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AP Style Guide for Writing About Coronavirus
The Associated Press’s guidance for writing about coronavirus is a useful tool for journalists, technologists and other professional communicators.
https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.jsCOVID-19 is acceptable on first reference for the coronavirus disease that first appeared in late 2019.
— APStylebook (@APStylebook) February 26, 2020
Because COVID-19 is the name of the disease, not the virus, it is not accurate to write a new virus called COVID-19. Instead: A new virus caused a disease called COVID-19. pic.twitter.com/6fxGkgunXv -
Fourteen Years Ago I Celebrated One Year of Podcast Listening
Two of the four podcasts I wrote about in 2006 remain in production and are still available on my
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Monday, March 2, 2020
- No, Facebook is not telling you everything.
- Twitter and Facebook have pulled out out of SXSW citing coronavirus concerns. It befuddles me that conference organizers have not yet canceled the event, which will bring tens of thousands of people into confined areas throughout Austin.
- Firefox turns new encryption on by default in the U.S., making it more difficult for ISPs to monitor customers’ online activity.
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Humble Book Bundle: Cybersecurity 2020
Humble Book Bundle: Cybersecurity 2020 is now available. Pay what you can afford –– as little as $1 –– for up to nineteen digital, DRM-free cybersecurity titles:
Secure yourself a new bundle of cybersecurity ebooks! Get ebooks like Cryptography Engineering: Design Principles and Practical Applications, Reversing: Secrets of Reverse Engineering, Social Engineering: The Science of Human Hacking, and more.
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Kirsten Gillibrand Proposes U.S. Data Protection Agency
The so-called Data Protection Act of 2020 would create the country’s first data protection agency to oversee how privacy laws in America are enforced and guide Congress on the development of those laws. The agency would be empowered to impose penalties on companies that violate people’s privacy, taken them to court, field consumer complaints, and launch investigations.
“As our country and economy continue to evolve with the digital age, we face a national crisis as our personal data gets targeted — and not just for marketing by brands, but also to establish if we can access certain jobs, loans, or prices on products,” Gillibrand wrote. “Americans should be able to go to an institution that will look out for, and actively work to protect, their privacy and freedom.
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Ted Williams
Ted Williams played his last game 17 years before I was born, but I’ve been heavily invested in the myth of one of baseball’s greatest hitters since I was a kid. In addition to being a nineteen-time All-Star, a two-time American League MVP, and a two-time Triple Crown winner, Williams was a pilot, flight instructor, and avid fisherman.
The lone red seat pictured here between me and my brother in law marks the spot in Fenway Park’s right-field bleachers where Williams’ June 9, 1946 home run landed. The 502-foot shot remains the longest home run ever hit in Fenway.
One of my favorite pieces of sports memorabilia is this official American League ball signed by The Splendid Splinter.
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Online Archive of Mexican Cookbooks 1789-present
The University of Texas at San Antonio maintains a collection of more than 2,000 Mexican cookbooks dating back to 1789:
In addition to broad general coverage, the collection includes concentrations in the areas of regional cooking, healthy and vegetarian recipes, corporate advertising cookbooks, and manuscript recipe books.
Michael Castellon 