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Plane was shot out of the sky by Russia!
Traces of an anti-aircraft fire on the crashed Azerbaijani plane.
The plane entered the airspace of the city of Grozny while it was under attack by Russian anti-aircraft fire.
Apparently, one of the anti-aircraft missiles hit the plane, causing severe damage that led to its crash.
#AureFreePress #News #press #headline #Ukraine #Russia #Putin #EU #NATO #Zelensky #war #Breaking #BreakingNews
US Postal Service electric trucks are finally here and drivers love them
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Happy #NewstodonFriday! Here, we’re sharing stories that are inspiring, infuriating, upsetting and uplifting, all from newsrooms that are active in the fediverse. Please boost, follow, donate, and join in the conversation in the comments.
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"Meta is betting that characters generated by artificial intelligence will fill its social media platforms in the next few years as it looks to the fast-developing technology to drive engagement with its 3bn users."
https://www.ft.com/content/91183cbb-50f9-464a-9d2e-96063825bfcf
Archived link: https://archive.is/uBMVw
#News picks of the day:
NOTE! Some of the accounts in this thread post very often, if so use Mastodon's Lists feature to keep them readable, more info: https://fedi.tips/how-to-use-the-lists-feature-on-mastodon
🔍 Investigative Journalism
@Bellingcat (international)
@404mediaco (technology)
@mediapart (France, in French)
@thenarwhal (Canada)
@theferret (Scotland)
@ProPublica (USA)
@sludge (USA)
@MotherJones2021 (USA)
@Investigati39q0 (New York State)
@SpotlightPA (Pennsylvania)
@NMInDepth (New Mexico)
@IMidwest (Midwest)
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Today, we're beginning to federate a selection of publishers based in Germany and the U.K. We've also introduced @FlipboardDE, a new profile for the Mastodon community in Germany. In the first test, we are partnering with 21 publishers to federate their profiles and Magazines. Follow the profile to see all the stories they are posting on Flipboard, or topically curated Magazines to get coverage on specific areas of interest. Here's a blogpost that explains more.
https://flipboard.medium.com/flipboard-begins-federation-in-europe-b7e2ba3651d3
#Flipboard #ActivityPub #Federation #Fediverse #Germany #Deutschland #UnitedKingdom #News #Tech #Culture #Art #Politics #MastodonMigration #Mastodon #OpenSocialWeb
One doctor’s recommendation to deny a 43-year-woman coverage “contained errors on practically every aspect” of her condition, the Labor Department said in 2012.
United and other insurers continued to hire the doctor over the next decade.
#News #Health #Healthcare #Insurance #MentalHealth #Doctors #Law
#Arizona Regulators Closed a Failing Charter #School. It Reopened as a Private Religious School Funded by Taxpayers.
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Arizona’s acclaimed voucher program provides zero transparency into private schools’ history, #academic performance or financial sustainability to help parents make informed school choices.
Shaken #Baby Syndrome Has Found New Life in Courts as Abusive Head Trauma. One Family Is Fighting Their Son’s Diagnosis.
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Exonerations and new #science continue to raise questions about shaken baby syndrome, a diagnosis that lives on under a different name: “abusive head trauma.” Critics say the name deflects scrutiny while leaving #parents vulnerable to criminal charges.
#News #Parenting #Children #Family #Hospital #SocialWork #Police #Crime
Although Tom Ragsdale’s #oil companies owe New Mexico more than $3.5 million for #pollution and unpaid fees, the state has recovered only about $50,000.
Drillers across the industry have employed similar tactics in what is known as “the playbook.”
#News #Environment #Energy #Business #Regulation #Law #Illustration
Powerful visuals, impactful stories.
See how our photos, videos and graphics highlighted injustice and drove change in 2024: https://propub.li/3VZJKlD
#Photography #Photo #Video #Design #Illustration #News #Media
Her Mental Health Treatment Was Helping. That’s Why #Insurance Cut Off Her Coverage.
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Providers, patients and even some federal judges say progress-based insurance denials harm patients at key moments of mental health treatment.
Due to Tennessee’s abortion ban, Mayron Hollis was forced to continue a pregnancy that threatened her life. An emergency delivery left her without a uterus and her baby with medical issues.
Our most-read story of 2024: https://propub.li/3W5ooDd
#News #Abortion #Healthcare #RoeVWade #Pregnancy #Family #Parenting
Iceland's minister for the Environment mandates gender neutral toilets
ProPublica and Documented identified 25 employers that, despite histories of wage theft, have received contracts worth more than a collective $500 million from city and state agencies since 2018.
(Published July 2024)
https://propub.li/40ep0sJ
Trump Has Promised to Build More Ships. He May Deport the Workers Who Help Make Them.
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President-elect Donald Trump has promised to increase the pace of U.S. military shipbuilding. But his pledge to also clamp down on immigration could make it hard for shipyards already facing workforce shortages.
#News #Trump #Government #Military #Navy #Immigration #Labor #DonaldTrump
Man who died in Cybertruck explosion outside Trump hotel in Vegas was shot, sheriff says
#accident #military #politics #automobile #LasVegas #News #World
https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/tesla-cybertruck-trump-hotel-explosion-1.7421747?cmp=rss
Exeter, one of the largest auto lenders in the U.S. and a CarMax partner, specializes in high-interest subprime loans.
“We’re here to help,” reads its website. In reality, Exeter’s practices often do the opposite.
(Published Sept. 2024)
https://propub.li/4h0hZBd
"After a wave of coverage in outlets like Rolling Stone and posts circulating on social media, the bot accounts are just now being noticed, and the reaction is confusion, frustration, and anger."
https://www.theverge.com/2025/1/3/24334946/meta-ai-profiles-instagram-facebook-bots
#news #TechNews #technology #AI #ChatBots #meta #facebook #instagram
The Mount Vernon News was family owned from 1939 until it was sold in 2020 to a “pink slime” media company with ties to conservative billionaires. Then it began publishing one-sided articles that make dubious claims about solar power.
(Published Oct. 2024)
https://propub.li/3CY5WFR
#News #Oil #Gas #FossilFuels #Solar #Energy #Billionaires #Journalism
The world is drowning in plastic.
Experts say we need to stop making so much. But the plastics industry is peddling a "solution" that works like magic.
Don't be fooled.
(Published June 2024)
https://propub.li/4eYp8RR
Industry documents obtained by ProPublica reveal how NW Natural, Oregon’s largest natural gas company, pursued an approach that ended up perpetuating its core fossil fuel business while the company painted a picture of going green.
(Published Sept. 2024)
https://propub.li/3PlzCQ7
#News #Environment #Energy #Green #CleanEnergy #FossilFuels #Oil #Gas
Not a real #NewstodonFriday post from us this week because we're still getting back up to speed after the holidays (yes, we're relaxed, no, we don't expect it to last!). Instead, here's a list of independent publishers we love and that have an active presence in the fediverse. Please follow, boost, donate and support however you can. Below the list is our spreadsheet of federated Flipboard accounts, all of which are followable here.
@bolts
@damemagazine
@gbhnews
@KnowableMag
@ProPublica
@restofworld
@SFPublicPress
@TexasObserver
@thecontinent
@TheConversationUS
@themarkup
@thetyee
@thexylom
@timkmak
@TucsonSentinel
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1iUFTo6rPvhqzCReLaM1c6-xUKRuBVqlZVStZl9Al-EU/edit
#Newstodon #News #Media #Journalism #LocalNews #IndependentMedia #IndependentNews #Flipboard #FollowFriday
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The Indian midwives who stopped murdering girls and started saving them