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Juana ChangeReintroduction cause my feed is getting bit monotonousHi everyone. My name is Jean, born in an island and raised by the seas. 🌊 Ive been here for awhile but am looking for new people to connect with.I work in data by day, but I am full time activist. Done work on hate speech analysis and mitigation (against the Rohingya community), human rights education, cybersecurity for activists and so on. I am currently affliated with the Coalition to <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/StopDigitalDictatorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#StopDigitalDictatorship</a>. Im actually leading it at the moment, where we advocate and push back against censorship and surveillance from governments in Southeast Asia.In my free time, I do some photography, programming, cooking (vegan), writing blogs, swearing, rolling my eyes, singing, walking my dog Heidi and shitreplying to capitalist fuckers on Linkedin. I also enjoy dad jokes, art films, sketching and learning in general. Im a socialist and an atheist. Looking to connect<a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/followfriday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#followfriday</a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/followerpower" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#followerpower</a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/followers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#followers</a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/hello" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#hello</a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Dog" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Dog</a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/vegan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#vegan</a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/pleaseboost" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#pleaseboost</a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/boost" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#boost</a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/boosteroid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#boosteroid</a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/follow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#follow</a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/introduction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#introduction</a>

💡𝚂𝗆𝖺𝗋𝗍𝗆𝖺𝗇 𝙰𝗉𝗉𝗌📱<a href="https://social.growyourown.services/@FediFollows" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@FediFollows</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/@iFixit" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@iFixit</a> You forgot to add <a href="https://dotnet.social/tags/FollowFriday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FollowFriday</a> !

Erik L. Midtsveen 🏴🏳️‍🌈Hey everyone, it's <a href="https://social.linux.pizza/tags/FollowFriday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FollowFriday</a>!Last week I was getting familiar with the <a href="https://social.linux.pizza/tags/FollowFriday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FollowFriday</a> hashtag, and this week I wanted to share some accounts on the Fediverse that I think are really worth checking out.Take a look at these amazing people:Politics: <a href="https://union.place/@syndicalism" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@syndicalism</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/@Audibleanarchist" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@Audibleanarchist</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/@workingclasshistory" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@workingclasshistory</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/@Freedom_Press" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@Freedom_Press</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/@igd_news" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@igd_news</a> Tech and Software: <a href="https://tech.lgbt/@emilyyoung" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@emilyyoung</a> <a href="https://toot.wales/@ChrisWere" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@ChrisWere</a> <a href="https://mas.to/@libreleah" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@libreleah</a> <a href="https://social.masto.host/@praveen" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@praveen</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/@tails" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@tails</a> Miscellaneous: <a href="https://mastodon.archive.org/@internetarchive" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@internetarchive</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/TheGiftofGab" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@TheGiftofGab</a> <a href="https://freeradical.zone/@annaymone" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@annaymone</a> <a href="https://partyon.xyz/@nullagent" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@nullagent</a> <a href="https://partyon.xyz/@nat" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@nat</a><a href="https://social.linux.pizza/tags/FollowFriday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FollowFriday</a> <a href="https://social.linux.pizza/tags/Friday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Friday</a> <a href="https://social.linux.pizza/tags/Follow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Follow</a> <a href="https://social.linux.pizza/tags/HashtagGames" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HashtagGames</a> <a href="https://social.linux.pizza/tags/Trend" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trend</a>

FlipboardFinally, our team had a wonderful time at <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/SXSW" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SXSW</a> on Sunday and Monday, where Flipboard and <a href="https://flipboard.social/@surf" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@surf</a> hosted the first <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/FediverseHouse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FediverseHouse</a>. Our CEO <a href="https://flipboard.social/@mike" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@mike</a> and the whole team are 100% <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/TeamFediverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TeamFediverse</a>, and were thrilled to meet and talk to so many other open social web advocates. Here’s a feature by <a href="https://sfba.social/@Markoff" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@Markoff</a> for <a href="https://flipboard.com/@newyorktimes" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@newyorktimes</a>, where Mike, <a href="https://mastodon.social/@Gargron" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@Gargron</a> and <a href="https://threads.net/@reckless1280/" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@reckless1280</a> discuss the rise of decentralized social media, and how it can help publishers and media companies survive and thrive. <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/06/technology/mike-mccue-surf-browser-decentralized-internet.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/06/technology/mike-mccue-surf-browser-decentralized-internet.html</a><a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Fediverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Fediverse</a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/ActivityPub" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ActivityPub</a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/OpenSocialWeb" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#OpenSocialWeb</a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Media" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Media</a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Journalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Journalism</a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Publishing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Publishing</a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Newstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Newstodon</a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/NewstodonFriday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NewstodonFriday</a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/FollowFriday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FollowFriday</a>

FlipboardMahmoud Ahmed is a national icon of Ethiopia, a musician who rose to prominence during the time of Haile Selassie, and whose songs are known by every generation, though he hasn’t released a new track in decades. Now, he’s retiring, and <a href="https://mas.to/@thecontinent" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@thecontinent</a> spoke to him days before his final concert in Addis Ababa. Here’s the interview — writer Maya Misikir suggests listening to it accompanied by Ahmed’s most famous track, “Tizita,” (sometimes known as “Tezeta”) which is a song about nostalgia. <a href="https://continent.substack.com/p/i-would-be-happy-to-die-on-that-stage" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://continent.substack.com/p/i-would-be-happy-to-die-on-that-stage</a><a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Africa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Africa</a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Ethiopia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Ethiopia</a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/MahmoudAhmed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MahmoudAhmed</a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Music" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Music</a> #<a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Tezeta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Tezeta</a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Tizita" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Tizita</a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Newstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Newstodon</a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/NewstodonFriday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NewstodonFriday</a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/FollowFriday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FollowFriday</a>

FlipboardWhen the United States went to war with Iraq, people from across the world fought with them — including Ukraine, which didn’t ask for money or minerals in return. <a href="https://journa.host/@timkmak" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@timkmak</a> and Myroslava Tanska-Vikulova write for Counteroffensive about the “trend of the Trump administration taking decades-long partnerships as mere leverage for transactions.”<a href="https://www.counteroffensive.news/p/ukraine-fought-alongside-us-in-iraq" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.counteroffensive.news/p/ukraine-fought-alongside-us-in-iraq</a><a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Ukraine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Ukraine</a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/UkraineRussia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#UkraineRussia</a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/TrumpAdministration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TrumpAdministration</a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Newstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Newstodon</a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/NewstodonFriday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NewstodonFriday</a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/FollowFriday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FollowFriday</a>

Flipboard“The Fediverse Isn’t the Future. It’s the Present We’ve Been Denied.” Here’s yet another brilliant feature by <a href="https://mastodon.social/@Daojoan" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@Daojoan</a>. “The fediverse won’t succeed just because it’s better. It will succeed if and only if people choose it. If they reject the idea that being trapped in someone else’s ecosystem is just the cost of existing online. If they stop believing that “free” means surrendering ownership of your own connections, your own history, your own data. If they see that the internet wasn’t built to be a factory for engagement metrics and AI-generated content farms. It was built to connect us, not silo us to pad a wealth-extremist’s bank account,” she writes. <a href="https://www.joanwestenberg.com/the-fediverse-isnt-the-future-its-the-present-weve-been-denied" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.joanwestenberg.com/the-fediverse-isnt-the-future-its-the-present-weve-been-denied</a><a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Fediverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Fediverse</a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/ActivityPub" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ActivityPub</a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/DigitalSovereignty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DigitalSovereignty</a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/JoanWestenberg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#JoanWestenberg</a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/OpenSocialWeb" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#OpenSocialWeb</a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/WalledGardens" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WalledGardens</a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Newstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Newstodon</a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/NewstodonFriday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NewstodonFriday</a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/FollowFriday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FollowFriday</a>

FlipboardIs ranch dressing a liquid or a solid? our <a href="https://flipboard.social/@ScienceDesk" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@ScienceDesk</a> asked, via @conversationus’s Curious Kids series (also good for curious adults). Turns out it’s something called soft matter, like cookie dough, toothpaste, and snot. <a href="https://theconversation.com/is-ranch-dressing-a-liquid-or-a-solid-a-physicist-explains-249435" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://theconversation.com/is-ranch-dressing-a-liquid-or-a-solid-a-physicist-explains-249435</a><a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Science</a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Physics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Physics</a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/SoftMatter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SoftMatter</a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/FoodScience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FoodScience</a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Newstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Newstodon</a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/NewstodonFriday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NewstodonFriday</a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/FollowFriday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FollowFriday</a>

FlipboardUtah was one of only a few red states to allow universal vote-by-mail, but not anymore. <a href="https://journa.host/@bolts" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@bolts</a>’s Alex Burness writes about how the Republican-controlled legislature is about to get rid of the practice, which has been in place since 2019, and is imposing new restrictions on absentee voting too. <a href="https://boltsmag.org/utah-legislation-ending-universal-vote-by-mail/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://boltsmag.org/utah-legislation-ending-universal-vote-by-mail/</a><a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/USPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USPolitics</a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Voting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Voting</a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Utah" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Utah</a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/USNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USNews</a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Newstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Newstodon</a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/NewstodonFriday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NewstodonFriday</a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/FollowFriday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FollowFriday</a>

FlipboardWhen Spanish colonizers established a town in the mountains of Bolivia in the 1500s, they might have expected to expand their communities by having babies, but they could not. While Indigenous folks raised families, not a single child of European descent was born for decades. It was all down to the lack of oxygen at altitude, which the settlers were not genetically adapted to deal with. <a href="https://mstdn.science/@KnowableMag" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@KnowableMag</a> reports on how scientists are now studying this to see if they can help pregnant people whose bodies are struggling to provide enough oxygen to their fetuses, at any altitude. <a href="https://knowablemagazine.org/content/article/health-disease/2025/overcoming-risks-of-pregnancy-at-high-elevation" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://knowablemagazine.org/content/article/health-disease/2025/overcoming-risks-of-pregnancy-at-high-elevation</a><a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Science</a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Biology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Biology</a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Health" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Health</a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Medicine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Medicine</a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Pregnancy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Pregnancy</a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Newstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Newstodon</a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/NewstodonFriday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NewstodonFriday</a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/FollowFriday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FollowFriday</a>

FlipboardSchool vouchers sure are good for someone — but it’s not necessarily kids. Here’s <a href="https://texasobserver.social/@TexasObserver" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@TexasObserver</a> on how in the Lone Star state, the push for school choice could provide a huge payday for private contractors. These certified educational assistance organizations (CEAO) will act as middlemen between the state, parents and private schools — for a fee, of course. <a href="https://www.texasobserver.org/school-vouchers-vendors-millions-legislature/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.texasobserver.org/school-vouchers-vendors-millions-legislature/</a><a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/SchoolChoice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SchoolChoice</a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/SchoolVouchers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SchoolVouchers</a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Education" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Education</a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Texas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Texas</a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Newstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Newstodon</a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/NewstodonFriday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NewstodonFriday</a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/FollowFriday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FollowFriday</a>

Flipboard<a href="https://mastodon.social/@gbhnews" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@gbhnews</a> has a new podcast series, “Scratch & Win,” which is about the rise of America’s most successful lottery. Expect tales of organized crime, the FBI, and U.S. politics — just another day in America, in other words. <a href="https://www.wgbh.org/podcasts/scratch-win" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.wgbh.org/podcasts/scratch-win</a><a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Podcast" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Podcast</a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Massachusetts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Massachusetts</a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Boston" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Boston</a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Gambling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Gambling</a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Lottery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Lottery</a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Documentary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Documentary</a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#News</a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Media" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Media</a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Newstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Newstodon</a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/NewstodonFriday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NewstodonFriday</a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/FollowFriday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FollowFriday</a>

FlipboardSpeaking of drained brains and France, here’s a gentle reminder from our <a href="https://flipboard.social/@CultureDesk" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@CultureDesk</a> of why America doesn’t actually have a Champagne business. <a href="https://www.foodandwine.com/wine/champagne-sparkling-wine/champagne-basics-explainer" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.foodandwine.com/wine/champagne-sparkling-wine/champagne-basics-explainer</a><a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Champagne" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Champagne</a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/France" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#France</a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Tariffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Tariffs</a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Food" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Food</a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Culture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Culture</a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Newstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Newstodon</a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/NewstodonFriday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NewstodonFriday</a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/FollowFriday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FollowFriday</a>

FlipboardLast week, Aix Marseille University in France offered funding to American scientists who feel like their work is being censored. It’s already seeing great interest from researchers at NASA, Yale and Stanford, and the program may extend through more universities across Europe. “We are witnessing a new brain drain,” Éric Berton, Aix Marseille University’s president, said in a press release. Here’s more from <a href="https://mastodon.social/@emanuelmaiberg" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@emanuelmaiberg</a> for <a href="https://mastodon.social/@404mediaco" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@404mediaco</a> <a href="https://www.404media.co/nasa-yale-and-stanford-scientists-consider-scientific-exile-french-university-says/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.404media.co/nasa-yale-and-stanford-scientists-consider-scientific-exile-french-university-says/</a><a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Science</a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Research" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Research</a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/TrumpAdministration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TrumpAdministration</a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/France" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#France</a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Newstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Newstodon</a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/NewstodonFriday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NewstodonFriday</a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/FollowFriday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FollowFriday</a>

FlipboardIf the first thing you do in the morning is check your phone and the second is wonder aloud, “What fresh hell is this?” trust us, you’re not alone. <a href="https://newsie.social/@damemagazine" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@damemagazine</a> discusses the overwhelming fear Americans (and others) are experiencing right now, and how to mitigate it.<a href="https://www.damemagazine.com/2025/03/13/this-is-your-brain-on-fear/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.damemagazine.com/2025/03/13/this-is-your-brain-on-fear/</a><a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Psychology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Psychology</a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Fear" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Fear</a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/MentalHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MentalHealth</a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/USPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USPolitics</a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Newstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Newstodon</a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/NewstodonFriday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NewstodonFriday</a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/FollowFriday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FollowFriday</a>

FlipboardNews continues to flow at breakneck speed and independent newsrooms continue to reveal and analyze what’s happening around the world. Highlights for us this week were <a href="https://newsie.social/@ProPublica" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@ProPublica</a>'s exposé on DOGE’s potential impact on social security, <a href="https://mstdn.science/@KnowableMag" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@KnowableMag</a>'s explainer on pregnancy at altitude, and a lovely interview by <a href="https://mas.to/@thecontinent" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@thecontinent</a> of the beloved Ethiopian singer Mahmoud Ahmed. Please check out these stories and all the others in this thread, comment, like, follow their accounts and give them your money. ⤵️<a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Media" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Media</a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Journalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Journalism</a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#News</a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Newstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Newstodon</a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/MastodonMigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MastodonMigration</a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/FollowFriday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FollowFriday</a>

📷 🖋 ~hydeIt's <a href="https://lazybear.social/tags/FollowFriday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FollowFriday</a> !Boosts appreciated 🙏<a href="https://lazybear.social/tags/photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#photography</a> <a href="https://lazybear.social/tags/art" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#art</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/@elaterite" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@elaterite</a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/@andyleader" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@andyleader</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/Frederic_Chagnard" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@Frederic_Chagnard</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/@ftrc" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@ftrc</a> <a href="https://photog.social/@IanCykowski" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@IanCykowski</a> <a href="https://photog.social/@explorewilder" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@explorewilder</a> <a href="https://photog.social/@dariosolera" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@dariosolera</a> <a href="https://meow.social/@daemonicusprince" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@daemonicusprince</a>If you have a blog and you take pictures, join maybe <a href="https://lazybear.social/tags/the100pics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#the100pics</a> challenge - <a href="https://the100.pics" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://the100.pics</a>

𝕂𝚞𝚋𝚒𝚔ℙ𝚒𝚡𝚎𝚕// foss.events: Connecting people via the most comprehensive collection of FOSS events in Europe and online. Unity in diversity!Our vision is to create a Free Software/Open Source community calendar, with foss.events as an instance that is run by the community and for the community, a calendar that everyone can use, study, share and improve.📅 <a href="https://foss.events" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://foss.events</a> :mastodon: <a href="https://fosstodon.org/@foss_events" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@foss_events</a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/followfriday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#followfriday</a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/freetoolfriday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#freetoolfriday</a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/opensource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#opensource</a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/event" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#event</a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/foss" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#foss</a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/europe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#europe</a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/online" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#online</a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/people" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#people</a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/connect" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#connect</a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/fridayfollow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fridayfollow</a>

Matthijs SluiterToday is the first day of <a href="https://typo.social/tags/fontstandcon25" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fontstandcon25</a> — so here’s a <a href="https://typo.social/tags/followfriday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#followfriday</a> :Today’s workshops by Joyce Ketterer <a href="https://typo.social/@joyceketterer" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@joyceketterer</a> Roberto Arista <a href="https://typo.social/@roberto_arista" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@roberto_arista</a> Ilya Ruderman <a href="https://typo.social/@ruderman" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@ruderman</a> Tim Ahrens <a href="https://typo.social/@timahrens" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@timahrens</a> (from <a href="https://typo.social/@jaf" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@jaf</a> )Tomorrow’s talks feature: Tobias Frere-Jones <a href="https://typo.social/@frerejonestype" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@frerejonestype</a> Sébastien Morlighem <a href="https://typo.social/@essaime" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@essaime</a> Veronika Burian <a href="https://typo.social/@viko" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@viko</a> Martin Majoor <a href="https://typo.social/@martinmajoor" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@martinmajoor</a> Khatt Foundation <a href="https://mastodon.world/@Khatt" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@Khatt</a> Behind the screens: Typotheque <a href="https://typo.social/@typotheque" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@typotheque</a> Andrej Kratky <a href="https://typo.social/@andrejkratky" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@andrejkratky</a> Dan Reynolds <a href="https://typo.social/@typeoff" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@typeoff</a>

starkraving666<a href="https://scholar.social/@CaribenxMarciaX" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@CaribenxMarciaX</a> it definitely takes a little more effort to find stuff on masto, maybe check out various <a href="https://jorts.horse/tags/followfriday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#followfriday</a> threads? there are tons out there on all kinds of diff topics. there are also the <a href="https://jorts.horse/tags/disability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#disability</a> <a href="https://jorts.horse/tags/socialsecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#socialsecurity</a> <a href="https://jorts.horse/tags/ssi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ssi</a> <a href="https://jorts.horse/tags/ssdi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ssdi</a> <a href="https://jorts.horse/tags/medicaid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#medicaid</a> <a href="https://jorts.horse/tags/medicare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#medicare</a> tags if you haven't already seen those. they're not always super active but you might find some worthwhile follows/conversations there.

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