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Awareness: Advocates work to improve literacy in black communities This week on ‘Awareness,’ Billie Jean Shaw spearheads a discussion about improving literacy in the Black community.

"Awareness: Advocates work to improve literacy in black communities" www.wistv.com/2025/07/27/a...

What’s Going on With the Muir Woods Exhibit Removal? | KQED Park staff at Muir Woods National Monument in the Bay Area took down an exhibit annotating the park’s history, in compliance with a Trump executive order. Here’s what to know.

"Staff at Muir Woods National Monument in Marin County have removed signage that spotlighted Indigenous history, women’s contributions to the park and instances of racism in the space’s history..." www.kqed.org/news/12049405 @kqednews.kqed.org

Joseph Darby, prominent pastor and activist with a line to top Democrats, dies at 74 Rev. Joseph Darby, a respected AME pastor and long-time civil rights leader in Columbia and in Charleston, S.C., died Aug. 8, 2025.

'Renowned SC Civil rights activist Joseph Darby Jr. passes away at 74" www.postandcourier.com/news/local_s...

Langston Hughes Wrote Fiction That Still Stings How months of harassment and racism at Carmel-by-the-Sea led Langston Hughes to write his landmark story collection The Ways of White Folks.

"How months of harassment and racism at Carmel-by-the-Sea led Langston Hughes to write his landmark story collection The Ways of White Folks" www.altaonline.com/books/poetry...

Robert E. Lee marker to go back on display in downtown Charleston A marker commemorating Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee will once again be displayed in downtown Charleston. Could it go in Marion Square?

"Lee will rise again in Charleston," read a July 29 statement from Brett Barry, president of the American Heritage Association www.postandcourier.com/charleston_s...

Data Analysis for Negotiation - SPARC

When your library is preparing for the next round of publisher negotiations, SPARC has resources that can help: information on data analysis, alternative access, campus engagement strategies & a repository of existing open investment statements, rubrics & principles.
sparcopen.org/our-work/neg...

Philly activists rally to protect exhibits depicting slavery Organizers said they are concerned that the White House is trying to whitewash history ahead of semiquincentennial celebrations next year.

"Federal documents obtained by The Philadelphia Inquirer and The NYT show the National Park Service has identified 13 total exhibits for possible revision or removal, including “Life Under Slavery” and “The Dirty Business of Slavery” at the President’s House Site" @whyy.org whyy.org/articles/phi...

Jack DeJohnette was born in Chicago on this day in 1942. He turns 83 today.

📸 Andreas Raggenbass, Willisau, Switzerland, 1977

The Hunter

The Hunter https://www.wikiart.org/en/joan-miro/the-hunter-1924

Analysis | How to spot an AI video? LOL, you can’t. It’s time to stop trying to be AI detectives. We need a different approach to a world awash in realistic AI.

"Technology that can conjure people, animals and entire scenes is advancing so quickly that professionals warn it’s hard for them to tell what’s real or AI." wapo.st/4ljYzJy

Newsom announces agreements to embed AI products from Big Tech into state colleges, high schools The announcement comes amid massive hype and significant concerns over the “generative AI” technology that can produce text, video, sound and computer code in response to prompts from u…

"The fact is we just don’t have research to support the efficacy of AI use in classrooms. I really have met so few educators at Cal State & elsewhere who see a need for these kinds of initiatives — what people need is resources to do the work that they already do" www.mercurynews.com/2025/08/07/n...

Joint Associations Group on Indirect Costs Releases Recommendation for Updated, More Efficient, Transparent Research Funding Model | Association of American Universities (AAU) The Joint Associations Group (JAG) on Indirect Costs released its recommendation to Congress and the executive branch for a new model to replace the current facilities and administrative (F&A) cost st...

"Facilities and administrative (F&A) costs are essential to the research that makes America safer, healthier, and more prosperous. Read the recommendation on a new F&A cost structure from the Joint Associations Group on Indirect Costs:" www.aau.edu/newsroom/pre...

Nearly 2 million Americans on unemployment, highest since pandemic era Continuing unemployment claims jumped to 1.97 million in late July, according to a Labor Department report, highlighting a weakening labor market.

"Federal layoffs have also accelerated and will continue to rise this year, which could spill over to other industries" wapo.st/4m3710F

Analysis | Elon Musk’s Starlink internet works great if hardly anyone uses it A new analysis digs into the irony of satellite internet: The more popular it becomes, the worse speeds and reliability tend to get.

"Elon Musk’s Starlink internet works great if hardly anyone uses it---A new analysis digs into the irony of satellite internet: The more popular it becomes, the worse speeds and reliability tend to get"

Victoria Mboko beats Naomi Osaka to win maiden WTA title at Canadian Open Victoria Mboko wins her first WTA title by coming from behind to beat Naomi Osaka in the Canadian Open final.

"Wildcard Victoria Mboko won her first WTA title by coming from behind to beat four-time Grand Slam champion Naomi Osaka in the Canadian Open final" www.bbc.com/sport/tennis...

If you're a 1L starting law school in coming weeks, just remember: You're *supposed to* feel a bit confused at first. It's normal. Law is like a language. You learn it best through immersion. You'll take a few weeks to get to speed.

This may help, too:
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Column | Instagram Map lets your friends, and possibly exes, track your every move A guide to how Instagram is now sharing your location and how to stop it.

ICYMI: "Instagram has a new feature to share your precise real-time location with friends. There are many, many reasons you should think twice before enabling it" wapo.st/45qaLCv

I have the reading list from my original Cyborgs & Cybernetics undergrad seminar here! danyaglabau.com/2018/09/07/c...

It's been updated with new pop culture + scholarship since then, and we've had AMAZING guest speakers over the years, but this is all still relevant

Associate Director, Cybersecurity Job Opening: Associate Director, Cybersecurity at The New York Public Library in Crystal Building 40 W20th St.

JOB: NYPL - Associate Director, Cybersecurity - $145,000 - $175,000 / year - nypl.pinpointhq.com/en/postings/...

Eddie Palmieri, a trailblazer in Latin music, has died at age 88 The bandleader and pianist was one of the leading Latin musicians of his generation. He won multiple Grammys and was recognized as an NEA Jazz Master.

Grammy-winning bandleader and pianist Eddie Palmieri, whose pounding rhythms forged a new style for Latin music, has died.

Teaching the American Revolution A growing list of resources for teaching a people's history of the American Revolution.

"Teaching the American Revolution" @zinnedproject.bsky.social #America250 www.zinnedproject.org/news/teachin...

‘Fleetwood Mac’ at 50: A Marvel of Serendipity and Perfectionism

"'Fleetwood Mac' is one analog-era album that still sounds current, mainly thanks to the sheer perfectionism that the band and its co-producer, Keith Olsen, brought to every layer of instruments and vocals, long before quantization, digital editing or Auto-Tune." www.nytimes.com/2025/08/07/a...

“Black History Minute,” a Poem by Harryette Mullen sponsored by the state of Florida You could say the Atlantic triangle trade was a win-win-win deal. Intrepid traders profited by transporting essential goods. Enterprising settlers developed savage…

Read “Black History Minute,” a poem by Harryette Mullen from the collection Regaining Unconsciousness.

Things to know about the Voting Rights Act and the cases that could unravel it The Voting Rights Act of 1965 ended the discriminatory practices against Black voters that were prevalent in many states

"Things to know about the Voting Rights Act and the cases that could unravel it" www.wsbtv.com/news/politic... #VRA

Government Data Is Under Fire, but It Makes the World Go ‘Round The data influences how much people pay in taxes, receive in retirement benefits and even how much they earn on some investments. The consumer-price index, published each month, is used to update ever...

"Government Data Is Under Fire, but It Makes the World Go ‘Round---The data influences how much people pay in taxes, receive in retirement benefits and earn on some investments" @wsj.com www.wsj.com/personal-fin...

5 Minutes That Will Make You Love Roy Hargrove

"5 Minutes That Will Make You Love Roy Hargrove---This virtuoso trumpeter bridged jazz, hip-hop, R&B and soul on his own records and in collaborations with D’Angelo, Erykah Badu and the Roots. Listen to 13 selections." www.nytimes.com/2025/08/06/a...

Musk’s Memphis xAI data center and the making of a ‘Digital Delta’ – Scalawag The fight over xAI’s Colossus highlights a close alliance between Trump-style fascism and big tech in the South.

"AI data centers also represent a troubling new frontier in the fight against environmental destruction, corporate exploitation, and state repression." scalawagmagazine.org/2025/07/musk...

After Tatiana, Kwame Onwuachi Continues His Empire Building in Washington

"Kwame Onwuachi’s follow-up to Tatiana, his blockbuster restaurant in New York, opened last fall in Washington, D.C." www.nytimes.com/2025/08/05/d...

The Studio Museum in Harlem Sets an Opening Date

"The Studio Museum in Harlem Sets an Opening Date---After construction delays and a large capital campaign, the museum is preparing to welcome audiences back and introduce itself to a new generation of visitors." www.nytimes.com/2025/08/05/a...

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