Last year, the Indian government announced they had found a huge reserve of lithium in Kashmir. Now, @restofworld 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/

#LithiumBatteries #CleanEnergy #EnergyTransition #India #Newstodon #NewstodonFriday #FollowFriday

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

#Ukraine #Kyiv #USElection #DonaldTrump #Newstodon #NewstodonFriday #FollowFriday

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.

https://knowablemagazine.org/content/article/society/2024/using-physics-to-understand-behavior-of-human-crowds

#Science #Physics #FluidDynamics #CrowdBehavior #ThinkingFluids #Newstodon #NewstodonFriday #FollowFriday

Democrats in Texas were thrashed in last week’s election. It wasn’t supposed to go like this. For @TexasObserver, 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/

#Texas #TexasDemocrats #ColinAllred #BetoORourke #BernieSanders #USElection #Newstodon #NewstodonFriday #FollowFriday

Political polarization is making us sick, according to new research from a team at New York University. @thetyee’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/

#Health #COVID #Polarization #Politics #Canada #Newstodon #NewstodonFriday #FollowFriday

A little bit of Democrat joy from @bolts 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/

#Florida #Voting #USElection #MoniqueWorrell #Newstodon #NewstodonFriday #FollowFriday

Tech site @404mediaco 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 @jasonkoebler, @emanuelmaiberg, Samantha Cole and @josephcox explain why their work is still valuable.

https://www.404media.co/why-the-work-still-matters-under-trump/

#Trump #DonaldTrump #News #Media #Journalism #Technology #Tech #Newstodon #NewstodonFriday #FollowFriday

In a mission statement earlier this week, the team at @ProPublica 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

#Trump #DonaldTrump #News #Media #Journalism #WomensRights #Newstodon #NewstodonFriday #FollowFriday

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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#Media #Journalism #News #MastodonMigration #FollowFriday

Discover The Fediverse: Emotional Support

A reminder on the importance of emotional support and how this can be achieved in our community of free and open source software projects.

https://www.adamsdesk.com/posts/discover-fediverse-emotional-support/

- Canaima GNU/Linux @canaimagnulinux
A GNU/Linux distribution.
- seL4 @sel4
A high-assurance, high-performance OS micro kernel.
- Wagtail @wagtail
A content management system.
- LibreQoS @LibreQoS
A QoE and SQM system.

#blog #FollowFriday #fediverse #FreeSoftware #OpenSource #foss

Happy Friday, techies! Please check out these newly federated Flipboard Magazines. Follow them for product reviews, trends, exclusive interviews and opinion, and the latest in technology news :computer::joystick::robot_face:
Get the latest deals on Google products from 9to5Google, https://flipboard.com/@9to5google/google-product-deals-ljj5qt2ez
Technology news from Ars Technica, https://flipboard.com/@arstechnica/ars-technica-nb4if9fgz
Netflix reviews and latest releases at BGR, https://flipboard.com/@bgr/latest-netflix-series-movies-to-watch-jo7ipkkvz
All things Apple at CultofMac, https://flipboard.com/@cultofmac
Make sense of the avalanche of AI news and trends at Gizmodo, https://flipboard.com/@gizmodo/artificial-intelligence-7bv07f1uz
Keep up with the convergence of tech and business news at Information Week, https://flipboard.com/@informationweek/informationweek-39p90c0hz
#Tech Technology #FollowFriday #Fediverse #Media #News #Journalism

My Follow Friday recommendation for this week is @TarkabarkaHolgy .

She’s a professional storyteller and author who I’ve known online for years.

Her feed is filled with references to stories and myths from every corner of the globe. I also love her occassional anecdotes about Dungeons & Dragons and parenting. She has a fantastic sense of humour.

#FollowFriday #Folklore #DungeonsAndDragons

Here’s some #followfriday fun for ya.

@dennyhenke
@mark
@sharpstick
@PamB
@taichara
@voimaoy
@meganhadley
@Scott
@Lizette603_23
@johnpkeating
@Skepticat
@TidalFlats
@cassiapole
@markarayner
@anhdoilc
@parvXtl
@counternotions

Some #Chicago some #photography some #Apple some #science some #writing some #tech some #politics some #arts some #justsmart
All good folks All good fun.

Some folks ask me why I don’t list more info about each suggestion. Discovery is where the fun is.