Articles of Interest - August 12
/***TECHNOLOGY
Critical U.S. Election Systems Have Been Left Exposed Online Despite Official Denials Vice
California police robot flagging "blacklisted" people and cars Quartz
Robotic Contact Lenses That Let Users Zoom with the Blink of an Eye People
***BIG DATA & AI
Attempting to get deep learning past pattern-recognition correlation to causation with a little Bayesian help Enterprise AI
50 successful blockchains applications Data Science Central
MIT breaks new ground in AI with ‘deep’ knitting ZDnet
***SOCIAL MEDIA
Facebook Said to Be in Talks With Publishers on News Effort New York Times
Trump draft order targets "anti-conservative" social media Quartz
I want the best, and only the best tweets Tools for Reporters
***MOBILE
Google Maps AR Navigation comes to iPhones and Android devices Are Technica
***PRIVACY & SECURITY
WhatsApp Flaws Could Allow Hackers to Alter Messages Bloomberg
Robocall blocking apps caught sending your private data without permission Tech Crunch
These Legit-Looking iPhone Lightning Cables Will Hijack Your Computer Vice
What a security researcher learned from monitoring traffic at Defcon Cnet
***INTERNET
Faster internet is coming, but only for a few Axios
Robocall blocking apps caught sending your private data without permission Tech Crunch
***JOURNALISM
7 facts about black Americans and the news media Pew Research
The art of the unhurried interview Live Mint
Washington Post adds 15 corrections to story on black families & southern farmland iMediaEthics
***FAKE NEWS
Author discusses new book on inclusion, free speech and political correctness on campus Inside Higher Ed
Pushing back against anti-vaxxers Washington Post
Flat-Earther 'Mad' Mike Hughes Is Being Sponsored by a Dating App to Nearly Get Himself Killed Live Science
Epstein Suicide Conspiracies Show How Our Information System Is Poisoned New York Times
***PERSONAL GROWTH
I can’t and I don’t Becoming (my blog)
Pluck the Day is more accurate than Seize the Day Jstor
The crucial piece of advice TED gives to nervous speakers Quartz
***GRAMMAR
Even A Grammar Geezer Like Me Can Get Used To Gender Neutral Pronouns NPR
APA Style Guide Endorses 1-Space Rule Inside Higher Ed
Why widely spoken languages have simpler grammar Economist
***WRITING & READING
From a wrongful arrest to a life-saving romance: the typos that have changed people's lives The Guardian
Religious activist convicted for burning LGBTQ library books NBC News
Millions of Books Are Secretly in the Public Domain. You Can Download Them Free Vice
***LANGUAGE
Wikipedia Is Helping Keep Welsh Alive Online Slate
As a language dies, who will mourn? Should anyone? (opinion) Washington Post
***LITERATURE
The Classic Novel That Is Most Often Abandoned By Readers Mental Floss
San Francisco Will Raise Maya Angelou Sculpture Hyperallergic
The Bookstagrammers and BookTubers changing the way people read Washington Post
Jane Austen was shockingly underpaid compared to other authors of her era Vox
J.D. Salinger son typing up father’s handwritten work for digital Quartzy
Franz Kafka papers lost in Europe but reunited in Jerusalem BBC
Take a Virtual Tour of Jane Austen’s Library Open Culture
‘Landmark’ BBC series on the novel kicks off year-long celebration of literature The Bookseller
***LITERATURE: TONI MORRISON
Toni Morrison and the Power of Literature New York Times
The Toughest Sentence Toni Morrison Ever Wrote The Walrus
Toni Morrison Deconstructs White Supremacy in America Open Culture
Going to the Movies with Toni Morrison New Yorker
Don’t Call Toni Morrison a Poet New York Times
***POETRY
How Devotional Poetry Unlocks the Bible's Surprises Christianity Today
'The Negro Artist' tells his own identity story through poetry Columbia Missourian
'At Last History Has Meaning': The Poetry of Jean Arasanayagam The Wire
Writing for future generations: New poetry collection by James Jay looks at life from behind the bar Aztec Daily
'A Frank O'Hara Notebook' gives us two poets and New York City in the '60s SF Gate
Walt Whitman Isn’t America’s Greatest Poet National Review
23 collections of Canadian poetry to watch for this fall CBC
The Case of the “Disappearing” Poet New Republic
***GENDER
Men avoid reusable shopping bags to not look gay: study New York Post
What the research says about hormones and surgery for transgender youth Journalist’s Resources
The female spies who helped liberate WWII France Washington Post
***RACE & ETHNICITY ISSUES
"Erased from Public Memory": The History of Anti-Latino Violence in the US WNYC Studios
U.S. State Department confirms alleged leader of white-nationalist group is an employee Associated Press
Hispanic women no longer account for the majority of immigrant births in the U.S. Pew Research Center
Police: El Paso shooting suspect said he targeted Mexicans Associated Press
A furore over an offensive advert divides Singapore Economist
The challenges for black performers in ‘white’ roles Washington Post
***LEGAL ISSUES
Court OKs Copyright for Banana Costume’s Artistic Features Bloomberg
Lawyers’ Recent Stagnant Wages Highlighted in ABA Profile Bloomberg
***BORDER ISSUES
100 Immigrants Pepper-Sprayed At Louisiana ICE Facility BuzzFeed News
***RELIGION
A desperate, panicked, and openly theocratic evangelical movement is falsely demonizing secularism and those who believe in the separation of church and state as a threat to religion (opinion) Above the Law
Losing My Religion at Christian Camp Longreads
Evangelical Lutheran Church first 'sanctuary church body' in US CNN
Assemblies of God Elects First Woman to Top Leadership Team Christianity Today
Religiously unaffiliated people face harassment in a growing number of countries Pew Research Center
Are podcasts replacing church for some believers? Baptist News
Evangelical community thriller is so-so, but actors are charming Washington Post
***RELIGION AND POLITICS
Pete Buttigieg hires the first faith outreach director of the 2020 campaign Washington Post
Why do evangelicals oppose gun control? (Opinion) The Week
***GOOD NEWS
Oregon man reunited with $23,000 in cash discarded in Humboldt recycling bin Press Democrat
Actor Danny Trejo rushes in to rescue child in Sylmar car crash ABC-7
***ART & DESIGN
25+ Simple Tattoo Ideas Offering Creative Ways to Say More with Less My Modern Met
Giant emoji painted on house roil California community Associated Press
***MUSIC
Alma Deutscher: The prodigy whose "first language" is Mozart 60 Minutes
***THE BUSINESS OF MEDIA
Would you care if music disappeared from FM radio? You may only have a decade to save it CNBC
***FREELANCE OPPORTUNITIES
Story Pitches LA Taco
Journalists to help edit/rewrite existing articles Healthline
Pitches for its upcoming issues Roadtrippers Magazine
Freelance pitches Runner's World magazine
Seeking new writers Modern Parent
Freelance science writers Stacker
***SEXUAL HARASSMENT & ASSAULT
A Potential Title IX Supreme Court Case? Inside Higher Ed
9 women sued Dartmouth for ignoring sexual misconduct. The college settled for $14M USA Today
Title IX a Sticking Point in Talks Over New Higher Ed Law Inside Higher Ed
***SOCIAL ISSUES
The US funeral industry is getting innovative Axios
The rural America death spiral Axios
***BUSINESS & FINANCE
Why People Move Flowing Data
A 50,000 Person Harvard Study Reveals the 3 Ways to Spot the Most Toxic Employees Inc.
What to Do When You Feel Uninspired at Work New York Times
Meet the next generation of entrepreneurs: They’re all over 65 MIT Technology Review
***HEALTH
Researchers Find Proteins That Might Restore Damaged Sound-Detecting Cells in The Ear Hopkins Medicine
Advanced sleepers go to bed early, rise early because of natural body clock UPI
Scientists Determined Why Room Temperature Is So Important for Sleep Curiosity
We've Known How To Treat Pneumonia For Decades, Why Is It The No.1 Killer Of Children? Seeker
Hearing aids: You ain't heard nothing yet CBS News
Penn Engineering’s Blinking Eye-on-a-Chip Used for Disease Modeling and Drug Testing Medium
***TRAVEL
The Best and Worst US Airports of 2019 The Points Guy
***SPORTS & GAMES
Video-Game Violence Is Now a Partisan Issue The Atlantic
A chess obsessive resigned to his fate Washington Post
Video games’ real problem? The gamers (opinion) Washington Post
Walmart pulls violent video game displays from its stores, but it will still sell guns CNN
***FAMILY
Less Sex, Fewer Babies: Blame The Internet And Career Priorities NPR
What Parents May Not Realize When They Post About Their Kids Online NPR
***ANIMALS
Woman sent to hospital after posing with octopus on face KIRO-TV
***SCIENCE
Is the Threat of ‘Fake Science’ Real? Lawfare
Probing the Mysteries of Gravity Undark
It’s important for scientists (and others who care about it) to tell the story of science, while not trying to hide its flaws Inside Higher Ed
Particle physics once again finds itself at a crossroads: which big particle-collider experiment to build next Quantam Magazine
***PSYCHOLOGY
Your Therapist’s Prescription? The Right Book New York Times
When Did Self-Help Become Self-Care? New York Times
***NEUROSCIENCE
Our Brains Tell Stories So We Can Live Without inner narratives we would be lost in a chaotic world Nautil.us
A protein in your brain behaves like a virus, infecting your cells with memories Massive Science
***CHINA
China bans movies, actors from prominent Taiwan film awards ABC News
Schoolchildren in China work overnight to produce Amazon Alexa devices The Guardian
***POLITICS
The World's Military Spending, Visualized Digg
Orange County, longtime GOP stronghold, now has more registered Democrats than Republicans LA Times
46% of U.S. social media users say they are ‘worn out’ by political posts and discussions Pew Research
***RESEARCH
Dorothy Bishop on correcting one’s own errors Bishop Blog
Pepsi employee caught masquerading as unbiased academic, sticks to the act CrossFit
Pacific Standard is shutting down, cut off from its major foundation funder Harvard’s Nieman Lab
***HIGHER ED
Court Approves Purchase of Law School by For-Profit Inside Higher Ed
More Private Colleges Are Cutting Tuition, but Don’t Expect to Pay Less New York Times
Dispute Over Minority Affairs, Collapse of a Student Senate Inside Higher Ed
Author discusses new book on inclusion, free speech and political correctness on campus Inside Higher Ed
***CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS
Thinking about Liberty University and decades of journalism struggles at private colleges Get Religion
Transgender student suspended from Christian college after top surgery NBC News
Northwest Nazarene University satellite now in orbit, sending data back to Nampa KTVB
***TEACHING
A national experiment reveals where a growth mindset improves achievement Nature
Talk to Text: A Hack on Grading Faculty Focus
***STUDENT LIFE
7 things everyone should do while they’re in college that can help them in the future TED
Helping Students With Disabilities New York Times
Half of young Americans say their degree is irrelevant to their work MarketWatch
No, Half of Young Americans Don't Believe College Is Unnecessary Inside Higher Ed
After racist ‘troll storm,’ AU grad awarded over $700,000 Washington Post
***ACADEMIC LIFE
Another professor is under fire for using the slur in class while discussing a work by James Baldwin Inside Higher Ed
Professor fired over confrontation with protesting students The Star
A significant minority of tenured faculty spend their lives undermining others (sub. req’ed) Times Higher Ed