News and Commentary for U.S. Liberals
By Darren du Nord @[email protected]My favorite sources for news and liberal commentary.
George Takei
🏳️🌈🖖🏽
@[email protected]
Husband, Actor, Activist, Uncle George to the Internet
Robert Reich
@[email protected]Berkeley professor, former Secretary of Labor. Co-founder of Inequality Media. Sign up for updates, analysis and drawings: http://robertreich.substack.com
Ars Technica
@[email protected]Original news, reviews, analysis of tech trends, and expert advice on the most fundamental aspects of tech.
Official Ars Technica account. 🟠
Taylor Lorenz
@[email protected]Technology and online culture journalist and content creator. I write User Magazine, a newsletter about how the internet is reshaping politics, culture, and business.
ProPublica
@[email protected]The official Mastodon page for ProPublica.
Pursuing stories with moral force.
European Commission
@[email protected]News and information from the European Commission. A project to foster our presence in the fediverse and support our commitment to European social media platforms based on open source technology. 🇪🇺 Official Mastodon account as verified by the official EU domain in our server’s address (https://europa.eu).
Molly White
@[email protected]crypto researcher & critic, software engineer, wikipedian • @web3isgreat creator • newsletter: https://www.citationneeded.news/
she/her • 
Electronic Frontier Foundation
@[email protected]We're the Electronic Frontier Foundation. We're a nonprofit that fights for your privacy and free speech online. Find all of EFF's social media accounts at eff.org/social.
Qasim Rashid, Esq.
@[email protected]Human Rights Lawyer • Author • Dad Jokes • Sirius XM Host • Creator of Let’s Address This with Qasim Rashid: https://lets-address-this-with-qasim-rashid.ghost.io/
evacide
@[email protected]Director of Cybersecurity
@EFF
/ Co-founder of
@stopstalkerware
/ These are my opinions, not my employers’ / I did a TED talk once
Marc Elias
@[email protected]Founder of @democracydocket. Partner at Elias Law Group. My dog's name is Bode.
Low Quality Facts
@[email protected]Low Quality Facts written in arguably lower quality handwriting.
Jeff Jarvis
@[email protected]#Journalism prof at CUNY's Newmark School. Author of THE GUTENBERG PARENTHESIS & OBJECT LESSONS: MAGAZINE upcoming from Bloomsbury. Cohost of This Week in Google on the TWiT network.
Micah Lee
@[email protected]Member of the Lockdown Systems Collective making @cyd — writing at https://micahflee.com — author of HACKS, LEAKS, AND REVELATIONS https://hacksandleaks.com
Dan Gillmor
@[email protected]Bio and disclosures: dangillmor.com/about/ Boosts mean I think you should see this -- usually but not always an endorsement.
Bay Area, Nara · dangillmor.com
Rolling Stone
@[email protected]The latest news and more from Rolling Stone magazine and RollingStone.com
Abandoned America
@[email protected]I'm Matthew Christopher, creator of the Abandoned America website, podcast, and book series about the beautiful and fascinating ruins in our midst. Photos are mine unless credited otherwise. Not a photo bot, so I post about other things from time to time.
MeidasTouch
@[email protected]
Producing the most influential and impactful pro-democracy content in the world. Meidas Media Network. MeidasTouch PAC. Meidas Merch. Because TRUTH is golden. #MeidasTouch #MeidasMighty
Steve Herman
@[email protected]Executive Director, Jordan Ctr. for Journalism Advocacy & Innovation/Asst. Professor of Practice @ Univ. of Mississippi;
Former VOA News White House bureau chief;
Author, Behind the White House Curtain;
@JURISTnews and NPC Journalism Institute board of governors;
2022 Kiplinger Fellow, Ohio Univ.;
Nevada Broadcasters Assoc. Hall of Fame;
Prof. Stefan Rahmstorf
@[email protected]Head of Earth System Analysis at the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research; professor of Physics of the Oceans at Potsdam University; dad. Opinions my own!
Teri Kanefield
@[email protected]Former appellate defender and UC Berkeley Law graduate. My practice was limited to representing indigents on appeal.
I’ve written more than a dozen books and published more than 50 short pieces in The Washington Post, Cnn.com, and others. My book prizes include the Jane Addams Book Award.
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The Verge
@[email protected]The official account by https://theverge.com
BBC News
@[email protected]I'm a bot by @see
Randahl Fink
@[email protected]Political commentator.
Watch me on https://youtube.com/@randahlfink
Tim Mak
@[email protected]Compelling reporting on human stories to illustrate the news. Fmr US Army medic.
Ukraine: https://www.counteroffensive.news/
Iran: https://www.iranwar.news
Medium
@[email protected]A reading and writing company.
Peter Gleick
@[email protected]#Climate and #water scientist and communicator. Interested in many things, including #birds, mandolin, politics. You can also find my stuff (or message me) at www.gleick.com.
Author of a mess of scientific papers, the 9 volumes of The World's Water (Island Press); Bottled and Sold: The Story Behind Our Obsession with Bottled Water (Island Press); A 21st Century US Water Policy (Oxford); and my new book: "The Three Ages of Water." Email me at pgleick (at) gmail
Dave Troy
@[email protected]
Publisher and Editor, America 2.0. Entrepreneur, investor, tech pioneer. Columnist, Washington Spectator. Speaker. Cook. Pilot.
Host of https://toad.social — a trusted source of news, analysis, and thoughtful discussion, and a part of the federated social universe.
📍Baltimore/Washington
Heidi Li Feldman
@[email protected]Law professor (emeritus), philosopher, progressive. Committed to rule of law and pluralistic democracy. Interests include art, books, history, science, cats, sharp wit. Boosts are not necessarily endorsements.
Annalee Newitz 🍜
@[email protected]I write science fiction and science nonfiction. Author: Automatic Noodle, Stories Are Weapons, The Terraformers. Bylines: Flaming Hydra, New Scientist, etc. Pod: Our Opinions Are Correct. Sometimes a professor of media studies. I love noodles.
Philip Bump
@[email protected]Washington Post: National columnist. Newsletter: "How To Read This Chart." Book: "The Aftermath."
NOELREPORTS 🇪🇺 🇺🇦
@[email protected]Media platform covering global conflict zones. Focus on the Russian-Ukrainian war. If you'd like to support our voluntary work: http://buymeacoffee.com/noelreports.
RiffReporter
@[email protected]Blicke unter die Oberfläche! Damit du mehr siehst als nur die Nachrichten des Tages. Unabhängiger #Journalismus #werbefrei. #Umwelt | #Wissen | #Tech | #Klima | #International. We love #Longreads. 100+ Autorinnen & Autoren, 1 #Genossenschaft. #fedi22 #RiffReporter #newstodon Ihr findet uns auf https://www.riffreporter.de/de
CNN Breaking News
@[email protected]Working to bring you CNN Breaking News on Mastodon. Please help support here: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/mastodon
Aure Free Press
@[email protected]
Largest Fediverse News Site
News Happens Here First
Independent journalism focused on early reporting, clarity, and context.
No clickbait. No noise. Just verified news and informed analysis.
Follow for breaking developments, media accountability, and stories that matter before they trend.
#Journalism #News #IndependentMedia #PressFreedom
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Flipboard News Desk
@[email protected]We share stories, explainers and analysis to offer context for the top news of the day. All posts are created and curated by Flipboard’s editorial team especially for Mastodon. Not a bot.
Boosts do not imply endorsement, but are used to highlight posts we think the community might find interesting.
For much more news, follow Flipboard's federated News Desk (@thenewsdesk) and Politics Desk (@ElectionCentral).
Get the Flipboard app to explore all your interests in one place: https://about.flipboard.com/download-flipboard/
Header photo: A newsstand. Photo by AP.
gbhnews
@[email protected]GBH News is your home for news, distinctive storytelling, and what matters to you in Boston and beyond. #Boston, #Massachusetts, #USA
Flipboard Tech Desk
@[email protected]We bring you the latest tech news, deep dives and perspectives on topics like AI, social media and innovations. Posts are handpicked by Flipboard's editorial team, especially for Mastodon.
Boosts do not imply endorsement, but are used to highlight posts we think the community might find interesting.
For a lot more tech news, follow Flipboard's federated Tech Desk (@tech)
Get the Flipboard app to explore all your interests in one place: https://about.flipboard.com/download-flipboard/
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Your Social Magazine.
Curating the world's stories to inform and inspire your day.
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Walt Mossberg
@[email protected]Creator of the Personal Technology column, WSJ. Co-founder of AllThingsD & Recode, the D and Code conferences. Former executive editor of The Verge. Board Member, The News Literacy Project. Swiftie.
Brandi Buchman
@[email protected]Legal/Justice Reporter HuffPost.
Writing a book. Bylines; Law&Crime.
Proud Boys trial for emptywheel. Former senior staff writer Daily Kos covering Jan. 6. Chief White House & Congressional Correspondent @ Courthouse News. Reporter/feature writer at The Southampton Press/27east
Pay Pal: http://paypal.com/paypalme/BBuchman
flexghost.
@[email protected]I have come here to chew bubblegum and kick ass and I'm all out of bubblegum.
الجهل عند الرجال فيه يشبه الليل بدون قمر
Democracy Matters
@[email protected]
Husband/girl dad with faith that democracy is the way to go; still idealistic enough to believe it's achievable. The only thing I'm selling is democracy. Banned (3x!) by the fowl site for calling out GOP lies.
#VoteBlue #TwitterRefugees #WashingtonDC #FightFascism #NoRepublicans #Ukraine
DeanObeidallah
@[email protected]Host: The Dean Obeidallah show SiriusXM radio
channel 127 weekdays 6-9PMET. Democrats are the REAL Patriots! Pls Sign up for my newsletter: https://deanobeidallah.substack.com/
Connected Places
@[email protected]Connected Places gives you an in-depth overview of the world of decentralised social networks.
I write a weekly newsletter about the ATmosphere, a weekly newsletter about the fediverse, as well as the background articles on the networks.
Nonilex
@[email protected]#law, #climate, #science, #geopolitics, #politics, #democracy, cool stuff &… #BabySquirrel Recovering lawyer. Spending less time on world news since US voters re-elected a rapist/convicted felon, who tried to end democracy, but who Americans decided to give a mulligan, cuz democracy shlemocracy right? Occasionally I’ll come across something that I feel compelled to share, but… …these days… I've stopped my dreaming …these days I sit on corner stones & count the time in quarter tones to ten
Augie Ray
@[email protected]VP/Analyst of #CustomerExperience (#CX) research and advisory. Analyst by nature, not just by profession. Politically active to foster a world that has more #equity, respects #diversity, and embraces #progressive causes. Promoting #COVID19 awareness and caution because people, businesses, and the economy will suffer years of consequences for our failures to control the virus. Milwaukee, WI, US (He/Him)
Rep. Ritchie Torres
@[email protected]Congressman (#NY15). Born & bred in the Bronx. Product of public housing. Fighting for ppl whose struggles were my own. Personal Account.
Erin Reed
@[email protected]Activist, content creator, legislative researcher, mom, D&D DM.
DM for Speaking fee.
Booking/Socials: https://www.erininthemorning.com
Substack: https://erininthemorn.substack.com/
Donations: https://ko-fi.com/erininthemorn
Socials: https://linktr.ee/erininthemorn
Venmo: erin888
Twitter: https://twitter.com/ErinInTheMorn
Fight for the Future
@[email protected]Digital rights are human rights. There's hardly anything as important as ensuring that our shared future has freedom of expression and creativity at its core.