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🏄🏻 There's a new Surf release dropping now! We've ironed out some performance issues and polished things up — and we're sending out a whole new wave of invitations. Tell us in the comments what you think, and if you've been patiently waiting for an invite, let us know, and we'll get you in.
"▶️ Flipboard’s Surf app will launch its 1.0 version in 2026 and cross 1 million downloads across iOS and Android by year end, with 100,000+ monthly active users. It will become the most-downloaded dedicated Open Social Web client, surpassing Mastodon’s official app and Graysky." 🤞 🤞 🤞
My 2026 Open Social Web Predictions: includes fediverse predctions focuesed on work being done by: @bsky.app @ghost.org @surf.social @wordpress.org @ap.brid.gy @anew.social @leaflet.pub @smokesignal.events @altstore.io
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My 2026 Open Social Web Predictions
I just finished reviewing my 2025 predictions (how do you think I did grading myself?) www.timothychambers.net/2024/12/2…
Now it’s time to make some bets for 2026. I do this not to prove how great my ...
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December 23, 2025 at 7:48 PM
"▶️ Flipboard’s Surf app will launch its 1.0 version in 2026 and cross 1 million downloads across iOS and Android by year end, with 100,000+ monthly active users. It will become the most-downloaded dedicated Open Social Web client, surpassing Mastodon’s official app and Graysky." 🤞 🤞 🤞
ICYMI, we launched a new beta last week — and invite some new testers to try it. Made a feed you're proud of? Share it here, using the hashtag #SurfFeeds!
🏄🏻 There's a new Surf release dropping now! We've ironed out some performance issues and polished things up — and we're sending out a whole new wave of invitations. Tell us in the comments what you think, and if you've been patiently waiting for an invite, let us know, and we'll get you in.
two surfers are riding a large wave together
ALT: two surfers are riding a large wave together
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December 22, 2025 at 9:09 PM
ICYMI, we launched a new beta last week — and invite some new testers to try it. Made a feed you're proud of? Share it here, using the hashtag #SurfFeeds!
Everybody's talking about the release of (some) #EpsteinFiles today. @jejord.bsky.social's #SurfFeed collates all the news, conversations and more, published to @bsky.app so you can follow everything here.
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December 19, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Everybody's talking about the release of (some) #EpsteinFiles today. @jejord.bsky.social's #SurfFeed collates all the news, conversations and more, published to @bsky.app so you can follow everything here.
bsky.app/profile/jejo...
bsky.app/profile/jejo...
🏄🏻 There's a new Surf release dropping now! We've ironed out some performance issues and polished things up — and we're sending out a whole new wave of invitations. Tell us in the comments what you think, and if you've been patiently waiting for an invite, let us know, and we'll get you in.
two surfers are riding a large wave together
ALT: two surfers are riding a large wave together
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December 19, 2025 at 8:13 PM
🏄🏻 There's a new Surf release dropping now! We've ironed out some performance issues and polished things up — and we're sending out a whole new wave of invitations. Tell us in the comments what you think, and if you've been patiently waiting for an invite, let us know, and we'll get you in.
It's us — in great company with @sill.social, @graze.social, @skyfeed.app and @weare8app.bsky.social!
"Flipboard’s Surf is a beta-mode cross-network feed builder/browser supporting ActivityPub, AT Protocol, and RSS. It allows users to mix content sources into interest-based, multi-modal feeds."
"Flipboard’s Surf is a beta-mode cross-network feed builder/browser supporting ActivityPub, AT Protocol, and RSS. It allows users to mix content sources into interest-based, multi-modal feeds."
Read some insights I worked on for
@knightgtown.bsky.social on the social media algorithm landscape: kgi.georgetown.edu/research-and.... It features projects like @sill.social, @graze.social, @flipboard.com's @surf.social,
@skyfeed.app, and @weare8app.bsky.social.
@knightgtown.bsky.social on the social media algorithm landscape: kgi.georgetown.edu/research-and.... It features projects like @sill.social, @graze.social, @flipboard.com's @surf.social,
@skyfeed.app, and @weare8app.bsky.social.
Bringing Better Feeds to Life – Knight-Georgetown Institute
kgi.georgetown.edu
December 19, 2025 at 6:35 PM
It's us — in great company with @sill.social, @graze.social, @skyfeed.app and @weare8app.bsky.social!
"Flipboard’s Surf is a beta-mode cross-network feed builder/browser supporting ActivityPub, AT Protocol, and RSS. It allows users to mix content sources into interest-based, multi-modal feeds."
"Flipboard’s Surf is a beta-mode cross-network feed builder/browser supporting ActivityPub, AT Protocol, and RSS. It allows users to mix content sources into interest-based, multi-modal feeds."
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Want a break from the... everything? Here are some amazing science images, selected by Nature magazine, including a fake kidney, a solar-powered slug, and the obligatory adorable tardigrade.
https://flip.it/kQvCxN
#photography #science #tardigrades #microscopicphotography
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#photography #science #tardigrades #microscopicphotography
The best science images of 2025 — Nature’s picks
The Sun’s fiery surface, a tattooed tardigrade, rare red lightning and more.
www.nature.com
December 18, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Want a break from the... everything? Here are some amazing science images, selected by Nature magazine, including a fake kidney, a solar-powered slug, and the obligatory adorable tardigrade.
https://flip.it/kQvCxN
#photography #science #tardigrades #microscopicphotography
https://flip.it/kQvCxN
#photography #science #tardigrades #microscopicphotography
Oh look, it's us!
"Flipboard’s Surf is a beta-mode cross-network feed builder/browser supporting ActivityPub, AT Protocol, and RSS. It allows users to mix content sources into interest-based, multi-modal feeds."
"Flipboard’s Surf is a beta-mode cross-network feed builder/browser supporting ActivityPub, AT Protocol, and RSS. It allows users to mix content sources into interest-based, multi-modal feeds."
December 18, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Oh look, it's us!
"Flipboard’s Surf is a beta-mode cross-network feed builder/browser supporting ActivityPub, AT Protocol, and RSS. It allows users to mix content sources into interest-based, multi-modal feeds."
"Flipboard’s Surf is a beta-mode cross-network feed builder/browser supporting ActivityPub, AT Protocol, and RSS. It allows users to mix content sources into interest-based, multi-modal feeds."
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Read this story from @politico.com along with other top headlines in News Takes, a @surf.social custom feed featuring posts from 100+ journalists and outlets, created by Flipboard’s editors.
📌 Pin it to your home to keep up with the day's #news: bsky.app/profile/flip...
📌 Pin it to your home to keep up with the day's #news: bsky.app/profile/flip...
Politico: "The Trump administration is asking U.S. oil companies if they’re interested in returning to Venezuela once leader Nicolás Maduro is gone...And so far, the answer is a hard 'no.'”
Trump administration asking US oil industry to return to Venezuela — but getting no takers
The administration’s outreach to the industry, previously unreported, is the latest sign the White House is dreaming of a post-Maduro future for Venezuela.
www.politico.com
December 18, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Read this story from @politico.com along with other top headlines in News Takes, a @surf.social custom feed featuring posts from 100+ journalists and outlets, created by Flipboard’s editors.
📌 Pin it to your home to keep up with the day's #news: bsky.app/profile/flip...
📌 Pin it to your home to keep up with the day's #news: bsky.app/profile/flip...
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Holiday cheer, @defector.com style! 🎄😜
It's time!
Welcome to the 2025 Hater's Guide to the Williams-Sonoma catalog: defector.com/the-2025-hat...
Welcome to the 2025 Hater's Guide to the Williams-Sonoma catalog: defector.com/the-2025-hat...
The 2025 Hater’s Guide To The Williams-Sonoma Catalog | Defector
[Opens front door while holding a toy corgi in one arm] Merry Christmas! Oh my God, you made it! I thought you might be stuck at the airport for weeks! Well, because it’s such madness out there.…
defector.com
December 17, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Holiday cheer, @defector.com style! 🎄😜
Judge Hannah Dugan, who was arrested in April in connection with concealing a person from ICE, is on trial now. Follow @klasfeldreports.com's coverage via his @allrisenews.com feed, created with Surf.
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Day Three of Judge Hannah Dugan’s trial has begun. Stay tuned for more coverage at All Rise News.
ICYMI, yesterday, a fellow judge in Dugan’s court testified against her. buff.ly/uTfZCOl
And so did a parade of law enforcement witnesses. buff.ly/Vcdf7M0
ICYMI, yesterday, a fellow judge in Dugan’s court testified against her. buff.ly/uTfZCOl
And so did a parade of law enforcement witnesses. buff.ly/Vcdf7M0
December 17, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Judge Hannah Dugan, who was arrested in April in connection with concealing a person from ICE, is on trial now. Follow @klasfeldreports.com's coverage via his @allrisenews.com feed, created with Surf.
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bsky.app/profile/klas...
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Another shout out to @germnetwork.com for displaying the Blacksky logo for users hosted on our PDS.
Also leading the way by calling it atproto and not just bluesky
Also leading the way by calling it atproto and not just bluesky
December 16, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Another shout out to @germnetwork.com for displaying the Blacksky logo for users hosted on our PDS.
Also leading the way by calling it atproto and not just bluesky
Also leading the way by calling it atproto and not just bluesky
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What can this year’s hurricane season tell us about the future?
Check out this story from @ucs.org and other conversations about our rapidly changing climate in Climate Watch, a @surf.social custom feed created by Flipboard’s editors.
Visit the feed on Bluesky: bsky.app/profile/flip...
#Climate
Check out this story from @ucs.org and other conversations about our rapidly changing climate in Climate Watch, a @surf.social custom feed created by Flipboard’s editors.
Visit the feed on Bluesky: bsky.app/profile/flip...
#Climate
Why were there fewer hurricanes than usual in 2025, and why did the ones that did form become so strong? In his blog, UCS’s Marc Alessi unpacks these questions and explains the connection to fossil fueled climate change.
More Powerful Hurricanes but Less Frequent: Was 2025 Hurricane Season a Glimpse of the Future?
Why we can expect stronger hurricanes in a climate-changed world.
blog.ucs.org
December 16, 2025 at 5:43 PM
What can this year’s hurricane season tell us about the future?
Check out this story from @ucs.org and other conversations about our rapidly changing climate in Climate Watch, a @surf.social custom feed created by Flipboard’s editors.
Visit the feed on Bluesky: bsky.app/profile/flip...
#Climate
Check out this story from @ucs.org and other conversations about our rapidly changing climate in Climate Watch, a @surf.social custom feed created by Flipboard’s editors.
Visit the feed on Bluesky: bsky.app/profile/flip...
#Climate
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Rob and Michele Reiner were killed yesterday in their Los Angeles home. Here's a Flipboard Storyboard paying tribute to them, including stories from @sepinwall.bsky.social, @davidlfear.bsky.social and more.
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Remembering Rob and Michele Reiner
The director, actor and activist and his producer wife died at their Los Angeles home on Dec. 14 in a suspected homicide. Here's a look at their careers and life together, plus tributes. Last year, Re...
flipboard.com
December 15, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Rob and Michele Reiner were killed yesterday in their Los Angeles home. Here's a Flipboard Storyboard paying tribute to them, including stories from @sepinwall.bsky.social, @davidlfear.bsky.social and more.
flipboard.com/@thecultured...
flipboard.com/@thecultured...
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Flipboard’s human editors curate the day’s top stories across U.S. politics, world news, tech, business, sports and more in Daily Edition.
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December 15, 2025 at 6:42 PM
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Flipboard’s human editors curate the day’s top stories across U.S. politics, world news, tech, business, sports and more in Daily Edition.
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"Clair Obscur: Expedition 33," a French indie game made for under $10 million, won the most awards ever at #TheGameAwards. Read more about that in @gamerant.bsky.social's story, and follow all the @expedition33.bsky.social news via @aileenlalor.bsky.social's Surf feed.
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Breakout indie RPG Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 was nominated for a whopping 12 awards at TGA 2025, including the coveted GOTY spot, and won most. bit.ly/4q9C7FO
December 12, 2025 at 6:04 PM
"Clair Obscur: Expedition 33," a French indie game made for under $10 million, won the most awards ever at #TheGameAwards. Read more about that in @gamerant.bsky.social's story, and follow all the @expedition33.bsky.social news via @aileenlalor.bsky.social's Surf feed.
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Is clean tech dying? @inc.com reports on the impact of the Trump Administration canceling billions in loans and grants.
Read more about this and other climate conversations in Climate Watch, a @surf.social custom feed created by Flipboard's editors.
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#Climate #Energy
Read more about this and other climate conversations in Climate Watch, a @surf.social custom feed created by Flipboard's editors.
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#Climate #Energy
What became of all those cleantech companies whose gov't loans & grants got canceled by Trump? Inc. follows up:
The Government Wants These Clean Tech Companies to Die. Their Founders Say: Not So Fast
Inside the fallout from the Department of Energy's slashing of $8 billion in loans and grants, and how the companies affected aim to ‘Trump-proof’ their businesses.
www.inc.com
December 12, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Is clean tech dying? @inc.com reports on the impact of the Trump Administration canceling billions in loans and grants.
Read more about this and other climate conversations in Climate Watch, a @surf.social custom feed created by Flipboard's editors.
🌎 📌 bsky.app/profile/flip...
#Climate #Energy
Read more about this and other climate conversations in Climate Watch, a @surf.social custom feed created by Flipboard's editors.
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#Climate #Energy
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"Giving power back to the users would not only be good for us as citizens, and it would also test the tech companies’ longstanding argument that the problems with social media is what we are doing to ourselves — not what they are doing to us." Thanks @mathewingram.com for this week's newsletter.
The social web is dying. Is that a good thing?
If you spend much time wandering around what we used to call the social web — and by that I mean primarily the large social apps and platforms like Facebook and Instagram and X and Snapchat and even T...
torment-nexus.mathewingram.com
December 11, 2025 at 11:09 PM
"Giving power back to the users would not only be good for us as citizens, and it would also test the tech companies’ longstanding argument that the problems with social media is what we are doing to ourselves — not what they are doing to us." Thanks @mathewingram.com for this week's newsletter.
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Thanks to @surf.social I've made a few Bluesky feeds, this one may be the most popular so far... #Pluribus #SurfFeeds
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December 11, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Thanks to @surf.social I've made a few Bluesky feeds, this one may be the most popular so far... #Pluribus #SurfFeeds
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Planning your movie viewing for the holidays? Here's what's landing on #Netflix this month, courtesy of
@discussingfilm.net. Find more film stories in Flipboard's Cinephiles #CustomFeed, created with #SurfSocial and published to @bsky.app so you can enjoy it here.
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@discussingfilm.net. Find more film stories in Flipboard's Cinephiles #CustomFeed, created with #SurfSocial and published to @bsky.app so you can enjoy it here.
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Over 45 new movies and shows just got added to Netflix today. See the full list... discussingfilm.net/2025/12/01/n...
Netflix December 2025: Full List of New Arrivals + What's Leaving
The Netflix December 2025 list of new movies and TV shows includes Wake Up Dead Man and the much anticipated grand finale of Stranger Things!
discussingfilm.net
December 3, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Planning your movie viewing for the holidays? Here's what's landing on #Netflix this month, courtesy of
@discussingfilm.net. Find more film stories in Flipboard's Cinephiles #CustomFeed, created with #SurfSocial and published to @bsky.app so you can enjoy it here.
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@discussingfilm.net. Find more film stories in Flipboard's Cinephiles #CustomFeed, created with #SurfSocial and published to @bsky.app so you can enjoy it here.
📌 bsky.app/profile/flip...
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Is climate change impacting Christmas?
Check out this story from @climatecentral.org and explore other conversations about climate in Climate Watch, @surf.social custom feed created by Flipboard's editors.
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#climate #science
Check out this story from @climatecentral.org and explore other conversations about climate in Climate Watch, @surf.social custom feed created by Flipboard's editors.
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#climate #science
🎄 Christmas trees are feeling the heat🌡️. Learn how science races to keep the climate grinch from stealing a holiday tradition, featuring @oregonstate.edu , NC State: College of Natural Resources, and Trout Creek Tree Farm.
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Christmas Trees Feeling Heat: Science Races to Keep Climate Grinch From Stealing a Holiday Tradition
YouTube video by climatecentral
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December 10, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Is climate change impacting Christmas?
Check out this story from @climatecentral.org and explore other conversations about climate in Climate Watch, @surf.social custom feed created by Flipboard's editors.
📌 👉 bsky.app/profile/flip...
#climate #science
Check out this story from @climatecentral.org and explore other conversations about climate in Climate Watch, @surf.social custom feed created by Flipboard's editors.
📌 👉 bsky.app/profile/flip...
#climate #science
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@niemanlab.org asked media experts like @parkermolloy.com , @werd.io and @rachelg.bsky.social their predictions for journalism in 2026. Here's what they said about everything from the dangers of AI in newsrooms to the opportunities of editorial partnership.
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Nieman Lab's Predictions for Journalism 2026
Each year, we ask some of the smartest people in journalism and digital media what they think is coming in the next 12 months. Here’s what they had to say.
www.niemanlab.org
December 9, 2025 at 11:01 PM
@niemanlab.org asked media experts like @parkermolloy.com , @werd.io and @rachelg.bsky.social their predictions for journalism in 2026. Here's what they said about everything from the dangers of AI in newsrooms to the opportunities of editorial partnership.
www.niemanlab.org/collection/p...
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Into science news? 🔬
Follow Flipboard's Science Desk for curated stories from our editors like this one from @newscientist.com.
Follow Flipboard's Science Desk for curated stories from our editors like this one from @newscientist.com.
The audacious quest to light up the sky with artificial auroras.
From @NewScientist: "How a Finnish physicist named Karl Lemström once became obsessed with recreating the aurora borealis from scratch – and may have ended up creating something even more intriguing."
https://flip.it/HxPvcI […]
From @NewScientist: "How a Finnish physicist named Karl Lemström once became obsessed with recreating the aurora borealis from scratch – and may have ended up creating something even more intriguing."
https://flip.it/HxPvcI […]
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December 9, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Into science news? 🔬
Follow Flipboard's Science Desk for curated stories from our editors like this one from @newscientist.com.
Follow Flipboard's Science Desk for curated stories from our editors like this one from @newscientist.com.
Why is the EU fining X $140 million? @justinhendrix.bsky.social and @jvh.bsky.social unpack it for @techpolicypress.bsky.social's podcast.
Discover more great explainers in @mmasnick.bsky.social's Tech Policy feed, created with #SurfSocial.
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Discover more great explainers in @mmasnick.bsky.social's Tech Policy feed, created with #SurfSocial.
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For the Tech Policy Press podcast, Justin Hendrix spoke to Joris van Hoboken, a professor at the Institute for Information Law at the University of Amsterdam and part of the core team of the Digital Services Act (DSA) Observatory. They discussed the politics of the EU's enforcement against Musk's X:
Unpacking the Politics of the EU's €120M Fine of Musk’s X | TechPolicy.Press
A conversation with Joris van Hoboken, a professor at the Institute for Information Law (IViR) at the University of Amsterdam and part of the DSA Observatory.
www.techpolicy.press
December 8, 2025 at 11:27 PM
Why is the EU fining X $140 million? @justinhendrix.bsky.social and @jvh.bsky.social unpack it for @techpolicypress.bsky.social's podcast.
Discover more great explainers in @mmasnick.bsky.social's Tech Policy feed, created with #SurfSocial.
📌 bsky.app/profile/mmas...
Discover more great explainers in @mmasnick.bsky.social's Tech Policy feed, created with #SurfSocial.
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Keep up with the latest from the Trump Administration and other leading stories in News Takes, a @surf.social custom feed that you can pin to your home on @bsky.app.
Created by Flipboard's editors, featuring 100+ journalists and news outlets.
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#News #Trump #Tariffs
Created by Flipboard's editors, featuring 100+ journalists and news outlets.
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#News #Trump #Tariffs
Bloomberg - The Trump administration today is to announce a $12 billion farm aid package. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Trump Set to Unveil $12 Billion Aid for Farmers Hit by Trade War
The Trump administration on Monday plans to unveil a long-awaited farm aid package, according Trump administration officials, offering $12 billion in assistance to a key base of support hit hard by lo...
www.bloomberg.com
December 8, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Keep up with the latest from the Trump Administration and other leading stories in News Takes, a @surf.social custom feed that you can pin to your home on @bsky.app.
Created by Flipboard's editors, featuring 100+ journalists and news outlets.
📰 📌 bsky.app/profile/flip...
#News #Trump #Tariffs
Created by Flipboard's editors, featuring 100+ journalists and news outlets.
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#News #Trump #Tariffs
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Independent journalists and worker-owned outlets — including @marisakabas.bsky.social's The Handbasket — are doing the best journalism in America right now. Here's her list of some favorites, many of which are also on Flipboard.
NEW — I put together a list of independent journalism subscriptions that would make great holiday gifts. From music to politics, astronomy to alcohol, tech to social justice, there’s something for [almost] everyone. Support indie media *and* surprise and delight your loved ones!
My guide:
My guide:
Giving the gift of independent journalism: a guide
The Handbasket has subscription suggestions for almost everyone on your list.
www.thehandbasket.co
December 6, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Independent journalists and worker-owned outlets — including @marisakabas.bsky.social's The Handbasket — are doing the best journalism in America right now. Here's her list of some favorites, many of which are also on Flipboard.