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Digital Literacy

SSSC Digital Literacy workshop

TEDxWarwick - Doug Belshaw - The Essential Elements of Digital Literacies

Scientists say this 191-year-old symphony could help your heart health.

This is pretty cool.

“ According to a group of fancy Oxford University scientists, listening to the third movement of Beethoven's No. 9 might actually lower your blood pressure and help fight heart disease. In real life. Music therapy has been a thing for a while. But British researchers just hit upon some of the first concrete evidence that it's actually, like, a thing.”

We do NOT want to trade our civil liberties for ANY amount of freedom. Death + freedom > slavery + safety. This is not complicated.

by commentator on ArsTechnica post   

Privacy matters, pass it on

https://www.flickr.com/photos/krillion/16433017276/

Great website...  I like how clicking on “Act” makes it very easy to choose a clearly defined and immediate way to act.

Here’s another link you can check out:    My previous post on gun violence

And read on for some more info and links after the break... of course, after you check out the #ThrowThemOut campaign!

Some of the recent posts and articles I’ve come across on the subject.... 

A pro-gun troll just came for Seth MacFarlane, and Seth fired back

What Explains U.S. Mass Shootings? International Comparisons Suggest an Answer

How to Prevent Gun Deaths? Where Experts and the Public Agree

Our Loved Ones Died. We Want Action on Guns (video)

How to Reduce Shootings

Came across the articles below when reading the A/V post:  An emotional Jimmy Kimmel responds to another mass shooting, telling the GOP, “You’ve done worse than nothing”...  not familiar with these websites/blogs but they seemed worth taking a look:

Guns In America And The US Military Industrial Complex America Wasn’t a “Gun-Loving Country” Until a $13.5 Billion Industry Made It So

Don’t forget to #ThrowThemOut!

Sick of leaders doing nothing to fight gun violence? So are we. Let’s work together and #ThrowThemOut: http://every.tw/2sAcIwT

#Future

Is the Future Out of Date?  via Plexus Institute

Why the Cost of Living Is Poised to Plummet in the Next 20 Years via Singularity Hub

Wikiconference North America

I’m going to be going on a trip!  Very excited about my upcoming trip to Ohio this week to the Wikipedia North America conference.  This is the first trip that I’ll be taking in quite a while, I’m a little nervous but also very much looking forward to it!

I just finished putting together my notes page that I’ll be using for the sessions. I’ll also be posting during the trip on my IG page and tweeting as well.  So stay tuned!

Claim on “Attacks Thwarted” by NSA Spreads Despite Lack of Evidence

The agency, President Obama, and members of Congress have all said NSA spying programs have thwarted more than 50 terrorist plots. But there’s no evidence the claim is true.

Pen addiction

Read more over at Flickr

Since the time I was in elementary school I wanted to become a marine biologist to study and swim with sharks.  Next summer I’m planning a trip to Australia and for my 40th birthday, *this* is what I plan on doing....  Check out the video here.  #dreamvacation

Great Whites circling the “ghost cage” video.  This was pretty amazing and would totally love to do this, but with a door that stayed closed!