the power of knowledge
/A people who mean to be their own Governors, must arm themselves with the power which knowledge gives. -James Madison, born March 16, 1751
ideas that challenge / comfort / inspire
A Successful Team needs Cohesive Personalities
/A useful way to think about teams with the right mix of skills and personalities is to consider the two roles every person plays in a working group: a functional role, based on their formal position and technical skill, and a psychological role, based on the kind of person they are. Too often, organizations focus merely on the functional role and hope that good team performance somehow follows. This is why even the most expensive professional sports teams often fail to perform according to the individual talents of each player: There is no psychological synergy. A more effective approach focuses as much on people’s personalities as on their skills.
Dave Winsborough and Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic writing in Harvard Business Review
Three rules of work
/Three rules of work: 1. Out of clutter, find simplicity 2. From discord, find harmony
3. In the middle of difficulty, lies opportunity. –Albert Einstein, born March 14, 1879
struggling with insecurity
/We struggle with insecurity because we compare our behind-the-scenes with everyone else’s highlight reel. -Steven Furtick
Media Job Sites
/Looking for a job in media? Here are some sites to check out:
Assoc for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication
The Broadcast Education Association
Idealist (nonprofit jobs)
International Assoc of Business Communicators
Media Financial Management Assoc
Public Relations Student Society of America
Society of Professional Journalists (links to other job sites)
Articles of Interest - March 11
/***TECHNOLOGY
How Voice Computing will Transform our lives: The search for a perfect answer to an inquiry Wired
People were once terrified of travelling in lifts without operators. Makers of driverless cars should take note 1843 Magazine
Where Alexa Gets its Information Wired
Kick the keyboard: other ways to get text onto your screen Wired
***TECHNOLOGY: FACIAL RECOGNITION
The US Government Will Be Scanning Your Face At 20 Top Airports, Documents Show BuzzFeed News
How Taylor Swift showed us the scary future of facial recognition—surveillance at concerts is just the beginning The Guardian
***BIG DATA & AI
How Artificial Intelligence Could Transform Medicine New York Times
Why you should be worried about machines reading your emotions The Guardian
Maneuvering satellites using solar panels Economist
Neural networks use an "activation atlas" to teach themselves how to identify images Wired
Why data science teams need generalists not specialists Harvard Business Review
McAfee: Keep an eye on the humans pulling the levers, not the AIs Artificial Intelligence News
AI-powered apps could make us more creative—or less human Wired
Quantum physics could protect the grid from hackers—maybe Wired
***JOURNALISM
How We Mapped More Than 100 Years Of Wildfire History Open News
As newspapers close, role of government watchdog disappears Associated Press
The importance of FOIA reporting at a national level MuckRock
The Daily Quiz That Teaches Journalists How to Geolocate Images Global Investigative Journalism Network
How they did it: Reporters uncovered Trump hush payments to two women Journalist’s Resource
***THE BUSINESS OF JOURNALISM
NBC News Streaming Service To Launch In May Media Post
***FAKE NEWS
On Amazon, a Qanon conspiracy book climbs the charts — with an algorithmic push NBC News
Memes, doxxing and doctored content: Understanding the tactics of disinformation for brands Digiday
Finding Facts in a world of fakes Wired
What Facebook is Getting Wrong in the Fight Against Fake News Vice
***SOCIAL MEDIA
The Special Curse of Living on Instagram's Favorite Street City Lab
A beginner’s guide to using TikTok Wired
Millions of Ugandans quit internet services as social media tax takes effect The Guardian
The Queen is now on Instagram Engadget
You May Have Forgotten Foursquare, but It Didn’t Forget You Wired
Is digital minimalism the answer to our distracted lives? Fast Company
Russians are shunning state-controlled TV for YouTube Economist
Mark Zuckerberg reportedly has an escape hatch in his office in case of emergency BGR
Mark Zuckerberg says he’ll reorient the company toward encryption and privacy Washington Post
Facebook's latest feature lets you leave 'Tributes' on accounts whose owner has passed away Mashable
After taking them down, Facebook restores Elizabeth Warren ads calling for breakup of Facebook BoingBoing
***MOBILE
7 key findings about mobile phone and social media use in emerging economies Pew Research Center
How Mobile Phones Represent Your Social Network Science Trends
***PRIVACY & SECURITY
WordPress accounted for 90 percent of all hacked CMS sites in 2018 ZdNet
Disputed N.S.A. Phone Program Is Shut Down, Aide Says New York Times
The fourth attempt in 45 years turns on how federal law will supersede state laws Economist
Inside the mass invasion of your privacy Axios
***INTERNET
Shouldn’t we all have seamless micropayments through the internet by now? Wired
Vladimir Putin wants to stifle the internet Economist
***PERSONAL GROWTH
Diversity’s connection to Creativity Becoming (my blog)
Why Partisanship Changes How People React To Noncontroversial Statements NPR
Our Culture of Contempt The problem in America today is not incivility or intolerance. It’s something far worse New York Times
***TEACHING
Major survey: Profs worry about discrimination but aren't prepared to deal with classroom conflicts over diversity Inside Higher Ed
***GRAMMAR
What to look for in a usage and grammar guide Economist
Applications are open for the toughest job in grammar Quartz
***WRITING & READING
In SF’s Mission Bay, the surprise — and draw for writing center — is the kids SF Chronicle
Teaching Great Writing One Sentence at a Time New York Times
***PLAGIARISM
Why a Plagiarism-Detection Company Is Now a Billion-Dollar Business Chronicle of Higher Education
Girl, Get Some Footnotes: Rachel Hollis, Hustle, and Plagiarism Problems Christianity Today
Former Indiana University South Bend employees embroiled in lawsuit alleging plagiarism South Bend Tribune
Top Chinese officials, including former vice-president, plagiarised university theses The Straits Times
***LANGUAGE
People speak to express themselves rather than to propound facts Economist
Poetry slams are helping to revitalise the Basque language Economist
***LITERATURE
House that ‘inspired’ Wuthering Heights on sale for more than £1m The Independent
Tolkien’s drawings reveal a wizard at work 1843 Magazine
***GENDER
Where are the Women’s Teams? Trump ignores women’s champions in White House Sports Ceremonies Washington Post
Gender bias in peer review – opening up the black box London School of Economics & Political Science
8 notable women in Christian history Christian Post
Gender differences in peer review outcomes and manuscript impact at six journals of ecology and evolution Wiley Online Library
Eight statistics about gender inequality for International Women’s Day Quartz
A small step for women Progress in the boardroom is only a start Economist
***RACE & ETHNICITY ISSUES
Can I play that? (video) Saturday Night Live
A Professor Has Long Used a Racial Slur in Class to Teach Free-Speech Law. No More, He Says Chronicle of Higher Education
***FREE SPEECH
Florida sixth-grader arrested in Pledge of Allegiance dispute will not be prosecuted CNN
Why the ACLU defends white nationalists' free speech CBS News
The Inextricable Link Between Modern Free Speech Law and the Civil Rights Movement Electronic Frontier Foundation
***LEGAL ISSUES
Supreme Court Requires Completed Copyright Registration Before Filing Suit Technology & Marketing Law Blog
'Fortnite' Legal Dance Battles Paused Following Supreme Court Ruling Hollywood Reporter
***CRIME
A new method of DNA Testing could solve more Shootings Wired
A transgender wing seeks to resolve a clash of prisoners’ rights Economist
***RELIGION
6 in 10 Protestant churches are plateaued or declining in attendance Lifeway Research
Girl, stop reading: How an evangelical self-help guru fuels America’s happiness dilemma (opinion) Washington Examiner
How Americans' drinking habits vary by their religion Pew Research Center
An Instagram-worthy Bible aimed at millennials Washington Post
Lamb of God frontman organizes ‘kazoo champagne counter-party’ during planned hate group picketing WTVR
Cult leader claims to be able to cure cancer with breast massages and BURPS Daily Star
What Is Hell? It Depends on Who You Ask The Walrus
17 Signs That You’d Qualify as a Witch in the 1600s (video) Mental Floss
***RELIGION AND POLITICS
The politicisation of white evangelical Christianity is hurting it Economist
America’s porous wall between church and state A Supreme Court case could make the holes bigger Economist
***ISLAM
The 30m Muslims living in Europe and America are gradually becoming integrated Economist
Western governments want to have more influence on Muslim practice with their own borders Economist
***GOOD NEWS
Father-daughter duo completes rowing trip across Atlantic Ocean CBC
Teen saves for years to surprise friend with new wheelchair WTOC
Trainer with autism opens gym specifically for clients with autism WTSP
Air Canada pilot orders 23 pizzas to Halifax-bound plane stranded on tarmac CBC
Dad opened doughnut shop in Texas, but nobody showed up: His son’s tweet changed that The Wichita Eagle
***REALLY?!
Woman Wins $10,000 For Reading Fine Print NPR
***ART & DESIGN
Finalists From Smithsonian Magazine's 2018 Photo Contest The Atlantic
Van Gogh’s Ugliest Masterpiece: A Break Down of His Late, Great Painting, The Night Café (video) Nerdwriter1
The Secrets of the World's Greatest Art Thief GQ
***FILM
Movies You Missed: 'A Face In The Crowd' NPR
***THE BUSINESS OF MEDIA
The video game subscription wars are on Axios
***FREELANCE WRITING
Elite Daily is taking personal essay pitches about sexual assault
JSTOR Daily is accepting pitches for its Spring 2019 edition
Electric Lit is seeking pitches about books that shifted your opinion
Curiosity Magazine is taking your pitches
The Bold Italic is seeking freelance contributors outside of the Bay Area
Road Grays magazine is looking for nonfiction stories that use baseball as a lens to see the world
***SOCIAL ISSUES
The hipster effect: Why anti-conformists always end up looking the same MIT Technology Review
Most Sinful States in America Wallet Hub
The Least Politically Prejudiced Place in America The Atlantic
The scandal-ridden industry of migrant child shelters Axios
***BUSINESS & FINANCE
One of the world’s biggest video games developers is going after the cheaters 1843 Magazine
A new book explains how managers are challenged by changing customer behaviour Economist
The popularity of employee surveys Economist
***ENVIRONMENT
A Light Installation in a Scottish Coastal Town Vividly Shows Future Sea Level Rise Kottke
A Popular Benefit of Houseplants Is a Myth The Atlantic
***WATER
Climate change and population growth are making the world’s water woes more urgent Economist
Poisoned and over-exploited, many rivers are in a parlous state Economist
Disputes over water will be an increasing source of international tension Economist
Manufactured water can supplement the natural stuff, but never replace it Economist
The best way to solve the world’s water woes is to use less of it Economist
***HEALTH
FDA Confirms Asbestos in Makeup Sold at Claire's Mental Floss
Arkansas puts work requirements on Medicaid Economist
Sleep or Die: Neuroscientist Matthew Walker Explains How Sleep Can Restore or Imperil Our Health Open Culture
Generic Humalog Insulin: A New Option, 'Not A Panacea' NPR
New study reveals wide variations in how well or poorly people age Health Data
8 Scientific Benefits of Napping Mental Floss
***HEALTH: VACCINATIONS
MMR vaccine does not cause autism, another study confirms CNN
Wisconsin man criminally charged for allegedly breaking measles quarantine to go to gym NBC News
The Real Horror of the Anti-Vaxxers This isn’t just a public health crisis. It’s a public sanity one New York Times
***HEALTH RESEARCH
Researchers pinpoint specific brain signals linked to autism Science Daily
Robots and End of Life Care Economist
***TRAVEL
United States citizens will need a visa to visit Europe starting in 2021 CNN
***FOOD
“Wellness Beers” are a thing now—Here’s what you need to know Bon Appetit
15 Cool Facts About Frozen Food Mental Floss
For your mouth only: welcome to the era of personalised food 1843 Magazine
The Rise of fast-casual “Food Platforms” Wired
***FAMILY
New fears rise about kids online Axios
How to keep parents from fleeing STEM careers Wired
Teaching Kids To Control Their Anger NPR
***ANIMALS
Michigan State study: Dogs' personality traits are shaped by their owners Detroit Free Press
Cat Saves Florida Family From Carbon Monoxide Poisoning CBS Miami
***SCIENCE
Genetic tests reveal that the ancestry of some cancer cell lines is misclassified Chemical & Engineering News
***PSYCHOLOGY
FDA allows treatment of depression with club drug’s cousin Associated Press
The Prevalence of Marginally Significant Results in Psychology Over Time Sage Publication
***PHILOSOPHY
The Cringe-Inducing Humor of The Office Explained with Philosophical Theories of Mind Open Culture
35 Brilliant Women from the History of Philosophy Medium
***PRODUCTIVITY
Microsoft’s Excel app lets you enter data to spreadsheet directly from a photo Digit.in
***ETHICS
A 25-year battle to improve the image of McDonald’s Do you want ethics with that? Economist
***CHINA
China database lists 'breedready' status of 1.8 million women The Guardian
China recruits Westerners to sell its “democracy” Economist
China banned millions of people with poor social credit from transportation in 2018 The Verge
Planet Money Corrects Misconceptions About China's Economy NPR
China’s formerly white-hot tech sector is in the doldrums Economist
***RESEARCH
Peer-review experiments tracked in online repository Nature
Pro-payday lending research given to CFPB had curious beginning Washington Post
NIH letters asking about undisclosed foreign ties rattle U.S. universities Science Magazine
***HIGHER ED
Another Small New England College Closes Inside Higher Ed
Higher education: Colleges add cannabis to the curriculum SFGate
Dean resigns over school's choice to not allow Chick-Fil-A ABC-13
CEOs tell Trump they are hiring more Americans without college degrees Yahoo Finance
Hackers Broke Into Admissions Databases at 3 Colleges — and Then Offered to Sell Applicants Their Files Chronicle of Higher Education
The Humanities at Community Colleges Inside Higher Ed
***CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS
Christian college professor defends school after conservative commentator calls it a 'university no one has heard of' on Twitter Des Moines Register
Liberty University Invites Ocasio-Cortez To Speak Daily Wire
Oklahoma Christian works to right a wrong against black students 50 years ago News-OK
Evangelical Christian University Blocks Pro-Life Speaker Star Parker from Appearing on Campus CBN
The Master’s University Still on Academic Probation, President Transition Required by End of 2019 Warren Throckmorton’s Blog
Methodist Colleges and Seminaries React to Sexual Orientation Vote Inside Higher Ed
***STUDENT MEDIA
Why NYT’s Theodore Kim ticked off a squillion journalism folks with his list of Amazing J-Schools—and why you shouldn’t care about it at all (opinion) Dynamics of Writing
Student Newspapers stolen after story about former Catholic university professor accused of child abuse by diocese Student Press Law Center
***STUDENT LIFE
Drugs, sex and alcohol are losing their appeal for American teens Axios
Millennials care about job titles so much they’ll take a pay cut for them Quartz
Portland State student died from Ambien prescribed by student health center, $25 million lawsuit says Oregon Live
The high cost of college textbooks, explained Vox
Millennials buried in debt can't buy into American Dream Detroit Free Press
High school student accepted to 39 colleges, offered $1.6M in scholarships CBS News
***ACADEMIC LIFE
Wisconsin professor has been charged with sexual assault Jstor online
By proclaiming the gospel of human progress, Steven Pinker has made a lot of enemies: “The nastiest academic responses I have seen come from humanities professors” Chronicle of Higher Ed
Why Florida is Struggling to Fill more than 2000 Teaching Positions Washington Post
KU engineering professor suspended from class after telling student to ‘learn English’ Lawrence Journal-World
Diversity’s connection to Creativity
/When people are exposed to a more diverse group of people, their brains are forced to process complex and unexpected information. The more people do this, the better they become at producing complex and unexpected information themselves. This trains us to look more readily look beyond the obvious - precisely the hallmark of creative thinking.
Researchers have also found that creating and enjoying the arts can help us see things from a new perspective, by putting ourselves in a character's shoes. They can also create a feeling of connectedness and general kindness.
Opening ourselves to new experiences can seem hard to do, but it can help us cross divides and nurture new and inclusive friendships.
Julie Van de Vyver & Richard Crisp writing in BBC News
Work & the Project of Living
/Americans have forgotten an old-fashioned goal of working: It’s about buying free time. The vast majority of workers are happier when they spend more hours with family, friends, and partners, according to research conducted by Ashley Whillans, an assistant professor at Harvard Business School. In one study, she concluded that the happiest young workers were those who said around the time of their college graduation that they preferred careers that gave them time away from the office to focus on their relationships and their hobbies.
How quaint that sounds. But it’s the same perspective that inspired the economist John Maynard Keynes to predict in 1930 that Americans would eventually have five-day weekends, rather than five-day weeks. It is the belief—the faith, even—that work is not life’s product, but its currency. What we choose to buy with it is the ultimate project of living.
Derek Thompson writing in The Atlantic
Articles of Interest - March 4
/***SOCIAL MEDIA
Why the Life-Insurance Industry Wants to Creep on Your Instagram New Yorker
Apps Give Private Data To Facebook Without User's Knowledge or Permission NPR
Facebook Slammed For Listing Users Phone Numbers Media Post
Two years after going public, Snap’s problems are still all about growth Recode
***TECHNOLOGY
China’s CRISPR twins might have had their brains inadvertently enhanced MIT Technology Review
Silicon Valley Raises Questions On Ethics Of New Technology And Social Media NPR
On Remote pacific island children now get life-saving vaccines from drones Fast Company
***JOURNALISM
The New York Times is taking its opinion video coverage in a new, YouTube direction Harvard’s Nieman Lab
Poll: How does the public think journalism happens? Columbia Journalism Review
***THE BUSINESS OF JOURNALISM
What you need to know before starting your Journalism crowdfunding campaign European Journalism Centre
PAC-Connected Activists Set Up ‘Local News’ Outlets Snopes
***FAKE NEWS
How to spot fake photos online Fast Company
The anti-vaxxers' impact The Week
The Fake Sex Doctor Who Conned the Media Into Publicizing His Bizarre Research Gizmodo
Widower, stepdaughter who blamed panhandler for woman's stabbing death in Baltimore arrested in her killing Baltimore Sun
***FAKE NEWS: MOMO
The Momo Challenge Is Not Real The Atlantic
How local TV news stations are playing a major (and enthusiastic) role in spreading the Momo hoax Harvard’s Nieman Lab
How to Not Fall for Viral Scares Like Momo Wired
Schools, police and media told to stop promoting Momo hoax The Guardian
***MOBILE
Your smartphone screen is probably disgusting: Here's how to clean it USA Today
Want a Folding Phone? Hold out for Glass Wired
***PRIVACY & SECURITY
Why Are Bots Unable to Check "I Am Not a Robot" Checkboxes? Quora
‘You can track everything’: the parents who digitise their babies’ lives The Guardian
Major Airlines Confirmed There Are Cameras On Some Seatback Entertainment Screens Bustle
A second life for the 'do not track' setting—with teeth Wired
How to set up a VPN for increased security and privacy The Verge
Social networks put your privacy at risk, even when you don’t have an account Quartz
***PRODUCING MEDIA
What’s new in WordPress 5.0? Creative Bloq
This app makes it easy to create shareable video content, and it's on sale Mashable
***INTERNET
The surprisingly complex journey a text message takes every time we hit 'send.' Vice
The Life of a Comment Moderator for a Right-Wing Website New York Times
***BIG DATA & AI
The qualities that make for a successful data science team KD Nuggets
***PERSONAL GROWTH
The Mental Fog Begins to Lift Becoming (my blog)
Crossing Divides: The friends who are good for your brain BBC News
A Harvard Psychologist Shows How to Change Those Limiting Beliefs You Still Have About Yourself Inc
***GRAMMAR
The three most useless English language “rules” you can ignore Quartz
When Did the Verb “To Be” Enter the English Language? Daily Jstor
***WRITING & READING
The Surprising Origin Of Using Symbols Like #$%@! To Represent Curse Words In Print (video) Digg
Vatican spokesman Fr. Thomas Rosica resigns from college board after plagiarism apology; Jesuits withdraw award Catholic News Agency
Self-plagiarism: When is re-purposing text ethically justifiable? London School of Economics & Political Science
Plagiarize-Proof Your Writing Assignments Faculty Focus
***LITERATURE
Sorry, but Jane Eyre Isn’t the Romance You Want It to Be Daily Jstor
***GENDER
Cycling race in Belgium is delayed because a woman almost caught the male riders – who started first Chicago Tribune
How neuroscience is exploding the myth of male and female brains New Scientist
***RACE & ETHNICITY ISSUES
France: An old hatred grows stronger The Week
Bill Jenkins, Who Tried to Halt Tuskegee Syphilis Study, Dies at 73 New York Times
***FREE SPEECH
Trump says he'll issue order protecting campus free speech Associated Press
The Tyranny Of Copyright: How A Once-Humble Legal Issue Has Tormented A Generation Of Speech Tech Dirt
***LEGAL ISSUES
In Retrospect, Expert’s ‘How To Make Child Pornography’ Exhibit Might Have Been A Bad Idea Above the Law
Supreme Court To Decide Fate Of World War I Memorial Cross On Public Land NPR
How a flare-up at Harvard Law could undermine legal rights for everybody else The Week
Disability Rights Group Sues San Diego Over Scooters On Sidewalks NPR
***LEGAL ISSUES: COPYRIGHT
Fortnite dance lawsuits are bad for copyright and bad for culture The Verg
Community Theaters Kill 'Mockingbird' Productions After Lawsuit Threat NPR
***CRIME
California Keeps a Secret List of Criminal Cops But Says You Can't Have It KQED
Supreme Court: Nebraska county owes $28M for wrongful convictions Associated Press
Unable to Post Bail? You Will Pay for That for Many Years New York Times
***RELIGION
Christian radio personality 'Uncle Charlie' dies Christian Post
Southern Baptist group clears 6 churches of violating sex abuse standards Christian Post
Nazirite firefighter who promised God not to cut hair settles with Utica on religious lawsuit Utica Observer Dispatch
***RELIGION OUTSIDE THE U.S.
South Africa funeral firm to sue pastor for 'resurrection stunt' BBC News
Egyptian Christians Left With Nowhere To Pray But The Street NPR
***MEGACHURCHES
How a Radio Shock Jock Helped Bring Down a Megachurch Pastor Slate
Megachurch pastor Bill Hybels resigns from Willow Creek after women allege misconduct The Washington Post
***MISSIONARIES
Gospel for Asia Settles Lawsuit with $37 Million Refund to Donors Christianity Today
FBI Raid of Christian Missionary’s Home Found Thousands of Bones Indy Star
***RELIGION & LGBTQ
Methodists reject a proposal to allow openly gay clergy and same-sex marriage CNN
Lesbian Bishop Responds To LGBTQ Ban In United Methodist Church NPR
3 big US churches in turmoil over sex abuse, LGBT policy PBS
Growing Closer After Changing Faiths NPR
Rift over gay rights comes as United Methodists in U.S. have become more accepting of homosexuality Pew Research Center
***RELIGION AND POLITICS
Arkansas church insists sign saying ‘heaven has strict immigration laws’ was not political Fox News
***GOOD NEWS
The Book Catapult stayed open by the grace of its competitors The Washington Post
'That tank saved my life:' 95-year-old World War II veteran gets surprise of a lifetime KETV
Montreal man walks the city streets, donating coins he finds to charity Canadian Broadcasting Company
Man restores, donates dozens of power wheelchairs - from a wheelchair KARE
Oklahoma teacher, book collector makes hobby of reuniting families with meaningful bookmarks KFOR
Teacher cuts waist-length hair to support 5-year-old girl bullied for short haircut WLOX
Meet the street nun helping people make a living from New York's cans The Guardian
National Geographic 2019 Adventurer of the Year National Geographic
***REALLY?!
Top Florida Man Stories of All Time Miami Herald
Woman goes to Olive Garden in Utah and announces she stabbed her mother St. Louis Tribune
***ART & DESIGN
You Are Killing Me with Your Tiny Fonts GQ
A Brief History of LGBT+ Design Try Design Lab
Apple picks the winners of its shot on an iPhone photo contest Apple
The Fascinating Legal Conundrum Facing Banksy Fast Company
The Secrets of the World's Greatest Art Thief GQ
The Favourite is an Oscar-nominated design masterpiece Fast Company
Frida Kahlo’s Forgotten Politics Jstor
When Gorgeous Architectural Landmarks Are Also Monuments to Fascism Atlas Obscura
***MUSIC
A Guide to Harry Nilsson, Who You've Loved Forever Without Knowing It Noisey
Dido Returns With Family-Focused Album 'Still On My Mind' NPR
Scam Season Comes for the Orchestra Vulture
***FILM
U.S. Music Industry Posts Third Straight Year of Double-Digit Growth Variety
***THE BUSINESS OF MEDIA
Digital ads expected to crush everything else this year Axios
***BUSINESS & FINANCE
When the Bully Is the Boss New York Times
Walmart Is Eliminating People Greeters. Workers With Disabilities Feel Targeted NPR
Five big winners tell what happens when you hit the jackpot, from free milk for life to a mountain of KFC The Guardian
Highly paid architects, TV producers, actors, and accountants live in a work culture that favor the already affluent The Atlantic
Is Business School a Waste of Time? Inc.
***JOB SEARCH ADVICE
Delete these eight words from your resume immediately Yahoo News
Want to Save Everyone's Time in a Job Interview? The Top 6 Questions Smart Companies Are Asking Now Inc
LinkedIn Just Added a Flurry of Features for Members Looking for New Positions Ad Week
***FREELANCING
Ten tips for freelance writing Story Bench
How Freelance Labor Became the Unsung Casualty of Media Layoffs The Observer
Atlas Obscura is looking for freelance pitches for upcoming editions
***SEXUAL HARASSMENT & ASSAULT
Thousands Of Immigrant Children Say They Have Been Sexually Abused While In US Custody BuzzFeed News
Sexual harassment rife in Australian science, suggests first workplace survey Nature
***SOCIAL ISSUES
Woman Delivers Stillborn Baby While in ICE Custody New York Times
Nearly Half of American jail inmates have a mental illness and two-thirds have a drug addition New Yorker
Colonialists are coming for blood—literally Wired
***ENVIRONMENT
Google and DeepMind are using AI to predict the energy output of wind farms The Verge
Meet The White House's New Chief Climate Change Skeptic NPR
***VACCINES
Arizona lawmaker calls mandatory measles vaccine 'communist' amid fight to control outbreaks NBC News
Growing up unvaccinated: My anti-vaxx mother made me a health risk for the whole community USA Today
Measles Outbreaks Prompt More States To Restrict Vaccine Exemptions NPR
***HEALTH RESEARCH
Semi-identical twins 'identified for only the second time' BBC News
Sleeping Late on Weekends Doesn’t Compensate for week-long exhaustion Research Highlights
FDA Expected To Approve Esketamine Nasal Spray For Depression NPR
Machine learning is far from ready for clinical practice of medicine Health Care IT news
***TRAVEL
Here are the Americans speaking at a hate group friendly with sanctioned Russian oligarchs Think Progress
***FOOD
Drinkable' potato chips: the products keeping your phone grease-free The Guardian
Why Are Pretzels Shaped Like That? And 17 Other Food Mysteries, Solved The Daily Meal
***CHILDREN
Being surrounded by green space in childhood may improve mental health of adults SciTech
Give your kid a name that travels well The Week
How To Communicate With Children On Difficult Subjects Such As Death NPR
Storytelling Instead Of Scolding: Inuit Say It Makes Their Children More Cool-Headed NPR
***RELATIONSHIPS
Kentucky man mistakenly gets wife turnips instead of tulips WKRN
Love, Marriage, and the ‘Wife Allowance’ Topic
***ANIMALS
Are Dog Parks Exclusionary? CityLab
Former NFL player travels cross-country with his dog USA Today
‘Pot dogs’ a growing concern for pet owners Cape Cod Times
***SCIENCE
The Unsolved Mystery of the Earth Blobs Earth & Space Science News
Lawmaker: Ky. official state mineral is a rock, state rock is a mineral WAVE
***NEUROSCIENCE
Doctors removed one-sixth of this child’s brain — and what was left did something incredible One Zero
How did reading and writing evolve? Neuroscience gives a clue Phys.org
***PHILOSOPHY
***PRODUCTIVITY
There’s an optimal way to structure your day—and it’s not the 8-hour workday Quartz
6 Tips to Maximize Productivity When You Have ADHD Entrepreneur
***HISTORY
What's the Real American Story? (video) Robert Reich
Almost everything you know about U.S. borders is wrong Chicago Tribune
Border Walls are Symbols of Failure Jstor
***RESEARCH
Scientific Integrity Principles and Best Practices: Recommendations from a Scientific Integrity Consortium SpringerLink
Correlations between submission and acceptance of papers in peer review journals SpringerLink
Preprints as Final Publication (opinion) BioSerendipity
Personality and fatal diseases: Revisiting a scientific scandal Sage
***HIGHER ED
Most Americans don’t realize state funding for Higher Ed fell by billions PBS
The costs of academic publishing are absurd: The University of California is fighting back Vox
A warning about reinventing universities around technology: How UT-Austin’s Bold Plan for Reinvention Went Belly Up Chronicle of Higher Ed
How Political Science Became Irrelevant: The field turned its back on the Beltway Chronicle of Higher Ed
***CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS
Mike Pence to give commencement speech at Liberty The Hill University
Facing Title IX investigation, Christian university lets pregnant students stay in dorms The College Fix
***HUMANITIES
***TEACHING
Almost 10,000 students went to this online school last year. 851 stayed the whole time Chalkbeat
My Top 6 Books on Pedagogy Inside Higher Ed
***ACADEMIC LIFE
College wins lawsuit to cut bad professor's pay Washington Examiner
Ex-Virginia Tech biotech professor found guilty of grant fraud The Roanoke Times
Self-esteem, self-symbolizing, and academic recognition: behavioral evidence from curricula vitae SpringerLink
A professor is accused of stealing a student's invention to make millions CNN
New video shows exactly what was said during a heated discussion at the annual gathering of classicists in January. Does it change anything? Inside Higher Ed
***STUDENT MEDIA
Am I obligated to take down an embarrassing story if the subject of it asks? Student Press Law Center
***STUDENT LIFE
Where Graduates Move After College Wall Street Journal
Millennials Face $1 Trillion Debt as Student Loans Pile Up Bloomberg
University removed a student's satire website on race relations -- and restored it only after faced with legal pressure Inside Higher Ed
The Mental Fog Begins to Lift
/Over time, you begin to see hints and glimmers of a larger world outside the prison of your sadness. The conscious mind takes hold of some shred of beauty or love. And then more shreds, until you begin to think maybe, just maybe, there is something better on the far side of despair.
I have no doubt that I will eventually repeat the cycle of depression. But now I have some self-knowledge that can’t be taken away. I know that — when I’m in my right mind — I choose hope.
Michael Gerson, published in the Washington Post
When Kids Realize Their Whole Life Is Already Online
/Jaime Putnam, a mom in Georgia, said she has started to be more mindful of the fact that many of her kids’ friends don’t yet know how much information about themselves is out there. Recently she saw on social media that one of her child’s friends got a puppy. She brought it up when she next saw him, and he looked at her, horrified. He had no idea how she had learned that seemingly private information. “It made me realize these kids don’t know what’s being posted all the time,” she said. Now she’s careful about what she reveals. “It kind of feels like you’re maybe crossing a line telling them everything you know about them.”
Taylor Lorenz writing in The Atlantic
Around the Corner
/There are many points in life when we cannot see what awaits us around the corner, and it is precisely at such times, when our path forward is unclear, that we must bravely keep our nerve, resolutely putting one foot before the other as we march blindly into the dark.
Richard C. Morais, The Hundred-Foot Journey
articles of interest - Feb 25
/***JOURNALISM
An Arizona cop threatened to arrest a 12-year-old journalist: She wasn’t backing down Washington Post
Private employers: You can’t forbid your workers from talking to journalists Poynter
Coaching for women in journalism Digital Women Leaders
Five myths about journalism The Washington Post
RCFP receives $10 million investment from the Knight Foundation Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press
Chart: How the definition of “journalist” is changing Recode
***JOURNALISM OUTSIDE THE U.S.
Rethinking foreign reporting at the AP Columbia Journalism Review
Economic woes hurt Chinese journalists as much as censorship does Economist
***THE BUSINESS OF JOURNALISM
Knight Foundation putting $300 million toward rebuilding local news Poynter
Google May Employ More People Than the Entire U.S. Newspaper Industry Bloomberg
23 Million Patrons of California's Public Libraries Can Now Read The New York Times for Free Online Open Culture
National Enquirer’s biggest investors include California taxpayers and state workers Los Angeles Times
***FAKE NEWS
Liberals and Conservatives Are Both Susceptible to Fake News, but for Different Reasons Scientific American Blog Network
Students with ADHD less likely to enroll in post-secondary education, study says CTV News
The Imperfect Truth About Finding Facts in a World of Fakes Wired
It will take more than NewsGuard’s team of journalists to stop the spread of fake news Recode
***TECHNOLOGY
Apple is prioritizing AR — and that’s a good thing VentureBeat
***BIG DATA & AI
A philosopher argues that an AI can’t be an artist MIT Tech Review
Two satellites almost crashed—here’s how they dodged it Wired
Treat Failure like a Scientist
Can We Trust Scientific Discoveries Made Using Machine Learning? Technology Networks
***SOCIAL MEDIA
Pinterest is blocking search results about vaccines to protect users from misinformation Washington Post
Snapchat is in the middle of an identity crisis Engadget
How to catch a catfisher The Guardian
America’s cops take an interest in social media Economist
Japanese teen's aborted bid to hitchhike across the United States divides social media Japan Times
***YOUTUBE
50 Amazing Skills You Can Learn on YouTube Mental Floss
A pediatrician exposes suicide tips for children hidden in videos on YouTube and YouTube Kids Washington Post
Facebook decided which users are interested in Nazis — and let advertisers target them directly LA Times
Facebook's content moderation a mess, employees outraged, contractors have PTSD: Reports BongBong
The secret lives of Facebook moderators in America The Verge
***PRIVACY & SECURITY
ATM Hacking Has Gotten So Easy, the Malware's a Game Wired
California Data Privacy Proposal May Give Law Tough New Teeth Bloomberg
Google 'sorry' for hiding SECRET microphone in home camera – and says it 'forgot' to tell everyone The Sun
Android is helping kill passwords on a billion devices Wired
***PRODUCING MEDIA
National Geographic hit 100 million Instagram followers: To celebrate, it wants your images for free Vox
***INTERNET
Millions of websites threatened by highly critical code-execution bug in Drupal Ars Technica
Heartbreaking: This Man Works For A Website Clickhole
Google Updates Test My Site Speed Tool Media Post
***PERSONAL GROWTH
The most important factor in a relationship Becoming (my blog)
The Good-Enough Life: The desire for greatness can be an obstacle to our own potential (opinion) New York Times
***TEACHING
Students have better educational outcomes in courses taught by those who have "growth mind-sets" than those who believe intelligence is fixed Inside Higher Ed
How One Professor Made Her Assignments More Relevant The Chronicle of Higher Education
***WRITING & READING
I stopped using exclamation points and lost all my friends Wired
The Philosophy of Creative Writing Los Angeles Review of Books
***LANGUAGE
The surprising revival of the Hawaiian language Economist
More children around the world are being taught in English, often badly Economist
***LITERATURE
The myth of Pandora’s box (YouTube) TEDx
23 of the most unforgettable final sentences in fiction Washington Post
***GENDER
The Status of Women in the U.S. Media 2019 Women’s Media Center
Women now more educated than men, but lag in workforce Axios
How a women-led news organization is holding the powerful to account in Brazil International Consortium of Investigative Journalist
***RACE & ETHNICITY ISSUES
Alabama newspaper editor calls on KKK to lynch Democrats BBC
Man shouts Nazi slogans, flashes gun at local coffee shop The Plainsman
Athletes and activists who modeled themselves off Colin Kaepernick have continued their campaigns Inside Higher Ed
Should White Boys Still Be Allowed to Talk?’ Student's essay sets off intense debate Inside Higher Ed
Americans Remain Deeply Ambivalent About Diversity The Atlantic
In 'Won Over,' Judge Chronicles His Evolution on Questions of Race After Growing Up in Jim Crow Mississippi (free registration req.’ed) Law.com
NPR host Lulu-Garcia Navarro on racial and gender diversity in news Vox
Doctors and Racial Bias: Still a Long Way to Go New York Times
***LEGAL ISSUES
Justice Clarence Thomas calls for reconsideration of landmark libel case CNN
Copyright Office Refuses Registration for 'Fresh Prince' Star Alfonso Ribeiro's "Carlton Dance" Hollywood Reporter
Emoji are showing up in court cases exponentially, and courts aren’t prepared The Verge
Justice Thomas Assails Landmark US Libel Ruling That Protects Media Voice of America
US Supreme Court to interpret FOIA Exemption on Trade Secrets Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press
Judge decides that twin son of binational gay couple entitled to birthright U.S. citizenship LA Times
***RELIGION
Harvest Bible Chapel founder's sons resign as pastors Daily Herald
United Methodists’ LGBT Vote Will Reshape the Denomination Christianity Today
Why a centuries-old religious dispute over Ukraine's Orthodox Church matters today The Conversation
Are Christian leaders more likely to commit sexual sin? (opinion) Christianity Today
***RELIGION & SEXUAL ABUSE
Southern Baptist churches hired dozens of leaders previously accused of sex offenses Houston Chronicle
Southern Baptists Announce Plans to Address Sexual Abuse New York Times
***RELIGION AND THE LAW
***GOOD NEWS
N.J. cop’s $100 tip, touching note for pregnant diner waitress brought her to tears NewJersey.com
D.C. restaurant feeds the poor and homeless every single day WJLA-TV
103-year-old sworn in as junior ranger at Grand Canyon National Park Good Morning America
24-year-old woman becomes first openly autistic person to practice law in Florida WFLA
***ART & DESIGN
The Artist Behind the Famous Bathroom Selfies The Cut
Never forget David Bowie masterminded "the biggest art hoax in history" Salon
Graphic Novels in the Age of Trump New York Times
***MUSIC
Yesterday Trailer (video)
Reporter Jim DeRogatis On R. Kelly Charges NPR
Why Musicians Are Starting Their Own Podcasts — And Why The Podcast Industry Should Pay Attention Bello Collective
***FILM
What's Up, Documentary? An 'Undeniable Golden Age' For Filmmakers NPR
The Oscars and the Illusion of Perfect Representation Images can falsify as well as depict reality; they can mislead as well as inspire New York Times
***THE BUSINESS OF MEDIA
Fornite’s January Revenue Dropped 48% in January but the lull likely won’t last long TechCrunch
***JOBS/INTERNSHIPS
This Is the Fastest Growing Job in America Right Now Money
Resume Issues? This Organization Helps Young Adults Land Internships NPR
Advice for student journalists applying to internships the SF Chronicle EIC
***SEXUAL HARASSMENT & ASSAULT
Sex trafficking, prostitution is anything but a 'victimless crime,' experts say USA Today
48% of Female Undergrads at Duke Say They Were Sexually Assaulted While Enrolled The Chronicle of Higher Education
***SOCIAL ISSUES
Record High # of Americans Name Government as Most Important Problem Gallup
How to Create a Social Media Content Strategy Social Media Today
Robert Kraft prostitution scandal exposes depth of modern slavery, sex trafficking industry USA Today
***BUSINESS & FINANCE
6 stats that should surprise companies when dealing with office romances Forbes
A New Benefit: Some Companies Help Workers Pay Down Student Loans NPR
***HEALTH
Extreme fasting: how Silicon Valley is rebranding eating disorders The Guardian
The Devastating Allure of Medical Miracles Wired
Anaesthetists say patients at risk after flawed oxygen guidelines The Guardian
The most effective form of exercise isn’t “exercise” at all Quartz
***VACCINES
High risk: anti-vaxxers in the delivery ward The Guardian
YouTube Just Demonetized Anti-Vax Channels BuzzFeed News
Why women are leading the anti-vaxx movement Medium
How One Woman Is Working To Educate Parents On Vaccinations NPR
***TRAVEL
Grand Canyon tourists exposed to radiation, safety manager says AzCentral
China bars millions from travel for 'social credit' offenses SFGate
***FOOD
The Chicken Is Local, But Was It Happy? GPS Now Tells The Life Story Of Your Poultry NPR
***CHILDREN
How to Grant Your Child an Inner Life New Yorker
When Kids Realize Their Whole Life Is Already Online: Googling yourself has become a rite of passage The Atlantic
What I Gave My Kid Instead of a Smartphone Human Parts
***ANIMALS
Man suffering ‘widow maker’ heart attack says dog saved his life Fox-5
Dog's emotional reaction to 'The Lion King' movie (video) ABC-11
Florida Church Offers Dog-Friendly Service (audio) NPR
***PSYCHOLOGY
Anger Can Be Contagious: Here's How To Stop The Spread NPR
The Psychiatrist Who Believed People Could Tell the Future The New Yorker
***PHILOSOPHY
How the World Thinks (podcast) History Extra
***HISTORY
Americans’ ignorance of history is a national scandal New York Times
***RESEARCH
Ways to Detect p-hacking Quora
There’s not really a culture of strong criticism of bad science that happens through peer review NPR
***HIGHER ED
How the US government created a fake university to snare immigrant students The Guardian
Amherst College goes 5 days without the internet Inside Higher Ed
On Campuses, Electric Scooters Meet Speed Bumps The Chronicle of Higher Education
What Single Moms Need to Succeed in College Inside Higher Ed
New study finds “important deficiencies” in university reports of misconduct Retraction Watch
Revolt at USC Over Dean’s Ouster Inside Higher Ed
Most Americans say colleges should not consider race or ethnicity in admissions Pew Research Center
Judges side with Missouri Baptist Convention in its long-running legal battle with Missouri Baptist University News Tribune
***ACADEMIC LIFE
A Vanderbilt faculty member struggles to gain tenure bec of her MeToo activism Inside Higher Ed
UC Berkeley suspends prominent professor accused of sexual harassment SF Chronicle
The most important factor in a relationship
/Communication, no matter how open, transparent and disciplined, will always break down at some point. Conflicts are ultimately unavoidable, and feelings will always be hurt.
And the only thing that can save you and your partner, that can cushion you both to the hard landing of human fallibility, is an unerring respect for one another, the fact that you hold each other in high esteem, believe in one another — often more than you each believe in yourselves — and trust that your partner is doing his/her best with what they’ve got.
Without that bedrock of respect underneath you, you will doubt each other’s intentions. You will judge their choices and encroach on their independence. You will feel the need to hide things from one another for fear of criticism. And this is when the cracks in the edifice begin to appear.
You must also respect yourself. Because without that self-respect, you will not feel worthy of the respect afforded by your partner. You will be unwilling to accept it and you will find ways to undermine it. You will constantly feel the need to compensate and prove yourself worthy of love, which will just backfire.
Respect for your partner and respect for yourself are intertwined. As a reader named Olov put it, “Respect yourself and your wife. Never talk badly to or about her. If you don’t respect your wife, you don’t respect yourself. You chose her – live up to that choice.”
Mark Manson writing in Business Insider
Connecting the Dots
/You can’t connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backwards. So you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future. -Steve Jobs (born Feb. 24, 1955)