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NEW RESOURCES
Nebraska Today: Gardner digitizing parasite samples for scientists everywhere. “Scott L. Gardner, curator of parasitology for the University of Nebraska State Museum, has hundreds of thousands of parasite samples at his fingertips — mites, ticks, lice, fleas, tapeworms, trematodes and more. They’re on slides in cabinets, in vials of ethanol, in tubes in ultra-low temperature freezers — and now some are available via online database.”
TWEAKS AND UPDATES
MIT Press: MIT Press’s Direct to Open reaches annual funding goal, opens access to full list of 2024 monographs . “Now in its third year of operation, Direct to Open (D2O) is proud to announce that it has reached its full funding goal in 2024 and will open access to 79 new monographs and edited book collections this year. What makes this year noteworthy is that this is the first year in which D2O has been fully funded by its November 30 deadline and will not require an extension through the end of the fiscal year.”
Cambrian News: Extension granted on National Library archives plan over lack of funding. “The National Library of Wales has been granted an extension to begin work on multi-million pound plans to house the BBC Wales archives at the National Library of Wales in Aberystwyth that were paused due to a lack of funding. The National Library applied to Ceredigion County Council for a time extension to previously-granted plans for the scheme to house BBC Wales archives in a special extension, as funding was lost as a result of the Covid pandemic.”
USEFUL STUFF
MakeUseOf: Are Premium AI Prompts Worth the Money? . “The rise of generative AI tools has taught us one thing: the results you get from AI tools are only as good as the prompt you provide. However, crafting AI prompts that produce awesome results requires creativity, time, and technical know-how. That’s why AI prompt marketplaces have sprung up, offering unique AI prompts crafted by experts, selling you their AI wisdom. So, is it worth buying an AI prompt?” It’s interesting to me that no matter how oriented to replacing humanity a technology is, it will develop a human economy layer almost instantly.
AROUND THE INTERNET WORLD
Asharq Al-Awsat: Saudi Private Sector Abroad: New Database in the Works. “The Saudi Ministry of Investment is currently compiling information on foreign investments by private companies and creating a database for investment data in the Kingdom. This initiative aims to be a central platform for relevant information.”
Balkan Insight: AI-Generated Video Targets Istanbul Mayor Ahead of Elections. “A manipulated video of Istanbul’s popular opposition mayor praising President Erdogan’s party, spread ahead of critical local elections, shows how disinformation is increasingly drawing on the latest technology, such as AI-generated videos.”
SECURITY & LEGAL
Washington Post: Why Jan. 6 insurrections sent a letter to the Folger Shakespeare Library. “While insurrectionists were plotting to storm the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, they took time to write and send a letter to an institution two blocks from their target: the Folger Shakespeare Library, the world’s largest collection of material related to the English playwright. ‘We will be blocking access to your building … to prevent our persons of grievance from using you as a loophole,’ read the insurrectionists’ letter, which circulated on a pro-Trump message board called TheDonald before the insurrection and was published this month in the Folger’s online archive.”
Vice: Leaving The Real World: How I Escaped Andrew Tate’s Get Rich Quick ‘Cult’. “While much has been made of the toxic influence of Tate’s misogynistic attitudes on a generation of impressionable young men, former Tate supporters and critics have spoken out to VICE News to warn of another dimension of the threat he poses: that his latest business endeavour, in their view, is scamming his own fans. The Real World, they say, is a cynical and ingenious grift – with the hallmarks of a pyramid scheme – that targets teenagers to financially exploit them, while using them as drones to power Tate’s formidable social media PR machine.”
RESEARCH & OPINION
Washington University in St. Louis: New research creates framework for large-scale geospatial exploration. “When combatting complex problems like illegal poaching and human trafficking, efficient yet broad geospatial search tools can provide critical assistance in finding and stopping the activity. A visual active search (VAS) framework for geospatial exploration developed by researchers at the McKelvey School of Engineering at Washington University in St. Louis uses a novel visual reasoning model and aerial imagery to learn how to search for objects more effectively.”
Stat News: The FDA and FTC need to crack down on TikTok and Instagram influencers pitching prescription drugs. “Following past instances of successful collaboration on matters such as biosimilar misinformation, the FDA and FTC should formalize their partnership and jointly address the escalating impact of social media advertisements and influencer-driven promotions of prescription medications. Regulatory agencies should collaborate with independent patient organizations to provide guidance on appropriate disclosures and ethical practices for influencer-sponsored prescription advertisements.” Good afternoon, Internet…
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January 23, 2024 at 01:13AM
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