Wednesday, June 7, 2017
Bright Kid
My brother is an animal genius and wanted me to share it w you guys. He titles this: Trees danger and other animals pic.twitter.com/N21Wr5maqt— Britney C. (@Alkebulan_) June 5, 2017
Kids Quoting Trump
Kids Are Quoting Trump To Bully Their Classmates And Teachers Don’t Know What To Do About It
BuzzFeed News reviewed more than 50 reports of school bullying since the election and found that kids nationwide are using Trump’s words to taunt their classmates. If the president can say those things, why can’t they?
By Albert Samaha
https://www.buzzfeed.com/albertsamaha/kids-are-quoting-trump-to-bully-their-classmates?utm_term=.lcdVVwGnz#.ju9rrxERl
Robin Hood of the Internet
An excerpt from SiliconBeat -
Parking ticket-fighting robot DoNotPay comes to San Francisco
By Marisa Kendall
DoNotPay, an online service that uses a robot lawyer to help drivers fight parking tickets, is coming to San Francisco.
Founded by London native and Stanford University student Joshua Browder, DoNotPay asks the user a series of questions — such as whether there are visible parking signs at the scene — determines whether the user can appeal, and guides the user through the appeals process.
http://www.siliconbeat.com/2017/01/17/parking-ticket-fighting-robot-comes-san-francisco/
Parking ticket-fighting robot DoNotPay comes to San Francisco
By Marisa Kendall
DoNotPay, an online service that uses a robot lawyer to help drivers fight parking tickets, is coming to San Francisco.
Founded by London native and Stanford University student Joshua Browder, DoNotPay asks the user a series of questions — such as whether there are visible parking signs at the scene — determines whether the user can appeal, and guides the user through the appeals process.
http://www.siliconbeat.com/2017/01/17/parking-ticket-fighting-robot-comes-san-francisco/
Women Engineers
From Wired -
WOMEN ENGINEERS ON THE RAMPANT SEXISM OF SILICON VALLEY
By KAYLA LACOUR
https://www.wired.com/2017/06/women-engineers-rampant-sexism-silicon-valley/?mbid=nl_6717_p9&CNDID=
WOMEN ENGINEERS ON THE RAMPANT SEXISM OF SILICON VALLEY
By KAYLA LACOUR
https://www.wired.com/2017/06/women-engineers-rampant-sexism-silicon-valley/?mbid=nl_6717_p9&CNDID=
We Didn't Need a Study
From BlackAmericaWeb -
Cops Less Respectful To African-Americans, Stanford Study Finds
Researchers analyzed body camera footage from Oakland Police Department traffic stops.
By Nigel Roberts
A new study quantifies what many African-Americans already know, or at least suspect—cops are more discourteous in some communities than in others.
What’s being called “the first systematic analysis” of police body camera footage reveals a consistent pattern of officers using less respectful language toward Black people compared to Whites during traffic stops, Stanford University reports.
The study, published on Monday in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, found that officers were 57 percent more likely to speak politely to White people during traffic stops, including making apologies and thanking motorists.
At the same time, Black motorists were 61 percent more likely to hear demeaning language, such as cops calling them “bro” or ordering them to keep their “hands on the wheel.”
https://blackamericaweb.com/2017/06/06/cops-less-respectful-to-african-americans-stanford-study-finds/?omcamp=es-baw-nl&utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Daily%20Blast%20%2806/07/17%29&utm_term=BAW%20Subscribers%20%28Daily%29
Cops Less Respectful To African-Americans, Stanford Study Finds
Researchers analyzed body camera footage from Oakland Police Department traffic stops.
By Nigel Roberts
A new study quantifies what many African-Americans already know, or at least suspect—cops are more discourteous in some communities than in others.
What’s being called “the first systematic analysis” of police body camera footage reveals a consistent pattern of officers using less respectful language toward Black people compared to Whites during traffic stops, Stanford University reports.
The study, published on Monday in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, found that officers were 57 percent more likely to speak politely to White people during traffic stops, including making apologies and thanking motorists.
At the same time, Black motorists were 61 percent more likely to hear demeaning language, such as cops calling them “bro” or ordering them to keep their “hands on the wheel.”
https://blackamericaweb.com/2017/06/06/cops-less-respectful-to-african-americans-stanford-study-finds/?omcamp=es-baw-nl&utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Daily%20Blast%20%2806/07/17%29&utm_term=BAW%20Subscribers%20%28Daily%29
Compensation for Flight Delays
Point. Scan. Cha-ching! Compensation for #flightdelays just got even easier with the NEW boarding pass scanner ✈️📱💰https://t.co/cWWrMLVEOY pic.twitter.com/e0LxKHYHLR— AirHelp (@theairhelper) May 30, 2017
Boycotting the NFL
From the NY Daily News -
KING: I'm boycotting the NFL because of its blatant bigotry and anti-blackness
By Shaun King
I love sports. Since I was a young boy, they've been one of the greatest passions of my life. For many years, my dream was to be a general manager of a professional sports team. I still think about it actually and sometimes allow my mind to drift to what my life would look like if I still went that route. The stance I am taking today did not come easily. It's heartbreaking, actually.
I'm an NFL fan. I watch the draft. I pay extra for the season pass on television so I can watch every single game. I follow the stats and standings and rankings religiously. It's an escape for me. Day in and day out, as I fight against injustice, watching a great game allows me to decompress from the stress of the cases I'm working on or writing about. I'm 37 years old and literally cannot remember a year in my life where I have not been a sports junkie.
But I won't be watching the NFL this year. I can't, in good conscience, support this league, with many of its pro-Trump owners, as it blacklists my friend and brother Colin Kaepernick for taking a silent, peaceful stance against injustice and police brutality in America. It's disgusting and has absolutely nothing to do with football and everything to do with penalizing a brilliant young man for the principled stance he took last season.
http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/football/king-boycotting-nfl-anti-blackness-article-1.3225720
KING: I'm boycotting the NFL because of its blatant bigotry and anti-blackness
By Shaun King
I love sports. Since I was a young boy, they've been one of the greatest passions of my life. For many years, my dream was to be a general manager of a professional sports team. I still think about it actually and sometimes allow my mind to drift to what my life would look like if I still went that route. The stance I am taking today did not come easily. It's heartbreaking, actually.
I'm an NFL fan. I watch the draft. I pay extra for the season pass on television so I can watch every single game. I follow the stats and standings and rankings religiously. It's an escape for me. Day in and day out, as I fight against injustice, watching a great game allows me to decompress from the stress of the cases I'm working on or writing about. I'm 37 years old and literally cannot remember a year in my life where I have not been a sports junkie.
But I won't be watching the NFL this year. I can't, in good conscience, support this league, with many of its pro-Trump owners, as it blacklists my friend and brother Colin Kaepernick for taking a silent, peaceful stance against injustice and police brutality in America. It's disgusting and has absolutely nothing to do with football and everything to do with penalizing a brilliant young man for the principled stance he took last season.
http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/football/king-boycotting-nfl-anti-blackness-article-1.3225720
Tuesday, June 6, 2017
Aspiring College Journalists of Color
From ProPublica -
Are You an Aspiring College Journalist of Color? Apply to Our Emerging Reporters Program
Are you a college student of color interested in doing great journalism? ProPublica wants to help.
We are a nonprofit investigative newsroom and we’re offering stipends again this academic year to five minority students who work or want to work at college journalism outlets — newspapers, websites, radio stations or TV stations. We want to make college journalism accessible to students for whom it would otherwise be financially out of reach. Students can apply for the stipends annually. Those selected will receive $4,500 per semester.
https://www.propublica.org/atpropublica/item/aspiring-college-journalist-of-color-apply-emerging-reporters-program-2017
Are You an Aspiring College Journalist of Color? Apply to Our Emerging Reporters Program
Are you a college student of color interested in doing great journalism? ProPublica wants to help.
We are a nonprofit investigative newsroom and we’re offering stipends again this academic year to five minority students who work or want to work at college journalism outlets — newspapers, websites, radio stations or TV stations. We want to make college journalism accessible to students for whom it would otherwise be financially out of reach. Students can apply for the stipends annually. Those selected will receive $4,500 per semester.
https://www.propublica.org/atpropublica/item/aspiring-college-journalist-of-color-apply-emerging-reporters-program-2017
Flash Sale - Cheap Flights
From the Washington Post -
These airlines are offering one-way flights for less than $60
By Jonnelle Marte
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/get-there/wp/2017/06/05/these-airlines-are-offering-one-way-flights-for-less-than-60/?hpid=hp_hp-cards_hp-card-business%3Ahomepage%2Fcard&utm_term=.acb2d87b42c5
These airlines are offering one-way flights for less than $60
By Jonnelle Marte
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/get-there/wp/2017/06/05/these-airlines-are-offering-one-way-flights-for-less-than-60/?hpid=hp_hp-cards_hp-card-business%3Ahomepage%2Fcard&utm_term=.acb2d87b42c5
Black Travel Guide
An excerpt from the Undefeated -
‘The Green Book of South Carolina’ is the go-to black travel guide for this summer
This new app allows users to easily find historic black sites in South Carolina
BY MAYA A. JONES
Those seeking to find historic sites that dig deeper into the rich African-American culture of South Carolina this summer will be able to search for exactly what they need with the click of an app.
The Green Book of South Carolina, the brainchild of the South Carolina African American Heritage Commission, is a free mobile travel guide app that highlights more than 300 sites, including cultural attractions, historic cemeteries, districts and markers, and even historically black colleges and universities in the area. The user-friendly app categorizes the sites and uses geotags and interactive maps to show places located within 25 miles of a user’s location.
https://theundefeated.com/features/the-green-book-of-south-carolina-travel-guide/
‘The Green Book of South Carolina’ is the go-to black travel guide for this summer
This new app allows users to easily find historic black sites in South Carolina
BY MAYA A. JONES
Those seeking to find historic sites that dig deeper into the rich African-American culture of South Carolina this summer will be able to search for exactly what they need with the click of an app.
The Green Book of South Carolina, the brainchild of the South Carolina African American Heritage Commission, is a free mobile travel guide app that highlights more than 300 sites, including cultural attractions, historic cemeteries, districts and markers, and even historically black colleges and universities in the area. The user-friendly app categorizes the sites and uses geotags and interactive maps to show places located within 25 miles of a user’s location.
https://theundefeated.com/features/the-green-book-of-south-carolina-travel-guide/
A Modern-Day Pioneer
An excerpt from the Undefeated -
This Johns Hopkins grad is the modern-day Katherine Johnson
25-year-old engineer Ariel Bowers is forging her own path just like the NASA ‘hidden figure’
BY ANGELA TUCK
John Hopkins graduate Ariel Bowers spends her days testing software for the James Webb Space Telescope, a state-of-the-art NASA telescope that will be launched into space next year.
The Baltimore native has been peering into the night sky in search of stars and constellations since she was a little girl. At 25, she’s a modern-day Katherine Johnson, the NASA scientist portrayed in the award-winning movie Hidden Figures.
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Bowers is an integration and test engineer at the Space Telescope Science Institute in Baltimore. She is the lead engineer in testing the telescope’s data management subsystem.
https://theundefeated.com/features/johns-hopkins-grad-ariel-bowers-modern-day-katherine-johnson/
This Johns Hopkins grad is the modern-day Katherine Johnson
25-year-old engineer Ariel Bowers is forging her own path just like the NASA ‘hidden figure’
BY ANGELA TUCK
John Hopkins graduate Ariel Bowers spends her days testing software for the James Webb Space Telescope, a state-of-the-art NASA telescope that will be launched into space next year.
The Baltimore native has been peering into the night sky in search of stars and constellations since she was a little girl. At 25, she’s a modern-day Katherine Johnson, the NASA scientist portrayed in the award-winning movie Hidden Figures.
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Bowers is an integration and test engineer at the Space Telescope Science Institute in Baltimore. She is the lead engineer in testing the telescope’s data management subsystem.
https://theundefeated.com/features/johns-hopkins-grad-ariel-bowers-modern-day-katherine-johnson/
Gratitude for Black Teachers
From the Huffington Post -
Gratitude For Black Teachers
By Addie M. Rimmer, Contributor
Director, Student Learning, Workforce Opportunity Services
I recently came across a piece titled, “Where Did All the Black Teachers Go,” by Brent Staples of the New York Times. I shared the piece with friends and colleagues across the U.S. The recipients have thanked me and agreed with how important this issue is.
A former New York City principal wrote, “So sad.” A colleague in Dallas believes one of his three daughters wants to become a teacher and said, “This is so important and it’s amazing how this was not that long ago.” A former student in Alexandria, Louisiana, said she had posted the article on Facebook, calling it a “good read.” A friend whose daughter teaches in a charter school in southwest Detroit said the article was helpful to both of them.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/gratitude-for-black-teachers_us_59272c3de4b0d2a92f2f421d?section=us_black-voices
Gratitude For Black Teachers
By Addie M. Rimmer, Contributor
Director, Student Learning, Workforce Opportunity Services
I recently came across a piece titled, “Where Did All the Black Teachers Go,” by Brent Staples of the New York Times. I shared the piece with friends and colleagues across the U.S. The recipients have thanked me and agreed with how important this issue is.
A former New York City principal wrote, “So sad.” A colleague in Dallas believes one of his three daughters wants to become a teacher and said, “This is so important and it’s amazing how this was not that long ago.” A former student in Alexandria, Louisiana, said she had posted the article on Facebook, calling it a “good read.” A friend whose daughter teaches in a charter school in southwest Detroit said the article was helpful to both of them.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/gratitude-for-black-teachers_us_59272c3de4b0d2a92f2f421d?section=us_black-voices
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