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The Woman Trying To Archive Black Twitter

Professor Meredith Clark "says preserving Black Twitter will allow for a more accurate and complex retelling of the history of the internet. But it's not a simple task." - NPR

How AI Could Improve The Ways We Work

There’s a lot of potential for workers to step outside of the box with the assistance of generative AI, whether it’s improving their daily workflows, or developing long-term projects and goals. - BBC

Xi Jinping’s Latest Cultural Rule That Nobody Was Warned About: Treat China’s Armed Forces With Nothing But Reverence

"In the chest-thumping nationalism that has dominated the country's tightly controlled official and public discourses, the Chinese military occupies a sacred, central place – and any perceived slight can lead to serious consequences." The current crackdown is drawing some comparisons with the Cultural Revolution of the 1970s. - CNN

How To Create Data-Driven Culture

As we expected, ambassadors and others across the bank began working together, making measurements, targeting data cleanups, and eliminating root causes of error. Then, somewhat organically, ambassadors and regular employees began using methods and tools provided in the training in new ways. - Harvard Business Review

How President Erdogan Used Turkish Culture To Support His Power

If the mark of 21st-century politics is the ascendancy of culture and identity over economics and class, it could be said to have been born here in Turkey, home to one of the longest-running culture wars of them all. - The New York Times

Nicholas Hytner Proposed A Whole New Model Of Arts Funding In England. Here’s The Arts Council England Chairman’s Response.

Nicholas Serota: "Nick suggested that the Arts Council's focus should only be on what he terms the 'professional' arts. … It's a mistake to suggest the skills and vision that bring us the 'best possible' art and culture cannot be found in community practice or in settings across the country." - The Guardian

Researchers Are Burning Out. It’s The Culture

The recent studies, which have collectively surveyed tens of thousands of researchers worldwide, suggest that scientists’ mental-health struggles are a direct result of a toxic research culture. - Nature

Egyptians Are Flipping Out Again About A Famous Pharaoh Depicted As Black

"A new exhibition at the National Museum of Antiquities in the Netherlands has sparked controversy by including a contemporary artwork that depicts the Pharaoh Tutankhamun as Black. 'Kemet: Egypt in Hip-Hop, Jazz, Soul and Funk' pairs Egyptian antiquities … with work inspired by ancient Egyptian culture by African diaspora musicians." - Artnet

Head Of Disney’s Theme Parks Division Says Company Won’t Cut Customer-Facing Staff Jobs

"As Disney pledges to enact $5.5 billion in cost-saving measures, Disney Parks Chairperson Josh D'Amaro said his department will also be making cuts, but will not eliminate frontline positions as part of it." - The Hollywood Reporter

UCLA Picks A Local Star To Run Its Center For The Art Of Performance

An Angeleno who emigrated from Mexico at age 8, grew into a first-generation college student and climbed his way through the ranks of the city’s arts scene has been named executive and artistic director of UCLA’s Center for the Art of Performance. - Los Angeles Times

Some Numbers: College Enrollment Slide To Tech, Away From Humanities

The number of students nationwide seeking four-year degrees in computer and information sciences and related fields shot up 34 percent from 2017 to 2022, to about 573,000. The English-major head count fell 23 percent in that time, to about 113,000. History fell 12 percent, to about 77,000. - Washington Post

Students Chant In Support Of Hollywood Writers As Head Of Warner Bros. Speaks

"Picketers and audience members broke out in chants, including, 'pay your writers!' as Zaslav spoke about his career experience" at Boston University. - Washington Post

A Spider-Man Mask-Wearing, Hammer-And-Chisel Wielding Guy Attacks BBC Sculpture

This comes after the BBC decided to start restoring the sculpture by pedophile artist Eric Gill, which was also attacked in January of 2022. - The Guardian (UK)

Nobel Prize Winners Demand The Release Of Belorussian Peace Laureate

"More than 100 Nobel laureates, including Kazuo Ishiguro, Olga Tokarczuk and JM Coetzee, have called for the release of Nobel peace prize winner Ales Bialiatski and said they 'stand with the fearless people of Belarus who continue to fight for their human rights.'" - The Guardian (UK)

What Are All Of Those Skyscrapers Doing To New York?

Sinking it. "The researchers estimated the weight of all of New York City’s buildings to be around 842 million tons," and there's some soil that cannot handle it. - The Verge

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