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Wednesday, September 14, 2022

Tracking Ballot Measures, Disability Voting Index, Creative Commons, More: Wednesday ResearchBuzz, September 14, 2022

Tracking Ballot Measures, Disability Voting Index, Creative Commons, More: Wednesday ResearchBuzz, September 14, 2022
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NEW RESOURCES

OpenSecrets: OpenSecrets launches new tool to track ballot measures across the country . “OpenSecrets has launched a new tool to track ballot measures across the country as part of a continuing effort to integrate state level data following the merger with the Center for Responsive Politics and the National Institute on Money in Politics.”

Microsoft Blog: Because every vote counts: making elections more accessible. “Today, the Microsoft Accessibility and Democracy Forward teams also celebrate the launch of the Center for Civic Designs’ Disability Voting Index. This new tool offers a single, centralized location that makes it easy to quickly search and understand accessibility options in all 50 states so that more people with disabilities can participate in the electoral process.”

TWEAKS AND UPDATES

Creative Commons: New FAQ on NFTs and CC0. “To help clarify how NFTs are already leveraging CC legal tools, we have added a new section to our FAQ on using CC licenses and the CC0 public domain dedication with NFTs. This FAQ is intended to provide basic guidance for those who are already using NFTs and want to know how to use CC licenses and legal tools with NFT projects. We will continue to update our FAQ as our understanding and interpretation develops.”

Search Engine Journal: Google Announces September 2022 Core Algorithm Update. “Google announced a Core Algorithm Update on September 12, 2022. The official Google list of announced updates stated that it will take up to two weeks to finish rolling out. The initial response from the search community was generally positive although some affiliate marketing Facebook groups were noticeably muted.”

USEFUL STUFF

Hackaday: Organise Your Hacks With Treesheets: An Open Source Hierarchical Spreadsheet. “TreeSheets is described as a hierarchical spreadsheet, which is intended as a replacement for several distinct tools; think spreadsheets, mindmaps and text editors and similar.”

AROUND THE INTERNET WORLD

University of Toronto: Student project creates accessible database of Canada’s first newspapers. “Led by Sébastien Drouin, an associate professor in the department of language studies at U of T Scarborough, the bilingual project, ‘Early Modern Canadian Newspapers Online’ is a collection of newspapers from the second half of the eighteenth century – from 1752 to 1810 – printed in Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, Québec and Ontario.”

Loop T&T News: Wedding nothing: Google Maps loses Penal couple in forest. “The duo hoped to attend a wedding in Guayaguayare Village on Saturday. They wanted to get there in the shortest possible time so they used Google Maps. However, the route they followed wasn’t quite what they expected as they were taken through approximately 19 kilometres of abandoned oilfield road, called the Guayaguayare Road.”

SECURITY & LEGAL

The Guardian: Google faces €25bn lawsuit in UK and EU over digital advertising. “Google faces a €25bn (£21.6bn) lawsuit in the UK and EU that accuses the tech firm of anticompetitive conduct in the digital advertising market. The company, which is a key player in the online ad market as well as being a dominant force in search, is accused of abusing its power in the ad tech market, which coordinates the sale of online advertising space between publishers and advertisers.”

Reuters: EU regulators widen Google adtech probe to include Portuguese case. “EU antitrust regulators have broadened the scope of their investigation into Alphabet unit Google’s digital advertising business by taking over the Portuguese competition watchdog’s probe into the same issue.”

RESEARCH & OPINION

CNBC: Google spins out secret hi-speed telecom project called Aalyria, and keeps stake in startup. “Inside Google, a team of techies has been working behind the scenes on software for high-speed communications networks that extend from land to space. Codenamed ‘Minkowski’ within Google, the secret project is being unveiled to the public on Monday as a new spinout called Aalyria.”

CNET: The Bizarre Way Kids Use Memes Is Melting My Brain. “Much like the olden days, where urban legends spread from older sibling to savvy younger brother and beyond, children are constantly proliferating preexisting memes utterly divorced from the context of their origins. They’re consumed by osmosis, via a family member or YouTube streamer, then rapidly co-opted. Quickly they become part of a bizarre shared language. Nonsensical words that are simply shouted on the playground yet make no literal sense.”

Harvard Gazette: New research alliance brings quantum internet closer to reality. “Harvard University and Amazon Web Services (AWS) on Monday launched a strategic alliance to advance fundamental research and innovation in quantum networking. This effort provides significant funding for faculty-led research at Harvard and will build capacity for student recruitment, training, outreach, and workforce development in this key emerging technology field.” Good morning, Internet…

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September 14, 2022 at 05:30PM
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Tuesday, September 13, 2022

Invasive and Vector Mosquitoes, IRS Accessibility, Women’s Self-Care, More: Tuesday Afternoon ResearchBuzz, September 13, 2022

Invasive and Vector Mosquitoes, IRS Accessibility, Women’s Self-Care, More: Tuesday Afternoon ResearchBuzz, September 13, 2022
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NEW RESOURCES

National Science Foundation: Researchers develop dashboard to track invasive and vector mosquitoes. “Researchers at the University of South Florida, funded by the U.S. National Science Foundation, created the Global Mosquito Observations Dashboard to surveil mosquito-borne diseases with automated mosquito identification. The dashboard makes use of data from other apps that use citizen scientists to capture photos of mosquitoes. The approach offers international data on a scale otherwise prohibitive due to expense and logistics.”

TWEAKS AND UPDATES

National Taxpayer Advocate Blog: NTA Blog: Improving Services to Taxpayers With Visual Disabilities. “Millions of U.S. taxpayers are visually impaired and unable to read print material in a standard font size. As a result of a settlement agreement between the IRS and the National Federation of the Blind (NFB) on July 10, 2020, the IRS agreed to develop a process for taxpayers to request post-filing tax notices in a variety of acceptable formats, including Braille and large print.”

USEFUL STUFF

MakeUseOf: 8 Emotional Support and Self-Care Apps and Resources for Women. “There is an ever-increasing collection of apps to provide self-care and emotional support to help cope with the stresses and strains of modern living. Some of these are designed especially for women. Here are some of the best apps and online resources providing women with aid and support to help with all stages of life.” I thought this was going to be a cheesy list where everything was pink and all worries could be fixed with a glass of wine in a hot bath. It’s much better than that.

AROUND THE INTERNET WORLD

NOLA: Gwendolyn Midlo Hall, historian renowned for research into Louisiana slavery, dies at 93. “Gwendolyn Midlo Hall, a New Orleans-born historian who revolutionized teaching about slavery in Louisiana by applying computer technology to information she unearthed in musty archives and courthouse records throughout the state, died Monday at her home in Guanajuato, Mexico. She was 93.”

Michigan Daily: Social media presence brings positive reviews for UMich president-elect. “From replying to direct messages to reposting community content, University president-elect Santa Ono is social media savvy, and the student body is here for it. Since he was announced as the next president in July, Ono’s Twitter and Instagram have been filled with content about University events and student stories, making his passion for the community relatable.”

SECURITY & LEGAL

Politico: Digital great game: The West’s standoff against China and Russia. “The International Telecommunications Union (ITU) — a 150-year-old body that sets rules for how much of the global telecom and tech infrastructure works — will gather at end of September in Bucharest for a three-week conference. The more than 190 member countries will elect a new secretary-general and other top brass, as well as set the policy goals for the U.N. agency for the next four years. The two candidates for the top job, Doreen Bogdan-Martin, an American, and Rashid Ismailov, a Russian, have crisscrossed the globe to rally support from telecom policymakers and regulators.”

CoinDesk: Celsius Resembled Ponzi Scheme at Times, Vermont Regulator Says. “Crypto lender Celsius Network misled investors about its financial health, using its CEL token to bolster its balance sheet and at times using new investor funds to repay old investors, the Vermont Department of Financial Regulation alleged in a new filing Wednesday.”

LA Taco: A New Twitter Bot Will Tell You An Officer’s Name, Rank, And Race By Putting In Their Serial Number. “WhosThatCop is a Twitter bot created by user @NN35007 that allows users to enter the serial number of an officer they’ve encountered, which then reveals the name of the officer, their job, gender, and race.”

RESEARCH & OPINION

Ars Technica: Runway teases AI-powered text-to-video editing using written prompts. “In a tweet posted this morning, artificial intelligence company Runway teased a new feature of its AI-powered web-based video editor that can edit video from written descriptions, often called ‘prompts.'”

Boing Boing: Creating an AI-generated comic book in Midjourney. “I really enjoyed watching filmmaker Elvis Deane talk about his experience in creating a comic book using the Midjourney AI art program. I love some of the analogies he uses—that working with a current AI is kind of like trying to communicate with your dog, or like having an infinite number of monkey artists who aren’t giving you exactly what you want, but sort of.” Good afternoon, Internet…

September 14, 2022 at 12:34AM
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Caribbean Artists, AI Image Search Engine, Lab Carbon Footprints, More: Tuesday ResearchBuzz, September 13, 2022

Caribbean Artists, AI Image Search Engine, Lab Carbon Footprints, More: Tuesday ResearchBuzz, September 13, 2022
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NEW RESOURCES

Loop News: Kingston Creative launches database of 370 Caribbean artists. “Kingston Creative has launched the Caribbean Creative Network (CCN), a public, searchable online database of artists and cultural and creative industry stakeholders.”

How-To Geek: This AI Art Gallery Is Even Better Than Using a Generator. “Lexica is a search engine and art gallery for artwork created with Stable Diffusion, one of the more popular AI art models. The site was created by Sharif Shameem, who hopes it ‘makes Stable Diffusion prompting a bit less of a dark art and more of a science.'” If my RB queue is any indication, we’re going to be seeing LOTS of AI art collections. I’ll try to avoid them overrunning the newsletter.

Physics World: Open-source tool allows researchers to calculate their lab’s carbon footprint. “Researchers in France have developed a new open-source tool to help scientists understand and reduce the carbon footprint of their labs. From the 500 or so labs that have already used the tool – called GES 1point5 – the researchers have discovered that heating, travel and commuting are the main factors that contribute to a lab’s carbon footprint.”

TWEAKS AND UPDATES

Search Engine Journal: Google Updates Its Guide on Preventing Spam and Abuse. “In a welcome update for website owners, Google made clear changes to its spam and abuse resource center on Google Search Central. The biggest updates include more robust suggestions to prevent abuse and identify spam accounts, instead of focusing on how to monitor for it.”

AROUND THE INTERNET WORLD

WIRED: The Tricky Ethics of Being a Teacher on TikTok. “The hashtags #teacher and #teachersoftiktok have a combined 72.1 billion views on TikTok. While many of these videos feature educators simply discussing their job, others take place inside the classroom and include children’s voices, faces, and schoolwork. And even though many teachers on the platform clearly understand how to safeguard their students, the rise of these accounts does raise a number of ethical questions: Should educators really be filming while they’re teaching?”

ABC News: Google workers battle company over ‘life and death’ abortion policies. “The Alphabet Workers Union, or AWU, an advocacy group made up of more than 1,000 employees, has called on Google to strengthen its approach to abortion-related issues or risk an escalation in employee pressure. The AWU functions as a ‘minority union,’ which means it pressures the company through worker organizing but does not formally represent workers in collective bargaining.”

Mashable: The real meaning behind the crab emoji is darker than you think. “Each time a prominent public figure dies, you might see more crab emoji on Twitter, Reddit, and the comment section of Instagram posts. It’s a not-so-subtle nod in celebration of the passing of the reign, influence, or life of a particularly controversial character.”

SECURITY & LEGAL

CTV News: B.C. business’ lawsuit against client who posted negative Google review allowed to proceed. “A B.C. judge has decided to let a jury decide whether a single, negative online review of a dentistry practice was defamation, dismissing a bid to have the lawsuit tossed. In a decision posted online last week, Justice Gordon S. Funt outlined his reasons for letting the case proceed.”

Bleeping Computer: Google says former Conti ransomware members now attack Ukraine. “Google says some former Conti cybercrime gang members, now part of a threat group tracked as UAC-0098, are targeting Ukrainian organizations and European non-governmental organizations (NGOs). UAC-0098 is an initial access broker known for using the IcedID banking trojan to provide ransomware groups with access to compromised systems within enterprise networks.”

CNN: Hackers actively supporting Iran’s domestic and foreign spying efforts, researchers warn. “A group of prolific Iranian hackers has likely been key to Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps efforts to track its domestic and foreign adversaries in recent years by targeting US government officials, Iranian dissidents and journalists, according to new research published Wednesday.”

RESEARCH & OPINION

Clark University: Listening to the Whispering World of ASMR with Professors Shuo Niu and Hugh Manon. “Some people feel an unusual tingle in their brain after watching someone whisper in a YouTube video. On this episode of Challenge. Change., Hugh Manon, professor of screen studies and chair of the Department of Visual and Performing Arts, and Shuo Niu, professor of computer science, dig into the social media phenomenon that is ASMR, or autonomous sensory meridian response.” No transcript available, but a brief article accompanies the podcast.

University of Edinburgh: Experts assess digital impact on Muslim lives. “Experts will seek to build a clearer picture of the way online platforms are affecting traditional structures within Islam across the continent…. Researchers say that while digital platforms have strengthened ties among Europe’s Muslim communities, this has widened inter-generational differences within these groups.” Good morning, Internet…

September 13, 2022 at 05:32PM
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Monday, September 12, 2022

Political Podcasts, Wolfram|Alpha for iOS, Google, More: Monday Afternoon ResearchBuzz, September 12, 2022

Political Podcasts, Wolfram|Alpha for iOS, Google, More: Monday Afternoon ResearchBuzz, September 12, 2022
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NEW RESOURCES

Brookings Institution: A new data set for better monitoring of the political podcast ecosystem. “To help policymakers, researchers, and the tech community better understand podcasting’s role in the information ecosystem, we have developed a dashboard that aggregates political podcast episode data into a single, easy-to-use format and provides an overarching look at the medium in near real time. This data set represents the first publicly available, centralized collection of podcast episode data describing the political podcasting industry in a ready-to-use, downloadable format.”

Wolfram|Alpha: Wolfram|Alpha, iOS and Math OCR. “Wolfram|Alpha for iOS is now available for free. The free app has all of the features from the previous paid app, minus basic step-by-step solutions, plus a few new features available with an active Wolfram|Alpha Pro subscription, including math optical character recognition (OCR) and the assistant apps previously available as separate apps.”

TWEAKS AND UPDATES

Reuters: Google Appoints Top Washington Post Exec as General Manager of News. “Alphabet Inc’s Google has picked the Washington Post’s longtime chief information officer to help run its news division as general manager, the tech giant said on Wednesday. Shailesh Prakash, who also led the news publisher’s design, product and tech teams for over a decade, will join Google in November.”

TechCrunch: Google okays fantasy sports and rummy apps in India in a pilot. “Google plans to run a pilot to permit daily fantasy sports apps and rummy games on Play Store in India, addressing a request from the local community that has long expressed frustration at the Android-maker for not welcoming services on its store in the world’s second-largest market that it allows in many parts of the world.”

AROUND THE INTERNET WORLD

WIRED: A Spotlight on the Art of Video Games. “It’s hard, walking around MoMA’s exhibit, not to think of Gabrielle Zevin’s Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, a novel about the making of video games and the way a group of people creates them together—and then plays them together. I also couldn’t shake the memory of something Zevin told my colleague Will Bedingfield: Nowadays, almost everyone is a gamer. ‘If you’re playing Facebook, if you’re playing Instagram, if you’re playing on a social media network—as in, using one—you are playing a game,’ she said, ‘it’s just a sort of dull game with no end.'” Unless you’re on Twitter, then it’s an endless game of bumper cars, only the cars are on fire and have rocket launchers.

KGOU: Archivist begins preserving KGOU audio in a race against time. “Magnetic audiotape was the workhorse of radio in the 1980s, in KGOU’s early days of serving the campus community at the University of Oklahoma with music and a few NPR programs. Local news and feature interviews, and sometimes whole radio shows were recorded on reels of tape and saved for future use, or erased and recorded over with the next episode. But audiotape begins to deteriorate after about 10 years, depending on how and where it is stored. If properly cared for, it can last longer, but is likely to start to disintegrate or suffer severe loss of audio quality with the passage of time.”

SECURITY & LEGAL

Los Angeles Times: FBI, DHS join probe into massive LAUSD cyberattack as school goes on . “The cyberattack that disabled computer systems across the Los Angeles Unified School District school was criminal in nature, but by Tuesday most online services — including key emergency systems — were operating safely.”

Lad Bible: Man arrested after uploading social media video of his dog driving his car. “A 35-year-old man from Ein Naqquba, west of Jerusalem, posted the video of his small pooch on his lap as he placed his paws behind the steering wheel. However, this stunt proved to be a little too fast and furious for police, who saw the video online and promptly arrested the man.” My favorite part of this story is that the man didn’t have a license either.

RESEARCH & OPINION

Arizona State University: Smelling strawberries, smoke and space in virtual reality. “LiKamWa, an associate professor in the School of Arts, Media and Engineering and an assistant professor in the School of Electrical, Computer and Energy Engineering, part of the Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering, leads a multidisciplinary team of students and faculty from across ASU departments to incorporate realistic, environmentally-sensitive smell into VR for more than just entertainment. He and his team see possibilities for VR to be a valuable tool in a variety of scenarios in which smells represent vital information and are a powerful emotional tool.”

Phys .org: Do art museums prioritize visitor well-being enough?. “By design, art museums are meant to showcase beautiful objects and their creators, offer insight into history, and elicit wonder and awe. A recent study by Penn’s Katherine Cotter and James Pawelski revealed that people who visit art museums experience a range of benefits from doing so. But when it comes to visitor well-being, how do art museum professionals think their institutions are faring?” Good afternoon, Internet…

September 13, 2022 at 12:32AM
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Easy Name Variant Searching with Carl’s Name Net

Easy Name Variant Searching with Carl’s Name Net
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This tool is thanks to one of my longtime Patreons, Carl. We’ve been trading email for years and he’s always been generous with encouraging words. A couple of weeks ago he gave me a great idea as well!

Recently we were chatting about some research he was doing. Part of it involves name searching; we were talking about how to do searches on a proper name and make sure you find all possible results.

Now, the thing about me and searching is that if I hear about a searching problem I am 100% a dog with a tennis ball. I will chase it down and figure it out, or if not figure it out unravel it as much as possible. The output of such activity used to be generally confined to offering search suggestions (or just thinking out the problem if that wasn’t possible).

But now? Now I’m getting a better grip on JavaScript and I can MAKE things. So I made Carl’s Name Net, which is available at https://researchbuzz.github.io/Carls-Name-Net/ .

Carl’s Name Net makes name variants and searches for name variants with one click. It works with three-name monikers (Louisa May Alcott) or two if you don’t know the middle name.

Let’s use Louisa May Alcott as an example. Enter her full name on the form. If you’re getting too many irrelevant results (unlikely in this case, but stay with me) you can add additional query terms. Those should be kept general: France instead of Paris, professor instead of Notre Dame.

After you click the Generate Name Variants button, CNN generates a set of links for you underneath.

There are separate searches for regular Google, Google Scholar, and Google Books searches. For those resources, the searches for three-word names are divided into two searches, one with more common name variants:

(“Louisa May Alcott” | “Louisa M Alcott” | “Louisa Alcott” | “LM Alcott”)

and one with uncommon variants:

— with the understanding that uncommon vs common is entirely subjective, of course!

Click on an URL and you’ll go to a page of search results.

The Internet Archive’s search works a little differently, and because of that each name gets its own Internet Archive link.

I loved playing with this because you will find the most random stuff when you do name variant searches. The fourth result here is a 1909 publication from London that’s advertising a lot of LMA books on its front page.

Finally, you’ll get a list of name variants so you can see what was searched for (and copy/paste if you want to use something elsewhere).

How does Carl’s Name Net work when you have only a first and last name? Very much the same, only it generates four possible name variations.

You might find yourself in the situation when you know an initial but not the entire middle name. Go ahead and use it; you’ll get a slightly different set of names to search but it should work fine.

I made this with Carl in mind, which is why I chose the resources that I did. But if you do a lot of work that involves name searching (genealogy, prospect research?) and would like to see this tool applied to other resources, drop a comment. I could even hook it up to Super Edu Search!

September 12, 2022 at 08:19PM
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Congress .gov API, Civil Rights Digital Library, Ireland Genealogy, More: Monday ResearchBuzz, September 12, 2022

Congress .gov API, Civil Rights Digital Library, Ireland Genealogy, More: Monday ResearchBuzz, September 12, 2022
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NEW RESOURCES

Library of Congress: Introducing the Congress.gov API. “The Congress.gov API will cover many of the Congress.gov collections out of the gate, including bills, amendments, summaries, Congress, members, the Congressional Record, committee reports, nominations, treaties, and House Communications. Over time we will be adding other Congress.gov collection endpoints, such as hearing transcripts and Senate Communications.” I expect I will have a lot of fun with this.

Digital Library of Georgia: The Civil Rights Digital Library Relaunches With A New Look And Fifteen Years Of Updated Content. “This project brings together more than 200 libraries, archives, and museums to provide free online access to historical materials documenting the Civil Rights Movement in the United States. These collaborative partnerships are the bedrock of this national project.”

The Journal (Ireland): ‘These were babies, not numbers’: New website documents deaths in mother and baby homes. “INSPIRED BY HIS own family’s connection to Bessborough mother and baby home in Cork, Daniel Loftus has committed to compiling an online database that documents all the people who died in these institutions in Ireland. The 18-year-old student started Project Infant in July and is currently going through records for various mother and baby homes, county homes and other institutions in a bid to compile a comprehensive list of all the mothers and children who died there.”

EVENTS

Internet Archive Blog: Building Democracy’s Library—Celebrate with the Internet Archive on October 19. “Why is it that on the internet the best information is often locked behind paywalls? Brewster Kahle, founder of The Internet Archive, believes it’s time to turn that scarcity model upside down and build an internet based on abundance. Join us for an evening event where he’ll share a new project—Democracy’s Library—a free, open, online compendium of government research and publications from around the world. Why? Because democracies need an educated citizenry to thrive.”

TWEAKS AND UPDATES

The Verge: Roblox is ready to grow up. “The all-ages, user-generated gaming platform is announcing plans today to add age guidelines to its games and significantly expand its advertising business as it works to court an older demographic, expand its revenue streams, and still support the needs of its millions of young players.”

Engadget: Twitter’s $7 million whistleblower payout violates purchase deal, Musk’s lawyers argue . “As The Washington Post reports, Musk’s lawyers sent a letter to Twitter, telling the company that the severance payment worth $7.75 million that it made to Zatko in June violated a provision in their sales agreement.”

USEFUL STUFF

MakeUseOf: 5 Sites to Teach Children How to Use the Internet Safely, for Kids and Parents. “These websites offer different ways for children, parents, and educators to learn best digital practices and good online behavior. They address basics like security, privacy, and even behavioral patterns like cyberbullying through online games, interactive storytelling, quizzes, and detailed guides.”

AROUND THE INTERNET WORLD

Gizmodo: How Wikipedia’s ‘Deaditors’ Sprang Into Action on Queen Elizabeth II’s Page After Her Death. “RIP, Queen Elizabeth II. There are a lot of things to do in the digital realm when a monarch dies, and one of the first places people go when a famous person dies is Wikipedia. While some on the internet were glued to Twitter or the BBC, checking for news or watching the planes en route to Balmoral Castle, one group of dedicated Wikipedia editors sprang into action updating the late queen’s page in the minutes after Buckingham Palace announced the news.”

Vox: Gen Z does not dream of labor. “Over the past two years, young millennials and members of Gen Z have created an abundance of memes and pithy commentary about their generational disillusionment toward work. The jokes, which correspond with the rise of anti-work ideology online, range from shallow and shameless (‘Rich housewife is the goal’) to candid and pessimistic.”

SECURITY & LEGAL

Los Angeles Times: Did someone ‘accidentally’ send you money on Venmo? You might be getting scammed. “In its support documentation on payments from strangers, Venmo notes that when you send money back, it will come from your Venmo balance, unless the amount requested is larger than your Venmo balance. Because the seller fee had been taken out, my balance was $490.40, remember? So if I’d sent Anna back a full $500, according to Venmo, it would have been funded entirely by my outside payment method, AKA my credit card or bank account.”

Bleeping Computer: Minecraft is hackers’ favorite game title for hiding malware. “Security researchers have discovered that Minecraft is the most heavily abused game title by cybercriminals, who use it to lure unsuspecting players into installing malware. Based on stats collected by the security firm between July 2021 and July 2022, Minecraft-related files accounted for roughly 25% of malicious files spreading via game brand abuse, followed by FIFA (11%), Roblox (9.5%), Far Cry (9.4%), and Call of Duty (9%).”

Reuters: U.S. SEC to Set up New Office for Crypto Filings. “The ‘Office of Crypto Assets’ and the ‘Office of Industrial Applications and Services’ will join seven existing offices under the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) department which handles corporate disclosure filings.” Good morning, Internet…

September 12, 2022 at 05:31PM
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Sunday, September 11, 2022

Jersey (British Isles), Taloyoak Artists, Kansas Mental Health, More: Sunday Afternoon ResearchBuzz, September 11, 2022

Jersey (British Isles), Taloyoak Artists, Kansas Mental Health, More: Sunday Afternoon ResearchBuzz, September 11, 2022
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NEW RESOURCES

BBC: Heritage organisations merge archives for new website. “Two Jersey heritage organisations have merged their collections to create an online catalogue of the island’s history. Jersey Heritage and Société Jersiaise hope to make them more accessible to the public. Heritage will provide its archive and museum collections, and Société Jersiaise have brought its photographic and library collections to the website.”

Nunatsiaq News: Digital archive showcases decades of artwork by women of Taloyoak. “Fifty years after Judy McGrath and Arnaoyok Alookee started a grassroots arts collective for Taloyoak women, a regional heritage society is helping bring it alive online. McGrath and Alookee launched Arnaqarvik in 1972 to create a gathering space and venue for women in Taloyoak to come together, hone their skills and tell their stories through arts and crafts.”

KZRG: New app a welcome tool for youth suicide prevention in Kansas. “The free app, called ‘Kansas – A Friend AsKS,’ was developed in partnership with The Jason Foundation, a national suicide prevention organization, and can be found in both the Apple App Store and the Google Play Store. The app connects youth to tools and resources to help a friend, or themselves, who may be struggling with thoughts of suicide.”

Capitol Beat: Wanted: New homes for historic bridges. “The Georgia Department of Transportation (DOT) is trying to find homes for historic bridges that have outlived their usefulness and need to be replaced. The agency’s Office of Environmental Services announced Wednesday the launching of a website that will spread the word about historic bridges that are available for relocation and preservation.”

EVENTS

Reuters: Social media firms to testify at U.S. Senate Homeland Security hearing. “The U.S. Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee will hold a hearing Wednesday with Facebook parent Meta Platforms, Alphabet’s YouTube, Twitter, and short video app TikTok on social media’s impact on homeland security. The panel led by Democratic Senator Gary Peters will also hear from a panel of former executives including from Twitter and Facebook.”

TWEAKS AND UPDATES

Engadget: Merriam-Webster just yeeted a bunch of internet slang into the dictionary. “The list of new words includes additions that clearly illustrate how these past years have gone for everyone. ‘Booster dose,’ which became a commonly uttered phrase because of the pandemic, gets its own Merriam-Webster page, so do ‘false positive’ and ‘false negative’ lab test results.”

USEFUL STUFF

Tom’s Hardware: How to Turn a Raspberry Pi Into a Wi-Fi Access Point. “The latest Raspberry Pi OS release saw a beta of Network Manager, a tool new to the Raspberry Pi that replaces dhcpcd as a means to manage networking on the Pi. This new tool provides us with a simple, GUI based means to configure a spare Raspberry Pi as a wireless access point. If you need to extend a networking setup, add Wi-Fi to those hard to reach places, then this is for you.”

AROUND THE INTERNET WORLD

The Globe & Mail: An excerpt from Josh O’Kane’s Sideways: The City Google Couldn’t Buy, a book revealing the collapse and failure of Sidewalk Labs. “Josh O’Kane spent more than two years covering Google affiliate Sidewalk Labs’ controversial ‘smart city’ in Toronto for The Globe and Mail. On Sept. 13, Random House Canada will publish Sideways: The City Google Couldn’t Buy, his book revealing the inside story of the failed project and the company’s collapse. The following is an exclusive excerpt from the book.”

Business Insider: Google is reportedly cracking down on employee travel, telling managers to nix happy hours and other team meetups. “Google’s top brass reportedly told executives that moving forward, there would be a ‘high bar’ for what is considered critical travel. Social functions, team offsites, and travel to in-person events that offer a virtual option should no longer be approved, The Information reports.”

RESEARCH & OPINION

Axios: The staggering lack of female artists in America’s museums. “A recent analysis of major U.S. art museums by researchers at Williams College found that just 13% of artists featured in those collections were women. But some 55% of working artists are women, per data from the career platform Zippia.” Good afternoon, Internet…

September 12, 2022 at 12:27AM
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