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If, like us, you’re donning your holiday gear (it’s sweatpants!) and bidding farewell to work till 2025, then here’s a collection of stories to entertain you through the fortnight. And if you’re deskbound, well, hopefully this thread offers some distraction from the humdrum. All the newsrooms featured here are independent and have their own active fediverse accounts. Please follow them, click on the stories, boost them, subscribe, donate and otherwise support if you can. We’ll be around through the festive season but taking a break from Newstodon — and hopefully, the news. Happy holidays, and tidings of comfort and joy.

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Everyone in the U.S. who is pregnant or who is close to a pregnant person should read @ProPublica’s story, which was written in consultation with doctors and gives essential information on medical procedures, terminology and more.

propublica.org/article/miscarr

ProPublicaIf You’re Pregnant, Here’s What You Should Know About the Medical Procedures That Could Save Your Life
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Last year, “Barbie” was everywhere as audiences embraced the idea of an all-female Supreme Court and the closure of the Mojo Dojo Casa House. Canadian publication @thetyee says that these days, movies from the U.S. hit different — even classics from the past.

thetyee.ca/Culture/2024/12/18/

#Film#Movies#Cinema

Until recently, Latin America’s most viewed figure on YouTube was then president of Mexico, Andrés Manuel López Obrador. His press conferences were watched for 49 million hours in 2023 alone. A slew of creators built reputations, audiences, and careers on covering those press conferences. Now, López Obrador is out of office — and the YouTubers are trying to figure out how to stay relevant.
restofworld.org/2024/amlo-yout

Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador speaks at a podium during a press conference, with a large backdrop behind him displaying the hashtag #QuédateEnCasa and the logo of the Government of Mexico. Several people are seated in front, with cameras capturing the event.
Rest of World · After Mexico’s top streamer — the president — left office, YouTube creators hustle for viewsA slew of content creators built small social media empires off Andrés Manuel López Obrador, whose term ended in October.

Kenya has about 40,000 “shadow scholars” who are paid by university students in Western countries to write their essays. @thecontinent reviews a new documentary, “The Shadow Scholars,” about this industry, which is directed by Eloïse King in collaboration with Oxford scholar Patricia Kingori. “Kingori’s scholarship is interested in teasing out how power dynamics shape the past, present and future of the global order. In this case, she is appalled by how easily the efforts of these young Kenyans are erased as they go uncredited for their intellectual output – an erasure with loud echoes in history,” writes Wilfred Okiche

continent.substack.com/p/revie

The Continent · Review: Outsourcing academiaBy The Continent

“Carol of the Bells” is actually a Ukrainian song called “Shchedryk.” Oksana Ostapchuk and Myroslava Tanska-Vikulova of @timkmak’s Counteroffensive explain the history of the song, and its significance to one American who’s volunteering in Kyiv.

counteroffensive.news/p/the-uk

The Counteroffensive with Tim Mak · The Ukrainian history of your favorite Christmas carolBy Oksana Ostapchuk

Yes, we have been tooting our own horn about this for the past few days but honestly, we’re pretty proud. Flipboard has opened a beta for @surf, a new app for building custom feeds and surfing the open social web. @theverge liked it — you can read more here and sign up for the waitlist at the second link.

theverge.com/2024/12/18/243239

waitlist.surf.social/

A screenshot of the Surf app running on an iPhone.
The Verge · Flipboard’s Surf app is a feed reader for the fediverse
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