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Half of the World’s Languages are Dying Fast
How can digital tools be used to help native language speakers access and contribute knowledge? Subhashish Panigrahi shows how endangered languages can be documented and preserved using open standards and tools.
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Photographer Sued for Allowing Viewers to Vote for Their Favorite Photo
Ruth Taylor never expected that her hobby would get her sued for patent infringement. Daniel Nazer recounts the details of the case for you.
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When Recording Bans Leave the Public in the Dark, Illustrators Shed Light
There are still places where cameras cannot go. When high-tech fails, handiwork steps in. Faraz Ahmed discusses the art of court illustration and its still important role informing the public.
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Jenny Durkan: Seattle’s Ultimate Fake Progressive
Apparently, Seattle’s political establishment has anointed yet another Sidranist mayoral candidate. Jeff Stevens opines.
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Sunday Comics
Catch the mist, catch the myth, catch the mystery, catch the drift/The world is, the world is, Sunday Comics are deep/Maybe as his skies are wide, today’s Tom Sawyer, he gets by on you.
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Trump, Threats to Data, and US Cities
Notes on the struggle to keep the US government from going back on its promises of greater transparency. John Wonderlich writes.
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What Hospitals Waste
The nation’s health care tab is sky-high. Marshall Allen began tracking down the reasons. First stop: A look at all the perfectly good stuff hospitals throw away.
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