Articles of Interest - week of Feb 18
/***BIG DATA & AI
IBM's AI loses debate to a human Cnet
Update on that study of p-hacking Stat Modeling
7 things we’ve learned about computer algorithms Pew Research Center
Major predictive policing algorithm is fundamentally flawed Motherboard
A look under the hood of an automated fake-news detection system MIT
Some ideas on how to make use of Kaggle to get the data science ball rolling Toward Data Science
***TECHNOLOGY
16% of US adults now own smartwatches Tech Crunch
How Should Self-Driving Cars Choose Who Not to Kill? Medium
***SOCIAL MEDIA
Facebook’s Future Is Private Groups, for Better and Worse Bloomberg
Why Mark Zuckerberg's Writing Style Erodes Our Trust in Facebook The Blog of Slab
The Tinder algorithm, explained Vox
Teenage journalists memorialize hundreds of gun-violence victims Columbia Journalism Review
***MOBILE
US iPhone users spent, on average, $79 on apps last year, up 36% from 2017 Tech Crunch
***PRIVACY & SECURITY
Welcome to the age of surveillance capitalism The Guardian
Electric scooter reportedly vulnerable to hijacking hack Cnet
***PRODUCING MEDIA
The best WordPress hosting 2019 Tech Radar
***INTERNET
Ads 'slows down' browsing speeds BBC
How badly is Google Books search broken, and why? Sapping Attention
No, You Can’t Ignore Email: It’s Rude New York Times
Think I’ve Identified Email’s Fundamental Flaw The Cut
“Are you available for a quick task?” – Keep an eye out for the latest phishing scam hitting inboxes TechRadar
***JOURNALISM
A Crackdown On Journalism In The Philippines NPR
Journalists Can't Now Use A Database Of People's Phone Numbers And Addresses Buzzfeed News
***THE BUSINESS OF JOURNALISM
The New York Times quietly paused its Snapchat channel Digiday
Media Layoffs Hit Peak Since 2009 Great Recession The Wrap
Findings from our national study on reinventing local TV News Storybench
Newsrooms are finally focusing on loyalty over pageviews: Here’s how to actually measure it Poynter
***FAKE NEWS
An Apocalyptic Preacher And QAnon Followers Made A Fake Pope Francis Quote Go Viral Buzzfeed News
Most Canadians trust media, but a similar share worry about fake news being weaponized: survey Global News
Russian Trolls Promoted Anti-Vaccination Propaganda That May Have Caused Measles Outbreak Researcher Claims Newsweek
Why Misinformation Is About Who You Trust, Not What You Think Nautil.us
Ruth Bader Ginsburg was seen in public Monday: Conspiracy theorists still insist she’s dead Washington Post
***PERSONAL GROWTH
Surviving the brain-dissolving internet Becoming (my blog)
Treat Failure Like a Scientist James Clear Blog
I’d like to tell you about the life-changing magic of not getting rid of things Washington Post
What’s all this fuss about “digital detox” — and does it really work? Recode
There's A Gap Between Perception And Reality When It Comes To Learning NPR
***WRITING & READING
The Newest Way To Check Out Library Books In Houston? Vending Machines Houston Public Media Houston Public Media
The Hardest Part of Writing Is Restarting Chronicle of Higher Education Chronicle of Higher Ed
5-Year-Old Logan Brinson Couldn't Find a Library Near Him—So He Opened One Himself Mental Floss
Reading in the Age of Constant Distraction The Paris Review
***LANGUAGE
Slang by state: Words only locals know USA Today
American parents say their children are speaking in British accent after watching too much Peppa Pig iTV
***LITERATURE
Tolkien’s World: An Exhibition Transports Us to Middle-earth New York Times
How an Italian Writer’s Imaginary Garden Became a Place of Literary Pilgrimage Atlas Obscura
***GENDER
The Women Who Contributed to Science but Were Buried in Footnotes The Atlantic
***RACE & ETHNICITY ISSUES
11-year-old arrested after refusing to stand for the Pledge of Allegiance Bay News 9
After Black Student Is Kept Out of Class Discussion, NYU School Acknowledges ‘Institutional Racism’ Chronicle of Higher Ed
US border agency sued for detaining two Spanish speakers BBC
When Fred Rogers and Francois Clemmons Broke Down Race Barriers on a Historic Episode of Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood (1969) Open Culture
***FREE SPEECH
10 Worst Colleges for Free Speech: 2019 (including Liberty University) The FIRE
What is ‘auditing,’ and why did a YouTuber get shot for doing it? Washington Post
Another Politician Probably Violated the First Amendment By Blocking a Constituent on Twitter Technology & Marketing Law Blog
Federal Judge Thinks The Best Fix For An Accidentally Unsealed Court Doc Is Prior Restraint TechDirt
***LEGAL ISSUES
Fortnite's Appropriation Issue Isn't About Copyright Law, It's About Ethics Waypoint
CNN, Dish Fight This Question in Court: Is The Weather Channel a News Network? Hollywood Reporter
Copyrighting a dance step? Between a Hard (Milly) Rock and a Copyright Office The 1709 Blog
***RELIGION
I was hospitalized for depression. Faith helped me remember how to live Washington Post
Producer of ‘Silent Scream’ anti-abortion film dies Miami Herald
Founder Of Harvest Bible Chapel Fired For Misconduct And ‘Highly Inappropriate Comments’ Chicago CBS
***RELIGION OUTSIDE THE U.S.
Missionaries and nurses trapped in Haiti as protests sweep country CNN
Once a majority, Protestants now account for fewer than a third of Germans Pew Research Center
***RELIGION & SEXUAL ABUSE
Southern Baptist seminary chief regrets embrace of religious leader accused of hiding sex abuse Courier-Journal
More than 100 Southern Baptist youth pastors convicted or charged in sex crimes Houston Chronicle
***RELIGION & CELEBRITIES
Evangelicals claim Justin Bieber, but he won’t claim them Washington Examiner
Hillsong: Is this celeb-filled, Instagram-friendly church the new face of evangelicalism? NBC News
***RELIGION AND POLITICS
A law beloved by evangelicals could stand in the way of Trump’s wall Yahoo News
Wyoming Senate rejects death penalty repeal, one senator citing Jesus' crucifixion as her rationale The Week
***GOOD NEWS
UPS driver’s instincts lead to rescue of elderly man Fox 8
CNY Taco Bell worker writes a feel-good message in each take-out order; customers love it Syracuse.com
Inmates help police rescue Florida baby accidentally locked in car USA Today
Doctors Said His Daughter Might Never Walk (video) Digg
***MUSIC
"Rest in Vinyl” - A Company Will Press Your Ashes into a Working Vinyl Album The Vintage News
***FILM
A Peerless ‘War and Peace’ Film Is Restored to Its Former Glory New York Times
Steven Soderbergh’s ‘Crackpot Theories’ on How Moviegoing Has Changed The Atlantic
‘Office Space’ Turns 20 Variety
***THE BUSINESS OF MEDIA
How the growth and evolution of the over-the-air tv home fits into today’s viewing landscape Nielsen
eSports Joins the Big Leagues Goldman Sachs
***JOBS: FREELANCING
Where to pitch, based on data from the website, Who Pays Writers? Columbia Journalism Review
What do freelance writers make? Storybench
Why Freelancing Creates Anxiety About Money The Cut
***SOCIAL ISSUES
Climate Change Still Seen as the Top Global Threat, but Cyberattacks a Rising Concern Pew Research Center
America’s gun problem, explained in 5 facts Vox
Facebook's security team tracks posts and keeps a possible threat list CNBC
***BUSINESS & FINANCE
What Happens To A Small Town After Walmart Leaves It (video) PBS
The GDP Of Each State, Matched To An Equivalent Country Digg
The Biggest Economic Divides Aren’t Regional—They’re Local New York Times
***ENVIRONMENT
Bold Plan? Replace the Border Wall with an Energy–Water Corridor Scientific American
From marine biology to gallery walls: At Lux, artist Courtney Mattison draws attention to the fragility of our oceans Union-Tribune
Key West bans sunscreens that harm coral reefs CNN
Why polar bears invaded a Russian village The Verge
Massive starfish die-off tied to warming seas Axios
This Scary Map Shows How Climate Change Will Transform Your City Wired
Scientist who resisted censorship of climate report lost her job Reveal News
***HEALTH: PREVENTION
Sneezed-In Tissues For Sale (video) Stephen Colbert
Children are using an unhealthy amount of toothpaste, CDC warns USA Today
Poor sleep could clog your arteries. A mouse study shows how that might happen Science Magazine
***HEALTH: VACCINES
Facebook under pressure to halt rise of anti-vaccination groups The Guardian
Anti-vaxxers are spreading conspiracy theories on Facebook, and the company is struggling to stop them Washington Post
In anti-vaccine rant, wife of top Trump aide says it's time to 'bring back our childhood diseases' The Week
***TRAVEL
Where Not to Travel in 2019, or Ever: Another take on the Christian Missionary who tried to Sentinelese (opinion) The Walrus
***FOOD
The official fast food French fry power rankings LA Times
***RELATIONSHIPS
About 40% of American couples now meet each other online Quartz
Sharing Netflix, Spotify Accounts After Couples Break Up NPR
Dating App Scams Vox
The Cities With the Most Singles Citylab
8 facts about love and marriage in America Pew Research Center
***SCIENCE
How Many Creationists Are There in America? Scientific American Blog Network
Ph.D. Student Breaks Down Electron Physics Into A Swinging Musical NPR
Does scientist immigration harm US science? An examination of the knowledge spillover channel ScienceDirect
Essential elements for high-impact scientific writing Nature
New NASA Mission Will Create Maps of the Sky Like Never Before Popular Mechanics
***NEUROSCIENCE
Depression speeds aging in the brain, a new study shows Quartz
How the Brain Creates a Timeline of the Past Quanta Magazine
***PHILOSOPHY
Why so many men online love to use “logic” to win an argument, and then disappear before they can find out they're wrong (opinion) The Outline
Google Translate is a manifestation of Wittgenstein’s theory of language Quartz
A global history of philosophy (podcast) BBC
***PRODUCTIVITY
Emotional burnout is fueled by envy The Outline
***HISTORY
How the US has hidden its empire The Guardian
***RESEARCH
Editorial Independence and Journal Ownership in the Age of Open Science The Scholarly Kitchen
Be cautious, skeptical with comprehensive reviews of evidence Association of Health Care Journalists Health Journalism
Study suggests that making reviewers’ reports freely readable doesn’t compromise peer-review process Nature
Replication is on the Rise Arnold Ventures
Major medical journals don’t follow their own rules for reporting results from clinical trials Science Magazine
The Fraud Finder: A conversation with Elisabeth Bik The Last Word On Nothing
***STUDENT MEDIA
As student journalists, how do you report on rape allegations? Pretty much the same way you report on anything else Dynamics of Writing
Student journalists hold power to account, with fewer protections Columbia Journalism Review
Loyola’s Media Policy is designed to hinder student reporting (opinion) Loyola Phoenix
Loyola Student Newspaper Accuses University of 'Trump' Tactics, Dodging Reporters NBC Chicago
***STUDENT LIFE
Historic black church pays off loans of Howard University students The Hill
Tobacco use is soaring among U.S. kids, driven by e-cigarettes Axios
College grads expect to earn $60,000 in their first job—here's how much they actually make CNBC
***ACADEMIC LIFE
College fires longtime professor of English when he asked too many questions about accreditation Inside Higher Ed
Is Email Making Professors Stupid? It used to simplify crucial tasks. Now it’s strangling scholars’ ability to think Chronicle of Higher Ed
Lessons learned from the Wright State strike: professors Inside Higher Ed
***ACADEMICS & PLAGIARISM
Current Policy, Past Investigations Offer Window Into Harvard’s Next Steps In Abramson Plagiarism Case The Harvard Crimson
***HIGHER ED
A Guide to the Changing Number of U.S. Universities US News
Judge says University of Texas at Austin can't revoke a former student's Ph.D. on its own, outside a court of law Inside Higher Ed
Mega-Universities Are On the Rise: They Could Reshape Higher Ed as We Know It Chronicle of Higher Ed
***HUMANITIES
Study documents economic gains from liberal arts education Inside Higher Ed
7 Things You Can Do With Your Humanities Degree Thrive Global
***CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS
Louisiana College quits CCCU over LGBT policy Baptist Message
Why Bob Jones University hosted a gender and sexuality conference Greenville Online
Azusa Pacific University: Is a Faculty Purge Imminent? (opinion) Rewire