#CurrentlyReading Lei and the Fire Goddess by Malia Maunakea
Perfect for middle grade students looking for an adventure story with Hawaiian myths and legends as the backdrop.
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Gen Z Voters Could Determine the Outcome of the 2024 Elections If They Turn Out | Teen Vogue
We often read that #SciFi predicts the future.
The reality is: This is more often false than true.
There are exceptions, of course: “The Space Merchants” (1952) by Frederik Pohl and Cyril M. Kornbluth is, despite its humorous tone, almost too painful to read in its accurate description of capitalism’s present and likely future.
A lesser known example is Murray Leinster’s short story “A Logic Named Joe” from 1946.
In a time, when computers were still huge…
We Took On The Difficult Task Of Ranking Hayao Miyazaki Movies
https://kotaku.com/hayao-miyazaki-movies-ranked-studio-ghibli-1851649293?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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Why is a wind farm large enough to power an entire country sitting mostly idle?
Check out our video on it, here: youtu.be/8R19I8rdyR4
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Spread the Word: Today Is National Voter Registration Day
Today is a good day to check your voter registration or register if you haven’t.
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Cisco’s second layoff of 2024 affects thousands of employees
https://techcrunch.com/2024/09/17/ciscos-second-layoff-of-2024-affect-thousands-of-employees/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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Civics quiz.
I got 9 of 10, which isn't bad never having gotten to take a civics class (it was all wrapped up in US History and there was no focus on structure or anything like that)
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RAiD - the Research Activity Identifier - is a unique, persistent identifier for research projects based on the DataCite DOI infrastructure. Read on our blog how your organization can work with the new RAiD DataCite consortium!👇
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Millions committed to new Quantum COmmons campus includes build out of shared clean-room facilities, labs and offices as part of Colorado’s quantum computing Tech Hub
Two of the biggest annual Congress + Technology events happen this week. Wednesday is the annual Congress.gov forum, and Thursday is Congressional Hackathon 6.0. Provide feedback on Congress.gov on Wednesday and work on new technologies on Thursday.
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Fundamentals of Animation in Blender [$, promoted]
Let's learn to make things move in Blender with this new CG Cookie course.
SIGACCESS is working to improve networking and visibility opportunities for people who cannot attend conferences. Please join the mailing list, ACCESS-COMMUNITY@listserv.acm.org, and join us at one of two brainstorming sessions on October 8th and 10th at times we hope are inclusive of most time zones.
Tuesday October 8th
- 7am Pacific
- 11am Eastern
- 2pm UTC
tinyurl.com/ACCESSNetworkingOc…
Thursday October 10th
- 4pm Pacific
- 7pm Eastern
- 8am Tokyo
tinyurl.com/ACCESSNetworkingOc…
Jen Mankoff and Rua Williams will be collaborating on leading this effort. It is open to SIGACCESS members and prospective SIGACCESS members. SIGACCESS supports folks using information technologies to empower individuals with disabilities and older adults and also works to promote access and career opportunities for people with disabilities across ACM.
Looking forward to seeing you there. Please share widely!
#HCI #DisabledAcademic #Technology #TechnologyResearch #Networking
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