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Surf @surf.social · 8h

Quelle horreur! Just in time for Halloween, @antbit.projectedfigures.com wrote about 10 French horror films, from "The Devil’s Castle" to "Raw." Read this, and more stories about movies, in @flipboard.com's Cinephiles feed, created with #SurfSocial.

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Anton Bitel @antbit.projectedfigures.com · 11h

Here's a piece on 10 French Horror Films that I wrote for the BFI to celebrate their 4K UHD and digital release of Georges Franju's EYES WITHOUT A FACE (1960) from 20 October
www.bfi.org.uk/lists/10-gre...

10 great French horror films

From Eyes Without a Face to Raw, French horror trips the line between realism and the uncanny, and pushes into a realm of profound discomfort.

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FediForum @fediforum.org · 13h

"Bouncing from ActivityPub to ATProto".

Did you know you could pack up your Mastodon account and move to Bluesky, reconnecting with your followers? And vice versa?

Here are the demos from #FediForum to show how to:

spectra.video/w/nUaL... (one way)
spectra.video/w/pMRU... (the other way)

FediForum Demo: Bounce: A Migration Tool for the Open Social Web

Speed demo by Anuj Ahooja (@[email protected], @quillmatiq.com) and Ryan Barrett (@[email protected], @snarfed.org) at FediForum June 2025. More info: https://fediforum.org/2025-06

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Flipboard @flipboard.com · 1d

We've been having outages on Flipboard recently as a result of spammers.

🚫 We’ve blocked malicious traffic from several cloud providers, so things should run more smoothly.

Still seeing issues? Let us know via our support chat: flipboard.helpshift.com/hc/en/

Flipboard Technical Support and Help Center

Welcome to the Flipboard support page. How can we help you? We have ready answers for many common questions about Flipboard.

flipboard.helpshift.com

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Surf @surf.social · 1d

Want to stay up to date on the latest in #Portland, with stories by local reporters like @editorswindler.bsky.social? Pin @oregonian.com's feed, created with #SurfSocial.

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Samantha Swindler @editorswindler.bsky.social · 1d

“When you have people in inflatables bouncing around ... it’s going to be very difficult to say this was a war zone, this was a riot. It de-escalates with ICE, it de-escalates with protesters, it de-escalates with counter-protesters — and, ironically enough, the pepper balls bounce right off.”

Why Portland ICE protesters are showing up dressed as giant inflatable animals

"Operation Inflation" is stocking a rack of free inflatable costumes near the site of Portland ICE protests.

www.oregonlive.com

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Flipboard @flipboard.com · 2d

Missed @werd.io's keynote at this year's #FediForum? Here's the full transcript. "The opportunity right now isn't to build a better Twitter ... it's to build infrastructure that vulnerable people can actually use to organize, to communicate safely, and to build community."

flip.it/Xs9Lur

Why the open social web matters now

The needs are real – and you have so much power.

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Surf @surf.social · 2d

Check your email for a Surf-y surprise!

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Surf @surf.social · 3d

If you care about justice, accountability, and the truth, check out @klasfeldreports.com's All Rise News Surf custom feed for fearless reporting and commentary on the law, your rights, and the issues shaping America in the #Trump era.

Tap 📌 to add it to your home: bsky.app/profile/klas...

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Surf @surf.social · 6d

Ireland's government piloted a #UniversalBasicIncome scheme for creative workers in 2022, and now it will become a permanent fixture. Read more about this in @djmag.com's story, and like/pin @flipboard.com's Pitch Perfect feed, created with #SurfSocial, for more #MusicNews.

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DJ Mag @djmag.com · 6d

Ireland’s government is pressing ahead with plans to permanently implement a basic income scheme that will support 2,000+ artists, creative workers and musicians in 2026

djmag.com/news/ireland...

Ireland’s basic income scheme for artists to be made permanent in 2026

The scheme aims to support 2,000 artists and creative workers, paying each successful applicant €325 a week

djmag.com

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Paul Frazee @pfrazee.com · 6d

I can't even explain why I like @leaflet.pub so much but I really do, and now it's open source (on an open source open sourcing tool) and man that is cool

@leaflet.pub/leaflet

a tool for shared writing and social publishing

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Jessica @jejord.bsky.social · 6d

If you’re interested in following conversations about #JeffreyEpstein and the powerful men in his orbit, check out my @surf.social custom feed.

And if haven’t already, go watch the @theonion.com documentary!

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Surf @surf.social · 6d

Great! Can't wait to see the feeds you build!

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Kuba Suder 🇵🇱🇺🇦 @mackuba.eu · 7d

We've crossed 2k DAU on indie PDSes: #BlueskyStats

Daily users posting from non Bluesky PDSes, rising from ~600 in the winter/spring/summer to 1000 in August to 1400-1500 in September and over 2000 now

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Tim Chambers @timothychambers.net · 7d

I just created this Vblog Brothers and #Nerdfighters Bluesky feed with the @surf.social
app… #Surffeeds #DFTBA

Vblogbrothers & Nerdfighteria
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Surf @surf.social · 7d

It's coming — lots of cool stuff happening behind the scenes! In the meantime, are you on the waitlist? If so, let us know the email address you registered with (via DM) and we'll get you into the beta!

Surf @surf.social · 7d

You really have! Thanks for your patience — you should be getting an email any second now!

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Surf @surf.social · 7d

Be like @rollingstone.com and use Surf to create custom feeds, using @flipboard.com's topic engine to get them just how you want. Then publish to @bsky.app so your followers can see them here. Sign up for the waitlist, using the referral code SurfSky.

waitlist.surf.social

Surf Waitlist Sign Up

Join the beta — it's a new browser for the social web.

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Surf @surf.social · 7d

Check out @jsweetli.bsky.social's story for @rollingstone.com on who runs the MAGA accounts that conservatives love. Find more articles like this in the #RollingStonePolitics @bsky.app feed, created with #SurfSocial.

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Rolling Stone @rollingstone.com · 7d

The right loves the accounts, which often rail against supposed voter fraud.

They’re run by a Macedonian who illegally donated to a U.S. House candidate.

Story: bit.ly/47grj1P

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Surf @surf.social · 8d

Start building your own Surf feeds on anything from news and tech to sports and recipes — sign up for the waitlist here, using the referral code FediForum.

waitlist.surf.social

Surf Waitlist Sign Up

Join the beta — it's a new browser for the social web.

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Surf @surf.social · 8d

Fall #FediForum has wrapped, but if you want to catch up on everything that happened, follow @timothychambers.net's feed, created with Surf and published to @bsky.app, here:

bsky.app/profile/timo...

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Surf @surf.social · 8d

Thanks @quillmatiq.com! @csolisr.azkware.net, if you'd like to try Surf, please add yourself to the waitlist here and we'll get you right in!

waitlist.surf.social

Surf Waitlist Sign Up

Join the beta — it's a new browser for the social web.

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Surf @surf.social · 8d

Amazing! Congrats, team @anew.social!

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A New Social @anew.social · 8d

Today, we announced our next Bounce Beta that lets you migrate your Mastodon profile into any existing ATProto account, whether you're on Bluesky or any other PDS provider!

We'll be going live with Bounce Beta 2 on October 20th.

Read more here:

Bounce from Mastodon to Bluesky

With our next Bounce Beta, you will be able to Bounce your Mastodon account to Bluesky!

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Surf @surf.social · 8d

Coming soon on #Mastodon — and yes, you will be able to use their Starter Packs for your #SurfFeeds!

Flipboard @flipboard.com · 8d

Starter Packs are taking off! 🚀

Another great tool to curate your experience on the social web and discover new profiles to follow.

FediForum @fediforum.org · 9d

FediForum got a mention today in a piece on Mastodon Starter Packs in The Verge. Mastodon starter packs are coming, and were discussed at #FediForum today.

www.theverge.com/news/794988/...

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Surf @surf.social · 9d

Congrats to @altstore.io, who have joined the #OpenSocialWeb!

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Mike McCue @mmccue.bsky.social · 9d

The AltStore is federating to Bluesky and the rest of the social web. Now developers and users can connect with each other on an open platform while drastically improving app discovery. I believe so much in this mission that I joined their board to help.

rileytestut.com/blog/2025/10...

Evolving AltStore PAL

In April of last year, we launched AltStore PAL in the European Union as one of the first official alternative app marketplaces on iOS thanks to the Digital Markets Act. We launched with just 2 apps —...

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