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Daily Archives: September 24, 2024

Find the Right Open Source Research Tools – Bellingcat’s New Online Investigations Toolkit

“Have you ever struggled to find a tool that does exactly what you need? Do you know the feeling of spending hours trying to figure out how to use a tool just to realise that the key features you are interested in are not working anymore, or that the previously free product has turned into a paid one that is more expensive than you can afford? You are not alone. More than 80 percent of open source researchers that participated in two Bellingcat surveys indicated that finding the right tools can be challenging.  This is where our new Online Investigations Toolkit comes in: it not only helps you discover tools in categories like satellite imagery and maps, social media, transportation or archiving, but is also designed to help researchers learn how to use each tool by providing in-depth descriptions, common use cases and information on requirements and limitations for each toolkit entry. Most of the tools included can be used for free…”

3 imagery updates to Google Earth and Maps

Google Blog: “Our world is in constant motion. Cities expand, landscapes evolve and the climate continues to reshape our globe. To help people visualize these changes and learn more about the world around them, we’re announcing new updates to Google Earth and Street View. Travel back in time with Earth — and plan projects more… Continue Reading

We Underfunded Our Libraries Once. It Almost Lost Us World War II

TIME – Graham is a historian and professor at Stony Brook University. – Her latest book is BOOK AND DAGGER: How Scholars and Librarians Became the Unlikely Spies of World War II: “2024 has seen many devastating budget cuts to libraries. Earlier this year, New York City’s Mayor Eric Adams proposed to cut more than… Continue Reading

Slack, Teams, Google Chat: Is There Any Safe Place to Complain About Work Online?

WSJ via MSN: “Workers are getting too comfortable venting on their employers’ chat apps. We tend to forget that nothing we say there is private. Disney last week said it was quitting Slack, after a hacker gained access to an executive’s account and leaked millions of intraoffice messages. They included computer code, details about unreleased… Continue Reading

The State of Work-Life Balance in Journalism

How journalists manage their professional and personal lives. Muck Rack’s first State of Work-Life Balance in Journalism report examines data from two surveys of nearly 1,800 journalists. The report looks at salary, access to mental health services and burnout among journalists. of journalists have access to mental health services at work: Less than 25% of… Continue Reading

Gen Z’s Guide To Project 2025

Voters of Tomorrow: This isn’t the future Gen Z asked for. “Gen Z knows what kind of a future we want to build. We want a future where we can afford basic living costs, live free of the burdens of overwhelming student loan debt, have the freedom to make the reproductive healthcare choices that are… Continue Reading

Why car companies might finally have to care about pedestrian safety

Fast Company: “Earlier this month, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) unveiled a significant change to car regulations that delighted safety advocates, annoyed automakers, and surprised pretty much everyone. In a first, NHTSA proposed forcing car companies to limit the risk of pedestrian head injuries in a collision. If the proposal becomes law, models… Continue Reading

Are you in the American middle class? Find out with our income calculator

“About half of U.S. adults (52%) lived in middle-income households in 2022, according to a Pew Research Center analysis of the most recent available government data. Roughly three-in-ten (28%) were in lower-income households and 19% were in upper-income households. Our calculator below, updated with 2022 data, lets you find out which group you are in,… Continue Reading