***TECHNOLOGY
Over 80% of facial recognition suspects flagged by London's Met Police were innocent, report says ABC News
Forecasters Caution 5G Will Interfere With Gathering Weather Data NPR
In the age of deepfakes, could virtual actors put humans out of business? The Guardian
***BIG DATA & AI
Soon, satellites will be able to watch you everywhere all the time MIT Technology Review
Artificial intelligence is coming for our faces Wired
Brown University researchers show ability to store and retrieve image data on molecules smaller than human DNA New Scientist
A new business in small satellites orbiting the Earth Economist
The strange link between the human mind and quantum physics BBC
Not all weather satellites are equal Wired
Will Machine-Generated Books Accelerate our Consumption of Scholarly Literature? Scholarly Kitchen
Using AI to speed up the processing of space images Where no neural network has gone before Economist
What is the Blockchain Really, and Should You Care? Scholarly Kitchen
Robot uses machine learning to harvest lettuce University of Cambridge
***SOCIAL MEDIA
Instagram is sweet and sort of boring—but the ads! Wired
‘Influencer’ bride tries to pay wedding photographer with exposure but fails spectacularly Indy
Instagram will now ask you to think twice before posting profanities The Next Web
Twitter bans 'dehumanizing language' aimed at religious groups Mashable
***MOBILE
Heedless smartphone zombies keep stepping out in front of cars Economist
***JOURNALISM
Watch A Reporter Block A Man From Entering Her Shot Like A Boss Digg
Journalism Job Cuts Haven’t Been This Bad Since the Recession Bloomberg
Behind the scenes with The Weather Channel’s mixed reality broadcasting Immersive Shooter
As the World Heats Up, the Climate for News Is Changing, Too New York Times
This is a great example for a statistics class, or a class on survey sampling, or a political science class Stat Modeling
***FAKE NEWS
Fact check: Trump promotes fake Ronald Reagan quote about him CNN
***PRIVACY & SECURITY
How to protect your privacy in Chrome Washington Post
Yes, your emails are being tracked: Here's how to stop it Mashable
The state DMVs allowing federal investigative and immigration agents to scan hundreds of millions of Americans' faces without their knowledge or consent Washington Post
Trick those #!@% spam calls with a fake phone number CNET
A City Paid a Hefty Ransom to Hackers. But Its Pains Are Far From Over New York Times
Zoom zero-day vulnerability could let websites turns your Mac's cameras without permission The Next Web
***PRODUCING MEDIA
How stock photography is made Vox
***INTERNET
The internet has made dupes—and cynics—of us all Wired
***PERSONAL GROWTH
Be a Poet Becoming (my blog)
***GRAMMAR
How to Use a Semicolon Correctly Life Hacker
Is an emoji a word or a gesture? Both Quartz
***WRITING & READING
How technology is changing the craft of screenwriting BBC
Microsoft's Ebook apocalypse shows the dark side of DRM Wired
The best books to read at every age, from 1 to 100 Washington Post
New ways of selling books clash with France’s old pricing rules Economist
Papermaking master a gem in a digital age Daily Iowan
10 of the Best-Selling Books in History (Minus Religious Texts) Mental Floss
The unlikely rise of book fairs in the Middle East Economist
An interactive map of over 5,000 book covers, organized by machine learning Pudding
My Latinx students write what they know. And their words are powerful LA Times
***LITERATURE
Carrying a Single Life: On Literature and Translation New York Review of Books
Nigerian Schoolgirls' Abduction Told In 'Beneath The Tamarind Tree' NPR
Brenda Maddox, biographer of Nora Barnacle and others in literature, dies at 87 Boston Globe
***LANGUAGE
Want a truly mind-expanding experience? Learn another language The Guardian
***POETRY
She wrote a poem about a vagina. It landed her in jail CNN
Here’s how to arrange the poems in your poetry manuscript The Press-Enterprise
Watch Your Poetry With The Visible Poetry Project Book Riot
***GENDER
Firefighter whose male colleagues told her she was 'too weak' now carries THEM out of burning buildings after hitting the gym Daily Mail
It could take 118 years for female computer scientists to match publishing rates of male colleagues Science Mag
***LEGAL ISSUES
Emojis increasingly appear in court cases and judges struggle with how to interpret them KTVQ
Dueling fake "independent" websites leads to unclean hands finding, but some injunctive relief Tushnet Blog
***CRIME & COURTS
FBI Records Could Have Solved A Civil Rights Cold Case. Now It's Too Late NPR
Professor faces 219-year prison sentence for sending missile chip tech to China The Verge
The Supreme Court wraps up its term, inching to the right Economist
Red Oak Man Wins Settlement After Being Arrested for Criticizing Police WHOT-TV
***RELIGION
Following plagiarism charges and multiple retractions, a priest resigns from a position at a television network Church Militant
Mormon and the tricky process of leaving the Church The Verge
Pope moves America's 'first televangelist' closer to sainthood Reuters
Pastor builds monster truck for Jesus AL.com
When Philip K. Dick turned to Christianity: Soon after he became a countercultural hero Salon
How California’s megachurches changed Christian culture Durango Herald
Poll: Americans rarely seek guidance from clergy Religious News Service
U.S. Confidence in Organized Religion Remains Low Gallup
Study: White Evangelicals Least Likely to Say the U.S. Has a ‘Responsibility’ to Accept Refugees Relevant Magazine
***RELIGION AND POLITICS
A matter of faith: Democrats embrace religion in campaign Associated Press
The Religious Right is Still Fanning Fear of California LGBTQ Resolution Right Wing Watch
The Deepening Crisis in Evangelical Christianity Support for Trump comes at a high cost for Christian witness (opinion) The Atlantic
***CHRISTIAN BOOKS
A Christian bestseller (and CT Book of the Year) was targeted by a major counterfeiting scheme Christianity Today
The Boy Who Came Back From Heaven changed Christian publishing forever—and tore a family apart Slate
***GOOD NEWS
New York police went to a Whole Foods store about a suspected shoplifter: Then they paid for her groceries NBC News
Beloved 'singing doctor' who sang to 8,000 babies after delivery gets heartfelt honor GMA
How one couple's years-long battle against leukemia led to happily ever after ABC News
Woman Paints Her Children's Drawings And Transforms Them Into Incredible Pieces Of Art Digg
***REALLY?!
Watch 32,000 Dominos Fall in an Extremely Satisfying Way Mental Floss
13-year-old girl's rigorous study finds hand dryers can hurt children's ears WKYC
10 Scientific Benefits of Kissing Mental Floss
***ART & DESIGN
User Inyerface: All of the worst UI practices in one evil form
The 5 Top Destinations for Art and Design Lovers in August Architechural Digest
***MUSIC
Walkman turns 40 today: How listening to music changed over the years Business Insider
Brazilian bossa nova pioneer Joao Gilberto dies at 88 Associated Press
***THE BUSINESS OF MEDIA
The End of an Era: MAD Magazine Will Publish Its Last Issue With Original Content This Fall Open Culture
***SEXUAL HARASSMENT & ASSAULT
Lawsuit by student accused of sex assault seeks class-action status against Michigan State Detroit Press Press
A bookkeeper in Indonesia who recorded her boss’s lewd phone call as proof she was being harassed must serve at least 6 months in prison for distributing obscene material New York Times
University barred from punishing student in unusual Title IX case Inside Higher Ed
***BORDER ISSUES
Jurors refuse to convict activist facing 20 years for helping migrants The Guardian
Federal Agents Joked About Migrant Deaths, Propublica Reports NPR
Hispanic evangelical group offers to help migrant children Baptist Standard
A Pastor Who Was Put On A Watch List After Working With Immigrants Is Suing The US BuzzFeed News
Fiona Apple donating two years worth of song's royalties to help pay migrants' legal fees The Hill
Hispanic evangelical group offers to help migrant children Baptist Standard
***BUSINESS & FINANCE
The art of selling scent in the internet age Fast Company
How accessible technology is overcoming barriers in the workplace Verdict
***ENVIRONMENT
The Secret Language of Trees: A Charming Animated Lesson Explains How Trees Share Information with Each Other Open Culture
Planting more trees could suck up a huge share of carbon emissions MIT Technology Review
The California coast is disappearing under the rising sea. Our choices are grim Los Angeles Times
***HEALTH
What the Measles Epidemic Really Says About America The Atlantic
Can Sunscreen Really Repair Your DNA? Wired
Antivaxxers turn to homeschooling to avoid protecting their kids’ health Are Technica
Man dies after adding a teaspoon of caffeine powder to protein shake New York Post
***HEALTH RESEARCH & TECHNOLOGY
An Italian clan’s curious insensitivity to pain has piqued the interest of geneticists seeking a new understanding of how to treat physical suffering Smithsonian Magazine
Alexa could detect whether you're having a heart attack, study suggests USA Today
***TRAVEL
Strange Facts About the U.S. Condé Nast Traveler CNN
***SPORTS & GAMES
The future of sports gambling The Week
Unflappable. Unapologetic. Unequaled: The greatest U.S. women's soccer team ever Sports Illustrated
***FOOD
Woman Who Licked Tub Of Blue Bell Ice Cream In Viral Video Could Face 20 Years In Prison 5 News
Italian Chefs React In Relative Horror At YouTubers Making Pesto Dig
Scientists Engineer A Smooth, Beanless Coffee NPR
The Changing American Diet Flowing Data
***ANIMALS
This couple took engagement photos with dogs And cats In need of homes Huffington Post
Why Are Octopuses So Smart? The Atlantic
***PSYCHOLOGY
Catholic medical journal pulls paper on conversion therapy over statistical problems Retraction Watch
The all-too-understandable urge to buy a better brain Vox
***NEUROSCIENCE
Neuroscience has found that gestures are not merely important as tools of expression but as guides of cognition and perception Quanta Magazine
Could Lab-Grown Brains Develop Consciousness? Singularity Hub
Does Consciousness Exist Outside of the Brain? Psychology Today
Scientists are giving dead brains new life New York Times
How our brain sculpts experience in line with our expectations Aeon Essays
***PHILOSOPHY
Plagiarizing articles in philosophy Wiley Online
***HISTORY
Stravinsky’s “Illegal” Arrangement of “The Star Spangled Banner” (1944) Open Culture
When Charlie Chaplin Entered a Chaplin Look-Alike Contest & Came in 20th Place Open Culture
Trump's 'Revolutionary War Airports' Memes and Reactions eBaum’s World
Review of The Weather Machine By Andrew Blum Economist
Florida principal refused to call the Holocaust a fact Palm Beach Post
***CHINA
Inside the fight for Hong Kong Macleans
China Is Forcing Tourists to Install Text-Stealing Malware at its Border Vice
Taiwan’s Status is a Geopolitical Absurdity The Atlantic
***POLITICS
Some Trump supporters thought NPR tweeted ‘propaganda’: It was the Declaration of Independence Washington Post
Reactionary nationalism is a challenge to liberalism--and conservatism Economist
***RESEARCH
The researcher behind the smartphone “horns” study sells posture pillows Quartz
Nature says it wants to publish replication attempts. So what happened when a group of authors submitted one to Nature Neuroscience? Retraction Watch
A plant scientist has sued his university and 4 female students, accusing them of leaking a confidential investigation report to the media Bozeman Daily Chronicle
Statisticians clamor for retraction of paper by Harvard researchers they say uses a “nonsense statistic” Retraction Watch
***HIGHER ED
Why Is There So Much Saudi Money in American Universities? New York Times
Demand for Campus Child Care Is Growing: Choosing How to Provide It Can Be Fraught (sub. req’d) The Chronicle of Higher Education
The Education Deserts of Rural America The Atlantic
Guilford College is changing the way it does most everything in an effort to stem its enrollment decline: But officials say it is also leaning in to its mission Inside Higher Ed
The Education Deserts of Rural America The Atlantic
Study: Millions of U.S. Students Are Without Home Internet Gov Tech
DeVos rescinds rule forcing colleges to disclose debt and salary data CNBC
ASU tries to boost Degree Completion With Blockchain Inside Higher Ed
What universities can learn from one of science’s biggest frauds Nature
Grand Canyon University spends $21.6M to buy church near Phoenix campus Arizona Central
Are Small Private Colleges Worth the Money? The Atlantic
Author in her new book discusses the challenges colleges, particularly religious institutions, face in mitigating sexual assault Inside Higher Ed
Rejection of LGBTQ student group leads to a fight at "unambiguously Christian" Baylor Texas Tribune
USC to pay UC San Diego $50M over Alzheimer's research Washington Post
***ACADEMIC LIFE
New study finds “important deficiencies” in university reports of misconduct Retraction Watch
I Help People Cheat Their Way to Getting PhDs Vice
***STUDENT LIFE
The ‘Mickey Mouse’ degrees and universities that actually reduce your earning potential Telegraph
Millennials Rely On Parents For Financial Help, Study Shows NPR
