Here are some more smiles from #ONA24

#WeLoveBiscuit 🐶 ⚖️

🌟Thank You to the ONA Community!🌟

Shoutout to everyone from #ONA24 who stopped by the Vngle booth for Doggie Destress! 🐾 It was a joy to see so many of you meet Biscuit, Vngle’s "Pawyer." 🐶 ⚖️ Hope you left feeling relaxed!

Yesterday was the time for our weekly #news #quiz, but your humble host is at #ONA24 and forgot.

Here's my favorite question from the quiz. Check your answer and see how you did here:

https://theconversation.com/the-conversation-u-s-weekly-news-quiz-189437

The Boston Tea Party happened in 1773; the Declaration of Independence was in 1776. But in September 1774, 250 years ago, which not-quite-as-famous revolutionary event took place in Pennsylvania?

The Philadelphia Cream Cheese Party
3.6%
The First Continental Congress
61.4%
The publication of "Common Sense"
25.3%
" The first ringing of the Liberty Bell"
9.6%
Poll ended at .
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This op-ed was developed through Professor Alan Lightman's guidance at the MIT Graduate Program in Science Writing. Thank you!

Related: I will be talking about "Choosing the Right Graduate School" at #ONA24. I'm happy to review your application and provide advice, especially for international students!

An eye-catching stat at the #ONA24 "Elections 2024: What Could Possibly Go Wrong?" session:

A 2022 MIT study found that America spends about as much $$ maintaining public parking infrastructure as in beefing up our elections infrastructure!

https://electionlab.mit.edu/sites/default/files/2022-05/TheCostofConductingElections-2022.pdf

#politics #election

Reddit shares up and downvote information with Google. That's news to me - and likely an important sign of what's going to get Discover / search engine attention. I'm not really sure it's a good thing, tbh. #ona24

Hello from #ONA24!

We are so happy to be a hometown sponsor and to help connect the media world.
#Atlanta

On my way to #ONA24

I haven’t been to Atlanta in over a decade - if you see someone wandering around looking for CNN Center, that’s me

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🗓️ 9/20 @ 6:30 pm
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🐾 Take a break from the conference! 🎓

Join us for “Doggie Destress” with Vngle’s famous Pawyer 🐾📸

Get some puppy love from our law school grad! 🎓💖

🗓️ 9/20 @ 11am
📍 Vngle Booth at the Online News Organization Conference

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