do well with what you have
/
The trouble is, you think you have time. -Jack Kornfield
ideas that challenge / comfort / inspire
Articles of Internet - May 28
/***TECHNOLOGY
Few Rules Govern Police Use of Facial-Recognition Technology Wired
New Tech May Make Prosthetic Hands Easier for Patients to Use North Carolina State
So Long, Glassholes: Wearables Aren't Science Projects Anymore Wired
The Murky Legal Consequences of Smart Homes The Marshall Project
Scientists figured out a way to implant holographic brain images Daily Dot
6 Essential Steps to Becoming a Drone Pilot Story Hunter
***BIG DATA & AI
How facial software (allegedly) can identify liars The Week
Is learning to code in middle age a fool’s errand or a committed act of digital citizenship? 1843 Magazine
A new machine-learning system tries to predict whether an online conversation is going to get nasty right from the get-go Technology Review
Google & Coursera are launching a machine learning specialization consisting of five courses Tech Crunch
Why the future of AI depends on high school girls The Atlantic
There are some decent free online training courses designed to get you up to speed on Hadoop Business News Daily
Escaping the scandals but getting the big data right Information Age
***SOCIAL MEDIA
Pro-ISIS propaganda finds fertile ground on Google Plus platform The Hill
Trump Can't Block Critics on Twitter. What This Means For You Wired
Facebook is beating Snapchat on its own invention — stories: Why stories have taken off Axios
‘Content Providers’ Easily Find Ways Around Facebook’s Rules Snopes
‘A fun adventure, not a business’: The Weather Channel stopped publishing video on Facebook Digiday
Facebook is updating how you can authenticate your account logins Tech Crunch
***PRIVACY
Amazon is selling police departments a real-time facial recognition system The Verge
California Eyes Data Privacy Measure NPR
***INTERNET
F.B.I.’s Urgent Request: Reboot Your Router to Stop Russia-Linked Malware New York Times
Stealthy, Destructive Malware Infects Half a Million Router Wired
The Quiet Death of WHOIS Plagiarism Today
***THE BUSINESS OF MEDIA
Media’s Two-Front Spending War Visualization Traffic
Impatient, distracted consumers upend the media landscape Axios
3 Steps for Bringing the Oldest Form of Advertising Into the Digital Age Adweek
Great Big Story on Building a Video Storytelling Powerhouse from Scratch — Facebook Live StoryHunter
***JOURNALISM
New mobile journalism guide has free resources for reporters, newsrooms International Journalists’ Network
The Marketplace of Ideas is failing the journalism industry (opinion) Daily Tar Heel
These newsrooms are reinventing journalism education with audience members in the lead Membership Puzzle
Radio presenters and journalists among top jobs for psychopaths Radio Today
Long Beach Press-Telegram Down to One Reporter; Departing Staff Plan New Pub LA Business Journal
Facebook shows once again that it does not understand or value journalism CNBC
Who is watching local TV news? New research provides some surprises Medium
How the Media Helped Legitimize Extremism Wired
In portraying a silver lining to Santa Fe school shooting, news stories mislead public about GoFundMe campaign for victim’s husband Health News Review
What is it that journalism studies is studying these days? Harvard’s Nieman Lab
The Coming Splinternet: How the GDPR Could Threaten Journalism (opinion) Harvard’s Nieman Lab
Showtime's ‘Fourth Estate’ shows how the journalism sausage is made Poynter
***THE BUSINESS OF JOURNALISM
The Hard Truth at Newspapers Across America: Hedge Funds Are in Charge Bloomberg
News Radio Audience Jumps Following Hurricanes Nielsen
How The Washington Post is building its tech platform, Arc Digiday
Elon Musk wants to fix media mistrust with a dopey rating system. There’s a better way. Washington Post
***FAKE NEWS
Is your fake news about immigrants or politicians? It all depends on where you live Harvard’s Nieman Lab
Facebook Opens Up About False News Wired
How Snopes keeps fact-checking in the era of fake news overload (podcast) 2 girls, 1 podcast
Based on the exact words you type Google is giving you drastically different information Washington Post
Can “Extreme Transparency” Fight Fake News and Create More Trust With Readers? Harvard’s Nieman Report
***PERSONAL GROWTH
Why You Should Stop Being So Hard on Yourself New York Times
***GRAMMAR
There Is No ‘There’re’ There Chronicle of Higher Ed
‘OMG This Is Wrong!’ Retired English Teacher Marks Up a White House Letter and Sends It Back New York Times
***WRITING & READING
Every story in the world has one of these six basic plots BBC
Copy Editors Are OCD. Thank Goodness Chronicle of Higher Ed
***LANGUAGE
China is becoming more tolerant of some regional Han languages Economist
Linguists Say We Might Be Able to Communicate With Aliens If We Ever Encounter Them Mental Floss
Language activists are trying to make French gender-neutral Economist
***LITERATURE
The 50 most commonly assigned works of literature at top US colleges Quartz
Philip Roth Discusses His Writing Process NPR
Philip Roth (RIP) Creates a List of the 15 Books That Influenced Him Most Open Culture
***GENDER
Judge rules that transgender teen is protected by Title IX and the Constitution in bathroom controversy American Bar Association
How Social Media Became a Pink Collar Job Wired
***RACE & ETHNICITY ISSUES
New study connects white American intolerance and support for authoritarianism NBC News
***FREE SPEECH
Without respectful discourse, free speech isn’t much more than a hostile shouting match. The Atlantic
‘Don’t burn the flag’ and 11 more rules for free speech Washington Post
***LEGAL ISSUES
Who Owns LOVE? A copyright suit over a beloved public artwork CityLab
Court Applies Pre-Digital Age Law to Digital Age Technology Law.com
LGBT wedding cake Supreme Court decision looms, but more cases likely CBS News
Viacom's Victory in 'SpongeBob' Restaurant Trademark Dispute Upheld by Appeals Court Hollywood Reporter
'Star Trek'/Dr. Seuss Mashup Creator Beats Trademark Claims Hollywood Reporter
Makers of ‘Sesame Street’ Sue to Get Raunchy Puppet Movie to Change Its Advertising New York Times
The NFL’s “take a knee” ban is flatly illegal Vox
A Copyright Small Claims Court? (opinion) Technology & Marketing Law Blog
***RELIGION
Oregon principal ousted for making LGBTQ students read Bible as punishment OregonLive
The group least likely to think the U.S. has a responsibility to accept refugees? White Evangelicals. Washington Post
Religion Goes to the Movies - Los Angeles Review of Books LA Review of Books
Conservative Christian guide to nation's capital vows to tell what other tours won't Washington Post
Jesus would like to connect with you on LinkedIn! Inside the Church of England's digital conversion Wired
White nationalists protest outside Tennessee church Fox 17
***SOUTHERN BAPTISTS
Prominent Southern Baptist leader removed as seminary president following controversial remarks about abused women Washington Post
Amid a Southern Baptist scandal, some evangelical women say the Bible’s gender roles are being distorted to promote sexism Washington Post
Controversial Southern Baptist leader still set to give prominent sermon in front of thousands Washington Post
***RELIGION AND POLITICS
From Bible study to Google: How some Christian conservatives fact-check the news and end up confirming their existing beliefs Harvard’s Nieman Lab
Roman Catholics And Evangelicals Move Apart In Their Political Priorities NPR
How Christian media is shaping American politics The Conversation
***ART & DESIGN
What’s Next for Protest Art in the Trump Era? The Atlantic
Plasticine circuits show how today's tech is tomorrow's art Engadget
***MUSIC
What makes good music? Composers and listeners disagree Economist
“This Is America,” the Video, Is a Smash. Will the Song Have Legs? Slat
***JOBS
Three clauses freelancers should know (and negotiate), according to lawyers Columbia Journalism Review
***STATISTICS
***SEXUAL HARASSMENT & ASSAULT
Why Your Next Workplace Harassment Training Might Be in VR Wired
An economics professor at Harvard is under investigation for allegations of sexual harassment The Crimson
A rape victim was just awarded $1 billion. Jurors told her: ‘You’re worth something.’ The Daily New
Ex-ESPN Analyst Argues Network Wasn't "Media Company" in Publishing "Fake Texts" Hollywood Reporter
***SOCIAL ISSUES
Federal officials lost – yes, lost – 1,475 migrant children Arizona Central
Why Do Americans Stay When Their Town Has No Future? Bloomberg
***AMERICA BY THE NUMBERS
America’s graying population in 3 maps The Conversation
The percentage of American adults identifying as LGBT increased to 4.5% in 2017 Gallup
See the progress towards pot legalization in all 50 states Thrillist
What Unites and Divides Urban, Suburban and Rural Communities Pew Research Center
America is changing demographically. Here’s how your county compares Pew Research Center
Religiously, nonwhite Democrats more similar to Republicans than to white Democrats Pew Research Center
***BUSINESS & FINANCE
Meet the 2018 CNBC Disruptor 50 companies CNBC
See How Your Take Home Pay Compares to Workers Around the World Visualized HowMuch
Fed survey shows 40 percent of adults still can't cover a $400 emergency expense CNBC
***ENVIRONMENT
What a 'Reproducibility Crisis' Committee Found When It Looked at Climate Science Pacific Standard
***HEALTH
Subtle hearing loss while young changes brain function: Early damage could open door to dementia, lead author says Scientific Daily
A nationwide study reported that US cancer deaths have steadily declined for two straight decades NIH
Scientists have figured out exactly how much you need to exercise to slow your heart’s aging process Quartz
What Are Screens Doing to Our Eyes—and Our Ability to See? Wired
The US FDA says there are only risks, no benefits, for a common painkiller used by teething toddlers Quartz
***HEALTH & TECHNOLOGY
Spermbots Offer a Promising New Way to Target Cancer Wired
Ingestible Sensors Electronically Monitor Your Guts Wired
Digital Ambulance Chasers? Law Firms Send Ads To Patients' Phones Inside ERs NPR
Deep brain stimulation found to improve diabetes by increasing dopamine release Science Magazine
***HEALTH CARE COSTS
Vulnerable patients — easy targets for companies willing to sacrifice ethics for profits The Hill
***FAMILY
Parents sue 30-year-old son to move out of house WTNH
American parents invented 1,100 new baby names last year Quartz
***SCIENCE
Science That Is Not Transparent Is Bad Science: Richard Gray On the Citation of Retracted Articles Wiley
Questioning Truth, Reality and the Role of Science Quanta Magazine
***PSYCHOLOGY
The Amazing Psychology of Japanese Train Stations CityLab
Personal Space Is an Elaborate, Unconscious Dance The Atlantic
Schizophrenia ‘risk genes’ are not so risky if the mother’s pregnancy was healthy Stat News
Mapping the rising tide of suicide deaths across the United States Washington Post
This Is Why Cognitive Biases Are Harmful (visualization) Daily Infographic
Depression and Anxiety Speed Up Cognitive Aging, Scientists Find Sci-News
***PHILOSOPHY
The "Insanely Low Acceptance Rates" of Philosophy Journals Daily Nous
The Map of Philosophy (video) Open Culture
***HISTORY
The Rulers of Europe: Every Year (video) Cottereau
What Middle-Eastern thinkers discovered long before the west (visualization) Information is Beautiful
***RESEARCH
Writing a page-turner: how to tell a story in your scientific paper The London School of Economics And Political Science
Systems Matter: Research Environments and Institutional Integrity Harvard
There is little evidence to suggest peer reviewer training programmes improve the quality of reviews paper The London School of Economics And Political Science
Non-preferred reviewers and editorial discretion Small Pond Science
How to review a manuscript: Journal editors identify 10 key steps for would-be reviewers American Psychological Association
What’s Up with Data Citations? Scholarly Kitchen
***RESEARCH & REPRODUCIBILITY
Before reproducibility must come preproducibility Nature
A survey on data reproducibility and the effect of publication process on the ethical reporting of laboratory research Clinic Ancerres
***HIGHER ED
New Federal Data Also Show Enrollment Declines Inside Higher Ed
In a setback for UMass Boston, all finalists for top job withdraw following faculty criticism Boston Globe
After ex-employee is accused of fraud, UT hires a former federal prosecutor to investigate internal controls Texas Tribune
A Federal Panel Tries to Regulate Accreditation. But Is Anyone Paying Attention? Chronicle of Higher Ed
College Does Help the Poor (opinion) New York Times
Why Is Undergraduate College Enrollment Declining? NPR
USC President C.L. Max Nikias to step down LA Times
Calvin College will change its name to Calvin University by 2020 Christianity Today
DeVos looks to ease rules on religious colleges Politico
Fuller Seminary to Leave Pasadena Campus Christianity Today
Small Christian College Announces It Will Close Inside Higher Ed
***TEACHING
Trauma Can Interfere With Students’ Learning. Here’s Something Professors Can Do to Help. Chronicle of Higher Ed
The Second Wave of MOOC Hype is Here, and it’s Online Degrees Ed Surge
Do Photos of Teaching on Your Campus Look Staged and Static? Chronicle of Higher Ed
Trauma Can Interfere With Students’ Learning. Here’s Something Professors Can Do to Help. Chronicle of Higher Ed
Teaching Eval Shake-Up Inside Higher Ed
***STUDENT LIFE
Proud mom orders ‘Summa Cum Laude’ cake online. Publix censors it Washington Post
'Disgusting and horrible': Community reacts to UO statement after student dies at Shasta Lake OregonLive
College kids want to save the world, just don’t ask them to volunteer Fast Company
Democrats pin midterm hopes on millennials Politico
Inside Gay Students’ Fight to Be Heard at BYU Chronicle of Higher Ed
***STUDENTS & FINANCE
Should Businesses Help Employees Pay Off Their Student Loans? The Atlantic
By the Numbers: Changes in Graduate Student Debt Over Time New America
Eligible for financial aid, nearly a million students never get it Hechinger Report
***ACADEMIC LIFE
U. of Kentucky Moves to Fire Tenured Professor for Telling Students to Buy His Book Kentucky.com
A researcher has agreed to leave WSU in return for a $300,000 settlement over infringement of his academic freedom Seattle Times
***STUDENT MEDIA
Missouri scraps student press freedom bill for third year in a row Student Press Law Center
We never planned to work in a college newspaper. Here’s why we’re glad we did The Collegian
Principal won't renew contract for one of nation’s top journalism advisers Student Press Law Center
A college journalist learns why independent press critical to democracy The Morning Call
Suppressed Press at Christian Colleges: New student coalition is alleging religious institutions are regularly squashing student newspapers Inside Higher Ed
Listen to the Young
/Listen hardest to people younger than you. They are ignorant and generally have lowly jobs, but their fragments of knowledge will be more cutting-edge than yours. -Simon Kuper
Where to Begin
/Begin with the end in mind. -Stephen R. Covey
forget yourself
/Get lost in a book. Watch a sunset. Do things that make you forget yourself.
Winging It
/There are no grown-ups. We suspect this when we are younger, but can confirm it only once we are the ones writing books and attending parent-teacher conferences. Everyone is winging it, some just do it more confidently.
Pamela Druckerman writing in the New York Times
unsolicited advice
/Be careful whose advice you buy, but be patient with those who supply it. Advice is a form of nostalgia. Dispensing it is a way of fishing the past from the disposal, wiping it off, painting over the ugly parts and recycling it for more than it’s worth. Mary Schmich
seeing
/You see, but you do not observe. -Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (Sherlock Holmes) born May 22, 1858)
Articles of Interest - May 21
/***SOCIAL MEDIA
The decline of Snapchat and the secret joy of internet ghost towns The Verge
Just 4% of Americans say they read most or all of Trump's tweets CNN
Some news outlets want exemption from Facebook's new ad rules CNN
Facebook Stories reveals 150M daily viewers and here come ads Tech Crunch
Social media mojo-ranking service Klout to shutter Ars Technica
Predatory behavior runs rampant in Facebook’s addiction support groups The Verge
With Facebook Live views falling, BuzzFeed looks to Twitch Digiday
***MOBILE
How to Record Calls on Your Smartphone Wired
This tool transforms print pages into social and mobile-ready stories Poynter
***PRIVACY
Parental spy app exposes the information of teens it’s supposed to protect Daily Dot
You Can Send Invisible Messages With Subtle Font Tweaks Wired
***TECHNOLOGY
Flexible, Stick-On Tags Attach Laser Beams to Eyeballs IEEE Spectrum
Alexa and Siri Can Hear This Hidden Command. You Can’t New York Times
***BIG DATA & AI
An attempt to update the definition of a data science Venture Beat
Military intelligence experts want help with metadata tampering in geospatial intelligence (GEOINT) to enhance cyber security Military Aerospace
The best platforms recognize the value of their own data & leverage machine learning to improve the customer experience Harvard Business Review
NGA is investing more resources in machine learning technologies as it grapples with a deluge of data National Defense Magazine
***JOURNALISM
How a major medical meeting uses embargoes to shape the news, and what the consequences may be Health News Review
Can Robots Do Journalism? (opinion) Media Post
***JOURNALISM OUTSIDE THE U.S.
Prominent Mexican Journalist Joins A Long List Of Those Killed NPR
In Western Europe, Public Attitudes Toward News Media More Divided by Populist Views Than Left-Right Ideology Journalism.org
***THE BUSINESS OF JOURNALISM
Salt Lake Tribune lays off a third of its newsroom Salt Lake Tribune
The 'hire a crowd' business operates openly and makes journalism even more difficult Poynter
***FAKE NEWS
Inside Facebook’s race to separate news from junk PBS
Fake Facebook accounts and online lies multiply in hours after Santa Fe school shooting Washington Post
Searching for Alternative Facts Data & Society
In Houston, journalists are sorting rumors from fact live on TV Poynter
***PERSONAL GROWTH
A Life Tip for Graduates Becoming (my blog)
***GRAMMAR
Who Cares Whether It’s One Space or Two? Chronicle of Higher Ed
How Do We Prevent Typos and Other Errors From Appearing in Our Stories? Propublica
***WRITING & READING
Why a Daily Habit of Reading Books Should be Your Priority, According to Science Inc.com
Are ebooks dying or thriving? The answer is yes Quarz
***LANGUAGE
A Linguist Explains Why 'Laurel' Sounds Like 'Yanny' It’s the audio version of The Dress. The Atlantic
Who Legislates Language Change? Newspaper Stylebooks Chronicle of Higher Ed
Enlisting computers to analyze historical texts, Historians are spotting patterns in language that were once invisible Christian Science Monitor
‘Newfangled’: a Word Much Older Than You Think Chronicle of Higher Ed
Millions of U.S. citizens don’t speak English to one another. That’s not a problem. Washington Post
***LITERATURE
Dutch researchers uncover dirty jokes in Anne Frank’s diary Associated Press
Tom Wolfe, Dead at 88, Had an Expansive Lexicon The Atlantic
Ernest Hemingway’s death significantly improved his relationship with the FBI Muck Rock
***GENDER
Book Review: the trajectories of women scientists during World War One The London School of Economics and Political Science
Men Are Sarcastic, Women Are Hot: Gender and Language in Rate My Professors Chronicle of Higher ED
***RACE & ETHNICITY ISSUES
Texas State U. Police Chief Resigns Amid Racial Tensions on Campus Chronicle of Higher Ed
Affirmative Action Benefits Everyone — Including Asian Americans Huffington Post
‘Why Are Black People So Loud?’ One University Says It’s OK to Ask Chronicle of Higher Ed
How We Made AI As Racist and Sexist As Humans The Walrus
***FREE SPEECH
Careful what you say in this university, its speech policies are those of Soviet Russia USA Today
Remembering a major victory for free speech, 40 years later The Hill
***LEGAL ISSUES
Congress' latest move to extend copyright protection is misguided Wired
Hasbro just trademarked the smell of Play-Doh The Verge
***RELIGION
Protestants decline, more have no religion in a sharply shifting religious landscape ABC News
10 Evangelical Pastors and Their Wives Among Those Who Perished in Cuban Plane Crash PJ Media
Fake Mormon news story goes viral, claiming the LDS Church has apologized for racism (opinion) Religious News Service
L.G.B.T. Students in Oregon Were Bullied and Forced to Read Bible, Report Says New York Times
Poll: Sharing Faith Is Increasingly Optional to Christians Barna
9 Common Misperceptions About Religious Observances Mental Floss
Seminary leader’s comments on women roil Texas Southern Baptists Austin America Statesman
***GOOD NEWS
Australia's 'Man With The Golden Arm' Retires After Saving 2.4 Million Babies NPR
***ART & DESIGN
Ambient Lit: The ambitious project to redesign fiction for phones Fast Company
Rabbit Town: the selfie-themed museum accused of plagiarizing its art Fast Company
***MUSIC
The Surprising Impact That Music Can Have On Little Kids — And Their Parents NPR
Computers crack the code of pop-song success LA Times
The future of music doesn’t always turn out the way people planned Red Bull Music Academy
***FILM
China Is A Fast-Growing Presence In The World Of Cinema NPR
How the Sounds You Hear in Movies Are Really Made: Discover the Magic of “Foley Artists” Open Culture
This video sums up why Ron Howard gets director credit for Solo: A Star Wars Story The Verge
***THE BUSINESS OF MEDIA
Americans are tuning out of TV Axios
***STUDENT MEDIA
Missouri can fix the Supreme Court’s mistake about freedom of the student press KansasCity.com
At SMU, a big fight erupts over its little newspaper as Daily Campus alumni fear censorship Dallas News
***STUDENT LIFE
TCU overturns suspensions for some students accused of using Quizlet app to cheat Dallas News
Millennials’ confidence in business, loyalty to employers deteriorate Deloitte
Class Action Suit Claims Stanford Kicking Out Mentally Disabled Students Courthouse News
KU student who hacked computers and changed his grades is convicted of 4 felonies Lawrence Journal-World
Before you pause that student loan... The Week
More than a million Millennials are becoming moms each year Pew Research
***STUDENT LIFE – AFTER COLLEGE
Interactive data on where college graduates are moving after college (paywall) Wall Street Journal
Report: College majors and student success Georgetown
***JOBS & INTERNSHIPS
Making Career Moves by Saying No Inside Higher Ed
***SEXUAL HARASSMENT & ASSAULT
Larry Nassar: Michigan State University to pay $500m to abuse victims BBC
Judge dismisses former CU Boulder student's Title IX claim over sex assault investigation Daily Camera
She was sexually assaulted by her youth pastor who later became a megachurch pastor New York Times
UW-Stevens Point assistant dean accused of sexual harassment, rehired at UW-Eau Claire Stevens Point Journal
***ACADEMIC LIFE
Textbook Authors Sue Cengage Over Subscription Model Inside Higher Ed
Appeals Court Sides with Cornell in Tenure Dispute Inside Higher Ed
University teachers are exploited, too CNN
***SOCIAL ISSUES
Suicide Is Rising Among American Farmers As They Struggle To Keep Afloat NPR
How Baby Boomers Broke America TIME
The 9.9 Percent Is the New American Aristocracy The Atlantic
***BUSINESS & FINANCE
How to manage your money when you’re struggling Poynter
It's not just you: Everything really is getting more expensive CNN
US States Renamed for Countries with Similar GDPs AEI
The Most Popular Infomercial Product in Your State ATT Savings
Unemployment in America, Mapped Over Time Flowing Data
***ENVIRONMENT
We Made Plastic. We Depend On It. Now We're Drowning In It National Geographic
Release of Chemical Pollution study would cause a ‘public relations nightmare’ Politico
America’s landfills may be completely full in just 13 years The Outline
***HEALTH
FDA approves new drug for prevention of migraines CNBC
Why Sitting Is The New Smoking: An Animated Explanation Open Culture
***HEALTH & DIET
How salad became a major source of food poisoning in the US Vox
Eggs Are Safe For Diabetics And Heart Health, Study Finds Medical Daily
Almost 40% of peer-reviewed dietary research turns out to be wrong. Here’s why New Food Economy
***FAMILY
Warren Buffett once tested his kids with a slot machine, and he won CNBC
Dear Therapist: My Adult Daughter Thinks I Was an Awful Parent The Atlantic
The U.S. spends less on children than almost any other developed nation Washington Post
American Women Are Having Babies Later The Atlantic
***SCIENCE
Quantum Physics May Be Even Spookier Than You Think Scientific American
Every Cell in Your Body Has the Same DNA. Except It Doesn’t. New York Times
***PSYCHOLOGY
Psychologists have identified a very good reason why unsolicited advice is so annoying Quartz
The supposed loneliness epidemic Claude Fisher Blog
How Social Isolation Transforms the Brain CalTech
***PHILOSOPHY
Sam Harris and the Myth of Perfectly Rational Thought Wired
What’s so Good about Original Sin? (opinion) New York Times
***HISTORY
How America Gets WWII History Wrong (And Why That Matters) Cracked
The WIRED Guide to Robots Wired
***ETHICS
California assisted death law overturned in court Sacramento Bee
MIT Now Has a Humanist Chaplain to Help Students With the Ethics of Tech The Atlantic
***RESEARCH
How Shoddy Statistics Found A Home In Sports Research Five Thirty Eight
Deception, distrust and disrespect Karolinska Institutet
Give every paper a read for reproducibility Nature
Peer review could have helped short-circuit the Theranos fake news scandal Stat News
'Nationalistic' Think Tank Plagiarised Chinese, US, Australian Writings The Wire
How Scientific Publishers Can End Bullying And Harassment In The Sciences Forbes
Scientists are subverting formal publishing. well, some of them Wired
Avoid ethics issues in science publishing with these 5 questions American Society for Microbiology
***HIGHER ED
College May Not Be Worth It Anymore (opinion) New York Times
Yes, College Is ‘Worth It,’ One Researcher Says. It’s Just Worth More if You’re Rich. Chronicle of Higher Ed
Former Utah Valley University employee says school discriminates against women, minorities and non-Mormon employees The Salt Lake Tribune
The disparities in equality at public colleges from state to state Ed Trust
PETA sues Texas A&M over Facebook comments the university removed Dallas Morning News
What states have the most people with a Bachelor’s Degree? Overflow Data
Trilogy Education Services runs coding boot camps for a growing number of universities Inside Higher Ed
***HIGHER ED & FINANCE
Ohio College Proposes Cutting Academic Programs and Faculty Layoffs Cleveland.com
Marylhurst University to close at end of 2018 Lake Oswego Review
Investigations Into For-Profit College Abuses Dismantled Under Betsy DeVos Forbes
***CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS
Oklahoma Christian universities win reprieve from contraception mandate Tulsa World
Alumni Allege Rampant Sexual Harassment by Former Christian University President Inside Higher Ed
Catholic U. Plan, Which Could Result in Layoffs of Tenured Profs, Moves Ahead Chronicle of Higher Ed
Ben Carson Tells Liberty University Graduates They Have 'Tremendous Spheres of Influence' TIME
***TEACHING
Give Students More Options When They Have to Take Your Course Chronicle of Higher Ed
The Future of Learning and How It Could Change Your Classroom Chronicle of Higher Ed
One-third of students take at least one class online Washington Post
a Life Tip for Graduates
/Because I graduated in Britain, I missed out on the traditional American commencement ceremony at which a middle-aged bore intones, “You can be whatever you want to be.” Obviously, you can’t be whatever you want to be. The trick is to work out what you should be. -Simon Kuper
religious morality
/There is always a danger of thinking religious morality is the same as cultural norms. (unknown)
stubbing your toe
/You will never stub your toe standing still. The faster you go, the more chance there is of stubbing your toe, but the more chance you have of getting somewhere. Charles F. Kettering
Saying No
/How do you personally determine when it’s right to say ‘no’ to an ask or opportunity?
I ask myself three questions:
Is this in line with my values?
Will it add significant value to my life? (Skills, increase my network, etc.)
What will I be sacrificing to take on this opportunity?
Claire Wasserman, Founder of Ladies Get Paid in GirlsNightinClub
the highest mountain
/You walk over the highest mountain one step at a time.
Articles of Interest - May 14
/***TECHNOLOGY
AI-Powered Baby Translator Wired
Researchers show Siri and Alexa can be exploited with ‘silent’ commands hidden in songs TechCrunch
Virtual reality gaming technology is being used to test for fear of heights and could save lives Quartz
Why learning to code won't save you from losing your job to a robot Tech Republic
Ticketmaster To Use Facial Recognition In Place of Tickets for Venue Entry Bleeping Computer
Google's 'Duplex' Raises Ethical Questions NPR
***BIG DATA & AI
How can we be sure AI will behave? Perhaps by watching it argue with itself MIT Technology Review
Google launches a machine learning software kit that makes it easier for mobile developers to incorporate machine learning into their apps Zdnet
Navigational AI spontaneously develops the equivalent of brain cells used by some mammals to track their location Quanta Magazine
A dozen easy to make data science mistakes CIO
***SOCIAL MEDIA
YouTubers are known for youthful exuberance. So what happens when one gets seriously ill? Washington Post
Facebook quietly rolls out issue ads policy Axios
Facebook, Social Media & the Social Contract Om Malik
How to handle a social media crisis MuckRack
Don’t Blame Phones for Narcissism: A new book argues that 2,500 years of culture have caused an outbreak of self-obsession The New Republic
Nobody Gives A Damn About Your Klout Score TechCrunch
***MOBILE
Cell phones at summer camp: Research explores the effects Science Daily
***PRODUCING MEDIA
This plug-in uses A.I. to create closed captions inside Premiere Pro Digital Trends
***THE BUSINESS OF MEDIA
Online advertising grew to $88B last year — more spending than TV TechCrunch
Fox to buy seven TV stations from Sinclair for about $910 million Reuters
Traditional TV is in Trouble New York Times
***JOURNALISM
When Spies Hack Journalism New York Times
How to Make it In Journalism, According to 4 Barrier-Breaking Latinas Remezcla
FX and New York Times partner for new series 'The Weekly'' CNN
Google’s news chief Richard Gingras: “We need to rethink journalism at every dimension” Harvard's Nieman Labs
Trump's latest shot at the press corps: 'Take away credentials?' CNN
The local-national news divide on Google and Facebook Axios
Why Do Journalists Call What They Produce ‘Pieces’? Chronicle of Higher Ed
Finding concussion data can be a headache for reporters Student Press Law Center
Covering rural America: What reporters get wrong and how to get it right Journalist’s Resources
***THE BUSINESS OF JOURNALISM
Can A New Business Model Save Small-Town Papers? NPR
This Is How a Newspaper Dies: It’s with a spasm of profits Politico
***FAKE NEWS
10 tips for verifying viral social media videos Poynter
Documents Reveal How Russian Official Courted Conservatives In U.S. Since 2009 NPR
Pope Francis Charges Journalists To Shun Fake News Independent
I Went to a Flat Earth Convention to Meet Flat Earthers Like My Mom Vice
This Facebook chatbot wants to help you stay ahead of fake news Poynter
Twitter Is The Place To Go For Fake New Science 2.0
***STUDENT MEDIA
How to protect journalism advisers from retaliation Student Press Law Center
Are barriers to reporting on sexual assault surmountable for student journalists? Student Press Law Center
Students’ survey highlights censorship of Christian college newspapers Religious News Service
***PERSONAL GROWTH
Learning from Envy Becoming (my blog)
***WRITING & READING
How to Become a Good Storyteller LifeHacker
7 Freelance Sites for Current and Future Writers Study Breaks
***LANGUAGE
How to change emotions with a word Science looks at the subtleties of semiotics Economist
The evolution of language? There's an app for that Phys.org
***LITERATURE
How America Invented ‘Young Adult’ Fiction for a New Kind of Teenager Zocal Public Square
8 of the Worst moms in Literature New York Times
***GENDER
Jordan Peterson’s crusade to save Masculinity Esquire
A database of female experts in political science #WomenAlsoKnowStuff
Woman who investigated discrimination at UVU says she was fired after looking into male administrators Salt Lake Tribune
Is Your Script Gender-Balanced? Try This Test New York Times
***RACE & ETHNICITY ISSUES
Non-white scholars are underrepresented in scholarly articles in communications EurekAlert!
What a white guy with a black puppet taught South Africa about white privilege Quartz
Black people in NYC are 8 times more likely to be arrested for marijuana than whites Vox
***FREE SPEECH
Press Freedom Is Under Fire In Southeast Asia NPR
Inside the ‘free speech’ debate that rocked a Wisconsin campus, with ripples across the country PBS
***LEGAL ISSUES
The Law Schools With The Most Unemployed Graduates Above the Law
A two-decades-long feud over what is in the public domain and what is not Hollywood Reporter
***ART & DESIGN
See the 2018 Underwater Photography of the Year award winners Underwater Photography
***MUSIC
'This Is America' - How Musicians Add Perspective To Social Issues The Denver Channel
***RELIGION
Protestants decline, more have no religion in a sharply shifting religious landscape ABC News
Mormon Church Announces End To 100-Year Relationship With Boy Scouts NPR
The Guardian view on US religion: the Christian right is breaking up The Guardian
Megachurch elders apologize for casting doubt on women’s allegations against founder Chicago Tribune
Brother Andrew Turns 90 Religious News Service
Jesus wasn't white: he was a brown-skinned, Middle Eastern Jew. Here's why that matters BigThink
***RELIGION AND POLITICS
For evangelicals, Jerusalem is about prophecy, not politics (opinion) CNN
Mitt Romney calls pastor who delivered blessing at Jerusalem embassy opening 'religious bigot' Politico
Salem executives pressured radio hosts to cover Trump more positively, emails show CNN
An Evangelical Journalist finds His Calling at the White House New York Times
***STUDENT LIFE
Cornell University student presents thesis in bra, underwear to protest against 'oppressive beliefs' New York Daily News
TCU Students Suspended, Accused of Cheating Using Popular Study App Quizlet NBC-5 Dallas
Time Demands of Single Mother College Students and the Role of Child Care in their Postsecondary Success Institute for Women's Policy Research
AAUP Says U. of Nebraska Denied Due Process to Grad Student Who Heckled Activist Chronicle of Higher Ed
University of Florida suspends employee who pushed, constrained graduates Al.com
Many Republican Millennials differ with older party members on climate change and energy issues Pew Research
LGBTQ students at Christian colleges refuse to choose between sexuality and faith MLive
***JOBS & INTERNSHIPS
These are the 10 essential skills that will land you a job in digital media The Next Web
The Most Efficient Way to Keep Your Resume Up to Date LifeHacker
***SEXUAL HARASSMENT & ASSAULT
NBC Investigation Finds Employees Did Not Feel Comfortable Registering Complaints NPR
All the problems at NBC News aren’t just coincidence. They’re symptoms Washington Post
Female student accused of sexual misconduct sues University of Cincinnati The Hill
***SOCIAL ISSUES
Many countries suffer from shrinking working-age populations Economist
Software that detects human trafficking Economist
***BUSINESS & FINANCE
Many results in microeconomics are shaky Economist
How mobile money is spreading Economist
Algorithms are making the same mistakes assessing credit scores that humans did a century ago Quartz
Mobile financial services are cornering the market Economist
The most important books for economists aren’t academic ones Quartz
Blockchain & Remittances Economist
***HEALTH
The Obesity Cure Is Out of Reach in the Heaviest States The Atlantic
Journal retracts paper claiming neurological damage from HPV vaccine Science Mag
Sticker Shock Jolts Oklahoma Patient: $15,076 For 4 Tiny Screws NPR
NIH Pushes for Personalized Medicine: Seeks Health Data of 1 Million People Washington Post
Adopt 5 Healthy Habits, Live 12 to 14 Years Longer New York Times
***FAMILY
Time’s interactive showing you what your name would be if you were born in different years TIME
The Baby-Name Trend That Unites America: In the past decade, new parents have fallen for vowels The Atlantic
7 facts about U.S. moms Pew Research Center
***SCIENCE
The thinking error at the root of science denial The Conversation
When Scientific Fraudsters Slip Through the Cracks: More could be done to weed out bad actors Undark
***PSYCHOLOGY
Can You Overdose on Happiness? The science and philosophy of deep brain stimulation Nautilus
Rates of depression diagnoses in the US, by gender (chart) The Atlas
Memory transferred between snails, challenging standard theory of how the brain remembers StatNews
***PHILOSOPHY
Jean-Paul Sartre was the original self-help guru Quartzy
7 Greek philosophers beyond Plato, Socrates, and Aristotle BigThink
***RESEARCH
The Most Cited Source on Wikipedia SlashDot
The [garbage in, garbage out] Peer Review problem Science-based Medicine
Avoiding the Guise of an Anonymous Review Earth & Space Science News
Thousands of machine-learning scientists have said that they will boycott a new closed-access Nature journal Inside Higher Ed
***HIGHER ED
My university doesn't graduate politically correct snowflakes, that's fake news USA Today
What We Gain and Lose as Libraries Change Chronicle of Higher Ed
Missouri Senate Candidate blames higher ed for leftist ideology Columbia Tribune
Among the Hottest Job Markets on Campus: Police Officer Chronicle of Higher Ed
DeVos Moves to Loosen Restrictions on Federal Aid to Religious Colleges New York Times
Alumni: Inappropriate conduct at a Christian college went all the way to the top The State
Liberal students, colleges should learn from Liberty University's civility (opinion) The Hill
***ACADEMIC LIFE
How Not to Be an Academic in the Courtroom Chronicle of Higher Ed
Learning from Envy
/Aristotle described envy not as benign desire for what someone else possesses but “as the pain caused by the good fortune of others.” Not surprisingly these pangs often give way to a feeling of malice. Witness the fact that throughout history and across cultures, anyone who enjoyed a piece of good fortune feared and set up defenses against the “evil eye.” Of course, there is not much talk today about the evil eye, at least not in the West, but it surely isn’t because we are less prone to envy than our ancestors.
One of the reasons envy does not take a holiday is that we never give a rest to the impulse to compare ourselves to one another. I have had students respond with glee to being admitted to a graduate program and then a few days later coyly ask: “Hey, Doc. How many applicants do you think were rejected?” — as in, the more rejected the merrier I can allow myself to be.
Social media has generated new vistas for this compulsion to compare and lord it over others.
“Envy is secret admiration,” Kierkegaard said. As such, if we are honest with ourselves, envy can help us identify our vision of excellence and where need be, perhaps reshape it.
Gordon Marino writing in The New York Times
You never know
/You never know when you're making a memory.
pack your bag
/I believe in intention and I believe in work. I believe in waking up in the middle of the night and packing our bags and leaving our worst selves for our better ones. -Leslie Jamison
your choice
/You make what seems a simple choice: Choose a man or a job or a neighborhood—and what you have chosen is not a man or a job or a neighborhood, but a life. -Jessamyn West
Your coworkers are better at rating some parts of your personality
/Sixteen rigorous studies of thousands of people at work have shown that people’s coworkers are better than they are at recognizing how their personality will affect their job performance. As a social scientist, if I want to get a read on your personality, I could ask you to fill out a survey on how stable, dependable, friendly, outgoing, and curious you are. But I would be much better off asking your coworkers to rate you on those same traits: They’re often more than twice as accurate. They can see things that you can’t or won’t—and these studies reveal that whatever you know about yourself that your coworkers don’t is basically irrelevant to your job performance.
Adam Grant writing in the Atlantic