Illusions
/Our illusions can ravage us as mercilessly as violence or disease. And the illusions of others, when
they take on lives of their own, are even more dangerous. -Nicholas Christopher
ideas that challenge / comfort / inspire
Articles of Interest – Week of Sept 3
/***TECHNOLOGY
Clinc is building a voice AI system to replace humans in drive-through restaurants TechCrunch
Time May Be Running Out for Millions of Clocks Voice of America
New facial recognition system catches first imposter at US airport The Verge
***BIG DATA & AI
Data and Linguistics: Deep Learning In the Digital Age Inside Big Data
From rust belt to robot belt: Turning AI into jobs in the US heartland MIT Tech Review
A chart showing growth in traffic to programming languages as a data science tool and a quiz to show how well do you know R Towards Data Sciencer
10 Reasons Why You Can’t Live Without A Particle Accelerator Nautilus
***SOCIAL MEDIA
Twitter Public Policy Director On How Company Monitors Content NPR
Poll: Most conservatives think social media is censoring them Axios
U.S. accuses China of 'super aggressive' spy campaign on LinkedIn Reuters
Trump’s Ludicrous Attack on Big Tech The idea that Google and Twitter are rigging their platforms against him is patently false (opinion) New York Times
***SOCIAL MEDIA: FACEBOOK
Dozens at Facebook Unite to Challenge Its ‘Intolerant’ Liberal Culture New York Times
What Happens When Facebook Mistakenly Blocks Local News Stories Wired
Twitter’s new political ad policy exempts news media. Facebook’s still doesn’t Poynter
***PRIVACY & SECURITY
Government transparency site revealed Social Security numbers, other personal info CNN
Google and Mastercard Cut a Secret Ad Deal to Track Retail Sales Bloomberg
Yahoo Mail is still scanning your emails for data to sell to advertisers The Verge
Big Brother’s Blind Spot: Mining the failures of surveillance tech The Baffler
***JOURNALISM
‘My life is threatened.’ Listen to Sen. Daphne Campbell call 911 on a Herald reporter Miami Herald
Trump Has Changed How Teens View the News The Atlantic
USA Today triples its investigative unit Poynter
Body-cam vid shows Denver cops cuffed Indy editor as she photographed their badges Colorado Independent
How newsroom managers balance community engagement and reporter safety Columbia Journalism Review
Reuters Editor Responds To Prison Sentence For Journalists In Myanmar NPR
How to report Trump’s move against Texas Latinos who have U.S. birth certificates? Poynter
***THE BUSINESS OF JOURNALISM
Local News is Dying The Week
It looks like Tronc is about to be chopped up and sold for parts Harvard’s Nieman Lab
Groundbreaking alternative paper Village Voice shuts down after 63 years Orlando Sentinel
Why do billionaires decide to buy newspapers (and why should we be happy when they do)? Harvard’s Nieman Lab
The state of fertility benefits across the journalism industry Poynter
***FAKE NEWS
German far-right mobilized by 'fake news' after stabbing: officials Reuters
How 'Fake News' Was Born at the 1968 DNC Politico
How a Twitter account convinced 4,000 companies to stop advertising on Breitbart Recode
Russian city commissions statue of wrong person in 'wikipedia' mix-up Newsweek
Trump asserts only he can be trusted over opponents and ‘fake news’ Washington Post
***PERSONAL GROWTH
How to Create Materialistic Children Becoming (my blog)
Why We Try So Hard to Escape Our Humanity Empathy is at the core of who we are: That can be painful New York Times
Happy older people live longer, say researchers Duke
How to Make Friends, According to Science The Atlantic
Considering the “valuable-ness” of the things we make Patreon
***WRITING & READING
Is NYTimes Correct That College Students Don't Read Books? Inside Higher Ed
While We Wait for Singular ‘They,’ How About ‘She or He’? Chronicle of Higher Ed
***LANGUAGE
How 'LOL' Went From Meaning Something Was Truly Funny To Meaning... Almost Nothing Digg
Braille for a New Digital Age New York Times
This Curious Man Can Perfectly Pronounce Every Word In The Dictionary Digg
Counting baseball cliches FlowingData
***GENDER
Brown removes article on rapid-onset gender dysphoria Brown
Gender Neutrality in All-Female (or All-Male) Contests is a Myth Gender Watch 2018
How women talk, and are talked about, and why men who exhibit the same speech characteristics don’t get as much criticism Chronicle of Higher Ed
'Female physicians do not work as hard,' Plano doctor tells Dallas Medical Journal Dallas News
Australian becomes first woman in almost 40 years to lift Scotland’s famous Dinnie Stones News.com.au
***RACE & ETHNICITY ISSUES
***LEGAL ISSUES
The Big Business of College Sports Stands Trial This Week Hollywood Reporter
Can a Work of Art Created by AI be Protected by Copyright? The 1709 Blog
LeBron James Testifies in Video Game Suit ongoing copyright lawsuit over tattoos Hollywood Reporter
***GOOD NEWS
Montana 109-year-old finds loophole, gets restaurant to pay her for eating there on her birthday ABC Fox Montana
South Florida mural produces bird calls and citrus scents for the visually-impaired Sun-Sentinel
Girl battling leukemia receives over 1,000 postcards for birthday, including one from Tom Hanks CBS News
Never too old to say 'I do' WSAW-TV
Restaurant puts together wedding meal in 90 minutes after original caterer doesn’t show Fox 17
Company offering ‘furternity’ leave for new pet owners WTVR
New research finds taking a vacation could help you live longer CNBC
***ART & DESIGN
Algorithmic art shows what the machine sees Flowing Data
***MUSIC
Charged Songs: "Losing My Religion" and "Try Not to Breathe" Open Culture
Why Are Some Songs Catchier Than Others? Digg
Classic Songs by Bob Dylan Re-Imagined as Pulp Fiction Book Covers Open Culture
***FILM
Movie review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes overhauls critics criteria, adds 200 more critics in effort to become more diverse and inclusive Hollywood Reporter
Romantic comedies are having a moment. Can it last? Vox
***STUDENT LIFE
Working students can’t always choose between a job and an education: Universities shouldn’t make them New York Times
The 2008 financial crisis completely changed what majors students choose Quartz
Feeling Suicidal, Students Turned to Their College. They Were Told to Go Home The New York Times
UC Irvine Student Accused of Pretending to Be a Doctor at Children’s Hospital of Orange County KTLA
College Students Consider Buying Course Materials a Top Source of Financial Stress Cengage
Southern Illinois U. Says It Won’t Tolerate Activism by Athletes in Uniform, Then Backs Off Chronicle of Higher Ed
***eSPORTS
Booming eSports market opens window into Chinese culture ECNS
Legalized gambling could have major implications for esports Venturebeat
***SEXUAL HARASSMENT & ASSAULT
A Guide to Trump’s New Campus Sexual-Assault Policy The Atlantic
Woman sues Butler and a former fraternity after saying she was raped on campus in 2016 Indy Star
Pastor Accused of Groping Ariana Grande Apologizes for Being 'Too Friendly' New York Times
***SOCIAL ISSUES
The School Shootings That Weren't: NPR finds many reported incidents never happened NPR
ICE Is Sending Detained Kids to Adult Jails the Second They Turn 18 Vice
***BUSINESS & FINANCE
Almost half of Americans can't pay for their basic needs CBS News
My Never-Ending Student Debt The Baffler
It's Easier Than Ever To Record Conversations And That's Reshaping The Workplace NPR
Microsoft will require suppliers to offer paid parental leave Axios
Fewer Workers Relocating HR Exchange Network
Age, race or need for instant gratification -- which best predicts how much you will earn? Science Daily
***ENVIRONMENT
Cigarette Butts Are The Biggest Ocean Contaminant: Study Fortune
Study: Air pollution responsible for ‘huge’ drop in intelligence The Next Web
The Ocean Cleanup Is Starting, Aims To Cut Garbage Patch By 90% By 2040 Forbes
How Much Hotter Is Your Hometown Than When You Were Born? New York Times
***HEALTH
Critics Trying To Stop A Big Study Of Sepsis Say The Research Puts Patients At Risk NPR
Sexually transmitted diseases surge for the 4th straight year, CDC reports USA Today
New pain drugs may lower the risk of overdose and addiction Science Mag
Without an independent source, BuzzFeed's story on a medical device for OCD doesn't offer much beyond the news release Health News Review
FluMist should be avoided in favor of shots, pediatrics group says Stat News
Children who lived with smokers are more likely to die of lung disease as adults, study says Washington Post
Goat Yoga Is 'Preposterous,' Says Goat Yoga Teacher. It's Also ... Terrific! NPR
98.6 Degrees is a normal body temperature, right? Not quite Wired
***HEALTH: MICRODOSING
'It lifted me out of depression': is microdosing good for your mind? The Guardian
Scientists Are Starting to Test Claims about "Microdosing" Scientific American
Here’s What Happens When a Few Dozen People Take Small Doses of Psychedelics The Atlantic
***FAMILY
Why Kids Want Things The Atlantic
The jaw-dropping story behind an NFL coach’s search for his family ESPN
This app lets seniors book “grandkids on demand” Fast Company
***SCIENCE
First-Ever Evidence of Higgs Boson Decay Opens New Doors for Particle Physics Live Science
Scientists must keep fighting fake news, not retreat to their ivory towers The Guardian
***PSYCHOLOGY
Online Bettors Know If Psychology Studies Will Replicate The Atlantic
Here's Why We Need To Rethink Everything We Know About The Stanford Prison Experiment BuzzFeed News
***NEUROSCIENCE
Mysterious new brain cell found in people AAAS Science Mag
Why Do We Hurt the Ones We Love? Insights From the Brain Psychology Today
***PRODUCTIVITY
25 incredibly useful things you didn’t know Google Docs could do Fast Company
How to get the most out of Gmail’s new features Wired
***RELIGIOUS TYPES
Pew report on religious types shows what Americans of different faiths have in common Washington Post
Pew Study Classifies Americans Using Spiritual Traits Courthouse News
How we created a religious typology: Q&A with Rich Morin Pew Research Center
***RELIGION
Paul McCartney 'saw God' after taking drugs during Beatles heyday The Guardian
Newsrooms puzzle overuse of ‘Mormon’ in coverage The Washington Post
***THE ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH
BuzzFeed’s investigation into mistreatment of children by nuns in an orphanage BuzzFeed News
***PASTORS
Inland Hills Church members in Chino mourn loss of pastor to suicide ABC 7
The Assemblies of God Leadership Quickly Restored Megachurch Pastor After His Predatory Affair and Lawsuit The Wartburg Watch
***RELIGION AND POLITICS
Trump warns evangelicals of 'violence' if GOP loses in the midterms CNN
In closed-door meeting, Trump told Christian leaders he got rid of a law: He didn't NBC News
Many Churchgoers Want Sunday Morning Segregated … by Politics Christianity Today
Evangelicals And Kavanaugh: An interview with a Liberty University professor NPR
***HISTORY
Sergey Prokudin-Gorsky's Russia: Photos of Life Before the Revolution Getty Images
***RESEARCH
The Science Behind Social Science Gets Shaken Up—Again Wired
Using citation metrics as part of academic recruitment decisions leads to an increase in self-citations The London School of Economics & Political Science
Gender and international diversity improves equity in peer review bioRxiv
China's wake-up call on scientific misconduct and fake science ABC Radio National (Australia)
***HIGHER ED
Provost: fake college degrees are a growing problem (opinion) The Post & Courier
Beloit College drops Mindset List Rockford Register Star
Tweeting on the Front Lines Think managing a university social media account is easy? Think again Inside Higher Ed
Colleges Say They Prepare Students for a Career, Not Just a First Job. Is That True? Chronicle of Higher Ed
Outrage Over University's $999 Online Textbook Inside Higher Ed
Online Education Is a Disability Rights Issue Inside Higher Ed
***TEACHING
Hard Copy or Electronic Textbooks? Professors Are More Concerned About Keeping Them Affordable Chronicle of Higher Ed
How to Get the Most Out of a Brief Teaching Workshop Chronicle of Higher Ed
One Way to Show Students You Care Chronicle of Higher Ed
***ACADEMIC LIFE
How the Jobs Crisis Has Transformed Faculty Hiring Chronicle of Higher Ed
Colorado State University wins retaliation lawsuit brought by ex-prof Coloradoan
Do College Librarians Have Academic Freedom? Chronicle of Higher Ed
Is the N-word simply to be avoided, or is Emory wrong to suspend a law professor who used it? Inside Higher Ed
How the Jobs Crisis Has Transformed Faculty Hiring Chronicle of Higher Ed
Rutgers President Seeks Additional Review of Professor’s Controversial Facebook Post Chronicle of Higher Ed
How to create materialistic children
/Children who recall that their parents just bought them stuff when they wanted it, or who paid them money or bought them things when they got good grades, there’s a very consistent association that when these things happen in childhood, when that person is an adult, they’re more likely to be materialistic.
And I’m looking now at what parents do when their kid’s unhappy, or upset, or they have a big disappointment—how do parents deal with that? And my preliminary evidence suggests that it’s something that’s learned in childhood. The parents might say, “Oh, you didn’t make it on to the team—let’s go out and have something to eat,” or, “Let’s go out and get you a new video game—that’ll take your mind off it.” Well, if the parents do that with their kids, we find that as adults, people are more likely to deal with distress in the same way, by giving themselves a little gift.
I never thought it was a good idea to reward children tangibly for the things that they do, because I don’t think life works that way—there are a lot of things you have to do and you don’t get any reward for them.
Marsha Richin quoted in The Atlantic
Swimming Naked
/You only learn who has been swimming naked when the tide goes out. –Warren Buffett (born August 30, 1930)
Articles of Interest - August 27
/***TECHNOLOGY
Why Swedes are inserting microchips into their bodies The Economist
With embryo base editing, china gets another crispr first Wired
***BIG DATA & AI
The ever-increasing role of simulation and models in theoretical physics Quanta Magazine
The wired guide to quantum computing Wired
The race is on to dominate quantum computing..but the technology may face a winter before it enters its summer The Economist
***SOCIAL MEDIA
How Teens and Parents Navigate Screen Time and Device Distractions Pew Research Center
Posting Instagram Sponsored Content Is the New Summer Job As long as you’re a teen with a following The Atlantic
This Is Your Kids’ Brains on Internet Algorithms: A Chilling Case Study Shows What’s Wrong with the Internet Today Open Culture
***PRIVACY & SECURITY
Americans are less worried about online security Axios
***PRODUCING MEDIA
Good news for newsletter writers: Americans check email more than ever, even at dinner Poynter
***INTERNET
SEO Is Back New York Magazine
***JOURNALISM
Pruitt bars AP, CNN from EPA summit on contaminants, guards push reporter out of building NBC News
5 facts about the state of the news media Pew Research Center
What is drone journalism? Florida Today
Infographic: Does objectivity still matter to journalists? PR Week
Pittsburgh becomes largest US city without a daily print newspaper The Hill
Where Does Journalism End and Activism Begin? Harvard’s Nieman Lab
***WOMEN IN JOURNALISM
How one journalist built a free resource that has coached hundreds of women in journalism Poynter
The Lazy Trope of the Unethical Female Journalist The Atlantic
***FAKE NEWS
The propaganda war gets sophisticated Axios
Inside Wikipedia's volunteer-run battle against fake news Wired
This is what filter bubbles actually look like: Maps of Twitter activity show how political polarization manifests online MIT Technology Review
Can you spot fake news before hitting “share”? Kids are learning and so can you Fast Company
Newsguard wants to fight fake news with humans, not algorithms Wired
The fake news about journalism Financial Times
Why Russian trolls stoked US vaccine debates CNN
An online conspiracy is fueling attacks on private businesses NBC News
***FAKE NEWS ON FACEBOOK
Find out who's manipulating you through Facebook political ads with ProPublica's free tool BoingBoing
Facebook deletes alternative health pages as the war on fake news escalates Fast Company
***FAKE NEWS IN HISTORY
Fake news: an exhibition on the importance of accurate journalism The Guardian
Long Before Facebook, The KGB Spread Fake News About AIDS NPR
***GRAMMAR
It's Time to End the 'Data Is' vs 'Data Are' Debate Motherboard
How ‘Taser’ Became a Verb Chronicle of Higher Ed
The Perennial Difficulty of Defining What ‘Descriptive’ Means in Grammar Chronicle of Higher Ed
***WRITING & READING
Poetry Is Everywhere Far from “going extinct,” as it was once predicted, poems are viral, vital—and invincible The Atlantic
9 Writers To Follow On Twitter If You Want To Think More Deeply About The Books You're Reading Bustle
***LANGUAGE
Why Learning Chinese Makes So Much Sense Chronicle of Higher Ed
The quest to make German more gender-neutral The Economist
How Japan uses English (video)
Hunting for fossils in the quirks of language Metaphors and clichés are often a record of bygone cultures The Economist
The Mystery of People Who Speak Dozens of Languages New Yorker
***LITERATURE
9 Works Of Literature That Are Basically Fanfiction — From 'Lord Of The Flies' To 'Inferno' Bustle
***GENDER
More women running for Congress is a good thing, say most Americans Pew Research Center
The most sexist places in America Washington Post
***RACE & ETHNICITY ISSUES
Confederate statue taken down by student protesters at University of North Carolina Christian Science Monitor
Reporter says she was ‘suspended’ for sharing Guardian story on white privilege Kansas City Star
University accepted $458K from 'scientific' racism fund Chicago Sun-Times
America’s public school teachers are far less racially and ethnically diverse than their students Pew Research
***LEGAL ISSUES
Copyright and Embedding Images: The Waters get Murky The Comm Law Blog
The Kardashians' Instagram Fan Accounts Are Embroiled in a Copyright Mess The Fashion Law Blog
Podcast Legal Issues – Getting Releases From Interview Subjects Broadcast Law Blog
Can the Museum of Ice Cream Claim Rights in the Color Pink? The Fashion Law Blog
***RELIGION
A man threatened his co-worker over Christian music, cops say Miami Herald
World's most committed Christians live in Africa, Latin America, U.S. Pew Research Center
Marriott bringing Bible, Book of Mormon to its Starwood hotels Chicago Sun-Times
Reinventing religion — with romance novels Washington Post
Holy atheism, Batman! Why superheroes might not believe in God Washington Post
***RELIGION AND SEXUAL ABUSE
Saddleback Church Mentor Convicted of Molesting Two Boys NBC Los Angeles
Former pastor claims sex abuse against televangelist Houston Chronicle
***RELIGION AND POLITICS
Trump hosts evangelical leaders at the White House Associated Press
***GOOD NEWS
Principal installs one when students are bullied for dirty clothes CNN
This Man Planted a Tree Every Day for 35 Years and Created a Forest Larger Than Central Park Travel and Leisure
Middle School students leave positive notes around school WBIR
***ART & DESIGN
New York Times redesigns its homepage Columbia Journalism Review
A guide to combining fonts Better Webtype
***MUSIC
Eagles’ ‘Greatest Hits’ Overtakes Michael Jackson’s ‘Thriller’ as Best-Selling Album Rolling Stone
***FILM
Rumors Of The Death Of The Rom-Com Are Greatly Exaggerated NPR
What two films reveal about China A low-budget movie about a sensitive social theme outshines a state-approved spectacular The Economist
***THE BUSINESS OF MEDIA
CoinDesk's quietly profitable media business Axios
What You Might Not Know About E-sports, a $620 Million Industry New York Times
The massive popularity of esports, in charts Washington Post
***JOBS & INTERNSHIPS
Apple, IBM, and Google don’t care anymore if you went to college Quartz
9 Email Mistakes That Could Cost You the Job Offer Grammarly
Social Media Marketing Intern Maple Media Technology
Online editor Daily Pilot, Fountain Valley
Web editor San Diego Magazine
Social Media Intern Inspire Create LLC, Chula Vista
Assistant News Producer/Penner Fellow Intern KPBS, San Diego
Public Relations Intern Baby Bird Communications, San Diego
Marketing Intern San Diego Seals, San Diego
Marketing Agency Internship Campaign Creators, San Diego
***SEXUAL HARASSMENT & ASSAULT
Stony Brook University professor sued by former student Newsday
***SOCIAL ISSUES
Aerial pictures show how the world’s richest and poorest live side by side Metro
11 Facebook page optimizations for small publishers Medium
***BUSINESS & FINANCE
The Most Profitable Industry In Each State, Mapped Digg
***ECONOMICS
Against the tyranny of the majority John Stuart Mill's warning still resonates today The Economist
Rescuing Adam Smith From Myth and Misrepresentation RealClearBooks
***ENVIRONMENT
Toxic Slime Is Ruining Florida’s Gulf Coast Bloomberg
Talkin' Birds: The Damage Of Plastics NPR
***HEALTH
How Heroin Came for Middle-Class Moms Marie Claire
You Go Blind Thousands of Times a Day Thanks to Saccadic Masking Curiosity
No amount of alcohol is good for your overall health, global study says CNN
Book review: a cinematic account of the greatest drug crisis in U.S. history The Week
What Happens When You're Insured But Still Owe $109,000 For Your Heart Attack Digg
***FAMILY
Happy Children Do Chores New York Times
Which Is Better for kids, Rewards or Punishments? Neither New York Times
The American Academy of Pediatrics is telling doctors to start prescribing play Quartz
Raising Kids In An 'Age Of Fear' Results In Impossible Choices For Parents NPR
***SCIENCE
How to show that the earth orbits the sun Wired
A monitor’s ultrasonic sounds can reveal what’s on the screen Wired
***PSYCHOLOGY
Not Everyone Wants a Hug Some people experience severe aversion to being touched Psychology Today
Sigmund Freud: The Untold Story New Yorker
In Psychology And Other Social Sciences, Many Studies Fail The Reproducibility Test NPR
***NEUROSCIENCE
In lofty quest to map human memories, a scientist journeys deep into the mind of a worm Stat News
Mysterious new type of cell could help reveal what makes human brain special Independent
***PHILOSOPHY
Some University Philosophy Departments Seeing Big Donations KJZZ
Why We Try So Hard to Escape Our Humanity: Empathy is at the core of who we are. That can be painful New York Times
***HISTORY
The History of Cartography, “the Most Ambitious Overview of Map Making Ever Undertaken,” Is Free Online Open Culture
***RESEARCH
Retraction Watch keeps its eye on the seamier side of academe University Affairs
How bad is the problem of plagiarism for most journals? The Wiley Network
The scandal isn’t what’s retracted, the scandal is what’s not retracted Statistical Modeling, Causal Inference, and Social Science
Peer-review is another place where unkind, unethical and even abusive behaviours can manifest Nature Plants
The competing narratives of scientific revolution Statistical Modeling, Causal Inference, and Social Science
Why a Federal Rule Change Has Some Scholars Worried They’ll Be Priced Out of Their Own Research Chronicle of Higher Ed
Make research-paper databases multilingual Nature
Public engagement around scientific papers on Twitter Journal of Informetrics
***HIGHER ED
Why universities need ‘public interest technology’ courses Wired
For-profit colleges have allies now, but complaints persist Associated Press
***HUMANITIES
The few humanities majors who dominate in the business world San Francisco Chronicle
***CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS
Discrimination Claims Arise at Northwest Christian University Eugene Weekly
He made me transgender on purpose’: Breast-removal surgery could boot Mormon student from Brigham Young Washington Post
Quotes from Chapel service of The Master’s Seminary by founder John MacArthur (the school is on academic probation) The Warburg Watch
Bob Jones University Cuts 50 Jobs Including Faculty After $4M Shortfall Greenville News
MidAmerica Nazarene University Selected for Money Magazine’s 2018-19 Best Colleges List MidAmerica Nazarene
***TEACHING
Money and the murky boundary of teaching and sex Chronicle of Higher Ed
Those Who Can Do, Can’t Teach Advice for college students: The best experts sometimes make the worst educators New York Times
***STUDENT LIFE
Gen Z Is Set to Outnumber Millennials Within a Year Bloomberg
Safety Apps College Students Should Download Now Two Cents
Teens are worried they're spending too much time on their phones Axios
Surfing Is Now the Official Sport in California Bloomberg
Parking scam sold bogus parking spaces to college students WISC
KSU picks 1 of 5 cheerleaders who protested last year for new squad Atlanta Journal-Constitution
***STUDENT LIFE: NEW TO COLLEGE
How to Find Your College Friends on Most Major Gaming Services Life Hacker
Tips for Reaping the Benefits of College New York Times
How to Feed Yourself in a Crappy College Dorm Kitchen Skillet
The Best School Supplies For College Students Digital Trends
The life-changing benefits of living with a random roommate in college Quartz
Do Not Decorate Your Kid’s Freshman Dorm Slate
Moving into the dorms is a logistics challenge for college students Orange County Register
How to Adjust to College as a Transfer Student Life Hacker ***PERSONAL GROWTH
Don't Count on it Becoming (my blog)
What happens when you spend a year using science to improve your brain The Verge
The Spotlight Effect: Why No One Else Remembers What You Did Medium
A Nobel prize-winning physicist identified three simple steps to mastering any subject Quartz
***STUDENT MEDIA
Liberty University Cracks Down on Its Student Newspaper Patheos
Students, here are nine tips for balancing journalism with school (and the rest of your life) Poynter
***ACADEMIC LIFE
What Is Your Responsibility as a Bystander to a Academic Colleague Having Problems? Chronicle of Higher Ed
An early sign of a coming war over intellectual property: Who owns online classes Twitter
Dartmouth misconduct case highlights the mistreatment of junior scientists Stat News
Don’t count on it
/I didn't think I belonged in college. It was my first semester and I was failing my intro to algebra class. The professor was intimidating when he spoke and when he turned away he furiously wrote figures on the chalkboard. I figured if I couldn't do well in a low level class like his, I probably should quit. I dropped the class but stayed in college and discovered something: That professor wasn't doing it right. He disappeared from the schedule the next year. I heard rumors about something being wrong with him and it dawned on me that the reason I wasn’t doing well wasn't me but his poor teaching. Whew! What a relief.
But back when I was sitting in his classroom, I didn’t know what was ahead. I didn’t know I would eventually attend graduate school and one day teach students in their first semester—just like I was.
Some students will be sitting in college classrooms for the first time this week and by the end of the semester they will think that they don’t belong. They won’t know until another semester or two rolls by that the first semester was an adjustment to a new life. They won't know the context until later. They were just figuring out how to survive college and after that first set of classes they will slowly find their footing.
There are other students about to have the opposite experience. They will have an easy time during their first semester and assume the rest of college will be a breeze. But somewhere along the way they will hit their ceiling. They just haven't been challenged yet. When they begin to struggle, they’ll have to adjust as well.
Throughout our lives, we’ll be tempted to think that first experience is “the way it is.” Sometimes that’s true. Don’t count on it.
Stephen Goforth
Kindness glues couples together
/Research has shown that kindness (along with emotional stability) is the most important predictor of satisfaction and stability in a marriage. Kindness makes each partner feel cared for, understood, and validated—feel loved. “My bounty is as boundless as the sea,” says Shakespeare’s Juliet. “My love as deep; the more I give to thee, / The more I have, for both are infinite.” That’s how kindness works too: there’s a great deal of evidence showing the more someone receives or witnesses kindness, the more they will be kind themselves, which leads to upward spirals of love and generosity in a relationship.
There are two ways to think about kindness. You can think about it as a fixed trait: either you have it or you don’t. Or you could think of kindness as a muscle. In some people, that muscle is naturally stronger than in others, but it can grow stronger in everyone with exercise. Masters tend to think about kindness as a muscle. They know that they have to exercise it to keep it in shape. They know, in other words, that a good relationship requires sustained hard work.
Emily Esfahani Smith writing in The Atlantic
Tuesday Tools: Editing Text
/Looking for some tools (apps and online) that will help you with editing your writing (or the writing of others)? Here are some useful options. The tech tools site also has a list of links to writing helps for better organization, academic papers, and putting together scripts. If you have other suggestions, feel free to send them my way.
1Checker
Mac app that checks your grammar and spelling. Free.
After the Deadline*
Checks your story for grammar, spelling and style. Works as a plugin for WordPress blogs, an add-on for the Firefox browser, etc.
AutoCrit
Scans your writing and highlights flaws such as repetitive words, overuse of adverbs and use of passive voice. $30 a month.
Expresso*
An app that analyzes your writing, breaking down everything from which words you are using frequently to the number of times parts of speech come up in your writing. See what percentage of sentences are extra-long and which words are filler and which verbs are weak. Free.
Ginger
Writing tool that works as grammar checker, sentence rephraser, translator, dictionary and text reader. Free.
Grammarly
Automated proofreader and personal grammar coach.
Hemingway App*
The Hemingway app is designed to make you a better writer by highlighting problems in your writing. Goal is to make more direct and active--more Hemingway-ey, as the Washington Post proclaims. Just paste your text into the app and it will highlight hard to read sentences, adverbs, complex phrases, and passive voice. Color coordinated highlighting. Click on these words to see the suggested alternatives. Word count, readability grade, etc. $6.99.
Marked 2
Tools for writers including word counts, document stats, highlights repeated words. Mac only. $9.99.
oDesk
Hire an experienced proofreader based on an hourly rate (typically one hour for every 5000 words).
PaperRater
Grammar, plagiarism, and spell checker. Mostly free but $7.50 per month for all features.
Proofread Bot
Shows your mistakes and what areas of your writing that could be strengthened. The more words reviewed, the greater the cost starting at $5 for 20,000 words.
Readability Score
Cut and paste your text into a dialogue box to see the writing's grade level. Free, but for any contribution you get access to more advanced tools like readability alerts, PDF and Word doc processing and bulk uploads. TextEvaluator offers more feedback on the text.
Slickwrite
Writing app that checks grammar along with flow, structure, word frequency, and overused phrases.
TextEvaluator
Like Readability Score, it will tell you what grade level a piece of text is written on, the average length of sentences, etc. But TextEvaluator goes further, including grammatical complexity, insights on vocabulary, etc.
Word Counter*
Cut and paste your document (or just type) to see how many words, characters, and sentences you are using. It shows what words are overused, the average number of words in your sentences, and the reading level you are writing at. Free.
Word Frequency Counter
See how often you use (and overuse) words and phrases in your writing.
Writefull
Checks your text against a huge database of correct language. Use it to find language you might not have considered. A desktop app that works with emails, Word docs, etc. Free.
Articles of Interest - Aug 20
/***JOURNALISM
Senate adopts resolution declaring "the press is not the enemy of the people" CBS News
Antifa protesters couldn’t find any fascists at Unite the Right — and harassed the press instead Washington Post
How to Discuss the Far Right Without Empowering It: A lesson from Germany The Atlantic
Twitter thread of great interviewing tips Twitter
Even ethical journalism can have collateral damage Columbia Journalism Review
Trump called the press “the enemy of the people” — Now more than 300 papers are pushing back Vox
Survey says Americans want transparency, not censorship, in their news Gallup
U-T builds site to tell readers about its journalism Union Tribune
***FAKE NEWS
A philosopher explains America’s “post-truth” problem Vox
Fake America great again:Inside the race to catch the worryingly real fakes that can be made using artificial intelligence MIT Technology Review
What we learned about media literacy by teaching high school students fact-checking Poynter
How I Became Fake News The Ringer
Trump and the Enemies of the People (opinion) The New Yorker
The SurfSafe Browser Extension Will Save You From Fake Photos Wired
***THE BUSINESS OF MEDIA
Public radio networks PRI and PRX are merging in a bid to create a podcasting juggernaut Star Tribune
***TECHNOLOGY
Programming languages may finally be reaching a status quo Wired
35% Of Millennials and 42% Of Gen Z Share Their Streaming Service Passwords Tube Filter
***BIG DATA & AI
How China rules using data, AI, and internet surveillance MIT Technology Review
US government agencies at every level—local, state and federal—leans into machine learning GCN
A look at what Descartes Labs is doing with machine learning and space data Quartz
What Data Scientists Really Do (according to 35 Data Scientists) Harvard Biz Review explores
***MOBILE
Here’s how to use Gmail’s ‘confidential mode’ on your mobile device Daily Dot
Women are 79 percent more likely to spend money on mobile games The Verge
If you deposit checks through a mobile app, start adding this phrase USA Today
***PRIVACY & SECURITY
FBI warns of potential ATM bank heist that could steal millions globally The Verge
What Your Car Knows About You: Auto makers are figuring out how to monetize drivers’ data (sub. required) Wall Street Journal
***PRODUCING MEDIA
Ken Burns Teaches Documentary Filmmaking with His New Online Masterclass Open Culture
How to Take Better Photos on your iPhone Mashable
***INTERNET
Google releases political ad directory Axios
“I was devastated”: Tim Berners-Lee, the man who created the World Wide Web, has some regrets Vanity Fair
***GOOD NEWS
8-Year-Old Girl With 3D Printed Hand To Throw out First Pitch At Every MLB Stadium Carbonated.tv
Indonesian athlete couldn’t afford shoes, so he trained barefoot. He just won gold Global News
A teacher battling cancer ran out of sick days: School employees showered him with theirs CNN
UM college senior has own art exhibit at Fairchild Garden Miami Herald
Boy reveals he's going to be a big brother on the same day he's adopted ABC News
Boy shares foul ball with another young fan at Detroit Tigers game CBS News
***PERSONAL GROWTH
We’re hardwired to delude ourselves Becoming (my blog)
The Cognitive Biases Tricking Your Brain The Atlantic
***WRITING & READING
This Unconventional Way of Consuming Books Will Transform How You Read Inc.com
Yes, teens are texting and using social media instead of reading books, researchers say Washington Post
Why it matters that teens are reading less The Conversation
***LANGUAGE
This is how tiny changes in words you hear impacts your thinking Fast Company
Why Kentucky’s governor might have mocked the study of French as career preparation The Chronicle of Higher Ed
What Does It Mean to ‘Sound’ Black? The Atlantic
What If English Were Phonetically Consistent? (video) Aaron Alon
Learning Useless English Grammar in Japan The Chronicle of Higher Ed
Dropping the N Bomb Inside Higher Ed
What Is the Origin of ‘the Worm Has Turned’? The Chronicle of Higher Ed
***LITERATURE
Top 6 apps for literature enthusiasts iol
A Critic Who Worships Literature, and Defends His Faith Accordingly (book review) New York Times
Is it time to update literature’s classics? Financial Times
How Fiction Fueled Madeleine L’Engle’s Faith Christianity Today
***GENDER
Mind the gap: Uncovering pay disparity in the newsroom Asian American Journalists Association
The End of ‘Ladies First’ Restaurant Service Eater
Transgender students asked Betsy DeVos for help: Here's what happened Politico
***LEGAL ISSUES
Though trial judge ruled remastered versions enjoy independent copyrightability, appeals court casts doubts on there being enough originality Hollywood Reporter
Katy Perry, Dr. Luke Facing Copyright Trial Over "Dark Horse" - A Christian hip-hop artist survives the summary judgment round Hollywood Reporter
***RELIGION
A dive into the evangelical celebrities and pastors dominating Hollywood The Cut
Florida school receiving death threats after turning away 6-year-old with dreadlocks USA Today
LDS Church issues statement clarifying church's name, style Daily Herald
Nashville megachurch Criticized over use of exotic animals in sermon WSMV
Aretha Franklin told her pastor: 'I am going to be all right' Freep
Satanic temple brings Baphomet demonic goat statue to Arkansas capitol Newsweek
U.S. missionary thrust to the center of Turkey-U.S. crisis Reuters
***CHURCHES & SEXUAL ABUSE
Pa. Catholic Church sex abuse report names hundreds of priests, accuses leaders of cover-up: 'They hid it all' The Philadelphia Inquirer
Willow Creek Megachurch paid $3.25M to settle lawsuits over child sex abuse by church volunteer Chicago Tribune
It’s Really Hard to Be a Catholic’: The Pain of Reading the Sex Abuse Report New York Times
Evangelicals confront sex abuse problems in #MeToo era Associated Press
Clergy Sex Abuse Raises Questions About Financial And Reputational Costs To Churches NPR
‘‘Wasted our lives’: Catholic sex abuse scandals again prompt a crisis of faith Washington Post
***RELIGION AND POLITICS
White Evangelicals’ Continued Support of Trump Feels Surprising: It Shouldn’t Slate
Trump Admits Only 23 Christian Refugees From Mideast In 2018 (opinion) Forbes
Controversial law requires Florida public schools to display ‘In God We Trust’ Big Think
***ART & DESIGN
How air conditioning created the modern city The Guardian
Reflections on Text and Language Perception, and the Ramifications for Publishing Workflows Scholarly Kitchen
***MUSIC
MIT's music AI can identify instruments and isolate their sounds Engadet
A Songwriting Mystery Solved: Math Proves John Lennon Wrote 'In My Life' Open Culture
When a Music Legend Dies, How Does Today’s Mostly Automated Radio React? Variety
***FILM
Hollywood Doesn’t Make Movies Like The Fugitive Anymore The Atlantic
How Jean-Luc Godard Liberated Cinema (video) The Discarded Image
***STUDENT MEDIA
Falwell Jr. killed student newspaper articles critical of Trump: report The Hill
Student Journalism in the Age of Media Distrust The Atlantic
What I learned from student journalism changed everything Saint Louis Post-Dispatch
Students around the country join effort to defend free press with editorials Student Press Law Center
***JOBS & INTERNSHIPS
Beautiful and functional resume templates you can download GirlBoss
What it’s Like to Intern at The New York Times New York Times
***SEXUAL HARASSMENT & ASSAULT
Researchers, Posing as Students, Quizzed Campus Officials About Sexual Assault. How Did They Do? Chronicle of Higher Ed
Central Washington University fires State Rep over alleged inappropriate conduct Seattle Times
Student sues professor he says sexually harassed him Associated Press
Students Walked Out After A Comedian Allegedly Sexually Harassed A Student During A Show At Purdue University
***SOCIAL ISSUES
How America Convinced the World to Demonize Drugs Vice
How the incentives to create content are biased against low-income readers: Known but not discussed Harvard’s Nieman Lab
***BUSINESS & FINANCE
This chart shows how far behind America is in paid time off compared to the rest of the world CNBC
A Closer Look at How the Opioid Epidemic Affects Employment Harvard Business Review
***ENVIRONMENT
Here's How America Uses Its Land (graphic) Bloomberg
***HEALTH
US News & World Report ranks the best hospitals in the country US News & World Report
Your Chicken’s Salmonella Problem Is Worse Than You Think Mother Jones
We’re in a new age of obesity. How did it happen? You’d be surprised (opinion) The Guardian
Your Neckties May Be Reducing Blood Flow To Your Brain Medical Daily
Why a patient paid a $285 copay for a $40 drug PBS
KCRW’s new podcast series meant to demystify women’s health KCRW
Bleak New Estimates in Drug Epidemic: A Record 72,000 Overdose Deaths in 2017 New York Times
***NUTRITION
Low-carb diets could shorten life, study suggests BBC
Why is so much nutrition research kept confidential before publication? Tufts
Vitamin D, the Sunshine Supplement, Has Shadowy Money Behind It New York Times
***MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY
DeepMind’s AI can detect over 50 eye diseases as accurately as a doctor The Verge
***FOOD
A Deep Dive into the Burrito Quartz
America’s Best New Restaurants 2018 Bon Appetit
***TRAVEL
Southwest Airlines announces new rules for emotional support animals ABC Radio
***FAMILY
How to raise a happy kid in the digital age Washington Post
Opinion: Please Take Away My Kids' Cellphones At School NPR
Parents need best friends at work the most Quartz
***SCIENCE
8 movies that really got science wrong Stat News
A century on, China still lacks the drive for scientific truth, says outspoken editor South China Morning Post
What do we do with the science of abusive men? Slate
Wheat’s complex genome finally deciphered, offering hope for better harvests and nonallergenic varieties Science Mag
***PSYCHOLOGY
How Do Personality Traits Change from Sixteen to Sixty-Six? Psychology Today
What Can You Do With a Psychology Degree? US News & World Report
Psychology Researchers Explore How Vaccine Beliefs Are Formed Voice of America
***NEUROSCIENCE
Can You Rewire Your Brain? Maybe (It’s Tricky. Be Careful) Undark
These beautiful works of art illustrate the brain’s complexity Quartz
***HISTORY
The Rise and Fall of the Great Library of Alexandria: An Animated Introduction Open Culture
The story of a ship that changed the world The Endeavour was built to carry coal but became the flagship of the Enlightenment The Economist
***ETHICS
Americans are divided over the use of animals in scientific research Pew Research
What Does "Ethical" AI Mean for Open Source? Linux Journal
***RESEARCH
Why Does Publishing Higher-Ed Research Take So Long? The Chronicle of Higher Ed
Why We Need Whistleblowing for Research Integrity Part 2: A Q&A with Brandon Stell of Pubpeer Wiley
The Editor and the Author at Fault: A Lesson From Recent Retractions Archives of Iranian Medicine AIM Journal
Statistically Funny: Clinical Trials - More Blinding, Less Worry! Statistically Funny
“Predatory” vs trustworthy journals: What do they mean for the integrity of science? Elsevier
B.C. economist locked in grim battle against deceptive scholarship Vancouver Sun
***HIGHER ED
What’s in Store for Ed Tech? An Annual Report for Leaders Lays It Out The Chronicle of Higher Ed
Omarosa’s tell-all book offers views on education secretary and black colleges Inside Higher Ed
Sassy or Snide: When University Twitter Banter Gets Mean Inside Higher Ed
A Program at Kean U. Is Losing Its Accreditation: Many Faculty and Students Have No Idea Chronicle of Higher Ed
***HIGHER ED: CUTBACKS
The University of Akron will phase out 80 degree programs The Chronicle of Higher Ed
Goucher College says it's eliminating programs such as math, physics and religion Inside Higher Ed
Maryland’s Goucher College is eliminating several majors, including math Washington Post
Christian University Drops Ban on Same-Sex Student Relationships Inside Higher Ed
Under Trump and DeVos, Trans Students Face ‘Spiritual Violence’ at Religious Schools The Daily Beast
Liberty University's Online Cybersecurity Degree Gets Endorsement from NSA & Homeland Security Augusta Free Press
***TEACHING
Many Professors Have to Report Sexual Misconduct. How Should They Tell Their Students That? The Chronicle of Higher Ed
Study: Student Spending On Course Materials Slips Forbes
Why is macroeconomics so hard to teach? Lessons from a master of the craft Economist
Low Pay Has Teachers Flocking to the Sharing Economy The Atlantic
***STUDENT LIFE
Have fun at college, freshmen, but read this first Washington Post
Best Backpacks for College Wired
A mathematician’s tip for college students: How Ross of ‘Friends’ could have moved his couch upstairs in the famous ‘pivot’ scene Washington Post
Because every college student wants a mandatory listening device in their dorm room Engadget
Anti-student agenda at Education Department under DeVos is Trump's most radical move (opinion) USA Today
Welcome to college: Don’t forget to vote Washington Post
I’m a Doctor and Even I Can’t Afford My Student Loans New York Times
11 things people told you about college that aren't true Business Insider
***ACADEMIC LIFE
Professors Are Overworked and Poorly Paid by a Troubled System of Higher Education, Top Hat Survey Finds Elearning News
When Academics Defend Colleagues Accused of Harassment The Atlantic
We’re hardwired to delude ourselves
/When people hear the word bias, many if not most will think of either racial prejudice or news organizations that slant their coverage to favor one political position over another. Present bias, by contrast, is an example of cognitive bias—the collection of faulty ways of thinking that is apparently hardwired into the human brain.
If I had to single out a particular bias as the most pervasive and damaging, it would probably be confirmation bias. That’s the effect that leads us to look for evidence confirming what we already think or suspect, to view facts and ideas we encounter as further confirmation, and to discount or ignore any piece of evidence that seems to support an alternate view. Confirmation bias shows up most blatantly in our current political divide, where each side seems unable to allow.
Ben Yagoda writing in The Atlantic
Tiny tweaks in word choice make a difference
/In 1973, America watched as then President Richard Nixon vehemently declared on national television, “I am not a crook” in regards to the Watergate scandal.
Not many people believed him.
In fact, as soon as he uttered the word “crook,” most people immediately envisioned a crook.
The major mistake Nixon made was in his framing. By saying the word “crook,” he evoked an image, experience, or knowledge associated with crook in the minds of everyone watching.
George Lakoff, a professor in cognitive science and linguistics at University of California, Berkeley, makes the point in his book Don’t Think of an Elephant! that when trying to get your point across, refrain from using the other side’s language. Doing so will activate and strengthen their frames and undermine your own views. Instead, successfully arguing a point requires you to establish your own frames and use language that evokes images and ideas that fit the worldview you want.
Think about it this way: Something that has a “95% effective rate” will sell better than something with a “5% failure rate.” It’s all in how you frame it.
Vivian Giange, writing in Fast Company
Articles of Interest - Week of August 13
/***SOCIAL MEDIA
Four-Year-Old Girl Throws Dad's Phone into the Sea because he spent too much time on it Metro
6 studies on digital news and social media you should know about Journalists Resources
Hacker swipes Snapchat's source code, publishes it on GitHub The Next Web
How people in countries around the world say LOL Digg
Emoji are replacing flags as the most important regional symbol of the digital era Quartz
Facebook news chief to media: ‘Work with Facebook or die’ BongBong
***SOCIAL MEDIA: INSTAGRAM
5 Instagram updates you should know about as a communications professional Muckrack
Instagram users are reporting the same bizarre hack Mashable
***TECHNOLOGY
When Bots Teach Themselves to Cheat: The roots of algorithmic impishness Wired
This is Where Augmented Reality Is Headed Daily Infographic
***JOURNALISM
ProPublica to Expand Local Reporting Network to Focus on State Governments ProPublica
Facebook puts $4.5 million more into news support with a membership accelerator and News Match cash Harvard’s Nieman Lab
Journalism isn’t dying: But it is changing in ominous ways Washington Post
Why We Need More Journalism Courses Taught in Prison Harvard’s Nieman Reports
***JOURNALISM & POLITICS
Poll: Nearly half of Republicans think Trump should have authority to shutter media outlets The Hill
In Germany, a news site is pairing up liberals and conservatives and actually getting them to (gasp) have a civil conversation Harvard’s Nieman Lab
More than 100 newspapers will publish editorials decrying Trump's anti-press rhetoric Boston Globe
Retraction of a retraction over report that Fla. candidate is not the college graduate she says she is Washington Post
NABJ passes resolution condemning attacks by President Donald Trump and his administration on press freedom The National Association of Black Journalists
***FAKE NEWS
Alex Jones, the First Amendment, and the Digital Public Square New Yorker
There will always be another Alex Jones Harvard’s Nieman Lab
Surgeon falsely accused of wrongdoing tries to recover his name CNN
Analysis of fake YouTube views Flowing Data
Alex Jones And Online Content Regulation (opinion) National Coalition Against Censorship
Is PolitiFact biased? This content analysis says no Poynter ***PRIVACY & SECURITY
Hackers account for 90% of login attempts at online retailers Quartz
Hacking a brand new mac remotely, right out of the box Wired
Smartphone voting is happening, but no one knows if it's safe Wired
The Internet of Things Needs Food Safety-Style Ratings for Privacy and Security Motherboard
Police bodycams can be hacked to doctor footage Wired
Google tracks your movements, like it or not Associated Press
Banks and Retailers Are Tracking How You Type, Swipe and Tap New York Times
Millions of Android devices are vulnerable right out of the box Wired
Fortnite on Android at risk of malware The Stack
Judge: App User Accused In Planning Charlottesville Rally Can't Keep Identity Hidden NPR
***BIG DATA & AI
Even anonymous coders leave fingerprints that machine learning can pick up: writing samples, even in artificial languages, contain a unique fingerprint that’s hard to hide Wired
***PERSONAL GROWTH
Self-Control can be Contagious Becoming (my blog)
Why We Are Never Truly Satisfied Medium
Why some people choose to do evil Aeon
On the benefits of a blue period Aeon
***WRITING & READING
Avoiding ‘False Titles’: How Some News Publications Try Not to Sound Like Other News Publications Chronicle of Higher Ed
Slack Copywriting: What They Say to 9.6 Million Pageviews Every Month Medium
***LANGUAGE
“Untranslatable” words tell us more about English speakers than other cultures Quzrtz
We Use Sports Terms All the Time. But Where Do They Come From? New York Times
***LITERATURE
When Harriet Beecher Stowe and George Eliot Were Penpals Daily Jstor
V.S. Naipaul, Trinidad-born British author and Nobel Literature laureate, dies at 85 Penn Live
***GENDER
Make Your Daughter Practice Math: She’ll Thank You Later New York Times
100 Women Who Changed the World History Extra
How feminism has made me a better scientist Statistical Modeling, Causal Inference, and Social Science
Gender studies programs to be banned in Hungary Hungarian Free Press
Are boys better than Girls at Math Scientific American
***RACE & ETHNICITY ISSUES
White threat in a browning America (Ezra Klein) Vox
The White Nationalists Are Winning The Atlantic
The Ugly Truth of Being a Black Professor in America Chronicle of Higher Ed
***FREE SPEECH
Is there a free speech “crisis” on campus? The FIRE
Do free speech issues on campus only stifle conservatives? Education Dive
***LEGAL ISSUES
Disney Finds It's Not So Easy to Sue Over Knockoff Characters at Birthday Parties Hollywood Reporter
ABA Clarifies Rules on Lawyer Advertising (Sort Of) Law.com
***RELIGION
California Police chief helps apprehend his own son in attack on Sikh man ABC News
Why America’s ‘nones’ don’t identify with a religion Pew Research
Losing Faith: Why South Carolina is abandoning its churches The State
John Piper Changed ‘Great Is Thy Faithfulness.’ Experts Weigh In Christianity Today
Southern Baptists posted a video opposing animal cruelty — and then profusely apologized for it Washington Post
***RELIGION AND POLITICS
Church charges against Attorney General Sessions are dropped CNN
***GOOD NEWS
How You Can Use Your Frequent Flyer Miles to Help Reunite Separated Families Mental Floss
Groom (and Coast Guard officer) interrupts his own wedding to save a drowning man People
LeBron James Family Foundation's I Promise School opens in Akron Cleveland.com
How Silicon Valley Has Disrupted Philanthropy The Atlantic
Border Collie helps homeless, aimless man become rich: “Before I had Sylar, my life was a mess” ABC News
Man uses his own body to cushion dog's fall from building The Week
These Twenty-Somethings Got Heart Transplants on the Very Same Day And Then They Fell in Love Washingtonian
***ART & DESIGN
2018 Winning Photographs iPhone Photography Awards
LA's Awesome History Of Weird, Food-Shaped Restaurants LAist
Your Friendly Guide to Colors in Data Visualisation Data Wrapper
Art exhibit slammed for 'promoting communism' CNN
***MUSIC
See Ancient Greek Music Accurately Reconstructed for the First Time Open Culture
***FILM
'BlacKkKlansman' Sounds Like It's Made Up But It's A True Story NPR
No Shark Film has ever not made money Atlas
How Westerns captured the American psyche and eventually bit the dust (video) Aeon
Best science fiction movies of all time, according to critics Business Insider
***THE BUSINESS OF MEDIA
The tangled mess of marketing networks is crumbling The Next Web
The Local TV Consolidation War is here Axios
***STUDENT MEDIA
For young people, socialism is now more popular than capitalism Fast Company
***STUDENT LIFE
The newly coined Chinese buzzword that refers to awkward millennials Quzrtz
Millennials Are Making a Costly Investment Mistake Bloomberg
How Three New York Times Summer Interns Trusted Their Gut and Made the Front Page New York Times
The Parkland generation has huge plans for this fall Axios
***JOBS & INTERNSHIPS
An editor’s guide to creating an online portfolio Poynter
The Washington Post 2019 Summer Internship Program
***SEXUAL HARASSMENT & ASSAULT
Anything to Avoid a Scandal": How Colleges Sideline Sexual Abuse TruthOut
Congressman Accused Of Domestic Abuse By Former Girlfriend NPR
Former Ohio State Students Report Decades Of Sexual Misconduct By University Physician NPR
Journalism professor resigns months after accusations of sexual harassment and inappropriate workplace behavior Daily Northwestern
***SOCIAL ISSUES
How to delete all your tweets (or just the worst ones) Poynter
Record number of forcibly displaced people lived in sub-Saharan Africa in 2017 Pew Research
***ETHICS
Rich People More Likely to Lie, Cheat, & Steal Washington Post
Children are being euthanized in Belgium (opinion) Washington Post
***BUSINESS & FINANCE
Astroturfing: the practice of companies and interest groups disguising themselves as grassroots movements (video) John Oliver
Fortnite Mania Fuels Epic Growth to $8.5 Billion Bloomberg
Why Small Teams Win And Bigger Ones Fail UX planet
WeWork’s Meat Ban Tells Us Who They Are Bloomberg
Some tips on how to retire your debt before you quit working Detroit Free Press
How Dollar General took over rural America The Guardian
For most U.S. workers, real wages have barely budged in decades Pew Research
Employer expectations on off-hours email: new study shows adverse health effects on workers and families Virginia Tech
***HEALTH
Women More Likely to Survive Heart Attacks If Treated by Female Doctors The Atlantic
Cancer Patients who use alternative medicine have a greater risk of dying prematurely Science Daily
Experimental Alzheimer's drug stirs hope after early trials CNN
It’s easy to become obese in America: These 7 charts explain why Vox
Why Blue Light Is So Bad: The Science — And Some Solutions Health
Brain Scans Suggest Women Sustain More Damage heading soccer balls than men Boston Globe
***HEALTH TECHNOLOGY
A New Pacemaker Hack Puts Malware Directly On The Device Wired
The $250 Biohack That’s Revolutionizing Life With Diabetes Nexts Draft
***FAMILY
Aurora parents fighting to stop legally adopted 4-year-old daughter from being deported FOX31 Denver
Parents warn it's 'time to put down the Fortnite' in back-to-school parody Today
***SCIENCE
Why scientists are infiltrating music festivals The Week
A Conversation with the Only Scientist in Congress Scientific American
***PSYCHOLOGY
How Accessible is Psychology Data? Discover Magazine
Studying Unpopular Ideas in Psychology Psychology Today
***TRAVEL
The 2018 Friendliest Cities in the World CNN
The U.S. Pizza Museum Gives Chicago a Pizza Party Sans Divisiveness Chicago Eater
***RESEARCH
Why We Need Whistleblowing for Research Integrity Wiley
Can automated tools reliably rate research reproducibility? Nature Index
How to work with your institution’s press office to maximize the reach of your work Nature
An Excel error sinks a paper Hormones and Behavior Science Direct
Bruno and Bob going to a predatory conference The Ice Cream Blog
***HIGHER ED
The 50 Most Beautiful College Campuses in America CNN
British economists: Sports destroy happiness Washington Post
Misspelling On Thousands Of Diplomas Goes Unnoticed For 6 Years CBS Denver
How a university punished a whistle blower The Research Whisperer
These Are the 727 Best Colleges in America (Mount Vernon 432, Azusa 460), MidAmerica 484, PLNU 501, Cal Baptist 639) TIME
Court filing: Top Baylor officials ‘concealed reports of serial sexual assault’ KWTX
Unexplained Turnover at Benedictine U Inside Higher Ed
***TEACHING
Online Learning Is Misunderstood: Here's How Chronicle of Higher Ed
Why I'm Easy: On Giving Lots of A's Chronicle of Higher Ed
3 things to know about the students arriving on campus this month Education Dive
Getting Ready for Teaching This Fall Chronicle of Higher Ed
A professor shares some promising results from sending a personalized message to students who failed her first exam Chronicle of Higher Ed
Report Shows Drop in Students in Teacher Ed Inside Higher Ed
How to Escape Grading Jail Chronicle of Higher Ed
***ACADEMIC LIFE
She’s the world’s top empathy researcher. But colleagues say she bullied and intimidated them Science Mag
Texas backtracks after allowing a professor banned from advising graduate students to teach undergraduates this fall Inside Higher Ed
Professor accused of bullying students will stop teaching immediately The Gazette
What I would change about myself
/I always pray that I won't get angry. Because most of the time when I get angry or emotional, I don't make good decisions. People don't remember what you say; they remember how you made them feel. I think I've gotten a little better at that, but there is definitely room for improvement.
Alabama football coach Nick Sabin to ESPN