Month: September 2018

👓 Trump bragged about his presidency and world leaders laughed | Politico

Read Trump bragged about his presidency and world leaders laughed (POLITICO)
“I didn't expect that reaction, but that's okay,“ he responded.

👓 Trump Unleashes on Kavanaugh Accuser as Key Republican Wavers | New York Times

Read Trump Unleashes on Kavanaugh Accuser as Key Republican Wavers (New York Times)
The Republican, Senator Lisa Murkowski, said she was troubled by Christine Blasey Ford’s story. Senate Republicans hired a sex-crimes prosecutor from Arizona, Rachel Mitchell, to question Dr. Blasey.

👓 Kavanaugh’s Yearbook Page Is ‘Horrible, Hurtful’ to a Woman It Named | New York Times

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The Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh and some high school friends described themselves in a yearbook as “Renate” alumni. The woman they were referring to is furious.

👓 Newsonomics: The Washington Post’s ambitions for Arc have grown — to a Bezosian scale | Nieman Lab

Read Newsonomics: The Washington Post’s ambitions for Arc have grown — to a Bezosian scale (Nieman Lab)
It is increasingly the tech stack of choice for major news publishers. But now Arc wants to be the backbone of your digital advertising and subscriptions, too.

👓 Riemann hypothesis likely remains unsolved despite claimed proof | New Scientist

Read Riemann hypothesis likely remains unsolved despite claimed proof by Gilead Amit​ (New Scientist)
Mathematician Michael Atiyah has presented his claimed proof of one of the most famous unsolved problems in maths, but others remain cautiously sceptical
As I get amped up for the start of Mike Miller’s Fall math class Gems and Astonishments of Mathematics, which is still open for registration, I’m even more excited that he’s emailed me to say that he’ll be teaching Category Theory for the Winter Quarter in 2019!!

 

 

👓 Announcing WP-Lens a new, simple WordPress Theme for Photographers | Alan Levine

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Here is another new experimenting in porting a Creative Commons licensed HTML5 Up template into a WordPress theme, say hello to WP-Lens. This joins my three previous HTML5 Up to WordPress themes, I…

👓 Riemann hypothesis, fine structure constant, Todd function | John D. Cook

Read Riemann hypothesis, fine structure constant, Todd function by John D. Cook (johndcook.com)
This morning Sir Michael Atiyah gave a presentation at the Heidelberg Laureate Forum with a claimed proof of the Riemann hypothesis. The Riemann hypothesis (RH) is the most famous open problem in mathematics, and yet Atiyah claims to have a simple proof.
Based on the update that the whole thing may fall apart, but the fact that it’s based on the Todd function as it reaches a limit for the fine structure constant might provide an answer to Sean Carroll’s issues? We’ll see what comes of it.

👓 Bloomberg's TicToc is starting to build a brand beyond Twitter | Digiday

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Begun as a Twitter network, TicToc now includes a podcast and newsletter and is developing a website.

📺 Midterms are right around the corner. | TicToc by Bloomberg

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🎧 Summer Series Episode 1: US Storm Edition | On the Media | WNYC Studios

Listened to Summer Series Episode 1: US Storm Edition from On the Media | WNYC Studios
This summer we revisit some of our Breaking News Consumer's Handbooks. To mark the ramping up of hurricane season, the first episode in this mini-series is the US Storm Edition.

For media professionals, hurricanes offer the very best kind of bad news because the story arc is predictable and invariably compelling. In this summer series revisiting some of our Breaking News Consumer’s Handbooks, we examine the myths, misleading language, and tired media narratives that clog up news coverage at a time when clarity can be a matter of life and death.

Brooke speaks with Dr. Robert Holmes, National Flood Hazard Coordinator for the U.S. Geological Survey; Gina Eosco, a risk communication consultant; and Scott Gabriel Knowles of Drexel University, author of The Disaster Experts: Mastering Risk in Modern America.

🎧 Summer Series Episode 2: Military Coup Edition | On the Media | WNYC Studios

Listened to Summer Series Episode 2: Military Coup Edition from On the Media | WNYC Studios

This summer, we're revisiting some of our favorite Breaking News Consumer Handbooks. Episode 2 in this mini-series is Military Coup Edition.

Back in the summer of 2016, Turkish putschists shut down highways, attacked government buildings and took broadcasters hostage, world media outlets struggled to provide sober reports of the coup. During the chaos, some listeners told us on Twitter that they’d appreciate an OTM Breaking News Consumer's Handbook: Coup Edition. Coups are especially tricky to report on because they're mainly about perception and narrative. Plotters and the government are both trying to establish dominance, and misreporting can determine whether the attempt succeeds or not.

Naunihal Singh, author of Seizing Power: The Strategic Logic of Military Coups, says the first step for a successful military coup is to take control of radio and tv broadcasters. From there, they can literally and figuratively control the narrative.

Brooke spoke to Singh about how to understand coups through the media, and how to understand whether an attempt will succeed or fail.

Breaking News Consumer's Handbook: Military Coup Edition