Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy: ” Download report data here – Executive Summary: “The tax overhaul signed into law by former President Donald Trump in 2017 cut the federal corporate income tax rate from 35 percent to 21 percent, but during the first five years it has been in effect, most profitable corporations paid considerably… Continue Reading
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ChatGPT Tutorial – How to use OpenAI’s AI Tool (with Images)
ChatGPT is an excellent tool with hundreds of uses, for work and play. We show you how to get started with the AI chatbot. [h/t Pete Weiss] In this guide: How to Sign Up for ChatGPT for Free How to Use ChatGPT Prompts How to Create Images in ChatGPT How to Manage How ChatGPT Uses… Continue Reading
CDC recommends spring COVID booster for people 65 and up
Ars Technica: “People ages 65 and up should get another dose of a COVID-19 vaccine this spring, given the age group’s higher risk of severe disease and death from the pandemic virus, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced Wednesday. Earlier today, an advisory committee for the CDC voted overwhelmingly in favor of recommending… Continue Reading
We Must Rescue Forgotten Geniuses If We are to Read Them
The Neglected Books Page: “Apoorva Tadepalli published an Op-Ed piece in the New York Times recently, titled “We Need to Read the Forgotten Geniuses, Not Rescue Them” [unpaywalled]. As anyone who’s familiar with this site can imagine, this was an article I read with interest. For over forty years, I’ve been fascinated with looking for forgotten… Continue Reading
Your Bike Just Got Stolen. These Vigilantes Will Get It Back.
WSJ [unpaywalled] ‘I hate thieves.’ Bike theft is booming, but so is the army of citizen sleuths fighting it. “Mike Pavlik sees a lot while recovering stolen bikes around Minneapolis. Once, pretending to be a potential buyer, he dressed up in khakis, a sports coat and met a seller. Pavlik took note of the make,… Continue Reading
Black Families Can Now Recover More of Their Lost Histories
The New York Times [Dr. Fields-Black is the author of “Combee: Harriet Tubman, the Combahee River Raid, and Black Freedom During the Civil War]: “…African Americans searching for their family histories often have only small irregular pieces of an enormous puzzle. Most of those pieces are missing because enslaved African Americans were not recorded by… Continue Reading
The Best VPNs to Protect Yourself Online
Wired – “It won’t solve all of your privacy problems, but a virtual private network can make you a less tempting target for hackers. A virtual private network (VPN) is like a protective tunnel you can use to pass through a public network, protecting your data from outside eyes. Whether you’re worried about hiding your… Continue Reading
The Best and Weirdest Work From Home Gear
Gizmodo – “If your WFH setup needs a facelift, you should check out this tech that let’s you take your gear into every room of the house. Do you never want to go back into the office again? We created a list that would make anybody’s work-from-home setup so ergonomic, comfortable, and so convenient it… Continue Reading
The Slack generation can’t communicate with the email generation
Fast Company – Why more platforms are dividing the workplace – “Workplace miscommunication and conflict are on the rise, as work becomes more decentralized and multigenerational. Should you leave important information in a voicemail to a colleague? Should you pick up a phone call from your boss after hours? How do you determine what rises to… Continue Reading
How the Media Industry Keeps Losing the Future
The New York Times [unpaywalled]- “Roger Fidler tried his best, but the excellent business of journalism is gone for good. Can the idea of “news” survive in a digital world?…Cutbacks were just announced at Law360, The Intercept and the youth-oriented video site NowThis, which laid off half its staff. The tech news site Engadget, which… Continue Reading
TikTok Is Disappearing Before Our Eyes
404 Media, Jason Koebler – “You may have noticed that we’ve been talking a fair bit about link rot, archiving, and the ephemerality of the internet. Last week, I was scrolling TikTok and learned about Cat Janice, a dance pop artist with the biggest song on TikTok right now. Janice used her TikTok to document… Continue Reading
Generative AI Might Finally Bend Copyright Past the Breaking Point
The Atlantic [unpaywalled] – For more than 200 years, copyright law has promoted a creative society. The chatbots could change everything. “It took Ralph Ellison seven years to write Invisible Man. It took J. D. Salinger about 10 to write The Catcher in the Rye. J. K. Rowling spent at least five years on the… Continue Reading
