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Woohoo! Texans are headed to the playoffs. 🏈 Fans are celebrating in my @surf.social Houston Texans custom feed: bsky.app/profile/did:... #HoustonTexans #NFL

Are you up to date on #StrangerThings? Three more episodes dropped last night. The finale — a bum-numbing 2-hour-and-5-minute epic — lands on #Netflix on New Year's Eve. For all the chatter and theories, follow @jejord.bsky.social's custom feed, created with Surf. bsky.app/profile/jejo...

Will?!?! Absolute shocker. I really didn’t expect this turn in the story. #StrangerThings

Everybody's talking about the release of (some) #EpsteinFiles today. @jejord.bsky.social's #SurfFeed collates all the news, conversations and more, published to @bsky.app so you can follow everything here. bsky.app/profile/jejo...

Want a break from the... everything? Here are some amazing science images, selected by Nature magazine, including a fake kidney, a solar-powered slug, and the obligatory adorable tardigrade. https://flip.it/kQvCxN #photography #science #tardigrades #microscopicphotography

Oh look, it's us! "Flipboard’s Surf is a beta-mode cross-network feed builder/browser supporting ActivityPub, AT Protocol, and RSS. It allows users to mix content sources into interest-based, multi-modal feeds."

Behold: the first-ever list of news outlets that have banned generative AI in their reporting. As of today, this is literally information that you cannot find on Google. My goal is to fill the starter pack, so please send over suggestions with supporting evidence! go.bsky.app/8cn1XfT

"The unmistakable conclusion is that this is not an administration that can be counted on to stop itself from doing terrible things. Un-American things. Even illegal things. And Trump’s chief of staff just said so, out loud." lnk.thebulwark.com/4akjwlM

"Crystal Meth Clippy" is 🔥

NEW: Humanitarian officials staged a last-minute plea to Trump officials at their fancy hotel to re-start food aid $ for a huge refugee camp in Kenya. The Trumpers blew it off and babies starved. @annamaria.bsky.social & Brett Murphy www.propublica.org/article/keny...

I will be pushing for a moratorium on the construction of data centers that are powering the unregulated sprint to develop & deploy AI. The moratorium will give democracy a chance to catch up, and ensure that the benefits of technology work for all of us, not just the 1%.

Rob and Michele Reiner were killed yesterday in their Los Angeles home. Here's a Flipboard Storyboard paying tribute to them, including stories from @sepinwall.bsky.social, @davidlfear.bsky.social and more. flipboard.com/@thecultured...

Want a smarter way to catch up on the news? 📰 Flipboard’s human editors curate the day’s top stories across U.S. politics, world news, tech, business, sports and more in Daily Edition. Get the app: about.flipboard.com/download-fli... #News #USPolitics #Business #Tech #Ukraine

SCOTUS scholar @LeahLitman.bsky.social on the implications of the powers the Roberts Court appears primed to hand Trump — for example, in air travel. Full interview at All Rise News www.allrisenews.com/p/trumps-fir...

US could ask foreign tourists for five-year social media history before entry by James FitzGerald www.bbc.com/news/article...

“.. moving fast and breaking things, is at the heart of the Silicon Valley First mindset. .. When the midterms roll around, .. voters might wonder why so little attention has been paid to the impact AI might have on jobs and the economy ..” @opinion.bloomberg.com www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...

🗳️ More elections today in the U.S. Follow @taniel.bsky.social and @boltsmag.org for the latest. boltsmag.org/whats-on-the...

@niemanlab.org asked media experts like @parkermolloy.com , @werd.io and @rachelg.bsky.social their predictions for journalism in 2026. Here's what they said about everything from the dangers of AI in newsrooms to the opportunities of editorial partnership. www.niemanlab.org/collection/p...

Independent journalists and worker-owned outlets — including @marisakabas.bsky.social's The Handbasket — are doing the best journalism in America right now. Here's her list of some favorites, many of which are also on Flipboard.

A federal advisory panel with power over vaccine policy has voted to stop recommending a universal newborn shot to prevent the hepatitis B virus, which causes liver disease — a major shakeup to the childhood vaccine schedule under Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

Hey folks: this morning we're launching a monthlong fundraiser for @techdirt.com. Over the last year, we've been steadfast in not self-censoring, not capitulating, not sanewashing bullshit. But that's come at a cost. And we need help: rtb.techdirt.com/products/fri...

What would a media system designed to strengthen democracy look like? @rooseveltinstitute.org's report examines where we are today, and what it would take to build and protect a democratic media system. flip.it/WFaYYi

Here's a superb seasonal science Storyboard from our friends at @knowablemag.bsky.social, with stories on everything from how snowflakes grow to why being a Grinch is bad for your health. flipboard.com/@knowablemag...

I've never been more excited about the future of the social web than I am today. If you're developing on AT Proto or ActivityPub I want to reassure that your work will make a difference. Big wheels are turning.

Mary Robichaux, a former Democratic lawmaker, has won the mayor's office tonight in Roswell, Georgia, ousting a Republican incumbent. This was one of a dozen elections that Bolts was tracking tonight in our guide that's now updated with results.

Wow, an extraordinary generous offer from a Bolts reader: Russ is offering to match any contribution you make to Bolts (just let him know)! And he'll also throw in an additional $$ for each repost of his post, or each new follow @boltsmag.org gets. So at least smash those share or follow buttons!

Straight up murder!

"Is the journalism industry turning its back on (some) women and people of color?" asks @edeggans.bsky.social in his latest newsletter post. Read it here, and follow Eric's Switching Codes Magazine on Flipboard. ericdeggans.substack.com/p/is-the-jou... flipboard.com/@edeggans/sw...

2025 has been a year unlike anything we've seen in the US. In the second Trump administration, attacks on journalists are no longer sporadic. They're systematic. This #GivingTuesday, consider donating to support freedom of the press, so we can keep on fighting: freedom.press/donate

Why can't you focus at work? Can Duruk models it with math for his blog, Just Off By One. https://flip.it/WXgdqo #work #worklife #focus #math #mathematics

🤔 Lake County Gazette. Southern Wisconsin Times. Names of publications, no? 🧠 They may sound like legacy, standards-based newspapers, but they’re actually mimicking legit local news as pink slime sites. 🔗 Today's special edition of The Sift has a quiz for students on these sites. #NewsLiteracy

"The so-called Big Beautiful Bill scales back SNAP, Medicaid, and other programs in the coming years — putting millions at risk of sinking deeper into poverty," writes Meagan Jordan. Discover more stories in @rollingstone.com's Politics feed, created with @surf.social. 📌 bsky.app/profile/roll...

ICYMI, we launched an updated version of Surf with easier navigation. Build your own topical feeds including posts from @bsky.app, Threads and Mastodon plus RSS, YouTube, podcasts and Flipboard Magazines. You decide how your feed looks, what's in it, and what's excluded.

Are you thinking of ABA for your autistic child? Please read this article before you enroll them. You may never be able to undo the psychological damage this horrible "therapy" will cause. www.thearticulateautistic.com/an-adult-aut... #Autism #AutismMom #ActuallyAutistic

Taking time to understand the strengths and challenges of students with learning differences is key to illustrating how policy changes and access issues affect them. Journalist Allie Miller created a guide to help reporters cover this topic. Learn more: ewa.org/how-to-cover... #eduSKY #education

How a nation's turn to pills is reshaping childhood mental health. Read my article at @psychologytoday.com #adhd #polypharmacy . www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/rais...

Today is #WorldAIDSDay, and the U.S. government will not be commemorating it. Trent Straube from @pozmagazine.bsky.social writes about the stats on HIV and AIDS, and the impact of the Trump administration. Follow POZ on Flipboard. flip.it/LTvKga flipboard.com/@POZ2020

Under a zero tolerance policy, the first Trump administration separated immigrant children from their families at the U.S.-Mexico border. New data suggests separations now happen all over the country, often after little more than a traffic stop.

Didn’t the FBi pull a lot of personnel from anti terrorism to put them on deportations? Actually the whole security establishment pivoted

⏰ Start the countdown. Episodes 1-4 of #StrangerThings season 5 arrive on @netflix.com TODAY at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT. Follow @jejord.bsky.social's #SurfFeed for all the conversations and theories as the gang get together to battle Vecna for the final time. bsky.app/profile/did:...

@motherjones.com reports on Jmail, which presents Jeffrey Epstein's emails as if they were in a Gmail account. The inbox holds some familiar names: Steve Bannon, Quora, and, erm, Flipboard (where you can also follow Mother Jones). 👇🏻 flipboard.com/@motherjones...

🏀 Who's watching #basketball tonight? Follow the Lakers vs. Clippers game via @yorush.bsky.social's #NBAThreads feed, created with #SurfSocial. 📌 bsky.app/profile/yoru...

A must-read thread of inspiration for #Thanksgiving feasts (we love @erinkeane.bsky.social's suggestion to keep down the prep work by ordering a couple of sides)! For more ideas, follow @jejord.bsky.social's feed, created with #SurfSocial and published to @bsky.app. 📌 bsky.app/profile/jejo...

"Under Trump, kids’ average stay in federal custody is nearly six months — up from a month under Biden. Lengthy stays are leading some children to lose hope." Follow this story from @propublica.org and more top news in the News Takes @surf.social custom feed: bsky.app/profile/flip... #ICE #News

Episode 5 of #AppleTV's #Pluribus is dropping early this week, in time for the U.S. #Thanksgiving holiday. Follow all the discussion via @timothychambers.net custom feed, created with Surf and published to @bsky.app. bsky.app/profile/did:...

TWO DAYS people… Who’s ready for #StrangerThings season 5? 🙋 I created this @surf.social custom feed to geek out in — join me! surf.social/feed/surf%2F...

BREAKING: Judge rules Lindsey Halligan's appointment was not valid, thus, she had no authority to present the James Comey or Letitia James indictments and the indictments are dismissed without prejudice.

#ICYMI, we released a major update to Surf yesterday. To celebrate (and just because it's Friday!), here's a thread of cool #SurfFeeds from our community that have also been published to @bsky.app. To do that for yourself, just hit the three-dot menu when you're in your feed.