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NEW RESOURCES
Fold3: New Civil War Records: National Homes for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers. “We are pleased to announce the addition of records for soldiers who resided in National Homes for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, 1866-1938. This free collection contains records for twelve National Homes where disabled soldiers and sailors could live following the Civil War.”
Texas Department of State Health Services: Tools Provide the Public with a View of Diseases Affecting the State. “The Texas Department of State Health Services has launched new data tools to let people keep tabs on respiratory viruses in Texas. A respiratory virus dashboard accessible through DSHS’s Texas Health Data site shows trends in illnesses from influenza, COVID-19 and RSV, the ‘big three’ respiratory viruses most likely to cause serious disease at this time of year. Data includes emergency room visits, hospitalizations and deaths.”
TWEAKS AND UPDATES
Mashable: MrBeast earns more than $250,000 on video uploaded to Elon Musk’s X. “MrBeast said the video upload was a test to compare his X earnings with his YouTube payouts and that he’d publicly share how much he made. Well, he has just delivered. According to MrBeast, X’s analytics show that he will make $263,655 off his video. The creator shared the information in a tweet on Monday and included a screenshot of his account’s analytics as proof.” I used to work as an ad buyer for a retail business, which meant I spent a lot of time calculating cost per thousand (CPM), cost per click (CPC), etc. If I calculated it correctly (it’s been several years), then Mr. Beast got a payment of about 16 cents CPM (16 cents per thousand impressions.) If Twitter paid out all creators like that I imagine it would be broke.
AROUND THE INTERNET WORLD
Reuters: Olympics-Google Maps and other apps asked to restrict route options during Paris Games. “Navigation applications, such as Google Maps, have been asked by Paris’s public transport authority to restrict suggested routes to the ones prepared for travellers during the 2024 Olympic Games, the body’s chief executive said.”
University College Cork: Bonar Law Collection acquired by National Library of Ireland. “An Tánaiste, Micheál Martin TD, and Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media, Catherine Martin TD, have today announced the acquisition by the State of the Bonar Law Collection, the most complete visual record of Ireland, in map and print form, ever assembled by an expert private collector. In extent, the Bonar Law Collection comprises close to 10,000 maps and approximately 9,000 prints, which include caricature prints and ballad sheets, many of which are unique to this collection.”
University of Central Florida: PRINT Project Receives Funding to Revolutionize Migration Research. “PRINT is a collaborative project dedicated to mapping the communication networks of early modern European religious minorities and tracing their influence on the dynamic patterns of migration in the Atlantic world. Originally evolving to address issues of religious intolerance, the connections took on a life of their own as people with different interests used them to funnel information about the logistics of movement and mobility. PRINT explores history through the lens of interconnectedness and resilience.”
SECURITY & LEGAL
Crikey: How one man’s pay-to-use toilet gag revealed Google Maps can be used to track people. “When Will added his share house as a pay-to-use toilet on Google Maps, he didn’t expect that it would accidentally reveal how the service could be used to track someone’s movements without their knowledge.”
CBS News: Swatting calls target more than a dozen public officials since Christmas. One says, “This is an assassination attempt.”. “More than a dozen public officials have been targeted by attempted ‘swatting attacks’ in the weeks since Christmas, according to a review by CBS News. The calls have targeted judges overseeing cases against former President Donald Trump, politicians of both parties, a prosecutor, and even the White House — part of a growing and alarming number of swatting incidents nationwide.”
RESEARCH & OPINION
New York Times: Our Rodent Selfies, Ourselves . This link is to a gift article. “A photographer trained two rats to take photographs of themselves. They didn’t want to stop.” The pictures are adorable.
University of Southampton: Citizen scientists needed to discover elusive black holes . “Could you help our scientists uncover the mysterious world of invisible black holes? Become a Black Hole Hunter and you’ll be taking part in scientific research that has the potential to reveal more about one of space’s most intriguing aspects.” Good afternoon, Internet…
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January 24, 2024 at 01:02AM
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