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NEW RESOURCES
PR Newswire: Digital Public Library of America Launches The Banned Book Club to Ensure Access to Banned Books (PRESS RELEASE). “The Digital Public Library of America (DPLA) has launched The Banned Book Club to ensure that readers in communities affected by book bans can now access banned books for free via the Palace e-reader app. The Banned Book Club makes e-book versions of banned books available to readers in locations across the United States where titles have been banned. The e-books will be available to readers for free via the Palace e-reader app.”
Textual Records Division at the National Archives: Department of State Central Files, 1789-1910 Available Online: An Omnibus. “Over the past few years, the National Archives has digitized and made available online through the National Archives Catalog many important records of the Department of State. The records consist largely of the various series of records that constitute the Department’s central files for the period from 1789 to 1910.”
TWEAKS AND UPDATES
How-To Geek: Linux Mint 21.2 Now Available, Will Get Updates Until 2027. “Linux Mint is one of the most popular desktop Linux distributions around, with a solid Ubuntu base and several desktop environments to choose from. Linux Mint 21.2 is now available, and it looks like another great release.”
WIRED: The Remarkable Resilience of Ukraine’s Tech Sector. “By the end of 2022, Ukraine’s IT exports had grown nearly 7 per cent, even as the economy shrunk by almost a third. These are the stories of how four startups have survived, but they’re just a sample of the thousands of acts of extraordinary resilience, defiance, courage, and cooperation in Ukraine’s tech sector.”
CNN: OpenAI’s head of trust and safety is stepping down. “Dave Willner, who has led the artificial intelligence firm’s trust and safety team since February 2022, said in a LinkedIn post that he is ‘leaving OpenAI as an employee and transitioning into an advisory role’ to spend more time with his family.”
USEFUL STUFF
MakeUseOf: The 6 Best Mobile Apps for No-Budget Filmmakers. “The smartphone revolution changed no-budget filmmaking. With inexpensive and sometimes free apps able to replicate some of the expensive equipment and software used by the pros, allowing you to make the most out of your limited budget. Here are the mobile apps you need as a no-budget filmmaker.”
Mashable: 16 expert-approved kid podcasts to hit play on right now. “Summer break is here, which means it’s the perfect time to pop a pair of headphones on your kids or plug in your favorite smart home device and listen to a family-friendly podcast to fill your time. These podcasts aren’t just a bunch of fun — they’re also incredible opportunities to diversify your child’s entertainment and supplement their education before the school year picks back up.”
AROUND THE INTERNET WORLD
Man of Many: The Best Barbenheimer Memes on the Internet. “The Monster High doll to Robbie’s all-American girl-next-door, Oppenheimer is everything that Barbie isn’t: dark, brooding and strangely loaded with sex scenes. On paper, the two feel like opposing entities but if the marketing run has taught us anything, it’s that the rise of Barbie-core and the demise of the atomic-core make for a pretty juicy double feature.” Well documented, plenty of memes — a step up from most meme roundups.
NiemanLab: Want a better comments section? Graham Media Group thinks AI can help with that. “If you’ve ever perused the online comment section of a news organization, you’ll know that despite their intended purpose of extending conversations, they can devolve into cesspools pretty quickly. In recent years, many news organizations have shut them down. But not Graham Media Group.”
SECURITY & LEGAL
CBS News: Texas woman Tierra Allen, social media’s “Sassy Trucker,” trapped in Dubai after arrest for “shouting”. “A Houston woman is trapped in the United Arab Emirates after being briefly detained for ‘shouting’ in public during an argument with a Dubai car rental company, a London-based organization trying to help her get out of the country has told CBS News.”
Wall Street Journal: Thousands of Authors Ask AI Chatbot Owners to Pay for Use of Their Work. “More than 8,000 authors have signed a letter asking the leaders of companies including Microsoft, Meta Platforms and Alphabet to not use their work to train AI systems without permission or compensation.”
RESEARCH & OPINION
Observer: The Master Recording of NASA’s Voyager Golden Record Heads to Auction. “The call of a humpback whale, a Navajo night chant and the brain waves of a woman falling in love… these are just some of the sounds recorded on NASA’s Golden Record, the phonograph time capsule affixed to spacecraft Voyager 1 and 2. As the space-faring record continues on its now 46-year journey through the emptiness, the Golden Record’s master recording is expected to fetch $600,000 at auction later this month.” Good morning, Internet…
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July 24, 2023 at 05:29PM
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