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NEW RESOURCES
BIOFIN (United Nations): New global mapping of finance sources is ready to help implement the GBF. “The database allows you to filter through hundreds of funding opportunities. Those opportunities sometimes focus directly on supporting conservation, but often also cover different ecosystems, cross-cutting activities such as awareness raising and knowledge generation, conservation measures, and pollution management. The funding opportunities range from grants to loans and equity, with amounts ranging from below $5,000 to over $10 million.”
TWEAKS AND UPDATES
Getty: The Ambitious Plan to Open Up a Treasure Trove of Black History. “The Johnson Publishing Company produced iconic magazines including Ebony and Jet and its archive is regarded as one of the most significant collections of 20th century Black American culture. The archive contains around 5,000 magazines, 200 boxes of business records, 10,000 audio and visual recordings, and 4.5 million prints and negatives that chronicle Black life from the 1940s until the present day… After the publishing company filed for bankruptcy in 2019, a consortium comprising five institutions including the J. Paul Getty Trust and the Smithsonian Institution purchased the archive.”
TechCrunch: Artifact news app now uses AI to rewrite headline of a clickbait article. “Last month, the Artifact news app introduced an option for users to flag an article as clickbait. Now, the app founded by Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger has launched a new feature to let AI rewrite a headline for you if you come across such an article.”
USEFUL STUFF
How-To Geek: The Best Ways to Scan a Document Using Your Phone or Tablet. “Scanners had their moment, but nowadays it’s not as necessary to own one. However, that doesn’t mean you never need to scan a document or photo. Thankfully, you probably have some tools to do it without a scanner.”
AROUND THE INTERNET WORLD
Independent (Ireland): ‘I spent lockdown copying old land records onto a spreadsheet to help other families trace their history’. “Kathy Roughan spent much of the Covid lockdown copying local land ownership records, known as ‘cancelled books’, from Clarecastle, which date as far back to the to the 19th century. Ms Roughan physically copied thousands of entries into a spreadsheet, which then became part of the permanent digital archive for the Clarecastle Ballyea Heritage archive. Thanks to her efforts, others can now trace the record of their properties and home in the locality online.”
New York Times: Senegal Deploys Military and Blocks Social Media After Deadly Clashes. “The government of Senegal said on Friday that it has deployed the military in the capital, Dakar, and other cities and shut down social media platforms in response to Thursday’s deadly clashes between protesters and security forces — a new escalation of tensions rarely seen in the West African country.”
SECURITY & LEGAL
CFPB: Algorithms, artificial intelligence, and fairness in home appraisals. “Today, the CFPB is taking another step toward accountability for automated systems and models, sometimes marketed as artificial intelligence (AI). The CFPB is proposing a rule to make home appraisals computed by algorithms fairer and more accurate. This initiative is one of many steps we are taking to ensure that algorithms and AI are complying with existing law.”
UPI: European Parliament urges member nations to adopt TikTok ban. “The European Parliament is advocating for a ban of the popular social media app TikTok across all of its 28 member states. The governing body cited the possibility of foreign interference through the short-form video hosting service, in a report issued Thursday.”
RESEARCH & OPINION
Sydney Morning Herald: Race against time to preserve rare Pacific recordings. “This year, PARADISEC, a vast online archive, celebrates two decades of caring for valuable cultural records of some of the world’s most endangered languages and musical practices, mainly across the Asia-Pacific region. Over 20 years, the PARADISEC collection has grown to house audio and video from 1,350 languages, with a particular focus on Oceania from countries including Papua New Guinea, Vanuatu, Solomon Islands and Australia.”
The Verge: Twitter just closed the book on academic research. “Twitter was once a mainstay of academic research — a way to take the pulse of the internet. But as new owner Elon Musk has attempted to monetize the service, researchers are struggling to replace a once-crucial tool. Unless Twitter makes another about-face soon, it could close the chapter on an entire era of research.” Good afternoon, Internet…
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June 6, 2023 at 12:40AM
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