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/Too often we find ourselves thinking ahead to what we want to say next, not what the person we’re speaking with is saying. -Sasha Quintana
ideas that challenge / comfort / inspire
Articles of Interest - June 3
/***TECHNOLOGY
This AI uses echolocation to identify what you're doing Wired
Improving robots’ grasp requires a new way to measure it in humans Economist
***BIG DATA & AI
A means to preserve the integrity of video, AI models and digital archives—data that can be easily manipulated to change historical facts Computer Weekly
Google’s AI can create videos from start and end frames alone Venture Beat
SpaceX’s Starlink satellites are clearly visible in the sky—and astronomers aren’t happy MIT Technology Review
***SOCIAL MEDIA
People Are Spending More Time on Instagram, at the Expense of Facebook and Snapchat Adweek
The quiet power of sound design Wired
Nancy Pelosi accuses Facebook of 'lying to the public' after it refuses to remove fake video Mashable
Instagramming Crowds Pack National Parks NPR
***WRITING & READING
A high school student says her principal’s graduation speech plagiarized Ashton Kutcher FOX-8
My phone helped me fall in love with books again Salon
***LANGUAGE
This crafty robot can write in languages it’s never seen before Wired
Iceland is inventing a new vocabulary for a high-tech future Quartz
***LITERATURE
Best Fiction – Spring 2019 The What
Tony Horwitz, Author and Pulitzer Prize Winner, Dies At 60 Slate
The best recent poetry – review roundup The Guardian
'Start With Truth And End With Art': Poet Ocean Vuong On His Debut Novel NPR
How can I expand my reading of Indian literature? The Guardian
Review: ‘Normal People’ harkens to 19th century literature to tell compelling contemporary love story Post & Courier
***POETRY
‘Don’t Read Poetry’ is a literary manual for the Instagram era Washington Post
Five Centuries of Yiddish Poetry, Written by Women Forward
New doctors in Scotland are being given a book of poetry to help them deal with the stresses of the job The i Paper
The Univ of Tenn at Chattanooga Poetry program receives $1 million endowment News-9
Foals Frontman Yannis is Currently Obsessed with Poetry And The Band Low Vice
An introduction to Georgian poetry, and the country’s beautiful alphabet Emerging Europe
Poetry Out Loud: The Finale Edition Book Riot
***POETS
The Cautionary Tale of the ‘Female Byron’ The New York Times
Fans Worldwide Prepare To Honor Bicentennial Of Walt Whitman's Birth NPR
A San Diego Poet and What She Saw in El Salvador Consortium News
Walt Whitman’s Leaves of Grass and the complex life of the ‘poet of America’ The Conversation
Tips from a Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Everett Herald
What a San Diego Poet saw in El Salvador Consortium News
***GENDER
Why women are called 'influencers' and men 'creators' Wired
Professor paid less than men: Judge says that doesn’t matter Inside Higher Ed
Virtual reality: how women are taking a leading role in the sector The Guardian
A Starbucks Customer Ordered a Simple Coffee. Then the Barista Went Too Far Inc.
***RACE & ETHNICITY ISSUES
Kishi Bashi Uses The History Of Japanese Internment To Explore America Today NPR
Who's doing the heavy lifting in terms of diversity and inclusion work? Inside Higher Ed
Harriet Tubman on the $20 bill: Stamp puts Tubman's face on the twenty USA Today
Who Counts as a Person of Color? Conversations on Diversity Inside Higher Ed
***LEGAL ISSUES
Is a construction company right in suing a cafe over the word cat? The Guardian
Former student sues Oklahoma University over false rankings The Oklahoman
This Teen Planned A School Shooting. But Did He Break The Law? NPR
***GAMES & SPORTS
What online chess taught one teen about digital life Wired
Facing the ubiquity of fortnite in our kids' lives Wired
***PRIVACY & SECURITY
Security Experts Express Concern Over Electronic System To Check-In At Polling Places NPR
Apple promises privacy, but iPhone apps share your data with trackers, ad companies and research firms Washington Post
Flipboard database hacks exposed users' account information Cnet
Secret tracking device found in Navy email to Navy Times amid leak investigation raises legal, ethical questions Military Times
Russia demands Tinder give user data to secret services Associated Press
Microsoft says mandatory password changing is “ancient and obsolete Ars Technica
Privacy is Apple’s most premium product The Next Web
***PRODUCING MEDIA
Old politicians flock to new film media Axios
YouTube doesn’t want you to download their videos Tools for Reporters
***RELIGION
The False and Idolatrous Narrative of 'American Christianity' (opinion) SoJo
After harassment of Sikh bus driver, Maryland school district agrees to awareness training Religious News Service
The so-called (Billy Graham) Library is not a library: It has no archives. It has no archivist Religious News Service
Why politics may kill white churches (opinion) Religious News Service
***RELIGION & MONEY
Evangelical financial watchdog faces scrutiny over backing of errant megachurch Religious News Service
The preachers getting rich from poor Americans BBC
A wealthy televangelist explains his fleet of private jets: ‘It’s a biblical thing’ Washington Post
***POLITICS
Gen Z, Millennials, Gen X outvoted their elders in 2018 midterms Pew Research Center
***GOOD NEWS
Arizona softball team throws head-shaving party in support of teammate’s cancer fight WHNT
I hated my neighbor: Then one lesson led to a life-changing friendship Washington Post
Georgia girl saves sister from drowning in pool WSAV-3
***REALLY?!
6 Ideas That Were So Ahead Of Their Time Everybody Went Nuts Cracked
Lego dispute of biblical proportions sees Bible loving exhibitor walk from show Stuff New Zealand
***MUSIC
Metadata is the biggest little problem plaguing the music industry The Verge
Generative music apps let your phone write songs for you Wired
***FILM
Carpe Diem! Dead Poets Society Turns 30: See Where the Cast Is Now People
***THE BUSINESS OF MEDIA
Video measurement standard inches closer to reality Axios
Meredith Sells Sports Illustrated to Authentic Brands Group for $110 Million Variety
***JOURNALISM
Phone Records of AP Journalists Seized by US Government New York Times
The latest key newsroom job: membership editor Digiday
Former reporter creates ‘Rate my Professor’ for newsrooms Columbia Journalism Review
Is this the greatest timed shot in TV journalism? BoingBoing
Woman Who Pioneered Investigative Journalism The Atlantic
***FAKE NEWS
To fight deepfakes, researchers built a smarter camera Wired
How Russia’s disinformation strategy is evolving Poynter
I plant trees for a living, but Flat Earthers tell me they don’t exist Quartz
I was a Macedonian fake news writer’ BBC
Researchers Want to Build Fake Photo Detection Tools Right Into Our Cameras Gizmodo
Twitter Buys Machine-Learning Startup That Helps Detect Fake News Media Post
***STUDENT MEDIA
Washington Univ sued for violating the Public Records Act KOMO News
Rutgers trampled the constitution by letting students vote to defund the newspaper, group says NJ.com
***JOBS
How to quit your job on your terms Poynter
Tips on how to break into "long-form investigative journalism" Twitter
***FREELANCING
9 tips for branding yourself like a pro Freelancers Union
Freelance digital-only or digital-radio pitches on immigrant food, culture and history PRI
No, Freelancers are not banks The Free Lancers
The New York Times' Wordplay's Solver Stories New York Times
Radical essay ideas RaceBaitr
Paid contributors Vegan lifestyle magazine launching in July Twitter
Thoughtful, engaging book reviews between 1200-2500 words Rumpus
Personal essays with a research/critical component Catapult Story
Personal essays on mental health The Breakdown
***SEXUAL HARASSMENT & ASSAULT
Southern Baptist leaders plan to remedy ‘insufficient’ approach to abuse claims Religious News Service
This Elite Science Group Finally Has A Way To Expel Members For Sexual Harassment BuzzFeed News
How reporting sexual harassment impacts a woman’s career Fast Company
***SOCIAL ISSUES
Key findings about U.S. immigrants Pew Research Center
Birth Control Still Tops List of Morally Acceptable Issues Gallup
***BORDER ISSUES
I gave water to migrants crossing the Arizona desert. They charged me with a felony Washington Post
Extending 'Zero Tolerance' To People Who Help Migrants Along The Border NPR
Nearly 900 migrants found at Texas facility with 125-person capacity: DHS watchdog ABC News
More people are actually moving from the US to Mexico Business Insider
Botched family reunifications left migrant children waiting in vans overnight NBC News
***HEALTH
10,000 Steps Per Day? Fitness Trackers Push It, But How Many Do You Really Need? NPR
Is working out at the crack of dawn the key to productivity? We put it to the test Fast Company
New compound which kills antibiotic-resistant superbugs discovered Science Daily
Viruses and other parasites may sync with their host’s biological clock — or reset it — to gain an advantage Quanta Magazine
For Patients, It Matters How You Tell Your Story To A Doctor NPR
***VACCINES
How the anti-vaccine movement crept into the GOP mainstream Politico
Professor who links vaccines to autism funded through university portal The Guardian
***TRAVEL
There Are Two Types of Airport People The Atlantic
13 Ways Hackers Get You When You Travel Reader’s Digest
***FOOD
What banned substances might be hiding in your groceries? Find out now The Guardian
Fears grow over 'food swamps' as drugstores outsell major grocers The Guardian
***FAMILY
Does Having Divorced Parents Affect Your Marriage? The Atlantic
Where Europe stands on gay marriage and civil unions Pew Research Center
***CHILDREN
Nearly 30% of teens sleep with their phones, but parents’ device use may be more problematic Quarz
The world slime convention! Let's Goo! Wired
You can’t teach schoolkids ‘resilience’ when they’re micromanaged every day The Guardian
***ANIMALS
Octopuses' Big Brains And Unique Behavior Spur Basic Research NPR
***NEUROSCIENCE
The wagon wheel effect shows the limits of the human brain Wired
The Crucial Role of Brain Simulation in Future Neuroscience Singularity Hub
***PHILOSOPHY
What wrapping a rope around the Earth reveals about the limits of human intuition Aeon
***PRODUCTIVITY
10 Productivity Hacks From Wired
***PERSONAL GROWTH
Measure Up Becoming (my blog)
Why compassion fades Big Think
***HIGHER ED
College Students Aren't Checking Out Books at Libraries The Atlantic
Investigation Finds No Basis for Former Arizona State U. Professor’s Viral Claims of Corruption Chronicle of Higher Ed
US Universities And Retirees Are Funding The Technology Behind China’s Surveillance State BuzzFeed News
***LIBERAL ARTS
The liberal arts are under attack: So why do the rich want their children to study them? Washington Post
The value of a liberal arts education is more than most know The Hill
***TEACHING
How Should Professors Respond When Students Ask for Accommodations? Ed Surge
Why One University Went All Out on Teaching Reading Chronicle of Higher Ed
***ACADEMIC LIFE
Why a New Kind of ‘Badge’ Stands Out From the Crowd Chronicle of Higher Education
Aiding the Writing-Stalled Professor Chronicle of Higher Education
Jury Trial for Caltech scholar who claimed he was fired for whistleblowing Pasadena Now
Measure Up
/There is no way to quite describe the feeling that I got when I sat down to eat with daughter at the school cafeteria for the first time. She looked up at me. It was a look that said she completely adored me just for being me. That just blew me away. She couldn't hardly sit still, or know what to do with her hands, as if she wanted to hug me. There was a searching look as if to say, "Who am I?" "Tell me who I am."
Fathers have a way of planting life mottos in the heads of their daughters.
"Measure Up!" is one of the most often heard. Perhaps it is never verbalized, but a daughter knows what's expected—and her attempts to live up to those expectations from her childhood result in her running her life by guilt. She ends up serving a motto instead of her creator.
Stephen Goforth
Security
/Be wary of security as a goal. It may often look like life’s best prize. Usually it’s not. -Willaim Zinsser
Know your Perfectionist
/A study measured three types of perfectionism: self-oriented, or a desire to be perfect; socially prescribed, or a desire to live up to others’ expectations; and other-oriented, or holding others to unrealistic standards. A person living with an other-oriented perfectionist might feel criticized by the perfectionist spouse for not doing household chores exactly the “right” way. Socially prescribed perfectionism is “My self-esteem is contingent on what other people think.”
Perfectionists tend to devalue their accomplishments, so that every time a goal is achieved, the high lasts only a short time, like “a gas tank with a hole in it.”
There are also different ways perfectionism manifests. Some perfectionists are the sleeping-bag-toting self-flagellants, always pushing themselves forward. But others actually fall behind on work, unable to complete assignments unless they’re, well, perfect. Or they might self-sabotage, handicapping their performance ahead of time. They’re the ones partying until 2 a.m. the night before the final, so that when the C rolls in, there’s a ready excuse. Anything to avoid facing your own imperfections.
Olga Khazan writing in The Atlantic
All wars
/All wars are fought twice, the first time on the battlefield, the second time in memory. -Thanh Nguyen
The Growth Mindset
/When people believe that failure is not a barometer of innate characteristics but rather view it as a step to success (a growth mindset), they are far more likely to put in the kinds of effort that will eventually lead to that success. By contrast, those who believe that success or failure is due to innate ability (a fixed mindset) can find that this leads to a fear of failure and a lack of effort.
Carl Hendrick writing in Aeon
Articles of Interest - May 27
/***BIG DATA & AI
The “spooky” quantum world and how the promise of quantum computers may unravel some of the secrets of the universe (video) ColdFusion
Nine investigations that used satellite imagery Global Investigative Journalism Network
Seven of the best available Python libraries Tapscape
A primer on PySpark for data science Toward Data Science
AI learns to write headlines (but not this one) Axios
***FACIAL RECOGNITION
Facial Recognition Has Already Reached Its Breaking Point Wired
This Neural Net Can Make A Moving, Talking Face Out Of A Single Still Image (video) Egor Zakharov
***TECHNOLOGY
Young people and their phones are shaking up banking Economist
Amazon Is Working on a Device That Can Read Human Emotions Bloomberg
***SOCIAL MEDIA
Twitter Is Showing More Ads, And People Are Seeing Lots Of Weird Crap As A Result BuzzFeed News
The Kids Use TikTok Now Because Data-Mined Videos Are So Much Fun Bloomberg
CrossFit Deletes Its Facebook Account, Denounces “Utopian Socialists” Front Office Sports
10 cliché Instagram posts you'll definitely see this summer Mashable
Instagram’s IGTV adds support for horizontal videos — but still no ads Digiday
Instagram Ruined Travel. A New Generation Of Influencers Is Trying To Fix It Refinery29
***SNAPCHAT
Snapchat looks to mirror TikTok and Instagram Stories with new in-app music Axios
How to Use Snapchat’s Gender Swap Filter Everyone’s Talking About iPhone Hacks
***YOUTUBE
Your Kid Wants to Be a YouTuber? There’s a Camp for That Wall Street Journal
The tricky task of policing YouTube Economist
***FAKE NEWS
Moms are going undercover to fight fake autism cures in private Facebook groups NBC News
Fake News Spreads ‘Farther, Faster, Deeper’ Than Truth, Study Finds Washington Post
Facebook: Fake account removal doubles in 6 months to 3B Associated Press
Deepfakes are getting better—but they’re still easy to spot ArsTechnica
***JOURNALISM
Why local foundations are putting their money behind a rural journalism collaborative Harvard’s Nieman Lab
***THE BUSINESS OF JOURNALISM
NYT editor predicts most local newspapers will 'die in the next five years' The Hill
Why I disappeared from WJTV in Jackson, Mississippi Medium
GateHouse Media lays off journalists across the country Poynter
The Boston Globe is the first local newspaper to have more digital subscribers than print Harvard’s Nieman Lab
How The Guardian is looking to boost reader donations in the US Digiday
***PERSONAL GROWTH
Explore your Passion without Pressure Becoming (my blog)
***WRITING & READING
Here’s Why Authors All Tweet An Ugly Screenshot From The Same Websites BuzzFeed News
Print writers turn to television for the big bucks Axios
Debut novel by poet Ocean Vuong picked by booksellers as June Indie #1 Bookweb
Can reading really improve your mental health? BBC
Imitation in literature: inspiration or plagiarism? Oxford University Press Blog
Improve Your Content Strategy with These 4 Proofreading Tools Business2community
***PLAGIARISM
How A Software Engineer's Attempt To Make A Crossword Puzzle Exposed A Whole Plagiarism Scandal Digg
Studiosity creates new tool targeting accidental plagiarism The Pie News
***LITERATURE
Fav phrases from literature immortalized as book quote tattoos My Modern Met
Anne Frank: the real story of the girl behind the diary The Guardian
Korean folktales as protest literature Korean Times
Poop, realism and Ghibli: Enter the world of children's literature Japan Times
***POETRY
I Grew Up In A Fundamentalist Evangelical Community. How I "Rewired" My Brain With Poetry Bustle
‘I courted poetry early in life’ The Nation
U.S. teen poets find no rhyme or reason to climate peril Reuters
“The Spiral Labyrinth,” a Poetry-Sound Collaboration (audio) Orion Magazine
World War I Poetry (podcast) Inside Higher Ed
The Making of Poetry by Adam Nicolson review – when Coleridge met the Wordsworths The Guardian
Can you write a photo into a haiku into a song? Chicago Tribune
***POETRY OUTSIDE THE U.S.
In Israel, There Are Poetry Slams For The Deaf Forward
Political poetry has dramatic impact at Dawn Raids art exhibition Asia Pacific Report
Hundreds of Chinese poets compete using trade war as the backdrop Global Times
***POETS
The Bittersweet Poetry of “Lima :: Limón” New Yorker
The Life of Forgotten Poet Letitia Elizabeth Landon Jstor
Review: Authors spotlight 41 of state's notable poets The Advocate
Poet Gregory Orr Has Been Teaching ‘How to Save Your Life’ for Four Decades University of Virginia
Journalist-poet Villanueva writes and delights Manila Standard
Poetic Influencer: Marilynn Montaño OC Weekly
How Walt Whitman’s Decade In Washington Changed His Life — And His Poetry WAMU
***GENDER
Warmer Offices Are Better for Women The Atlantic
My Rapist Apologized New York Times
Struggling with style Modern dress codes are easier for men than for women Economist
How China forged self-made female billionaires Economist
New Web Project Immortalizes the Overlooked Women Who Helped Create Rock and Roll in the 1950s Open Culture
Women’s Issues within political party platforms Pudding
News outlets post way more pictures of men than women to Facebook Harvard’s Nieman Lab
These hidden women helped invent chaos theory Wired
***RACE & ETHNICITY ISSUES
Connectivity drives the Asian American consumer journey Nielson
Race plays an ever-more important role in voting Economist
How an internet mob falsely painted a Chipotle employee as racist CNN
Key facts about Asian Americans, a diverse and growing population Pew Research
Hate makes a comeback in the Pacific Northwest Associated Press
***LEGAL ISSUES
CBS Sued Over 'Andy Griffith Show' Theme Song Hollywood Reporter
Youtubers and record labels are fighting over copyright and record labels keep winning The Verge
***CRIME
Philly judge stuns wrongly convicted juvenile lifer by setting him free after 21 years in prison Philly
Muggings are so common, Mexicans buy fake cellphones to hand over in muggings Associated Press
How The For-Profit Prison Industry Keeps 460,000 Innocent People in Jail Every Day GQ
***PRIVACY & SECURITY
Google stored some passwords in plain text for fourteen years The Verge
How creepy is your smart speaker? Economist
U.S. May Blacklist Chinese Surveillance Firm, 'New York Times' Reports NPR
An 11-year-old changed election results on a replica Florida state website in under 10 minutes PBS NewsHour
All the ways google tracks you—and how to stop it Wired
***PRODUCING MEDIA
How to Speed Up or Slow Down Any HTML5 Video LifeHacker
***RELIGION
White Evangelicals Are the Most Islamophobic Americans, Poll Shows Newsweek
Study: Belief in the ‘Prosperity Gospel’ Does Not Turn People into Successful Entrepreneurs Baylor
Police are investigating a Megachurch founder accused of hiring a hitman Relevant Magazine
Owners of a Noah's Ark replica file a lawsuit over rain damage CNN
The Day Christian Fundamentalism Was Born The New York Times
The history of China’s Muslims and what’s behind their persecution The Conversation
Lesbian, gay and bisexual Americans are less religious than straight adults by traditional measures Pew Research Center
***SOUTHERN BAPTISTS
Southern Baptists Down to Lowest Membership Numbers in 30 Years Christianity Today
Only Half of Kids Raised Southern Baptist Stay Southern Baptist Christianity Today
***RELIGION & YOUTH
Millennial evangelicals more likely to attend church weekly than older generations, poll finds Christian Post
Study: 10% of young Christians say they’ve left a church because they felt it didn’t take sex abuse seriously enough Christian Headlines
***RELIGION AND POLITICS
Steve Bannon’s Academy for the Judaeo-Christian West Economist
The Debate Grows Over What Religious Freedom Means NPR
***GOOD NEWS
Man graduates with nursing degree from same university where he started as a janitor ABC News
Rainbow Village: an entire community in Taiwan is hand-painted by a single man This is Colossal
Teenager pushes double-amputee home in wheelchair during storm warning WBAY
Minnesota woman donates kidney to man who helped rescue her daughter KARE-11
Classmates work together to help friend see color for the 1st time WLWT
***ART & DESIGN
Banksy crashes Venice Biennale with street stall CNN
Typography 2020: A special listicle for America Practical Typography
Thirty years ago a show in Paris set out to redraw the art world Economist
The Art of Doodling The Paris Review
Meteorological Data Visualized as Mixed Media Sculptures by Nathalie Miebach This is Colossal
***MUSIC
How Computers Ruined Rock Music Rick Beato
The Lives of John Coltrane & Billie Holiday Are Now Told in Two Graphic Novels Open Culture
***FILM
Rotten Tomatoes will start verifying ticket purchases for audience reviews Tech Crunch
***FREELANCING/CONTESTS
Are You Ready to Go Freelance? Harvard Business Review
Freelance writing submissions Paperback Literary Journal
‘How to' and listicle type pieces AdWeek
Freelance writing ideas SELF magazine
The Future Is Black Female essay competition to win $1,000 Future Black Female
***SEXUAL HARASSMENT & ASSAULT
Rockefeller University Admits Decades Of Sexual Abuse Complaints Against Children’s Doctor Reginald Archibald BuzzFeed News
Mississippi lawmaker was drunk when he ‘punched’ his wife in the face over sex Sun Herald
***SOCIAL ISSUES
The Mexican-American population is shrinking Economist
Key facts about Asian origin groups in the U.S. Pew Research Center
U.S. unauthorized immigrants are more proficient in English, more educated than a decade ago Pew Research Center
Visualizing Poverty Across America Daily Infographic
***POLITICS
What Is 'Milkshaking,' Britain's Latest Political Trend? The Atlantic
So Far, $1.57 Billion for Wall Yields 1.7 Miles of Fence Bloomberg
Trump administration bans CDC from saying 'diversity,' transgender,' 'fetus,' and more Washington Post
***BUSINESS & FINANCE
Why Companies Are so Bad at Hiring Medium
The human brain can’t contend with the vastness of online shopping The Atlantic
How middle-age, middle-class moms are killing JCPenney and Kohl's Washington Post
***ENVIRONMENT
Why Banning Plastic Grocery Bags Could Be A Bad Move NPR
Washington becomes first state to legalize using dead bodies for compositing CNN
***HEALTH
Episiotomies are painful, risky and not routinely recommended USA Today
No, Night Owls Aren’t Doomed to Die Early New York Times
***HEALTH TECHNOLOGY
The techie obsession with sleep technology Economist
CRISPR Used To Modify Viruses And Create New Weapon Against Superbugs NPR
Body shop 3D printers will make better implants Economist
***DRUGS
The Many Health Benefits Of Meth Pacific Standard
Fighting Fentanyl Washington Post
***TRAVEL
How travelers can avoid common scams Washington Post
Not all travel ‘hacks’ are good. Here are the ones to avoid Seattle Times
Top Travel Destinations for US History Buffs Travel Pulse
***SPORTS & GAMES
Velocity is strangling baseball — and its grip keeps tightening The Washington Post
Peru’s government wants its citizens to take up baseball Economist
***FOOD
The Best Time of the Day to Drink Coffee Isn’t as Soon as You Wake Up Mental Floss
A food craving is not our body’s way of signaling that it needs a certain nutrient BBC
***CHILDREN
How to make social media safe for children Economist
Top Baby Names for each State Social Security Tweet String
There’s Evidence on How to Raise Children, but Are Parents Listening? New York Times
***ANIMALS
Soldier reunited with puppy he saved from Syria News Herald
Dog Person? It May Be in Your Genes The New York Times
***PSYCHOLOGY
Former FBI Body Language Expert Explains The Body Language Cues That Actually Mean Something Wired
What Researchers learning about success from tracking preschoolers from the 1960s until today NPR
How Carl Jung Inspired the Creation of Alcoholics Anonymous Open Culture
Problems with the American Association of Christian Counselors The Throckmorton Blog
***NEUROSCIENCE
Scientists Find a Volume Knob for Emotional Memories Wired
Telepathy Is Real With The Help Of A Computer (video) NPR
***HISTORY
Two decades of research let you take a fly-over of ancient Rome Smart History
Last American slave ship is discovered in Alabama National Geographic
Who really owns the past? Aeon
***RESEARCH
The Rise of Junk Science Publications The Walrus
This Is Easily the Best Correction in Science Publishing This Month Gizimodo
Want to access the raw data behind an academic paper? Good luck Pudding
MIT professor accused of claiming others’ scientific discoveries as his own Stat News
Taiwan considers double-blind peer review for grants Nature
Please avoid these reviewers' pet peeves! NIH
Can Twitter, Facebook, and Other Social Media Drive Downloads, Citations? Scholarly Kitchen
***ACADEMIC LIFE
Institutions generally don't have provisions against professors dating students they just taught Inside Higher Ed
It’s Taken 5 Decades to Get the Ph.D. Her Abusive Professor Denied Her New York Times
Rejecting the requirement to publish dissertations online Inside Higher Ed
Emory University Fires 2 Neuroscientists Accused of Hiding Chinese Ties TIME
Texas Professors Could Be Criminally Charged if They Don't Report Sexual Harassment or Assault (sub. req’d) Chronicle of Higher Ed
***STUDENT MEDIA
Pro-Trump hats worn by students blurred from high school yearbook WPMT FOX43
When are student newspaper budget cuts unconstitutional? (podcasts) Student Press Law Center
***STUDENT LIFE
Wealthy students disproportionately receive extra time on standardized tests Axios
Study Finds More Low-Income Students Attending College Inside Higher Ed
Oregon college student taking pictures dies after falling off side of mountain NBC News
No sex please, we’re millennials Economist
When a college student is home for the summer New York Times
***HIGHER ED
“Free college:” Why offering access to something broken does not make it better Christensen Institute
Administrators were shocked when the college was sued for discrimination Inside Higher Ed
Rick Singer faked students’ CVs in college admission bribery scandal. He seems to have faked his own Associated Press
Professor says AU Cairo wronged him in canceling his chair after he resisted donor's demands Inside Higher Ed
Is It Time to Abolish the SAT? (opinion) Medium
Baldwin Wallace University ends the school’s formal affiliation with the United Methodist Church Baldwin Wallace University
Prosecutors subpoenaed records of 9 Chapman University students in admissions scandal LA Times
Explore your passion without Pressure
/“Finding your passion” can feel like a lot of pressure, but it doesn’t have to. All it involves is identifying the things you like to do and are good at and that others value enough so you can cover rent and groceries. If you can’t find it by way of a full-time job, there are always ways to explore it outside the realms of your job, whether that’s by way of a side hustle or a hobby. There may be things that you feel an overwhelming intensity to pursue. If that’s the case, great. If not, find the next right thing, and follow that path.
Tracy Brower writing in Fast Company
where are you going?
/The world makes way for the man who knows where he is going. – Ralph Waldo Emerson (born May 25, 1803)
Stealing
/Steal a little and they throw you in jail, steal a lot and they make you king. Bob Dylan, born May 24, 1941
Making Yourself Happy is a Team Effort
/The lie of self-sufficiency is that happiness is an individual accomplishment. If I can have just one more victory, lose 15 pounds or get better at meditation, then I will be happy.
But people looking back on their lives from their deathbeds tell us that happiness is found amid thick and loving relationships. It is found by defeating self-sufficiency for a state of mutual dependence. It is found in the giving and receiving of care. It’s easy to say you live for relationships, but it’s very hard to do. It’s hard to see other people in all their complexity. It’s hard to communicate from your depths, not your shallows. It’s hard to stop performing! No one teaches us these skills.
David Brooks writing in The New York Times
"Keeping a “have done" list
/"If you are working on one thing all day, it is very easy to remember what you did and give yourself credit for it," says CEO and co-founder Walter Chen. "But if you did 20 things and one is have a conversation with your kid and one is put out a fire, it's often hard to remember those things." Pausing to reflect is an opportunity to remember those accomplishments and to recognize their value. "Giving yourself credit helps you feel productive," says Chen, affirming, "That actually makes you more productive."
Bottom line: To-do lists are useful for organizing and prioritizing work. But you should also maintain a "have done" list--or at least reflect on your accomplishments for a few minutes at the end of each day--to keep yourself motivated.
Leigh Buchanan writing in Inc.
Articles of Interest - May 20
/***SOCIAL MEDIA
Fears of social media manipulation rock the developing world Axios
Queen Elizabeth II Social Media Manager Job Salary and Description Harpers Bazaar
10 facts about Americans and Facebook Pew Research Center
How to save a Tweet thread Tools for Reporters
Instagram killing another feature: Should I just quit? SlashGear
Instagram is killing Direct, its standalone Snapchat clone app, in the next several weeks TechCrunch
Millions of Instagram influencers had their private contact data scraped and exposed Tech Crunch
***SNAPCHAT
#1 app YOLO Q&A is the Snapchat platform’s 1st hit TechCrunch
Snapchat has become a content creation tool for Instagram and Twitter users The Verge
Facebook Announces Restrictions To Its Live Feature NPR
Facebook busts Israel-based campaign to disrupt elections in various countries NBC News
Facebook Releases a Trio of Maps to aid with Fighting Disease Outbreaks TechCrunch
***MOBILE
How Ditching My Smartphone Let Me Recharge and Reconnect Discover Magazine
Google suspends some business with Huawei after Trump blacklist Reuters
***PRIVACY & SECURITY
It’s Almost Impossible to Tell if Your iPhone Has Been Hacked Vice
Microsoft’s First Windows XP Patch in Years Is a Very Bad Sign Wired
All Four Major Wireless Carriers Hit With Lawsuits Over Sharing, Selling Location Data Techdirt
iOS Users Locked Out Of Accounts As Google Confirms Security Vulnerability To Blame Forbes
UCSD stonewalled attempts to notify women in an HIV research study that their confidential data was breached iNewsSource
Microsoft Updates Old System To Respond To New Threat NPR
Google uses Gmail to track a history of things you buy — and it’s hard to delete CNBC
***FACIAL RECOGNITION
Face It, You're Being Watched (video) Bloomberg
Like It Or Not, Your Face Is In A Database Digg
***TECHNOLOGY
San Francisco looks to ban use of facial recognition technologies by city agencies PS Magazine
Experts Talk Best Practices For Facial Recognition Technology NPR
Google’s AI can now translate your speech while keeping your voice MIT Tech Review
***BIG DATA & AI
Are p-values a gateway drug to dichotomous thinking? Or is it the other way round? Replication Network
Google’s AI improves accuracy of lung cancer diagnosis, study shows Stat News
A.I. Took a Test To Detect Lung Cancer; It got an A New York Times
Meet one of the data sciences (and former hoops player) working with the Philadelphia 76ers to improve the team’s on court strategy (video) Bloomberg
Which is the bigger threat: fake news generated by AI or fake news about AI? PC Mag
Deep learning could be the end of end to end encryption Forbes
***PRODUCING MEDIA
Adobe Tells Users They Can Get Sued for Using Old Versions of Photoshop Vice
***INTERNET
The Best Free Apps and Software You're Not Already Using Gizmodo
Where The Algorithms Can’t Find You FiveThirtyEight
***JOURNALISM
The other conservative news network Trump keeps tweeting about, explained Vox
California journalists shield law one of the strongest in nation San Francisco Chronicle
Study Finds US Journalism Is Becoming More Subjective Courthouse News
Audit suggests Google favors a small number of major news outlets Columbia Journalism Review
The cable network that is Foxier than Fox -- and that Trump is promoting CNN
Bad news, Journalists: Robots are writing really good headlines now The Next Web
Reporter shot and killed in Mexican tourist resort Reuters
Journalism schools need to focus on data, local news, social media and business models StoryBench
Advice for military veterans in journalism Twitter
The power of journalism collaboration is also the power of inclusion — here’s how to harness it Harvard’s Nieman Lab
Don't 'Fact Vomit:' 'Write Like You Talk' RTDNA
***THE BUSINESS OF JOURNALISM
Should a Colorado library publish local news? Columbia Journalism Review
Gannett shareholders reject efforts to push the country’s biggest newspaper chain to sell itself Harvard’s Nieman Lab
***FAKE NEWS
Poynter’s list of 515 ‘unreliable’ sites was itself unreliable: Why did Poynter fail to contact websites or list creators? iMedia Ethics
'Fake News' Is a Really Dangerous Excuse for Censorship Reason
Finnish kids are better at spotting fake news than Americans Quartz
When The New York Times Got Duped into Publishing "The Lexicon of Grunge" in 1992 Open Culture
Finland is winning the war on fake news CNN
***SCAMS
Virtual kidnappings are rattling families across the US CNN
US pastor runs network giving 50,000 Ugandans bleach-based 'miracle cure' The Guardian
Trump supporters who donated to GoFundMe wall now worry they got scammed Salon
Heiress allegedly faked lavish, star-studded wedding for attention New York Post
***PERSONAL GROWTH
Clever or Pleasant Becoming (my blog)
Howard Stern’s new Self-awareness Hollywood Reporter
Stop trying to ‘find’ meaningful work (and create it instead) Fast Company
Breaking My Own Silence: Power is the confidence to speak for yourself New York Times
***WRITING & READING
Your Complete Guide to Popular Literary Devices in Great Book Riot Writing
How to answer when someone asks how you’ll make money as a writer Slate
***LITERATURE
The story of Ernest Hemingway’s $187,000 magazine expenses claim Columbia Journalism Review
Jia Zhangke Begins Shooting Documentary About Chinese Literature Hollywood Reporter
***POETRY
Who needs poetry? We all do – and we need it now The Guardian
New website uses AI to generate stories, articles and poetry Critical Hit
A poetry-writing AI has just been unveiled. It’s ... pretty good Vox
Poetry for People Who Hate Poetry Cleveland Scene
Finding Your Inner Poet The Nerd Daily
When giving advice to graduates, I turn to Chicago Tribune poetry
Yemeni poetry thrives despite trauma of civil war The Guardian
Writing poetry saves a suffering modern woman The Japan News
Are we writing for other disabled people, for the nondisabled, or for everyone? The work of these poets speaks for itself New York Times
Manga: Writing poetry saves a suffering modern woman Eleven Myanmar
No rhyme or reason for age limit on Oxford poetry professorship The Guardian
How Poetry Helps Me Face an Invisible Illness Sojourner Magazine
***GENDER
Female authors listed on just 30% of recent UK academic research The Guardian
America’s Growing Gender Jail Gap New York Books
Why less that one-in-five data scientists are women Tech Republic
New studies on student evaluations of teaching say a simple intervention can fight gender bias Inside Higher Ed
***RACE & ETHNICITY ISSUES
Data: race and class affect who gets ahead educationally regardless of academic talent: Spoiler alert: it helps to be wealthy and white Inside Higher Ed
The return of white supremacy The Week
Cure for hate: Former skinheads recall what turned them around Union Tribune
Al Jazeera suspends journalists for Holocaust denial video BBC
***FREE SPEECH
TV station takes First Amendment battle to high court WCAX-TV
First Amendment vitals: Taking Gen Z’s pulse on free expression and inclusion College Pulse
***LEGAL ISSUES
Paparazzi Photographer Sues Ariana Grande For Instagram Pics BuzzFeed News
Soon You May Not Even Have to Click on a Website Contract to Be Bound by Its Terms Propublica
School Accreditor Raises Bar-Passage Standard Inside Higher Ed
***CRIME
Junk Science: With the exception of DNA analysis, no forensic method has been rigorously shown to be effective The Intercept
Justice Department Forces Alabama To Address Deadly Prison Conditions NPR
***RELIGION
Christian apologetics group at UCCS to be granted student club status under lawsuit settlement Gazzette
After 40 years, 'megachurch' pastor slams Christianity and quits Christian Post
Conservatives working on a bill in Congress that would both create new federal LGBT rights and add religious exemptions (a leading advocate is CCCU) BuzzFeed News
Celebrity prayer candles are a thing Vox
Here's why Sikhs were offended by this $790 Gucci turban CNN
Nearly 7 in 10 Millennial Evangelicals Give, Says New Study The Chronicle of Philanthropy
Many Americans see religious discrimination in U.S. – especially against Muslims Pew Research Center
Evangelical Lutheran Church Rallies Around Pastor, Family Detained By ICE Huffington Post
Losing Religion and Finding Ecstasy in Houston: The church I grew up in was so big we called it the Repentagon The New Yorker
***SOUTHERN BAPTISTS
Southern Baptist seminary turmoil leaves stained glass artists picking up the pieces Religious News Service
Jerry Falwell Jr. Just Accused Dr. Russell Moore of Being a Part of the ‘SBC Deep State’ Relevant Magazine
10 Women Who Are Changing the Southern Baptist Response to Abuse Christianity Today
Debate over women in Southern Baptist pulpits flares on social media Baptist News
***GOOD NEWS
Man panhandling near freeway rushed to save people from fiery crash KDVR-TV
Marathon runners in last place inspire each other to cross the finish line NBC News
Blind teen creates Braille menus for local restaurants ABC-7
Teens stranded at sea cried out to God for help: Then a boat named "Amen" rescued them CBS News
92-year-old World War II veteran gets high school diploma with his grandson WTAE-TV
A former college football wide receiver stops an armed student in a high school parking lot ESPN
He couldn’t speak as a child. Now this autistic student is giving a commencement address MSNBC
***REALLY?!
Costly face tattoo removals on the rise as regret sets in New York Daily News
The boy in the photo A napalm attack, an orphan and a life-changing message three decades later BBC
A billboard worker fell while working on a billboard advertising personal injury lawyers New York Post
Cafeteria worker fired for giving free lunch to boy who couldn't pay Associated Press
Florida city fines man $30,000 for tall grass; Now the city is foreclosing on his home Tampa Bay Times
Long Island man busted using dummy to drive in carpool lane New York Post
***ART & DESIGN
Sacred Spaces: The Grand Interiors of Modern Churches Across Europe and Japan This is Colossal
***THE BUSINESS OF MEDIA
Spanish-language media is having a local news boom Axios
Quartz, built on free distribution, has put its articles behind a paywall Harvard Nieman Lab
Judge: Florida-based broadcaster is Russian foreign agent ABC News
Coming to a TV near you: personalized ads Axios
Radhika Jones Introduces Vanity Fair’s Full Digital Archive Vanity Fair
***STUDENT MEDIA
Student journalists at Transylvania University say administrators have taken away their pay in an attempt to stop their work Inside Higher Ed
Moody Bible Institute to stop publishing student paper Religious News Service
This teen journalist got the scoop on Bill de Blasio's presidential campaign NBC News
Rutgers newspaper launches GoFundMe campaign after student funding support falls short North Jersey
***FREELANCING
18 newsletters every freelance journalist needs to subscribe to Muckrack
Essays about mother love for a series Longreads
Freelance pitches Ms. Magazine
Disability stories Gal-Dem Magazine
Freelance writers Crunchbase News
Opinion pieces about games and diversity Queerly Represent
Freelance contributor Lit Reactor
Freelance writers Blop Culture
***SOCIAL ISSUES
Surging Suicide Rate Among Young Girls Raises Questions About Role of Social Media Bloomberg
Whats Polls Say About Abortion Views NPR
Map: The richest and poorest parts of America Axios
Mexican Government Helped Surveillance Effort On Journalists, Attorneys, and Others at U.S.-Mexico Border NBC San Diego
***BUSINESS & FINANCE
Work experience poor predictor of future job performance Phys.org
I took Yale’s ‘most popular class ever’—and it completely changed how I spend my money CNBC
***ENVIRONMENT
Why the Guardian is changing the language it uses about the environment The Guardian
***HEALTH
Allegations of widespread fraud raise questions about the safety of generic drugs made overseas CBS News
Why Your Doctor’s White Coat Can Be a Threat to Your Health New York Times
A $330 Thermometer Claimed To Be 99.4% Accurate In Preventing Pregnancy: The Study It Was Based On Just Got Retracted BuzzFeed News
Why the Government Pays Billions to People Who Claim Injury by Vaccines The Atlantic
***HEALTH: PREVENTATIVE
Why Walking is the Key to Being More Productive GQ
It's Not Just Salt, Sugar, Fat: Study Finds Ultra-Processed Foods Drive Weight Gain NPR
Sunscreens may enter bloodstream, but health effect unknown, study finds NBC News
***HEALTHCARE COSTS
A Wave Of Rural Hospital Closures Tests Communities Across The U.S. NPR
Many Americans Will Need Long-Term Care: Most Won’t be Able to Afford It New York Times
***TRAVEL
He visited all 419 national park sites in 3 years to honor his late father. Here's how USA Today
A Bird’s-Eye View of Beaches Around the World Condé Nast Traveler
Rocks, tarantulas and the subtle poetry of a walk along the San Andreas fault LA Times
***SPORTS & GAMES
The eSports Boom, and the Numbers Behind the Sector’s Explosive Growth Visual Capitalist
A History of Baseball in Ten Pitches The Week
Softball Team Pulls Off Hidden Ball Trick To Absolute Perfection (video) Trine SportsInfo
***FOOD & DRINK
Soda sales fizzled thanks to Philadelphia's pop tax PopSci
Researchers Say Evidence Shows What You Eat Really Does Matter NPR
Vanilla Fever: How did hunger for the humble vanilla pod lead to greed, crime and riches? 1843 Magazine
***FAMILY
The most popular baby names from 2018 Social Security Admin Social Security
Americans' support for same-sex marriage has doubled since 2004 People-Press
Co-parenting apps help divorced parents with childrearing WGN-TV
Taiwan legalizes same-sex marriage in historic first for Asia CNN
A global snapshot of same-sex marriage Pew Research Center
Raise a Problem-Solving Kid by Talking Less and Questioning More Life Hacker
***ANIMALS
Face Swap Your Pet Into Another Species With This AI Tool Vice
Grumpy Cat, titan of the internet, is dead CNN
Man Jumps Into New York River to Rescue Dog Inside Edition
25 Benefits of Adopting a Rescue Dog Mental Floss
***SCIENCE
Billions of black holes The Week
The story of the birth of chaos theory has left out two programming pioneers Quanta Magazine
Billion-Dollar Gamble: How A 'Singular Hero' Helped Start A New Field In Physics NPR
***POLITICS
Which FL election offices were hacked? Supervisors are asked Miami Herald
***PSYCHOLOGY
The Troubled History of Psychology The New Yorker
How your friends change your habits - for better and worse BBC
How Stack Up uses video games to save veterans from mental illness and suicide Venture Beat
Death of a close friend 'can impact health for years' BBC
***NEUROSCIENCE
Scientists start to unravel how the brain forgets Axios
Why Does The Brain Connect Pain With Emotions? NPR
Why can’t some people remember their dreams? BBC
Does aging make us more susceptible to financial scams? Marketplace
***PHILOSOPHY
What is the most important philosophy book of all-time? WGN Radio
***HISTORY
How Upton Sinclair’s 1934 run for governor of California inspired a cult Lapham’s Quarterly
Aztec allies ritually disfigured captured Spaniards' remains ABC News
***RESEARCH
Are p-values a gateway drug to dichotomous thinking? Or is it the other way round? Replication Work
25 Ways to Increase Your Chances at Publication Inside Higher Ed
Study: Academics rarely comment on articles Scholarly Kitchen
***HIGHER ED
Portland State President, Under Fire, Resigns Inside Higher Ed
Dozens walk out of Pence address to Christian University graduates The Hill
Liberty U vs. Southwest Baptist Theological Seminary Inside Higher Ed
What if evangelical students heard more than one side of the global warming debate? (opinion) Christian Post
Drew University rethinks ties to Methodist church NewJersey.com
Evangelical college announces cuts to majors, 11 faculty members laid off Inside Higher Ed
Facing Rising Costs And Charges Of Intolerance, Gordon College Plots A Future WBUR
Faculty, Department Cuts Rock Christian University Tartan (student newspaper)
Southwestern College journalism professor battle cancer Times of San Diego
***TEACHING
Are Students Just Telling Us What We Want to Hear? Daily Jstor
Can Schools ‘Teach Students to Think’? The Atlantic
***STUDENT LIFE
This Is the Best Way to Take Notes, According to Science Curiosity
College grads still earn more than workers with no university degree: This map shows the states with the widest salary gaps Business Insider
***ACADEMIC LIFE
Clever or Pleasant
/"My mother used to say to me, 'Elwood' -- she always called me Elwood -- 'Elwood, in this world you must be oh-so clever, or oh-so pleasant.' For years I was clever. I'd recommend pleasant -- and you may quote me." –Jimmy Stewart as Elwood P. Dowd in HARVEY (born May 20, 1908)
Choosing evil
/No man chooses evil because it is evil; he only mistakes it for happiness, the good he seeks. -Mary Wollstonecraft
It seems like..
/Former FBI negotiator Chris Voss writes in Never Split The Difference, his manual of persuasive techniques, there are five stages in what’s known as the “behavioural change stairway model” that take anyone from “listening to influencing behaviour”. The first stage is active listening – namely, being able to show the other person that you have taken in what they’ve said and, more importantly, have a sense of what it means to them. Rather than focusing on what you want to say, listen to what the other person is telling you, then try to repeat it back to them. Start with, “It seems like what you’re saying is” or “Can I just check, it sounds like what you’re saying is”. If that feels too contrived, it often works simply to repeat the last sentence or thought someone has expressed (known in counselling practice as “reflecting”). What to say Try, “It seems like you’re feeling frustrated with this situation – is that right?” Always give the other person the opportunity to comment on or correct your assessment.
Rosie Ifould writing in The Guardian
telling their stories
/The living owe it to those who no longer can speak to tell their story for them. -Czeslaw Milosz