she says: "Being human is not illegal. Immigrants have been here, lived here, worked here. And this immigrant is here. From Tacloban City, Philippines, all the way to Washington, D.C., my name is Ruby Ibarra."
Link: https://flip.it/ZoSr3q
#Music #Culture #Entertainment #TinyDesk #Newstodon #NewstodonFriday #FollowFriday
https://m-cdn.flipboard.social/media_attachments/files/114/597/772/970/422/479/original/c7d23f22c62304b7.png

2025-05-30 16:40:11 UTC

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At the end of WWII, the Soviet Union shifted its censorship into high gear in order to minimize the corrupting influence of the West. The punishment for disseminating banned materials could be imprisonment in a gulag, or even death. But that didn’t stop the enterprising, innovative people of the former USSR. @nprofile…et2z explains “bone music,” where recordings of Ella Fitzgerald and Elvis were etched into used X-ray film. “The music … suggested that a different sort of life is possible, beyond the strictures of Communist officials. How could a political system that prohibited beautiful music, many asked, possibly merit the allegiance of its citizens?”
https://flip.it/I_5dzs
#Music #Culture #History #SovietRussia #MusicProduction #SoundEngineering #Newstodon #NewstodonFriday #FollowFriday

2025-05-30 16:39:58 UTC

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The automatic license plate reading camera technology made by Flock is supposed to prevent carjackings or find missing people. @nprofile…ncxj says in one Texas case, it was used to track down a woman who was believed to have had a self-administered abortion. 83,000 cameras were used in the search, including ones in states where abortion is legal. The sheriff’s office in Johnson County says that the woman’s family were concerned for her health and that this was the sole reason they were tracking her. “The idea that the police are actively tracking the location of women they believe have had self-administered abortions under the guise of ‘safety’ does not make me feel any better about this kind of surveillance,” says Eve Galperin, director of cybersecurity at digital rights organization the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF).
https://flip.it/bZM_xa
#Surveillance #Security #ALPR #Tech #Abortion #WomensRights #Technology #Newstodon #NewstodonFriday #FollowFriday

2025-05-30 16:39:29 UTC

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Apartment concerts — kvartyrnyks — in Ukraine are nothing new. They took place throughout the Soviet years, where Ukrainians could read poetry, sing songs, and freely discuss the government. Veronika Romanova and Mariana Lastovyria write for @nprofile…njzv’s Counteroffensive about what it’s like to attend the 2025 version. “The existence of kvartyrnyks demonstrates how Ukrainian culture persists despite constant adversity – whether under authoritarianism or in the face of open war against it,” they write. [Story may be paywalled.]
https://flip.it/g6k7US
#Ukraine #History #SovietHistory #Music #Culture #Poetry #Newstodon #NewstodonFriday #FollowFriday

2025-05-30 16:39:16 UTC

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When a Tennessee student makes a threat on social media and it comes to the attention of school staff, the law requires them to investigate the validity of the threat, and figure out a plan of action that supports the student, and protects their peers. @nprofile…j3rp reports on an incident in DuPont Tyler Middle School earlier this year, where authorities expelled a seventh grader without following proper procedures. The12-year-old’s alleged threat was a screenshot of a text exchange that he says he reposted from a Spanish-language news site. It’s just the latest in a series of similar stories of children being expelled, facing felony charges, and being detained — in one case, just for making a “finger gun” gesture at classmates.
https://flip.it/QCyFxu
#Tennessee #GunCrime #Education #Children #Schools #Newstodon #NewstodonFriday #FollowFriday

2025-05-30 16:39:04 UTC

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One way to track what’s happened on Earth during past periods of drastic climate change is to examine fossils, but, says @nprofile…nu7u, “the fossil record for most species is spotty.” Enter planktonic foraminifera, a unicellular marine organism that first appeared on Earth about 100 million years ago. Nine out of 10 species went extinct when an asteroid hit 66 million years ago. It took 10 million years for species diversity to recover. Tim Vernimmen takes a look at what that can teach us about the past — and future.
https://flip.it/G63zRy
#MarineLife #Paleontology #Palaeontology #Fossils #Plankton #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #Environment #Newstodon #NewstodonFriday #FollowFriday

2025-05-30 16:38:51 UTC

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@nprofile…vevx has adapted “Acoustic Rooster,” Kwame Alexander’s jazz-meets-farmyard-animals children’s book, into an animated special and series of digital shorts. Kevin Coyne spoke to Alexander and series producer Julius about how it all came together. “This idea of democracy is at the heart of jazz, and I think that’s something that kids can learn from these musicians in ‘Acoustic Rooster’ – how they collaborate to create beautiful music, but more importantly, become friends and change their world,” says Alexander.
https://flip.it/7FZHOh
#ChildrensBooks #Education #Lifestyle #Parenting #Jazz #Music #Newstodon #NewstodonFriday #FollowFriday

2025-05-23 16:36:00 UTC

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“The fundamental right to due process is under attack by Trump's mass deportation policy,” wrote our @nprofile…fpnh team in this Flipboard Storyboard. Here’s a collection of articles exploring what’s happening, who is being sent where, and if U.S. citizens could be next.
https://flipboard.com/@electioncentral/the-vanished-trump-deportations-4c20bskv33q9e5j9
#USPolitics #TrumpAdministration #Deportations #ElSalvador #Immigration #HabeasCorpus #Newstodon #NewstodonFriday #FollowFriday

2025-05-23 16:35:38 UTC

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The No. 1 threat to birds is windows. @nprofile…et2z reports that more than 1 billion birds – and as many as 5.19 billion – die from collisions with sheet glass each year in the U.S. alone. Here’s what you need to know about why glass is so often deadly, which windows are riskiest, and how we can make them safer.
https://theconversation.com/windows-are-the-no-1-human-threat-to-birds-an-ecologist-shares-some-simple-steps-to-reduce-collisions-255838
#Wildlife #Animals #Birds #Conservation #Newstodon #NewstodonFriday #FollowFriday

2025-05-23 16:35:16 UTC

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Months ago, a Congolese rebel group called M23 seized Goma, in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Now they’ve got it, what are they doing with it? @nprofile…l6rh reports on how M23 is struggling to control the city of two million people, and how residents are suffering. In the words of one resident, Prisca Kanyere, living in the city is like a subscription that is “renewable every 24 hours” because “to sleep and wake up alive is a very exceptional grace in these times.”
https://continent.substack.com/p/seizing-is-easy-ruling-is-harder
#Africa #Congo #Rwanda #Goma #War #Newstodon #NewstodonFriday #FollowFriday

2025-05-23 16:34:57 UTC

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Russian bombs have destroyed many of Ukraine’s cities and in doing so, flattened Soviet-era buildings. @nprofile…njzv, Mariana Lastovyria and Artem Moskalenko write for The Counteroffensive about whether that might one day create opportunities for a new kind of city planning and building that’s more resilient and better for individuals and communities.
https://www.counteroffensive.news/p/how-ukraine-can-move-beyond-its-soviet
#Ukraine #History #SovietHistory @nprofile…r9dm #Architecture #Building #Newstodon #NewstodonFriday #FollowFriday

2025-05-23 16:34:10 UTC

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Have you heard the one about the small dog in the terrible zoo? We first heard it back in the 1990s, when Dad told it and “ruined Christmas dinner,” according to Granny. It’s also a favorite of Google’s Veo 3 AI video generator. But why? Emanuel Maiberg from @nprofile…ncxj tries to figure things out.
https://www.404media.co/why-does-googles-new-veo-3-ai-video-generator-love-this-dad-joke/
#Tech #Technology #AI #Comedy #Humor #Jokes #DadJokes #ArtificialIntelligence #Newstodon #NewstodonFriday #FollowFriday

2025-05-23 16:33:47 UTC

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One of TV personality Dr. Phil’s maxims is that you should avoid debt at all costs. At the same time, his son Jay McGraw has been involved in the payday lending industry. @nprofile…j3rp collaborated with Anchorage Daily News on a story about his role in CreditServe Inc., a consulting firm that worked with a company owned by a Native American tribe in Alaska that offered small dollar loans, with interest rates as high as 700%. CreditServe provides the infrastructure to market, underwrite and collect on loans while “the Tribe is merely a front” and shares in only a small percentage of the revenue, according to a suit filed by five borrowers. They claim that McGraw has collected hundreds of millions of dollars of consumer payments.
https://www.propublica.org/article/minto-money-dr-phil-son-payday-lending-alaska
#Money #Finance #Alaska #Anchorage #DrPhil #FinancialCrimes #Newstodon #NewstodonFriday #FollowFriday

2025-05-23 16:33:35 UTC

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Not every farmer is happy to see birds on their land, but their cooperation with conservation programs can be key to the survival of wetland-dependent waterbird species. @nprofile…nu7u reports on projects that are helping safeguard breeding grounds, molting spots and migration stopover sites for our feathered friends.
https://knowablemagazine.org/content/article/food-environment/2025/how-farmers-can-help-save-migrating-water-loving-birds
#Birds #Conservation #Farming #Agriculture #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #Environment #Newstodon #NewstodonFriday #FollowFriday

2025-05-23 16:33:16 UTC

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A pattern of practices, both deliberate and unintentional, has concealed the history of Massachusetts’ state institutions from the public, including institutional survivors and their family members. This is the finding of a newly released report from the Massachusetts Special Commission on State Institutions — a commission that was made up of majority disabled people, many with personal experience of having been institutionalized. Here’s @nprofile…vevx’s story about the report, which could have national ramifications, since Massachusetts was the home of the U.S.'s first institution for disabled people, creating a blueprint for the nation.
https://www.wgbh.org/news/local/2025-05-21/shocking-report-spotlights-mass-history-of-mistreating-disabled-people
#Disability #DisabilityRights #Massachusetts #Newstodon #NewstodonFriday #FollowFriday

2025-05-23 16:32:28 UTC

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On Tuesday, Larry Krasner easily won the Democratic primary ahead of a November election that could see him win a third term as district attorney of Philadelphia. bolts@journa.host’s @nprofile…67vz writes about Krasner’s role as one of a number of progressive prosecutors across the United States, the opposition he faced from everyone from Elon Musk to the city’s Democratic Party, and why he continues to be supported across Philadelphia.
https://boltsmag.org/larry-krasner-wins-philadelphia-primary/
#Pennsylvania #Philadelphia #LarryKrasner #ProgressivePolitics #Law #Elections #LocalElections #Newstodon #NewstodonFriday #FollowFriday

2025-05-23 16:32:09 UTC

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Graphic novel legends Art Spiegelman and Joe Sacco collaborated on a three-page “comic” about Gaza earlier this year. @nprofile…fyl9’s Tom Sandborn thought that might lead to controversy, but it didn’t. He looks at the art of the comic form — how it can provoke, satirize, and challenge moral complacency, and whether it’s journalism.
https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2025/05/22/Comics-Power-Moral-Horror-Spiegelman-Sacco-Gaza/
#Culture #Art #Comics #Journalism #Media #GraphicNovels #Newstodon #NewstodonFriday #FollowFriday

2025-05-23 16:31:41 UTC

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John J. Lennon lives at Sing Sing Correctional Facility, where he is serving his 24th year of a 28-years-to-life sentence. He’s also a journalist whose work has appeared in Esquire, the New York Times, the Atlantic, and more. Until last year, he was at Sullivan Correctional Facility, where he mentored emerging writers, both informally and most recently, through the Sullivan Nonfiction Writing Workshop. He writes for @nprofile…cevt about setting that up, and what happened when it came to an end with the prison’s closure. “I often think about the time before I came to prison, when I had no promising future. I’ve come to realize that two opposing realities can be true at once: prison probably saved my life and it’s where I learned to write; and prison is a disgusting place that’s hurting me more now than ever,” he writes. “I’m both ashamed and proud of my path. But it wouldn’t have been possible if prison officials hadn’t given writing programs a chance.” [Story may be paywalled]
https://www.nybooks.com/online/2025/05/21/finding-the-story-prison-writing/
#Writing #Journalism #AmWriting #Prison #Incarceration #JusticeSystem #Crime #Newstodon #NewstodonFriday #FollowFriday

2025-05-23 16:31:27 UTC

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Nine-year-old Jackie Cazare was one of the victims in the horrific Uvalde, Texas, shooting. In total, 19 children and two teachers were murdered. In the aftermath, Jackie’s uncle, Jess Rizo, became a regular at local government meetings. A year ago, he was elected to the Uvalde CISD school board. He spoke to @nprofile…m665’s Gus Bova about turning anger to activism, what he’s learned, and how the community is coming back together. “Everybody, when you go to these meetings, you hear the word transparency, you hear the word accountability, and so everybody’s practicing what they’re preaching, and so we hold each other to that,” he says.
https://www.texasobserver.org/uvalde-jesse-rizo-school-board/
#Texas #TexasPolitics #Uvalde #SchoolShootings #Safety #School #Education#Newstodon #NewstodonFriday #FollowFriday

2025-05-23 16:31:03 UTC

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We were hoping for the summer of love, or at the very least, the summer of ice cream and going to the beach, but alas, @nprofile…qluu tells us, it’s the summer of stagflation. Kaz Weida explains the difference between this and a common-or-garden recession, the signs that indicate the U.S. is going in that direction, and lessons from the past about how to survive the squeeze.
https://www.damemagazine.com/2025/05/20/the-summer-of-stagflation-is-here/
#Stagflation #Inflation #Economics #Tariffs #USPolitics #USEconomy #Newstodon #NewstodonFriday #FollowFriday

2025-05-23 16:30:48 UTC

The Memorial Day weekend in the U.S. typically marks the start of summer there, so here’s a collection of light and frothy… just kidding! We’ve got stagflation! We’ve got a barnstormer from @nprofile…fq0p about the global loss of virtue and morality! We’ve got Dr. Phil’s son and his payday loans! In and amongst the hard news, find a little optimism with not one, but two stories on helping birds, a piece from @nprofile…m665 on how Jess Rizo, whose niece died in the Uvalde shooting, turned pain into a run for public office, and some inspiring stories on activism from @nprofile…x5dp. Don’t forget to follow independent publishers on the open social web, engage with their stories, and donate money if you can. ⤵️
#Media #Journalism #News #Newstodon #MastodonMigration #FollowFriday

2025-05-16 16:17:55 UTC

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On that note, some words from Bruce Springsteen, as shared by our @nprofile…3s66. "The last check on power after the checks and balances of government have failed, are the people, you and me," said the Boss at a show in Manchester, U.K. Here’s the video of his many anti-Trump remarks at the show.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ZHWIYHlXOs&t=1s
#BruceSpringsteen #TheBoss #Springsteen #TrumpAdministration #USPolitics #Newstodon #NewstodonFriday #FollowFriday

2025-05-16 16:17:45 UTC

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During Donald Trump’s first 100 days in office, Congress has not asserted itself as an equal branch of the U.S. government. @nprofile…et2z explores how this erosion of power happened long before Trump took office, as a result of the nationalization of politics and polarization along party lines. “A weak Congress paired with what historian Arthur Schlesinger called the ‘Imperial Presidency’ is a recipe for an unaccountable president, running wild without the constitutionally provided oversight and checks on power that the founders provided to the people through their representation by the first branch of government,” writes political scientist Charlie Hunt.
https://theconversation.com/congress-began-losing-power-decades-ago-and-now-its-giving-away-what-remains-to-trump-254984
#TrumpAdministration #Congress #USPolitics #Autocracy #Dictatorship #Government #Law #Newstodon #NewstodonFriday #FollowFriday

2025-05-16 16:17:34 UTC

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Speaking of South Africa… Here’s a slightly older story from @nprofile…l6rh about the United States’ reframing of the country as a pariah state, what President Cyril Ramaphosa can do about that, and why it’s important that he take action. “There is one concession, arguably the most important of them all, that South Africa simply cannot make: It cannot halt the ‘white genocide’ because no such thing exists, except in the imaginations of the white supremacists in Trump’s inner circle. And the racists really need to keep the ‘white genocide’ story alive in order for their ideology to make any sense at all,” writes Simon Allison.
https://continent.substack.com/p/navigating-the-new-world-order
#ElonMusk #SouthAfrica #WhiteGenocide #Africa #CyrilRamaphosa #Newstodon #NewstodonFriday #FollowFriday #Newstodon #NewstodonFriday #FollowFriday

2025-05-16 16:17:18 UTC

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We all have subjects we know we talk about too much (sorry in advance for boring your ears off about politics/our new dog). In the case of X’s Grok AI, it’s white genocide. @nprofile…ncxj’s Matthew Gault writes about how, on the afternoon of May 14, Grok answered virtually every question it was asked, whether it was about baseball, video games or HBO, with a reference to South African politics and the widely debunked claims that Afrikaners there are victims of racism. “I think they're literally just taking whatever prompt people are sending to Grok and adding a bunch of text about ‘white genocide’ in South Africa in front of it,” said Matthew Guzdial, an AI researcher at the University of Alberta.
https://www.404media.co/why-did-grok-start-talking-about-white-genocide/
#Tech #Technology #AI #ElonMusk #SouthAfrica #Africa #WhiteGenocide #Grok #Newstodon #NewstodonFriday #FollowFriday

2025-05-16 16:17:07 UTC

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HomeVestors of America is a real-estate flipper known for its “We Buy Ugly Houses” advertisements. The business model: Independent franchisees buy up homes in need of a fast sale, renovate them, and sell them on at vast profit. It’s a win-win scenario — except when it isn’t. @nprofile…j3rp has run a series of stories on how home sellers are exploited by franchisees, which has led to the company making changes in its business practices. The latest article explores how one Texas franchisee exploited people who wanted to invest with him, in a Ponzi scheme that netted him millions and left them broke.
https://www.propublica.org/article/homevestors-fraud-charles-carrier-texas
#Money #Finance #HomeBuying #HomeInvestors #Texas #Dallas #Newstodon #NewstodonFriday #FollowFriday

2025-05-16 16:16:40 UTC

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Add another item to the long, long list of things that scare us about climate change. @nprofile…nu7u’s Sanket Jain writes about how conditions like cataracts, pink eye and keratitis are linked to heat, pollution and UV exposure.
https://knowablemagazine.org/content/article/health-disease/2025/how-climate-change-threatens-eye-health
#Health #Medicine #EyeHealth #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #Environment #Newstodon #NewstodonFriday #FollowFriday

2025-05-16 16:16:28 UTC

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Good news from @nprofile…k2rj, as shared by our @nprofile…75cv. A baby born in Philadelphia last August with a life-threatening genetic disorder was successfully treated with a gene-editing infusion developed using CRISPR technology. His genetic defect appears to have been fixed, at least partially reversing his condition.
https://www.npr.org/sections/shots-health-news/2025/05/15/nx-s1-5389620/gene-editing-treatment-crispr-inherited
#Science #Medicine #GeneTherapy #CRISPR #GeneEditing #Genetics #Children #GoodNews #Newstodon #NewstodonFriday #FollowFriday

2025-05-16 16:16:12 UTC

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@nprofile…nalm is the best magazine for keeping your eye on America’s local politics, and possibly detecting if a shift is happening (were we the only ones glued to the Omaha, NE mayoral elections earlier this week)? Alex Burness writes about judge elections in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, where a “slate of eight” progressive-endorsed candidates are running. Their supporters hope that the prospective judges, who come from public defender, social work and civil rights backgrounds, will have more understanding of the issues faced by criminal defendants. Check out the second list for @nprofile…67vz’s list of elections to watch in May.
https://boltsmag.org/allegheny-county-judge-elections-2025/
https://boltsmag.org/whats-on-the-ballot/guide-to-elections-in-may-2025/
#Pennsylvania #Philadelphia #PrisonReform #Law #Elections #LocalElections #Newstodon #NewstodonFriday #FollowFriday

2025-05-16 16:16:00 UTC

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“Am I the last fat person in America?” asks @nprofile…qluu’s Kate Bernyk. She writes about the rise of weight-loss drugs like Ozempic, the message that delivers to fat people — ”Your body is a mistake, and now there’s finally a way to fix it,” — and why she doesn’t want to take medication to change her size. “The idea of eliminating any kind of body should terrify us — not just because it’s wrong, but because it’s unimaginative,” she writes.
https://www.damemagazine.com/2025/05/15/am-i-the-last-fat-person-in-america/
#BodyImage #Weigh #WeightLoss #Medicine #Health #Ozempic #Newstodon #NewstodonFriday #FollowFriday

2025-05-16 16:15:48 UTC

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Ricardo Sandoval-Palos, public editor of PBS, joined @nprofile…89dn executive director Lila LaHood at a recent fireside chat to discuss the future of media. The conversation took place before President Trump had announced an executive order attempting to defund public media, but Sandoval-Palos was anticipating the move. “The threat is at the local station level. The bulk of rural stations around the country, and even some urban stations probably cannot stay open if they don’t have the support from the [Corporation for Public Broadcasting] CPB. Some stations, up to 60% of their budgets are made up by funds from CPB,” he said.
https://www.sfpublicpress.org/responding-to-attacks-on-public-media-dei-and-democracy/
#Media #PublicMedia #PBS #NPR #TrumpAdministration #USPolitics #NewsIndustry #MediaIndustry #Newstodon #NewstodonFriday #FollowFriday

2025-05-16 16:15:40 UTC

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Has any country changed in the past quarter-century as much as China? While it’s still a deeply unequal society, living standards across the board have improved dramatically. Filmmaker Jia Zhangke documents this transformation in his latest movie, “Caught by the Tides,” a blend of fiction and non-fiction shot over the past 20 years and starring his wife, Zhao Tao, as Qiaoqiao. “Qiaoqiao is not so much a character as an avatar for a searching generation, her presence both affecting and affected by her surroundings, a constant reminder that the things we lose define us as much as the things we gain,” writes Dennis Zhou for @nprofile…cevt.
https://www.nybooks.com/online/2025/05/13/the-quantum-generation-jia-zhangke/
#China #ChineseCulture #Cinema #Film #Movies #JiaZhangke #Newstodon #NewstodonFriday #FollowFriday

2025-05-16 16:15:23 UTC

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It must be exhausting, being Brian Harrison. The Republican representative for Ellis County in the Texas legislature is constantly outraged. ”About what, exactly, depends on the day,” says @nprofile…m665’s Joelle DiPaolo. Here’s her story about how Harrison is just one in a long line of loud, dissenting hard-right legislators that aim to disrupt and change things — and that are turning off even the staunchest Republicans. “Harrison’s insatiable scorched-earth tactics and his holier-than-thou rhetoric have alienated his fellow House members to the point where valid criticisms remain unheard, or more often, ridiculed,” writes DiPaolo.
https://www.texasobserver.org/brian-harrison-texas-lege-self-righteous-crusade/
#Texas #TexasLegislature #Politics #TexasPolitics #BrianHarrison #Newstodon #NewstodonFriday #FollowFriday

2025-05-16 16:15:07 UTC

Good morning/afternoon/evening/night to you, depending on where you are, and when you see this #NewstodonFriday thread! Here’s our weekly selection of stories from indie media outlets on everything from a holier-than-thou Texas legislator to an incredible scientific treatment that may have cured a little boy of a genetic illness. Plus, housing scams, Grok’s obsession with South Africa, and a word from The Boss. We love independent media, and we hope you’ll share these stories far and wide, comment (we’d love to see your recommendations for the best things you’ve read/watched/heard this week). And if you can afford to, please donate your money to these brilliant sites.⤵️
#Media #Journalism #News #Newstodon #MastodonMigration #FollowFriday

2025-04-08 22:34:07 UTC

Flipboard fans, we have an update for you! Meet Trending — your new destination for what’s making headlines, from world news to culture picks.
Here's a blogpost about the new tab, which makes it even easier to find up-to-date information from reliable sources in the Flipboard app or on the website.
https://about.flipboard.com/inside-flipboard/introducing-trending/
#Flipboard #Trending #News #Apps #Tech #Technology

2025-04-04 21:23:21 UTC

All the murder, death and general bad behavior doesn't seem to put anyone off vacations inspired by "The White Lotus." Here's a look at how we're seeing increased engagement around luxury travel thanks to the hit HBO show. Its season 3 finale airs this Sunday.
https://about.flipboard.com/business/the-white-lotus-effect/
#Travel #TheWhiteLotus #Flipboard #LuxuryTravel #WhiteLotus #WhiteLotusSeason3

2025-04-04 17:44:59 UTC

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Aaaaand we're back to business as usual, but you may experience a few hiccups along the way (pardon us!).

2025-04-04 16:43:46 UTC

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2025-04-04 16:40:09 UTC

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HI @nprofile…3zpn, we are having some service issues and the team is working on getting everything back up and running.
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2025-04-04 16:07:13 UTC

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British Nigerian artist Karl Ohiri was shocked to hear that many photographers in Lagos, Nigeria, burned their old negatives, so he embarked on a project to develop whatever he could find. Here, @nprofile…l6rh shares some of the photos that form the Lagos Studio Archives.
https://continent.substack.com/p/photo-essay-old-lagos-new-light
#Nigeria #Lagos #Photography #Photos #Culture #SocialHistory #Newstodon #NewstodonFriday #FollowFriday

2025-04-04 16:07:00 UTC

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Ukraine has been damaged in so many ways by the Russian attack. Veronika Romanova, Mariana Lastovyria, and Artem Moskalenko explore another for @nprofile…njzv’s Counteroffensive: The contamination of the soil by metals from mass shelling. France still has “red zones” where toxic levels remain deadly 106 years after the end of WWI, and Ukraine is likely to face the same future, whenever the conflict finishes.
https://www.counteroffensive.news/p/scars-of-war-can-ukraine-rebuild
#Ukraine #UkraineRussia #Environment #Pollution #Conservation #Newstodon #NewstodonFriday #FollowFriday

2025-04-04 16:06:49 UTC

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When did we all start to believe that to be brilliant means you must be unbearable, and that kindness is “mediocrity in disguise?” Yet another brilliant piece from @nprofile…fq0p, who looks at the myth of the tortured genius and the real damage they leave in their wake.
https://www.joanwestenberg.com/stop-conflating-genius-with-asshole/
#Technology #Tech #Startups #Empathy #ElonMusk #Newstodon #NewstodonFriday #FollowFriday

2025-04-04 16:06:31 UTC

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Philadelphia’s roller-derby league turned 20 last month. For @nprofile…et2z, Colleen English wrote about how roller derby became a revolutionary feminist sport.
https://theconversation.com/philly-roller-derby-league-turns-20-heres-how-the-sport-skated-its-way-to-feminism-anti-racism-and-queer-liberation-249122
#Sport #Sports #RollerDerby #QueerCulturel #Women #WomensHistory #Newstodon #NewstodonFriday #FollowFriday

2025-04-04 16:06:17 UTC

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Earlier this week, all American eyes were on Wisconsin as two judges duked it out for a seat on the state’s supreme court — a race that Elon Musk poured millions into. @nprofile…nalm’s Alex Burness wrote the definitive story on what happened and what it all means. “Today should be a breaking point for our state. Even if your preferred candidate wins, … every single Wisconsinite should be alarmed at this grotesque billionaire arms race,” Nick Ramos, executive director of the Wisconsin Democracy Center, told Bolts late Tuesday, before the result was announced. “The past two months have shown us a terrifying preview of what’s coming: an America where billionaires run the show, and the rest of us are just spectators.”
https://boltsmag.org/wisconsin-supreme-court-result-2025/
#USPolitics #Wisconsin #ElonMusk #SusanCrawford #BradSchimel #Newstodon #NewstodonFriday #FollowFriday

2025-04-04 16:06:02 UTC

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OK, it’s not all sweetness and light this week – but here’s some news you can use. @nprofile…nu7u breaks down everything you need to know about bird flu, from where it came from to how dangerous it is.
https://knowablemagazine.org/content/article/health-disease/2025/scientific-facts-about-h5n1-bird-flu
#BirdFlu #Health #Medicine #Science #Newstodon #NewstodonFriday #FollowFriday

2025-04-04 16:05:50 UTC

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A new documentary, “The Librarians,” premiered at SXSW last month. It focuses on librarians at the heart of right-wing culture war attacks across America. @nprofile…m665’s Josephine Lee sees heroism and hope in the film. “At a moment when our institutions of learning seem to be engulfed in flames, incited by right-wing witch hunts of diversity, equity, and inclusion, ‘The Librarians’ reminds us how we got here and reveals, perhaps, how we can get out,” she writes.
https://www.texasobserver.org/librarians-movie-sxsw-book-bans/
#Health #Healthcare #MentalHealth #USA #Texas #Newstodon #NewstodonFriday #FollowFriday

2025-04-04 16:05:38 UTC

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April is National Poetry Month in the U.S. and Canada. Here’s a roundup from @nprofile…fyl9 of new Canadian collections, from an exploration of wonder to a reflection on the shared histories of Indigenous Peoples of North America and the people of Palestine.
https://thetyee.ca/Presents/2025/04/01/National-Poetry-Month-New-Canadian-Collections/
#Poetry #Poems #Canada #Culture #Newstodon #NewstodonFriday #FollowFriday