SCRAPINGS OF THE DAY – 09/30/23

As part of the discovery process in a law suit, these attorneys want every bit of information they can get from abortion providers, organizations facilitating or assisting women getting abortions, donors, and employees, and volunteers, and patients or would-be patients, family members – everybody involved. They don’t say what they will do with it if they get it, or who they might give it to.

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/anti-choice-attorneys-want-thousands-of-abortion-providers-and-donors-personal-information_n_65171fa8e4b08e1d3e4d3c83

Women who seek an abortion and get it are likely, five years later, to be in a better relationship situation than women who were denied the procedure.

On Fresh Air, Terry Gross interviews Kashmir Hill author of “Your Face Belongs To Us”, about the facial recognition company, Clearview AI.

https://www.npr.org/2023/09/28/1202310781/exposing-the-secretive-company-at-the-forefront-of-facial-recognition-technology

Lonely people can have difficulty differentiating between real and fictional friends.

It is a strange looking bat.

SCRAPINGS OF THE DAY – 09/29/23

How is a government supposed to make good decisions based on garbage from think tanks?

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/sep/29/how-a-thinktank-got-the-cost-of-net-zero-for-the-uk-wildly-wrong

Babies who nap more do show less vocabulary and cognitive progress, but they do need the extra sleep.

As the temperature goes up, so do ER visits and hospital admissions for substance use related reasons.

Facebook is supposed to connect humans. So, why bring in chatbots to join the party?

On Living On Earth, regenerative farming and lots more.

https://www.loe.org/shows/shows.html?programID=23-P13-00038