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Is it us, or do Friday the Thirteenths seem to come around more often these days? Fittingly, we have some scary stuff this #NewstodonFriday, including stories about Medicare, media obeying in advance, and AI movies that aren’t technically supposed to be horror — but they gave us a fright. 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.
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Canada’s next federal election must take place on or before Oct. 25, 2025. @thetyee looks at foreign influence on Canadian politics, in particular, from Russia, and the role of people like Tenet Media influencer Lauren Southern.
https://thetyee.ca/News/2024/12/12/Russian-Political-Influence-Campaign-Canada/
#SocialMedia #Politics #Canada #CanadianPolitics #Newstodon #NewstodonFriday #FollowFriday
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@jasonkoebler of @404mediaco went to a screening of AI movies made for TCL, the largest TV manufacturer on Earth. He breaks down why TCL is doing this, what the movies are like, and how the company is navigating the AI backlash.
https://www.404media.co/i-went-to-the-premiere-of-tcls-first-commercially-streaming-ai-movies/
#AI #ArtificialIntelligence #Movies #Cinema #PopCulture #Lifestyle #PopCulture #Technology #Tech #Newstodon #NewstodonFriday #FollowFriday
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What would a world without modern medicine look like? We don’t have to wonder because it happened. @TheConversationUS looks at how Victorian novels showcase the reality and devastating grief of large-scale child mortality.
#Books @bookstodon #Lifestyle #Health #PublicHealth #DiseasePrevention #Vaccination #Newstodon #NewstodonFriday #FollowFriday
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In theory, every American is required to contribute to Medicare. In practice, @ProPublica says, billionaires including Steve Cohen, owner of the New York Mets, and hedge-fund manager Bill Ackman, are paying diddly-squat. Here’s how they do it.
https://www.propublica.org/article/medicare-tax-loophole-steve-cohen
#USPolitics #DonaldTrump #USConstitution #USCongress #News #Newstodon #NewstodonFriday #FollowFriday
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Most of us are basically non-functional after a period of insomnia, but some folks are perfectly fine consistently getting four hours’ sleep a night. @KnowableMag looks into the genetic wiring of these lucky people, and what it can tell us about sleep itself.
https://knowablemagazine.org/content/article/mind/2024/genetics-of-people-who-need-little-sleep
#Sleep #Science #SleepScience #Dreaming #Newstodon #NewstodonFriday #FollowFriday
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Solomon Bukenya is a survivor — of war and genocide in Rwanda, severe injury, homelessness and addiction. Now, he’s a poll worker and neighborhood organizer in San Francisco. @SFPublicPress talked to him about his journey.
#Rwanda #SanFrancisco #Civics #Volunteering #Newstodon #NewstodonFriday #FollowFriday
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Africa is making a name for itself on the netball court, with three countries (South Africa, Uganda and Malawi) in the world top 10. For @thecontinent, Karien Jonckheere writes about how they might climb even higher.
https://continent.substack.com/p/up-and-up-and-soon-the-top
#Netball #Sports #Africa #Sport #Uganda #Malawi #SouthAfrica #Newstodon #NewstodonFriday #FollowFriday
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