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Our biggest release yet is here! Enjoy redesigned navigation that drops you right into your Surf Timeline in the new Home experience and lets you quickly access your go-to feeds from anywhere in Surf.
Here's a quick look at what's new:
Our biggest release yet is here! Enjoy redesigned navigation that drops you right into your Surf Timeline in the new Home experience and lets you quickly access your go-to feeds from anywhere in Surf.
Here's a quick look at what's new:
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Independent journalists and worker-owned outlets — including @marisakabas.bsky.social's The Handbasket — are doing the best journalism in America right now. Here's her list of some favorites, many of which are also on Flipboard.
NEW — I put together a list of independent journalism subscriptions that would make great holiday gifts. From music to politics, astronomy to alcohol, tech to social justice, there’s something for [almost] everyone. Support indie media *and* surprise and delight your loved ones!
My guide:
My guide:
Giving the gift of independent journalism: a guide
The Handbasket has subscription suggestions for almost everyone on your list.
www.thehandbasket.co
December 6, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Independent journalists and worker-owned outlets — including @marisakabas.bsky.social's The Handbasket — are doing the best journalism in America right now. Here's her list of some favorites, many of which are also on Flipboard.
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I've never been more excited about the future of the social web than I am today.
If you're developing on AT Proto or ActivityPub I want to reassure that your work will make a difference. Big wheels are turning.
If you're developing on AT Proto or ActivityPub I want to reassure that your work will make a difference. Big wheels are turning.
December 5, 2025 at 6:11 AM
I've never been more excited about the future of the social web than I am today.
If you're developing on AT Proto or ActivityPub I want to reassure that your work will make a difference. Big wheels are turning.
If you're developing on AT Proto or ActivityPub I want to reassure that your work will make a difference. Big wheels are turning.
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For those of you who don't think life is scary enough...
Read @aisleseat.bsky.social’s latest review and other conversations about film in Cinephiles, a @surf.social custom feed created by Flipboard's editors.
🎬 👉 bsky.app/profile/flip...
#Horror #Movies #Film
Read @aisleseat.bsky.social’s latest review and other conversations about film in Cinephiles, a @surf.social custom feed created by Flipboard's editors.
🎬 👉 bsky.app/profile/flip...
#Horror #Movies #Film
If you're in the mood for a clever, twisty horror movie with intelligence to match its shock beats, be sure to catch MAN FINDS TAPE in select theaters and on digitial today.
Here's my review: aisleseat.com/man-finds-ta...
#filmsky @ofcs.bsky.social
Here's my review: aisleseat.com/man-finds-ta...
#filmsky @ofcs.bsky.social
December 5, 2025 at 6:39 PM
For those of you who don't think life is scary enough...
Read @aisleseat.bsky.social’s latest review and other conversations about film in Cinephiles, a @surf.social custom feed created by Flipboard's editors.
🎬 👉 bsky.app/profile/flip...
#Horror #Movies #Film
Read @aisleseat.bsky.social’s latest review and other conversations about film in Cinephiles, a @surf.social custom feed created by Flipboard's editors.
🎬 👉 bsky.app/profile/flip...
#Horror #Movies #Film
#Lakers vs. #Raptors is about to start. Follow the game, and all the #NBA action, with @yorush.bsky.social's #NBAThreads feed, created with #SurfSocial
🏀 bsky.app/profile/yoru...
🏀 bsky.app/profile/yoru...
December 5, 2025 at 12:44 AM
#Lakers vs. #Raptors is about to start. Follow the game, and all the #NBA action, with @yorush.bsky.social's #NBAThreads feed, created with #SurfSocial
🏀 bsky.app/profile/yoru...
🏀 bsky.app/profile/yoru...
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What kind of blogs do you want to see / wish existed on Leaflet? What topics do you really want to read about more?
I'd love to either try to find examples or share these ideas as inspiration for ppl to try making new kinds of publications!
I'd love to either try to find examples or share these ideas as inspiration for ppl to try making new kinds of publications!
December 4, 2025 at 9:56 PM
What kind of blogs do you want to see / wish existed on Leaflet? What topics do you really want to read about more?
I'd love to either try to find examples or share these ideas as inspiration for ppl to try making new kinds of publications!
I'd love to either try to find examples or share these ideas as inspiration for ppl to try making new kinds of publications!
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You can help Bolts continue to provide crucial coverage of local elections. Here's how:
- Repost this = I donate $1.
- Follow @boltsmag.org = I donate $1.
- Donate (link below) + tell me how much = I match your donation.
(Donate monthly = I match a year's worth)
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- Follow @boltsmag.org = I donate $1.
- Donate (link below) + tell me how much = I match your donation.
(Donate monthly = I match a year's worth)
Support Bolts
We are a nonprofit publication that covers the nuts and bolts of political change, from the local up, and we need reader support to build our journalism.
boltsmag.org
December 3, 2025 at 6:20 PM
You can help Bolts continue to provide crucial coverage of local elections. Here's how:
- Repost this = I donate $1.
- Follow @boltsmag.org = I donate $1.
- Donate (link below) + tell me how much = I match your donation.
(Donate monthly = I match a year's worth)
- Repost this = I donate $1.
- Follow @boltsmag.org = I donate $1.
- Donate (link below) + tell me how much = I match your donation.
(Donate monthly = I match a year's worth)
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Interested in following #climate news?
Check out Climate Watch, a @surf.social custom feed created by Flipboard's editors. It brings together posts from 100+ scientists, experts and journalists, like this post from @dpcarrington.bsky.social.
🌎 📌 Pin it to your home: bsky.app/profile/flip...
Check out Climate Watch, a @surf.social custom feed created by Flipboard's editors. It brings together posts from 100+ scientists, experts and journalists, like this post from @dpcarrington.bsky.social.
🌎 📌 Pin it to your home: bsky.app/profile/flip...
Al Gore on that memo from Bill Gates
"I suspect that [Gate's is] scared of Donald Trump, and that he was bullied"
#climatecrisis
Interview by @emorwee.bsky.social
heated.world/p/al-gores-c...
"I suspect that [Gate's is] scared of Donald Trump, and that he was bullied"
#climatecrisis
Interview by @emorwee.bsky.social
heated.world/p/al-gores-c...
Al Gore's case for optimism
Gore talks to HEATED about COP30, the Gates memo, and why he thinks billionaires should face far more scrutiny in the climate fight.
heated.world
December 4, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Interested in following #climate news?
Check out Climate Watch, a @surf.social custom feed created by Flipboard's editors. It brings together posts from 100+ scientists, experts and journalists, like this post from @dpcarrington.bsky.social.
🌎 📌 Pin it to your home: bsky.app/profile/flip...
Check out Climate Watch, a @surf.social custom feed created by Flipboard's editors. It brings together posts from 100+ scientists, experts and journalists, like this post from @dpcarrington.bsky.social.
🌎 📌 Pin it to your home: bsky.app/profile/flip...
Planning your movie viewing for the holidays? Here's what's landing on #Netflix this month, courtesy of
@discussingfilm.net. Find more film stories in Flipboard's Cinephiles #CustomFeed, created with #SurfSocial and published to @bsky.app so you can enjoy it here.
📌 bsky.app/profile/flip...
@discussingfilm.net. Find more film stories in Flipboard's Cinephiles #CustomFeed, created with #SurfSocial and published to @bsky.app so you can enjoy it here.
📌 bsky.app/profile/flip...
Over 45 new movies and shows just got added to Netflix today. See the full list... discussingfilm.net/2025/12/01/n...
Netflix December 2025: Full List of New Arrivals + What's Leaving
The Netflix December 2025 list of new movies and TV shows includes Wake Up Dead Man and the much anticipated grand finale of Stranger Things!
discussingfilm.net
December 3, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Planning your movie viewing for the holidays? Here's what's landing on #Netflix this month, courtesy of
@discussingfilm.net. Find more film stories in Flipboard's Cinephiles #CustomFeed, created with #SurfSocial and published to @bsky.app so you can enjoy it here.
📌 bsky.app/profile/flip...
@discussingfilm.net. Find more film stories in Flipboard's Cinephiles #CustomFeed, created with #SurfSocial and published to @bsky.app so you can enjoy it here.
📌 bsky.app/profile/flip...
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Hey folks: this morning we're launching a monthlong fundraiser for @techdirt.com. Over the last year, we've been steadfast in not self-censoring, not capitulating, not sanewashing bullshit. But that's come at a cost. And we need help: rtb.techdirt.com/products/fri...
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December 3, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Hey folks: this morning we're launching a monthlong fundraiser for @techdirt.com. Over the last year, we've been steadfast in not self-censoring, not capitulating, not sanewashing bullshit. But that's come at a cost. And we need help: rtb.techdirt.com/products/fri...
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Today is #GivingTuesday, and also around the one-year mark of @snarfed.org & @quillmatiq.com teaming up to build @anew.social.
We've accomplished more than we could've imagined and have incredible momentum going into 2026!
Here's to another year of building A New Social for people, not platforms 🌐
We've accomplished more than we could've imagined and have incredible momentum going into 2026!
Here's to another year of building A New Social for people, not platforms 🌐
Year One & Giving Tuesday
About a year ago, we began developing a plan for A New Social, a nonprofit organization focused solely on liberating users' social graphs from any single platform or protocol.
A New Social adopted Br...
blog.anew.social
December 2, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Today is #GivingTuesday, and also around the one-year mark of @snarfed.org & @quillmatiq.com teaming up to build @anew.social.
We've accomplished more than we could've imagined and have incredible momentum going into 2026!
Here's to another year of building A New Social for people, not platforms 🌐
We've accomplished more than we could've imagined and have incredible momentum going into 2026!
Here's to another year of building A New Social for people, not platforms 🌐
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Our most-used words this year aren't a big surprise: 'community', 'building', and 'conversations'. Find out your own most-used words using Bluesky Harvest: bsky.app/profile/anis...
December 2, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Our most-used words this year aren't a big surprise: 'community', 'building', and 'conversations'. Find out your own most-used words using Bluesky Harvest: bsky.app/profile/anis...
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It’s #GivingTuesday! 💛💰 Let’s support the local, independent and non-profit newsrooms that keep our communities informed.
Great thread of indie outlets to support today and every day, with your clicks and your cash. 💰
(Drop us a DM if you're a publisher who'd like to join Flipboard and we'll get you set up!)
(Drop us a DM if you're a publisher who'd like to join Flipboard and we'll get you set up!)
today instead of buying barely discounted crap, get a paid subscription to an independent media outlet! a little $ goes a long way towards supporting a free press. 🗞️
drop links to your own or your faves in the replies so ppl can easily sign up (bonus if you add a couple words about why it’s good!):
drop links to your own or your faves in the replies so ppl can easily sign up (bonus if you add a couple words about why it’s good!):
December 2, 2025 at 9:44 PM
It’s #GivingTuesday! 💛💰 Let’s support the local, independent and non-profit newsrooms that keep our communities informed.
@aftermath.site is now on Flipboard and federated, which means you can see their content on platforms like Mastodon, and add their Flipboard Magazines to your #SurfFeeds too.
More worker-owned outlets are joining Flipboard! Follow @aftermath.site for honest, irreverent stories about video games and internet culture, written for humans, not SEO. Welcome!
flipboard.com/@Aftermath
flipboard.com/@Aftermath
Aftermath (@Aftermath) on Flipboard
Aftermath is a worker-owned, independent video games and internet culture website. We're ad-free and entirely supported by reader subscriptions, so if you enjoy what we do, please (if you don't alread...
flipboard.com
December 2, 2025 at 8:14 PM
@aftermath.site is now on Flipboard and federated, which means you can see their content on platforms like Mastodon, and add their Flipboard Magazines to your #SurfFeeds too.
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Get your typing fingers nimble, the #ATmosphereConf call for proposals is open!
ATmosphereConf 2026 Call for Proposals Now Open
news.atmosphereconf.org
December 2, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Get your typing fingers nimble, the #ATmosphereConf call for proposals is open!
What's the best video game of the year? According to @rollingstone.com it's Clair Obscur: Expedition 33. Here's their full ranking.
flip.it/B40QSS
Discover more #ClairObscur stories in @aileenlalor.bsky.social's feed, created with Surf and published to @bsky.app
bsky.app/profile/aile...
flip.it/B40QSS
Discover more #ClairObscur stories in @aileenlalor.bsky.social's feed, created with Surf and published to @bsky.app
bsky.app/profile/aile...
The 25 Best Video Games of 2025
'Expedition 33,' 'ARC Raiders,' and 'Donkey Kong Bananza' are among the games that defined 2025
www.rollingstone.com
December 2, 2025 at 5:31 PM
What's the best video game of the year? According to @rollingstone.com it's Clair Obscur: Expedition 33. Here's their full ranking.
flip.it/B40QSS
Discover more #ClairObscur stories in @aileenlalor.bsky.social's feed, created with Surf and published to @bsky.app
bsky.app/profile/aile...
flip.it/B40QSS
Discover more #ClairObscur stories in @aileenlalor.bsky.social's feed, created with Surf and published to @bsky.app
bsky.app/profile/aile...
ICYMI, we launched an updated version of Surf with easier navigation. Build your own topical feeds including posts from
@bsky.app, Threads and Mastodon plus RSS, YouTube, podcasts and Flipboard Magazines. You decide how your feed looks, what's in it, and what's excluded.
@bsky.app, Threads and Mastodon plus RSS, YouTube, podcasts and Flipboard Magazines. You decide how your feed looks, what's in it, and what's excluded.
December 2, 2025 at 12:38 AM
ICYMI, we launched an updated version of Surf with easier navigation. Build your own topical feeds including posts from
@bsky.app, Threads and Mastodon plus RSS, YouTube, podcasts and Flipboard Magazines. You decide how your feed looks, what's in it, and what's excluded.
@bsky.app, Threads and Mastodon plus RSS, YouTube, podcasts and Flipboard Magazines. You decide how your feed looks, what's in it, and what's excluded.
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"The so-called Big Beautiful Bill scales back SNAP, Medicaid, and other programs in the coming years — putting millions at risk of sinking deeper into poverty," writes Meagan Jordan. Discover more stories in @rollingstone.com's Politics feed, created with @surf.social.
📌 bsky.app/profile/roll...
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The president and Republicans are doing all they can to gut government programs that help the less fortunate.
The Struggle of Living on SNAP as Trump Attacks Food Assistance
bit.ly
December 1, 2025 at 10:14 PM
"The so-called Big Beautiful Bill scales back SNAP, Medicaid, and other programs in the coming years — putting millions at risk of sinking deeper into poverty," writes Meagan Jordan. Discover more stories in @rollingstone.com's Politics feed, created with @surf.social.
📌 bsky.app/profile/roll...
📌 bsky.app/profile/roll...
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Announcing: Atmospheric Advent Almanac, from @leaflet.pub
🗓️🎄❄️🍃✨
Each day for the next few weeks we'll share a favorite Leaflet post, celebrating creative publishing with a delightful array of things to read.
Sprinkled in, we'll be launching a few exciting new features and collabs! Stay tuned :)
🗓️🎄❄️🍃✨
Each day for the next few weeks we'll share a favorite Leaflet post, celebrating creative publishing with a delightful array of things to read.
Sprinkled in, we'll be launching a few exciting new features and collabs! Stay tuned :)
December 1, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Announcing: Atmospheric Advent Almanac, from @leaflet.pub
🗓️🎄❄️🍃✨
Each day for the next few weeks we'll share a favorite Leaflet post, celebrating creative publishing with a delightful array of things to read.
Sprinkled in, we'll be launching a few exciting new features and collabs! Stay tuned :)
🗓️🎄❄️🍃✨
Each day for the next few weeks we'll share a favorite Leaflet post, celebrating creative publishing with a delightful array of things to read.
Sprinkled in, we'll be launching a few exciting new features and collabs! Stay tuned :)
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Flipboard loves local, regional and state newsrooms. Here are a few to follow:
@wyofile.com — flipboard.com/@wyofile
@blockclubchi.bsky.social — flipboard.com/@BlockClubCh
@appalachia100.bsky.social — flipboard.com/@Appalachia100
@highcountrynews.org — flipboard.com/@HighCountry...
@wyofile.com — flipboard.com/@wyofile
@blockclubchi.bsky.social — flipboard.com/@BlockClubCh
@appalachia100.bsky.social — flipboard.com/@Appalachia100
@highcountrynews.org — flipboard.com/@HighCountry...
December 1, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Flipboard loves local, regional and state newsrooms. Here are a few to follow:
@wyofile.com — flipboard.com/@wyofile
@blockclubchi.bsky.social — flipboard.com/@BlockClubCh
@appalachia100.bsky.social — flipboard.com/@Appalachia100
@highcountrynews.org — flipboard.com/@HighCountry...
@wyofile.com — flipboard.com/@wyofile
@blockclubchi.bsky.social — flipboard.com/@BlockClubCh
@appalachia100.bsky.social — flipboard.com/@Appalachia100
@highcountrynews.org — flipboard.com/@HighCountry...
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Great thread of indie outlets to support today and every day, with your clicks and your cash. 💰
(Drop us a DM if you're a publisher who'd like to join Flipboard and we'll get you set up!)
(Drop us a DM if you're a publisher who'd like to join Flipboard and we'll get you set up!)
today instead of buying barely discounted crap, get a paid subscription to an independent media outlet! a little $ goes a long way towards supporting a free press. 🗞️
drop links to your own or your faves in the replies so ppl can easily sign up (bonus if you add a couple words about why it’s good!):
drop links to your own or your faves in the replies so ppl can easily sign up (bonus if you add a couple words about why it’s good!):
November 28, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Great thread of indie outlets to support today and every day, with your clicks and your cash. 💰
(Drop us a DM if you're a publisher who'd like to join Flipboard and we'll get you set up!)
(Drop us a DM if you're a publisher who'd like to join Flipboard and we'll get you set up!)
Feeling the need to let out a scream today? Here's a conversation between Florence Welch and @npr.org's Raina Douris about her new album, "Everybody Scream," including a live performance. Discover more stories like this in @flipboard.com's #music feed, created with Surf.
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Florence Welch talks about Everybody Scream, plus the band performs live from Electric Lady Studios in New York City. n.pr/48n2GjA
Florence + the Machine lets out a 'scream of feminine fury' on their latest album
Florence Welch talks about Everybody Scream, plus the band performs live from Electric Lady Studios in New York City.
n.pr
November 28, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Feeling the need to let out a scream today? Here's a conversation between Florence Welch and @npr.org's Raina Douris about her new album, "Everybody Scream," including a live performance. Discover more stories like this in @flipboard.com's #music feed, created with Surf.
📌 bsky.app/profile/flip...
📌 bsky.app/profile/flip...
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Looking to do some shopping today? Here's Fodor's Travel's list of the 9 best thrift stores in America.
www.fodors.com/news/photos/...
Follow Fodor's on Flipboard here:
flipboard.com/@fodors
www.fodors.com/news/photos/...
Follow Fodor's on Flipboard here:
flipboard.com/@fodors
9 Best Thrift Stores in America
In the current environment around the world, re-use, re-purpose and re-new is trending.
www.fodors.com
November 28, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Looking to do some shopping today? Here's Fodor's Travel's list of the 9 best thrift stores in America.
www.fodors.com/news/photos/...
Follow Fodor's on Flipboard here:
flipboard.com/@fodors
www.fodors.com/news/photos/...
Follow Fodor's on Flipboard here:
flipboard.com/@fodors
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Google search is broken.
Social algorithms suppress links.
Finding good independent writing online has never been harder.
We built something to fix that: 🌍
ghost.org/changelog/gh...
Social algorithms suppress links.
Finding good independent writing online has never been harder.
We built something to fix that: 🌍
ghost.org/changelog/gh...
Explore the independent web
Driving growth for Ghost publishers with a new discovery engine
ghost.org
November 26, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Google search is broken.
Social algorithms suppress links.
Finding good independent writing online has never been harder.
We built something to fix that: 🌍
ghost.org/changelog/gh...
Social algorithms suppress links.
Finding good independent writing online has never been harder.
We built something to fix that: 🌍
ghost.org/changelog/gh...
Watching the Cowboys/Chiefs? Here's what happened in the first quarter, according to @rjochoa.bsky.social . Follow the rest of the action in @mattgibson.bsky.social's #NFL Essentials #CustomFeed, created with #SurfSocial.
📌 bsky.app/profile/matt...
📌 bsky.app/profile/matt...
November 27, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Watching the Cowboys/Chiefs? Here's what happened in the first quarter, according to @rjochoa.bsky.social . Follow the rest of the action in @mattgibson.bsky.social's #NFL Essentials #CustomFeed, created with #SurfSocial.
📌 bsky.app/profile/matt...
📌 bsky.app/profile/matt...
Rotisserie chicken and a small camping stove, lit by flashlights: How @timkmak.bsky.social and the team at Counteroffensive celebrated #Thanksgiving in Ukraine. For more stories on everything that's happening, follow @flipboard.com's #CustomFeed, created with #SurfSocial.
bsky.app/profile/flip...
bsky.app/profile/flip...
Even in the darkest times, there is always something to celebrate.
This year our team held a turkey-less Thanksgiving dinner amidst a winter power blackout, while sharing our thoughts on what we are thankful for.
Later, Nastia visited one of Ukraine's few turkey farms.
This year our team held a turkey-less Thanksgiving dinner amidst a winter power blackout, while sharing our thoughts on what we are thankful for.
Later, Nastia visited one of Ukraine's few turkey farms.
A very Ukrainian thanksgiving
Celebrating Thanksgiving this year without turkey, with mulled wine, and in dim candlelight, our team shares words of gratitude via video. Nastia later visits one of the rare turkey farms in Ukraine.
www.counteroffensive.news
November 27, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Rotisserie chicken and a small camping stove, lit by flashlights: How @timkmak.bsky.social and the team at Counteroffensive celebrated #Thanksgiving in Ukraine. For more stories on everything that's happening, follow @flipboard.com's #CustomFeed, created with #SurfSocial.
bsky.app/profile/flip...
bsky.app/profile/flip...