Category «Education»

NOASSIS.noaa.gov Website to Be Sunset

The noaasis.noaa.gov website will be discontinued, effective as of June 23rd, 2026. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Satellite Information System (NOAASIS) website is a central location for information about NOAA’s geostationary and polar-orbiting environmental satellites. Information is provided by various contributors within the NOAA’s National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service (NESDIS) and …

Subjects: E-Records, Education, Freedom of Information, Government Documents

The Trump Administration’s Continued War Against Science, Research, Public Health, and the Rule of Law – Part 8

Via LLRX – The Trump Administration’s Continued War Against Science, Research, Public Health, and the Rule of Law – Part 8 – This article by Sabrina I. Pacifici is the eighth in a series wiith a focus on the continuing onslaught on science, healthcare and public health, and the rule of law. Since the 1990s, the public …

Subjects: Censorship, Civil Liberties, Climate Change, Congress, Economy, Education, Freedom of Information, Health Care, Knowledge Management, Legal Research, Medicine

Wikipedia Bans AI-Generated Content

404 Media – “After months of heated debate and previous attempts to restrict the use of large language models on Wikipedia, on March 20 volunteer editors accepted a new policy that prohibits using them to create articles for the online encyclopedia. “Text generated by large language models (LLMs) often violates several of Wikipedia’s core content …

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

This Company Is Secretly Turning Your Zoom Meetings into AI Podcasts

404 Media no paywall: “WebinarTV, a company that bills itself as “a search engine for the best webinars,” is secretly scanning the internet for Zoom meeting links, recording the calls, and turning them into AI-generated podcasts for profit. In some cases, people only found out that their Zoom calls were recorded once WebinarTV reached out …

Subjects: AI, E-Records, Education, Internet, Legal Research, Privacy, Search Engines

The AI Law Professor – AI make lawyers work more not less

Thomson Reuters, tom Martin – “At every legal technology conference, the same promise rings out: AI will automate the drudgery so lawyers can focus on what really matters. While it’s a seductive vision, it’s also contradicted by the best research we have on what actually happens when knowledge workers adopt these tools. Key points: The …

Subjects: AI, Education, Internet, Knowledge Management, Legal Research, Marketing

How to Grow a Mainly Native Garden

The New York Times Gift Article – “In her book “Plant This, Not That,” Elise Howard offers more than 200 substitution ideas for invasive plants. “Plant This, Not That,” a new book by Elise Howard, who gardens in New York City and Western Massachusetts, establishes basic principles for selecting, and using, natives in gardens around …

Subjects: Education, Recommended Books

Report: the morale of federal employees is terrible. That is not good if you want quality weather information

Alan Gerard from Balanced Weather – “Over the weekend, there was a lot of talk on social media about the results from the 2025 version of the annual survey of federal employees done by the Partnership for Public Service about their workplace and the quality of services they feel their agency is providing to the …

Subjects: Censorship, Civil Liberties, Economy, Education, Energy, Environmental Law, Freedom of Information, Government Documents, Legal Research

Art Discovery Engine

Art Discovery Engine – The Tenth Muse is an art discovery engine. Over 120,000 artworks from museums and institutions — searchable by feeling, mood, atmosphere, era, and medium. Every piece links back to its original source. 95% are public domain. Nothing here is generated. It’s discovery, not creation. The best experience is on desktop, but …

Subjects: AI, Education, Internet, Search Engines