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NEW RESOURCES
New-to-me, from Yale Climate Connections: Solar trade group helps minority- and women-owned firms grow in the solar industry. “So to promote diversity in the industry, [the Solar Energy Industries Association] created a free online database of companies working in solar that are owned by women, veterans, and minorities, including Black and Brown people and members of LGBTQ+ communities.”
CBS News Philadelphia: Strands for Trans part of trans-friendly barbershops and salons network. “More than 7,000 salons and barbershops in all 50 states and 28 countries signed up to be part of the online database. Anyone can search for a salon in their area.”
TWEAKS AND UPDATES
Rolling Stone: Mark Zuckerberg Accepts Elon Musk’s Cage Match Challenge: ‘Send Me Location’. “While it’s still undetermined whether the pair will actually settle their differences in the ring, they are currently in competition for which tech CEO can blow the most billions and make their workers suffer the consequences.”
TechCrunch: Elon Musk triples down on making Twitter terrible for trans people. “Elon Musk, world’s richest person and ostensible champion of free speech, took to Twitter late Tuesday to stoop to a fresh low. Responding to a tweet complaining about being called ‘cis’ — the shorthand version of the word ‘cisgender,’ which simply means ‘not transgender’ — Musk declared that from here on out both terms are now considered slurs on the social network.”
USEFUL STUFF
Mashable: Where you can read banned books for free . “Books across America are being banned — namely by marginalized authors and with marginalized characters. Get around it.”
AROUND THE INTERNET WORLD
The Verge: A storefront for robots. “Get Bullish is just one of the countless small businesses struggling with the ins, outs, and absurdities of Google. Whether they’re selling feminist keychains, serving artisanal coffee, or running a bar, Google is indispensable — and as long that’s the case, they’re left with a mandatory chore of writing for robots.”
New York Times: The Titanic Truthers of TikTok. “On the short-form video app, long-established facts about the 1912 disaster at sea are being newly litigated as musty rumors merge with fresh misinformation and manipulated content.”
SECURITY & LEGAL
CNN: Twitter accused of failing to pay millions in employee bonuses after Musk takeover. “Twitter failed to pay out annual bonuses to staff after its acquisition by billionaire Elon Musk despite repeated assurances from executives in the lead-up to the deal closing that the company would do so, according to a new lawsuit filed on behalf of employees.”
ELLE: The Weaponisation Of Women’s Social Media Use In Abortion Cases. “She might have been sentenced according to a 19th century law, but prosecutors used 21st century methods to get there. It means we all have a right to be concerned about data privacy: where we’re putting our reproductive information and what could be requested by police or courts.”
RESEARCH & OPINION
USC Viterbi School of Engineering: Russia-Ukraine War: Social Media Platforms Uplift the Vulnerable . “Despite the spread of misinformation, USC Information Sciences Institute researchers find that social networks play a key role helping those in distress.”
The Alestle: OPINION: Inactive groups on social media leaves new students in anguish. “Moving to a new college can be hard, and many students look forwards to creating community through clubs, but when inactive groups run rampant it can be hard to find a place to fit in Well, that is what is happening right now at SIUE. There are a lot of student groups which are inactive and students who reach out are left in the dark.”
EdScoop: Students prefer online learning, survey finds. “The Time for Class 2023 survey, published Tuesday, found that 31% of students prefer face-to-face instruction over other modes of instruction, but the remaining 69% prefer fully online, hybrid, or blended learning options. Students were more enthusiastic about online or hybrid instruction than their instructors, the survey found, with 55% of instructors expressing a preference for in-person classes.” Good morning, Internet…
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June 22, 2023 at 05:28PM
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