Post Ak7vZlSHc8FvYk2SY4 by EriogonumDarwin@mastodon.social
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(DIR) Post #Ak69jK9UzUS4oomkC0 by Flipboard@flipboard.social
2024-07-19T19:36:36Z
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It’s been a newsy week, so this #NewstodonFriday we’re zigging where others zag, and focusing on fascinating stories that didn’t dominate this week’s headlines. We’ve got a mix of thought-provoking, hard-hitting, sad and uplifting articles, but it’s a Biden- and Trump-free zone, folks. This thread is where we highlight the work of newsrooms that are active in the fediverse and ask you to boost the posts you like, follow publications’ profiles and subscribe or otherwise support them. Feel free to comment, discuss and recommend!⤵️#Media #Journalism #News #MastodonMigration #FollowFriday
(DIR) Post #Ak69lzQuTrQ3QbCTjs by Flipboard@flipboard.social
2024-07-19T19:37:01Z
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As many as 50,000 queer people currently serve in the Ukrainian Armed Forces and the country offers them and their partners no legal protections.@timkmak’s Counteroffensive looks at what happens when an LGBTQ+ serviceperson is injured, killed or goes missing during the war, as well as the possibility of new legislation on civil partnerships, and the challenges of making that happen in a conflict zone.https://www.counteroffensive.news/p/ukrainian-lgbtq-soldiers-face-injustice#Ukraine #LGBTQ #UkraineRussia #Newstodon #NewstodonFriday #FollowFriday
(DIR) Post #Ak69oaQ5w3Qkih3bJw by Flipboard@flipboard.social
2024-07-19T19:37:34Z
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Sharisse Tracey says she always had a sense she would eventually become her mother’s carer. For @damemagazine, she writes movingly about the experience and what she learned. “Here we are in our 50s and 80s still facing the consequences of some ill-advised choices, trying to make the best of them and teach ourselves, each other, and our children to do better.”https://www.damemagazine.com/2024/07/15/i-prepared-my-whole-life-to-become-my-mothers-caregiver/#Parenting #Caregiving #GenX #SandwichGeneration #Newstodon #NewstodonFriday #FollowFriday
(DIR) Post #Ak69ssSQoVLtoyCDtQ by Flipboard@flipboard.social
2024-07-19T19:38:20Z
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Two years ago, Arizona launched the largest school-voucher program in the history of education. @ProPublica reports on how this has contributed to a “budget meltdown,” a shortfall of $1.4 billion that has led to deep cuts in other programs including water infrastructure projects, highway repairs and improvements to air-conditioning in sweltering state prisons.https://www.propublica.org/article/arizona-school-vouchers-budget-meltdown#Schools #SchoolVouchers #Arizona #Education #Newstodon #NewstodonFriday #FollowFriday
(DIR) Post #Ak69vObiFjT86vjq1A by Flipboard@flipboard.social
2024-07-19T19:38:48Z
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Protestors took to the streets of Nairobi last month because of a proposed new bill that would hike taxes and introduce new levies. Police fired on them. During a week of protests that culminated in the storming of parliament and the scrapping of part of the bill, 39 people including children died in the protests, over 360 were injured and 627 were arrested. 32 people were also abducted, and it's alleged that this was sanctioned by the state. @thecontinent reports on the “cost of resistance.”https://continent.substack.com/p/kenya-life-is-cheap-when-police-turn#Kenya #Nairobi #Africa #Protests #Newstodon #NewstodonFriday #FollowFriday
(DIR) Post #Ak69xoHhkwakKJWyem by Flipboard@flipboard.social
2024-07-19T19:39:14Z
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In the state of Massachusetts, people who are convicted of a felony can’t vote, but those who are incarcerated for misdemeanors, or who are imprisoned while waiting for a trial, can. @gbhnews covers a new effort to provide voting opportunities and information to those individuals. “The idea is to expand voter access behind the wall,” said DeAnza Cook, a board member of non-profit Healing Our Land.https://www.wgbh.org/news/local/2024-07-18/new-ballot-boxes-arrive-to-boston-jails-this-fall#USElection #Voting #VotingRights #Prisons #Newstodon #NewstodonFriday #FollowFriday
(DIR) Post #Ak6A1ojG2tzMraKU2C by Flipboard@flipboard.social
2024-07-19T19:39:51Z
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Oh goodie, a new reason to fear the climate crisis: Poisonous algal blooms. @thexylom writes about how these can create biotoxins that contaminate shellfish, and that can’t be detected… until you eat them. Warmer temperatures, sea-level rises and saltier oceans make them worse. Aquaculture farmers are trying to mitigate these effects, but it’s a challenge, and that has a knock-on effect on already-struggling fishing communities.https://www.thexylom.com/post/aquafarmers-are-fighting-a-losing-battle-to-keep-algae-from-ruining-their-shellfish#Science #Environment #Agriculture #Aquaculture
(DIR) Post #Ak6A3vkWulqPDSvqhk by Flipboard@flipboard.social
2024-07-19T19:40:11Z
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Can you vape the internet? You can sure try! After an image of a vape with a screen that showed Facebook and X icons went viral, @404mediaco’s Samantha Cole ordered the Swype Vape 30K Puffs Touch Screen Disposable and put it through its paces, as well as explaining the rise of so-called “smart vapes.”https://www.404media.co/twitter-internet-vape-touchscreen-swype/#Technology #Tech #Vaping #SmartVapes #Newstodon #NewstodonFriday #FollowFriday
(DIR) Post #Ak6A6PkWLZLCq2714S by Flipboard@flipboard.social
2024-07-19T19:40:39Z
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Last of all, our @CultureDesk shared this gorgeous @KnowableMag story, and we’re sharing it again. It’s about Jenny Graves, an evolutionary geneticist who got so fed up of singing about Biblical creation stories in her choir that she wrote an entire oratorio about the scientific origins of the universe. Read here about her long and amazing scientific career, as well as the genesis — pardon the pun — of “Origins of the Universe, of Life, of Species, of Humanity,” “I think science is very beautiful,” says Graves. “Just look at the James Webb telescope images: Beautiful science is right there. Look down at the microscope: beautiful science. The idea of expressing beautiful science and beautiful music always really appealed to me.”https://knowablemagazine.org/content/article/living-world/2024/jenny-graves-chromosomes-genes-evolution-origins#Science #Music #ClassicalMusic #ChoralMusic #Newstodon #NewstodonFriday #FollowFriday
(DIR) Post #Ak6CW8X1BVKusMBoKO by joeinwynnewood@mstdn.social
2024-07-19T20:07:51Z
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@Flipboard @ProPublicaSo Arizona Republicans both cut taxes for their wealthiest residents and gave them a huge subsidy for their kids private school tuition, what could go wrong?This is 100% the goal of regressive-right billionaires like PA's Jeffrey Yass, to pocket your tax dollars while cutting their own taxes and decimating spending on public education, general infrastructure, and services for every day Americans.
(DIR) Post #Ak6Dffmd1a1SZ4bOtM by jbenjamint@mastodon.scot
2024-07-19T20:20:47Z
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@Flipboard great news thread! Thnx
(DIR) Post #Ak6Dj4zhkOr3cjLK4G by Bandersnatch@mastodon.social
2024-07-19T20:18:27Z
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@Flipboard @ProPublica But sure, keep electing #GOP #fascists, you #AZ morons.
(DIR) Post #Ak6E1yNGaIUQauNArw by Flipboard@flipboard.social
2024-07-19T20:24:48Z
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@jbenjamint Thank you! We really enjoy pulling it together!
(DIR) Post #Ak6HoeZlHbq9F67bOK by tstrike78@mastodon.social
2024-07-19T21:06:26Z
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@Flipboard @ProPublica I would be shocked if we hadn't been told that would be the result of school-voucher programs years ago. Now it feels like watching someone walk slow-motion into an oncoming train while they insist the tracks are clear.
(DIR) Post #Ak6K6uHzncJp67dxDs by foreverandaday@mastodon.social
2024-07-19T21:32:24Z
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@Flipboard @404mediaco would be interested to know if they calibrated the step counter specifically for the vape or if the embedded os basically thinks it's a smartwatch.
(DIR) Post #Ak6NOqDZyTd5XuoxlY by coldfish@sfba.social
2024-07-19T22:09:48Z
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@Flipboard that's a great little thread. I love the app, but I tend to be on here more often.
(DIR) Post #Ak6OjGCt9rLjtXnZ8S by Flipboard@flipboard.social
2024-07-19T22:24:39Z
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@coldfish Thanks so much! If you want to follow Flipboard publishers on Mastodon rather than in the app, we have federated quite a few — more to come! Here's a spreadsheet that lists out everyone we've federated!https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1iUFTo6rPvhqzCReLaM1c6-xUKRuBVqlZVStZl9Al-EU/edit?gid=1931282018#gid=1931282018
(DIR) Post #Ak6lfUejnBS0Umztia by nazokiyoubinbou@mastodon.social
2024-07-20T02:41:44Z
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@Flipboard @gbhnews I know this is wildly unrelated to the topic, but I just really have to say: if the mask is below your nose, you're not wearing a mask.
(DIR) Post #Ak70jelNeecuJTY16e by archcorenth@social.vivaldi.net
2024-07-20T05:30:30Z
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@Flipboard @ProPublica
(DIR) Post #Ak7vZlSHc8FvYk2SY4 by EriogonumDarwin@mastodon.social
2024-07-20T16:07:12Z
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@damemagazine Recommending this article for anyone who has or might ever give or receive care - yup, that’s all of us. Your mileage may vary, but it is amazing and tough and rewarding and f-ing hard to give and accept care. Particularly for USians with our bootstrap mythology. Be well, good humans, and be kind.
(DIR) Post #Ak8LBKYyXnOm0tB8qm by Flipboard@flipboard.social
2024-07-20T20:54:21Z
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@EriogonumDarwin @damemagazine It's a very beautifully written piece about such a commonplace and often complicated situation.
(DIR) Post #Ak91w5voxQmgJsqV2e by damemagazine@newsie.social
2024-07-21T04:53:23Z
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@Flipboard @EriogonumDarwin Thank you! We were so delighted to publish it.