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How to glimpse a pre-AI internet

PopSci: “…To help raise awareness to just how bad it’s gotten, environmental engineer and artist Tega Brain created Slop Evader. After installing the extension on Mozilla Firefox or Google Chrome, users can employ it to search pre-AI archives on a handful of websites including Reddit and YouTube. “This sowing of mistrust in our relationship with …

Subjects: AI, Education, Internet, Knowledge Management, Search Engines

Winners of the 2025 International Landscape Photographer of the Year

The Atlantic no paywall – “A collection of winners and selected images from the competition’s “Top 101” group, chosen from more than 3,600 entries by professional and amateur photographers around the world…” 2025 ILPOTY Awards – The Results – To see the flipbook with the Top 101 entries, see the bottom of this article. To …

Subjects: Climate Change, Environmental Law

100 Notable Books of 2025

The New York Times Gift Article – If you read only one best books list each year, make it the one from the Times. Always insightful, and full of a vast array of gems. And remember to buy your books from indie book shops, brick and mortar or online, and used is always best. Then …

Subjects: Libraries

A dozen former FDA commissioners condemn plan to tighten vaccine approvals

Washington Post: “A dozen former leaders of the Food and Drug Administration warned Wednesday that plans for a stricter approach to vaccine approvals risk undermining the nation’s ability to fight infectious diseases and could threaten the health of vulnerable Americans. In the New England Journal of Medicine, [subscription req’d – title is A Threat to …

Subjects: Health Care, Medicine

Beekeepers, Farmers and the Fight to Save a Century-Old Research Hub

The New York Times: What Happened: Trump plans to shut down the 115-year-old Beltsville Agricultural Research Center, the country’s largest USDA research hub, and scatter its programs, staff, and collections across multiple states. Scientists and farm groups warn the relocation will upend critical research on pollinators, plant diseases, food safety, and crop resilience. Why It …

Subjects: Civil Liberties, Education, Environmental Law, Food and Nutrition, Government Documents, Health Care, Knowledge Management

How the dollar-store industry overcharges cash-strapped customers while promising low prices

The Guardian – A Guardian investigation reveals Dollar General and Family Dollar stores often fail to honor their shelf prices – charging more at checkout for everything from frying pans to Frosted Flakes…The dollar-store industry, including Family Dollar and its larger rival, Dollar General, promises everyday low prices for household essentials. But an investigation by …

Subjects: Economy, Food and Nutrition, Government Documents

LLRX November 2025 Articles and Columns

LLRX November 2025 Articles and Columns The Trump Administration’s Continued War Against Science, Research, Public Health, and the Rule of Law – Part 5 – The fifth in a series of articles by Sabrina I. Pacifici documenting what government resources, data and datasets been taken offline, censored or otherwise altered to block access and significantly …

Subjects: Censorship, Congress, Courts, Cybercrime, Cybersecurity, Education, Freedom of Information, Government Documents, Health Care, Internet, Knowledge Management, Legal Research, Privacy, Search Engines, Social Media

AI is Destroying the University and Learning Itself

The Atlantic – Colleges Are Preparing to Self-Lobotomize – “The skills that students will need in an age of automation are precisely those that are eroded by inserting AI into the educational process. After three years of doing essentially nothing to address the rise of generative AI, colleges are now scrambling to do too much. …

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

The Economic Consequences of the Second Trump Administration: A Preliminary Assessment

Center for Economic Policy Research: The Economic Consequences of the Second Trump Administration: A Preliminary Assessment, 2nd Edition 315 pages. See John Coates [Harvard Law School] chapter, The Rule of Law, begins on page 33 and includes an addendum on rule of law developments from April to September, starting at page 46. …At the President’s direction, …

Subjects: Censorship, Civil Liberties, Climate Change, Congress, Courts, Economy, Financial System, Freedom of Information, Government Documents, Knowledge Management, Legal Research, Legislation