Links June 6-9 2018

Saturday June 9 2018

"The resulting mountains of refuse emit noxious fumes and leach pollutants into nearby waters, endangering the residents of the region around Moscow."   theconversation.com

Redwood grove in Ireland may now be the world's largest.   irishtimes.com

"In late May, EFF filed comments criticizing DHS’s plans to collect, store, and share biometric and biographic records it receives from external agencies and to exempt this information from the federal Privacy Act."   eff.org

Friday June 8 2018

Google publishes responsible AI guidelines.   ai.google.com

This magazine publishes some sensible reporting guidelines for covering high-profile suicides.    self.com

Thursday June 7 2018

"With computers especially won't we need a law about complicated things that most people don't understand? Honest question."   twitter.com

Google bars use of its AI tech in weapons:   reuters.com

Wednesday June 6 2018

"Bushnell: There was constant angst. 'What’s going to happen to me? What’s going to happen to all of us whose lives aren’t following the script?'"   nytimes.com

"That’s why I miss the telephone so much because you can talk to a writer and they reveal things about themselves they don’t even realize."   nytimes.com

Microsoft Corp. submerged a data center into the deep ocean to save on cooling costs.   qz.com

Who's in Charge Here? Oceans and Government:   motherjones.com

June 2 2016: PBS Newshour segment on "San Francisco Activists Who Say Please Build in My Backyard" (video.)   youtube.com

May 2017: Why Kate Spade Won't See A Penny of the $2.4 Billion Sale to Coach   fortune.com

US #fertility is highest for very poor and very rich women.   twitter.com

Comprehensive "both sides" coverage of the Judge Persky recall.   highline.huffingtonpost.com

"According to one study, women who have their first child when they are older than 35 eventually close the salary divide with men."   theatlantic.com

The maternity-care desert in Washington D.C. (video)   theatlantic.com





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