Newswires 101: Everything You’ve Ever Wanted to Know
If you’re a news junkie and read multiple news sources a day, you may notice sometimes that there is an article repeated almost word for word in more than one…
Spanish flu and early 20th-century expansion of a coronary heart disease-prone subpopulation
According to Stephen Jay Gould, "we have a strong preference for seeing trends as entities moving somewhere." However, trends may instead be the product of relative expansions and contractions of…
Paris prosecutors investigating death of actress who accused Gérard Depardieu of sexual misconduct
Depardieu, 74, has been under investigation since December 2020 for rape and sexual assault, reportedly at his Paris home, following allegations from actress Charlotte Arnould in 2018. He has denied any criminal…
Born After 1985? Climate Change is the Norm
More than half the world's population was born after 1985, which was the last year the Earth was cooler than average. The shift could potentially alter younger generations' perception of…
A Ghost Story for Christmas
A Ghost Story for Christmas is a strand of annual British short television films originally broadcast on BBC One between 1971 and 1978, and revived sporadically by the BBC since…
These are the poets and writers who have been killed in Gaza.
Since October 7, Israel has killed at least thirteen Palestinian poets and writers in Gaza. If we think of ourselves as a global literary community, then these people were our…
Public Domain Day 2024
On January 1, 2024, thousands of copyrighted works from 1928 will enter the US public domain, along with sound recordings from 1923. They will be free for all to copy,…
W.E.B. Du Bois’ Brownies
The Brownies’ Book, a serial published in 1920 and 1921.
Fairphone How to export files to PC
On your phone, connected to the PC, go to Settings > Connected devices > USB > and in USB preferences, choose “File transfer” (instead of PTP). On the PC, open…
What Will Enter the Public Domain in 2024?
At the start of each year, on January 1st, a new crop of works enter the public domain and become free to enjoy, share, and reuse for any purpose. Due…