Here Are Common Scams to Be Aware of This Summer
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How to Spot Summer Scams: Travel Booking, Concerts, More
Whether you’re going on vacation, buying tickets to a concert or just trying to stay cool in the brutal heat, the summer season is an opportune time for scammers to strike.TODAY
We don't actually talk about Canadian sundown towns.
Maybe we should.
*cough*Leamington*cough*
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- something I have taken to calling "factor madness." Papers that are just big dumps of "themes" identified across either a body of lit or from lists generated by participants which are proposed as coherent factors to explain, or cause, something (often productivity). These overwhelming lists of factors typically contain constructs that could arguably be combined and are filtered entirely through the pre-existing language that practitioners have to work with.
This isn't construct development.
Are you referring to Q-Method here? I've got mixed feelings about this because it LOOKS objective (because numbers) but you can get wildly different groupings across primary factors, and in the end it's the research team that builds a story around the archetypes identified by the factors.
Is it real? Is it measurable? Is it reproducible? I dont know.
But it IS useful (in my opinion) to put up a handful of archetypes for developers and then start to drill down into what we need to measure to help those developers feel better at work.
There are of course some things that help a large class of humans feel better at work, but why do some developers thrive while others merely cope IN THE SAME environment?
I have no idea but I'll bet it's complicated.
JetBlue and United Airlines partnership gets green light from DOT
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JetBlue and United Airlines partnership gets a thumbs up
The two airlines announced the Department of Transportation has completed its review of their Blue Sky programJennifer Ortakales Dawkins (Quartz)
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The U.K. will recognize a Palestinian state if Israel and Hamas don't reach a ceasefire
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Inspectorates demand better care for 7,000 child asylum seekers - EUROPE SAYS
The living environment that over 7,000 children are currently experiencing in emergency shelter locations for asylum seekers has to be improved “in the shortEUROPE SAYS
NEW: Ghislaine Maxwell agreed to participate in a congressional deposition only if a series of demands are met — including immunity.
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WATCH: Camp Mystic Flood Survivor Sings Heartwrenching Version of ‘Hallelujah’ On Fox News
Twelve-year-old Skyler Derrington, a survivor of the devastating floods at Camp Mystic, sang a heartwrenching rendition of 'Hallelujah' on Fox and Friends on Tuesday, re-writting the lyrics to depict the catastrophe.Willa Pope Robbins (Mediaite)
Ghislaine Blackmail: Testimony in Exchange for Pardon - PolitiZoom
And this is how the clear sweetheart deal shakes out, one of the most nakedly corrupt deals of all time. Congress wants to haul Maxwell before it to sort through the bottom of the matterJason Miciak (PolitiZoom)
YouTube is rolling out age estimation tech in the US to identify teen users and serve more age-appropriate content, regardless of the birthday given at signup (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch)
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YouTube rolls out age-estimation tech to identify US teens and apply additional protections | TechCrunch
YouTube is introducing age-detection technology to identify teens on the platform in the U.S. and apply protections.Sarah Perez (TechCrunch)
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Just Banning Minors From Social Media Is Not Protecting Them
By publishing its guidelines under Article 28 of the Digital Services Act, the European Commission has taken a major step towards social media bans that will undermine privacy, expression, and participation rights for young people that are already en…Electronic Frontier Foundation
Israel Has Displaced Over 42,000 Palestinians From West Bank Refugee Camps - EUROPE SAYS
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If you have a green card and get a single pot conviction, you have to either naturalize or never travel internationally.
Here's the relevant section from a legal practice advisory on this issue.
🇺🇦 The bill, which guarantees the normal operation of the anti-corruption infrastructure and other law enforcement agencies, should be adopted on Thursday, — Zelensky.
"Today, Prime Minister Yulia Svyrydenko reported to me about the draft decisions.
In particular, there are changes to the budget to guarantee all necessary payments to our soldiers and relatives of fallen soldiers. I expect that the people's deputies will support it."
OpenAI is launching a version of ChatGPT for college students
Study Mode helps students walk through topics rather than just giving them answers. But there’s a glaring problem.James O'Donnell (MIT Technology Review)
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Tell him it’s either solar panels or windmills
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Disney Upfront Has Growth in Sports and Streaming, Overall Volume 'Consistent'
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Disney Upfront Has Growth in Sports and Streaming, Overall Volume ‘Consistent’
Sports advertising volume across linear and addressable reached nearly $4 billion, per DisneyMolly Fuard (Adweek)
The latest episode of @CCirco’s fantastic #TransverseTempo show is up now featuring music from @james @desolationpark @endlessblue @flowb @babumenos and other fine folk.
It's an excellent way to spend an hour so why not give your ears a treat?
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Havas Delivers Q2 Growth, Doubles Down on AI Investment
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Havas Posts Solid H1 Results as AI Investments and U.S. Growth Drive Momentum
Havas delivered steady gains in the first half of 2025, with organic growth accelerating to 2.6% in Q2 and margin improvements driven by AI-enabled operations through its Converged.AI platform.Molly Fuard (Adweek)
In a digital age, old-fashioned watchmaking schools, including a new one from Rolex, are in demand
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In a digital age, old-fashioned watchmaking schools, including a new one from Rolex, are in demand
Amid a shortage of watchmakers in the U.S., Rolex has opened a new school for watchmakers in Dallas. But industry stakeholders say more educational programs are needed.Daniel Miller (Los Angeles Times)
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