Monthly archives: November, 2025

FoodPantries.Org

We list over 16,692 food pantries nationwide. We also provide listings of Soup Kitchens and Food Banks.[Search by state, and add listings not already included] Food Pantries – Find local pantries, soup kitchens, food shelves, food banks and other food help. Subsidized Groceries – FoodPantries.org works hard to gather the best government and non profit …

Subjects: Economy, Food and Nutrition

Byte – A Visual Archive

“Byte? Before Hackernews, before Twitter, before blogs, before the web had been spun, when the internet was just four universities in a trenchcoat, there was *BYTE*. A monthly mainline of the entire personal computing universe, delivered on dead trees for a generation of hackers. Running from September 1975 to July 1998, its 277 issues chronicled …

Subjects: Education, Internet, Knowledge Management

Vigilante Lawyers Expose the Rising Tide of A.I. Slop in Court Filings

The New York Times – “More lawyers are using artificial intelligence to write legal briefs. Some colleagues are publicizing the A.I.-generated errors…While judges and bar associations generally agree that it’s fine for lawyers to use chatbots for research, they must still ensure their filings are accurate. But as the technology has taken off, so has …

Subjects: AI, Courts, Education, Internet, Knowledge Management, Legal Research, Search Engines

AI Sweeps Through Newsrooms, but Is It a Journalist or a Tool?

The New York Times [Gift Article] – A.I. has set off industrywide soul-searching about its potential and pitfalls – Artificial intelligence is sweeping through newsrooms, transforming the way journalists around the world gather and disseminate information. Traditional news organizations increasingly use tools from companies like OpenAI and Google to streamline work that used to take …

Subjects: AI, Internet, Knowledge Management, Legal Research

Codifying the Constitution’s Emoluments Clauses

The Brennan Center – “To prevent corruption, the Constitution prohibits the president and other officials from receiving untoward benefits. Congress, however, must take action to enable enforcement. A number of President Donald Trump’s actions in his second term potentially violate the Constitution’s Foreign and Domestic Emoluments Clauses. These clauses bar the president and other federal …

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

Is This Woman Old Master the Greatest Artistic Rediscovery of the Century?

Via Semafor – “Vienna’s Kunsthistorisches Museum is hosting the first major exhibition of 17th-century painter Michaelina Wautier. Virtually unknown today, Wautier painted across genres, including portraiture, still life, and even historical scenes, which usually required the study of live models, a practice women were banned from. The exhibition includes 29 paintings, including Triumph of Bacchus, …

Subjects: Education

To Preserve Records, Homeland Security Now Relies on Officials to Take Screenshots

The New York Times Gift Article: “Experts say the new policy, which ditches software that automatically captured text messages, opens ample room for both willful and unwitting noncompliance with federal records laws. The Department of Homeland Security has stopped using software that automatically captured text messages and saved trails of communication between officials, according to …

Subjects: Data Governance, E-Government, E-Records, Freedom of Information, Government Documents, Internet, Knowledge Management, Legal Research

Meta is earning a fortune on a deluge of fraudulent ads, documents show

Reuters: “Meta projected 10% of its 2024 revenue would come from ads for scams and banned goods, documents seen by Reuters show. And the social media giant internally estimates that its platforms show users 15 billion scam ads a day. Among its responses to suspected rogue marketers: charging them a premium for ads – and …

Subjects: E-Commerce, Legal Research, Marketing, Social Media

Pete Recommends – Weekly highlights on cyber security issues, November 8, 2025

Pete Recommends – Weekly highlights on cyber security issues, November 8, 2025 – Privacy and cybersecurity issues impact every aspect of our lives – home, work, travel, education, finance, health and medical records – to name but a few. On a weekly basis Pete Weiss highlights articles and information that focus on the increasingly complex and …

Subjects: AI, Cybercrime, Cybersecurity, Privacy, Search Engines

Google Maps will start incorporating generative AI to create an “all-knowing copilot”

Semafor: “Users can ask open-ended questions, such as “What’s parking like at my destination?” or “Is there a good restaurant nearby?” It’s part of Google’s wider move toward AI: Google’s Meet, Docs, and Calendar all have AI functionality via the company’s Gemini model, and its AI can also read all of your Gmail messages. As …

Subjects: AI, E-Mail, E-Records, Knowledge Management, Privacy, Search Engines, Transportation