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Via LLRX – The Trump Administration’s Continued War Against Science, Research, Public Health, and the Rule of Law – Part 7 – This article is the seventh in a series focused on how the second Trump presidency unleashed a causal chain that has rapidly morphed into an extensive continued attack against civil liberties, commerce, government funded …
Card Catalog: A complete guide to finding, reading, and evaluating scientific papers — and knowing what questions matter before you trust the findings. Hana Lee Goldin, MLIS: “We are living through a strange moment in the history of knowledge. More information is available to more people than at any point in human history, and yet …
ProPublica: “Thousands of companies are jockeying for billions of dollars in Defense Department contracts to build a shield designed to intercept and destroy missiles launched against the United States. But amid the intense competition, a handful of firms have an important inside connection. At least four of the companies awarded contracts so far are owned …
MakeUseOf: “Every photo you share carries a hidden dossier. Your exact location, your device model, and the precise second you pressed the shutter. When your phone captures an image, it saves more than pixels. Embedded inside every JPEG is a layer of data called EXIF (Exchangeable Image File Format), and it is quite thorough. A …
Dark Reading: “Most people would never imagine that the innocuous tire pressure monitoring system (TPMS) in their vehicles could be used to track their movements. But, as with many things digital, it turns out the feature, designed for vehicle safety and maintenance, can also expose unintended signals that enable precisely that capability. Low Cost Vehicle Tracking …
NPR: “The Justice Department has published additional Epstein files related to allegations that President Trump sexually abused a minor after an NPR investigation found dozens of pages were withheld. They include 16 new pages that cover three additional FBI interview summaries with a woman who accused Trump of sexual abuse decades ago when she was …
National Gallery of Art, Washington DC: “Free open access image downloads are now available directly from the object pages located on this website. More than 60,000 images are available for download, and we will continue to add more as they become available. Our open data program is a natural extension of the National Gallery’s mission: …
Poynter: “More than 200 journalists at Law360, a legal news outlet, and its sister publications have signed a letter demanding that their parent company RELX drop its contract with the Department of Homeland Security. The letter, which was signed by more than 80% of the union representing editorial staff at Law360 and regulation news site …
Ars Technica: “A lawyer for the Trump administration told a federal judge Wednesday that anti-vaccine Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has such ample authority over the country’s vaccine policies that he is “unreviewable.” His unfettered powers even allow Kennedy the freedom to recommend, if he chose to do so, that people ditch vaccines and …
Escalating attacks by Pam Bondi against DOJ attorneys along with protection for loyalists – See Federal Register – DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE Office of the Attorney General 28 CFR Part 77 [Docket No. OAG199, AG Order No. 6653-2026-A] RIN 1105-AB82 Review of State Bar Complaints and Allegations Against Department of Justice Attorneys. Notice of proposed rulemaking. …
Data is Beautiful – “I got pissed that all of these public government records are impossible to read, so I mapped them all to be freely viewed. Sources: insidescoop.app Data | Occupational Safety and Health Administration Form 5500 Search NLRB Data on Data.gov | National Labor Relations Board Data | US EPA SAM.gov | Search …
Quartz – The topline number — 63,000 private-sector payroll jobs added in February, for the best showing since July 2025 — “appears, at first, to be good news. But glancing even just a few lines down the report changes the story and brings something alarming into view, with the ADP table showing that professional and …
