Over the #birdsite - I’m looking forward to NEW adventures‼️ 💚 One has not experienced the full meaning of raison d'etre unless having been banned from a few pubs, venues, etc. It kinda goes with the broadcast #journalists / researcher territory. I guess you could call it an “occupational hazard.” #newstodon

Song of this weekend: 🎵 🎶 🎵 🎶 #music

Banned From the Pubs / Peter and the Test Tube Babies 🧪

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=baio0VovM5o

Welcome HorizonMass

Glad you are on #Mastodon

Why don't you help your readers share stories here?

@HorizonMass

#Journalism #Newstodon

“I’ve thought increasingly about my great-grandfather and his ignoble legacy as I’ve settled into life in #Texas, where the Confederate cause is memorialized on statues, flags, and street signs. ...”

In our magazine, Editor-in-Chief @gabrielarana confronts the #racism in his family tree, and reflects on how it filters his view of our state's monuments to a white supremacist past: https://www.texasobserver.org/chinese-immigrants-confederate-monuments-racism-history/

#history #politics #WhiteSupremacy #Fascism #extremism #GOP #USpol #CivilWar #Newstodon

Happy #Newstodon Friday, a day to celebrate the best #journalism in the #fediverse!

“This isn’t just a question of us getting out of some individual ticket. The law itself has to be overturned.”

Today, let's revisit Michelle Pitcher's story on the legal fight against an unjust (and maybe, unconstitutional?) law that bans feeding people in certain places in #Houston. https://www.texasobserver.org/houston-food-not-bombs-trial/

#inequality #unhoused #homeless #poverty #Texas #politics #CriminalJustice #police #law #USpol #news

We are happy to see all of these good news outlets active on Mastodon.
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@BaltimoreBanner
@wausaupilot
@arstechnica@journa.host
@TexasObserver
@ProPublica
@damemagazine

Please let us know if there are any others you like.
Encourage other news outlets to post here!

#Newstodon #FollowFriday #Journalism

Despite a win in a lower court, an appeal by the state means #SB14, our devastating ban on #healthcare for young #transgender kids goes into effect today.

Digital Editor Kit @oconnell spoke with a top New Mexico endocrinologist, and with a policy analyst for ACLU of #Texas about the "heartbreaking" effects this law is already having on young folks and their families: https://www.texasobserver.org/sb14-trans-healthcare-ban/

#news #transphobia #trans #politics #USpol #TXlege #healthcare #Newstodon

"By 1910, Black ownership of farmland had risen to 16 million acres, or just under 2% of all farmland; that year, Black people accounted for more than 10% of the population. But just over a century later, by 2017 — the year of the most recent agricultural census — Black farmers had lost most of that slim gain, owning now just 0.5% of all farmland, even though Black people comprise over 14% of the population."

#Newstodon #PNW #Washington #Seattle

https://www.hcn.org/issues/55.9/agriculture-seattles-black-farmers-collective-nurtures-communities-and-crops

It's #newstodon Friday, so just a reminder that we are the go to source for #EV and #CleanTransportation news! Context, in depth reporting, and our weekly news round up #TEN help keep you informed and up to date.

Follow us on here, and watch us on PeerTube ( https://peertube.tv/c/transport_evolved_main/videos ) or YouTube ( https://youtube.com/@transportevolved )

Happy #Newstodon Friday, a day to celebrate the best reporting in the #fediverse!

Today, we'll highlight the so-called 'death star' bill of #Texas, which blocks cities' attempts to make life in our state more humane. First, Senior Writer @gusbova's careful look at the ways the bill undermines #democracy: https://www.texasobserver.org/death-star-hb-2127-democracy/

Then, good #news via @josephinelee, a court stepped in to block implementation of the bill, at least for now: https://www.texasobserver.org/judge-strikes-down-leges-power-grab-against-cities-hb-2127/

#politics #TXlege #water #USpol

@mnreformer

We wish they were on Mastodon.

#Newstodon

Welcome to the Oklahoma Voice, which aims to hold those in power accountable
https://oklahomavoice.com/2023/08/29/oklahoma-voice-aims-to-help-shape-the-conversation-and-hold-those-in-power-accountable/

Launching today and the newest States Newsroom, a non-profit network of state papers informing people on essential news.

Find more Local News #BrightSpots worth reading and supporting in our directory
https://www.mediaanddemocracyproject.org/journalism-directory

Support your community!
Strengthen our democracy!
Invest in local journalism!

#Journalism #LocalNews #DefendDemocracy #Newstodon #LocalNewsMap

I recommend the chilling but riveting story of Clarence Thomas in the Slow Burn podcast, available here or wherever fine podcasts are streamed.
https://slate.com/podcasts/slow-burn/s8/becoming-justice-thomas

#SCOTUS #podcast #podcasts #review #newstodon #journalism #CurrentEvents #Justice

Hello, #newstodon! It's great to be with you this Friday on the #fediverse.

Thanks to a generous reader, we now have five (5) Bluesky invite codes to give out to the first five people who reply with a screenshot of any donation to The Xylom.

Get a friend off Twitter, and support our nonprofit science reporting!

#nonprofit #science #health #environment #climate #news

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For #Newstodon Friday, let's look at highlights of our series on Texas #rivers:

1. ”The Second Rio Grande” A river brought to the brink texasobserver.org/rio-grande-water-drifting-toward-disaster/

2. “Breaking the Brazos” Development strains this historic river https://www.texasobserver.org/brazos-river-development-pollution-drifting-toward-disaster/

3. How Dow Chemical Controls the Brazos https://www.texasobserver.org/dow-brazos-river-pollution-nurdles/

4. ”Staying Afloat” Lessons for the #future https://www.texasobserver.org/staying-afloat/

#news #Texas #ClimateChange #environment #water #pollution #politics #USpol

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You can find local news #BrightSpots and reasons they are essential in our Local Journalism Directory. A show of love and support for the courageous and dedicated #journalists who make them what they are!
https://www.mediaanddemocracyproject.org/journalism-directory

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Invest in local journalism!

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Mastodon, I'm bringing this one to you first.

Earlier this week the New York Times claimed to have partially corroborated some of Jamie Reed's allegations against a clinic for transgender youth in St. Louis.

Their story did not back up the assertion that they corroborated Reed's claims. I know that because I looked at every single one of the 69 claims. #trans #transgender #news #journalism #Newstodon #bias

https://www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-news/jamie-reeds-allegations-are-not-even-partially-confirmed

We recommend following Wausau Pilot & Review
@wausaupilot

-- accept no substitutes or bird.makeup.

They are one of the more active #localNews sites here and under attack.

Report on Anti-Gay Slur Could Put Local News Site Out of Business
ubscriber, you can read it through this gift link without a subscription. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/15/business/media/antigay-slur-wausau-pilot-review.html?unlocked_article_code=9DQbiYZ7uOYKHZpOslutlxRR3RwtwISd26eFoYdgmAr3h5Ism3kxT-kyl_hsFhE2IBU3smn_4iRxlnNTuR2v7WIA8b9VHG5xzemxB3t1m6jWegK0evci-mCfjEqNbHerjuuWXvwfPNo5QVgWTe6PjGnYI-bw0wFEje3fDrTvFOJalZNYMLBbyZ8JHyLfkUHPbxvPZi4o5njv08JsjqHAo3f5AmFF_kSUtQXUFT4aEEvweskKPO3x7pGzhDROhm9Kbs_-I4hc3e2xz4wPBxMoYsnAxf7uWA0qbQluKR9LFKIzk_2ymIV2nLml-RIZeWewF_FnHmKI3cFOTHmQ-bvmjivYiqP70q0rnDS2jg0S3iAA&smid=tw-share

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You can find local news #BrightSpots and reasons they are essential in our Local Journalism Directory. A show of love and support for the courageous and dedicated #journalists who make them what they are!
https://www.mediaanddemocracyproject.org/journalism-directory

Support your community!
Strengthen our democracy!
Invest in local journalism!

#Journalism #LocalNews #DefendDemocracy #Newstodon
#LocalNewsMap

If your website needs #taboola ads to stay afloat, you're doomed. #news #newstodon #advertising

How do people decide which news organizations/people to financially support? For example, I currently support the following:

Boston Globe - Local news
@damemagazine - Female editorial reporting
Financial Times - Financial/foreign coverage
@themarkup - Consumer data privacy
@ProPublica - In-depth investigative reporting
@TexasObserver - Southern editorial reporting
Washington Post - Broad domestic/foreign coverage

@molly0xfff - Tech briefings

#newstodon #news #journalism #politics #culture