Photo from 2019 of a lake in one of our many congressionally designated wilderness areas. I'm so glad we still have so many wilderness areas. 😊
Gene Shackman
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Applied sociologist, photographer
New report on hamas's use of sexual violence.
https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/article-860343
The report is here.
https://thedinahproject.org/
On July 7, Google’s Gemini assistant will be able to send a WhatsApp message, place a call, adjust your volume, or set a timer, even if you’ve told it not to track what you’re doing. And no, it’s not something you need to opt into, nor can you opt out of it; it’s the new norm.
https://www.laptopmag.com/ai/gemini-phone-access-update
https://www.laptopmag.com/ai/gemini-phone-access-update
The New Go Bag: What You Need in Your Emergency Escape
Masks and hand sanitizer, along with food, batteries and medications are essential to have on hand
By Jodi Helmer
Published September 18, 2020
Updated April 08, 2025
Your Food Packaging Is Shedding Microplastics Into Every Meal, Study Reveals
Michelle Starr
Wed, July 2, 2025 at 11:11 PM EDT
https://www.yahoo.com/news/food-packaging-shedding-microplastics-every-031147247.html
I wanted to let folks know about our paper.
Health, Wealth and Happiness
https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3895420
This shows the relationships between happiness, health and wealth. At the cross national level, happiness, wealth and health are all very highly correlated with each other. Wealth and health have the highest correlation, followed by wealth and happiness and then health and happiness. Freedom and social support also have fair correlation with happiness.
When I go to the Vera C Rubin website, I get a bunch of code on the top of the page. Anyone else get that?
