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Daily Archives: July 19, 2022
Your Resume: Portrait or Passport Photo? Career Development for Lawyers—And Other Ambitious People
Via LLRX – Your Resume: Portrait or Passport Photo? Career Development for Lawyers—And Other Ambitious People – Jerry Lawson discusses how a good resume is more like a stylish portrait photo. A top portrait photographer uses lenses, lighting, composition, props and other tools to bring out the subject’s best features in an original way. Your… Continue Reading
MIT Press opens access to 3480 books
Via @RobertaArielli, https://www.robertadalessandro.it/ – @mitpresshas opened the access to 3480 books, within the MIT Press Direct program. There are 196 #linguistics books, and 3480 books in all disciplines, and counting. https://direct.mit.edu/books/search-r Continue Reading
Light pollution is disrupting the seasonal rhythms of plants and trees, lengthening pollen season in US cities
Via LLRX – Light pollution is disrupting the seasonal rhythms of plants and trees, lengthening pollen season in US cities – City lights that blaze all night are profoundly disrupting urban plants’ phenology – shifting when their buds open in the spring and when their leaves change colors and drop in the fall. New research Yuyu… Continue Reading
How hot is too hot for the human body?
The Conversation – Our lab found heat + humidity gets dangerous faster than many people realize: “Heat waves are becoming supercharged as the climate changes – lasting longer, becoming more frequent and getting just plain hotter. One question a lot of people are asking is: “When will it get too hot for normal daily activity… Continue Reading
Market-Based Greenhouse Gas Emission Reduction Legislation: 108th Through 117th Congresses
CRS Report – Market-Based Greenhouse Gas Emission Reduction Legislation: 108th Through 117th Congresses, Updated July 18, 2022: “Congressional interest in market-based greenhouse gas (GHG) emission control legislation has fluctuated over the past 20years. Market-based approaches that would address GHG emissions typically involve either a cap-and-trade system or a carbon tax or emissions fee program. Both approaches… Continue Reading
A 1792 case reveals that key Founders saw abortion as a private matter
Washington Post – Thomas Jefferson, John Marshall and Patrick Henry didn’t advocate for prosecution of a woman who probably had an abortion Continue Reading
How to Make Your Web Browser as Secure as Possible
Gizmodo: “Your web browser is your window to the outside world, but it goes two ways—it’s also the window through which viruses, malware and other nasties can get access to your computer. With that in mind, it’s vital that you take some time to lock down your browser of choice as much as possible from… Continue Reading
‘A uniquely dangerous tool’: How Google’s data can help states track abortions
Politico: “Many of the states rushing to ban abortion are also the biggest users of a surveillance tool that authorities could use to track women ending their pregnancies — the location data from people’s phones. Supporters of abortion rights are expressing growing alarm about the potential uses that police or prosecutors could find for this… Continue Reading
Cyclists Break Far Fewer Road Rules Than Motorists
Forbes – “A new study from the Danish Road Directorate shows that less than 5% of cyclists break traffic laws while riding yet 66% of motorists do so when driving. The Danish Cycling Embassy, a privately-funded NGO, puts this down to visibility: law breaking by cyclists is “easy to notice for everyone” but transgressions by motorists,… Continue Reading
