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1. Flipboard (flipboard@flipboard.social)'s status on Saturday, 28-Sep-2024 08:37:47 JST Flipboard

   Happy #NewstodonFriday! Here's our thread of work from newsrooms that are active in the fediverse. Please read, boost, comment, follow profiles, subscribe, donate money and show your support in any way you can.

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   #Media #Journalism #News #MastodonMigration #FollowFriday

   • Flipboard (flipboard@flipboard.social)'s status on Saturday, 28-Sep-2024 08:37:47 JST Flipboard

     in reply to

     • Texas Observer

     It’s legal for prisoners to unionize — and it can be invaluable for incarcerated people who are often laboring in difficult conditions without pay. @TexasObserver’s Michelle Pitcher talked to Texans in and out of prisons who are helping empower prisoners to seek better conditions — including the right to be paid and to refuse work.

     https://texasobserver.org/solidarity-prison-labor-union/

     #HumanRights #PrisonersRights #Texas #LaborRights #Unionization #Newstodon #NewstodonFriday #FollowFriday

     Flipboard Science Desk repeated this.
   • Flipboard (flipboard@flipboard.social)'s status on Saturday, 28-Sep-2024 08:37:47 JST Flipboard

     in reply to

     • Knowable Magazine

     Hummingbirds live life on the edge. @KnowableMag looks at how these tiny creatures can shut their bodies down almost completely, fly thousands of miles, sometimes across open oceans, sometimes upside down and backwards, and can generate g-forces high enough to make a fighter pilot black out.

     https://knowablemagazine.org/content/article/living-world/2024/how-hummingbirds-adapt-to-an-extreme-lifestyle

     #Nature #Conservation #Environment #Ecology #Birds #Hummingbirds#Newstodon #NewstodonFriday #FollowFriday