TWEAKS AND UPDATES
Library of Congress: What's New Online at the Library of Congress: 2023 Wrap-Up!. "Happy 2024 to all of our Signal subscribers! In this special edition of 'What's New Online at the Library of Congress,' we're looking back on some of our new digital collections releases in 2023."
Boing Boing: Meet Tom the Dancing Bug's newest character: Mickey Mouse!. Considering what often happens when major cultural characters become public domain, I admire the comic's restraint in only having Mickey peel potatoes.
USEFUL STUFF
WIRED: How to Back Up Your Emails in Gmail, Outlook, and iCloud. "It might not matter for all those random newsletters, questionable deals, and politicians begging for cash that clog up your inbox, but what about emails and documents you really need access to? It's helpful to have at least some of your emails backed up in another location so that you can always get at them, offline or otherwise."
AROUND THE INTERNET WORLD
KRON: 'STFU Musk': Projector signs seen at SF NYE fireworks show takes aim at Mayor Breed, Elon Musk. "Thousands of people watched the KRON4 New Year's Live fireworks show in San Francisco. They were anticipating seeing an exhilarating fireworks show with a breathtaking view of the Bay Bridge in the background. However, a few large signs were projected onto the Ferry Building that may have caught some by surprise."
Spokesman-Review: Calendar for Expo '74's golden anniversary to be released in January, feature celebrations of history, culture and environmentalism. "The 85,000 people who traveled to downtown Spokane to kick off a world's fair on May 4, 1974, saw the fruits of business leaders, artists, politicians and more come to life in a reimagined trainyard. Those who come to a revamped downtown park this summer will see a similar collaboration of efforts, said Matt Santangelo, the program manager for the Expo '74 golden anniversary.... In the next few weeks, organizers also will begin airing testimonials from Expo '74 in partnership with KHQ-TV that will become a digital archive for the world's fair, Santangelo said."
SECURITY & LEGAL
Reuters: US Supreme Court's Roberts urges 'caution' as AI reshapes legal field . "Artificial intelligence represents a mixed blessing for the legal field, U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts said in a year-end report published on Sunday, urging 'caution and humility' as the evolving technology transforms how judges and lawyers go about their work."
South China Morning Post: Back to 'black box'? As China tightens access to court records, legal experts fear for future of judicial transparency. "The blackmail case of Xu Yan, a Chinese policewoman who extorted public officials after having sexual affairs with them, went unnoticed for a year until social media sleuths dug up the verdict online.... The case was one of several in the past decade in which Chinese members of the public used the transparency in the country's judicial system to openly debate matters in public life that could appear unflattering to Beijing."
RESEARCH & OPINION
Stanford Daily: Blockbuster Alzheimer's paper retracted by former Stanford president after a decade of resistance. "Marc Tessier-Lavigne told shareholders in 2009 that his research would 'turn our current understanding of Alzheimer's upside down.' Now, the former Stanford president and his co-authors have retracted the paper he once heralded, conceding they do not have confidence in its data."
OTHER THINGS I THINK ARE COOL
Hackaday: How To Build A Small Solar Power System. "A confluence of lower-power appliances and devices using low-voltage external switch-mode supplies, readily available solar panels and electronic modules, and inexpensive high-capacity batteries, means that being your own power provider can be as simple as making an online order. But which parts should you choose? Low Tech Magazine has the answer, in the form of a guide to building a small solar power system."
Business Insider: Ukrainian troops stuck it to Putin by helping recreate a 19th Century masterpiece. "Ukrainian warriors gathered round a wood table laugh as they one-up each other's insults in writing a reply to the leader of an invading empire. This is the classic scene of a 19th Century painting that a Paris-born artist recently recreated with the help of Ukrainian troops now battling the Russian troops who invaded their country." Good afternoon, Internet...
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