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“Since the 20th century, scientific ornithology has been closely linked to the conservation of birds. The study of feathers is a factor that is often overlooked. In museums, the majority of their bird skin collections are archived, stored away in drawers under lock and key and only ever seen by a very selective audience and …
The Pew Research Centre’s yearly wrap-up: “As we do every year, we’ve gathered data around some of the most pivotal news stories of 2025, including President Donald Trump’s return to the White House, the changing U.S. immigration landscape and the rapid rise of artificial intelligence worldwide. Here’s a look back at 2025 through 12 of …
Updated March 24, 2026 – A Great Day for Children. A recent ruling in a federal court in Boston has slowed RFK Jr.’s anti-vaccine agenda. Updated March 23, 2026 – Politico – Federal judge puts RFK Jr.’s new vaccine schedule, advisers on ice. As a result of the ruling, HHS has postponed a planned meeting …
Every day, billions of dollars in maritime trade flows through a shadow fleet of vessels designed to evade sanctions. Compliance teams face an impossible task: checking six different government websites, in six different formats, updated on six different schedules. We built FleetLeaks to fix that. Who We Are – FleetLeaks is an independent maritime sanctions …
The Atlantic (Gift Article), the information war will be fought through chatbots. “Journalists and other sources may be cited by the bots, but the people who control these AI products, such as Musk, now have a greater ability to manipulate how events are reported. This is a deeply troubling development—one that threatens to leave the …
NBER – Ruling for the Rich: the Supreme Court over Time. Andrea Prat, Fiona Scott Morton & Jacob Spitz Working Paper 34643. DOI 10.3386/w34643. Issue Date. To investigate the emergence of a pro-wealthy bias in the US Supreme Court, we develop a protocol to identify and analyze all cases involving economic issues from 1953 to the …
USDA Pomological Watercolors – In 1887 the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Division of Pomology began hiring artists to render illustrations of fruit varieties for lithographic reproduction in USDA articles, reports, and bulletins. Use of color lithography was critically important to enable the farmer to visualize and comprehend the subjects and principles covered in a …
U.S. Capitol Siege Resource Page – United States Department of Justice – Page not found. We are sorry, the page you’re looking for can’t be found on the Department of Justice website. ProPublica: Memory-Holing Jan. 6: What Happens When You Try to Make History Vanish? The Trump administration’s decision to delete a DOJ database of …
The New York Times Gift Article: “Let’s be clear. The primary reason to be vaccinated against shingles is that two shots provide 90 percent protection against a painful, blistering disease that a third of Americans will suffer in their lifetimes, one that can cause lingering nerve pain and other nasty long-term consequences. The most important …
Space.com – Our 2026 skywatching guide includes a total solar eclipse, a “blood moon” and a festive supermoon. Here are the dates you need to know.
1st Experiments with WebMapperGPT. Steven Feldman reports on his experiments with mapping LLMs. The result is available here. [h/t quantum of sollazzo]
Bloomberg Law: “There was perhaps no bigger story last year in the world of Big Law than President Donald Trump’s attacks on several of the nation’s largest law firms through punitive executive orders due to political affiliations and adversarial hires. Perkins Coie, Jenner & Block, Susman Godfrey, WilmerHale, and Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison …
