Washington Post visualization: “Which food is better for the planet? Salmon or cod? Knowing what to eat to minimize impact on the planet can feel like an impossible task: Eat locally? Skip meat? Opt for organic, free range, humanely raised? But each of those choices, however Earth-friendly they may sound, come with environmental impact. And… Continue Reading
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Monthly Archives: February 2023
The State of Open Humanitarian Data 2023
A report by the UN’s Humanitarian Data Exchange. “This report was produced in February 2023 by the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) Centre for Humanitarian Data, which manages the Humanitarian Data Exchange (HDX) platform…In our fourth year of producing The State of Open Humanitarian Data, we can report the highest… Continue Reading
A Love Letter to Libraries, Long Overdue
The New York Times: “The New York Times sent photographers to seven states to document the thrum and buzz in buildings once known for silence…The New York Times sent photographers to seven states to document the thrum and buzz in buildings once known for silence… We all know that books connect us, that language has… Continue Reading
Original Tweets Only: Retweeters Not Liable for Defamation
ABA: “Re-posters of digital content are not liable for statements they did not author. Only the original creators of digital content can be held liable for defamatory statements, not the re-posters of slanderous posts. The court in Banaian v. Bascom held that persons who reshared original content should not be held to the same standard… Continue Reading
National Firearms Commerce and Trafficking Assessment (NFCTA): Crime Guns – Volume Two
NPR – According to a new federal report, illegal machine gun converters are becoming more prevalent in the U.S. The report – National Firearms Commerce and Trafficking Assessment (NFCTA): Crime Guns – Volume Two from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) documents new data and trends in the use of guns by criminals… Continue Reading
Moving or leaving accounts on Mastodon
Take your information and do what you want with it. Exporting your information Redirecting or moving your profile Profile redirect Profile move Account aliases Deleting your account Continue Reading
Data Brokers and the Sale of Americans’ Mental Health Data
Sanford School of Public Policy, Duke University, Data Brokers and the Sale of Americans’ Mental Health Data The Exchange of Our Most Sensitive Data and What It Means for Personal Privacy, February 13, 2022, by Joanne Kim. “This report includes findings from a two-month-long study of data brokers and data on U.S. individuals’ mental health… Continue Reading
Point of View: Rethinking academia in a time of climate crisis
Anne E Urai, Clare Kelly (2023) Point of View: Rethinking academia in a time of climate crisis eLife 12:e84991 https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.84991 “Addressing the climate crisis requires radical and urgent action at all levels of society. Universities are ideally positioned to lead such action but are largely failing to do so. At the same time, many academic… Continue Reading
Revisiting the Openverse: Finding Open Images and Audio
Creative Commons: “Looking for that perfect picture to illustrate your post? That catchy tune to jazz up your video? Look no further than Openverse, the huge library of free and open stock photos, images, and audio contributed to the public commons by people around the world, now available at its new domain: openverse.org. Here at… Continue Reading
Pete Recommends – Weekly highlights on cyber security issues, February 11, 2023
Pete Recommends – Weekly highlights on cyber security issues, February 11, 2023 – Privacy and cybersecurity issues impact every aspect of our lives – home, work, travel, education, health and medical records – to name but a few. On a weekly basis Pete Weiss highlights articles and information that focus on the increasingly complex and… Continue Reading
How to Make Sure You’re Not Accidentally Sharing Your Location
Wired: “Your devices and apps really, really want to know where you are—whether it’s to tell you the weather, recommend some restaurants you might like, or better target advertising at you. Managing what you’re sharing and what you’re not sharing, and when, can quickly get confusing. It’s also possible that you have inconsistencies in the… Continue Reading
OpenAI’s ChatGPT – here’s how to use it
Insider: ChatGPT has taken the internet by storm since it launched in November. The AI-powered chatbot can do everything from pass MBA exams to successfully negotiate a raise. If you haven’t tried it yet, here’s a step-by-step walkthrough of how to access and use ChatGPT. If you want to give the new Bing a whirl,… Continue Reading
