Articles of Interest - Sept. 24
/***SOCIAL MEDIA
Twitter’s livestreaming video app Periscope launches audio-only broadcasts Mashable
The Deliberate Awfulness of Social Media New Yorker
Judging connectedness of American communities, based on Facebook friendships FlowingData
Survey: Teens prefer texting to talking NBC News
Snapchat Lets you Take a Photo of an object to buy it on Amazon Tech Crunch
***SOCIAL MEDIA: FACEBOOK
John Oliver: Why a Toilet is better than Facebook TIME
Facebook is testing its dating service. here’s how it’s different from tinder Wired
Content Moderator Sues Facebook, Says Job Gave Her PTSD Motherboard
Why Instagram’s founders are resigning: independence from Facebook weakened Tech Crunch
***MOBILE
Nearly half of all cellphone calls will be scams by 2019, says new study Cnet
Multimedia story on how Rio residents are using apps to steer clear of violence and shootings during their commutes The Globe and Mail
Evernote and the folly of forever apps Axios
***PRODUCING MEDIA
Crazy Rich Asians director Jon M. Chu shot this short film entirely on an iphone xs max Wired
Is the podcast bubble bursting? Columbia Journalism Review
***INTERNET
The man caught shaving on a train in a viral video mocked online, was actually coming from a homeless shelter Associated Press
Google at 20: how two 'obnoxious' students changed the internet The Guardian
***TECHNOLOGY
Get ready for atomic radio MIT Technology Review
Technology Helps Motorists Maneuver In A Natural Disaster NPR
A stretchy stick-on patch can take blood pressure readings from deep inside your body MIT Technology Review
Nobody Was Going To Solve These Cold Cases. Then Came The DNA Crime Solvers BuzzFeed News
***THE BUSINESS OF MEDIA
Sirius XM to buy Pandora for $3.5 billion in stock Yahoo Finance
***JOURNALISM
How to buy into journalism’s blockchain future Nieman Lab
Revealed: The Justice Dept's secret rules for targeting journalists with FISA court orders Freedom of the Press Foundation
The New York Times is asking readers to help it cover election misinformation Poynter
Media Manipulation, Strategic Amplification, and Responsible Journalism Points
***FAKE NEWS
This fake news generator is a head-turning troll machine Daily Dot
***BIG DATA & AI
The mathematical formula you use every day without realizing it ABC (Australia)
Can Neural Networks Design The Detector Of A Future Particle Collider? Science
Can you guess which of these paintings was not made by a human? Quartz
***PERSONAL GROWTH
47 Fake News Signals Becoming (my blog)
Live Like I’m a Plus-One to My Own Life The Cut
The 5 types of mentors you need in your life TED
Why Your Brain is Wired for Pessimism—and What You Can Do to Be More Optimistic GQ
***GRAMMAR
Pompeo cracks down, on improper use, of commas at State Department CNN
***WRITING & READING
Fifty Writing Tools: Quick List Poynter
How Can Profs Support Students Who Come In With Poor Writing Skills? Ed Surge
***LANGUAGE
Making Its Way Into American English: ‘Browned Off’ Chronicle of Higher Ed
Nonsense About Universal Translation, Strictly for the Gullible Chronicle of Higher Ed
***LITERATURE
Why should you read Edgar Allan Poe? Scott Peeples/Ted Ed
Hear Dylan Thomas Recite His Classic Poem, “Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night” Open Culture
From Trump to Tolstoy: What's Bringing Computer Science and Literature Together EdSurge
***GENDER
The person running your favorite football team’s twitter is probably a woman The Verge
Men Get the First, Last and Every Other Word on Earnings Calls Bloomberg
***GENDER & POLITICS
The New York Times’ breakdown of the record number of women running in the midterms and how many are likely to win New York Times
Men, women differ over some qualities they see as essential for political and business leadership Pew Research Center
Women Are Increasingly Doubtful That Voters Are Ready to Elect Them New York Times
***DIVERSITY
Huge peer-review study reveals lack of women and non-Westerners Nature
When a Chief Diversity Officer Is Not Enough Chronicle of Higher Ed
First black female White House reporter gets Newseum statue Associated Press
DJ sues over firing for transgender comment Toronto Sun
***RACE & ETHNICITY ISSUES
Let's Talk About the N-Word Project: Over 300 Georgia Southern community members voice their opinions on the N-word The George-Annie
Big Donor’s Facebook Photos of 2 Black Students Unsettle Ole Miss Chronicle of Higher Ed
Black Patients Miss Out On Promising Cancer Drugs Propublica
***LEGAL ISSUES
Departing Employee Required to Transfer Social Media Accounts–Hyperheal Hyperbarics v. Shapiro Tech & Marketing Law Blog
The digital age could make the statute of limitations for sex crimes a relic of the past Market Watch
Twitter Isn’t Liable for Impersonation Account–Dehen v. Doe Tech & Marketing Law Blog
***RELIGION
I Stopped Believing In God After Pastoring A Megachurch BuzzFeedVideo
The world's most spiritual countries Wayfairer Travel
How Meditation Can Change Your Brain: The Neuroscience of Buddhist Practice Open Culture
Elmbrook resignations are the latest to rock evangelical Christian churches Journal Sentinel
***RELIGION AND POLITICS
Non-Christian refugees shut out of Trump's America Axios
What CS Lewis would say about Brett Kavanaugh (opinion) The Week
***GOOD NEWS
7-Year-Old Sings National Anthem At MLS Game, And Holy Moly This Is Something Else Digg
She helped save his life. 28 years later, he turns up in her preemie ward — as a doctor Mercury News
Baltimore Orioles become first professional sports team to wear Braille jerseys MLB
D.C. students grow vegetables to feed the homeless WTOP
Caterer turns officiant after wedding official breaks leg WLWT
Man makes it his mission to clean up 1 million cigarette butts Washington Post
Iowa man has handed out Hershey chocolate bars every week for 10 years MSNBC
Hero siblings lift overturned SUV from roadside ditch, save couple and baby Fox 13
***ART & DESIGN
This Image of the Total Eclipse Is Being Called “History’s Most Amazing Photo” My Modern Met
Here's A Font That Lets You Cheat On Your Term Papers BuzzFeed News
Meet the very wealthy, very private couple behind Washington's most original museum Washington Post
***MUSIC
The Voice Behind One Of Hip-Hop's Most Famous Hooks NPR
The History of the Guitar & Guitar Legends: From 1929 to 1979 Open Culture
"Bonehemian Rhapsody" 28-Trombone Collaboration Christopher Bill
An 11-Year-Old Taiwanese Ukelele Prodigy Kottke
The Electric History Of Guitar Distortion In Music Digg
***ANIMALS
Dogs are dying after groomings at PetSmart and families are left wondering why NJ.com
***SPORTS
College Mascot Accidentally Shoots Himself In Groin With T-Shirt Cannon Digg
***SOCIAL ISSUES
Retire, Bitch: The Never-ending Showdown Between Baby Boomers and Millennials The Ringer
Study: Since The 1970s, Drug Overdoses Have Grown Exponentially NPR
The Constitution Is Threatened by Tribalism The Atlantic
***BUSINESS & FINANCE
How much money you actually take home on a $100,000 salary, mapped by which city you live in HowMuch
Amazon becoming 3rd-biggest digital ad platform Axios
'I'm getting ripped off': A look inside Ticketmaster's price-hiking bag of tricks CBC News
***ENVIRONMENT
On Waste Plastics at Sea, She Finds Unique Microbial Multitudes Quanta Magazine
***HEALTH
Those airport security bins carry more germs than the toilet Washington Post
How hospitals protect high prices Axios
How a Weight Loss Company Lured People Into Paying to Join a Non-Existent Study Snopes
In 1960, about a half-million teens took a test: Now it could predict whether they get Alzheimer’s Washington Post
***HEALTH & DRUGS
The Most Promising Migraine Drug in Years Is Being Held Hostage by Our Healthcare Dystopia SplinterNews
***TRAVEL
2018’s Most Fun Cities in America Wallet Hub
***FOOD & DRINK
Cheese Tea Could Be the New Bubble Tea — If Americans Get Over the Name Eater
Walmart, Sam's Club to put food products on blockchain Business Insider
***FAMILY
Baby Walkers Are So Dangerous They Need To Be Banned, According To Pediatricians BuzzFeed News
Stay-at-home moms and dads account for about one-in-five U.S. parents Pew Research
***SCIENCE
Greetings From Vulcan? Planet Discovered Orbiting the Star of Spock's Homeworld in "Star Trek" Popular Mechanics
Reimagining of Schrödinger’s cat breaks quantum mechanics — and stumps physicists Nature
***NEUROSCIENCE
Study of electrical signals in brain suggests it may be hardwired for laziness UBC
Does our environment affect the genes in our brains? Science Daily
***PRODUCTIVITY
This interactive to help you decide whether to take on a personal project Sound I Do it?
How to solve complex problems (by not focusing on them) Fast Company
***HISTORY
When Televisions Were Radioactive The Atlantic
The Most Influential Parasite in History Mental Floss
***ETHICS
Tim Wu says the future of humanity depends on design ethics Fast Company
***RESEARCH
Economics Gets It Wrong Because Research Is Hard to Replicate Bloomberg
Reboot undergraduate courses for reproducibility Nature
Publish or perish: How to burst the bubble of scientific publication inflation? European Science
Meet the “journalologists” using scientific methods to study publishing Science Mag
Scientific misconduct is more than falsification, fabrication, and plagiarism – and harder to identify ASH Clinical News
***HIGHER ED
College rankings need more focus on graduation rates of low-income students Washington Post
It’s Time for Colleges to Stop Overlooking Hispanic Adults Chronicle of Higher Ed
You Can’t Work Your Way Through College Anymore Mel Magazine
The enduring legacy of 'Animal House' at Oregon ESPN
U. of Pennsylvania Says It Will Be First Ivy to Offer Online Bachelor’s Degree Chronicle of Higher Ed
Enemies of the People? Is the work of a scholarly publisher really differs from that of journalists? (opinion) Inside Higher Ed
‘Fun is outlawed in America.’ MO university president criticized for beer bong swig Miami Herald
***HIGHER ED FINANCIES
The steep rise in enrollments at for-profit colleges during the Great Recession Axios
***CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS
Settlement reached in lawsuit filed over Wheaton College football hazing incident Chicago Tribune
Azusa Pacific Removes Ban on LGBTQ+ Relationships, Creates Program for Students ZU news
***TEACHING
Texas plans remove Helen Keller from the state's social studies curriculum The Washington Post
Lawnmower parents are the new helicopter parents Weare Teachers
How Notre Dame Rethought Its Core Curriculum Chronicle of Higher Ed
There’s No One-Size-Fits-All Model for Student Success (sub. requ'd) Chronicle of Higher Ed
***STUDENT MEDIA
Christine Blasey Ford is a Pepperdine alumna and a former professor: The school’s student Newspaper reported on the local angle Pepperdine-Graphic
450 issues of The OU Daily stolen — writer thinks it's attempted censorship of front page sexual harassment story Student Press Law Center
***STUDENT LIFE
Student's Essay Snafu Is Really One for the Books TIME
Florida student accused of trying to steal airliner dragged off plane CBS News
Harvard Law Students Say School Should Reconsider Brett Kavanaugh's Teaching Job HuffPost
Education Department warns that students on financial aid are being targeted in phishing attacks Washington Post
The secret life of teen scooter outlaws The Verge
Motorcycles no longer signify youth and rebellion- The median age had risen to 47 The New York Times
***STUDENT LIFE: DRUGS & DRINKING
How binge-drinking in college affects the brain Daily Mail
Marijuana use is now as common among baby boomers as it is among teens, federal data shows Washington Post
***SEXUAL HARASSMENT & ASSAULT
Advocates Brace As DeVos Preps Policies On Campus Sexual Misconduct NPR
Court backs suspension of Valencia College student in sexual harassment case Orlando Sentinel
Why They Didn’t Report: Trump’s Challenge to Kavanaugh Accuser Provokes Stories of Campus Assault Chronicle of Higher Ed
***ACADEMIC LIFE
Board games for adjunct professors McSweeney’s
Warning Signs That You and Your Campus Are a Bad Fit Chronicle of Higher Ed
Several longtime professors at John Jay College are under state investigation for allegations involving drugs, prostitution, and rape" New York Times