“Social Communication is a site dedicated to helping people improve their ability to communicate with others. We hope to provide straight talk about talk, tone, and other ways humans form and maintain social relationships, for people with social communication challenges. We recommend you start by reading more about social communication in general, but you might… Continue Reading
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Types of misinformation Americans say are most concerning
Axios: “Americans’ top concern around misinformation right now — more than foreign government interference or AI — is politicians spreading it to manipulate their supporters, according to a new Axios Vibes survey by The Harris Poll. Why it matters: The election is 40 days away and nobody trusts or believes anything…” Continue Reading
Election Security Rumor vs. Reality
CISA – Rumor vs. Reality is designed to address common disinformation narratives by providing accurate information related to elections. Looking for information on state-specific election security efforts or additional FAQs? Check out the #TrustedInfo2024 page from the National Association of Secretaries of State (NASS) and the Election FAQs page from the National Association of State Election… Continue Reading
Young women are starting to leave men behind
FT.com – Men’s education deficit is increasingly becoming an employment, earnings and outcomes gap, with significant repercussions: “Across the developed world, girls and young women have been pulling ahead of boys and young men in education for several decades, with much larger proportions going on to attend university than their male counterparts. This trend has… Continue Reading
GM’s ‘crappy’ privacy statement is getting some changes after backlash and a lawsuit
Quartz: “…The Detroit automaker has been accused of failing to adequately disclose its relationship with a number of data brokers, including LexisNexis (RELX-0.33%) and Verisk according to a lawsuit filed last month by Texas officials. Data collected by GM vehicles, often through the company’s OnStar Smart Driver feature, was then shared by the brokers with… Continue Reading
FBI’s Crime Data Explorer
“The FBI’s Crime Data Explorer (CDE) aims to provide transparency, create easier access, and expand awareness of criminal, and noncriminal, law enforcement data sharing; improve accountability for law enforcement; and provide a foundation to help shape public policy in support of a safer nation. Use the CDE to discover data through visualizations, downloads in .csv… Continue Reading
DOL Outlines How Employers Can Avoid Discrimination in AI Hiring
Bloomberg Law: “The US Labor Department rolled out a new website Tuesday to instruct employers and workers on how to ensure artificial intelligence technology doesn’t lead to discrimination or limit accessibility for disabled job seekers. The guidance is the latest release tied to President Joe Biden’s executive order on the safe development of AI. The… Continue Reading
The best in bird photography 2024
Colossal: “Bird Photographer of the Year has announced the winners of the 2024 competition, selected from a pool of more than 23,000 submissions. Soaring into the top spot is Canadian conversation photojournalist Patricia Homonylo’s powerful image of thousands of birds that died after flying into windows in Toronto.” Continue Reading
Handy guide to the universal language for the mathematically perplexed
Ars Technica: “Galileo once famously described the universe as a great book “written in mathematical language and its characters are triangles, circles, and other geometrical figures.” Unfortunately, it’s a language that many people outside of math and science simply do not speak, largely because they are flummoxed and/or intimidated by the sheer density of all… Continue Reading
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… Continue Reading
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
