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“EPIC has obtained hundreds of pages of records (1, 2, 3, 4) from the Office of Science and Technology Policy about the White House’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic and proposals to use location data for public health surveillance. The documents were produced in response to an EPIC Freedom of Information Act request. The records …
Slate – Ruth Bader Ginsburg reflects on her nine female classmates at Harvard Law School and the divergent paths their lives all took from there. “When we started this project, our goal was to talk to as many of the women in Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s Harvard Law School class as possible. My colleague Molly Olmstead …
Cord Cutters News: “Slow internet got you buffering longer than usual? It’s easy to check to be sure you’re actually getting what you’re paying for from your Internet Service Provider. The results will also help you know what streaming services or how many devices your coverage will be able to handle. It’s also helpful to …
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“In A Family Guide to Covid, William A. Haseltine, PhD, answers tough questions about Covid-19 honestly, with equal measures of clarity and compassion. As our understanding of Covid-19 evolves, so too will this book…” The book is free to read online, using the password – AskDrBill – or you can print the PDF version.
Nature – “Funding agencies behind the radical open-access (OA) initiative Plan S have announced a policy that could make it possible for researchers to bypass journals’ restrictions on open publishing. The change could allow scientists affected by Plan S to publish in any journal they want — even in subscription titles, such as Science, that …
Post Secondary Education Index – “A national private opinion quantitative survey that surfaces the decision-making factors that matter most for Americans in choosing a higher education experience. It was conducted by the think tank Populace and powered by Gradient Metrics. The primary component was a choice-based-conjoint (CBC) instrument that distinguishes between personal opinion and perceived …
San Francisco, CALIFORNIA — “Overnight, millions of people all over the world lost access to millions of physical books when libraries and schools closed to stop the spread of COVID-19. The nonprofit Internet Archive (IA) is now being sued by four big publishers for actions IA took to help communities during the pandemic and establish …
FastCompany: “Rules about wearing a COVID-19 mask in indoor workspaces are the same as smoking bans, an article in the latest American Journal of Preventative Medicine argues. Pushback against face coverings in places like stores and eateries is couched as an encroachment on personal liberties—or as concerns that facial coverings will alienate some customers, as …
Mask compliance varies by age, geographical region, income level, and perhaps unsurprisingly, political viewpoints, according to a National Geographic and Morning Consult poll. See also this related article – How to make masks that everyone will want to wear – “National Geographic contacted engineers, physicists, psychologists, and fashion designers to find out the best tips …
Open Journal of Social Sciences > Vol.8 No.7, July 2020. Digital Deceit: Fake News, Artificial Intelligence, and Censorship in Educational Research, Joanna Black, Cody Fullerton. Department of Curriculum, Teaching, and Learning, Faculty of Education, University of Manitoba Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.DOI: 10.4236/jss.2020.87007 “Never has it been more urgent for educators to be aware of the perils …
blooloop: “The Van Gogh Museum’s website receives more than 8.5 million visits every year. The new redesign is more than a place to find out the museum’s opening times or to buy a ticket. Its new layout allows visitors to explore the artwork of Vincent Van Gogh in more detail and links seamlessly to retail. Content …
