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Scientific American – “By enacting simple laws that make guns safer and harder to get, we can prevent killings like the ones in Uvalde and Buffalo…The science is abundantly clear: More guns do not stop crime. Guns kill more children each year than auto accidents. More children die by gunfire in a year than on-duty …
BBC News – “There are some common rules – and pervasive myths. Here’s everything you ever wanted to know about it. Have you ever wondered if you need to wash your plastic trays before putting them into the recycling? Or should you put them in a plastic bag before throwing them into the recycling bin? …
The New York Times – “For $29.99 a month, a website called PimEyes offers a potentially dangerous superpower from the world of science fiction: the ability to search for a face, finding obscure photos that would otherwise have been as safe as the proverbial needle in the vast digital haystack of the internet. A search …
LIBRARIAN.NET / JESSAMYN – Getting Live Transcription Working with Zoom: “From a local hearing impaired pal: Can you help the library to get captions on Zoom? They’ve been trying to figure it out for a couple of months now. I asked them to have you help them, but I don’t think they’ve tried that. Live …
Via LLRX – Language matters when Googling controversial people – Ahmed Al-Rawi, Assistant Professor, News, Social Media, and Public Communication, Simon Fraser University – identifies and explains how features of search engine autocomplete functions enables users to find fast answers to their questions or queries. However, autocomplete search functions are based on ambiguous algorithms that …
Vox – The factors that lead to tragedies like Uvalde are deeply ingrained in US politics, culture, and law. “…No other high-income country has suffered such a high death toll from gun violence. Every day, more than 110 Americans die at the end of a gun, including suicides and homicides, an average of 40,620 per …
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Via LLRX – The Practice of People Law – Jim Calloway is the Director of the Oklahoma Bar Association’s Management Assistance Program. He informs us about the range of legal services delivered by what have been designated as “primary-care lawyers.” From Calloway’s perspective, there is people law, and there is business/corporate law. Over the years, …
Trees around us can be remarkable because of a number of reasons: some can be very large or tall, others are old or simply very beautiful. “On this site thousands of photos, measurements, and location details of often unknown monumental trees can be found of many species, like giant sequoia, oak trees, sweet chestnut trees, …
ABA Law Practice Management Magazine: “…Let’s face it, living and working after the pandemic is different. We can’t go back in time and revert to “business as usual.” Life has changed. Many of our values have changed. Companies and law firms are accommodating the “new normal” by creating hybrid work schedules and allowing for the …
