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Magnified Sand – [magnificent photos from around the world] “Under microscopic magnification, the unique beauty and individual character of sand grains reveal a diverse origin reflecting geological history and marine life biodiversity. Sand is everywhere on earth – on our beaches, in our deserts, and on the bottoms of lakes, rivers and oceans. Sand particles …
The Atlantic Gift Article: “…And these days, we’re struggling. Gloria Mark is a psychologist at UC Irvine who studies what, exactly, workers in a knowledge economy do all day. Early in her career, she shadowed office workers with a stopwatch and logged all of their activity. Mark and her co-author found that the typical worker …
Via Justice Connection – Reuters “The Trump administration has cut more than 4,000 employees from some of the nation’s top law-enforcement agencies, even as it vowed to crack down on crime, according to records obtained by Reuters. The records, from the U.S. Justice Department’s management unit, show that the total number of employees at the …
Via LLRX – YIKES! The Bluebook’s Generative AI Is Flawed – Despite its unpopularity and the availability of other citation manuals, The Bluebook remains widely used at many law schools to teach legal citation format to law students, and it is relied on by law reviews and courts. The twenty-second edition of The Bluebook was …
“One of the greatest challenges for conservationists has been detecting environmental harms before it’s too late. Now Earth Index enables users to easily find and act on damaging activities, like illegal mining, in minutes not months… Processing satellite imagery and developing models requires expertise. Scanning imagery is tedious and slow. Earth Index streamlines the process …
ZDNET: “According to IDC research focused on public-sector readiness, agentic AI is no longer in the experimental phase for government; it is a leadership mandate. IDC finds that while many government agencies are implementing agent-driven workflows, few have moved beyond pilots. The rate of agentic AI adoption in government is due to several factors: Budgetary pressures …
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Decoding Fox News – Includes full transcript of the interview: “On Sunday April 26 President Donald J. Trump sat down with Norah O’Donnell for a CBS “60 Minutes” interview the day after a shooting at the White House Correspondents Dinner. That evening a I went through both and made a transcript of exactly what was …
Washington Post – no paywall: “The Trump administration inadvertently exposed the Social Security numbers of health care providers in a database powering a new Medicare portal, The Washington Post found. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) last year created a directory to help seniors look up which doctors and medical providers accept which …
Maryland Matters: “Maryland’s property ownership database is back online as of Monday after a nearly two-week hiatus because of a cybersecurity incident. After state officials detected suspicious activity on their servers, they took down the state officials took the State Department of Assessments and Taxation website on April 14, in order to contain the threat …
The Conversation: “Most people know the basics of healthy living that become more important as you grow older: Eat plenty of vegetables, exercise regularly, sleep well, have a social life, limit your alcohol consumption and don’t smoke. As an economist and social psychologist who study altruism and health, we wondered whether civic engagement might play …
Notice News: “Yesterday’s ruling in Louisiana v. Callais is the biggest voting rights story in years — and it moved fast. The Court struck down Louisiana’s second majority-Black congressional district (AP Politics), effectively eviscerating Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act and making it nearly impossible to challenge racially discriminatory maps (Common Dreams). Justice Kagan’s …