H. R. 1019 – To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a credit for the purchase of certain new electric bicycles. The E-BIKE Act was introduced on 2/11/2021 – “In the case of an individual, there shall be allowed as a credit against the tax imposed by this subtitle for any taxable year an amount equal to 30 percent of the cost of any qualified electric bicycle placed in service by the taxpayer during such taxable year…”
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Daily Archives: March 17, 2021
Report: So You Want to Do an Infrastructure Project
The Niskanen Center – “Over the last few generations, American infrastructure construction costs have exploded, even as many peer countries spend a fraction of what the U.S. does on the same bridge or tunnel or high-speed rail line. The difference in costs often boils down to domestic state capacity: bureaucracies in East Asia and Continental… Continue Reading
Listen to Wikipedia: A Web Site That Turns Every Wikipedia Edit Into Ambient Music in Real Time
Open Culture – “…Wikipedia itself has become ambient music. Listen to Wikipedia, writes co-creator Mahmoud Hashemi, “is a real-time auralization of Wikipedia growing, one edit at a time. The site is literally self-explanatory.” Even so, at that linked blog post Hashemi and his fellow developer Stephen LaPorte explain that “Bells are additions, strings are subtractions.” [Highly recommend… Continue Reading
CIO Jury: 100% of employers will continue to offer remote work after the pandemic
ZDNET – Working from anywhere is a trend that will remain in place for years to come. “Remote work and work-from-anywhere will continue to be part of the perks offered to employees long after the COVID-19 pandemic is over, at least according to TechRepublic’s CIO Jury. And they’re not alone. Gartner has said that global… Continue Reading
How to use Office apps with Microsoft Teams to collaborate and create today
Microsoft Blog: “In a time of hybrid work business leaders want to empower people to come together and share their best ideas. We want to help with solutions that are fluid, dynamic, and cloud powered to enable collaboration from anywhere. Over the past year, we’ve learned a lot about working remotely, but recognize that spontaneous… Continue Reading
Appointment and Confirmation of Executive Branch Leadership: An Overview
CRS – Appointment and Confirmation of Executive Branch Leadership: An Overview – Updated March 17, 2021: “The Constitution divides the responsibility for populating the top positions in the executive branch of the federal government between the President and the Senate. Article II, Section 2empowers the President to nominate and, by and with the advice and… Continue Reading
Teaching Technology to (Future) Lawyers
Barczentewicz, Mikolaj, Teaching Technology to (Future) Lawyers (February 23, 2021). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3791608 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3791608 “The paper offers a reflection on how applications of computer technology (including data analytics) are and may be taught to (future) lawyers and what are the benefits and limitations of the different approaches. There is a growing sense among… Continue Reading
EWG’s 2021 Shopper’s Guide to Pesticides in Produce
“Collard and mustard greens join kale among the most pesticide-contaminated fresh produce on the Environmental Working Group’s 2021 Dirty Dozen™ list. For the first time, bell peppers and hot peppers have made the list. The Dirty Dozen and the Clean Fifteen™ together make up EWG’s annual Shopper’s Guide to Pesticides in Produce™, which analyzes Department of Agriculture… Continue Reading
FBI releases the Internet Crime Complaint Center 2020 Internet Crime Report
“The FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center has released its annual report. The 2020 Internet Crime Report includes information from 791,790 complaints of suspected internet crime—an increase of more than 300,000 complaints from 2019—and reported losses exceeding $4.2 billion. State-specific statistics have also been released and can be found within the 2020 Internet Crime Report and in the accompanying 2020 State… Continue Reading
The State of Health and Safety: One Year Later, Increased Workplace Health and Safety Measures Are Still Needed
“In this latest survey conducted by JUST Capital and The Harris Poll, with support from the Ford Foundation, we explore the state of worker health and safety in the U.S., turning to both employers and employees to understand how the impacts of COVID-19 are continuing to shape the workplace one year into the pandemic. Explore… Continue Reading
These Beautiful Photos of Subway Stations Will Transport You From Your Daily Commute
Atlas Obscura – See the most striking transit systems from Montreal to Munich. “Honestly, I’m just really obsessed with looking at photos of metros,” says Montreal-based photographer Chris Forsyth. The photography student at Montreal’s Dawson College has been documenting the unique interiors of the Canadian city’s 68 transit stations, which date to the 1960s, for… Continue Reading
Shifting attention to accuracy can reduce misinformation online
Nature – 17 March 2021: “In recent years, there has been a great deal of concern about the proliferation of false and misleading news on social media Academics and practitioners alike have asked why people share such misinformation, and sought solutions to reduce the sharing of misinformation Here, we attempt to address both of these… Continue Reading
