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👓 Attorneys General Sue Trump Administration Over School Nutrition Rollbacks | The Salt | NPR
Allison Aubrey (The Salt | NPR )A coalition of state attorneys general is suing the Trump administration for weakening the federal nutrition standards for school meals that are fed to about 30 million children across the country.
"Over a million children in New York — especially those in low-income communities and communities of color — depend on the meals served daily by their schools to be healthy, nutritious, and prepare them for learning," New York Attorney General Letitia James said in a statement announcing the lawsuit. Joining James in the lawsuit are the attorneys general of California, the District of Columbia, Illinois, Minnesota, New Mexico and Vermont.
👓 2 Students Allegedly Cheated Apple Out Of Nearly $900,000 In Fake iPhone Scheme | NPR
Prosecutors say it was an elaborate deception that involved roping in friends and family, while using nonsensical pseudonyms and a slew of mailing addresses. The plot seems to have come from China.
👓 Case Studies and Theory Development in the Social Sciences (my reading notes) | Raul Pacheco-Vega, PhD
Raul Pacheco-Vega (raulpacheco.org)Although it’s been a while since I last taught Research Methods or Research Design, I am collaborating with my department’s working group on research methods. We are redesigning courses, syllabi and sequences, so I am always keen on reading and keeping up-to-date with methodological advances. Mo...
👓 Writing synthetic notes of journal articles and book chapters | Raul Pacheco-Vega, PhD
Earlier this week I shared Dr. Katrina Firth’s modified version of the Cornell Method’s Notes Pages. I used the Cornell Notes method in 2013 and really didn’t click with me, so I simply moved on. Had I discovered Katrina’s modified version earlier I probably would have “clicked” with the...
Everything Notebook ❧
by this I’m thinking he means commonplace book?
Thursday, April 4, 2019 10:15 am
👓 Some on Mueller’s Team Say Report Was More Damaging Than Barr Revealed | New York Times
Members of the special counsel’s team have told associates that their findings are more troubling for President Trump than the attorney general indicated.
👓 Proposals for Reasonable Technology Regulation and an Internet Court | BuzzMachine
I have seen the outlines of a regulatory and judicial regime for internet companies that begins to make sense to me. In it, platforms set and are held...
An interesting update and take on internet regulations.
👓 Yep. The Correspondent screwed up in its communications with members. Here’s how. | PressThink
A decision not to have its headquarters in New York or the US, and to base the English-language site in Amsterdam, has drawn criticism from supporters.
A half mea-culpa of sorts for some poor marketing and crowdfunding.
👓 Dissertating in the Open: Keeping a Public Research Notebook | Kimberly Hirsh
Kimberly Hirsh (Kimberly Hirsh)I’m making a few notes to myself here to document my process for keeping a public research notebook. They might be of interest to you, too. First, I’m talking here mostly about keeping up with the literature. There are (in my opinion obvious) ethical implications of actually sharing your data on...
👓 Garfield beach phone mystery solved after 30 years | Yahoo News
Plouarzel (France) (AFP) - For more than 30 years bright orange "Garfield" phones have been washing up on the French coast to the bemusement of local beach cleaners, who have finally cracked the mystery behind them.
👓 Investors say ex-‘Fox & Friends’ host turned them into unwitting slumlords | Indianapolis Star
Clayton Morris, a former Fox News co-host, is accused of selling novice investors uninhabitable rental properties.
I remember watching a couple of Clayton’s Periscope videos a few years back (about the time his wife Natali was leaving C|Net and the Buzz Out Loud podcast) and thinking he was a bit too credulous and even “off” at the time. I really couldn’t tell what he was selling at the time except for himself. This story doesn’t surprise me in the least. The piece overall is some tremendously interesting and solid journalism.
A quick Google search on “Clayton Morris” shows that this scandal hasn’t caught up with him. Only about two hits in the top twenty mention this issue, so he could potentially be profiting from his alleged scheme.
👓 Trump Lives by Ratings. He Won’t Like This One. | New York Times
The E-Score measures awareness and appeal of individuals in the public eye. President Trump was most often described as “aggressive” and “mean,” according to his scores from December.
👓 Highly Profitable Medical Journal Says Open Access Publishing Has Failed. Right. | Forbes
The New England Journal of Medicine just published an editorial saying open access publishing isn't necessary, because they already make most of their content free. What are they so worried about? Yours truly breaks down a few of their bogus arguments.
You’d think that a highly respected medical journal would be great and providing some back up evidence right?!
👓 The One Phrase Disney Theme Park Characters Aren’t Allowed to Say | MentalFloss
Belle would never break this cardinal rule. Gaston? Eh, maybe.
👓 Conservative Bible Project aims to rewrite scripture to counter perceived liberal bias | NY Daily News
The Conservative Bible Project's authors argue that contemporary scholars have inserted liberal views and ahistorical passages into the Bible, turning Jesus into little more than a well-meaning social worker.
Another thousand years from now portions of the “christian” bible will have strayed so far from the original that they will be completely unrecognizable. You can choose to reinterpret them into a new modern setting, but it still doesn’t change the words that were originally inscribed.