Last week, we asked #NewstodonFriday readers if anyone else felt sick at the thought of the U.S. election, and here we are. Not much levity in this week’s thread, but rather stories on the state of journalism and media, how different outlets plan to tackle the Trump administration, and even one about how political polarization can literally make you sick. We’ve sprinkled a little lighter fare in there, including a beautiful Tiny Desk concert from Meshell Ndegeocello (close your eyes and scroll to the bottom if you can’t bear to read any news). Please check out the stories, follow the publications, click on the stories, subscribe, donate and otherwise support if you can. Independent media matters now, more than ever.
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In a mission statement earlier this week, the team at @[email protected] explained their plans on holding the incoming Trump administration’s feet to the fire. Here, they dive into the specific issues journalists will be following, and how to get in touch with reporters if you have information to share.
https://www.propublica.org/article/second-trump-presidency-issues-contact
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@[email protected] @[email protected]
Tax cuts that will blow up the deficit, then be used to justify ending the ACA and Social Security.
Tech site @[email protected] says people have been canceling their subscriptions to the site out of a general sense of depression since the Republicans clinched the presidency and the Senate in the U.S. election. Here, co-founders @[email protected], @[email protected], Samantha Cole and @[email protected] explain why their work is still valuable.
https://www.404media.co/why-the-work-still-matters-under-trump/
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A little bit of Democrat joy from @[email protected] as they report on Monique Worrell, the state attorney who was ousted by Ron DeSantis last year, and beat her replacement, Federalist Society member Andrew Bain, to win her job back.
https://boltsmag.org/tampa-orlando-proscutor-elections-2024/
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Political polarization is making us sick, according to new research from a team at New York University. @[email protected]’s Crawford Kilian writes about how COVID-19 epitomizes this and whether there’s a possibility of repair.
https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2024/11/06/Political-Polarization-Making-Us-Sick/
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Democrats in Texas were thrashed in last week’s election. It wasn’t supposed to go like this. For @[email protected], Gus Bova looks at how it happened, and offers a couple of things to think about.
https://www.texasobserver.org/texas-democrats-lost-decade-2024/
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@[email protected] @[email protected] Yeah, it was a real shit show.🤦♂️
Humans spend a lot of time moving in crowds. Matthew R. Francis and Maki Naro collaborate on this comic for @KnowableMag, which demonstrates how tools from fluid dynamics can help model crowd behavior and smooth the flow of crowds, potentially making us safer.
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People in Ukraine are worried about how Trump’s victory might affect them. The team at @timkmak’s Counter Offensive talked to people on the ground about their concerns. “If we get discouraged because an election has taken place in another country and we don’t like the president elected, we will never have independence and autonomy,” says 21-year-old Yelyzaveta Kanievska.
https://www.counteroffensive.news/p/the-street-level-view-from-kyiv-on
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Last year, the Indian government announced they had found a huge reserve of lithium in Kashmir. Now, @[email protected] reports that extraction plans have been halted as industry experts say government info on the land is “misleading and quite inadequate.”
https://restofworld.org/2024/india-lithium-reserves-halted/
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It’s not “political polarization”, it’s the rise of fascism. Stop both-sidesing this!
#uspol #bothsides #journalism #propaganda
