articles of interest - Oct 2
/***BIG DATA & STATISTICS
The Coming Software Apocalypse (check the comments section) The Atlantic
Cloud platforms are offering machine learning users alternatives to open source tools: the advantages and cautions Search Business Analytics
Microsoft launches new Machine Learning tools for developers all related to the Azure Machine Tech Crunch
***SOCIAL MEDIA
Ready Or Not, Twitter Is Doubling A Tweet's Character Limit To 280 NPR
Twitter Wipes Hundreds of Russian Operative Accounts Geek
Russian-Linked Election Ads Highlight Scope Of Facebook's Power NPR
Does Even Mark Zuckerberg Know What Facebook Is? New York Mag
Russia Continues To Use Social Media To Influence Public Opinion In The U.S. NPR
Facebook is hiring another 1,000 people to review and remove ads Recode
***INTERNET
Google turns 19: Here are 19 random facts about the search engine giant Recode
The ‘Google Trick’ to Get Around Paywalls Is Getting Shut Down New York Mag
***TECHNOLOGY
The Coming Software Apocalypse The Atlantic
The internet isn’t forever. Is there an effective way to preserve great online interactives and news apps? Harvard's Nieman Lab
***SECURITY
The Equifax Hack Has the Hallmarks of State-Sponsored Pros Bloomberg
Most Americans think the government could be monitoring their phone calls and emails Pew Research
***JOURNALISM
As crisis unfolds in Puerto Rico, journalists help connect familiesColumbia Journalism Review
Where we are on getting people to pay for online news Harvard's Nieman Lab
Tension between Trump and the media? That’s nothing compared to journalism’s worst crisis (opinion) Washington Post
***THE BUSINESS OF JOURNALISM
Text-only news sites are slowly making a comeback. Here's why. Poynter
The secret cost of pivoting to video Columbia Journalism Review
The Design of Newspapers: Why The News Industry is Changing Medium
***FAKE NEWS
Paul Horner, Fake News Purveyor Who Claimed Credit For Trump's Win, Found Dead At 38 NPR
Facebook and Google’s algorithms prioritized fake news in the wake of Las Vegas shooting Mic
***GRAMMAR
The power of the comma: The punctuation mark most likely to start fights between grammar gurus The Economist
***WRITING & READING
The World According to Dan Brown New York Times
Writing Well about Terrible People Incisive.nu
***LANGUAGE
Johns Hopkins University eliminates Russian Major Inside Higher Ed
***GENDER
The state of women in computer science: An investigative report Tech Republic
Saudi Arabia To End Ban On Women Driving NPR
Cute Outfits and the Academic Career Chronicle of Higher Ed
This Is the Job Where Women Make the Most Compared to Men Fortune
Trump’s White House Froze an Equal pay Rule Women are fighting to Save Washington Post
***RACE & ETHNICITY ISSUES
White American men are a bigger domestic terrorist threat than Muslim foreigners Vox
Air Force Academy Leader Responds To Racial Slurs On Campus NPR
Hispanic dropout rate hits new low, college enrollment at new high Pew Research
***FREE SPEECH
Sessions’ Justice Dept. Will Weigh In on Free-Speech Cases. What Should Campuses Expect? Chronicle of Higher Ed
Berkeley’s Leader Saw Hints That ‘Free Speech Week’ Was a Stunt. Here’s Why She Planned for It Anyway. Chronicle of Higher ED
***LEGAL ISSUES
Seven legal questions about Trump deleting his tweets Columbia Journalism Review
Appeals court sides with Texas cheerleaders who sued to display Bible verses at football gamesDallas News
Mississippi restaurant sued after Christian waitress is allegedly fired for wearing a skirt to work Washington Post
***RELIGION
Tenn. church suspect's car had note referencing retaliation for Dylann Roof's Charleston attack ABC News
500 Years After Martin Luther, Does The Protestant Reformation Still Matter? (opinion) The Daily Beast
The Justice Department is intervening in a case at Georgia Gwinnett College involving a student’s claim that he was prevented from religious proselytizing on campus. Chronicle of Higher Ed
Fired by ESPN for a racist headline, he’s finding his second chance as a Catholic priest Washington Post
***RELIGION AND POLITICS
Evangelicals urge more action from Trump against 'alt-right' CNN
Roy Moore, Christian theocrat Vox
A short history of Roy Moore’s controversial interpretations of the Bible Washington Post
***ART & DESIGN
An SNL skit for designers YouTube
Online Design: Nested Symbols & Auto-Updating Styleguides
Naked Mona Lisa By Da Vinci, Discovered In France, Is Rocking The Art World Forbes
A Five Minutes Guide to Better Typography Pierrick Calvez
***MUSIC
3 myths about streaming... and 3 truths about the music industry today Music Business Worldwide
Streaming has pushed Latin music into the mainstream The Economist
***THE BUSINESS OF MEDIA
The Meteoric rise of a new Way of Watching Media in America Changes how we Monetize its Consumption Broadcasting & Cable
5 Branded Videos That Reached Over 100,000 Likes Video Strategist
***HEALTH
The shorter your sleep, the shorter your life: the new sleep science The Guardian
Cancer Warnings on Coffee May Be Coming to California Food & Wine
Pain Cream Invented, But Untested NPR
Nobel Prize In Medicine Is Awarded To 3 Americans NPR
***SCIENCE
Hip-hop star creates GoFundMe page to prove to him that the world is, in fact, curved Gizmodo
Why We Find And Expose Bad Science Medium
Wikipedia shapes language in science papers Nature
***PSYCHOLOGY
The Cause Of Your Worst Mistakes? A Psychological Gremlin You've Never Heard Of Forbes
The Sorrow and the Shame of the Accidental Killer: How do you live after unintentionally causing a death? The New Yorker
Psychology beats business training when it comes to entrepreneurship The Economist
***PHILOSOPHY
Yes, your kid will do something with that philosophy degree after all Washington Post
***BUSINESS
Huge volumes of data make real-time insurance a possibility The Economist
***POLITICS
How Every NFL Team’s Fans Lean Politically FiveThirtyEight
***HISTORY
Tom Cruise's 'American Made' just latest case of film recasting history Union-Tribune
***ETHICS
Scientists gave kids real guns for an experiment. Now ethicists are weighing in Mic
Ethical investment is booming. But what is it? The Economist
***RESEARCH
An Ivy League Prof Tries To Do Damage Control For His Bogus Food Science BuzzFeed News
***PERSONAL GROWTH
Social proof is a much more effective persuasion technique than purely evidence-based proof Becoming (my blog)
This gene explains why some people crave adventure more than others Mashable
***HIGHER ED
154 incidents of hate speech and violence at more than 120 campuses nationwide BuzzFeed News
How Artificial Intelligence Is Disrupting the Education Industry Huffington Post
White nationalist fliers removed from University of Tennessee campus Knox News
For-profit University of Phoenix Phasing Out 20 Campuses Phoenix NewTimes
Assessment Competitors LiveText and Taskstream Merge Inside Higher Ed
DeVos assailed by protesters at college campuses in Boston, Washington Washington Post
How Schools Got into the Job-Prep Business Jstor
Colorado Christian University orders student athletes to stand for national anthem Denver Post
At Christian Colleges, Theology Can Complicate Sexual-Assault Prevention Chronicle of Higher Ed
Christian college Won’t Play Opponents Who Kneel During National Anthem Chronicle of Higher Ed
***HUMANITIES /STEM
Amid Professors’ ‘Doom-and-Gloom Talk,’ Humanities Ph.D. Applications Drop Chronicle of Higher Ed
***TEACHING
Using Digital Archives to Teach Data Set Creation and Visualization Design Chronicle of Higher Ed
AAU reports on efforts to improve science teaching at research universities Inside Higher Ed
***STUDENT LIFE
Colleges Recruit a New Kind of Athlete: Video Gamers Fortune
Assortative mating: People tend to marry spouses with similar levels of education The Economist
The Keg in the Frat House New York Times
Where Students Get Valued Advice on What to Study in College Gallup
80 Evergreen State College Students Are Penalized for Protests Chronicle of Higher Ed
***SEXUAL HARASSMENT & ASSAULT
DeVos Should Want to Educate Men About Rape New York Times
An Overview of Congress’ Pending Legislation on Sex Trafficking Technology & Marketing Law Blog
***ACADEMIC LIFE
Why Ph.D.s in the natural sciences and engineering leave academe Inside Higher Ed
Sociology professor arrested for assaulting student The Tab
Research suggests students are biased against female lecturers The Economist
One-third of Ph.D.s lose interest in academic careers, but not for lack of jobs Cornell
CUNY Lecturer Charged With Running Fake Health Certificate Program New York Times
Former Montana State professor sues for wrongful termination Bozeman Daily Chronicle
***CRIME ON CAMPUS
USC faculty member detained by police after reporting an active shooter on campus. There wasn’t one Washington Post