Saturday’s good reading and listening for the weekend
What people in other forums are saying about public policy...
There will almost certainly be another wave of Covid-19 cases in the US because of the delta variant (B.1.617.2) – the UK is already seeing one. How bad it gets depends on how many more ppl are vaccinated.
‘She was costing developers millions per day’: The theories behind the death of Juanita Nielsen
- by Tim Barlass
Million-dollar reward for information into 1975 suspected murder of Juanita Nielsen
- by Jenny Noyes
South China Morning PostPublishes Story About Alleged Defector.
OUR BOUGHT-AND-PAID-FOR FOURTH ESTATE: Curiously incurious: Where is the media coverage of China’s defector?
Australian human misery: a dirty dozen cases
The prime minister has an eye for the public relations opportunity. Recently he was quick to be seen at the announcement of the success of an FBI-AFP operation targeting drug traffickers. He condemned criminals for bringing misery to Australia. Regrettably, we have plenty of misery already, thanks to his government’s policies....
I’ve tried and failed to find a sales assistant at DJs Bondi Junction, I doubt COVID will do better
- by Kerri Sackville
Cyber criminals are chasing bigger paydays through attacks known as ransomware.
In recent months there has been a spate of attacks on Australian companies in which cyber criminals infiltrate and encrypt computer data, before demanding a ransom.
Mr MacGibbon says businesses often feel they have no choice but to pay up.
"I'd say in terms of small businesses, probably quite a lot. Big businesses don't like talking about it."
As these cyber criminals continue to wreak havoc, Minister Hastie wants every Australian to join the fight to defeat them once and for all, by taking simple but effective security precautions.
"We've always thought about warfare in terms of land, sea or air. But the reality is that we're all on the new battlefield, which is cyber."
“The New York City Street Tree Map is the world’s most accurate and detailed map of a city’s street trees. Through this map, you can explore our city’s urban forest, mark trees as favorites and share them with your friends, and record and share all of your caretaking and tree stewardship activities. Our tree map includes every street tree in New York City as mapped by our TreesCount! 2015 volunteers, and is updated daily by our Forestry team. On the map, trees are represented by circles. The size of the circle represents the diameter of the tree, and the color of the circle reflects its species. You are welcome to browse our entire inventory of trees, or to select an individual tree for more information...”
An Illustrated Field Guide to Social Media
Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University: “This field guide looks at social media that works on different “logics” than do Facebook, Twitter, or YouTube. It features communities that have tried consciously to use different models than surveillance capitalism and includes the work of collaborators in other countries and subcultures. No field guide would be complete without images. Much as a field guide to birds helps us look more closely at the birds we encounter on a walk through our neighborhoods, Fiammetta Ghedini’s remarkable illustrations in this field guide help us look at social media differently. The Institute published the illustrated guide in connection with “Reimagine the Internet,” a virtual conference about what the internet could and should become over the next decade…”