Category «Education»

Climate of Suppression: Environmental Information Under the Second Trump Administration

“The report Climate of Suppression: Environmental Information Under the Second Trump Administration [see full text PDF] examines management of federal websites related to environmental regulation in the first six months of the second Trump administration. In this time, the Trump administration has significantly altered the federal environmental information landscape as information about environmental justice and climate …

Subjects: Censorship, Climate Change, Education, Environmental Law, Freedom of Information, Government Documents, Legal Research, Legislation

Historical tech tree

“The historical tech tree is a project by Étienne Fortier-Dubois to visualize the entire history of technologies, inventions, and (some) discoveries, from prehistory to today. Unlike other visualizations of the sort, the tree emphasizes the connections between technologies: prerequisites, improvements, inspirations, and so on. These connections allow viewers to understand how technologies came about, at …

Subjects: Education, Internet, Knowledge Management

AlphaEarth Foundations helps map our planet in unprecedented detail

Google DeepMind: “New AI model integrates petabytes of Earth observation data to generate a unified data representation that revolutionizes global mapping and monitoring. Every day, satellites capture information-rich images and measurements, providing scientists and experts with a nearly real-time view of our planet. While this data has been incredibly impactful, its complexity, multimodality and refresh …

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

He’s Saving 20,000 Tapes of Underground Music and Making it Free to All

KQED – “In a suburban backyard outside of Sacramento, I open the door to a giant shed, step inside and get smacked in the face by floor-to-ceiling shelves of music history. VHS tapes. Cassette tapes. Reel-to-reels. DATs. Other formats I don’t recognize, and can’t pronounce. Nearly 20,000 of them, all filled with live shows, demo …

Subjects: Education, Internet, Knowledge Management, Search Engines

New executive order puts all grants under political control

Ars Technica: “On Thursday, the Trump administration issued an executive order asserting political control over grant funding, including all federally supported research. The order requires that any announcement of funding opportunities be reviewed by the head of the agency or someone they designate, which means a political appointee will have the ultimate say over what …

Subjects: Censorship, Education, Government Documents, Knowledge Management, Legal Research

As the Supreme Court Focuses on the Past, Historians Turn to Advocacy

The New York Times gift article: “Spikes in the number and influence of briefs filed by historians have prompted questions about the role scholars should play in litigation Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. studied history in college and wanted to become a historian. A taxi ride changed his mind. “I was being driven back …

Subjects: Courts, Education, Government Documents, Knowledge Management, Legal Research

The 8 Best Internet Archive Alternatives for Digging Up Old Stuff

How to Geek: “Until recently, the Internet Archive has been my go-to wayback machine for accessing websites, documents, and files that are no longer available on their original sites. But lately, I’ve discovered some other sites that let you dig up old stuff in totally new ways. These are some of the best Internet Archive …

Subjects: Education, Government Documents, Internet, Knowledge Management, Legal Research, Search Engines

The Trump Administration’s Campaign to Undermine the Next Election

The Brennan Center – “In 2020, 2022, and 2024, our nation held federal elections. Despite the pandemic, threats of violence, denial of results, and extraordinary pressure, these were secure and accurate. Election officials worked together across party lines. The system held. How trump is plotting to disrupt the next election. This year, however, a new …

Subjects: Censorship, Civil Liberties, Courts, E-Records, Education, Government Documents, Legal Research

No, AI is not Making Engineers 10x as Productive

Coleton Voege – Curing Your AI 10x Engineer Imposter Syndrome: “AIs still struggle to absorb the context of a larger codebase, even with a great prompt and CLAUDE.md file. If you use a library that isn’t StackOverflow’s favorite it will butcher it even after an agentic lookup of the documentation. Agents occasionally do something neat …

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

LLRX July 2025 Issue – Articles and Columns

LLRX July 2025 Issue – Articles and Columns The Trump Administration’s Continued War Against Science, Research and Public Health – Sabrina I. Pacifici’s overview of selected articles highlights the devastating impact of the Trump administration’s dismantling of agencies across the federal government, with a focus on cancelling critical scientific and health related research grants. The …

Subjects: AI, Censorship, Civil Liberties, Climate Change, Congress, Copyright, Cybercrime, Cybersecurity, Economy, Education, Energy, Environmental Law, Financial System, Government Documents, Health Care, Internet, Knowledge Management, Legal Research, Medicine, Privacy, Search Engines, Social Media

The Rise of the Imperial Presidency Brennan Center for Justice

The Brennan Center, August 5, 2025 via YouTube – The executive branch has amassed increasing power in recent years, challenging the constitutional balance among branches of government. This year alone, the president has unlawfully attempted to eliminate birthright citizenship, unilaterally frozen funds, and deployed the military as a domestic police force. And all of it …

Subjects: Congress, Economy, Education, Financial System, Government Documents, Legal Research

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