Reposted by FlipboardCarl Sullivan @csullivan.flipboard.social.ap.brid.gy · 4hVery cool midterms project from Graze Social. 003
Reposted by FlipboardEvan Prodromou 🇨🇦🇺🇸🇬🇷🇵🇸 @evan.cosocial.ca.ap.brid.gy · 6h@Flipboard @jaz @mike there's a nice episode of Incognito Mode just put out this week with a longer interview. open.spotify.com/episode/2Xo3EN7otD…open.spotify.comThirty-three minutes of hopefulness for a better internetIncognito Mode · Episode 002
Flipboard @flipboard.flipboard.social.ap.brid.gy · 7hCalling all newsrooms, journalists and lovers of democracy: join Graze Social's people-powered midterms project. Sign up, volunteer for election night and keep watch as races unfold in every state. Here’s how 🧵 #Midterms #Journalism 106
Flipboard @flipboard.flipboard.social.ap.brid.gy · 7hAt the beginning of this year, @kevin, @caseynewton and @pj launched a fediverse instance, The Forkiverse. Now, they're shutting it down. Here's PJ's conversation with @mike for #DotSocial about the experiment. flipboard.video/w/oUB64gSmFcML4m4e8… #Fediverse #ActivityPubflipboard.videoBuilding the internet you want to find, with Search Engine's PJ VogtDot Social’s Mike McCue talks to PJ Vogt, host of the Search Engine podcast. PJ is also a co-founder of the Forkiverse, a Mastodon instance launched with the Hard Fork team as an experiment in comm... 102
Reposted by FlipboardCarl Sullivan @csullivan.flipboard.social.ap.brid.gy · 07/10/2026In American politics, it's almost always "the economy, stupid." Pocketbook issues largely helped Donald Trump return to the White House in 2024. Now they may largely help Democrats win the midterm elections. Here's a collection of stories I curated for @Flipboard on the topic […]flipboard.socialOriginal post on flipboard.social 002
Reposted by FlipboardFlipboard News Desk @newsdesk.flipboard.social.ap.brid.gy · 07/10/2026Three years after the Oct. 7 attacks, @TheAtlantic's Amir Tibon has moved back to his hometown in Israel. But how long will he stay — not just in his community, but in his country? It depends on what happens in the upcoming elections. "In a recent poll, 23 percent of Israelis said they or […]flipboard.socialOriginal post on flipboard.social 002
Reposted by FlipboardFlipboard News Desk @newsdesk.flipboard.social.ap.brid.gy · 05/10/2026On August 31, Pierre Damas Bel ran in front of Jack Buhring's truck on the highway near Springfield, OH, and was killed instantly. Shortly afterwards, it emerged that Bel had been a Haitian immigrant enrolled at Wright State University, wanting to study neuroscience, until Trump revoked his […]flipboard.socialOriginal post on flipboard.social 003
Reposted by FlipboardCarl Sullivan @csullivan.flipboard.social.ap.brid.gy · 05/10/2026First email of the season goes out tomorrow! 001
Reposted by FlipboardCarl Sullivan @csullivan.flipboard.social.ap.brid.gy · 02/10/2026The U.S. midterm elections are only one month away and we at @Flipboard hope Americans are tuning in. Our Vote 2026 collection (available in the app and on the web) has everything you need to know about the issues and the candidates. flipboard.com/@electioncentral/vote… […]flipboard.socialOriginal post on flipboard.social 004
Reposted by FlipboardFlipboard News Desk @newsdesk.flipboard.social.ap.brid.gy · 01/10/2026Well, I’d like to see ol Donny Trump wriggle his way out of THIS jam! *Trump wriggles his way out of the jam easily * Ah! Well. Nevertheless, Ten years ago, Jesse Farrar produced this tweet, which has come to define the Trump era of politics. @CNN spoke to him and others about the enduring […]flipboard.socialOriginal post on flipboard.social 026
Flipboard @flipboard.flipboard.social.ap.brid.gy · 01/10/2026It's time to tune into the midterms! 🗳️ Today we're launching Vote 2026 — your destination for trusted election coverage, fact checks and analysis. Explore Vote 2026: flipboard.com/@electioncentral/vote… Read […]flipboard.socialOriginal post on flipboard.social 103
Reposted by FlipboardFlipboard News Desk @newsdesk.flipboard.social.ap.brid.gy · 29/09/2026GOP Senator Eric Schmitt thought he had former special counsel Jack Smith against the ropes when he suggested that Smith attended a basketball game in Atlanta in 2024 — and may have taken the chance to meet up with prosecutor Fani Willis, who was also working on a case against Trump. A puzzled […]flipboard.socialOriginal post on flipboard.social 227
Reposted by FlipboardFlipboard Culture Desk @culturedesk.flipboard.social.ap.brid.gy · 29/09/2026In 2004, the reality TV show "The Swan" premiered. The premise: Self-proclaimed "ugly ducklings" — most of whom were in their 20s, some of whom had just had babies — were given extreme makeovers including personal training and cosmetic surgery. At the end of the season, they competed against […]flipboard.socialOriginal post on flipboard.social 003
Flipboard @flipboard.flipboard.social.ap.brid.gy · 28/09/2026More than three years ago, Meta stopped making news available in Canada. This was in response to the country's Online News Act, which was designed to force tech giants to pay publishers. Instead, news platforms lost traffic and revenue, "shadow media" accounts that posted other outlets' […]flipboard.socialOriginal post on flipboard.social 114
Reposted by FlipboardFlipboard Culture Desk @culturedesk.flipboard.social.ap.brid.gy · 26/09/2026Bleecker Street, the distributor releasing Alex Gibney's new Elon Musk documentary, says YouTube, TikTok and Meta platforms won't take paid promotions for the trailer. @THR has the full story. Watch the trailer at the second link. flip.it/9p482e […]flipboard.socialOriginal post on flipboard.social 0111
Reposted by FlipboardFlipboard News Desk @newsdesk.flipboard.social.ap.brid.gy · 24/09/2026On Sunday, the far-right AfD won the largest share of votes in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania. It came hard on the heels of a big win for the party in Saxony-Anhalt. The headline-grabbing issue is immigration — yet in the states that vote heavily for the AfD, there is really almost no immigration […]flipboard.socialOriginal post on flipboard.social 003
Flipboard @flipboard.flipboard.social.ap.brid.gy · 22/09/2026McClatchy Media, owner of Pulitzer Prize-winning papers including the Miami Herald, Lexington Herald-Leader, and Sacramento Bee, laid off dozens of reporters last week. Now, it's positioning AI as the savior of its freefalling business, with CEO Tony Hunter telling journalists in a contentious […]flipboard.socialOriginal post on flipboard.social 007
Reposted by FlipboardFlipboard News Desk @newsdesk.flipboard.social.ap.brid.gy · 21/09/2026The White House television pool has suspended coverage of U.S. President Donald Trump after he banned CNN, MS NOW and Politico from the White House. CNBC explains what that means, and why it matters. flip.it/EYyA_- #USPolitics #TrumpAdministration #Mediacnbc.comWhat is the White House press pool and why does it matter?Trump's media ban on three news outlets could limit the public's visibility into the president's actions. 023
Flipboard @flipboard.flipboard.social.ap.brid.gy · 18/09/2026RE: flipboard.com/@cnn/politics-17jf08k… Quality journalism matters now more than ever. Follow @CNN here or on Flipboard for their latest coverage. flipboard.com/@cnnflipboard.com 000
Reposted by FlipboardFlipboard News Desk @newsdesk.flipboard.social.ap.brid.gy · 18/09/2026U.S. President Donald Trump says he has banned CNN, MS NOW and Politico from the White House and has threatened that more such prohibitions are coming. This follows his decision in Feb. 2025, to keep @AssociatedPress journalists out of the Oval Office in retaliation for the outlet continuing to […]flipboard.socialOriginal post on flipboard.social 102
Reposted by FlipboardJon Henshaw @henshaw.social · 17/09/2026You can now embed social posts in @recollect notes from: ◾ @Mastodon ◾ @pixelfed ◾ @loops ◾ @peertube ◾ @Flipboard #Fediverse #PWA #IndieDev 038
Reposted by FlipboardFlipboard News Desk @newsdesk.flipboard.social.ap.brid.gy · 14/09/2026Here's @ProPublica with a scoop: Donald Trump Jr.'s Bahamas wedding was partly bankrolled by Umar Kremlev, a Russian oligarch with ties to Putin. At the second link, find Donald's bride Bettina's explanation, via MSNow. "Our dear friend Umar very generously hosted two incredible nights of […]flipboard.socialOriginal post on flipboard.social 002
Flipboard @flipboard.flipboard.social.ap.brid.gy · 11/09/2026Media companies USA Today and McClatchy have both laid off journalists in the past week, and hundreds of reporters already lost their jobs this year. For his blog, Morning Brew founder Josh Sternberg writes about how the crumbling of the media affects democracy. "We see the erosion of trust of […]flipboard.socialOriginal post on flipboard.social 015
Reposted by FlipboardFlipboard Tech Desk @techdesk.flipboard.social.ap.brid.gy · 01/09/2026Sony says in court documents that "reasonable consumers" know they don't own the digital games they buy, after four players sued them for not making it clear on the PlayStation store that they are buying licences to games, not the games themselves. Here's more from Video Games Chronicle […]flipboard.socialOriginal post on flipboard.social 103
Flipboard @flipboard.flipboard.social.ap.brid.gy · 31/08/2026The Metropolitan Museum of Art has canceled an upcoming exhibit honoring fashion designer John Galliano over his past antisemitic and racist statements, for which he was fired and convicted of "public insults" in 2011. Work by the ex-Dior creative director was meant to be the subject of the May […]flipboard.socialOriginal post on flipboard.social 002
Reposted by FlipboardThe Nexus of Privacy @thenexusofprivacy.gotosocial.thenexus.today.ap.brid.gy · 26/08/2026A really smart move by @Flipboard ... Custom feeds are really powerful, but Bluesky PBC oddly hasn't really leveraged them yet. I've been using Graze as a feed builder (the monetization aspects are strictly optional!), and it's a great complement to Surf's current feeds (which are simple to set […]gotosocial.thenexus.todayOriginal post on gotosocial.thenexus.today 132
Flipboard @flipboard.flipboard.social.ap.brid.gy · 26/08/2026Graze, the custom feed builder for the Atmosphere, has joined Flipboard! We're so excited to start working with them more closely. Read Graze CEO Devin Gaffney's Leaflet post here to learn more. graze.leaflet.pub/3mtypcuxxc22pgraze.leaflet.pubBetter, Together - Graze NewsletterAn announcement from Graze 0117
Reposted by FlipboardFlipboard News Desk @newsdesk.flipboard.social.ap.brid.gy · 24/08/202676 percent of Canadians say Mark Carney made the right call when he pulled the plug on trade negotiations with the U.S. Here's a @Flipboard Storyboard explaining the U.S. government's demands, and why the Canadian prime minister said no […]flipboard.socialOriginal post on flipboard.social 002
Flipboard @flipboard.flipboard.social.ap.brid.gy · 20/08/2026According to Pew Research Center, around 10 percent of 500,000 English-language webpages from the last five years were written or substantially edited by AI. The organization determined this using a tool called Open Pangram, which checks text for language patterns, identifying words, phrases and […]flipboard.socialOriginal post on flipboard.social 003
Flipboard @flipboard.flipboard.social.ap.brid.gy · 20/08/2026Flock surveillance is under scrutiny again. Reports of wrongful detentions and civil liberties concerns are piling up. Read stories from NBC News, @Futurism, @Gizmodo, and local news orgs across the U.S. to better understand the issue. flipboard.com/topic/flocksafety #Flock […]flipboard.socialOriginal post on flipboard.social 009
Reposted by FlipboardFlipboard Science Desk @sciencedesk.flipboard.social.ap.brid.gy · 19/08/2026Another mRNA-based vaccine is showing promising results — this time for preventing the return or spread of melanoma, the deadliest form of skin cancer, in high-risk patients. Here's more from NBC. flip.it/vYolj3 #Science #Health #Cancernbcnews.comMerck and Moderna say cancer vaccine shows promise in preventing recurrence of melanomaThe companies have not published the trial data but said in a news release that the experimental treatment extended the time before cancer returned in high-risk patients. 025
Reposted by FlipboardFlipboard Tech Desk @techdesk.flipboard.social.ap.brid.gy · 18/08/2026OpenAI has launched a "teen" version of ChatGPT. @MikeElgan writes for Machine Society about what that means. "It knows which features and attributes cause brain rot, addiction, and attachment — and ... it knows how to turn them off." flip.it/QZdLV5 #Technology #AI #OpenAImachinesociety.aiOpenAI built a safer ChatGPT, just not for youOpenAI’s new “teen” version is an admission by the company that it knows its chatbot is harmful and knows how to make it less harmful. It also knows harms are profitable. 014
Reposted by FlipboardFlipboard Culture Desk @culturedesk.flipboard.social.ap.brid.gy · 17/08/2026Screaming Mad George, the practical-effects artist and filmmaker who worked on "Predator," "Poltergeist II," "Big Trouble in Little China" and "A Nightmare On Elm Street 4" died earlier this year at age 69, his family announced yesterday. Here's more from @AVClub. flip.it/eBGGky […]flipboard.socialOriginal post on flipboard.social 003
Reposted by FlipboardFlipboard Science Desk @sciencedesk.flipboard.social.ap.brid.gy · 17/08/2026Joint pain is one of the true joys of aging (sarcasm detected). And for years the consensus has been that once cartilage wears out, it’s not coming back. But scientists at Stanford University are offering some hope after tracing the loss of cartilage to a single protein. Read more from […]flipboard.socialOriginal post on flipboard.social 025
Reposted by FlipboardFlipboard Tech Desk @techdesk.flipboard.social.ap.brid.gy · 12/08/2026Every street looks the same and every hit song is interchangeable with the next. Lauren Leek writes for her newsletter about how algorithms are flattening everything into sameness, and how they could be regulated. flip.it/Ky1VGJ #Culture #Algorithms #Technologylaurenleek.substack.comTemperature Zero for Culture: Why Everything Is Starting to Look the SameWhat 640 London shopping streets, 4,000 Billboard hits, a million films and synthetic AI personas tell us about why everything is flattening into sameness and how to regulate the algorithms behind it. 005
Flipboard @flipboard.flipboard.social.ap.brid.gy · 12/08/2026How bad are things for journalists? Amelia Emberwing was laid off a year ago. She writes for her newsletter, Picketywitch, about the wins, losses, and constant, exhausting hustle. flip.it/xzPr4x #Journalism #Media #Employmentpicketywitch.comA Year Later...As we hit a year of this bullshit together, I am both incredibly proud and profoundly sad. 011
Reposted by FlipboardFlipboard News Desk @newsdesk.flipboard.social.ap.brid.gy · 12/08/2026In 2011, András Baka was removed by then-Prime Minister Viktor Orbán from his position as the head of Hungary's high court. Today, he was elected president by the country's parliament. @TheBulwark takes a look at how Prime Minister Péter Magyar, who ousted Orbán four months ago, is restoring […]flipboard.socialOriginal post on flipboard.social 024
Reposted by FlipboardFlipboard Science Desk @sciencedesk.flipboard.social.ap.brid.gy · 26/07/2026We humans rely on working memory – the brain’s ability to store and manipulate important information – to complete everyday tasks, like driving to the store and completing household chores in the near future. But how do distractions interfere with our working memory – and completing these tasks? […]flipboard.socialOriginal post on flipboard.social 014
Reposted by FlipboardFlipboard Tech Desk @techdesk.flipboard.social.ap.brid.gy · 29/07/2026Despite concerns about AI overviews, some nonprofit news outlets see a surge in search traffic, reports @niemanlab. "In the second quarter of 2026, some nonprofit newsrooms saw their coverage of the primaries — especially voter guides — pay off in both interest and traffic." […]flipboard.socialOriginal post on flipboard.social 002
Reposted by FlipboardFlipboard Tech Desk @techdesk.flipboard.social.ap.brid.gy · 17/07/2026Madison Square Garden is suing @WIRED over stories relating to surveillance at the venue. Wired stands by its reporting and has lifted the paywall on two of the stories so you can read them for yourself. Here they are: flip.it/CmOGtT flip.it/2n8E4_ #Technology […]flipboard.socialOriginal post on flipboard.social 0949
Flipboard @flipboard.flipboard.social.ap.brid.gy · 17/07/2026U.S. entrepreneur and billionaire Peter Thiel is to receive the Axel Springer Award in recognition of how he has "created new markets, reshaped existing ones in an extraordinary way, and left a lasting mark on the technological, economic and societal debates of our time," according to a press […]flipboard.socialOriginal post on flipboard.social 002
Reposted by FlipboardFlipboard Culture Desk @culturedesk.flipboard.social.ap.brid.gy · 15/07/2026This year's World Cup has been the most commercial ever, and FIFA's found yet another way of making money. After the final on Sunday, fans will be able to buy the pitch, starting at $450 for a tiny section of turf encased in a 2.5-inch acrylic cube. If every edition sells out, revenue will […]flipboard.socialOriginal post on flipboard.social 004
Reposted by FlipboardFlipboard Culture Desk @culturedesk.flipboard.social.ap.brid.gy · 16/07/2026Could the Paramount acquisition of Warner Bros. actually be in trouble? U.S. state attorneys general, Hollywood unions and a group of Paramount+ subscribers have sued to stop the merger. Now, a Paramount shareholder has accused boss David Ellison and his father, Oracle founder Larry, of striking […]flipboard.socialOriginal post on flipboard.social 047
Reposted by FlipboardFlipboard Science Desk @sciencedesk.flipboard.social.ap.brid.gy · 09/07/2026Wally Funk has died at age 87. The aviation pioneer completed the program to become an astronaut in the early 1960s but was not allowed to go to space because she was a woman. She then became a groundbreaking flight instructor, training more than 3,000 pilots, and eventually went to space at age […]flipboard.socialOriginal post on flipboard.social 016
Reposted by FlipboardFlipboard Tech Desk @techdesk.flipboard.social.ap.brid.gy · 09/07/2026How do AI companies make money? @McSweeneysFlip break it down. "All you really need to know is that everything is totally working and everyone is making a lot of money, and you should just stop asking questions, luddite." It's satire but... is it? flip.it/8inekL #AI #Economics #Satiremcsweeneys.netAI Economics for Dummies“Xavier owns an apartment that he rents out at a loss of $1 billion/month. Seeing this success, he decides to make financial commitments to construct $850 bi... 017
Reposted by FlipboardFlipboard News Desk @newsdesk.flipboard.social.ap.brid.gy · 09/07/2026Graham Platner, the Maine Democratic Senate candidate, is out of the race. He withdrew his candidacy while continuing to deny allegations of sexual assault. Here's more from @abc. flip.it/4RnXm- #GrahamPlatner #USPolitics #Maineabcnews.comMaine Democratic Senate candidate Graham Platner suspends campaign after sexual assault allegationThe Democratic candidate was running for the Senate in Maine. 014
Reposted by FlipboardFlipboard Tech Desk @techdesk.flipboard.social.ap.brid.gy · 08/07/2026"We cannot choose to become idiots." When Brown University economics professor Roberto Serrano gave his students a take-home midterm for the first time, most of them did suspiciously well. Suspecting widespread AI use, he voided the results and told students he would reweigh the final, after […]flipboard.socialOriginal post on flipboard.social 012
Reposted by FlipboardFlipboard Culture Desk @culturedesk.flipboard.social.ap.brid.gy · 08/07/2026The Emmy Award nominations are in and "The Pitt," "Hacks" and "Widow's Bay" top the list. Here's @Variety with all the nominees. Tell us in the comments which is your favorite show of the year (we're currently loving "Widow's Bay" and "Margo’s Got Money Troubles"). flip.it/10ZrQs […]flipboard.socialOriginal post on flipboard.social 003
Reposted by FlipboardFlipboard Culture Desk @culturedesk.flipboard.social.ap.brid.gy · 06/07/2026Up until now, the U.S.'s hosting of the World Cup has been successful. It showed that "we’re really not the expletives many people might think, you know?" writes Conor Orr for Sports Illustrated. And then Donald Trump and FIFA boss Gianni Infantino got involved. Here's Orr's story about how the […]flipboard.socialOriginal post on flipboard.social 133
Reposted by FlipboardFlipboard Science Desk @sciencedesk.flipboard.social.ap.brid.gy · 02/07/2026Wake up folks, a new conspiracy theory just dropped! IFL Science reports on the people who think the shutdown of the Large Hadron Collider at CERN on June 29 has caused an alteration in how we experience time. flip.it/N3S1A1 #Science #CERN #ConspiracyTheory 014