Via LLRX – Pete Recommends – Weekly highlights on cyber security issues, December 12, 2020 – Privacy and security 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… Continue Reading
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Monthly Archives: December 2020
Counting Electoral Votes: An Overview of Procedures at the Joint Session, Including Objections by Members of Congress
CRS report via LC – Counting Electoral Votes: An Overview of Procedures at the Joint Session, Including Objections by Members of Congress, Updated December 8, 2020: “The Constitution and federal law establish a detailed timetable following the presidential election during which time the members of the electoral college convene in the 50 state capitals and… Continue Reading
Teampedia – collaborative encyclopedia of free team building activities, free icebreakers, teamwork resources, and tools for teams
Teampedia – Tools for Teams: “This site is designed for group leaders, trainers, teachers, managers, directors, counselors, youth groups, camps, task forces … anyone wanting to enhance collaboration and creativity.” Continue Reading
Measuring News Consumption in a Digital Era
Pew – As news outlets morph and multiply, both surveys and passive data collection tools face challenges – “This report is the culmination of this effort and is organized into three sections: Chapter 1 looks at the U.S. public’s familiarity with newer concepts related to news; Chapter 2 examines possible ways to improve survey-based measures… Continue Reading
Ravens parallel great apes in physical and social cognitive skills
Pika, S., Sima, M.J., Blum, C.R. et al. Ravens parallel great apes in physical and social cognitive skills. Sci Rep 10, 20617 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-77060-8 [Full text online – Free] “Human children show unique cognitive skills for dealing with the social world but their cognitive performance is paralleled by great apes in many tasks dealing with… Continue Reading
As trust in news falls around the world Reuters Institute report looks at trade-offs involved in trying to regain and retain it
Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism at the University of Oxford – What we think we know and what we want to know: perspectives on trust in news in a changing world – “Trust in news has eroded worldwide. According to the Reuters Institute’s Digital News Report 2020, fewer than four in ten people (38%)… Continue Reading
Legal Terms of Use and Public Genealogy Websites
Contreras, Jorge L. and Schultz, Kyle and Teerlink, Craig and Maness, Tim and Meyer, Laurence and Cannon-Albright, Lisa, Legal Terms of Use and Public Genealogy Websites (November 8, 2020). Journal of Law and the Biosciences, lsaa063, 1-24 (Nov. 2020), University of Utah College of Law Research Paper No. 407, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3726977 – “Public… Continue Reading
The UN released a stark new climate report
Mashable: “The UN released a stark climate report on Wednesday [December 9, 2020]. The Emissions Gap Report 2020 is an assessment of a wide chasm: the gap between where human-created carbon emissions are expected to be in 2030 versus the cuts actually needed to substantially limit global warming. The latest report underscores that the coronavirus… Continue Reading
How Will You Know If Your Neighbors Have Gotten the Vaccine?
Lifehacker: “…Experts agree the government is highly unlikely to mandate civilians get a COVID vaccination. So how do we get enough people to take it to functionally end the pandemic? A least 70 percent of the population will likely need get the vaccine before we reach herd immunity, the point at which person-to-person spread becomes… Continue Reading
Google Adds Knowledge Panels in Search Results for Covid-19 Vaccines to Counter Misinformation
Gizmodo: “Google plans to counter vaccine conspiracy theories and misinformation by tacking on new knowledge panels to search results when people look up information about covid-19 vaccines. The feature’s launching first in the UK, where health authorities began rolling out the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine—the first of its kind approved in the West—this week. Google intends to… Continue Reading
Block specific websites in Google Search and other search engines with the uBlacklist extension for Firefox and Chrome
ghacks: “One of the biggest problems with search engines is their accuracy. Google is good for the most part, but sometimes you may find that the results are irrelevant, clickbait, and generally not what you were looking for. There are a few ways to tailor the result settings to your needs. Maybe you dislike a… Continue Reading
Brave browser-maker launches privacy-friendly news reader
Ars Technica – By design, Brave Today doesn’t let the company or third parties build user profiles – “Brave Software, maker of the Brave Web browser, is introducing a news reader that’s designed to protect user privacy by preventing parties—both internal and third party—from tracking the sites, articles, and story topics people view. Brave Today,… Continue Reading
