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   Flipboard (flipboard@flipboard.social)'s status on Saturday, 30-Nov-2024 03:20:07 JST Flipboard

   Hooray! It’s Friday! We made it! And we made this #NewstodonFriday thread too, with a dash of science, a soupçon of tech, the inevitable slug of politics, and a spoonful of sweet stories to make the medicine go down. 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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     Flipboard (flipboard@flipboard.social)'s status on Saturday, 30-Nov-2024 03:20:06 JST Flipboard

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     Redbox, the DVD rental box company, went kaput earlier last year, leaving more than 24,000 machines abandoned across the country. @404mediaco’s @jasonkoebler takes a look at the efforts to remove and dispose of them. “The unceremonious end of Redbox is a reminder of how much stuff we make and buy, and how, when companies fail to plan for end-of-life or go out of business, they often leave a bunch of devices that suddenly become e-waste behind,” he writes.

     https://www.404media.co/the-redbox-removal-team/

     #Redbox #Recycling #DVDs #Lifestyle #PopCulture #Technology #Tech #Newstodon #NewstodonFriday #FollowFriday

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     Flipboard (flipboard@flipboard.social)'s status on Saturday, 30-Nov-2024 03:22:36 JST Flipboard

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     There is a way to allay that sense of helplessness you might be feeling. Psychologist Liza M. Hinchey says that kindness can be a force for change in the world and “serves as an antidote to hopelessness because unlike global-scale issues, these small acts are within individuals’ control.” She writes for @TheConversationUS about how connecting to people strengthens relationships and can lead to mutual understanding.

     https://theconversation.com/an-upward-spiral-how-small-acts-of-kindness-and-connection-really-can-change-the-world-according-to-psychology-research-237426

     #Psychology #Kindness #Lifestyle #Relationships #Newstodon #NewstodonFriday #FollowFriday

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     Darnell Clayton :verified: (darnell@one.darnell.one)'s status on Saturday, 30-Nov-2024 17:03:56 JST Darnell Clayton :verified:

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     @Flipboard @404mediaco @jasonkoebler I did not even realize Redbox went bankrupt!

     I never used them, & I slowly began to avoid ordering DVDs 📀 when Netflix started streaming their content.

     There are probably dozens of abandoned Redbox machines in my city.