Reuters Climate Monitor

Data Dashboard – Reuters Climate Monitor – How today’s temperatures compare to the historic average – Updates daily – The Reuters Climate Monitor shows where temperatures are unusually hot or cold in real time by comparing today’s conditions with what was typical in the past. We start by establishing what normal used to look like. Using …

Subjects: Climate Change, Environmental Law, Search Engines

Login.gov – identifying data about you in third party control

The Drey Dossier: “…Login.gov is open source, which means the government publishes its code in the open for anyone to read, so I read it, and I walked the recent changes, since every edit gets posted in public with a date stamped on it. Over the last couple of months somebody added a new piece …

Subjects: Cybercrime, Cybersecurity, E-Commerce, E-Government, Government Documents, ID Theft, Internet, Legal Research

Inside the White House Freakout Over the Epstein Files

CNN Reliable Sources: “Inside the White House Freakout Over the Epstein Files” is the title of Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan’s explosive excerpt from their forthcoming book “Regime Change.” Now comes the freakout over the “freakout” article. The New York Times published the “Regime Change” excerpt at 6 a.m. ET today, and it immediately intensified …

Subjects: Censorship, Civil Liberties, E-Mail, E-Records, Government Documents, Internet, Legal Research

Beyond Red vs. Blue: The Political Typology

Pew Research: Nine groups show the conflicting values underlying today’s polarized politics. American politics is deeply divided along partisan lines – and for many Americans, the choice between the two parties feels stark, even existential. But beneath that familiar red-blue partisan divide is a much more nuanced picture: Many Americans hold a complex mix of …

Subjects: Censorship, Civil Liberties, Free Speech, Freedom of Information, Government Documents, Internet, Knowledge Management, Legal Research

Anthropic’s Ambitious Claims Versus Reality: What Fable Really Can’t Do

Byte-Pulse: “Anthropic has rolled out Claude Fable 5, positioning it as their most potent AI model yet. They claim that Fable excels in areas like cybersecurity and scientific research, making it a versatile tool for businesses and researchers alike. However, early user feedback paints a different picture, particularly highlighting the model’s struggles with fundamental biology …

Subjects: AI, Internet, Knowledge Management, Search Engines

The White House’s Top Science Goal Is Ignorance

Bloomberg: The White House’s Top Science Goal Is Ignorance: “The administration’s actions are seen as a deliberate attempt to stifle science and ignore the reality of climate change, in order to support the fossil-fuel industry and satisfy the climate denialism of Trump’s base. Shutting down scientific inquiry because it discovers things you don’t like is …

Subjects: Climate Change, Economy, Education, Environmental Law, Health Care, Legal Research

$70 Billion GOP Immigration Bill Signed Into Law

Update – “President Donald Trump signed the Secure America Act, Republicans’ flagship immigration bill greenlighting $70 billion to fund federal immigration enforcement agencies for the rest of his term. The package to pay for Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Customs and Border Protection passed out of Congress in the last week after months of debate …

Subjects: Censorship, Civil Liberties, Congress, Government Documents, Legal Research, Legislation

How to help knowledge workers who lose their jobs to AI

Platformer: “Brookings Institution researcher Molly Kinder on why she’s leaving her job to create solution for AI’s “messy middle.” Molly Kinder has spent the past three years at the Brookings Institution leading a multiyear project on how generative AI is transforming work. In a recent widely discussed essay, she predicted the coming of what she …

Subjects: AI, Economy, Education, Internet, Knowledge Management

The Voting Rights Act: Historical Development and Policy Background

CRS Report R47520. The Voting Rights Act: Historical Development and Policy Background, June 2, 2026. The Voting Rights Act (VRA) is one of the most significant elections statutes ever enacted. The law prohibits discrimination based on race, color, or language-minority status in registration and voting nationwide. The VRA also provides protections for blind, disabled, or …

Subjects: Censorship, Civil Liberties, Congress, Courts, E-Records, Free Speech, Government Documents, Legal Research, Legislation