Le Pouls Du Monde

Christopher Miller 🇺🇦Well this seems as grubby as fuck...To reappropriate a term we need to "drain the swamp"!Aristo-fraudster who raised millions for Farage sets up opaque new company: <a href="https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/dark-money-investigations/george-cottrell-nigel-farage-reform-geostrategy-international-unlimited-company-donations/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/dark-money-investigations/george-cottrell-nigel-farage-reform-geostrategy-international-unlimited-company-donations/</a><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#News</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Newstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Newstodon</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/NewsTooter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NewsTooter</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Reform" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Reform</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/ReformUK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ReformUK</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Farage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Farage</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/UKPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#UKPol</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/UKPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#UKPolitics</a>

Christopher Miller 🇺🇦Stay vigilant and watch out for friends and family that aren't tech savvy.Bottom line is that DVLA communicate via post and never Email.Urgent warning issued over DVLA scam being 'sent to innocent people': <a href="https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/uk-news/urgent-warning-issued-over-dvla-31212951#Echobox=1742147476" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/uk-news/urgent-warning-issued-over-dvla-31212951#Echobox=1742147476</a><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#News</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Newstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Newstodon</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/NewsTooter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NewsTooter</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/UK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#UK</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/England" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#England</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Wales" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Wales</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Scotland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Scotland</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/NorthernIreland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NorthernIreland</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/DVLA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DVLA</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Scam" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Scam</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Heist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Heist</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Phishing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Phishing</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Manchester" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Manchester</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/ManchesterEveningNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ManchesterEveningNews</a>

Christopher Miller 🇺🇦Lithuania says Russian military intelligence was behind an arson attack at an IKEA store in Vilnius: <a href="https://www.wsbradio.com/news/world/lithuania-says/V6ACZEJSIZGW7OGNKCTSI4QRWA/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.wsbradio.com/news/world/lithuania-says/V6ACZEJSIZGW7OGNKCTSI4QRWA/</a>Yet another example of Russian terrorism in Europe. Europe (EU and non-EU) need a firm and united bulwark against Trump appeasing Putin's desire to implement Russian imperial take over of parts of Europe.<a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#News</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Newstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Newstodon</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/NewsTooter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NewsTooter</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Lithuania" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Lithuania</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Vilnius" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Vilnius</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/IKEA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#IKEA</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Russia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Russia</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Putin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Putin</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Europe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Europe</a>

Christopher Miller 🇺🇦Mental health conditions are overdiagnosed, Streeting says: <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cd7ejvr3y0zo" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cd7ejvr3y0zo</a>Absolutely fuming!There are lots of people suffering without help because of the stigma around mental health. By effectively saying that people diagnosed with mental health are on the scrounge, the mental health crisis will worsen.But I don't think that the red-Tories really give a fuck.<a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#News</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Newstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Newstodon</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/NewsTooter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NewsTooter</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/MentalHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MentalHealth</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/UKPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#UKPol</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/UKPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#UKPolitics</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Labour" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Labour</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/RedTories" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RedTories</a>

Christopher Miller 🇺🇦Fascinating, pretty and somewhat unnerving...‘Blood Rain’ Turned This Beach Bright Red: <a href="https://www.vice.com/en/article/blood-rain-turned-this-beach-bright-red/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.vice.com/en/article/blood-rain-turned-this-beach-bright-red/</a><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#News</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Newstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Newstodon</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/NewsTooter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NewsTooter</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Weather" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Weather</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/BloodRain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BloodRain</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Iran" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Iran</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/NaturalPhenomena" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NaturalPhenomena</a>

Christopher Miller 🇺🇦So if people from Gaza are on a travel ban, and US "manages" Trump-Gaza on behalf of fuck-knows-who as a temporary extension of USA; wouldn't this positively prove ethnic cleansing?..Trump administration mulling new travel restrictions on citizens from dozens of countries: <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/15/trump-administration-travel-restrictions" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/15/trump-administration-travel-restrictions</a><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#News</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Newstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Newstodon</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/NewsTooter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NewsTooter</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#USPol</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/USPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#USPolitics</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/TravelBan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TravelBan</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Gaza" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Gaza</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Palestine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Palestine</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/FreePalestine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FreePalestine</a>

FlipboardFinally, our team had a wonderful time at <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/SXSW" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SXSW</a> on Sunday and Monday, where Flipboard and <a href="https://flipboard.social/@surf" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@surf</a> hosted the first <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/FediverseHouse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FediverseHouse</a>. Our CEO <a href="https://flipboard.social/@mike" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@mike</a> and the whole team are 100% <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/TeamFediverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TeamFediverse</a>, and were thrilled to meet and talk to so many other open social web advocates. Here’s a feature by <a href="https://sfba.social/@Markoff" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@Markoff</a> for <a href="https://flipboard.com/@newyorktimes" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@newyorktimes</a>, where Mike, <a href="https://mastodon.social/@Gargron" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@Gargron</a> and <a href="https://threads.net/@reckless1280/" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@reckless1280</a> discuss the rise of decentralized social media, and how it can help publishers and media companies survive and thrive. <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/06/technology/mike-mccue-surf-browser-decentralized-internet.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/06/technology/mike-mccue-surf-browser-decentralized-internet.html</a><a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Fediverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Fediverse</a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/ActivityPub" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ActivityPub</a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/OpenSocialWeb" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#OpenSocialWeb</a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Media" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Media</a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Journalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Journalism</a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Publishing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Publishing</a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Newstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Newstodon</a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/NewstodonFriday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NewstodonFriday</a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/FollowFriday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FollowFriday</a>

FlipboardWhen 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. <a href="https://journa.host/@timkmak" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@timkmak</a> and Myroslava Tanska-Vikulova write for Counteroffensive about the “trend of the Trump administration taking decades-long partnerships as mere leverage for transactions.”<a href="https://www.counteroffensive.news/p/ukraine-fought-alongside-us-in-iraq" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.counteroffensive.news/p/ukraine-fought-alongside-us-in-iraq</a><a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Ukraine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Ukraine</a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/UkraineRussia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#UkraineRussia</a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/TrumpAdministration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TrumpAdministration</a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Newstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Newstodon</a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/NewstodonFriday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NewstodonFriday</a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/FollowFriday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FollowFriday</a>

FlipboardIs ranch dressing a liquid or a solid? our <a href="https://flipboard.social/@ScienceDesk" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@ScienceDesk</a> asked, via <a href="https://newsie.social/@TheConversationUS" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@TheConversationUS</a>'s Curious Kids series (also good for curious adults). Turns out it’s something called soft matter, like cookie dough, toothpaste, and snot. <a href="https://theconversation.com/is-ranch-dressing-a-liquid-or-a-solid-a-physicist-explains-249435" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://theconversation.com/is-ranch-dressing-a-liquid-or-a-solid-a-physicist-explains-249435</a><a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Science</a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Physics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Physics</a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/SoftMatter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SoftMatter</a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/FoodScience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FoodScience</a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Newstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Newstodon</a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/NewstodonFriday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NewstodonFriday</a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/FollowFriday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FollowFriday</a>

FlipboardUtah was one of only a few red states to allow universal vote-by-mail, but not anymore. <a href="https://journa.host/@bolts" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@bolts</a>’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. <a href="https://boltsmag.org/utah-legislation-ending-universal-vote-by-mail/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://boltsmag.org/utah-legislation-ending-universal-vote-by-mail/</a><a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/USPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#USPolitics</a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Voting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Voting</a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Utah" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Utah</a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/USNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#USNews</a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Newstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Newstodon</a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/NewstodonFriday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NewstodonFriday</a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/FollowFriday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FollowFriday</a>

FlipboardMahmoud 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 <a href="https://mas.to/@thecontinent" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@thecontinent</a> 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. <a href="https://continent.substack.com/p/i-would-be-happy-to-die-on-that-stage" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://continent.substack.com/p/i-would-be-happy-to-die-on-that-stage</a><a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Africa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Africa</a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Ethiopia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Ethiopia</a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/MahmoudAhmed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MahmoudAhmed</a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Music" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Music</a> #<a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Tezeta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Tezeta</a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Tizita" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Tizita</a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Newstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Newstodon</a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/NewstodonFriday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NewstodonFriday</a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/FollowFriday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FollowFriday</a>

FlipboardSchool vouchers sure are good for someone — but it’s not necessarily kids. Here’s <a href="https://texasobserver.social/@TexasObserver" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@TexasObserver</a> 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. <a href="https://www.texasobserver.org/school-vouchers-vendors-millions-legislature/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.texasobserver.org/school-vouchers-vendors-millions-legislature/</a><a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/SchoolChoice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SchoolChoice</a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/SchoolVouchers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SchoolVouchers</a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Education" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Education</a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Texas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Texas</a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Newstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Newstodon</a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/NewstodonFriday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NewstodonFriday</a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/FollowFriday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FollowFriday</a>

Flipboard“The Fediverse Isn’t the Future. It’s the Present We’ve Been Denied.” Here’s yet another brilliant feature by <a href="https://mastodon.social/@Daojoan" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@Daojoan</a>. “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. <a href="https://www.joanwestenberg.com/the-fediverse-isnt-the-future-its-the-present-weve-been-denied" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.joanwestenberg.com/the-fediverse-isnt-the-future-its-the-present-weve-been-denied</a><a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Fediverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Fediverse</a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/ActivityPub" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ActivityPub</a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/DigitalSovereignty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DigitalSovereignty</a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/JoanWestenberg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#JoanWestenberg</a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/OpenSocialWeb" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#OpenSocialWeb</a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/WalledGardens" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WalledGardens</a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Newstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Newstodon</a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/NewstodonFriday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NewstodonFriday</a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/FollowFriday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FollowFriday</a>

FlipboardSpeaking of drained brains and France, here’s a gentle reminder from our <a href="https://flipboard.social/@CultureDesk" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@CultureDesk</a> of why America doesn’t actually have a Champagne business. <a href="https://www.foodandwine.com/wine/champagne-sparkling-wine/champagne-basics-explainer" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.foodandwine.com/wine/champagne-sparkling-wine/champagne-basics-explainer</a><a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Champagne" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Champagne</a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/France" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#France</a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Tariffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Tariffs</a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Food" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Food</a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Culture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Culture</a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Newstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Newstodon</a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/NewstodonFriday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NewstodonFriday</a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/FollowFriday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FollowFriday</a>

FlipboardLast 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 <a href="https://mastodon.social/@emanuelmaiberg" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@emanuelmaiberg</a> for <a href="https://mastodon.social/@404mediaco" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@404mediaco</a> <a href="https://www.404media.co/nasa-yale-and-stanford-scientists-consider-scientific-exile-french-university-says/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.404media.co/nasa-yale-and-stanford-scientists-consider-scientific-exile-french-university-says/</a><a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Science</a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Research" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Research</a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/TrumpAdministration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TrumpAdministration</a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/France" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#France</a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Newstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Newstodon</a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/NewstodonFriday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NewstodonFriday</a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/FollowFriday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FollowFriday</a>

FlipboardIf 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. <a href="https://newsie.social/@damemagazine" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@damemagazine</a> discusses the overwhelming fear Americans (and others) are experiencing right now, and how to mitigate it.<a href="https://www.damemagazine.com/2025/03/13/this-is-your-brain-on-fear/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.damemagazine.com/2025/03/13/this-is-your-brain-on-fear/</a><a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Psychology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Psychology</a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Fear" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Fear</a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/MentalHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MentalHealth</a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/USPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#USPolitics</a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Newstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Newstodon</a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/NewstodonFriday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NewstodonFriday</a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/FollowFriday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FollowFriday</a>

FlipboardWhen 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. <a href="https://mstdn.science/@KnowableMag" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@KnowableMag</a> 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. <a href="https://knowablemagazine.org/content/article/health-disease/2025/overcoming-risks-of-pregnancy-at-high-elevation" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://knowablemagazine.org/content/article/health-disease/2025/overcoming-risks-of-pregnancy-at-high-elevation</a><a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Science</a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Biology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Biology</a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Health" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Health</a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Medicine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Medicine</a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Pregnancy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Pregnancy</a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Newstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Newstodon</a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/NewstodonFriday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NewstodonFriday</a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/FollowFriday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FollowFriday</a>

FlipboardNews continues to flow at breakneck speed and independent newsrooms continue to reveal and analyze what’s happening around the world. Highlights for us this week were <a href="https://newsie.social/@ProPublica" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@ProPublica</a>'s exposé on DOGE’s potential impact on social security, <a href="https://mstdn.science/@KnowableMag" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@KnowableMag</a>'s explainer on pregnancy at altitude, and a lovely interview by <a href="https://mas.to/@thecontinent" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@thecontinent</a> of the beloved Ethiopian singer Mahmoud Ahmed. Please check out these stories and all the others in this thread, comment, like, follow their accounts and give them your money. ⤵️<a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Media" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Media</a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Journalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Journalism</a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#News</a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Newstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Newstodon</a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/MastodonMigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MastodonMigration</a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/FollowFriday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FollowFriday</a>

Flipboard<a href="https://mastodon.social/@gbhnews" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@gbhnews</a> 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. <a href="https://www.wgbh.org/podcasts/scratch-win" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.wgbh.org/podcasts/scratch-win</a><a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Podcast" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Podcast</a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Massachusetts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Massachusetts</a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Boston" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Boston</a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Gambling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Gambling</a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Lottery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Lottery</a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Documentary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Documentary</a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#News</a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Media" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Media</a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Newstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Newstodon</a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/NewstodonFriday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NewstodonFriday</a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/FollowFriday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FollowFriday</a>

Christopher Miller 🇺🇦🎶 But you tell me Over and over and over again, my friend How you don't believe We're on the eve of destruction 🎶Green flames erupt following underground explosion on Texas Tech campus: <a href="https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2025/03/13/texas-tech-green-flames-video/82382655007/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2025/03/13/texas-tech-green-flames-video/82382655007/</a><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#News</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Newstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Newstodon</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/NewsTooter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NewsTooter</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/GreenFlame" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#GreenFlame</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/GreenFlames" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#GreenFlames</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Texas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Texas</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/TheEveOfDestruction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TheEveOfDestruction</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/EveOfDestruction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#EveOfDestruction</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/TexasTech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TexasTech</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/TexasTechUniversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TexasTechUniversity</a>

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