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The 3 AI Use Cases: Gods, Interns, and Cogs
Nov 13, 2024 | Drew Breunig
Simplifying and navigating the AI noise by segmenting everything into 3 big use cases.
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Crossroads And Coins: Naomi Mitchison's 'Travel Light'
Nov 11, 2024 | NPR
Travel Light is an unjustly forgotten fairy tale about a wandering princess who goes from bears and dragons to the real world of medieval Constantinople — and back again. Writer Amal El-Mohtar says she encountered the book as an adult and "felt, very...
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We need a renewal of civic life — and that has to start by supporting local journalism
Nov 11, 2024 | Media Nation
Following Donald Trump’s victory Tuesday night, I’ve seen calls on social media to support independent news organizations like ProPublica and The Guardian rather than traditional outlet…
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What We’ll Be Covering in a Second Trump Administration
Nov 11, 2024 | ProPublica
We’ll be devoting a significant part of our staff to detailing what are expected to be dramatic changes in the role of the federal government in the lives of Americans.
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Work As a Distraction – My Next Chapter: A Retirement Journey
Nov 10, 2024 | My Next Chapter: A Retirement Journey
When I had high stress in my personal life, my job sometimes served as a helpful diversion. It’s time for other coping mechanisms.
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Introducing a new delivery system for data journalism
Nov 02, 2024 | palewire
Blog. Editor and Publisher Ben Welsh.
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Quiz: Could you pass the 10th grade MCAS? - The Boston Globe
Oct 30, 2024 | BostonGlobe.com
On last spring’s exams, 10th graders had to earn at least 25 percent of available points on the math test and 39 percent on the English test to graduate.
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Limb Control: Rethinking 'Position before Submission'
Oct 28, 2024 | Bloody Elbow
Note: This is a guest post by Reilly Bodycomb, with T.P. Grant as a co-author. Reilly represented the United States in the 2008 Sambo World Championships, was
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I am my own legal department: the promise and peril of “just go independent”
Oct 27, 2024 | Citation Needed
Independent publishing is one important facet of the media ecosystem, and while I love it, I know it is not the path for everyone.
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Performance Evaluation of C/C++, MicroPython, Rust and TinyGo Programming Languages on ESP32 Microcontroller
Oct 27, 2024 | MDPI
The rapid growth of the Internet of Things (IoT) and its applications requires high computational efficiency, low-cost, and low-power solutions for various IoT devices. These include a wide range of microcontrollers that are used to collect, process,...
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So, Your CMS Blew Up. Any Decent WordPress Alternatives Out There?
Oct 21, 2024 | Tedium: The Dull Side of the Internet.
If your favorite content management system feels like it’s sinking into a shallow well of hubris, you might want alternatives. I have a few ideas.
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The flu shot is different this year, thanks to COVID
Oct 18, 2024 | NPR
A strain of influenza appears to have disappeared from the planet since COVID. As a result, U.S. flu vaccines have been redesigned.
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April Alonso of Cicero Independiente tells us how a bilingual news project serves its community
Oct 18, 2024 | What Works
On the latest “What Works” podcast, Dan and Ellen talk with April Alonso, co-founder and digital editor of Cicero Independiente outside of Chicago. The nonprofit bilingual news outlet c…
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Is Matt Mullenweg defending WordPress or sabotaging it?
Oct 12, 2024 | The Torment Nexus
I realize that many people may not know or care who or what Matt Mullenweg and WordPress are, or why some people are upset about them, but after giving it a lot of thought (okay, about 10 minutes of thought) I decided to write about it anyway. I'm writing this
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What to consider when choosing colors for race, ethnicity, and world regions - Datawrapper Blog
Oct 12, 2024 | Datawrapper Blog
What to keep in mind when choosing colors for a visualization with racial categories so that all readers feel respected.
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Why did Norwich University suspend its student newspaper? - VTDigger
Oct 11, 2024 | VTDigger
The Guidon, Norwich’s student-run newspaper, has been barred from publishing for the entirety of the fall semester. The situation has raised concerns about censorship on campus.
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We Need an Ari Emanuel for Small OSS
Oct 10, 2024 | Drew Breunig
We always worry about funding for open source projects. It’s nothing new. But recent attention on AI and data and a vibe shift among investors has underlined the issue among OSS developer infrastructure projects. Perhaps the agency model is a way forward.
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Media organizations are blowing their endorsements
Oct 09, 2024 | www.slowboring.com
Nobody needs to hear that journalists don't like Trump — give people information they can use
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