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1. Flipboard (flipboard@flipboard.social)'s status on Saturday, 19-Oct-2024 08:39:39 JST Flipboard

   Happy #NewstodonFriday! If you’re absolutely averse to seeing coverage of the U.S. election and Donald Trump, you might want to look away now — or scroll quickly. If you can bear to linger, you’ll find important stories about Elon Musk’s political funding, why the media aren’t talking about the Jan. 6 Capitol attack, the push to get out the Native note, and what happened after Hurricane Maria. Interspersed, there's an investigation into the state of criminal prosecution in Anchorage, two inspiring stories on assistive technology, a look at whether Alan Shepard hit three golf balls on the moon, and some gorgeous photos, including bracken that looks like Jabba the Hutt. To remind you, our goal with this thread is to highlight the work of newsrooms and individuals that maintain an active presence in the fediverse. Follow their accounts, click on their stories, donate and subscribe, and interact in the comments below.

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   #Media #Journalism #News #MastodonMigration #FollowFriday

   • Flipboard (flipboard@flipboard.social)'s status on Saturday, 19-Oct-2024 08:39:38 JST Flipboard

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     • Jason Koebler
     • 404 Media

     Here’s an important and sadly unsurprising story from @404mediaco. @jasonkoebler writes about how an Elon Musk-funded PAC is speaking out of both sides of its mouth, telling Muslims in Michigan that Kamala Harris is a close friend of Israel and Jews in Pennsylvania that she’s anti semitic.

     https://www.404media.co/this-is-exactly-how-an-elon-musk-funded-pac-is-microtargeting-muslims-and-jews-with-opposing-messages/

     #Politics #ElonMusk #USPolitics #USElection #Newstodon #NewstodonFriday #FollowFriday

   • Flipboard (flipboard@flipboard.social)'s status on Saturday, 19-Oct-2024 08:39:38 JST Flipboard

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     • Texas Observer

     Alan Shepard was the first American in space and on a later trip to the moon as part of the Apollo 14 mission, he famously hit two golf balls. In The Barber, The Astronaut, and The Golf Ball,” excerpted in @TexasObserver, two writers investigate if there was a third ball — and what happened to it.

     “Something that went to the moon is a Holy Grail, then there’s a hierarchy within that level, too,” says Robert Pearlman, a space memorabilia expert. A key measure: “Was it stained by moon dust?”

     https://www.texasobserver.org/book-excerpt-moon-golf-ball/

     #History @histodon #Books @bookstodon #MoonLanding #SpaceExploration #Newstodon #NewstodonFriday #FollowFriday

   • Flipboard (flipboard@flipboard.social)'s status on Saturday, 19-Oct-2024 08:39:53 JST Flipboard

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     • ProPublica

     @ProPublica and Anchorage Daily News collaborated on this distressing story about the state of criminal prosecutions in Anchorage. Defendants in at least 930 misdemeanor cases have walked free since May 1, with crimes ranging from violating a restraining order to driving drunk with children in the backseat. The reason? The overloaded court system, and the lack of prosecutors. Here’s more.

     https://www.propublica.org/article/criminal-case-dismissals-anchorage-alaska

     #Alaska #Crime #CriminalProsecutions #Anchorage #USNews #Newstodon #NewstodonFriday #FollowFriday

   • Flipboard (flipboard@flipboard.social)'s status on Saturday, 19-Oct-2024 08:39:54 JST Flipboard

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     • Toastie

     “The push to get out the Native vote is strong,” @Toastie writes for @HighCountryNew. They looked into the web of dilemmas Native folks face each electoral season, from accessibility of polling stations and candidates’ attitudes to Indigenous interests to whether voting in U.S. elections is compatible with Native cultural values.

     https://www.hcn.org/issues/56-10/the-native-vote-dilemma/

     #USElection #Politics #Indigenous #NativeAmericans #USPolitics #Newstodon #NewstodonFriday #FollowFriday