ideas that challenge / comfort / inspire
two ways to approach life
/There are only two ways to approach life – as a victim or as a gallent fighter – and you must decide if you want to act or react.. A lot of people forget that. -Merle Shain
Articles of Interest – Oct 29
/***TECHNOLOGY
This tiny wasp-inspired drone can pull 40 times its own weight Science Mag
Two moms, no dad? Gene editing allows same-sex mice to have babies National Geographic
How the digital age is impacting police warrant Police One
***BIG DATA & AI
Hadoop administrators beware: There is a botnet that is actively looking for unsecured Hadoop eWeek
***SOCIAL MEDIA
First Twitter Gave Me Power. Then I Felt Hopeless. What I learned from growing up online Vice
Instagram’s “digital kidnappers” are stealing children’s photos and making up new lives Quartz
WhatsApp introduces stickers on iOS and Android at last The Next Web
Snapchat struggles to curb user exodus CNN
Twitter’s rumored killing of the “like” button highlights its misplaced priorities Vox
8 facts about Americans and Facebook Pew Research Center
***MOBILE
Three settings you can change on your phone right now to help you focus Quartz
Holographic screen may be next innovation for phones Associated Press
***PRIVACY & SECURITY
Forget Password Managers, Your Brainwaves Could Be Your Next Login Inverse
Trump’s tapped phone may be the largest White House breach ever: former official Fast Company
***INTERNET
Gmail Usage Hits The 1.5 Billion Mark Media Post
***JOURNALISM
The Economist's print edition launches a dedicated data journalism page for better visual storytelling Journalism.co
What journalists can learn from truth-telling comedians Medium
What the digital divide means for journalists reaching rural readers Columbia Journalism Review
***THE BUSINESS OF JOURNALISM
How to successfully pitch The New York Times (or, well, anyone else) Nieman Journalism Lab
New media hiring slowdown: Openings at Vox, Buzzfeed, and Vice at lowest levels Thinknum
The clause freelance writers should fight to remove from their contracts Columbia Journalism Review
***FAKE NEWS
Deep Fakes: How they are made and how they can be detected NBC News
The bizarre Justin Bieber burrito incident reminds us not to believe everything online The Verge
As misinformation crisis deepens, ‘fake news’ becomes less accurate International Journalists’ Network
***FAKE NEWS OUTSIDE THE U.S.
Iranian Propaganda Targeted Americans, with Tom Hanks The Atlantic
The British Government has decided to no longer use the term “fake news” CBS News
Case study in fake news for all journalism schools South China Morning Post
***STUDENT LIFE & FAKE NEWS
Fake news is making college students question all news Poynter
Younger Americans better at telling factual news statements from opinions Pew Research Center
***PERSONAL GROWTH
The Shape of a Moral Hero Becoming (my blog)
***WRITING & READING
Tiny Books Fit in One Hand. Will They Change the Way We Read? New York Times
***LANGUAGE
This Dictionary Time Machine Tells You Which Words Were First Printed the Year You Were Born Gizmodo
Why Linguistics Matters Chronicle of Higher Ed
How the term ‘false flag’ migrated to the right Columbia Journalism Review
6 facts about English language learners in U.S. public schools Pew Research Center
***LITERATURE
How an Army propaganda writer became China’s most controversial novelist New Yorker
How an essay about sailing taught a writer to embrace her fears as she worked up to writing her memoir The Atlantic
Nicole Chung’s Adoption Memoir, “All You Can Ever Know,” Is an Ode to Sisterly Love (book review)
How do languages develop words for colors? A fascinating look at a commonality in human language development Scholarly Kitchen
***GENDER
Nielsen Reporting To Identify Same Gender Spouse And Partner Audiences Deadline
An online map lets people log instances of gender inequality Mashable
***RACE & ETHNICITY ISSUES
Netflix Says It Does Not Use Race to Target Viewers Hollywood Reporter
Anti-Semitic Incidents Increasing, ADL Says NPR
***FREE SPEECH
How Colleges Make Themselves Easy Targets Shutting down speech bolsters the university's opponents Chronicle of Higher Ed
European Court Won't Tolerate Blasphemy as Free Speech Hollywood Reporter
***LEGAL ISSUES
Libel law is having a moment Columbia Journalism Review
What is rarer than the unicorn? A dress protected by copyright? The 1709 Blog
***RELIGION
The Politician Who Sued God Mental Floss
This Town Is Tearing Itself Apart Over Non-Christians Owning Houses Vice
Muslim Groups Raise Thousands For Pittsburgh Synagogue Shooting Victims MSNBC
More Citation Problems at the American Association of Christian Counselors The Throckmorton Blog
***RELIGION AND POLITICS
Ministers interrupt Sessions, are removed from religious freedom conference NBC News
***GOOD NEWS
The Japanese Man who Saved 6 Million Jews with his Handwriting New York Times
6-Year-Old with Diabetes Sells Pumpkins to Buy a Service Dog —Raises Over $24K People
Shoeshiner donates $202,000 in tips to children's hospital Today
Teen invents artificial intelligence treatment for pancreatic cancer Inside Editions
The shoe-shiner donated $200K to UPMC Children's Hospital Post-Gazette
Woman Donates Her Wedding After Calling Off Engagement People
Pizza Shop Manager Drives 3 Hours to Bring Dying Man His Favorite Pizza Christian Headlines
Cops recover stolen Krispy Kreme van, give doughnuts to homeless people ABC News
***ART & DESIGN
Portrait painted using artificial intelligence sells for $432,000 Design Boom
Our Favorite Typefaces of 2017 Typographica
***FILM
Watch a Private Eye Fact-check Detective Movies (video) New York Magazine
***THE BUSINESS OF MEDIA
The future of media in driverless cars depends on who owns the data Axios
***STUDENTS & GRADES
College Greeks are known for high GPAs and making more money after graduating — but new research says it's not as straightforward as it seems Business Insider
A new study correlates a freshman’s grade point average to the length of time her peers spent studying in high school National Bureau of Economic Research
***STUDENTS & JOBS
Study: a positive job outlook for new college graduates Detroit News
Graduate student assistants at campuses across the U.S. are pushing for $15 per hour Inside Higher Ed
***STUDENT LIFE
Has Fortnite peaked? Twitch viewership is declining Thinknum
Georgia Tech students sues Senator for snatching his cellphone when he tried to ask a question Washington Post
Millennial Gigs vs. Baby Boomer Careers Vice
Live-streaming news network The Cheddar Buys RateMyProfessors.com Axios
***STUDENT MEDIA
A Student Newspaper Covers the Pittsburg Mass Shooting Pitt News
What happens when your alma mater screws up an open-records release and then sics the Department of Justice on you Dynamics of Writing
Student media guide to publishing political ads Student Press Law Center
***JOBS & INTERNSHIPS
6 Tips for Landing Journalism Fellowships Media Bistro
Why New-Job Anxiety Is Actually Good The Cut
***SEXUAL HARASSMENT & ASSAULT
Introducing the #MeToo Fund: Covering Solutions to Sexual Harassment and Sexual Assault The Whole Story
200+ Googlers plan company-wide walkout Thu. Nov 1 over alleged sexual harasser protection BoingBoing
***SOCIAL ISSUES
The Digital Gap Between Rich and Poor Kids Is Not What We Expected New York Times
***BUSINESS & FINANCE
Slowly But Surely, Americans Are Softening Their Negative Impression of Business Fortune
Nearly one-in-five teens can’t always finish their homework because of the digital divide Pew Research Center
***ENVIRONMENT
The Sailors Who Hunt Garbage for Science Gizmodo
Five energy and environment ballot questions to watch The Hill
***HEALTH
Americans Life Expectancy Dropping Bloomberg
Miscarrying at Work: The Physical Toll of Pregnancy Discrimination New York Times
Importance of infant diet in establishing a healthy gut Newcastle University
Anti-vaccine billboard goes up in Huntington Herald-Dispatch
***FOOD
Remembering The Woman Behind The Classic American Green-Bean Casserole NPR
Gilroy, “the garlic capital of the world” Curbed
New Jersey man tells podcast how he's eaten pizza every day for 37 years Philly Voice
***ANIMALS
China is assigning poor social credit scores to crappy dog owners South China Morning Post
The CDC guidelines for dressing up your pet chicken on Halloween Quartz
30 Fantastically Costumed Dogs From the Tompkins Square Halloween Dog Parade The Cut
***SCIENCE
How to read and learn from scientific literature, even if you’re not an expert The Conversation
***PSYCHOLOGY
Why detained dissidents in China ‘confess’ – and why you would too Hong Kong Free Press
A Cooperative Revolution in Psychology (letter to the editor) Chronicle of Higher Ed
***NEUROSCIENCE
Cerebellum Plays Bigger Role In Human Thought Than Previously Suspected NPR
New Theory of Intelligence May Disrupt AI and Neuroscience Psychology Today
***CRITICAL THINKING
16 Characteristics of Critical Thinkers Entrepreneur
***PHILOSOPHY
A Data Visualization of Modern Philosophy, 1950-2018 Open Culture
***HISTORY
Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom The Guardian
Leonardo da Vinci Saw the World Differently… Thanks to an Eye Disorder, Says a New Scientific Study Open Culture
The Library of Congress Has an Incredible Collection of Early Baseball Cards Atlas Obscura
***ETHICS
Ethics in news consumption Can you be a good person if you don’t read the news? The Outline
***RESEARCH
Academic Ethics: Should Scholars Avoid Citing the Work of Awful People? Chronicle of Higher Ed
How not to fall for a predatory journal Nature
In the fierce competition for science funding, even a typeface glitch can be fatal Stat News
Study finds prior research claiming CEOs tend to be psychopaths was flawed Ars Technica
***RESEARCH & CHINA
China’s Investment in Stem Cell Studies Based on Bogus Science Sixth Tone
How the Chinese censors highlight fundamental flaws in academic publishing Hong Kong Free Press
***HIGHER ED
Federal Proposal to Redefine Gender Throws College Policies Into Uncertainty Chronicle of Higher Ed
The University of Utah canceled classes after a student was shot and killed Monday night outside a dorm on campus St. Louis Tribune
190 universities just launched 600 free online courses: Here’s the full list Quzrtz
The crazy amount America spends on higher education, in one chart AEI
The Case for Christian Colleges (opinion) National Review
St. Edward’s University in Texas could face censure by the American Association of University Professors Inside Higher Ed
John MacArthur Set to Step Down as The Master's University President Christian Headlines
Revolt at U of the Pacific Inside Higher Ed
Wheaton College’s Billy Graham Center Receives $1 Million Dollar Grant World Religion News
***TEACHING
3 Tips for the Minutes Before Class Chronicle of Higher Ed
Why students should read scientific literature Education Dive
How One Teaching Center Supports Adjunct Instructors Chronicle of Higher Ed
The Shape of a Moral Hero
/What shapes a moral hero? And how does someone choose to save people that others turn away?
Research on those who rescued Jews during the Holocaust shows that many exhibited a streak of independence from an early age.
A second characteristic of such heroes and heroines, as the psychologist Philip Zimbardo writes, is “that the very same situations that inflame the hostile imagination in some people, making them villains, can also instill the heroic imagination in other people, prompting them to perform heroic deeds.”
David Wolpe writing in the New York Times
your last words
/Probably the best thing to do with your last words is to say goodbye to the people you love and not to talk about yourself. -Martha Nussbaum
Freedom's limits
/While we are free to choose our actions, we are not free to choose the consequences of our actions. - Stephen Covey (born October 24, 1932)
Articles of Interest - Oct 22
/***TECHNOLOGY
Blockchain’s impact on retail: fewer counterfeits, faster product recalls Vox
Digital immortality: How your life’s data means a version of you could live forever MIT Technology Review
These magical sunglasses block all the screens around you Wired
The Pentagon is studying an insect army to defend crops. Critics fear a bioweapon Washington Post
Thousands Of Swedes Are Inserting Microchips Under Their Skin NPR
***JOURNALISM
With help from journalism students, Miami man freed after 12 years behind bars for murder Miami Herald
Rural areas are rapidly becoming news deserts Axios
5 investigative journalism tipsheets IJNet
Reuters is offering eight $5,000 photojournalism grants Reuters
To defend journalism, we need to defend the truth and not just journalists Vox
Citizens Count on the Illinois Freedom of Information Act but Keep Getting Shut Out Propublica
***THE BUSINESS OF JOURNALISM
News industry seeks exemption from Congress to take on Facebook, Google NOLA
***FAKE NEWS
Faced with a daily barrage of news, college students find it hard to tell what's real and what's 'fake news' Northeastern
Fake News Is Poisoning Brazilian Politics: WhatsApp Can Stop It (opinion) New York Times
Quiz: How well can you tell factual from opinion statements? Pew Research Center
These New Tricks Can Outsmart Deepfake Videos—for Now Wired
Could Somebody Please Debunk This?’: Writing About Science When Even the Scientists Are Nervous New York Times
We’re Tracking Misinformation About The Migrant Caravan Headed To The US BuzzFeed
Disinformation, ‘fake news’ and influence Campaigns on Twitter Knight Foundation
***FAKE NEWS & FACEBOOK
Facebook launches “Hunt For False News” debunk blog as fakery drops 50% Tech Crunch
In Facebook’s Effort to Fight Fake News, Human Fact-Checkers Struggle to Keep Up Wall Street Journal
Facebook has a fake news 'war room' – but is it really working? The Guardian
As Midterms Approach, Facebook Ramps Up Disinformation Fight NPR
***BIG DATA & AI
A video about the process of using machine learning to fighting cancer (video) Real Engineering
Why the many-worlds interpretation of quantum mechanics has many problems Quanta Magazine
Three common mistakes that consistently plague analytic endeavors Health Catalyst
***SOCIAL MEDIA
What happens when Facebook goes down? People read the news Harvard’s Nieman Lab
Why brands you've never heard of are flooding your feeds Axios
When Loved Ones Die, What Do We Do with Their Text Messages? Boston Magazine
***MOBILE
By the time you finish this article, 400K Americans were probably robocalled NBC News
Who Is 'Scam Likely,' and Why Are You Receiving Calls From Them? Digital Trends
Apple fixes its new bagel emoji with cream cheese and a doughier consistency The Verge
***PRODUCING MEDIA
Emotion and Identity: the key to compelling mobile videos Reuters
***PERSONAL GROWTH
The people behind the AI Curtain: “So much of what passes for automation isn’t really automation" Becoming (my blog)
***GRAMMAR
Why the book “Do I Make Myself Clear?” is “Dreadful” Chronicle of Higher Ed Ω
Trump's bizarre grammar boast has Twitter users scratching their heads AOL News
***WRITING & READING
How to Become a Highly Productive Writer Chronicle of Higher Ed
New York Times, 12 writers celebrate their favorite libraries New York Times
Judy Blume’s Are You There, God? It’s Me, Margaret … to be made into a movie Deadline
***LANGUAGE
‘Smarmy’: How It Was Born and Survived Chronicle of Higher Ed
Is your coworker an assclown or an asshat? Linguists explain the difference Quartz
2018, in a Word. But What Word? Chronicle of Higher Ed
How Are We Supposed to Have Fun? The possibility of fun’ as an adjective Chronicle of Higher Ed
***LITERATURE
A literary history of New Orleans Economist
Two Ernest Hemingway stories that were rarely seen to be published next year NBC News
***GENDER
Women’s voices are judged more harshly than men’s Economist
‘Transgender’ Could Be Defined Out of Existence Under Trump Administration New York Times
***RACE & ETHNICITY ISSUES
Mapping the predominant race in 11 million neighborhoods across the country National Geographic
Charlottesville’s Other Jim Crow Legacy: Separate and Unequal Education Propublica
When England play overseas, it is always the voice of the angry, white, male racist that shouts loudest The Independent
Government spends millions to guard Confederate cemeteries Associated Press
***FREE SPEECH
Kennesaw State, student group settle campus speech lawsuit AJC
***LEGAL ISSUES
Stormy Daniels Loses Her Defamation Suit Against Trump — and Has to Pay His Legal Fees Yahoo
A Conservative Group’s Closed-Door ‘Training’ of Judicial Clerks Draws Concern New York Times
Photographer Suing Andy Warhol's Estate Claims His Work Isn't "Transformative" Hollywood Reporter
Lawsuits Over Paparazzi Images on Instagram Raise Celebrity Questions Over Right of Publicity The Fashion Law Blog
***MAGAZINES
Saturday Evening Post’s archives now available digitally New York Post
Heads roll at 'Cosmopolitan' amid the magazine industry roller coaster Crain’s New York
***INTERNET
I Ditched Google for Bing. Here's What I Found—and What I Didn't Wired
***RELIGION
Eugene Peterson who translated ‘The Message’ translation of the Bible Dies Christianity Today
It’s Getting Harder to Talk About God: The decline in our spiritual vocabulary has many real-world consequences (opinion) New York Times
Mediaite founder Dan Abrams to launch Christian sermon streaming network The Hill
Judge dismisses claims against SBC in Pressler sex abuse case Baptist Standard
Deep In The Desert, A Case Pits Immigration Crackdown Against Religious Freedom NPR
Evangelicals Are Confused about Christianity's Core Beliefs, Survey Says Christian News Headlines
Zondervan Settles Plagiarism Case involving Author Christine Caine Publishers Weekly
***RELIGION & HISTORY
Bible Museum says five of its Dead Sea Scrolls are fake CNN
***RELIGION AND POLITICS
Founder of the Christian Broadcasting Network says arms deal is more important than Khashoggi Vice
Can a Christian foster care group legally reject non-Christian families? Vox
***GOOD NEWS
Carmel Valley couple spending year aboard hospital ship in Africa Union-Tribune
Fifth Grader Runs 50 5K’s In 50 Days For Grandpa’s Lung Cancer CBS San Francisco
Chicago man makes 500th blood donation: 'You actually get an opportunity to save someone' Chicago Tribune
North Carolina town raises money to build inclusive playground for all kids WRAI
BBQers Set Friendly Rivalries Aside to Serve Meals, Hope to Hurricane Michael Victims Yahoo News
Paralyzed man completes Portland half marathon KOIN
This tiny pizzeria has served over 142,000 slices to the homeless for free NBC
***ART & DESIGN
Finalists of the 2018 Architectural Photography Awards My Modern Met
Write people up for their design crimes with this ticket book Fast Company
Rhythm in web Typography Better Web Type
Write people up for their design crimes with this ticket book Fast Company
Two New York City museums announced they would reject funding from Saudi-linked groups for scholarly programs on Middle Eastern New York Times
Film in the Digital Age: An Interview with 4 Photographers PetaPixel
***THE STORY BEHIND THE ART
Banksy Releases Behind The Scenes Footage Of Art-Shredding Frame Digg
The Story Behind the Mysterious Guillotine on a Brooklyn Roof Vice
***MUSIC
Here are the hits of the past 25 years that we’ll be listening to for the next 100 Slate
He’s sold 150 million albums and been famous for five decades: But do we really know Elton John? Vulture
Classical music concert in Sweden descends into brawl over rustling chewing gum packet Independent
Sparring Candidates Duet In Music While They Duel For Votes NPR
How the Sears Catalog Disrupted the Jim Crow South and Helped Give Birth to the Delta Blues & Rock and Roll Open Culture
20 Years Of Cher's 'Believe' And Its Auto-Tune Legacy NPR
***FILM
‘Crazy Rich Asians’ Finally Lands a Release Date in China Variety
The 30 Best (Truly) Independent Films of the 21st Century The Ringer
***SEXUAL HARASSMENT & ASSAULT
93 women join lawsuit against the University of Southern California over sexual misconduct by university gynecologist New York Post
The assistant director of Western Washington University's counseling center was fired for sexual harassment The AS Review
U. of Texas Overhauls Program on Masculinity to Avoid Stigma Chronicle of Higher Ed
#MeToo inspires wave of old misconduct reports to colleges Associated Press
***SOCIAL ISSUES
Edible cottonseed is now a thing — and it could have big implications for world hunger Vox
Homeless Students in New York Public Schools at Record High New York Times
The myth of meritocracy: who really gets what they deserve? The Guardian
Nearly six-in-ten Americans say abortion should be legal in all or most cases Pew Research Center
The average age one would classify someone as “old” is now 74, up from 68 in 2009 Harris-TD Ameritrade
***VOTING
DHS finds increasing attempts to hack U.S. election systems ahead of midterms NBC News
Making Sense Of The Patchwork System Known As Voter Registration NPR
***BUSINESS & FINANCE
How to run a calm workplace A management book that is refreshingly different Economist
What We Often Get Wrong About Automation Harvard Business Review
The real deal on TV home-remodeling shows The Washington Post
Nice People Have Emptier Wallets - Scientific American Scientific American
Even janitors have noncompetes now: Nobody is safe The Washington Post
Why no one really knows how many jobs automation will replace Recode
***HEALTH
Obesity surgery may lower heart attack danger in diabetics Associated Press
Feds crack down on stem cell clinics that touted autism treatments, blindness cures Stat News
What we know about the mysterious polio-like virus spreading across the US. Quartz
Simple stickers may save lives of heart patients, athletes and lower medical costs for families Purdue University
Science says fluoride in water is good for kids. So why are these towns banning it? NBC News
Antibiotics May Soon Become Useless. Now What? Wired
Colorado Facebook groups organize play dates to intentionally share chickenpox 9news
Fixing Your Hearing and Vision Loss Can Keep Your Memory Sharper NPR
The Problem With Probiotics New York Times
***HEALTH & FOOD
This Is What Would Happen to Your Body if You Only Ate Fruits and Vegetables Vice
Southern Diet Blamed For High Rates Of Hypertension Among Black Americans NPR
***FOOD
Microplastics found in 90 percent of table salt National Geographic
Yamei Kin, The Chinese Doctor Who Introduced Tofu To The West New York Times
Why people in rich countries are eating more vegan food Economist
A food critic visits New York's pizza museum (video) New York Magazine
The man who has eaten at more than 7,300 Chinese restaurants, but can’t use chopsticks and doesn’t care for food South China Morning Post
***FOOD PRICES
All The Ways Restaurants Are Scamming You Into Buying Overpriced Meals (video) Digg
Coffee Rust Threatens Latin American Crop; 150 Years Ago, It Wiped Out An Empire NPR
***TRAVEL
30 of the most stunning landscapes to visit in the US. Conde Nast Traveler
15 Best Fall Hiking Trails: Our Favorite Fall Hikes in the U.S. Condé Nast Traveler
***SCIENCE
When science hits a limit, learn to ask different questions Aeon
The big picture: Even scientists are being automated Axios
Scientists grow functioning human neural networks in 3D from stem cells Science Daily
***PSYCHOLOGY
How one bench and a team of grandmothers can beat depression BBC
The limits of fMRI and neuroimaging The Verge
New evidence that the “chaotic mind” of ADHD brings creative advantages BSP
Addressing Mental Health Effects, a Year After the Tubbs Fire in Sonoma Wired
I woke up unable to speak English BBC
Your Facebook posts can reveal if you're depressed Wired
***NEUROSCIENCE
Electrical properties of dendrites help explain our brain’s unique computing power MIT Tech Review
People who have a good sense of smell are also good navigators Science News
***PHILOSOPHY
The Art of Logic by Eugenia Cheng review – the need for good arguments The Guardian
***PRODUCTIVITY
I've Interviewed 300 High Achievers About Their Morning Routines: Here's What I've Learned New York Times
***HISTORY
The history of two slogans: “American Frist” and “The American Dream” Economist
***ETHICS
Judging by reaction to recent plagiarism cases, I don’t think plagiarism matters much to most Christians Throckmorton Blog
New Plagiarism Allegation Leveled Against Prominent Christian Counselor, Trump Adviser Tim Clinton Augusta Review
***RESEARCH
This year’s “Worst Pseudoscience Award” Goes to Anti-Vax Fraud Andrew Wakefield Gizmodo
Retractions are not uncommon and are increasing in frequency BMJ
How a typo in a catalog number led to the correction of a scientific paper — and what we can learn from that Retraction Watch
A blame-free approach to research misconduct Nature Index
How I got through my publication drought Science Mag
The Case Against Alphabetical Naming of Authors Inside Higher Ed
***RESEARCH & ECONOMISTS
Do Economics Journals Enforce Their Data Policies? The Replication Network
Economists care about where they publish—to the cost of the profession Economist
***RESEARCH PUBLISHERS
An Academic Publisher Vanishes Discover Magazine
China awaits controversial blacklist of ‘poor quality’ journals Nature
The editors of JAMA talk about their experience with retractions JAMA network
***HIGHER ED
DeVos Calls Democratic Senator’s Public Criticism of Draft Title IX Rules ‘Unbecoming and Irresponsible Chronicle of Higher Ed
In Admissions, Harvard Favors Those Who Fund It, Internal Emails Show The Crimson
Vancouver’s Clark College Closes for a day in Response to Planned Patriot Prayer Protest Willamette Week
Can an Innovative Online College Help Adults Stay Employed? Chronicle of Higher Ed
A judge who also works as an adjunct law professor at NYU rejected a $350-million lawsuit against the institution by employees Washington Square News
Handpicked Attendees for Conservative Speaker at USC over fear of disruption Inside Higher Ed
The evangelicals creating champions for Trump at Liberty University The Guardian
***HIGHER ED & HEALTH
Hand, foot and mouth disease is breaking out on numerous campuses: officials struggle to contain the spread Inside Higher Ed
New Purdue Health Plan Boots Employed Spouses Inside Higher Ed
On College Campuses, Making Overdose Medication Readily Available NPR
$4000 Giant inflatable colon used for instruction stolen from University of Kansas Cancer Center Associated Press
***TEACHING
Why One Science Professor Has Students Write a Children’s Book Chronicle of Higher Ed
To Prevent Loneliness, Start in the Classroom CityLab
****ACADEMIC LIFE
Why Does Graduate School Kill So Many Marriages? Chronicle of Higher Ed
Jury: American University discriminated against a former professor on the basis of her age when it denied her tenure Inside Higher Ed
So Your Ph.D. Program Is Not Going ‘As Planned’? Chronicle of Higher Ed
University of Montana says 22 faculty members are leaving Missoulian
Professors at Florida International University are demanding the administration eject its Turning Point USA chapter from campus Miami New Times
***STUDENT LIFE
College students broadly mistrust news: Fake Kardashian gossip probably won’t help Harvard’s Nieman Lab
Established firms try dancing to a millennial tune Economist
UNC student who poured blood and ink on Silent Sam Confederate statue found guilty of misdemeanor News Observer
Hoax at Harvard: Impersonator Dupes Dozens With Fictitious George Bush Lecture The Harvard Crimson
Mapping Which Neighborhoods Are Buried In Student Debt CityLab
Why do millennials love bullet journals? Control Vox
***STUDENT LIFE: POLITICS
Millennials Need to Start Voting Before the Gerontocracy Kills Us All New York Magazine
College Voting in the 2018 Midterms: A Survey of US College Students College Reaction
Who you Become
/The most important thing in your life is not what you do; it's who you become. That's what you will take into eternity. -Dallas Willard
Spotting Liars
/We’re bad at accurately interpreting behavior and speech patterns, said James Alcock, professor of psychology at Canada’s York University. Learning is based on getting regular feedback, he told me. Try to add 2 + 2 and someone will tell you whether you got it right or wrong. Over time, that feedback allows you to know when you’re right. But there’s no systematic un-blinding to tell you when you correctly guessed whether you were being lied to. The feedback we get on this is spotty. Often there is none. Sometimes the feedback itself is incorrect. There’s never a chance to really learn and get better, Alcock said. “So why should we be good at it?”
Take people whose job it is to professionally detect lies — judges, police officers, customs agents. Studies show they believe themselves to be better than chance at spotting liars. But the same studies show they aren’t, Alcock said. And that makes sense, he told me, because the feedback they get misleads them. Customs agents, for instance, correctly pull aside smugglers for searches just often enough to reinforce their sense of their own accuracy. But “they have no idea about the ones they didn’t search who got away,” Alcock said.
Maggie Koerth-baker, writing in fivethirtyeight
Articles of Interest - Week of Oct 15
/***TECHNOLOGY
Microsoft to make over 60,000 patents available to the Linux community & join the Open Innovation Network Ars Techinica
I’m very sorry, but you’re going to have to learn to love the blockchain Tech Crunch
Teaching Robots to be Comedians 1843
Why we can’t quit the QWERTY keyboard MIT Tech Review
At 10 trillion frames per second, this camera captures light in slow motion Tech Crunch
Nearly a quarter of US households own a smart speaker, according to Nielsen The Verge
A Drone-Flinging Cannon Proves UAVs Can Mangle Planes Wired
Why Gene Editing Will Create So Many Jobs BBC
***SOCIAL MEDIA
How self-love got out of control Social media, reality TV, politics … has narcissism become the new normal? The Guardian
Snapchat launches first slate of original shows Axios
The Teens Who Rack Up Thousands of Followers by Posting the Same Photo Every Day The Atlantic
An online decency moderator's advice: Blur your eyes BBC
People keep dying taking selfies, this study reveals how The Next Web
Instagram Has a Massive Harassment Problem The Atlantic
Why Instagram’s founders are resigning: independence from Facebook weakened Tech Crunch
Instagram Tests Tapping instead of Scrolling Tech Crunch
Facebook to ban misinformation on voting in upcoming U.S. elections Reuters
Facebook Hack Included Search History and Location Data of Millions New York Times
Facebook prototypes Unsend 6 months after Zuckerberg retracted messages Tech Crunch
***MOBILE
The smartphone app that can tell you’re depressed before you know it yourself MIT Tech Review
Google's cyber unit Jigsaw introduces Intra, a new security app dedicated to busting censorship Tech Crunch
***JOURNALISM
We Can Use Robots But We Still Need Journalists European Journalism Observatory
How Journalists at Local and National Outlets Are Evolving Different Skill Sets Harvard’s Nieman Reports
“Press” offers a look at journalism’s wretched side Economist
Do journalists pay too much attention to Twitter? Columbia Journalism Review
Longtime Archivists Outline What They've Learned From Watching Decades Of News NPR
2018 has been a brutal year for journalists Washington Post
The CIA had a policy of ignoring declassification requirements MuckRock
After Journalist Disappears, Companies Reconsider Saudi Investment NPR
***THE BUSINESS OF JOURNALISM
Bloomberg Media is using text-to-audio to keep app users engaged Digiday
Is Blockchain The Future Of Journalism? Two Entrepreneurs Take A Chance Forbes
***TEACHING JOURNALISM
U. of I. journalism class to study 'Trumpaganda' — the president's approach to the news media Chicago Tribune
What to Teach Journalism Students When Their Field is Under Attack? Editor & Publisher
***FAKE NEWS
Deepfake Videos Are Getting Real and That’s a Problem Wall Street Journal
The Viral Story About A Competitive Barefoot Runner Demanding People Sweep Up Acorns Is A Hoax BuzzFeed News
Memo to the media: Stop spreading Trump’s fake news (opinion) Washington Post
CBS sees surge in US Flat Earthers who say there’s no rover on Mars: ‘Most people think we’re idiots’ Raw Story
https://www.rawstory.com/2018/10/cbs-sees-surge-us-flat-earthers-say-theres-no-rover-mars-people-think-idiots/
The Fix for Fake News Isn't Code: It's Human New York Times
How pro-trust initiatives are taking over the Internet Axios
Kyrie Irving apologizes to US teachers for spreading flat-earth conspiracy theories Quartz
Sasse warns of deepfake "perfect storm" Axios
***BIG DATA & AI
M.I.T. Plans College for Artificial Intelligence, Backed by $1 Billion New York Times
Machine Learning fails simple test for children—what it will take to get past an Achilles’ heel of computer vision systems Quanta Magazine
Here’s why a few simple rules are often more effective than flashy AI Axios
No, quantum computing isn’t going to revolutionize AI anytime soon—and that’s according to a panel of experts in both fields MIT Tech Review
***PERSONAL GROWTH
Our Kids are Watching Us Becoming (my blog)
***GRAMMAR
It’s time to talk about “It’s” The Outline
***WRITING & READING
Stephen King’s 20 Rules for Writers Open Culture
A sensible, free guide to negotiating book contracts BoingBong
***LANGUAGE
Mapping the geographical usage of pop versus soda
When My Class Discussed ‘Mischievious’ Chronicle of Higher Ed
Coca-Cola, trying to mix Maori with English, accidentally puts "Hello, death" on vending machine BongBong
***LITERATURE
25 National Book Award finalists announced NPR
A prestigious university just awarded a literary prize to one of its janitors Quartz
Inside the Rooms Where 20 Famous Books Were Written Literary Hub
How Instagram Saved Poetry The Atlantic
Why Should You Read Don Quixote?: An Animated Video Makes the Case Open Culture
***GENDER
New York City creates gender-neutral 'X' option for birth certificates Reuters
A Deaf Jewish, Asian, Trans Model Just Made History The Forward
Amazon scraps secret AI recruiting tool that showed bias against women Reuters
First-Year Law Students’ Reported Ranking Female Peers by Appearance in Private Group Chat The Cornell Daily Sun
Here’s what the stark gender disparity among top orchestra musicians looks like Quartz
***RACE & ETHNICITY ISSUES
California has a racist past. But removing monuments sparks debate about how to reflect an ugly history Los Angeles Times
DNA databases are too white: This man aims to fix that MIT Tech Review
***FREE SPEECH
Elon University event highlights First Amendment rights The Times News
50 Years Later, Raised Fists During National Anthem Still Resonate NPR
***LEGAL ISSUES
Why is a Lisbon soccer team trying to unmask Portuguese bloggers in US court? Ars Techica
Did Uber Steal Google’s Intellectual Property? The New Yorker
Stairway To Heaven Is Not Blurred Lines Tech Dirt
***PRIVACY & SECURITY
New Pentagon weapons systems can easily be hacked Phys.org
It Took 9 Seconds to Guess a DoD Weapons System Password Wired
We Are All Research Subjects Now - The Chronicle of Higher Education Chronicle of Higher Ed
A Guide to Law Enforcement Spying Technology Electronic Frontier Foundation
No One Can Get Cybersecurity Disclosure Just Right Wired
***PRODUCING MEDIA
The iPad Is Soon, Finally, Getting a Full Version of Adobe Photoshop Gizmodo
***INTERNET
The Internet’s keepers? Wayback Machine Director Mark Graham outlines the scale of everyone's favorite archive Ars Technica
DuckDuckGo hits new milestone of 30 million private searches per day The Verge
Dropbox will now scan your images for text The Verge
Oral History of the Early Days of ICANN: A Perspective From Europe Circle ID
***RELIGION
Texas evangelical groups are suing for the right to discriminate against LGBTQ workers Vox
The US witch population has seen an astronomical rise Quartz
Millennial Men on Joining, and Then Leaving, the Priesthood MEL Magazine
Why 3 Christian pastors seek to join 5-member Corona City Council in November The Press-Enterprise
***RELIGION OUTSIDE THE U.S.
U.S. Pastor Released From Turkey After Spending 2 Years In Prison NPR
China gives legal basis for ‘re-education camps’ for ‘religious extremists’ South China Morning Post
New Embassy In Jerusalem Attracts Devout Christians From The U.S. NPR
***RELIGION AND U.S. POLITICS
Freed Pastor Brunson thanks Trump in White House meeting MSNBC
***GOOD NEWS
Canada surgeon operates on teddy bear for 8-year-old boy BBC
Wounded Army vet makes it to the top of Mount Kilimanjaro CBS News
School social worker writes notes of encouragement to all 600 of his students Lancaster Eagle Gazette
NYC library lets job seekers check out interview attire New York Times
New pilot takes elderly residents of his village on their first flight ever The Times of India
Toddler in need of a new liver and kidney gets both right before her birthday ABC News
Soldier Whose House Was Looted Gives Away Money Raised for Him People
Texas Boy Thought to Be Nonverbal Can Speak After Dentist Discovers He's 'Tongue-Tied' Inside Edition
***ART & DESIGN
New font is designed to boost your memory Cnet
White supremacists are taking their design seriously—and we should, too Quartz
A map of every building in America New York Times
That Painting of Trump Having a Diet Coke With Abraham Lincoln Is Now Hanging in the White House TIME
Buckminster Fuller Creates Striking Posters of His Own Inventions Open Culture
***MUSIC
Leonard Cohen wrote a poem called “Kanye West Is Not Picasso” Consequence of Sound
Trump Signs Sweeping New Music Licensing Legislation Variety
The ridiculous amount of money baby-boomer rockers still make on tour Quarz
Why are so many rappers on LinkedIn? The Guardian
When Lyft passengers find out their driver is actually Chance the Rapper BongBong
***FILM
More and More Movies Are Reflecting Our Fear of the Internet Wired
‘Call Me By Your Name’ Director Plans Film Inspired by Bob Dylan’s ‘Blood on the Tracks’ Rolling Stone
***THE BUSINESS OF MEDIA
Spotify Launches New Program for Podcasters Variety
The Growth of Sinclair’s Conservative Media Empire The New Yorker
***STUDENT LIFE
Police release body camera videos of college students being pulled over at gunpoint Yahoo
Social media videos designed to inspire millennials to help fill more than 200 officer vacancies Union Tribune
For millennials, a regular visit to the doctor’s office is not a primary concern Washington Post
Michigan high school cheerleader gives out pot brownies in exchange for homecoming votes Freep
How to Get Fortnite on Any Android Phone Now Life Hacker
The Cornell Note-Taking System: Learn the Method Students Have Used to Enhance Their Learning Since the 1940s Open Culture
***JOBS & INTERNSHIPS
Producer Tribune Media, San Diego
Local News Team The Herald, Rancho Cucamonga
Reporter (entry level) Woodland Daily Democrat, Woodland
Social Media Intern Illumina, San Diego
***SEXUAL HARASSMENT & ASSAULT
Anonymous Website Aims to Out Sexual Assaulters at U. of Washington Chronicle of Higher Ed
After a year of #MeToo, American opinion has shifted against victims Economist
Coming To The Right Answer By Themselves: Talking With Boys About Sexual Assault NPR
Amid #MeToo, New York Employers Face Strict New Sexual Harassment Laws NPR
#MeToo hashtag used over 19 million times on Twitter Axios
How 3 Colleges Changed Their Sexual-Assault Practices in Response to a National Survey Chronicle of Higher Ed
***VOTING
What to Do If You Get Turned Away at the Polls Life Hacker
Young Voters Might Actually Show Up At The Polls This Year FiveThirtyEight
***SOCIAL ISSUES
With Kavanaugh Confirmed, Both Sides Of Abortion Debate Gear Up For Battle NPR
5 facts about U.S. suburbs Pew Research Center
Deported parents may lose kids to adoption Associated Press
Migrant Children in Search of Justice: A 2-Year-Old’s Day in Immigration Court New York Times
Selfie deaths: 259 people reported dead seeking the perfect picture BBC
***BUSINESS & FINANCE
Tech Workers Now Want to Know: What Are We Building This For? New York Times
Uber drivers and other gig economy workers are earning half what they did five years ago Recode
If you do any of these things online, you could hurt your credit MSNBC
The Dark Reason So many Millennials are miserable and broke Moneyish
***ENVIRONMENT
'Hyperalarming' study shows massive insect loss The Washington Post
Among the Ruins of Mexico Beach Stands One House, Built ‘for the Big One’ New York Times
***HEALTH
If Your Medical Information Becomes A Moneymaker, Could You Get A Cut? NPR
Mapping out the nation's opioid crisis county-by-county Visual Capitalist
***HEALTH: RESEARCH
Human Retinas Grown In A Dish Reveal Origin Of Color Vision NPR
An elusive molecule that sparks multiple sclerosis may have been found Science Mag
Mosquitoes Genetically Modified To Crash Species That Spreads Malaria NPR
***HEALTH: PREVENTION
Sleep: how much do we really need? The Guaridan
Vitamin D Supplements Don’t Lead to Stronger Bones New York Times
***HEALTH: CHILDREN
The average sticker price for U.S. childbirth: $32,093 Axios
Number of babies born with syphilis has more than doubled since 2013 USA Today
More kids are going without vaccines Axios
***FOOD
New Swedish Museum Spotlights World's Most Disgusting Food NPR
All 50 states, ranked by their food Thrilist
Millennials Kill Again. The Latest Victim? American Cheese Bloomberg
The banana is dying. The race is on to reinvent it before it's too late Wired
***ANIMALS
Wild chimpanzees share food with friends Max Planck Society
Spitfire the whippet jumps 31 feet, sets a new world record for dogs (w/ video) SB Nation
Goats will make return to Anaheim – for yoga, not Disneyland OC Register
More than 100 mountain goats removed from Olympic National Park The Olympian
Americans spend $70 billion on pets, and that money could do more good (opinion) The Conversation
***PSYCHOLOGY
Why Modern Clinical Psychology May Be in Trouble Psychology Today
Reunite After Separation at Birth: An Unethical Psychology Experiment Separates Families The Atlantic
How to Support Someone Who's Had a Miscarriage, Explained By Redditors Life Hacker
How to Help Girls With ADHD Life Hacker
***NEUROSCIENCE
The heroes of science who are unlocking the brain Popular Mechanics
Humans Are Hardwired to Tell History in Stories. Neuroscience Tells Us Why We Get Them Wrong TIME
***PHILOSOPHY
The History of Philosophy Visualized in an Interactive Timeline Open Culture
Meet the philosopher behind “the good place” Quartz
***PRODUCTIVITY
The lost art of concentration: being distracted in a digital world The Guardian\
***HISTORY
The creepiest urban legend in every state Thrillist
Only 1 in 3 Americans would pass the U.S. citizenship test Las Vegas Sun
The Library of Congress Launches the National Screening Room, Putting Online Hundreds of Historic Films Open Culture
The Best Overall History Podcast Is 'In Our Time' Life Hacker
***ETHICS
How Americans Described Evil Before Hitler The Atlantic
Codes of ethics probably don’t work Fast Company
***RESEARCH
The extremely mad professors:Why 3 academics wrote 20 whole fake papers and think other people got played The Outline
How to write a thorough peer review Nature
Researcher Requests for Inappropriate Analysis and Reporting Annals of Internal Medicine
An Ethics of the System: Talking to Scientists About Research Integrity Springer
Ex-researcher who stole funds sentenced to play piano Stat News
Was cancer scientist fired for challenging lab chief over authorship? Science Mag
***HIGHER ED
Report: 4 Million Californians Left College Without Earning a Degree Inside Higher Ed
Confidence in Higher Education Down Since 2015 Gallup
***TEACHING
How to Improve Your Teaching-Philosophy Statement Chronicle of Higher Ed
One Way to Help Students Become Knowledge Creators Chronicle of Higher Ed
Women
/Women are meant to be loved, not to be understood. – Oscar Wilde (born October 16, 1854)
Our Kids are Watching Us
/I do a lot of surveys with people between the ages of 20 and 40, and I ask them to describe who they are now and to reflect on their childhood. Now, we have to be very clear that this is a very imperfect method of getting data about people’s childhoods, because there are all kinds of memory biases. But one of the most consistent findings is the association between the person’s current level of materialism and how they perceived their parents using things when they were growing up.
So in other words, parents who act in ways that value things, parents who make a lot of sacrifices to get a lot of things, parents who get a lot of joy from buying things, parents who talk a lot about things—they tend to have adult children who act the same way. Now, part of this is probably some bias as people recall their childhoods, but I don’t think that’s all of it. The helpful thing for parents here—and also the harmful—is yes, peers are really important, but our kids are watching us. Our kids are learning from us. A lot of what kids take to be normal comes from what they see us doing. Kids are going to learn what their relationship with products should be by looking at our relationship with products.
Marsha Richin quoted in The Atlantic
Articles of Interest - Oct. 8
/***TECHNOLOGY
The Robots Are Coming To Las Vegas NPR
New satellite technology may lead to faster internet Axios
California passes law that bans default passwords in connected devices TechCrunch
How Good — And How Secure — Is Facial Recognition Technology? NPR
History of IoT (graphic) Daily Infographic
***BIG DATA & AI
A new neural network framework claims to be faster and require less training than rivals ZD Net
U.S. trails behind Russia, China in organizing militarily in space Axios
***SOCIAL MEDIA
Understanding owned social content is key to an effective social media strategy Nielson
Google+ to shut down after security bug CNN
Why You Shouldn’t Use Facebook to Log In to Other Sites New York Times
Facebook is making a video camera Tech Crunch
The new Facebook hoax you should know about 10 News
The Facebook hack exposes an internet-wide failure Wired
***MOBILE
The Presidential Text Alert Has a Long, Strange History Wired
How to ‘turn off’ the presidential text alert test Wired
Cult of Mac’s 50 Essential iOS Apps [The complete list, sorted!] Cult of Mac
***INTERNET
See what we searched for over the past two decades 20 years
Netflix Consumes 15% of the World's Internet Bandwidth Variety***PERSONAL GROWTH
Intelligence and personality can be developed Becoming (my blog)
In Praise of Mediocrity New York Times
***THE BUSINESS OF MEDIA
Ad industry finally embraces privacy rules Axios
Billboards — yes, billboards — are having a heyday in a digital world Recode
***JOURNALISM
Want razor-sharp focus in your audio stories? This group activity can help NPR
A Reporter Who Wore A MAGA Hat While Covering A Trump Rally Has Been Fired BuzzFeed News
Newsroom employees earn less than other college-educated US workers Pew Research Center
ProPublica's experimental journalism Wired
A beginner's guide to joining NYC's journalism community
***JOURNALISM OUTSIDE THE U.S.
Bulgarian TV host Victoria Marinova raped and killed Committee to Protect Journalists
What To Know About The Mysterious Disappearance Of Saudi Journalist Jamal Khashoggi Digg
Journalist’s Expulsion From Hong Kong ‘Sends a Chilling Message’ New York Times
***THE BUSINESS OF JOURNALISM
This is the state of nonprofit news in 2018 Harvard’s Nieman Lab
Tronc changing name back to Tribune Publishing Chicago Tribune
***FAKE NEWS
How the Kavanaugh information war mirrors real warzones Wired
More research suggests that Twitter’s fake news “strategy” is either ineffective or nonexistent Nieman Journalism Lab
Even the best AI for spotting fake news is still terrible MIT Technology Review
***GRAMMAR
‘Different Than’ or ‘Different From’: Which Should You Say? Chronicle of Higher Ed
***LITERATURE
William Faulkner was really bad at being a postman Lit Hub
The Chronicles of Narnia being made into new movies by Netflix Entertainment Weekly
Sikh Poet Jasmin Kaur calls out white feminists for co-opting her work Daily Dot
Mary Shelley’s Obsession with the Cemetery Jstor
***GENDER
Viral video of Russian woman bleaching manspreaders was anti-feminist propaganda The Verge
Instagram Now Home to Classic Feminist Literature New York Times
Female Nobel prize winner deemed not important enough for Wikipedia entry South China Morning Post
Largest wave surfed – female Guinness World Records
CERN suspends physicist over remarks on gender bias Nature
***RACE & ETHNICITY ISSUES
Iowa State University paid $100,000 to settle a former tennis player's civil-rights complaint Iowa State Daily
The Legendary Black Surfer Who Challenged Stereotypes Atlas Obscura
https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/who-is-nick-gabaldon-surfer
***DIVERSITY
Explore new data on the race, ethnicity, and gender of students at more than 4,300 colleges and universities Chronicle of Higher Ed
Building Diversity in Science, One Interaction at a Time Undark
***LEGAL ISSUES
A look at an anonymous sexual-assault-accusations website and the issue of libel Dynamics of Writing
Media asks Tennessee high court to boost press protection Fox 13
UK Copyright if there’s no Brexit deal The 1709 Blog
Blogger Defeats Defamation Claims Over Posts Claiming a “Scam” Technology & Marketing Law Blog
***RELIGION
The Night Missionaries Smuggled One Million Bibles into China Mental Floss
America’s clergy are teaming up with scientists Wired
Paige Patterson, ousted Baptist seminary leader, to teach ethics course Religion News Service
'God Friended Me' a CBS faith-based comedy Washington Times
The Christian Broadcasting Network launches CBN News Channel Religion News Service
Bayesian inference and religious belief Andrew Gelman Blog
***RELIGION AND POLITICS
Christian Zionism Aeon
Christian nationalism, explained through one pro-Trump propaganda film Vox
***GOOD NEWS
Local woman, 85, is world's oldest trapeze artist Union-Tribune
The Sometimes Stranger: Night after night, this Plano man visits his wife with Alzheimer's Dallas News
Couple that met as kids at St. Jude's gets married there nearly 30 years later People
First-grader unable to play outside forms special bond with school resource officer WKRG
Soldier Whose House Was Looted Gives Away Money Meant for Him People
***ANIMALS
Injured Turtle Gets Around With the Help of Custom Wheelchair Made of Legos Inside Edition
Does it really matter if one animal goes extinct? Phys Org
***ART & DESIGN
Roald Dahl's Matilda confronts Donald Trump in new statue CNN
Meet The MacArthur Fellow Disrupting Racism In Art NPR
What's The Tallest We Could Theoretically Construct A Building? Digg
How Jackson Pollock became so overrated (video)
A Giant Mural of Robin Williams Goes Up in Chicago Open Culture
***BANKSY
Banksy painting 'self-destructs' moments after being sold for $1.4 million at auction CNN
Banksy show us how he destroyed his art (video)
***SPORTS
U.S. Charges 7 Russian Intelligence Officers With Hacking 40 Sports And Doping Groups NPR
***STUDENT MEDIA
OU College of Law associate dean resigns amid controversy surrounding views published in 2014 book OU Daily
***STUDENT LIFE
College students with preschool-aged children are twice as likely as their childless classmates to drop out of college Taylor & Francis
Life After College is Weird: advice on navigating the postgraduate world New York Times
‘Selfie’: One Word to Characterize a Generation Chronicle of Higher Ed
Graduates Are Told They Can Do Anything With Their Degrees. Is That Why They Feel Lost? Chronicle of Higher Ed
Ohio State plans esports program across 5 colleges Education Dive
***JOBS & INTERNSHIPS
Create a ‘Personal Brand,’ and Other Tips Learned During a Day With a Recruiter Chronicle of Higher Ed
The Key to Career Growth: Surround Yourself with People Who Will Push You Harvard Business Review
Here are more than 80 journalism internships and fellowships Poynter
The Washington Post and Instagram launch a midterm elections fellowship for student journalists Washington Post
***SEXUAL HARASSMENT & ASSAULT
Dear dads: Your daughters told me about their assaults: This is why they never told you Washington Post
How Police Investigate Sex Crimes NPR
How Daughters Are Talking To Their Fathers About Sexual Assault NPR
How Minnesota’s criminal justice system often fails victims of rape and sexual assault Minneapolis Star Tribune
***#METOO
After One Year Of Headlines, #MeToo Is Everywhere NPR
The 84 cases that defined the first year of #MeToo Vice
***SEXUAL HARASSMENT & ASSAULT ON CAMPUS
Student-created website allowing for anonymous sexual assault allegations vulnerable to defamation charges The Daily (Univ of WA student newspaper)
TCU fires back after conservative comedian proclaims rape culture is a myth Star-Telegram
Professor blasted for saying sexual assault is a prerequisite for manhood New York Post
Students protest professor's 'satirical' blog on sexual assault Fox-5
Rutgers refuses to investigate some sexual harassment claims. Are students at risk? New Jersey.com
A high schooler in Texas accuses two other students of raping her: Few believed her. Her hometown turned against her. The authorities failed her. Washington Post
***SEXUAL ASSAULT & THE KAVANAUGH HEARING
Brett Kavanaugh And The Problem With #BelieveSurvivors NPR
The junk science Republicans used to undermine Ford and help save Kavanaugh (opinion) Washington Post
Every time Ford and Kavanaugh dodged a question, in one chart Vox
***SOCIAL ISSUES
In Louisiana, You Can Be Sent Away for Life Even If Jurors Say You’re Innocent Mother Jones
***VOTING
Interactive on how easy (or hard) it is to vote in every state Washington Post
5 Things You Need to Know About 2018 Election Security Voice of America
***BUSINESS & FINANCE
MBA applications in the US have fallen for the fourth year in a row Quartz
Visualizing the World's Tech Giants 2018 How Much
***ENVIRONMENT
Climate scientists are struggling to find the right words for very bad news Washington Post
Major Climate Report Describes a Strong Risk of Crisis as Early as 2040 New York Times
***HEALTH
What the Mens’ Calf Size Says About Their Health, According to Science Fatherly
How long different drugs stay in your body IFL Science
How Gym Selfies Are Quietly Changing the Way We Work Out GQ
Climate and city density key factors governing flu outbreaks: Study Axios
A Surgeon So Bad It Was Criminal Propublica
***HEALTH & WEIGHT
A lack of insurance is leading more Americans to have weight loss surgery in Mexico Vox
Everything You Know About Obesity Is Wrong The Huffington Post
***FOOD
Where Did the Taco Come From? Smithsonian Magazine
Over one-third of US adults eat fast food at least once a day CDC
FDA Bans Use of 7 Synthetic Food Additives After Environmental Groups Sue NPR
***PARENTING
Ending Sexual Violence by Raising Better Boys Slate
***SCIENCE
Watch Scientists Accidentally Blow Up Their Lab With The Strongest Indoor Magnetic Field Ever Mother Board
All the planets we've found in the Milky Way — so far Axios
***PSYCHOLOGY
I Suffer From Depression and Have PTSD Symptoms Medium
The Psychological Make-Up of Conspiracy Theorists New research identifies pro-conspiracy ways to see and understand the world Psychology Today
***NEUROSCIENCE
How much control do you really have over your actions? These brain regions provide clues Science Mag
Best Brain Game To Stave Off Alzheimer's Could Be Your Job NPR
***PHILOSOPHY
A philosopher explains how our addiction to stories keeps us from understanding history The Verge
***RESEARCH
A trio’s systematic trolling of journals yields seven accepted papers Chronicle of Higher Ed
'Real' fake research hoodwinks US journals AFP
A New Series on Scholarly Productivity: ‘Are You Writing? Chronicle of Higher Ed
Academic Grievance Studies and the Corruption of Scholarship Areo Magazine
Why it’s so difficult to correct the scientific record Less Likely
How a failed psoriasis study pushed a whole field forward Salon
What the ‘Conceptual Penis’ Hoax Does and Does Not Prove Chronicle of Higher Ed
***HIGHER ED
Universities roll out digital student IDs 10 News
UWM is bleeding faculty, but its budget is balanced for the first time since 2012 Journal Sentinel
Hey, Alexa, Should We Bring Virtual Assistants to Campus? These Colleges Gave Them a Shot Chronicle of Higher Ed
We Are Building the Most Inclusive, Exclusive Colleges in America! McSweeney’s
***CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS
Brad Paisley and wife team with Christian university to open free grocery store for those in Nashville World Religion News
Saint Mary's College president abruptly resigns South Bend Tribune
This SoCal Christian College Supported Gay Relationships: Then It Abruptly Changed Its Mind LAist
***TEACHING
What to Do About Contract Cheating Campus Technology
Furor Over Blended and Active Learning Inside Higher Ed
Survey: 1 in 4 Professors Ban Mobile Phone Use in Class Campus Technology
5 Tips for Using Multiple-Choice Tests to Bolster Learning Chronicle of Higher Ed
Updating pedagogy for the mobile phone era Small Pond Science
***ACADEMIC LIFE
Meet the Academics Who Nabbed This Year’s MacArthur ‘Genius’ Grants Chronicle of Higher Ed
USC Students rally, call for firing of professor after controversial email Daily Trojan
For Some Scholars, a Full Professorship Calls for ‘a Lot of Paperwork’ That ‘Doesn’t Mean Anything’ Chronicle of Higher Ed
Intelligence and personality can be developed
/A “fixed mindset” assumes that our character, intelligence, and creative ability are static givens which we can’t change in any meaningful way, and success is the affirmation of that inherent intelligence, an assessment of how those givens measure up against an equally fixed standard; striving for success and avoiding failure at all costs become a way of maintaining the sense of being smart or skilled.
A “growth mindset,” on the other hand, thrives on challenge and sees failure not as evidence of unintelligence but as a heartening springboard for growth and for stretching our existing abilities. Out of these two mindsets, which we manifest from a very early age, springs a great deal of our behavior, our relationship with success and failure in both professional and personal contexts, and ultimately our capacity for happiness.
The “growth mindset” creates a passion for learning rather than a hunger for approval. Its hallmark is the conviction that human qualities like intelligence and creativity, and even relational capacities like love and friendship, can be cultivated through effort and deliberate practice. Not only are people with this mindset not discouraged by failure, but they don’t actually see themselves as failing in those situations — they see themselves as learning.
Maria Popova writing in BrainPickings
Conversation Hogs
/We’ve all been involved in those irritating conversations where we never seem to be able to get a word in edgewise. Unfortunately, we may have been on the other side, too. Mr. Post Senning said it was crucial to “share the conversation pie. Share half if there are two of you, a quarter if there are four. The share of the pie is never as large as what involves you listening.”
To be a true conversation superstar, try these tips:
• Be attentive and give eye contact.
• Make active and engaged expressions.
• Repeat back what you’ve heard, and follow up with questions.
• If you notice something you want to say, don’t say it. Challenge it and go back to listening.
• For bonus points, wait an hour to bring up that thing you didn’t say earlier.
And keep in mind that when you say something declarative, seek out the other person’s opinion as well.
“If I say, ‘The Jets don’t stand a chance,’ I’m entitled to my opinion, but I have to say, ‘What do you think?’ afterward,” Ms. Fine said. “You don’t want to be a conversational bully.”
Jen Doll writing in the New York Times
Perhaps
/Perhaps you will forget tomorrow the kind words you say today, but the recipient may cherish them over a lifetime. -Dale Carnegie