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Eszter Hargittai
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Ukraine

A brief history of modern Ukraine

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mt1OXtxUBNo

Four historical maps to understand the USSR

https://www.visualcapitalist.com/4-historical-maps-that-explain-the-ussr/

Say "Ukraine" not "The Ukraine"

https://theconversation.com/its-ukraine-not-the-ukraine-heres-why-178748

Why it's important that it's Kyiv not Kiev

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/feb/25/how-to-pronounce-and-spell-kyiv-kiev-ukraine-and-why-it-matters

Russian influencers speaking out against the war on Tik Tok

https://www.theguardian.com/media/2022/feb/26/social-media-influencers-russia-ukraine-tiktok-instagram

Meet the 1,300 librarians racing to back up Ukraine’s digital archives

https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2022/04/08/ukraine-digital-history/?

FYI

An explanation of Jewish law on abortion

Those following US politics will understand why this is timely https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q7NvlFGwOOw

There are many terms out there for gender identity and sexual orientation, if you're confused, this guide may help

https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/2022/04/01/gender-identity-glossary

Writing guidelines for gender equity and inclusivity

https://www.morgan-klaus.com/gender-guidelines.html

The health benefits of being bilingual (thanks Mom & Dad!)

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-10711363/Learning-second-language-help-stave-dementia.html

A very neat visual guide to Aztec gods

https://pudding.cool/2022/06/aztec-gods/

What's up with how Passover and Easter are sometimes, but often not at all in sync?

Great piece about how the lunar year and solar year are not the same length, and what this means for determining holidays. As you read this piece, note that in Swiss train stations, if you observe carefully, you'll see that the second hand on the big clocks pauses for a bit when it makes a full circle to correct for some of what this piece discusses.

https://getpocket.com/explore/item/the-ancient-math-that-sets-the-date-of-easter-and-passover

Covid

Africa may have been hit harder by covid-19 than anyone knew

This piece would make for good discussion in a social science research design class.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/02/18/africa-covid-cases-number-study/

The effects of remote work on collaboration among information workers

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41562-021-01196-4

Data visualizations

Neat visualization of where Americans in various states were born (in state, other US state, abroad), 1850-2020

https://www.welcomelawfirm.com/blog/where-americans-are-born/

So how good are groundhogs at predicting the weather?

https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/groundhogs-do-not-make-good-meteorologists/

Beware

A devastating story about a couple falling for an online scam - be careful out there

https://www.nzz.ch/english/a-swiss-couple-gets-scammed-into-trafficking-drugs-in-columbia-ld.1676987

The horrific climate effect of NFTs

https://www.wired.com/story/nfts-hot-effect-earth-climate/

Don't know what NFTs are? Stephen Colbert explains

https://youtu.be/dmKmsryelDI?t=42

Art

Modern Worlds: Austrian and German Art, 1890-1940 in Neue Galerie New York

I couldn't be in New York City to see this exhibition in person, but I did order the catalog and it's quite something.

https://www.wsj.com/articles/modern-worlds-austrian-and-german-art-1890-to-1940-neue-galerie-new-york-gustav-klimt-portrait-of-adele-bloch-bauer-11641592894

How a young illustrator’s attention to detail—and a determined Victorian woman’s legacy—led to the discovery of a new species in an old painting.

https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/marianne-north-chassalia-northiana

Some wonderful family stories about art and the histories they tell.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/magazine/2022/06/13/stories-art-can-tell

Health

Even very brief exercise can be good for you

https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2022/05/07/short-exercise-health

Hah!

Although the "Myself" button was not clickable, this is still rather amusing.

https://www.reuters.com/article/factcheck-nc-deathcertificates-idUSL1N2UP1NK

Sedition Tracker

https://seditiontracker.com

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