Black Friday is the perfect day to support independent news sites and journalists with clicks and/or cash. 💰

Here are some who are active in the fediverse. Tell us in the comments if there are any we've missed.

404 Meda, @404mediaco


Bolts, @bolts

Brian Merchant, @brianmerchant

Casey Newton, @caseynewton

Cory Doctorow, @pluralistic


Joan Westenberg , @Daojoan


GBH News, @gbhnews


Knowable Magazine @KnowableMag

The New York Review of Books, @nybooks


ProPublica, @ProPublica

Rest of World, @restofworld

San Francisco Public Press, @SFPublicPress

Steve Herman, @w7voa

The Texas Observer, @TexasObserver

The Continent, @thecontinent


The Conversation, @TheConversationUS

The Transmitter, @thetransmitter

The Tyee, @thetyee


The Xylom, @thexylom


The Tucson Sentinel, @TucsonSentinel

Tim Mak/The Counteroffensive, @timkmak

#Newstodon #NewstodonFriday #News #BlackFriday #Media #Journalism #FollowFriday

"Black Friday" predates shopping deals. The term originally referred to the 1869 U.S. financial panic & stock market crash.

Black Friday is also a 1904 novel by Frederic S. Isham, inspired by those events. A 1916 silent film adaptation was made, but may be lost.

📖 Read the #publicdomain novel ➡️ archive.org/details/blackfrida…

#BlackFriday

Breaking | Two Palestinian solidarity activists were abducted tonight by Israeli settlers and occupation forces in Tuwani, southern occupied West Bank.

Settlers from the Havat Maon outpost, disguised in Israeli military uniforms, intercepted the activists on a public road, brandishing rifles and forcibly taking their car keys.

Despite committing no offense, the activists were detained, handcuffed, blindfolded, and loaded into military vehicles by the occupation army, who arrived at the scene, before being driven to an unknown location.

#Israel #Palestine #Gaza #WestBank

Ukrainian, US delegations to continue peace plan talks at end of week china.org.cn/2025-11/28/conten…

Gamespot just posted:

1,600-Piece Hot Wheels Mercedes-Benz Building Set Is Only $48 For Black Friday

Brick Shop: Hot Wheels Premium Series - Mercedes-Benz 300 SL $48.49 (was $129.59) | (1,600 pieces) See at Amazon See at Target Brick Shop: Hot Wheels Elite Series - Corvette Grand Sport $29.39 (was $54) | 918 Pieces See at Target See at Amazon See at Walmart Amazon and Target have a wild Black Friday deal on the ...

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Off the record
abc.net.au/news/2025-11-29/fam…
Family court transcripts full of errors and judges deleting parts of transcripts to stop appeals.

Russian launch pad for Soyuz and Progress launches damaged

theregister.com/2025/11/28/lau…

Looks serious from the photos (link near the top). Could be out of service for over a year - though that might be a worst case scenario.

Kind of important for the ISS since the Progress vehicles provide fuel for the Russian modules used to reboost the ISS to maintain the orbit.

Kotaku just posted:

Sonos Arc Ultra Soundbar Drops to New Record Low, 9.1.4 Surround Sound Budget Bars Will Never Replicate

Projects 9.1.4 Dolby Atmos overhead, enhances dialogue with AI and tunes rooms automatically.
The post Sonos Arc Ultra Soundbar Drops to New Record Low, 9.1.4 Surround Sound Budget Bars Will Never Replicate appeared first on Kotaku.

kotaku.com/sonos-arc-ultra-sou…

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The European Space Agency’s first Scout mission, HydroGNSS, was launched today, 28 November, marking a significant step in advancing global understanding of water availability and the effects of climate change on Earth’s water cycle.

From "Associated Pravda"

apnews.com/article/trump-natio…
and
apnews.com/article/national-gu…

Two stories about how Trump is describing the DC shooting of National Guard soldiers. One before and the second after the death of Specialist Sarah Beckstrom.

The local rag picked up the second story & moved the "cuckoo" quote to just below the headline to make Trump sound crazy. No links to what he actually said in both stories.

SMH.

Valga–Valka: When ‘European Integration’ Runs Up Against The Wallet orientalreview.su/2025/11/28/v…

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Seeing Is Believing

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#abolition #statewideshutdownADOC2026
#Alabama

I don't think the Left has thought through what General lawlessness would bring.
Believe me when I tell you the alternative to an ordered society would end most of their lives.
That is fact.

youtu.be/iRlT3sSUg3A?si=slUuqI…

TheGamer just posted:

All Playable Characters And How To Unlock Them In Solo Leveling: Arise Overdrive

You can unlock or recruit 20 different Hunters to join you in Solo Leveling: Arise Overdrive - here's how!

thegamer.com/solo-leveling-ari…

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East Timor still searches for justice, 50 years after Indonesian invasion
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/11/28/east-timor-still-searches-for-justice-50-years-after-indonesian-invasion?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

Posted into Asia Pacific News @asia-pacific-news-AlJazeera

Cartoons for today

creators.com/read/al-goodwyn-c…
Al Goodwyn with a US map showing foreign interference on social media; imports with zero tariffs.

creators.com/read/tom-stiglich…
PA Governor Shapiro asking the founding farmers for protection from hair discrimination.

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Daniel Medina has "Thankful" (Israeli soldiers thankful the genocide is unnoticed)

'Israel' admits to 700 airstrikes on Lebanon since ceasefire agreement

A new Israeli report shows continued assaults on Lebanon, including hundreds of airstrikes and more than 1,200 ground incursions.

en.mdn.tv/8mk7

#Politics

The debate about generative AI is interesting because it's all the brilliant, creative people who value truth and the human intellect on one side and all the uncreative, intellectually sluggish people who can't write a paragraph on the other, and the latter group is winning because they've got capital on their side.

'My Partner Loves Every Inch Of Me'
[says Michelle] [or Big Mike]

Nov. 20 2025, Published 7:38 p.m. ET
radaronline.com/p/michelle-oba…

CME Shuts Down Silver Futures Market as Physical Demand Overwhelms LBMA | Interview with Eric Yeung.
youtube.com/watch?v=0ygEl0FfET…
Speculates that the shutdown was fabricated to give the LBMA time to manipulate the silver price down (17:30). Might be worth keeping an eye on the price and buying the dip?

FLASHBACK... 2 years ago.

House Speaker Mike Johnson's 'Adopted' Son, 40, Appears in Court on Drug and Weapon Charges
radaronline.com/p/house-speake…

Photo... 1999

Nanook doesn't like this.

Steam Deck just posted:

Steam Deck Beta Client Update: November 28th

We have just shipped an updated Steam Deck Client to the Preview/Beta channel.GeneralFixed intermittent in-game purchase failures for some games.

store.steampowered.com/news/ap…

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