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NEW RESOURCES
University of Stirling: First archive tells University’s story of the COVID pandemic. “The first collection of its kind capturing the stories and experiences of a Scottish university community through the global pandemic has been launched. Featuring interviews with staff and students from the University of Stirling, plus a range of images and other material related to the period shared by local community members, the new archive provides a significant record of the pandemic.”
Virginia Theological Seminary: Promoting Archives Access. “I am happy to announce that the Virginia Theological Seminary Archives is now online! … This resource will allow researchers to search through over 400 collections in the VTS Archives and the African American Episcopal Historical Collection (AAEHC). Each collection contains information on its current state of processing, and pdfs of any finding aids or inventories available. Additionally, there are links to the AAEHC Oral History Collection and the Called and Holy: LGBTQIA+ Oral History Collection.”
Capital Business (Kenya): National Library Unveils First Virtual Library With Over 200,000 Books. “The Kenya National Library Service (KNLS) this week launched the country’s first virtual library, containing over 200,000 digitised books, periodicals, research papers, and government publications. The online library, which is accessible from any internet-enabled device globally, will also host downloadable e-books for offline reading.”
TWEAKS AND UPDATES
Mashable: Reddit is trying to make nice with its moderators. They aren’t buying it.. “Reddit has reached out to its moderators, declaring that while their relationship has been ‘tested,’ it’s ready to work on it and move forward from here. In response, the mods told them to go pound sand.”
How-To Geek: Plexamp, The Plex Music Player, is Now Free for All . “Plex is best known as the server software you can use to host your own streaming movie and TV collection, but it also supports music libraries. Even better, the dedicated Plexamp application gives you a more streamlined music player for your mobile devices and computers. Plex is now making the Plexamp player available to everyone, but with a few catches.”
FedScoop: Congressional watchdog agrees to take on generative AI assessment. “The Government Accountability Office will conduct a review of the potential harm caused by generative AI tools like ChatGPT. The chief government auditor’s plans to assess the technology follow a request sent by Sens. Ed Markey, D-MA, and Gary Peters, D-MI, to the GAO Comptroller last month.”
AROUND THE INTERNET WORLD
New York Times: As Iraq Tries to Chill Critics, Its Newest Target Is Social Media. “This crackdown on social media is relatively new, but is of a piece with a broader campaign to silence, sideline or co-opt those who publicly question or criticize the government. That wider effort traces its roots to the months of demonstrations in 2019 and 2020, when young Iraqis poured into the streets demanding an end to corruption, a reduction in Iranian influence in Iraq and a new era of openness.”
Astana Times: Terek Project Illuminates Power of Family Stories Across Kazakhstan. “Driven by a shared vision of preserving the rich tapestry of family stories woven across Kazakhstan, Terek Story, run by Yingkar Bahetnur and Gulnaz Tulenova, embarked on an ambitious endeavor to create a digital library of family histories.”
SECURITY & LEGAL
Associated Press: Video shows Oklahoma judge texting and scrolling on phone in trial over fatal beating of 2-year-old. “A new judge in Oklahoma is facing scrutiny after courtroom video showed her scrolling through social media and texting on her cellphone throughout the murder trial for a man accused in the fatal beating of a 2-year-old, a newspaper reports.”
Euronews: French authorities ban Twitter Blue for political candidates ahead of elections . “French political candidates will not be allowed to have a blue tick on Twitter six months ahead of an election, campaign financing authorities said. France’s commission for campaign accounts and political financing, the CNCCFP, said in a thread on the social media site that the blue check would be considered a form of ‘sponsored advertising’.”
The Verge: SEC is worried chatbots could fuel a market panic. “The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has expressed concern about generative AI’s impact on financial markets. In a speech given to the National Press Club on Monday, SEC Chair Gary Gensler said recent advances in generative AI increase the possibility of institutions relying on the same subset of information to make decisions.”
OTHER THINGS I THINK ARE COOL
Hackaday: Giant 3D Printer Can Print Life-sized Human Statues. “We’ve seen a few makers 3D scan themselves, and use those to print their own action figures or statuettes. Some have gone so far as building life-sized statues composed of many 3D printed parts. [Ivan Miranda] is no regular maker though, and his custom 3D printer is big enough that he can print himself a life-sized statue in one go.” Good morning, Internet…
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July 22, 2023 at 05:29PM
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