It's #FollowFriday up in here, follow @radicalgraffiti if you aren't. Won't blow up your timeline, a few pics a day of graffiti with a good message.
It's #FollowFriday up in here, follow @radicalgraffiti if you aren't. Won't blow up your timeline, a few pics a day of graffiti with a good message.
Hey everyone, it's #FollowFriday!
Last week I was getting familiar with the #FollowFriday 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:
@syndicalism
@Audibleanarchist
@workingclasshistory
@Freedom_Press
@igd_news
Tech and Software:
@emilyyoung
@ChrisWere
@libreleah
@praveen
@tails
Miscellaneous:
@internetarchive
@TheGiftofGab
@annaymone
@nullagent
@nat
Hi guys!! Soon I will change the list with new people maintaining some than responded to the posts to avoid spamming
So, with all said, I wish everyone a happy #FollowFriday!! Hope everyone's weekend goes really smoothly!! Here I leave some people to follow!!
@musicvsartstuff
@ramon_wilhelm
@CrazyRetroGames
@CRUMVIII
@RinostarGames
@deus
@indiequesting
@sku_te
@W1K
@unclebeany
@Haifisch
@ppowersteef
@Ki3_Games
@geoff_eg #followfriday Lots of nice images with interesting contexts.
Happy Friday, technophiles! Please check out these federated Flipboard sources and Magazines. Follow them for product reviews, trends, exclusive interviews and opinion, and the latest in technology news.
Keep up with all the latest in crypto at Decrypt Media, https://flipboard.com/@decryptmedia/cryptocurrency-cu2q5hejz
Deciding what to watch on Netflix? BGR has you covered, https://flipboard.com/@bgr/latest-netflix-series-movies-to-watch-jo7ipkkvz
News, reviews and trends from Samsung and Android at Android Authority, https://flipboard.com/@androidauth/samsung-r15spj54z
The latest deals on Google products and services via 9to5Google, https://flipboard.com/@9to5google/google-product-deals-ljj5qt2ez
Can't get enough AI? Gizmodo has up-to-date coverage, https://flipboard.com/@gizmodo/artificial-intelligence-7bv07f1uz
My semi-regular #FollowFriday on #Hive. Lots of interesting people there and not just talking about #cryptocurrency
Finally, our team had a wonderful time at #SXSW on Sunday and Monday, where Flipboard and @surf hosted the first #FediverseHouse. Our CEO @mike and the whole team are 100% #TeamFediverse, and were thrilled to meet and talk to so many other open social web advocates. Here’s a feature by @Markoff for @newyorktimes, where Mike, @Gargron and @reckless1280 discuss the rise of decentralized social media, and how it can help publishers and media companies survive and thrive.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/06/technology/mike-mccue-surf-browser-decentralized-internet.html
When the United States went to war with Iraq, nations from across the world fought with them — including Ukraine, which didn’t ask for money or minerals in return. @timkmak and Myroslava Tanska-Vikulova write for Counteroffensive about the “trend of the Trump administration taking decades-long partnerships as mere leverage for transactions.”
https://www.counteroffensive.news/p/ukraine-fought-alongside-us-in-iraq
Mahmoud 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 @thecontinent 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.
https://continent.substack.com/p/i-would-be-happy-to-die-on-that-stage
#Africa #Ethiopia #MahmoudAhmed #Music ##Tezeta #Tizita #Newstodon #NewstodonFriday #FollowFriday
“The Fediverse Isn’t the Future. It’s the Present We’ve Been Denied.” Here’s yet another brilliant feature by @Daojoan. “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.
https://www.joanwestenberg.com/the-fediverse-isnt-the-future-its-the-present-weve-been-denied
Is ranch dressing a liquid or a solid? our @ScienceDesk asked, via @TheConversationUS's Curious Kids series (also good for curious adults). Turns out it’s something called soft matter, like cookie dough, toothpaste, and snot.
https://theconversation.com/is-ranch-dressing-a-liquid-or-a-solid-a-physicist-explains-249435
Utah was one of only a few red states to allow universal vote-by-mail, but not anymore. @bolts’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.
https://boltsmag.org/utah-legislation-ending-universal-vote-by-mail/
School vouchers sure are good for someone — but it’s not necessarily kids. Here’s @TexasObserver 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.
https://www.texasobserver.org/school-vouchers-vendors-millions-legislature/
When 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. @KnowableMag 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.
Speaking of drained brains and France, here’s a gentle reminder from our @CultureDesk of why America doesn’t actually have a Champagne business.
https://www.foodandwine.com/wine/champagne-sparkling-wine/champagne-basics-explainer
@gbhnews 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.
If 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. @damemagazine discusses the overwhelming fear Americans (and others) are experiencing right now, and how to mitigate it.
https://www.damemagazine.com/2025/03/13/this-is-your-brain-on-fear/
Last 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 @emanuelmaiberg for @404mediaco