Lifewire: “Gmail allows you to create custom labels, which are similar to folders, to keep your email sorted and easily accessible. Here we explain why and how to use the drag-and-drop method to create Gmail labels.” Continue Reading
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Monthly Archives: February 2022
Why does justice for animals matter?
Oxford University Press Blog: “Saving Animals, Saving Ourselves: Why Animals Matter for Pandemics, Climate Change, and other Catastrophes. The health and environmental crises of the past two years have taught us that our lives are increasingly connected across nations and generations. Many of our current activities are not only harming vulnerable populations but also contributing… Continue Reading
Fact checking the Russian attack on Ukraine
Mashable: “Even if you think you’re following reports from reputable sources, it’s still important to do your due diligence and fact check it yourself. Here are some pointers on how to do that: Investigative news site Bellingcat has created a frequently updated database of footage from Russia and Ukraine that is false, which they debunk.… Continue Reading
Russian invasion’s impact on politics, policy, business and more
Politico Playbook: “Bruce Mehlman is out with a new deck on the Russian invasion’s impact on politics, policy, business and more…Bruce sees “minimal ‘rally around the commander-in-chief’” effect “given U.S. not attacked.” The potential upside for Biden, if he executes well, is that he’s seen as “strong Wartime Leader rallying West vs aggression,” like George… Continue Reading
NASA: Past and Present Dreams of the Future
“NASA: Past and Present Dreams of the Future, is a project comprising of an experiential exhibition and book from British photographer Benedict Redgrove. With unprecedented access to NASA’s spacecraft, labs and facilities Redgrove has created a body of work that looks at the power of those objects and the effect they have on us emotionally… Continue Reading
Don’t blame national forests for America’s massive wildfires
Popular Science: “In July 2021, lightning struck a tree on a rocky ridge deep in a national forest in California near the Nevada border. The US Forest Service decided that it was too risky to tackle at that spot, and that scarce firefighters would be more useful on other blazes—36 burned through California that month.… Continue Reading
Legal Inspiration in Art and Literature
In Custodia Legis: ” We’ve all been asked the question, what do you want to be when you grow up? Last year, I attended a preschool graduation where four to five year olds were asked this very question. Their answers varied: a policeman, an ice cream truck driver, a teacher. Perhaps unsurprisingly, no one mentioned… Continue Reading
Free Options for Filing Your Taxes
The New York Times: “Many of the no-cost online services have age or income limits. But some are available to anyone. It’s tax-filing season, and whether you go to an accountant or use online tax software, filing a return can be expensive. But there are free options. The typical fee for preparing a basic Form… Continue Reading
How to avoid falling for and spreading misinformation about Ukraine
Washington Post: “Anyone with a phone and an Internet connection is able to watch the war in Ukraine unfold live online, or at least some version of it. Across social media, posts are flying up faster than most fact-checkers and moderators can handle, and they’re an unpredictable mix of true, fake, out of context and… Continue Reading
Biden to nominate Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court
SCOTUS Blog: “President Joe Biden has selected Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson as his nominee to succeed Justice Stephen Breyer, according to multiple news reports. If confirmed by the Senate, Jackson would be the first Black woman to serve on the Supreme Court. Read our profile of Jackson.” AP: “Jackson would replace retiring Justice Stephen Breyer,… Continue Reading
In the world’s first crypto war uncertainty about who will benefit
Washington Post: “Both sides have embraced cryptocurrency. But its wartime utility is unclear…There is the $400,000 in cryptocurrency donations raised by a Kyiv IT professional to support the Ukrainian army. There are calls from Western cryptocurrency activists to mobilize on behalf of the Ukrainian people. And there are fears that Russia could use cryptocurrency to… Continue Reading
On Google Maps, tracking the invasion of Ukraine
Washington Post: “[Jeffrey Lewis – Lewis, a professor specializing in arms control and nonproliferation at the Middlebury Institute of International Studies in Monterey, Calif.,] sleuthing helps demonstrate how technology — and specifically Google Maps — is making it so people even far away can see in real time what’s happening , all the way down… Continue Reading
