The Domestic Extremist Next Door by Erin Dauphinais-Soos · April 19, 2021 “How have digital media platforms contributed to anti-government rhetoric? Digital Citizens Alliance and Coalition for a Safer Web teamed up to answer this question in their report, “The Domestic Extremist Next Door.” [56-page PDF] The report analyzes some of the most popular social… Continue Reading
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Monthly Archives: April 2021
How to stop your cell provider from sharing (some of) your data
Mashable: “Smartphones are intimate companions: We cradle them in our hands, and hold them close to our chests. They greet us each morning, and whisper in our ears at night. We tell them our secrets. Unfortunately, when it comes to keeping those secrets, our phones have mixed allegiances. On Feb. 23, T-Mobile, which completed its… Continue Reading
Everyone ages 16 and up can get the COVID-19 vaccine
Google – Find a vaccination site near you See also Latest Data on COVID-19 Vaccinations Race/Ethnicity – As noted in previous analysis, preventing racial disparities in the uptake of COVID-19 vaccines will be important to help mitigate the disproportionate impacts of the virus for people of color and prevent widening racial health disparities going forward.… Continue Reading
The Coming AI Hackers
The Coming AI Hackers – Bruce Schneier – “Artificial intelligence—AI—is an information technology. It consists of software. It runs on computers. And it is already deeply embedded into our social fabric, both in ways we understand and in ways we don’t. It will hack our society to a degree and effect unlike anything that’s come before.… Continue Reading
IMF Launches Climate Change Indicators Dashboard
“The International Monetary Fund (IMF) launched a new Climate Change Indicators Dashboard—an international statistical initiative to address the growing need for data in macroeconomic and financial policy analysis to facilitate climate change mitigation and adaptation. The Dashboard is a single platform that brings together experimental climate change indicators that allows comparison across countries. The indicators… Continue Reading
Back To The Office Anxieties
Blind blog Workspace Insights: “Anxiety over returning to the office is very real. Blind, an anonymous community of verified professionals with 4 million+ users, began running a survey gauging if professionals were anxious about returning to the office and why. 65% of professionals on Blind are anxious about the office reopening, according to results. 4,200 users across different… Continue Reading
Having trouble finding a COVID-19 vaccination appointment? These online resources can help
PCWorld – “Monday [April 19, 2021] marked the first day of widespread eligibility across the U.S. for a COVID-19 vaccination, but some people have still struggled to find appointments. While luck does play a part in success, you can increase your chances by tuning into crowdsourced info and using websites that crawl vaccine appointment pages… Continue Reading
FTC – Protecting Consumers During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Year in Review
Protecting Consumers During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Year in Review – “The Federal Trade Commission is a bipartisan independent agency that protects consumers and promotes competition. The COVID-19 pandemic and the attendant economic fallout touch on the full breadth of the Commission’s mandate. The FTC has applied its resources to investigate and respond to issues… Continue Reading
Paper Notebooks vs. Mobile Devices: Brain Activation Differences During Memory Retrieval
Paper Notebooks vs. Mobile Devices: Brain Activation Differences During Memory Retrieval Keita Umejima1, Takuya Ibaraki, Takahiro Yamazaki2 and Kuniyoshi L. Sakai, Department of Basic Science, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan. 2NTT Data Institute of Management Consulting, Inc., Tokyo, Japan. “It remains to be determined how different inputs for… Continue Reading
GSA: Distributed work makes government teams happier, more productive and inclusive
govfresh – “The U.S. General Services Administration’s 18F has a great post on why distributed government is critical to highly-functioning public service teams, emphasizing a ‘distributed first’ approach to work. The post touches on key issues that make work cultures great and how distributed operations facilitate these, including issues related to: Inclusivity Accessibility Trust and… Continue Reading
The Ever-Growing Collection of Practice Ready Tools from Bloomberg Law, Lexis, and Westlaw
CRIV Blog – CRIB Blog – Prepare to Practice, New and Notable: The Ever-Growing Collection of Practice Ready Tools from Bloomberg Law, Lexis, and Westlaw – “At this time of the year, as the spring semester winds down (how is that already possible?!?), my mind always seems to wander to thoughts of law students heading off… Continue Reading
Connecting Libraries and Learning Analytics for Student Success
The Corkboard: “A recent library learning analytics project highlights the wide—if not widening—gap between advocates of the technology and those concerned that the value of student privacy isn’t being fully attended to. The project argues that privacy “hinges” on confidentiality. In this brief post, I will succinctly argue why confidentiality is not privacy, but privacy… Continue Reading
