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Daily Archives: September 23, 2024

The Best and Worst Toilet Paper, Paper Towel, and Facial Tissue Brands

NRDC: “Tissue paper production is taking a devastating toll on forests. NRDC’s newest Issue with Tissue report can help you find earth-friendly brands. Few people give much thought to how their toilet paper or other tissue products are made. So most of us probably don’t realize that the average American household uses more than 100 pounds… Continue Reading

New Interagency US Sea Level Change Website Helps Communities Face Sea Level Rise

U.S. Global Change Research Program: “For the first time, the public has access to a whole-of-government, comprehensive online resource all about sea level rise: SeaLevel.GlobalChange.gov. On behalf of the U.S. Interagency Task Force on Sea Level Change, today the U.S. Global Change Research Program (USGCRP) officially released the new site. SeaLevel.GlobalChange.gov pairs a dynamic delivery… Continue Reading

The world of… work enemies

TotalJobs Data Visualization: “Good working relationships can take months to build… but they can go wrong in a moment. Sadly, it seems most of us will experience this. 62% of the 7,076 workers surveyed by Totaljobs admitted to having a work enemy According to a Totaljobs survey of over 7,000 UK workers, 6 in 10… Continue Reading

Migrants Are Settling in Thriving Blue Counties Not the Red Counties That Need Them

Bloomberg [unpaywalled]: “In this year’s US presidential campaign, few issues figure as prominently as immigration. Voters from coast to coast have seen their communities mired in fierce debates about how to handle an influx of migrants fueled by a record number of border crossings in 2023. Republican Donald Trump has long put cracking down on… Continue Reading

Mirroring Your iPhone to Your Mac Is Awesome: Here’s How to Set It Up

MakeUseOf: Requirements for iPhone Mirroring Setting Up iPhone Mirroring Navigating Your iPhone on Your Mac ​​What I Use iPhone Mirroring For Key Takeaways iPhone Mirroring works between all iPhones and Macs that support iOS 18 and macOS Sequoia, with the 2019 iMac being the only exception. You can click the iPhone icon in your Mac’s… Continue Reading

Banned Books Week

American Library Association: “In a time of deep political divides, library staff across the country are facing an overwhelming number of book ban attempts. In 2023 alone, the American Library Association’s Office for Intellectual Freedom tracked 1,247 efforts to censor books and other resources in libraries—an increase of 65% from the year before. In total,… Continue Reading

How to Sign Up for Local Emergency Alerts Before Natural Disasters Strike

Via LLRX – How to Sign Up for Local Emergency Alerts Before Natural Disasters Strike – Natural disasters have affected nearly 90 percent of U.S. counties since 2013, and while many households know about preparing emergency kits, a recent FEMA survey found a large drop in how many people are signed up to receive emergency… Continue Reading

Expert Survey on the Global Information Environment 2024

“The global information environment is under significant pressure from the development of new technologies and shifting public policies. How do experts around the world perceive the varied features of, and threats to, the information environment in their countries of expertise? In June 2024, the International Panel on the Information Environment (IPIE) surveyed 412 researchers from… Continue Reading

How Republican or Democratic is your name?

Washington Post: “…The Post’s voter file is compiled by L2, a data firm founded by its two eponymous L’s, Lourene and Lindy Criddle, in the mid-1970s. Within L2, dozens of engineers hammer away on secure servers to update, clean and standardize public voter records bought from the states. Such voter rolls, constructed under the auspices… Continue Reading