This overview from The Washington Post confirms what many of us believe – that social media companies have too much concentrated power, and that what they say they promote is not necessarily what they do.
Here is the 60 Minutes interview, along with additional links, that first brought this matter to the public’s attention.
A linked listing of the various reports issued by multiple news sources on this topic is readily available.
As the numerous storms/fires/floods that have beset the globe indicate, our climate is changing in ways that are too fast for us to predict let alone comprehend. Dire warnings have been issued for decades, yet the efforts made to reduce carbon emissions are certainly not the most extensive that the world’s countries can undertake. There is a lack of political will that will most assuredly result in degraded outcomes. The Biden administration, through executive orders, has had four major reports generated on climate change and national security; these reports were issued today. They are: National Intelligence Estimate: Climate Change and International Responses Increasing Challenges to US National Security Through 2040 (National Intelligence Council); Department of Defense Climate Risk Analysis (DOD); DHS Strategic Framework for Addressing Climate Change (DHS); and Report on the Impact of Climate Change on Immigration (The White House).
And to reinforce the extremity of our circumstances, the 2021 Lancet Countdown (free registration required) on climate and health makes for sobering reading.
It is held on October 16, the birthdate of Noah Webster. In 1806, he produced the first fully American dictionay – A compendious dictionary of the English language. In which five thousand words are added to the number found in the best English compends….His great masterpiece would appear twenty-two years later – An American Dictionary of the English Language (vol. 1 and vol.2).
Here are various different editions of the latter work, along with his other writings.
For letters he exchanged with some of the Founding Fathers, please look here.
Here is a portrait of The Dame of Dictionaries.
This is one of the few movements in Irish history that was not sectarian in nature; it was the result of the republicanism fostered by both the American and French revolutions. Also, this was the culmination of many years worth of tension/planning against the British. For an overview, please consult this BBC site as well as this Britannica entry. Some recent writings from Trinity College, Dublin should also be perused.
Primary source material can be found in The Rebellion of 1798; hundreds of volumes can be found here (British Library) and here (HathiTrust). The volumes run the gamut from biographies of William Orr, a prominent United Irishman and Theobald Wolfe Tone, a major player and for some, a true martyr for Ireland, to contemporary reports from both sides of the conflict, to works dealing with the French army’s inadequate support of the Irish uprising. Additionally, the National Library of Ireland houses important digital, contemporary resources.
The following government documents MUST be consulted: Report from the Committee of Secrecy of the House of Lords of Ireland, appointed to take into consideration the matters of the sealed-up treasonable papers received from the Commons, on the 23d day of July last: with all the appendices (1798); The speech of the Right Honourable John, Earl of Clare, Lord High Chancellor of Ireland : in the House of Lords of Ireland, Monday, February 19, 1798; and Report from the Committee of Secrecy, of the House of Commons in Ireland, as reported by the Right Honourable Lord Viscount Castlereagh, August 21, 1798 as they all contain valuable primary sources in the appendices of each volume.
The Dublin Castle Collection, the former reference library of the Chief Secretary’s Office in Dublin Castle, contains hundreds of primary sources; for example, here are the results for United Irishmen.
There were numerous pamphlets written during this tumultuous time here are some of them.
There are caricatures from 1798 as well as prints dealing with 1798.
Abstracts of letters related to 1798 are housed in the National Archives of Ireland
The Anti-Union, the very title gives away its intent. It published few issues, but it clearly spoke to the matters at hand.
One can also follow the rebellion through the pages of the London Gazette. Here are some examples: from June 2, 1798; June 5, 1798; June 11, 1798.
The American press devoted much space to this rebellion, reprinting material from the London Gazette and including other accounts as well.
Eyewitness accounts not found elsewhere: Letter from Jane Adams, containing a private narrative of the rebellion of 1798; Aunt Flora Remembers the Irish Rebellion of 1798; and The Irish Rebellion of 1798: A Personal Narrative.
Consult the Dictionary of Irish Biography for numerous entries on United Irishmen.
The Senate Judiciary Committee issued a 400 page report – Subverting Justice – detailing the various methods Trump employed to overturn the 2020 election results; the Republicans have issued their own rebuttal report.
These new developments will add hundreds of additional units and thousands of square feet of retail space: a project on Fisk Street; a development on Route 440 (site of the Colonette Restaurant); a two building complex on Carbon Place. The West Side with its expansion of housing and accompanying amenities is certainly going to rival Jersey City’s Gold Coast. And with the proposed extension of the light rail to Bayfront, this area will become even more desirable.
This massive compendium of information is a treasure trove for what it contains: winners from numerous conventions/polls dating back to the 1950s; extensive author coverage (awards and nominations); an anthologies directory (quite good!); a timeline; and other features. One can spend a lot of time perusing this valuably data-rich resource. Well done, Locus Magazine!
If you want to see this live testimony, then come here. You will also be able to watch it later (because it will be permanently archived) as well as read a transcript of the proceedings.
The Osborne Collection of Early Children’s Books is among the largest in the world; more than 5,000 volumes are represented in digital form. Fairy tales, juvenile fiction, chapbooks, poetry, and nursery rhymes are among the genres included here. The earliest works date to 1800.
The Supreme Court has a docket full of important cases, from the right to bear arms in public to several pertaining to abortion. The always informative SCOTUSblog has a chronological listing of the cases before the court as well as delineating the timeline for each case as it made its way through the various stages of legal proceedings at the court. The Supreme Court Institute of Georgetown University provides an overview of each case and its importance.
Argument transcripts and audio are available here.
Headline or Trend Line? Evaluating Chinese-Russian Collaboration in AI (Center for Security and Emerging Technology); Cybersecurity Collection (NAP); Overkill: Reforming the Legal Basis for the U.S. War on Terror (Crisis Group); A Hard Look at Hard Power: Assessing the Defense Capabilities of Key US Allies and Security Partners—Second Edition (SSI); and The Taliban in Afghanistan (CFR).
Twenty Years of Military Operations in Afghanistan: Key Questions; Changes in the Arctic: Background and Issues for Congress (updated September 23, 2021); Terrorist and Other Militant Groups in Pakistan; Water Resources Development Acts: Primer; Executive Privilege and the January 6 Investigations: The Presidential Records Act and Relevant Judicial Considerations; Syria and U.S. Policy; U.S. Intelligence Community (IC): Appointment Dates and Appointment Legal Provisions for Selected IC Leadership; El Salvador: Authoritarian Actions and U.S. Response; Department of Defense Directed Energy Weapons: Background and Issues for Congress; and Global Economic Effects of COVID-19 (updated September 28, 2021).
Congressman Frank J. Guarini Library Blog 