Articles of interest - week of July 16
/***TECHNOLOGY
Amazon Alexa Calls Police On Man Who Was Allegedly Beating His Girlfriend WILM
VIDEO: Move Objects With Your Mind? We're Getting There, With The Help Of An Armband NPR
A Canadian bioethicist says a plan to edit human embryos to prevent deafness is "offensive" CBC
Will California’s New Bot Law Strengthen Democracy? The New Yorker
***SOCIAL MEDIA
I Was Banned From Twitter for Threatening to Kill Mr. Peanut Vice
Here’s How To Stop Data Brokers From Advertising To You On Facebook Buzzfeed News
Conservatives pretending to be suppressed by social media dominated social media Vox
Here’s how you can go back to the old Twitter layout
The Hidden Costs of Free Social Media Foundation for Economic Education
***MOBILE
Chinese app downloads surge in US Axios
Kids are spending over 30 hours a week on phones, survey finds Cnet
***PRIVACY & SECURITY
I’m a hacker, and here’s how your social media posts help me break into your company Fast Company
Google admits leaked private voice conversations CNBC
EFF Hits AT&T With Class Action Lawsuit for Selling Customers’ Location to Bounty Hunters Vice
***PRODUCING MEDIA
Podcast events are making a killing Axios
Facebook struggles to lure video creators amid intense competition Economic Times
Facebook's war to win over creators Axios
How to shoot stellar slow-motion video on your phone Wired
***INTERNET
Craigslist's Craig Newmark: 'Outrage is profitable. Most online outrage is faked for profit The Guardian
How to fix the internet, according to its pioneers Quartz
***JOURNALISM
Tools and tips for digging into Facebook from two investigative journalists The Ground Truth
Why Journalists Should Care About Collective Wisdom Immerse
ProPublica and NBC show how righteous media serve democracy Baltimore Sun
‘We’re Almost Extinct’: China’s Investigative Journalists Are Silenced Under Xi New York Times
A Nellie Bly Memorial Is Being Planned for New York City’s Roosevelt Island Mental Floss
***THE BUSINESS OF JOURNALISM
Starbucks will stop selling newspapers come September 1 New York Post
Here’s how some for-profit local news outlets are building subscriptions Harvard’s Nieman Lab
***FAKE NEWS
A digital breadcrumb trail for deepfakes Axios
Deepfakes have YouTubers worried: Vidcon offers a way to push back Cnet
People Tell Us How QAnon Destroyed Their Relationships Vice
We tell ourselves conspiracy theories in order to live The Outline
***PERSONAL GROWTH
Let Go of it Becoming (my blog)
What makes people change their lives entirely and how can we best become our true selves The Guardian
It’s Never Going to Be Perfect, So Just Get It Done New York Times
***GRAMMAR
What Happens to Spelling Bee Champions When They Grow Old? MEL Magazine
It Might Be Time to Update the Old ‘Alfa-Bravo-Charlie’ Spelling Alphabet Atlas Obcura
***WRITING & READING
The Power of a Good Sentence Why writing one isn't as easy as you think The Walrus
The Cost of Reading: the uneven burden taken by women writers in literary citizenship Longreads
***LITERATURE
New L.A. book festival LitLit announces talks by poets Yesika Salgado, Vickie Vertiz and more LA Times
***GENDER
Mississippi Politician Refuses To Let Female Reporter Travel Alone With Him NPR
Robert Foster, GOP governor candidate, denies woman reporter access because of her gender Mississippi Today
***RACE & ETHNICITY ISSUES
The Dominance of the White Male Critic New York Times
You All Look Alike to Me’ is hard-wired in us UC Riverside
Hate Crime Divides School Washington Post
Aziz Ansari thinks white people are trying too hard with 'Crazy Rich Asians' CNN
Georgia landlords evicted white woman for having black guests, ACLU lawsuit alleges NBC News
How news outlets are dealing with the 'moral dimension' of covering Trump and his racist tweets CNN
'Go Back Where You Came From': The Long Rhetorical Roots Of Trump's Racist Tweets NPR
A Detroit festival charged white people $20 and black people $10, then they got hit with backlash CNN
***LEGAL ISSUES / CRIME
Does including “in my opinion” protect me from a libel or defamation suit? Student Press Law Center
DOJ Says Local Governments Need To Prepare For Ransomware Attacks NPR
A Florida cop planted meth on random drivers, police say: One lost custody of his daughter MSNBC
***RELIGION
Growth and Decline in American Religion over the Last Decade Religion in Public
The decline of the Christian bookstore Slate
Christian speaker removed from conference over church’s views on women, gays Baptist News
Behold, The Millennial Nuns HuffPost
US man accused of sex abuse at Kenyan orphanage he founded Associated Press
State Department Conference Aims To Identify Victims Of Religious Persecution NPR
How religious restrictions around the world have changed over a decade Pew Research Center
Researcher Identifies 'Oldest Handwriting of a Christian' In Ancient Papyrus Letter From Roman Egypt Newsweek
After 2016 Bible Slip, Trump Lashed Out at ‘So-Called Christians,’ Book Says New York Times
***RELIGION AND BORDER ISSUES
Dr. Dobson’s visit to the border Dobson Newsletter
James Dobson's anti-immigrant rhetoric is dangerous Sojourners
***GOOD NEWS
Rejected from culinary school because she is deaf, woman goes on to launch her own pizza empire The Week
After final cancer treatment, little girl donates birthday gifts to sick kids NBC News
Strangers come together on Twitter to find dress for girl with autism The Week
Three young brothers started a candle company to buy themselves toys. Now they donate $500 a month to the homeless Washington Post
Athlete, 66, Has Run 45 Marathons with People Who Have Disabilities: 'It's Like Their Super Bowl' People
A dying woman raised money for her own funeral: Strangers donated so much, she’s now giving away the surplus Washington Post
***REALLY?!
Drunk Yoga: fun night out or workout disaster? New York Post
Metal drinking straw impales UK woman’s brain, killing her New York Post
Illinois mother accused of driving with kids on top of SUV in inflatable pool USA Today
NY father and daughter charged with armed robbery WCAX
Family Saves Octopus Stranded: Surprised by what it does the next day The Epoch Times
Man breaks into King Co. Sheriff’s Office, brings donuts, wants jail to avoid roommate Q-13
***MUSIC
Lennon or McCartney? Scientists Use Artificial Intelligence to Figure Out Who Wrote Iconic Beatles Songs Open Culture
What TikTok's Explosion Could Mean For Music NPR
***THE BUSINESS OF MEDIA
Battle for the future of Spanish-language TV Axios
***FREELANCE OPPORTUNITIES
Pitches on "Stranger Things" and other shows Bitch Media
Pitches for "Building Bridges" YES! Magazine
Long travel and design-focused stories Apartment Therapy
Pitches for beverage alcohol industry stories SevenFifty Daily
Freelance tech pieces The Daily Beast
Pitches for culture stories and features The Outline
How much money can you make on Amazon Mechanical Turk? The Hustle
***SEXUAL HARASSMENT & ASSAULT
What new research reveals about sexual predators, and why police fail to catch them The Atlantic
Harvard suspends star economics prof after sexual harassment claims New York Times
***ACADEMIC LIFE
Odds Are, Your Doctorate Will Not Prepare You for a Profession Outside Academe The Chronicle of Higher Education
Teachers Sue U.S. Over Student Loans That Weren't Forgiven NPR
***BORDER ISSUES
Immigration Officials Use Secretive Gang Databases to Deny Migrant Asylum Claims Propublica
Concern Grows Over Plan To Scale Back Program That Protects Military Families From Deportation NPR
Border crisis conditions for migrants, according to a lawyer who’s volunteered there for years Slate
Border Patrol Agents Are Passing Around A Commemorative Coin Mocking Care for Migrant Kids Propublica
3-Year-Old Asked To Pick Parent In Attempted Family Separation, Her Parents Say NPR
The US is quietly opening shelters for babies and young kids: One has 12 children and no mothers Reveal News
California Set To Expand Medicaid To Undocumented Young Adults NPR
***BUSINESS & FINANCE
Branding has a moral responsibility Fast Company
Digital Tax Passed In France Is Aimed At U.S. Tech Giants NPR
The future of work in America McKinsey
How much money can you make on Amazon Mechanical Turk? The Hustle
***ENVIRONMENT
Trees emit a surprisingly large amount of methane Wired
These rare blue clouds could be headed your way PopSci
Radioactivity in parts of the Marshall Islands is far higher than Chernobyl, study says Wired
***HEALTH
The meat-allergy tick also carries a mystery killer virus Wired
Urinary Tract Infections Affect Millions: The Cures Are Faltering New York Times
Is my insomnia all in my head? Why my brain might be sleeping without me knowing Telegraph
In US 1st, baby is born from dead donor’s transplanted womb Associated Press
***TRAVEL
How to Fall Asleep on a Plane Life Hacker
Attendance falling at American Landmarks Politico
How to Get Through Airport Security Faster Life Hacker
***SPORTS & GAMES
Why Do Sports Fans Watch, and Rewatch, Injury Footage? New York Times
Robot umpires: MLB is testing technology in Atlantic League Washington Post
Poker Bot Beats The Professionals At 6-Player Texas Hold 'Em NPR
Chess Grandmaster Igors Rausis Caught Cheating Bleacher Report
We Watched 906 Foul Balls To Find Out Where The Most Dangerous Ones Land FiveThirtyEight
***FOOD
Hershey’s Co. sued over 'misleading' White Reese’s packaging Fox News
When Natural Disasters Strike, Operation BBQ Swoops In With Relief — And Ribs NPR
***ANIMALS
Heroic dog saves sleeping deputy constable from Montgomery County house fire ABC-13
Drunk man sends injured baby bird to wildlife rescue center in an Uber WFSB
Why Dogs Now Play a Big Role in Human Cancer Research Wired
Tourists Plays Around With An Octopus, Don't Realize It's One Of Australia's Most Venomous Species Digg
***SCIENCE
Why we see the colors of faces differently than other things Wired
NASA drops insane map of 4,000 planets outside our solar system CNET
We Have The First-Ever Images of Molecules Changing Their Charge State Science Alert
***PSYCHOLOGY & NEUROSCIENCE
30 intro psych textbooks: the vast majority defined or explained statistical significance inaccurately Psychological Science
REM sleep silences the siren of the brain NIN
***CHINA
Google Working On AI In China Has Billionaire Peter Thiel, Others Raising Major Concerns Media Post
China Box Office Drops in First Half Despite 14.5 Percent Jump in Hollywood Revenue Hollywood Reporter
***POLITICS
Trump campaign uses stock video pretending it portrays supporters Associated Press
Kantar Forecasts $6 Billion in Political Ad Spending for 2019-2020 Election Cycle Kantar Media
Huge Turnout Is Expected in 2020. So Which Party Would Benefit? New York Times
***RESEARCH
Here’s how to deal with failure, say senior scientists Nature Index
Scandal-weary Swedish government takes over research-fraud investigations Nature
Research publications: does piling them high sell them short? Times Higher Education
Replicator Degrees of Freedom Allow Publication of Misleading 'Failures to Replicate' SSRN
Rules to stamp out export of unethical research practices to poorer countries gaining momentum Times Higher Education
Inside a “Fake” Conference: A Journey Into Predatory Science Technology Networks
The greatest threat to medical science is not fabrication of results but ‘presentational fraud'” BMJ
***HIGHER ED
Bachelor’s Degree Movers FlowingData
Hackers Demand $2 Million From Monroe College Inside Higher Ed
Colleges Are Shutting Down, and Yankton Was a Precursor The Atlantic
More Latinx Students, Stagnant Latinx President Inside Higher Ed
Sorry, Headhunters, but the Healthiest Presidential Searches Are Open The Chronicle of Higher Ed
In the U.K., a Surge in Chinese Applicants Inside Higher Ed
Accreditor approves Ashford U's nonprofit conversion Education Dive
The Downside of Reduced Student Borrowing Inside Higher Ed
2 Indiana virtual schools received lots of public money: Now, the state wants $40 million of it back Washington Post
5 Years Later, Grand Valley Resolves Federal Complaint Inside Higher Ed
***CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS
Michael W. Smith, Kevin Jonas to start music center, label at Liberty University Religious News Service
He was hired to teach at Olivet Nazarene University: And then someone read his book Chicago Tribune
PLNU students serve children in Philippines Church of the Nazarene
***TEACHING
Survey shows nearly half of students distracted by technology Inside Higher Ed
5 Key Aspects of Teaching Innovation In 2019 Entrepreneur
***STUDENT MEDIA
Study: Millennials Worry About Media's Impact On Democracy Media Post
***STUDENT LIFE
Amazon fined a college student $3,800 for returning a rented textbook 4 days late Business Insider
Teens are abandoning hyper-produced personalities for people who seem just like them The Atlantic