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Eager to support veterans’ charities this ? Not all organizations use their donors’ dollars wisely.

Here’s how you can vet these groups to ensure your money is well-spent:

https://theconversation.com/want-to-support-veterans-4-tips-for-finding-good-charities-77921

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⭐ Stars begin to expand when they run out of fuel and can become thousands of times larger, consuming any planets in the way. For the first time, astronomers have witnessed the star ZTF SLRN-2020 do just that. ⭐

https://theconversation.com/astronomers-just-saw-a-star-eat-a-planet-an-astrophysicist-on-the-team-explains-the-first-of-its-kind-discovery-205265

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Biologists have learned remarkable things about migratory birds’ navigational skills and how they can malfunction because of weather or illness.

But can a bird travel simply for curiosity? For pleasure?

A roving Steller’s sea eagle’s life teaches us a lot about how we humans view animals


https://theconversation.com/vagrant-machine-or-pioneer-how-we-think-about-a-roving-eagle-offers-insights-into-human-attitudes-toward-nature-200205

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The United States has a because in 1917, Congress would have had to gather slowly by train and horse-and-buggy to approve new debt to pay for World War I. An economist points out that other countries do fine without this archaic law:

“The best solution would be to scrap the debt ceiling altogether. Congress already approved the spending and the tax laws that require more debt. Why should it also have to approve the additional borrowing?”


https://theconversation.com/why-america-has-a-debt-ceiling-5-questions-answered-164977

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Russia has been using hypersonic missiles in Ukraine -- and now reports reveal that China has developed one as well.

Here's what you need to know about these destabilizing weapons, from an aerospace engineer

https://theconversation.com/chinas-hypersonic-missiles-threaten-us-power-in-the-pacific-an-aerospace-engineer-explains-how-the-weapons-work-and-the-unique-threats-they-pose-206271

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It sounds like a reasonable idea: the GOP wants to require people age 50-55 without kids to work if they want to get food stamps.

But there are a few problems with painting that group as slackers: most of those people already work, and most of those who don't work aren't working because they are caring for kids or elders or dealing with significant health issues.

More on the numbers: https://theconversation.com/gops-proposed-expansion-of-snap-work-requirements-targets-many-low-income-people-in-their-early-50s-but-many-of-them-already-work-205960

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An exciting new development in research: neuroscientists have for the first time objectively measured pain experienced by 4 humans, through sensors embedded in their skulls.

If this approach works and can be extended (always big ifs), it could be revolutionary: the subjective nature of pain can lead doctors to over-prescribe addictive drugs, and also to under-prescribe drugs to patients they believe are exaggerating.

https://theconversation.com/chronic-pain-can-be-objectively-measured-using-brain-signals-new-research-205910

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L.A.'s Star Garden Topless Dive Bar is now the only unionized strip club in the US, after a unanimous vote by the dancers to join Actors' Equity.

(h/t to the NY Post for headline inspiration)

https://theconversation.com/unionized-bodies-in-topless-bar-strippers-join-servers-and-baristas-in-new-labor-movement-205981

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Techniques used to track animals using eDNA -- DNA from cells shed from breathing, walking, touching or excreting -- can also be used to track humans.

New research shows that identifiable individual sequences can be recovered and studied, raising serious concerns (from @ufresearch researchers)
https://theconversation.com/you-shed-dna-everywhere-you-go-trace-samples-in-the-water-sand-and-air-are-enough-to-identify-who-you-are-raising-ethical-questions-about-privacy-205557

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A new study looks back into history to assess human impacts on the habitat of Asian and finds sharp declines starting several centuries ago.

Habitat loss has increasingly driven Asian elephants, like these foraging at a garbage dump in Sri Lanka, into human areas.

⬇️🐘
https://theconversation.com/human-activities-in-asia-have-reduced-elephant-habitat-by-nearly-two-thirds-since-1700-dividing-what-remains-into-ever-smaller-patches-202920

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From Tupac to Jay-Z, many rap artists have set pen to paper to pay homage to the women who gave them life.

We spoke with A.D. Carson, a rapper in his own right and scholar who studies hip-hop and how it shapes society, to share his thoughts on the most influential rap songs about , including newer tracks.

https://theconversation.com/tupacs-dear-mama-endures-as-rap-artists-detail-complex-relationships-with-their-mothers-street-life-and-the-pursuit-of-success-205243

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Who the hell is Edgar? And how did he become the symbol of the misunderstood? https://theconversation.com/how-edgar-allan-poe-became-the-darling-of-the-maligned-and-misunderstood-197784

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With COVID deaths in the US levelling off, the public health emergency will officially end tomorrow (6 days after the WHO ended the global emergency).

Here's what this means for insurance, telehealth and other special pandemic-era regulations.

https://theconversation.com/what-does-ending-the-emergency-status-of-the-covid-19-pandemic-in-the-us-mean-in-practice-4-questions-answered-205165

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To get insights into how predators use social media and chatrooms to target children, two criminologists used automated chatbots to gather data.

The chatbots identified themselves as 13-year-old girls.

The researchers then analyzed the links adult men sent to them, and found some scary vulnerabilities.

https://theconversation.com/online-predators-target-childrens-webcams-study-finds-198052

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Though emit fewer greenhouse gases than fuel-powered vehicles, their batteries require rare minerals – especially lithium.

Lithium extraction is speeding up in Bolivia, where it holds significance to Indigenous communities. The very idea of a ‘raw material’ is foreign to them.

https://theconversation.com/raw-materials-or-sacred-beings-lithium-extraction-puts-two-worldviews-into-tension-200047

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The short stories of modern Iraqi writers Hassan Blasim and Diaa Jubaili show the heart of contemporary Iraqi literature -- and are a good entry point for the American interested in understanding the Iraqi viewpoint, 20 years after the US invasion.

https://theconversation.com/the-invasion-of-iraq-defined-us-foreign-relations-but-in-popular-iraqi-literature-the-war-is-just-a-piece-of-the-countrys-complex-history-203642

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Donald Trump's lawyer in E. Jean Carroll's lawsuit brought up a meritless argument that it couldn't have been rape because she didn't publicly talk until years later.

Researchers say this is a classic case of how 'rape myths imply that “real” sexual assault can be distinguished from false accusations based on how women responded to the assault.'

https://theconversation.com/trumps-lawyer-accuses-e-jean-carroll-of-lying-relying-on-a-common-and-discredited-myth-about-how-women-are-supposed-to-react-to-rape-205276

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Spot the difference!

The University of Nebraska changed its mascot to remove the ‘OK’ hand gesture – now used widely by white supremacists.

A linguist explains how the sign entered ‘the purgatory of meaning’:

https://theconversation.com/a-tweak-to-the-university-of-nebraskas-logo-shows-how-the-once-benign-ok-sign-has-entered-a-purgatory-of-meaning-204251

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The math behind the Dunning-Kruger Effect is very suspect.

The effect says that ignorant people don't understand their own ignorance.

A mathematical reanalysis of the original study of 45 undergraduates, random number simulations and replication with clearer methods show that the least skilled people DO know how much they don't know, and that just about everyone overestimates their own knowledge.
https://theconversation.com/debunking-the-dunning-kruger-effect-the-least-skilled-people-know-how-much-they-dont-know-but-everyone-thinks-they-are-better-than-average-195527

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@kmck well, we only know a little bit about the topic. 😉 I do think the chart shows how Dunning and Kruger’s own data, presented in another way, do not show that ignorant people are much more likely to overestimate their knowledge than others. There’s much more detail in the article than we can convey in a toot

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To see the full circle of a rainbow, you’ll need to be above the clouds somehow. Or you could create your own.

A physicist explains how to do this and more about the magic and of rainbows.

🌈🌈🌈

https://theconversation.com/can-rainbows-form-in-a-circle-fun-facts-on-the-physics-of-rainbows-202952

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The film ‘Air’, which tells the story of Nike’s signing of Michael Jordan, isn’t actually about the great basketball player at all.

In fact, viewers never see a Jordan face and they only hear three words from the character.

In this way, “Air” becomes the story of how a struggling company created one of the most successful brands in the world on the back of a Black body, a tale as old as the nation itself.

https://theconversation.com/in-air-michael-jordans-silence-speaks-volumes-about-the-marketing-of-black-athletes-203824

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Whose quiz is more fun, ours (red) or NY Times (blue)?

https://theconversation.com/the-conversation-u-s-weekly-news-quiz-189437 (and only one of these two news organizations is on Mastodon)

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Happy Friday!

In honor of , we're going to try a themed thread this week, focusing on Latin America.

To kick things off, here's our story on why you should think twice about calling anyone or anything Latinx
https://theconversation.com/stop-using-latinx-if-you-really-want-to-be-inclusive-189358

@damemagazine @gbhnews @TexasObserver @heiseonline @mongabay
@thexylom
@arstechnica @themarkup @Chron @TucsonSentinel @ProPublica @restofworld

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Did somebody pass a law that requires everyone on earth to write a hand-wringing piece about AI?
We must ask a crucial question: are we creating a world where this technology serves us or where we serve this technology?
We Need a Consumer-First Approach to A.I. https://gizmodo.com/ai-chatgpt-consumer-first-approach-reports-ceo-1850383389?utm_medium=sharefromsite&utm_source=gizmodo_twitter

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@jeffjarvis There ought to be a law. Otherwise, some news organizations will rely on others to point out the dangers https://theconversation.com/ai-exemplifies-the-free-rider-problem-heres-why-that-points-to-regulation-203489

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