My Sun Coast: “Manatee County Schools Spokesperson Michael Barber confirms that communication has been sent to principals of schools to vet books teachers have in their classroom. In December, House Bill 1467 stated that School Library and Instructional Materials requires school district to adopt procedures for determining and reviewing content for library media centers. This… Continue Reading
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Awesome ChatGPT Prompts
“Welcome to the “Awesome ChatGPT Prompts” repository. This is a collection of prompt examples to be used with the ChatGPT model. The ChatGPT model is a large language model trained by OpenAI that is capable of generating human-like text. By providing it with a prompt, it can generate responses that continue the conversation or expand… Continue Reading
How to handle remotely your family’s computer problems
Washington Post – Windows and MacOS come with free tools to make assistance a breeze: “Maybe a friend’s printer is on the fritz. Or your parents are wondering why their computer is running slower than usual. These mundane tech issues happen all the time, and I’d be willing to bet you’ve had to troubleshoot one… Continue Reading
Pete Recommends – Weekly highlights on cyber security issues, January 21, 2022
Via LLRX – Pete Recommends – Weekly highlights on cyber security issues, January 21, 2022 – Privacy and cybersecurity 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
Students want new books. Thanks to restrictions, librarians can’t buy them.
Washington Post: Schools are struggling to keep their shelves stocked as oversight by parents and school boards intensifies – “States and districts nationwide have begun to constrain what librarians can order. At least 10 states have passed laws giving parents more power over which books appear in libraries or limiting students’ access to books, a… Continue Reading
Smithsonian Open Access Create. Imagine. Discover.
“Welcome to Smithsonian Open Access, where you can download, share, and reuse millions of the Smithsonian’s images—right now, without asking. With new platforms and tools, you have easier access to more than 4.4 million 2D and 3D digital items from our collections—with many more to come. This includes images and data from across the Smithsonian’s… Continue Reading
Legal experts slam Supreme Court report on ‘brazenly hackish’ Dobbs leak investigation
Follow up Washington Post Opinion: Was leaking the Dobbs opinion the perfect crime? It sure looks that way. Follow up to today’s post – SCOTUS Statement Concerning the Leak Investigation Jan 19, 2023 – via Alternet: “Legal experts and media pundits have had a lot to say about the investigation results. And many of them… Continue Reading
What Happens When AI Has Read Everything?
The Atlantic – The dream of an artificial mind may never become a reality if AI runs out of quality prose to ingest—and there isn’t much left. What Happens When AI Has Read Everything?. “Artificial intelligence has in recent years proved itself to be a quick study, although it is being educated in a manner… Continue Reading
Disquiet in the archives: archivists make tough calls with far-reaching consequences – they deserve our support
The Conversation: “Right now, for technological, ethical and political reasons, the world’s archivists are suddenly very busy. Advances in digital imaging and communications are feeding an already intense interest in provenance, authorship and material culture. Two recent discoveries – a woman’s name scratched in the margins of an 8th-century manuscript, and John Milton’s annotations in… Continue Reading
Find Academics on Mastodon
Find Academics on Mastodon – “This is a prototype web application that allows folks to browse some of the lists of Academics of Mastodon, [20 disciplines] view public profiles and posts, and easily follow people on the list by logging in. The wonderful Academics of Mastodon site contains links to a variety of lists of… Continue Reading
AI Accountability in the US Federal Government – A Primer
American Council for Technology-Industry Advisory Council (ACT-IAC) – “Artificial Intelligence (AI) has been implemented for hundreds of use cases across the Federal government. Given this increased adoption, Federal leaders have an opportunity to lean in to take responsible and prudent measures to address AI accountability in the context of their unique mission. This paper outlines… Continue Reading
How much misinformation are you exposed to?
“Misinformation exposure scores measure how much the politicians and public organizations you follow tend to lie (based on fact-checking their claims by PolitiFact). These scores go from 0 (none of the fact-checked claims by politicians and public figures you follow are false) to 1 (all of the fact-checked claims by politicians and public organizations you… Continue Reading
