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Marci McCue

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Like living in a democracy. Want to keep it that way. #freepress [bridged from flipboard.social/@marci on the fediverse by fed.brid.gy ]

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Marci McCue @marci.flipboard.social.ap.brid.gy · 06/08/2026
I have a feed to follow the wisdom of @heathercoxrichardson.substack.com. I feel smarter after listening to her and seeing what she shares. It's all in my @surf feed if you want to see what she's talking about: surf.social/feed/surf%2Fcustom%2F01…
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Heather Cox Richardson Fans by Marci McCue on Surf
Surf - A feed for all content and conversations around the excellent writing of our country's favorite historian, Heather Cox Richardson. Add this feed to your bookmarks, pin it to your Bluesky or favorite it on Surf. Her coverage leaves us all smarter and more engaged in our democracy.
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Marci McCue @marci.flipboard.social.ap.brid.gy · 15/07/2026
Ukraine is setting a new standard for diplomacy, defense and leadership. I follow their progress every day in a video feed curated by @mike. If you also want to keep up, you can use this feed to follow the war and the spectacular job their president is doing every day. #ukraine […]
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Ben Werdmuller @ben.werd.social.ap.brid.gy · 02/04/2026
I'm very excited about the launch of @surf on the web: it demonstrates the open social web's true power. werd.io/surf-demonstrates-the-power…
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Surf demonstrates the power of the open social web
Flipboard's browser for the open social web is out for web users today.
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Marci McCue @marci.flipboard.social.ap.brid.gy · 02/04/2026
@caseynewton can we get a @feed community started too? about.surf.social/surf-launches-sur…
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Surf Launches First Social Websites with Publishers and Creators - Surf
For years, most online communities have lived inside platforms they don’t control. Conversations happen in one place, videos live somewhere else, podcasts are scattered across apps, and creators have little say over how people discover or experience their work. That’s why we’re introducing social websites — a new way for creators, publishers, podcasters and communities […]
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Marci McCue @marci.flipboard.social.ap.brid.gy · 02/04/2026
Publishers and creators have a new way to use the open social web to connect with their audiences. And it's something anyone can use. Welcome to @surf on the web!! Here's the announcement, we'll be sharing more throughout the day […]
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Marci McCue @marci.flipboard.social.ap.brid.gy · 19/03/2026
It would be great to have more people building their networks on Mastodon and Bluesky (instead of more walled gardens). But I thought this was well said re: owning your relationships. youtube.com/shorts/JXj7704o7Do?si=N…
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Marci McCue @marci.flipboard.social.ap.brid.gy · 18/03/2026
RE: mastodon.social/@fediversereport/11… An excellent deep dive. I don't know how @laurenshof does it!
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william ⁂ maggos @wjmaggos.liberal.city.ap.brid.gy · 14/03/2026
Love that the #DOGE deposition videos got saved and are now available after YT was pressured to take them down. But they will get less views now. Access is essential but getting attention is the key. If we want a better world, that's what we must focus on. Getting everyone on decentralized […]
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Flipboard @flipboard.flipboard.social.ap.brid.gy · 11/03/2026
RE: fosstodon.org/@altstore/11621135224… Amazing news from our friends at @altstore! Keep an eye out for @rileytestut and @shanegillio's chat with @mike on the Dot Social podcast, coming soon! #AltStore #Fediverse #ActivityPub #Federation #OpenSocial #DotSocial
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Marci McCue @marci.flipboard.social.ap.brid.gy · 28/02/2026
@claudeai, glad you're here on the open social web.
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Marci McCue @marci.flipboard.social.ap.brid.gy · 28/02/2026
RE: cosocial.ca/@evan/116132807166795122 Rome wasn’t built in a day, and we only have a half a day. But looking forward to thinking about this challenge together.
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Marci McCue @marci.flipboard.social.ap.brid.gy · 26/02/2026
An excellent summary of the problem. What to do next: join a platform built on an open standard that gives you agency over your social connections. #fediverse youtu.be/p7ZG_xWYLzI?si=vs8fqMtAc-_…
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Marci McCue @marci.flipboard.social.ap.brid.gy · 24/02/2026
Hashtags aren’t just a tool to see trending news or get more eyeballs on your posts, they are a powerful tagging structure that organizes content and conversations across a social platform. But on Surf, when you add a hashtag as a source in your feed, you can unite posts from across *several* […]
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Flipboard @flipboard.flipboard.social.ap.brid.gy · 17/02/2026
Why do we want to grow the open social web, and for whom? @ben says the value is in protocols that allow people — all people around the world — to build and own communities that address their needs. "The only way to achieve that is to not just co-design with them but distribute equity. They must […]
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Marci McCue @marci.flipboard.social.ap.brid.gy · 20/02/2026
RE: mastodon.africa/@GrahamDowns/116102… What a cool group to spotlight! Thanks for sharing their podcast launch.
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Marci McCue @marci.flipboard.social.ap.brid.gy · 22/01/2026
See #4 khanna.house.gov/media/press-releas…
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RELEASE: REP. RO KHANNA INTRODUCES RESOLUTION TO PROTECT CREATORS IN THE MODERN PLATFORM-BASED ECONOMY
Washington, DC — Today, Representative Ro Khanna (CA-17) introduced the Creator Bill of Rights, a resolution supporting fairer treatment, economic security, and transparency for creators and digital workers in the modern platform-based economy.
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Marci McCue @marci.flipboard.social.ap.brid.gy · 10/01/2026
Here's my Saturday morning moment when I finished listening to @kevin @pj and @caseynewton embark on a new social media frontier! Welcome to #theforkiverse.com
Laptop on the kitchen counter open to the HardFork episode.Laptop on kitchen counter open to the sign up page, waiting for approval to join the new fediverse TheForkiverse.com instance.
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Marci McCue @marci.flipboard.social.ap.brid.gy · 21/12/2025
Hoping to go this year, I hear the fediverse will have a lot going on! @evan surf.social/feed/surf%2Fcustom%2F01…
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FOSDEM 2026 by Maho 🦝🍻 on Surf
Surf - Fosdem news, posts, and speakers
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Flipboard @flipboard.flipboard.social.ap.brid.gy · 28/11/2025
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, @404mediaco Bolts, @bolts Brian Merchant, @brianmerchant Casey Newton […]
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Flipboard @flipboard.flipboard.social.ap.brid.gy · 20/11/2025
RE: flipboard.social/@surf/115584100375… Psst, there's a new version of Surf and it's awesome!
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Marci McCue @marci.flipboard.social.ap.brid.gy · 22/10/2025
In the fullness of time, the open social web: "The feed is the analog of the website" @mike on Fireside Fedi chat with @ozoned
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Marci McCue @marci.flipboard.social.ap.brid.gy · 22/10/2025
"Standardizing human connections" @mike on Fireside Fedi just now. So cool to have one fediverse podcaster talking with another fediverse podcaster 🤯 stream.firesidefedi.live
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Fireside Fedi Livestream
Fireside Fedi is an attempt to learn more about folks within the Fediverse.
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Marci McCue @marci.flipboard.social.ap.brid.gy · 22/10/2025
Here we go... stream.firesidefedi.live, @firesidefedi thanks for hosting!
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Fireside Fedi Livestream
Fireside Fedi is an attempt to learn more about folks within the Fediverse.
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Connected Places @fediversereport.com · 09/10/2025
Fediverse Report 137 - this week's #fediverse news - @altstore joins the fediverse, and you can interact with apps on the alternative iOS app store now via your fediverse accounts. Altstore also made a 500k USD donation to various fediverse platforms - @Mastodon is getting Starter Packs, with […]
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Marci McCue @marci.flipboard.social.ap.brid.gy · 13/10/2025
Sharing this Q&A with @johnonolan on the @swf blog and loved this comment: "But with ActivityPub, it’s possible to achieve what – in the olden days – we fondly referred to as ‘the blogosphere’. People all over the world writing and reading each other’s work. If an email newsletter is like […]
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Riley Testut :fatpikachu: @rileytestut.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 07/10/2025
While this solves our problems, we are far from the only Fediverse project that could use some funding and we want to support the growth of the entire ecosystem. So to give back to the open social web, we’re also donating $500,000 total to these incredible Fediverse-related projects 🎉 […]
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Riley Testut :fatpikachu: @rileytestut.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 07/10/2025
So in order to grow the team, I’m thrilled to announce AltStore has received an investment of $6 million USD from @cpaik! Chris was an early investor in Patreon & Twitch, and we’ve been close ever since he sideloaded the manga reader Paperback with AltStore years ago Additionally, Flipboard CEO […]
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Marci McCue @marci.flipboard.social.ap.brid.gy · 10/07/2025
Reporters and writers that are looking for independence should be building on platforms that give them true independence. @mathewi closing remarks in this piece say it all! "Ghost, for its part, is close to rolling out full integration with the fediverse, which will allow publishers to make […]
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Marci McCue @marci.flipboard.social.ap.brid.gy · 20/06/2025
Many of us have been on a journey, trying to describe all the benefits of the Fediverse in simple terms. There are hundreds of articles about it but still it isn't easy to get our friends to embrace the future. Maybe they'll know it when they see it! In the meantime, here's one description I […]
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Marci McCue @marci.flipboard.social.ap.brid.gy · 24/05/2025
As a Bay Area native, I’ve loved watching all the local teams… from Jerry Rice to Buster Posey. I just found this great @surf feed to add to my evening sports catchup. #surffeeds surf.social/feed/surf%2Fcustom%2F01…
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Bay Area Sports by Daniel Cassman on Surf
Surf - Bay Area Sports
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Tim Chambers @tchambers.indieweb.social.ap.brid.gy · 20/05/2025
Building out this new Surffeed: will focus on accounts from both #Aproto and #Activitypub that have opted in to bridge to each other. Bridged Bluesky & Mastodon Accounts surf.social/feed/surf%2Fcustom%2F01… #SurfFeeds #Bridgyfed #NowBridged
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Bridged Bluesky & Mastodon Accounts by Tim Chambers on Surf
Surf - A feed for accounts that are #nowbridged to #Bridgyfed …and posts about how to do this.
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Marci McCue @marci.flipboard.social.ap.brid.gy · 20/05/2025
"I'm tired of describing the Fediverse as "the alternative" and want so badly to instead describe it as "the future", but we have to take much bigger risks to get there." Totally resonates with me too @deadsuperhero Thanks for the thoughtful piece […]
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Connected Places @fediversereport.com · 14/05/2025
New: Taking Control of Your Timeline - in Different Ways #Fediverse platforms as well as #Bluesky offer to give the user control of their timeline - in contrast with the control that Big Tech Platforms have with their algorithmic timelines. But the approach is surprisingly different: fediverse […]
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FediForum @fediforum.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 25/04/2025
There are some Fediverse events coming up in Germany in May and in October. They have been added to fediforum.org/events Do you know of other Open Social Web events, anywhere on the planet? We'd be happy to add them to our list. Just reach out.
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FediForum | Upcoming FediForum and Social Web Community Events
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chad006 @chad006.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 12/05/2025
I am super excited and filled with nervous energy with @bsky.app , @surf.social , @Mastodon and RSS feeds. It feels like #socialmedia and the #openweb are taking off. It feels like we are at the start of something revolutionary.
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Marci McCue @marci.flipboard.social.ap.brid.gy · 10/05/2025
Couldn't find attribution for this image, but sharing here in case you too are using @surf today 🙂 🤙.
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Martin Holland @mho.social.heise.de.ap.brid.gy · 21/04/2025
And it is done 🎉 (although still not that pretty 🙈): Here is the always up-to-date sheet with more than 1000 official accounts by media organizations that you can follow from #Mastodon & everywhere else in the #Fediverse. ➡️ fingolas.eu/fediverse/overview.html There is a powerful […]
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Marci McCue @marci.flipboard.social.ap.brid.gy · 25/04/2025
It's #nbaplayoffs and if you're trying to follow it all, here my go-to #surffeed for a growing community of fans. Anyone using @surf can favorite it to add it to their Surf. Thanks to @yorush 🤙 surf.social/feed/surf%2Fcustom%2F01…
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Surf (@surf@flipboard.social)
245 Posts, 34 Following, 1.45K Followers · A new wave in social media, created by Flipboard. 🌊 Join the beta: https://about.surf.social/ #fediverse #socialweb
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Marci McCue @marci.flipboard.social.ap.brid.gy · 25/04/2025
For our friends on Mastodon that are also building @surf feeds, today we launched the ability to pin a post in your feed and publish your Surf feeds as Bluesky custom feeds. It's a test, but if you also use Bluesky and want to try it out, switch your Surf primary log in to Bluesky and in the […]
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Marci McCue @marci.flipboard.social.ap.brid.gy · 25/04/2025
@LaurensHof just saying hello. it has been a while, but i wanted to say that I appreciate the regular Fediverse Reports. you always highlight interesting news and happenings that help us all stay connected. thank you.
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Marci McCue @marci.flipboard.social.ap.brid.gy · 11/04/2025
Posting without comment, obviously. Appreciate this piece @mathewi torment-nexus.mathewingram.com/be-c…
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Mathew Ingram
I'm the chief digital writer for the Columbia Journalism Review
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Marci McCue @marci.flipboard.social.ap.brid.gy · 02/04/2025
Interesting how we’ve seen people put together #surffeeds with lots of sources from one outlet… all the journalists, podcasts and YouTube channels in one feed. Several made just for @verge, like this one. surf.social/feed/surf%2Fcustom%2F01…
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The Verge
The official account by https://theverge.com
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Marci McCue @marci.flipboard.social.ap.brid.gy · 01/04/2025
@hiro, an engineer on our team created this #surffeed and I thought you may like it 😊. surf.social/feed/surf%2Fcustom%2F01…
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Hiro
Writing about tech, Apple, gear, and mindfulness every week. Sharing sweet dopamine hits of discovery for free @ https://hiro.report/
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Marci McCue @marci.flipboard.social.ap.brid.gy · 31/03/2025
“Everyone thinks it’s just Bluesky versus Twitter. But it’s bigger than that,” McCue said. “(The development of the open social web) has been overshadowed by all the things happening in AI. But this is absolutely a revolution.” @mike @Onmyom […]
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Marci McCue @marci.flipboard.social.ap.brid.gy · 27/03/2025
There are several really excellent fediverse/open social web #surffeeds on @surf. If you’re testing the app, here’s one I just discovered. surf.social/feed/surf%2Fcustom%2F01…
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Surf (@surf@flipboard.social)
213 Posts, 26 Following, 1.38K Followers · A new wave in social media, created by Flipboard. 🌊 Join the beta: https://about.surf.social/ #fediverse #socialweb
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Marci McCue @marci.flipboard.social.ap.brid.gy · 27/03/2025
Media outlets that investigate and report on our behalf, being the eyes and ears of citizens, will be increasingly targeted and silenced. If you work with journalists you admire, remind them that the open social web is where the truth will be valued. They need to start building their readership […]
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Marci McCue @marci.flipboard.social.ap.brid.gy · 26/03/2025
Why publishers should invest in their Mastodon, Pixelfed and Bluesky accounts? “The notion of creating an audience rather than chasing traffic is something we have been exploring,” said Nilay Patel, editor in chief of The Verge, a popular news and media website. “ActivityPub might facilitate […]
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Marci McCue @marci.flipboard.social.ap.brid.gy · 25/03/2025
I'm going to start evangelizing that publishers and journalists display Mastodon and/or Bluesky links on all of their pages and invest in those communities. They need to be doubling down in places where their connection with their audience is genuine and sustainable. I'm so tired of seeing media […]
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Marci McCue @marci.flipboard.social.ap.brid.gy · 25/03/2025
This is my favorite #surffeed today, made by our own Jessica Jordan (if you’re testing Surf and looking for good feeds, she’s got some great ones!). surf.social/feed/surf%2Fcustom%2F01…
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Keeping Up with The Bulwark by Jessica Jordan on Surf
Surf - Follow the latest stories and social posts from The Bulwark.
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Connected Places @fediversereport.com · 18/03/2025
New: Fediverse Report #108 This week's news: - Ghost's (@index) connection to the #fediverse is now availabe in public beta for Ghost Pro users, with both an #ActivityPub connection to send long-form posts into the fediverse, and a reader app to read/comment/interact with the fediverse - […]
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