ideas that challenge / comfort / inspire
Articles of Interest - July 30
/***SOCIAL MEDIA
Instagram Rich List 2018 Hopper HQ
Twitter wants to know why Twitter is so toxic Fast Company
Everything bad about Facebook is bad for the same reason Quartz
Tracking Facebook’s fortunes in six charts Reuters
Oliver takes on Facebook (video) John Oliver
***PRIVACY
Was it ethical for Dropbox to share customer data with scientists? Wired
TSA surveillance program tracking American citizens not suspected of any crimes CBS News
***INTERNET
Is a meme born in a private account still a meme? Wired
IoT Is Here: Internet Of Things Eclipses The Internet Of People Investors
***DIGITAL SECURITY
Former Trump official: No one 'minding the store' at White House on cyberthreats Yahoo News
We have the first documented case of Russian hacking in the 2018 election Vox
***TECHNOLOGY
Canada is using ancestry DNA websites to help it deport people Vice
All the Things Satellites Can Now See From Space Bloomberg
***TECH SECURITY
Hackers break into voting machines within 2 hours at Defcon CBS News
Russians Are Targeting Private Election Companies, Too — And States Aren’t Doing Much About It FiveThirtyEight
***BIG DATA & AI
Choosing between Python and R Programming languages for Data Science Noteworthy, The Journal Blog
Linking Spatial Analysis across Disciplines with R Directions Mag
Combining design instincts with data interpretation and analysis UxDesign***JOURNALISM
I reported alongside soldiers in foxholes: The president can’t take that away Washington Post
How spies and investigative reporters think alike International Consortium of Investigative Journalists
Teens Are Debating the News on Instagram More teenagers are getting their information from so-called flop accounts The Atlantic
More than two dozen resources journalists can use for mentoring, sourcing, invoicing and more Poynter
What is the most effective way to develop sources? A senior reporter answers iNews Source
***JOURNALISM & POLITICS
Trump Asked To Reconsider Anti-Media Talk Associated Press
***THE BUSINESS OF JOURNALISM
Guardian Media Group digital revenues outstrip print for first time The Guardian
About a third of large U.S. newspapers have suffered layoffs since 2017 Pew Research Center
McClatchy records another big revenue drop and a loss for the second quarter Poynter
***JOURNALISM OUTSIDE THE U.S.
Why Bolivia’s oldest journalist association went digital to defend press freedom Medium
BBC experiments with new virtual studio to better explain the news to young people across Africa Journalism.co
Six Journalism Startups Illustrating the Unique Pressures Driving Media Innovation in Europe Nieman Reports
***LOCAL NEWS
Local news sites rise as newspapers face cuts Axios
Who suffers when local news disappears Columbia Journalism Review
Neutral feelings about local news present opportunity to build trust NewsCo/Lab
***FAKE NEWS
How Facebook could dodge fake news land mines Axios
Trump: Black is White, “What you’re seeing and what you’re reading is not what’s happening” New York Times
How to Teach Information Literacy in an Era of Lies Chronicle of Higher Ed
When fact-checkers are the subjects of misinformation Poynter
The 'guerrilla' Wikipedia editors who combat conspiracy theories Wired
Shadow politics: meet the digital sleuth exposing fake news Wired
***PERSONAL GROWTH
Is it Relatable? When "relatability" becomes the sole interpretive lens Becoming (my blog)
Stats reveal how generous Americans are with their time CNN
How being 30-years-old has changed over the last 50 years Axios
***GRAMMAR
Grammar purity is one big Ponzi scheme LitHub
“Akron, Ohio resident” or “Akron, Ohio, resident.” Do you need a comma? Chronicle of Higher Ed
***WRITING & READING
Irony Makes Its Mark Chronicle of Higher Ed
We asked, you delivered: Your writing tips — and one reporting tip Poynter
***PLAGIARISM
Inspiration or plagiarism? Writing hackles raised in Boston Book Festival story program Boston Globe
News & Observer found 14 cases of ‘plagiarism or inadequate attribution’ iMediaEthics
***LANGUAGE
Justice Department: Use 'illegal aliens,' not 'undocumented' CNN
Chart: The Most Difficult Languages To Learn For English Speakers Statista
***LITERATURE
The Autobiography of Malcolm X sold at auction to NY Public Library CNN
Forbes deleted a deeply misinformed op-ed arguing Amazon should replace libraries Quartz
What Exactly is Jane Austen’s Sanditon? Daily Jstor
***GENDER
Women poised to overtake white men among House Democrats Axios
A new study finds that while the proper restrooms are important to transgender students, they want much more to feel comfortable on their campuses Inside Higher Ed
***RACE & ETHNICITY ISSUES
How Elite Schools Stay So White New York Times
Asian-American influencers make their mark on the US mainstream Nielsen
What’s an Anti-Semite? It Depends on Which Politician You Ask Chronicle of Higher Ed
NJ Radio Station Suspends 2 Hosts for Calling Sikh Attorney General ‘Turban Man’ iMediaEthics
Why It's Time To Retire The Disparaging Term 'White Trash' NPR
***LEGAL ISSUES
A sarcastic comment on a meme about guns leads to an arrest and then a lawsuit: An appeals court took the commenter’s side Tech & Marketing Law Blog
GoDaddy & Instagram Avoid Liability for Users’ Photos of Knockoff Goods Tech & Marketing Law Blog
***RELIGION
Shoppers with Strong Religious Beliefs Spend Less and Make Fewer Impulse Purchases Harvard Business Review
Black Millennials are more religious than other Millennials Pew Research Center
Artificial Intelligence Shows Why Atheism Is Unpopular The Atlantic
An online church for gamers: Va. pastor draws thousands to worship on Twitch Washington Post
Pope Francis accepted the resignation a top church official in the US Roman Catholic Church, amid a widening sexual abuse scandal Associated Press
Black, white churches merge in Florence, South Carolina SC News
Trump's religious freedom squad promises to deliver Politico
***GOOD NEWS
Mr. Rogers was my actual neighbor. He was everything he was on TV and more Vox
Bus Driver Stops Route So He Can Help Blind Passenger Maneuver Road Work Fox 6
Hiker Fights Snow, Rain and Rough Terrain to Carry Injured Lost Dog Down Mountain to Safety MSNBC
Homeless man lands a job thanks to a police officer's good deed MSNBC
***ART & DESIGN
See the Best iPhone Photos of 2018 Fortune
Designing with Data Interpreting and Analyzing Data as a Designer Undesign
Is the US leaning red or blue? Different election maps suggest different stories Wired
***MUSIC
What a music conductor actually does on stage (video) Vox
What is ASMR? Open Culture
***FILM
American vs. European views of sex and violence Quartz ***STUDENT LIFE
Millennials talk millennials: why we're unique Nielsen
Georgia Southern releases statement regarding student's use of racial slur gone viral The George-Anne
Campus newsrooms rethink their approach to race Christian Science Monitor
***SEXUAL HARASSMENT & ASSAULT
In Kentucky, A 'Culture Of Indifference' To Sexual Harassment In Prisons NPR
How a Rant Against Short Shorts Overturned the ‘Good Ol’ Turtle Boy Club’ Chronicle of Higher Ed
Sexual Harassment (video) John Oliver
***SOCIAL ISSUES
The enormous number of unsolved murders in America Washington Post
Interactive map of the 2016 election Political Bubbles New York Times
***BUSINESS & FINANCE
Your Business’s Financial Statements 101 Daily Infographic
Why Europeans Have Such Long Summer Vacations Daily Jstor
Unproductive Meetings Cost U.S. Companies $9 Billion Annually Daily Infographic
***ENVIRONMENT
Here's How Bad The Heat Has Been Around The World Digg
Why California Goes its own way on the Environment Bloomberg
***HEALTH
U.S. Smoking Rate Hits New Low at 16% Gallup
Marines Who Fired Rocket Launchers Now Worry About Their Brains NPR
Hospitals know how to protect mothers: They just aren’t doing it USA Today
Fool’s gold: what fish oil is doing to our health and the planet The Guardian
Vox is clear about drawbacks of new endometriosis drug Health News Review
***HEALTH: EATING & DRINKING
What 1,500 Calories Looks Like at 25 Fast Food Chains Daily Infographic
Yelp adds health inspection scores for restaurants, and restaurateurs are not happy Washington Post
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/voraciously/wp/2018/07/24/yelp-adds-health-inspection-scores-for-restaurants-and-restaurateurs-are-not-happy/
***HEALTH & TECHNOLOGY
IBM Watson Reportedly Recommended Cancer Treatments That Were 'Unsafe and Incorrect' Gizmodo
How Does HIPAA Apply to Wearable Health Technology? Health IT Security
***HEALTH RESEARCH
New Alzheimer's Drug Slows Memory Loss in Early Trial Results CNN
Can gene therapy halt diseases in babies before they’re even born? Stat News
***FAMILY
Judge Orders Government to find “missing parents” MCNBC
People Shared The Biggest Mistakes They Made During The First Year Of Parenthood BuzzFeed News
463 Migrant Parents May Have Been Deported Without Their Kids New York Magazine
Why parents shouldn't force food on picky children, according to a new study Newsweek
***PSYCHOLOGY
A Person Can Instantly Blossom into a Savant--and No One Knows Why Scientific American
Why Being Nice at Work Can Backfire Badly, According to Psychology Inc Magazine
U.S. psychology group set to modify rules on interactions with military detainees Science Mag
11 Psychology Experiments That Went Horribly Wrong Reader’s Digest
Your dog and cat wish they could tell you this Washington Post
***NEUROSCIENCE
Why are there so many suckers? A neuropsychologist explains The Conversation
Strange Stories of Extraordinary Brains—and What We Can Learn From Them (paywall) Wall Street Journal
***PHILOSOPHY
What Is Stoicism? A Short Introduction to the Ancient Philosophy That Can Help You Cope with Our Modern Times Open Culture
Why cosmology without philosophy is like a ship without a hull Aeon
***HISTORY
He found 15 books in a dumpster: Then he found out they belonged to Thomas Jefferson Sacramento Bee
The Scopes 'Monkey' Trial Pitted Science Against Religion: Watch Rare Footage history.com
***ETHICS
Public Views of Gene Editing for Babies Depend on How It Would Be Used Pew Research Center
***RESEARCH
Two Researchers Challenged a Scientific Study About Violent Video Games—and Took a Hit for Being Right Motherboard
Should computer science peer reviewers weight negative societal consequences? Nature
What does it mean to “take responsibility for” a paper? Scientist Sees Squirrel
I got a hoax academic paper about how UK politicians wipe their bums published The Conversation
Should We Rethink the Way We Evaluate Research? The Wire
Should basic research on humans follow the same rules as studies testing drugs? Science Magazine
The gap of scientific authority over research assessment is being filled by database providers London School of Economics & Political Science
Has the tide turned towards responsible metrics in research? The Guardian
Why highly cited articles are not highly tweeted? A biology case Springer
The Role of Theory in Research Elife Science
The 10 most common mistakes when choosing a title for your paper Peer J Blog
How important is it to present at conferences early in one’s career? The Research Whisperer
***HIGHER ED
Attorney general Jeff Sessions: Colleges Are Creating ‘a Generation of Sanctimonious, Sensitive, Supercilious Snowflakes,’ Chronicle of Higher Ed
Private-College Closures at 11 Per Year Inside Higher Ed
Colleges encouraged to split with ICE Chicago Sun-Times
Republicans and Democrats Both Think Higher Ed’s on the Wrong Track — for Very Different Reasons Chronicle of Higher Ed
Georgia Tech mistakenly releases data about nearly 8,000 students Atlanta Journal-Constitution
***HUMANITIES
***TEACHING
Can you accurately predict educational outcome from DNA? The Results of an Enormous Gene Study The Atlantic
New study shows that splitting attention between lecture and cellphone or laptop use hinders long-term retention-and other students suffer Inside Higher Ed
How to Prepare for Class Without Overpreparing Chronicle of Higher Ed
***ACADEMIC LIFE
On the breadth of faculty job applications Small Pond Science
Jury Finds Columbia Business Professor Liable for Retaliation Against Female Ex-Colleague New York Law Journal
Is it relatable?
/"Relatable" is in the eye of the beholder, but its very nature is to represent itself as universal. It's shorthand that masquerades as description.
The problem arises when "relatability" becomes the sole interpretive lens.
Can you "relate" to being enslaved, for example? Probably not, but that should make the prospect of reading Frederick Douglass all the more enticing. Many popular texts printed in the United States before the 20th century dwell on religious thought in a way that seems strange to us now. How can nonreligious people living in the 21st century "relate" to that mindset? The realization "I don't relate to that" could be followed by a subsequent self-examination: "What is it about my life, and my time, that has made it so that I don't really get it?"
Rebecca Onion writing in Slate
Defeating the Toxic Lie
/Stop trying to change yourself, because you’re pretty much stuck — and that’s okay. You can improve yourself, of course, but there are limitations, and you shouldn’t beat yourself up because you’re not Beyoncé. The toxic lie that our culture gives us is that we can be anyone we want, do anything we want, but that’s never been true. If you want to be happy and find fulfillment, don’t try to be Beyoncé or Elon Musk; instead, find the thing you’re good at and become even better at it, and try to help the people around you as much as possible. It’s really that simple.
Will Storr quoted in Vox
Articles of Interest - July 23
/***TECHNOLOGY
Tiny Particle Accelerator-On-A-Chip Could Transform Medicine, Scientists Say NPR
How Facial Recognition Could Tear Us Apart Medium
When a Tech Reporter Doesn’t Use Much Tech New York Times
‘Scraper’ bots and the secret internet arms race Wired
***BIG DATA & AI
Learn both methods of statistical inference and apply them where appropriate—Bayesian inference methods to supplement the frequentist statistics Towards Data Science
The seven of the most fundamental Quantum-computing complexity classes Quanta Magazine
Choosing between Python and R Programming languages for Data Science Medium
***SOCIAL MEDIA
The 16 most Instagrammable places in U.S. cities Curbed
Snapchat is launching a news partnerships initiative Axios
Facebook moderators 'keep child abuse online' BBC News
Facebook's rhetoric on misinformation doesn't match its actions CNN
Instagram’s Growing Bot Problem The Information
World’s most Instagrammable art exhibition just opened in Tokyo Curbed
***PRIVACY
Schools Can Now Get Facial Recognition Tech for Free. Should They? Wired
Top Voting Machine Vendor Admits It Installed Remote-Access Software on Systems Sold to States Motherboard
Our phone is not secretly spying on your conversations. It doesn’t need to Recode
***INTERNET
How Google's Safe Browsing Helped Build a More Secure Web Wired
Google also deprecating ‘Bookmark Manager’ Chrome extension next month 9 to 5 Google
***JOURNALISM
The Progress of Immersive Journalism Medium
9 questions about the World Cup, and how data journalists answered them Data Driven Journalism
Photojournalism’s moment of reckoning Columbia Journalism Review
15 Tips to Get the Most Out of Your Next Journalism Conference Rebecca Aguilar
Tools for covering ICE Columbia Journalism Review
Beyond 800 Words: Prototyping New Story Formats for New BBC
***THE BUSINESS OF JOURNALISM
BuzzFeed launches a new website for its real journalism Tech Crunch
Newsprint tariffs are a Black Swan event that could speed up the death of U.S. newspapers Harvard’s Nieman Lab
***FAKE NEWS
Meet the next misinformation format: Fake audio messages Poynter
How and why communicators should fight the ‘fake news’ scourge PR Daily
Generation Z must seek, and find, journalism it can trust Boston Herald
Russian Influence Campaign Sought To Exploit Americans' Trust In Local News NPR
False news spreads online faster, farther, and deeper than truth does but it can be contained: Here’s how Harvard Business Review
Sacha Baron Cohen's fake conspiracy site is fully post-parody Wired
Fact-checkers have debunked this fake news site 80 times. It's still publishing on Facebook Poynter
WhatsApp will drastically limit forwarding across the globe to stop the spread of fake news Recode
***FAKE NEWS & POLITICS
American Conservatives Played A Secret Role In The Macedonian Fake News Boom Ahead Of 2016 BuzzFeed News
Politicians are using fake news schemes to get elected Axios
N.J. senator sets up phony health news website to attack challenger Stat News
***FAKE NEWS OUTSIDE THE U.S.
How The Spread Of Fake Stories In India Has Led To Violence NPR
Fact-checking around the world: Inside Colombia Check International Journalists' Network
***PERSONAL GROWTH
JOMO: The Joy of Missing Out Becoming (my blog)
How the West became a self-obsessed culture: Is Social Media to Blame? Vox
***WRITING & READING
Writing a Book or Article? Now’s the Time to Create Your ‘Author Platform’ Chronicle of Higher Ed
Edit Typos in Your Tweets Using This Chrome Extension Life Hacker
Library Book Acquisition Patterns Scholarly Kitchen
How Essay-Writing Factories Reel In Vulnerable Students Chronicle of Higher Ed
***LANGUAGE
‘The Suits,’ ‘Light Bulb Went Off,’ and ‘Tree Lawn’: Investigations of a Language Nerd Chronicle of Higher Ed
Sign-language hack lets Amazon Alexa respond to gestures BBC
***LITERATURE
These Drawings By JRR Tolkien Reveal His Vision Of Middle-Earth BuzzFeed
The Evolution of Science Fiction PBS Digital Studios
Two men charged with stealing more than $8 million in rare books from Carnegie Library Post-Gazette
***GENDER
When men earn less than their wives, both spouses lie about it Quartz
CVS Fired A Pharmacist Who Refused To Fill Out A Transgender Woman's Hormone Prescription BuzzFeed News
***RACE & ETHNICITY ISSUES
A Sociologist Examines the “White Fragility” That Prevents White Americans from Confronting Racism New Yorker
Louisiana judge says Jews are a race and protected by anti-racial-discrimination laws Washington Post
Muslim girls kicked out of public pool after officials said hijabs would clog filtration system Washington Post
The Americans who want America to stay white are actually a minority themselves Quartz
Year After White Nationalist Rally, Charlottesville Is in Tug of War Over Its Soul New York Times
***FREE SPEECH
Judge lifts controversial order requiring the L.A. Times to alter article LA Times
The global slump in press freedom Economist
***LEGAL ISSUES
Do Sacha Baron Cohen's Targets Have a Shot at Winning a Lawsuit? Hollywood Reporter
A conservative legal group that “seeks to expose science fraud…appears to be imploding” New York Times
Fox Settles Lawsuit for Using Muhammad Ali to Hype Super Bowl Hollywood Reporter
Elon Musk, artist settle copyright disagreement over tooting unicorn coffee mug USA Today
***RELIGION
New forensic tests suggest Shroud of Turin is fake Reuters
Ethiopian 'prophet' arrested after trying to resurrect corpse BBC
***RELIGION AND POLITICS
God, Trump, and the Meaning of Morality Washington Post
Seb Gorka in Talks to Be Christian Radio Network’s New Host The Daily Beast
***GOOD NEWS
Birmingham college student walked 20 miles to 1st day of work so his boss gave him his car Al.com
Hundreds of golden retrievers met in Scotland for 150th anniversary of breed NBC News
Toddler saves dad having a stroke by face-timing mom Winchester Star
Couple delivers baby at Chick-fil-A; baby will get free Chick-fil-A food for life KSAT-TV
***ART & DESIGN
How to Paint Like Kandinsky, Picasso, Warhol & More: A Video Series from the Tate Open Culture
Storytelling, Why Art Is Essential for Democracy, and the Key to Good Writing (opinion) Brain Pickings
***MUSIC
Nielsen Music Mid-Year Report Nielsen Research
She fled the Holocaust and kept writing lyrics and poetry but at 93 she found a new way to reach audiences: death metal New York Times
***FILM
Most Popular Netflix Shows by Country 2018 High Speed Internet
***SEXUAL HARASSMENT & ASSAULT
Sexual Assault Inside ICE Detention New York Times
This Immigrant Returned To Her Dangerous Home Country — Where She’d Been Raped BuzzFeed News
Trump Administration Defends Campus Sexual Assault Rules NPR
When Rape is reported and nothing happens Star Tribune
More Than 100 Ohio State Alumni Allege Abuse by Former University Sports Doctor Chronicle of Higher Ed
Christian University professor harassed women for decades at conferences Inside Higher Ed
Baylor ‘Set the Football Program on Fire’ as Scapegoat in Sex-Assault Scandal, Says Ex-Athletic Director Chronicle of Higher Ed
***SOCIAL ISSUES
How local police are battling the opioid epidemic Axios
Comic-Con 2018: Huge pop culture convention spotlights social justice, political issues Union Tribune
***BUSINESS & FINANCE
It’s called vomit fraud. And it could make your Uber trip really expensive Miami Herald
For just $10, a hacker can attack your business via RDP: Here's how to stay safe Tech Republic
Private messaging apps increasingly used for public business Associated Press
***HEALTH
Health Insurers Are Vacuuming Up Details About You — And It Could Raise Your Rates NPR
Sleep Science: In the Era of Screens, Rest is Crucial National Geographic
Frequent Smart Phone, Internet Use Linked To Symptoms Of ADHD In Teens NPR
The disturbing reason heat waves can kill people in cooler climates Vox
Medicare’s ‘catastrophic insurance’ can be a catastrophe for middle-income seniors (opinion) Stat News
How To Talk To Your Doctor About Your Pain NPR
Chinese premier orders investigation of vaccine makers Associated Press
***FAMILY
Interesting parental control app requires kids to exercise to earn screen time 9 to 5 Mac
What would you do if your teenager became an overnight Instagram sensation? The Guardian
***SCIENCE
How To Be A Savvy Consumer Of Science News NPR
Meet the Woman Who Rocked Particle Physics—Three Times Wired
***PSYCHOLOGY
Many famous studies of human behavior cannot be reproduced: Even so, they revealed aspects of our inner lives that feel true New York Times
Psychology research by philosophers is robust and replicates better than other areas of psychology The British Psychological Society
Motherhood brings the most dramatic brain changes of a woman’s life Boston Globe
***NEUROSCIENCE
Why your earliest memory may be a lie, according to scientists Telegraph
***PHILOSOPHY
What Are the New Questions of Philosophy? The Atlantic
Writing on Philosophy: It’s Not Rocket Science. It’s More Complicated Than That Chronicle of Higher Ed
***TRAVEL
A Road Trip In 'America For Beginners' NPR
10 products we wish we'd packed on our last vacation CNN
***RESEARCH
The Flint Water Research Coverup WVTF radio
We’re developing chronic compulsive writing syndrome trying to be ranked among the best researchers—quantity largely takes precedence over quality European Scientist
One Author’s Novel Approach to Article Self-Publishing The Scholarly Kitchen
The Ethics of Research on Leaked Data Discover Magazine
The proliferation of questionable Physics conferences Physics Today
Mount Sinai multiple sclerosis researcher admits to doctoring images Retraction Watch
***HIGHER ED
Colleges ask for a share of future salary in lieu of loans Associated Press
Some Colleges Cautiously Embrace Wikipedia Chronicle of Higher Ed
Objections erupt at UVa over appointment of top Trump aide Politico
At Merced, the Changing Face of the U.C. System New York Times
Why Russian Spies Really Like American Universities Propublica
Why We Need To Rethink Graduation Rates As A Measure Of Colleges' Success Forbes
Scholars, Know Thy History: Higher Ed Has Always Struggled to Survive in the U.S. Chronicle of Higher Ed
***TEACHING
Running Class Discussions on Divisive Topics Is Tricky: Here’s One Promising Approach Chronicle of Higher Ed
Professors Are Often Asked 'What Do You Teach?' But They Do Far More Forbes
***ACADEMIC LIFE
Playing the game: academics have bought into the competition and become complicit in their exploitation London School of Economics and Political Science
Scientist stripped of award after showing slides of former students in bikinis Motherboard
A College Administrator Told ‘The New York Times,’ Rap Is Not ‘Real Music.’ His President Called the Comment Disappointing Chronicle of Higher Ed
JOMO: The joy of missing out
/One of the joys of aging (I’m 64) is to recognize that what used to be important no longer is. There’s no obsession now with social media, no need to follow fleeting trends; the latest movie or fashion style or restaurant or celebrity is unimportant. There’s a sense of peace that comes with pulling back from the zeitgeist and spending the day reading a library book, taking a walk, and preparing a meal. JOMO is real, and its benefits can be achieved at any age if the desire is strong enough.
Comment made by NYCtoMalibu on the New York Times article, “How to Make This the Summer of Missing Out”
a little spark of madness
/You're only given a little spark of madness. You mustn't lose it. -Robin Williams (born July 21, 1951)
Articles of Interest - July 16
/***TECHNOLOGY
Forget about VR in the living room; this summer it’s on waterslides and in arcades MIT Tech Review
itty bitty, a new service that lets you share entire web pages encoded in the link itself Chronicle of Higher Ed
Quantum computing could put a stop to traffic jams Quartz
Mercedes Will Launch Self-Driving Taxis in California Next Year Wired
Walmart patents tech that would allow it to eavesdrop on cashiers The Guardian
AI could soon clone your voice Cnet
Microsoft calls on Congress to regulate facial recognition Engadget
The way people walk can be used for ID and health checks Economist
***THE BUSINESS OF MEDIA
ESPN to Air Overwatch League Finals as Esports Go Prime Time Bloomberg
Report on Local TV and AM/FM radio Revenue Harvard’s Nieman Lab
Shorter TV Spots Rising On Linear TV Media Post
Why Sinclair's bid to buy the tribune company might die Wired
Independent Media Organization Southerly Launches The Whole Story
People Don’t Buy Products, They Buy Better Versions of Themselves Medium
***JOURNALISM
54 newsrooms, 9 countries, and 9 core ideas: Here’s what two researchers found in a yearlong quest for journalism innovation Harvard’s Nieman Lab
A Reporter Who Had Her Records Seized Wasn’t On A List Of Subpoenaed Journalists The Justice Department Sent To A Senator BuzzFeed News
My Jobs Before Journalism Twitter
Why the Craig behind Craigslist gave big bucks to a journalism program Recode
How We Reported Our Mississippi Bond Story: A Guide to Our Methodology The Marshall Project
Latin America’s new media are growing up Economist
More questions than answers from DOJ letter about journalist surveillance Columbia Journalism Review
***THE BUSINESS OF JOURNALISM
CNN Reorganizes Business Coverage Under New Site Media Post
***FAKE NEWS
Susceptibility to fake news is driven more by lazy thinking than partisan bias PsyPost
How a ‘Cancer Cure’ Video Blasted Bad Science—and Went Viral Wired
‘Fake News’ Goes Global as Trump, in Britain, Rips the Press New York Times
24 Brazilian media organisations band together to fight fake news International News Media Association
***SOCIAL MEDIA
Facebook Opens Its Private Servers to Scientists Studying Fake News Wired
Social media: Twitter’s surprising revival (sub. requ'd) The Week
Media — both on the left and right — are pressing Facebook to define what journalism is Recode
***PRIVACY
Who Will Police Police Drones? Gizmodo
FTC Urged To Stop Facebook From Sharing Data With Researchers Media Post
***PRODUCING MEDIA
From Data to Viz, a site that helps you find the right chart for your data Data-to-Viz
What’s in a Newsletter? At The New York Times, There’s a Secret Sauce New York Times
***BIG DATA & AI
How does a flight attendant know your birthday? Big data playing bigger role as airlines personalize service Chicago Tribune
Python author steps back from leadership of project IT wire
Communicating with Alexa devices using sign language Abhishek Singh
The seven of the most fundamental Quantum-computing complexity classes Quanta Magazine
***PERSONAL GROWTH
4 things before passing judgment Becoming (my blog)
How to keep going after a mass shooter kills your husband Washington Post
A More Or Less Definitive Guide To Showing Up For Friends BuzzFeed News
The Power of Positive People Are your friendships giving you a boost or bringing you down? New York Times
***WRITING & READING
Long-Time Employees Buy Capitol Hill Books From Its Beloved, Curmudgeonly Owner DCist
***LANGUAGE
The Linguist Who Helps Undercover Cops Catch Child Predators The Atlantic
Is ‘You Guys’ Replacing ‘Y’All’ in the South? Chronicle of Higher Ed
Everybody, Parlons Français! Chronicle of Higher Ed
***LITERATURE
Mary Gaitskill convinced me to care about literature again after my best friend’s death Slate
Archaeologists Think They’ve Discovered the Oldest Greek Copy of Homer’s Odyssey: 13 Verses on a Clay Tablet Open Culture
***GENDER
All Things Ill-Considered: NPR’s Sexist Blunder Chronicle of Higher Ed
Women Making Science Videos on YouTube Face Hostile Comments New York Times
An alternative to pink & blue: Colors for gender data Data Wrapper
A baseball player stood on a bucket — and sparked an online debate about masculinity Washington Post
***RACE & ETHNICITY ISSUES
The chief wanted perfect stats, so cops were told to pin crimes on black people, probe found Miami Herald
Justice Department Reopens Investigation Into 1955 Lynching Of Emmett Till NPR
Asian-Americans Facing Staggering Levels Of Income Inequality In The U.S. NPR
***FREE SPEECH
Judge Orders Los Angeles Times to Delete Part of Published Article Image New York Times
Kavanaugh decision that allowed litigation to be used to deter free speech Hollywood Reporter
Lawrence Journal-World wrong on flag art censorship at University of Kansas (opinion) The FIRE
YouTube Rolling Out Copyright Match Plagiarism Today
***LEGAL ISSUES
Where Brett Kavanaugh sits on the ideological spectrum (infographic) Axios
‘Copyright’s True Purpose Is Dead, It Never Existed’ Torrent Freak
***RELIGION
The Bible is literature for the resistance Washington Post
Mark Harris is forgetting a lot of what the Bible says about women (opinion) Charlotte Observer
Two months after a sexual abuse investigation, Southern Baptist missionary found new church Star-Telegram
Southern Baptist officials knew of sexual abuse allegations 11 years before leader’s arrest Star-telegram
***RELIGION AND POLITICS
Christian advocates push back against Paula White’s claim that Jesus was different because he never broke the law Huffington Post
Brett Kavanaugh Is a Troubling Supreme Court Pick for Black Christians Christianity Today
***GOOD NEWS
25 Everyday Heroes BuzzFeed
Croatia–England: The Greatest World Cup Fairy Tale The Atlantic
Abandoned as baby in a cardboard box, man meets biological father after 31 years ABC News
Deliveries of kindness in San Diego CBS News
Teacher buys school bus, becomes driver so his elementary school students don’t drop out The New Minute
Warren Buffett Donates $3.4 Billion to Charities in Latest Gift Bloomberg
***ART & DESIGN
A new report from the FIRE names colleges across the country that censor artists The FIRE
7 Basic Design Principles We Forget About Uxplanet
Why Med Schools Are Requiring Students to Take Art Classes, and How It Makes Med Students Better Doctors Open Culture
University of Kansas Removes Controversial Flag Art Inside Higher Ed
An alternative to pink & blue: Colors for gender data DataWrapper
How one typeface took over movie posters (video) Vox
***MUSIC
The Gospel According to Kendrick Lamar: Having an intact family “makes a huge difference” Vanity Fair
Review: John Coltrane’s ‘Both Directions at Once: The Lost Album’ Variety
Can gospel music survive the rise of hip-hop? The Undefeated
***FILM
I’m Sorry, But the Posters for Mary Queen of Scots Have the Wrong Taglines Vulture
Stanley Kubrick’s Annotated Copy of Stephen King’s The Shining Open Culture
***JOBS & INTERNSHIPS
Your CV Should Inform. Your Cover Letter Should Persuade Chronicle of Higher Ed
The Personal Business of Being Laid Off Hazlitt
What It’s Like to Search for Jobs Outside Academe Chronicle of Higher Ed
***SEXUAL HARASSMENT & ASSAULT
Two men indicted on accusations of stealing textbooks from campuses Journal Sentinel
Experts: University of Kentucky's sexual assault policy may be illegal Courier-Journal
Sexually assaulted on his campus by student from another university—the accused was found responsible (twice) but no punishment Inside Higher Ed
This NYPD Officer Reported Sexual Harassment: Then She Was Forced Into Rehab BuzzFeed News
Ivy League professor accused of harassment says U.S. laws are 'biased against privileged white men' Daily Mail Online
Baylor settles Title IX suit filed by former student who accused football players of gang rape Waco Trib
***BUSINESS & FINANCE
What we buy can be used to predict our politics, race or education — sometimes with more than 90 percent accuracy Washington Post
Visualizing Countries with the Highest Household Wealth How Much
America's wage crisis no longer looks temporary Axios
Detaining immigrant kids is now a billion-dollar industry ABC News
***ENVIRONMENT
Cheap, portable sensors are democratizing air-quality data Wired
How Laundry Is Reducing America’s Carbon Footprint The Daily Beast
***TRAVEL
Airline Passenger Groups Outraged Over FAA Ruling On Seat NPR
***HEALTH
1st Color X-Rays of Human Body Are Bloody Amazing Live Science
America’s Shrinking Exercise USA Today
Worried About Dementia? You Might Want to Check Your Blood Pressure NPR
Pushback against immunization laws leaves some California schools vulnerable to outbreaks LA Times
Summer Heat Waves Can Slow Our Thinking : Shots - Health News NPR
Hidden From View: The Astonishingly High Administrative Costs of U.S. Health Care New York Times
***SCIENCE
With Faster, Cheaper, More Precise Technique, Authors Say It’s ‘Off to the Races’ Toward New Cell Therapies UCSF news release
NASA Discovered Evidence of Life on Mars 40 Years Ago, Then Set It On Fire Live Science
‘Gene drive’ passes first test in mammals, speeding up inheritance in mice Science Mag
***PSYCHOLOGY
1 In 4 Teenage Girls Self-Harm, According To A New Survey Of US High School Students Buzzfeed News
A player misses a shot and his hands immediately go to the top of his head. Why? Psychology has the answer New York Times
NPR story overstates the benefits of ‘Safety Planning Intervention’ Health News Review
***NEUROSCIENCE
Memories Can Be Altered in Mice. Are Humans Next? National Geographic
***PRODUCTIVITY
The best tools to unclog your overflowing email Poynter
Want to increase efficiency at work? 15 minutes of daily exercise will help Economic Times
***HISTORY
New Web Site Showcases 700,000 Artifacts Dug Up from the Canals of Amsterdam, Some Dating Back to 4300 BC Open Culture
People Still Believe These 10 Myths About the Spanish Flu Live Science
The Healing Buzz of “Drunk History” (opinion) The New Yorker
***RESEARCH
Kim Kardashian pairs up with an MIT post-doc to publish a scientific paper Retraction Watch
$33,000 Academic Journal Articles That Almost No One Reads Forbes
Science journals end open-access trial with Gates Foundation Nature
An example of researchers revisiting their own work and openly changing their minds Discover Magazine
Peer Review and Implicit Bias: Is Double-blind Peer Review Better? (opinion) IEAM Blog
A Major Industry-Funded Alcohol Study Was Compromised: How Many Others Are Out There Undark
Capitalism: Ruining science? In academia, the “imperative manifests itself in visible ways: publish or perish, funding or famine” Jacobin Magazine
Contrary to common belief, randomised controlled trials inevitably produce biased results London School of Economics & Political Science
***RESEARCH MISCONDUCT
We need more investigations into research misconduct: The UK needs a new Watchdog group (opinion) The Guardian
Retraction Watch Co-founder talks about Research Misconduct iScience Mag
***HIGHER ED
Private Colleges in Peril: crucial challenges that small colleges face in fighting for their financial survival Education Next
How 'The Efficiency Paradox' Gets EdTech Right: Why education is expensive, and why technology will not be the solution (opinion) Inside Higher Ed
What Illinois higher education could be Chicago Tribune
ICE contracts bring in millions for U.S. colleges The Outline
Students outraged after 2 Bay Area colleges announce they're closing KRON-4
Canvas Surpasses Blackboard Learn in US Market Share E-Literate
One Public-College President Made $4 Million Last Year: Now His University Wants It Back Chronicle of Higher Ed
#MeToo at an Evangelical Institution: Many are frustrated that the university ignored complaints for 14 years Inside Higher Ed
***TEACHING
Do Voice Assistant Devices Have a Place in the Classroom? EdSurge
How One College Used Student Comments to Identify Its Best Professors Chronicle of Higher Ed
***STUDENT MEDIA
A Skeptic, a Student Newspaper, and a #MeToo Dilemma Undark
The print edition of a Missouri university's magazine has been canceled. Editors say it's retaliation and censorship Student Press Law Center
As local newsrooms shrink, college journalists fill in the gap Poynter
***ACADEMIC LIFE
Assistant professor parts ways with UA after drug, sex assault accusation Tuscon.com
In Defense of Not Publishing Chronicle of Higher Ed
***STUDENT LIFE
Money, not grades, more likely to get in the way of a college education CNBC
Why aren’t millennials buying houses? Curbed
New York court chastises University at Buffalo in ruling for student in due process case The FIRE
Before Passing Judgment
/1. Evaluate others from alongside, not from above.
2. Give others time to change and room to grow.
3. Be willing to revise your evaluations of others. Use other people’s perspectives to refine your own.
4. Remember how it feels to be on the receiving end of judgement.
Barry Applewhite
What a Ride!
/Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming "Wow! What a Ride! -Hunter S Thompson (born July 18, 1937)
articles of interest - July 9
/***JOURNALISM
New Jersey poised to invest $5 million into local journalism CNN
In 2018, coherence is bad journalism, bordering on malpractice: Here’s how to do better Harvard Nieman Lab
As America celebrates freedom, remember blood has been spilled to ensure that you have a free press (opinion) Miami Herald
Myanmar court files secrets act charges against Reuters reporters Reuters
Journalist arrested by ICE claims he was targeted for his work The Hill
TL;DR: Tools for covering ICE Columbia Journalism Review
***THE BUSINESS OF JOURNALISM
The New York Times Mostly Skips Ad Agencies With An In-House 20-Person Ad-Buying Team Digiday
***FAKE NEWS
On WeChat, rogue fact-checkers are tackling the app's fake news problem Poynter
I never said that! High-tech deception of ‘deepfake’ videos Washington Post
YouTube aims to crack down on fake news, support journalism Associated Press
***SOCIAL MEDIA
The Guardian finds less polished video works better on Instagram Stories Digiday
Facebook’s Political Rule Blocks Ads for Bush’s Beans, Singers Named Clinton Bloomberg
***MOBILE
These are the top iPhone apps of all time Tech Crunch
How to Unlock Your Phone for Overseas Travel New York Times
***PRIVACY
How to Check App Permissions on iOS, Android, Windows, and macOS Wired
Google Sued For Allowing Developers To Access Gmail Messages Media Post
Inside China’s Dystopian Dreams: A.I., Shame and Lots of Cameras New York Times
Apple releases iOS 11.4.1 and blocks passcode cracking tools used by police The Verge
Facebook’s Push for Facial Recognition Prompts Privacy Alarms New York Times
Ten Reasons Why California’s New Data Protection Law is Unworkable, Burdensome, and Possibly Unconstitutional (opinion) Technology & Marketing Law Blog
***PRODUCING MEDIA
Tool for journalists: Mural, for creating an engaging storytelling experience Journalism.co
An AI system for editing music in videos MIT
***TECHNOLOGY
Implanting diamonds with flaws offers key technology for quantum communications ScienceDaily
***BIG DATA & AI
Giving voice to the data creators—listening to the engineers can be productive Simply Statistics
A beginner’s guide to AI: Neural networks The Next Web
A SQL query cheat sheet KD Nuggets
***PERSONAL GROWTH
Being Unmasked as an Imposter Becoming (my blog)
Welcome to the highly probable world of improbability Wired
***WRITING & READING
A professor said he had no talent as a writer: for the next 20 years, he sent the professor a copy of everything he published Washington Post
Trump Uses Random Uppercase Letters, but Should You? New York Times
A New York Times obituary writer takes a crack at her own epitaph New York Times
***LANGUAGE
Iceland fights to protect its native tongue from Siri Ozy
Readers Respond: How has language shaped your world? Los Angeles Times
***LITERATURE
Swedes plan an alternative to the Nobel Prize in Literature Irish Times
Tolstoy behind bars: Why U-Va. students are reading Russian literature in a prison Washington Post
The Triumph and Tragedy of Oscar Wilde Chronicle of Higher Ed
10 movies secretly based on famous works of literature Film School Rejects
***GENDER
Some good news for working women Washington Post
The Push For A Gender-Neutral Siri NPR
***RACE & ETHNICITY ISSUES
Digging into the debate about diversity in entertainment journalism LA Times
***FREE SPEECH
Principal refuses to allow first black valedictorian to give speech, so Rochester mayor intervenes CBS News
University of Illinois seeks to dismiss free speech lawsuit against student reporters WQAD
***LEGAL ISSUES
Post Office Ordered to Pay $3.5 Million for Statue of Liberty Photo Mistake Petapixel
***RELIGION
Episcopal Church debates gendered language for God Seattle Times
Facebook Removes a Gospel Group’s Music Video Image New York Times
'In God We Trust' motto required in Tennessee schools this year WKRN
Philippines Deports American Methodist Missionary Over 'Political Activity' New York Times
New complaint filed against Tacoma megachurch pastor cites multiple instances of sexual misconduct The News Tribune
Jimmy Carter's latest book, 'Faith,' leads this week's roundup of spiritual books Chicago Tribune
***RELIGION AND POLITICS
Supreme Court's Religious Makeup Evolves As Members Change NPR
The story behind potential Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett’s little-known Catholic group, People of Praise Washington Post
***GOOD NEWS
Girl with cerebral palsy saves 1-year-old brother from drowning New-6
How 4 teens from Southern California are helping kids with problems from homelessness to bullying Orange County Register
3-Year-Old Cancer Survivor Is Flower Girl In Bone Marrow Donor’s Wedding Dothan Eagle
Phoenix-area dog goes viral after saving owner from rattlesnake bite KTAR-TV
***ART & DESIGN
Find the Address of Your Home on Pangaea: Open Source Project Lets You Explore the Ancient Land Masses of Our Planet Open Culture
The Strong Campaign Identity created for the Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez UnderConstruction
Behold the Art-o-Mat: Vintage Cigarette Vending Machines Get Repurposed & Dispense Works of Art Open Culture
The 2018 Underwater Photographs Of The Year Are Just Insanely Beautiful Digg
Nearly 1,000 Paintings & Drawings by Vincent van Gogh Now Digitized and Put Online Open Culture
All the Roman Roads of Italy, Visualized as a Modern Subway Map Open Culture
***THE BUSINESS OF MEDIA
Radio formats in the first half of 2018 Nielsen
***SEXUAL HARASSMENT & ASSAULT
GOP Congressman accused of turning blind eye to sexual abuse as Ohio State wrestling coach NBC
A man raped me, another tried to. They were not animals. They were men. Don't excuse them or pretend they're something else. The Guardian
***SOCIAL ISSUES
Americans are socializing less and playing more games Quartz
***BUSINESS & FINANCE
Why it matters: 23% of Americans have no emergency savings Axios
***ENVIRONMENT
Hawaii moves to ban sale of sunscreens with coral-harming chemicals CBS News
The source of the mysterious ozone-killing emissions is confirmed: China Quartz
***HEALTH
Michigan Hospital sues over Facebook post and picketing Traverse City Record-Eagle
Sources: EPA blocks warnings on cancer-causing chemical identified in formaldehyde study Politico
U.S. Opposition to Breast-Feeding Resolution Stuns World Health Officials New York Times
Americans are closely divided over value of medical treatments, but most agree costs are a big problem Pew Research
***FAMILY
By 2-to-1, Americans Say Boys Easier to Raise Than Girls Gallup
What Families Need To Know About Screen Time This Summer NPR
***TRAVEL
50 Strange But True Facts About the U.S. Condé Nast Traveler
50 States, 50 Dishes: America’s Favorite Foods and Where to Get Them Condé Nast Traveler
***SCIENCE
Physics prof urges scientists to take studies of UFOs seriously The Conversation
German Scientists Photograph Formation Of A Planet NPR
Scientists Rarely Admit Mistakes: A New Project Wants to Change That Undark
***PSYCHOLOGY
‘Conversion therapy’ for gays would be sharply limited under California bill Chronicle of Higher Ed
British Government To Ban Conversion Therapy NPR
Language Is Key to Easing the Stigma of Mental Illness Psychology Today
***PHILOSOPHY
Why We Should Require All Students to Take 2 Philosophy Courses Chronicle of Higher Ed
***HISTORY
Anne Frank's family tried in vain to flee to the US CNN
Why Are There Palm Trees in Los Angeles? Atlas Obscura
Laser-Shooting Planes Uncover the Horror and Humanity of World War Wired
***ETHICS
The practice of conducting ethically dubious research in foreign countries is under fresh scrutiny. Nature
Apparently it’s fine to defend colonialism, but not to defend genocide The Conversation
***RESEARCH
A study as to whether one’s political preferences are manifested in the hand used while cleansing one’s posterior (a predatory journal sting) Crimson Publisher\s
Self-citations as strategic response to the use of metrics for career decisions Science Direct
Ten considerations for open peer review F1000 Research
Spotting an open-access predatory journal is no easy task The Fish Site
Beware those scientific studies -- most are wrong, researcher warns AFP
***HIGHER ED
The future of college education: Students for life, computer advisers and campuses everywhere Washington Post
The $5 million effort to bring a flotilla of conservative tenured professors to Chapman University (opinion) Orange County Register
China tightens party control of foreign university ventures Financial Times
Getting Student Power Into the Voting Booth New York Times
He Called Older Employees ‘Dead Wood.’ Two Sued for Age Discrimination New York Times
Maryland basketball subpoenaed in college basketball corruption probe Washington Post
George Mason University Foundation is not subject to public records laws, judge rules Washington Post
***TEACHING
How To Think Visually Using Visual Analogies (Infographic) Adioma
Coding schools are offering free classes in exchange for a percentage of future income. But at what cost? The Atlantic
Detroit's Right to Literacy Case and U.S. School Reform The Atlantic
***STUDENT LIFE
The 20 college majors with highest and lowest average student debt Detroit Free Press
More high school grads than ever are going to college, but 1 in 5 will quit Hechinger Report
***JOBS & INTERNSHIPS
How to Write a Thank-You Email After a Job Interview: Examples, Dos, and Don’ts The Cut
***ACADEMIC LIFE
State Supreme Court sides with professor in academic freedom case – he wrote a blog post in criticizing a graduate-student instructor Journal Sentinel
New university rules encourage scientists to avoid air travel Wired
When Your Course Suddenly Needs an Overhaul Chronicle of Higher Ed
What’s Obvious to Academics but Not to the Public? Scholars Are Happy to Say Chronicle of Higher Ed
A University of Central Florida professor was arrested after allegedly stalking a student for months Orlando Weekly
This Professor Made Up a Job Offer From Another University. Now He Faces a Criminal Charge Chronicle of Higher Ed
Being Unmasked as an Imposter
/As you might expect, failure isn’t all that popular an activity. And yet, not everyone reacts to it by breaking out in hives. While many of the people (in a recent study) hated tasks that they didn’t do well, some people thrived under the challenge. They positively relished things they weren’t very good at—for precisely the reason that they should have: when they were failing, they were learning.
For growth people, challenges are an opportunity to deepen their talents, but for “fixed” people, they are just a dipstick that measures how high your ability level is. Finding out that you’re not as good as you thought is not an opportunity to improve; it’s a signal that you should maybe look into a less demanding career, like mopping floors.
This fear of being unmasked as the incompetent you “really” are is so common that it actually has a clinical name: impostor syndrome. A shocking number of successful people (particularly women), believe that they haven’t really earned their spots, and are at risk of being unmasked as frauds at any moment. Many people deliberately seek out easy tests where they can shine, rather than tackling harder material that isn’t as comfortable.
Megan Mcardle writing in the Atlantic