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@404mediaco’s @jasonkoebler did a deep dive into where that “All Eyes on Rafah” image came from. The original image was shared in February in a Facebook group for people interested in exploring artificial intelligence and then modified to remove the watermark that indicated it was made using AI.

https://www.404media.co/viral-all-eyes-on-rafah-image-came-from-facebook-group-to-advance-ai/

#Technology #ArtificialIntelligence #AI #SocialMedia #NewstodonFriday #FollowFriday

What’s your perception of a gig worker? Most are relatively young, but @restofworld spoke to 50 who are aged between 50 and 75 as part of its Graying Gig Workers series. Maureen Zephora Khumalo from Johannesburg, South Africa, told Rest of World that friends laugh at her for doing a young people’s job, but “with harsh economic conditions and my children out of jobs, I [may] even work until my eighties because no one can give me money for free.”


https://restofworld.org/2024/aging-global-gig-workers/

 #WorldNews #GigWork #Capitalism #Aging #NewstodonFriday #FollowFriday

Angelman Syndrome is a rare genetic disorder that affects around half a million people worldwide. Here’s a story from @thexylom about the potential for a cure, and the barriers families in Hong Kong must overcome to access it.


https://www.thexylom.com/post/a-moonshot-to-cure-angelman-syndrome-is-reachable-where-are-the-people-counting-on-it



#HongKong #Science #Health #GeneticDisease #NewstodonFriday #FollowFriday

@damemagazine covered the rise of the “trad wife” influencer — where it come from, and why it’s dangerous. “A 2022 Ipsos poll found that almost half of American men surveyed believe “traditional masculinity” is under threat. Many blame feminism, saying it has done more harm than good. One in five Gen Z and Millennial men now believe violence against women is often provoked by the victim,” writes Sarah Stankorb.

https://www.damemagazine.com/2024/05/30/the-insidious-trap-of-the-tradwife-movement/

#Feminism #TradWife #Influencers #NewstodonFriday #FollowFriday

Three astronomy undergraduates at MIT and their professor discovered three of the oldest stars in the universe. @gbhnews interviewed them about the field of stellar archeology and the “cannibalistic process” of galaxy growth.

https://www.wgbh.org/news/local/2024-05-30/three-of-the-universes-oldest-stars-have-just-been-identified-and-theyre-in-our-cosmic-backyard


#Astronomy #Space #Science #NewstodonFriday #FollowFriday

It’s #NewstodonFriday — such a shame it’s been a slow news week! Just to refresh your memories, this is a day to feature work from newsrooms with an active presence in the #Fediverse. If you like what you see in the (long!) thread below, follow the profiles and boost their stories. If you’re a journo or newsroom that we don’t know about or if there’s a newsroom you’d love to put on our radar, please let us know in the comments below.  

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#Media #Journalism #News #MastodonMigration #FollowFriday

Bruce Springsteen might be the biggest naysayer of all when it comes to giving permission for politicians to use music for campaigning. As “Born in the USA” turns 40, @TheConversationUS breaks down why this is one of Springsteen’s most misunderstood songs.

https://theconversation.com/born-in-the-usa-turns-40-and-still-remains-one-of-bruce-springsteens-most-misunderstood-songs-228348
 
#Music #Culture #BruceSpringsteen #NewstodonFriday #FollowFriday

Our @NewsDesk created this Flipboard Storyboard on what happens next for Trump — whether he has grounds for appeal, how the verdict will impact the election, if he might go to prison, and the ludicrous Republican response to his conviction.

https://flipboard.com/@electioncentral/trump-verdict-what-s-next-0l90n2phcn08bcfj
 
#Trump #USLaw #TrumpConviction #NewstodonFriday #FollowFriday

San Francisco’s mental health care and detention system is under enormous strain. Here’s a story from @SFPublicPress about the vicious cycle that occurs as distressed people fall through the cracks in the system.
 
https://www.sfpublicpress.org/5150-holds-and-often-vicious-cycle-through-sf-mental-health-care-system/



#SanFrancisco #MentalHealth #PublicHealth #NewstodonFriday #FollowFriday

Solitary confinement is classified as torture by the UN and is a war crime under the Geneva Convention, yet more than 500 people have endured this for a decade or longer in Texas. Damascus James created “Texas Letters,” an anthology and book series featuring the unedited writings of people who have spent months, years and sometimes decades in isolation. @TexasObserver has extracts from the second volume here.



https://www.texasobserver.org/texans-trapped-in-solitary-confinement/



#USA #Texas #Prisons #NewstodonFriday #FollowFriday

@darnell@one.darnell.one @darnell@flipboard.com 🎉🎉🎉 Following!

@damemagazine talks about a burgeoning, exploitative brand of social media content where influencers involve unhoused people in their pranks.

https://www.damemagazine.com/2024/05/21/unhoused-people-are-not-entertainment/

#NewstodonFriday #News #Influencers #SocialMedia

From @gbhnews here's the tale of the Gloucester Sea Serpent, a monster that's arguably older and more widely witnessed than Nessie.

https://www.wgbh.org/news/local/2024-05-22/regaling-tales-of-the-gloucester-sea-serpent-a-forgotten-legend-of-cryptozoology

#NewstodonFriday #Mythology #Cryptozoology

Two years after Uvalde, Kimberly Mata-Rubio, whose daughter Lexi was killed in the shooting, wrote this essay for @TexasObserver about why she'll never stop fighting.

https://www.texasobserver.org/uvalde-two-years-later-photo-essay/

#NewstodonFriday #Uvalde #SchoolShootings

We loved this story from @thexylom on how the 200,000 trees planted by Ecosia and the Jane Goodall Institute in the Budongo-Bugoma Corridor of Uganda are changing lives.

https://www.thexylom.com/post/in-rural-western-uganda-a-tree-planting-initiative-shows-signs-of-life

#NewstodonFriday #Trees #Environment #JaneGoodall

From @themarkup here's a story about how if you do research in a university library database, your browsing history might not be private.

https://themarkup.org/hello-world/2024/05/18/librarians-are-waging-a-quiet-war-against-international-data-cartels

#NewstodonFriday #Tech #DataPrivacy

Our own @NewsDesk shared this Flipboard Storyboard by Rolling Stone, which looks at America after "Roe" and includes stories about how conservatives are rebranding pro-life and life as an abortion doula.

https://flipboard.com/@rollingstone/america-after-roe-t813vh5cfr6altuv

#NewstodonFriday #RoeVWade #Abortion #Healthcare

Via @SFPublicPress read about Osbaldo Varilla-Aguilar, a Latino immigrant worker who is still experiencing symptoms after becoming critically ill from COVID-19 in December 2020.

https://www.sfpublicpress.org/after-months-long-coma-this-latino-immigrant-worker-is-still-fighting-mysterious-symptoms/

#NewstodonFriday #COVID19 #Health

And @404mediaco's @jasonkoebler blew our minds with this absolute banger of a headline (and story).

https://www.404media.co/google-is-paying-reddit-60-million-for-fucksmith-to-tell-its-users-to-eat-glue/

#NewstodonFriday #Google #Tech #AI

@TheConversationUS warmed our hearts with this tale of how city parks can help diverse communities feel safe and welcome.

https://theconversation.com/successful-city-parks-make-diverse-communities-feel-safe-and-welcome-this-minnesota-park-is-an-example-226869

#NewstodonFriday #Minnesota #Community