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๐ linkblog: just finished 'Scientists Ask Biden to Cut U.S. Nuclear Arsenal - The New York Times'
We are not as worried about nuclear weapons as we should be.
๐ linkblog: just finished 'French regulator tells Clearview AI to delete its facial recognition data - The Verge'
Vive la France ! ๐ซ๐ท๐ซ๐ท๐ซ๐ท
๐ linkblog: just finished 'YouTubeโs New Copyright Transparency Report Leaves a Lot Out | Electronic Frontier Foundation'
Easy to forget that YouTube is functionally the only game in town… and that there are big consequences for that.
๐ linkblog: just finished 'Link Taxes: A Bad Idea for Journalism and the Open Internet - Internet Archive Blogs'
Good read on an important subject.
๐ linkblog: just finished 'Personalized Learning Debates Put Too Much Emphasis on Technology, School Leaders Say'
Lots in here that reminds me of Watters’s comments on personalization.
๐ linkblog: just finished 'People spent 15 hours roleplaying a McDonaldโs drive-thru on Twitter Spaces - The Verge'
The internet is dumb but sometimes in an amazing way.
๐ linkblog: just finished 'Proud Boys Regroup Locally to Add to Ranks Before 2022 Midterms - The New York Times'
Very worrying. Underlines the importance of local politics.
๐ linkblog: just finished 'Mayfield candle factoryโs labor practices under scrutiny in wake of deadly tornado โ 89.3 WFPL News Louisville'
I am glad someone is doing this reporting, and I’m even more glad it’s from here in Kentucky instead of folks from outside.
๐ linkblog: just finished 'โSesame Streetโ Was Always Political - The New York Times'
A delightful and important read.
๐ linkblog: just finished 'Western Kentucky tornadoes: How to help, donate money, blood | Lexington Herald Leader'
Important read for folks looking to help.
๐ linkblog: just finished 'At Mayfield, Ky. factory, incarcerated people among workers feared dead and injured โ 89.3 WFPL News Louisville'
Just when you thought this couldn’t get any worse.
๐ linkblog: just finished 'How Trump and the 2020 race is weighing on Georgia Gov. Kemp in 2022 : NPR'
A sign of scary things to come. I haven’t taught my department’s information literacy class for several semesters; I hope it’s up to the task of combatting this sort of thing.
๐ linkblog: just finished 'Storms, tornadoes: Western Kentucky death toll update | Lexington Herald Leader'
Heartbroken for Western Kentucky and everywhere else that’s seen destruction.
๐ linkblog: just finished 'Appleโs concessions in China reportedly include a secret $275 billion deal and one odd change in Maps - The Verge'
Apple is better than many tech companies, but that doesn’t make it good.
๐ linkblog: just finished 'Further Shift Away from Income Taxes Would Worsen Inequities, Harm State's Economy - Kentucky Center for Economic Policy'
The last thing we need is a more regressive taxation system.
๐ linkblog: just finished 'Researchers explain why they believe Facebook mishandles political ads : NPR'
Size and scale remain problems for Facebook and other social media platforms.
๐ linkblog: just finished 'Amazon is retiring Alexa โ no, not that one - The Verge'
Why shut down Alexa rankings???
๐ linkblog: just finished 'Report - Legal Loopholes and Data for Dollars: How Law Enforcement and Intelligence Agencies Are Buying Your Data from Brokers - Center for Democracy and Technology'
This report sounds terrifying. Even the Capitol rioters deserve some freedom from this kind of surveillance.
๐ linkblog: just finished 'Utah Makes Welfare So Hard to Get, Some Feel They Must Join the LDS Church to Get Aid โ ProPublica'
Bishop roulette makes for terrible public policy.
๐ linkblog: just finished 'Report - Sharing Student Data Across Public Sectors: Importance of Community Engagement to Support Responsible and Equitable Use - Center for Democracy and Technology'
Looking forward to readingโand citingโthis full report.
๐ linkblog: just finished 'Twitter policy aimed at improving privacy sparks concerns over misuse : NPR'
File this under bad solutions to worse problems.