Month: January 2021

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The NewsWorthy - Capitol Police Apology, Push to Reopen Schools & GameStop Skyrockets – Wednesday, January 27th, 2021

The news to know for Wednesday, January 27th, 2021!

We'll tell you about:

  • the first testimony from the acting Capitol Police chief about what happened in the days leading up to the Capitol riot
  • how small-time investors are having a big impact on the stock market
  • the CDC's latest case for bringing kids back in the classroom
  • an internet outage that affected millions of Americans
  • the first fully-private crew taking a vacation to space

Those stories and more in about 10 minutes! 

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Sources:

Capitol Police Leader Testifies: NPR, Politico, NY Times

Most Republicans Reject Impeachment Trial: WSJ, WaPo, AP, FOX News

Record Number of Executive Actions: NY Post, The Economist 

Biden Addresses Racial Inequality: NY Times, WaPo, NBC News, White House

Biden-Putin Call: AP, USA Today, Politico, White House

CDC Urges Return to Classroom: WSJ, NY Times, WaPo, CDC, JAMA

East Coast Internet Outages: AP, Reuters, WSJ

Reddit Sparks Wall Street Trend: Axios, Vox, CNN, CNBC

No One Elected to Baseball HOF: ESPN, USA Today, MLB, Fox News

First Space Tourists Introduced: AP, The Verge, Scientific American

Work Wednesday: Pharmacy Jobs Spike: Axios, CNBC, WSJ

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More or Less: Behind the Stats - Deaths at home, supermarket infections and the Cobra effect

Since the start of the pandemic there have been many warnings that people might die not just from the coronavirus itself, but also if they didn?t seek medical help out of fear that hospitals might be dangerous. Is there any evidence that this has happened? David Spiegelhalter is on the case.

The UK is in lockdown, but tens of thousands of people a day are still testing positive for Coronavirus. Where are they catching it? Grim data on drug deaths in Scotland has been called into question on social media. We ferret out the truth. Plus, what can venomous snakes tell us about the government's plan to increase the number of people self-isolating?

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NBN Book of the Day - Michael D. Bailey, “Origins of the Witches’ Sabbath” (Penn State UP, 2021)

Eminent medievalist Michael D. Bailey, Professor of History at Iowa State University in Ames, Iowa, talks about his upcoming book, Origin of the Witches’ Sabbath. The book contains nimble and enjoyable translations of five medieval treatises as well as the two witchcraft trials, as well as a critical introduction.

While the perception of magic as harmful is age-old, the notion of witches gathering together in large numbers, overtly worshiping demons, and receiving instruction in how to work harmful magic as part of a conspiratorial plot against Christian society was an innovation of the early fifteenth century. The sources collected in this book reveal this concept in its formative stages.

The idea that witches were members of organized heretical sects or part of a vast diabolical conspiracy crystalized most clearly in a handful of texts written in the 1430s and clustered geographically around the arc of the western Alps. Michael D. Bailey presents accessible English translations of the five oldest surviving texts describing the witches’ sabbath and of two witch trials from the period. These sources, some of which were previously unavailable in English or available only in incomplete or out-of-date translations, show how perceptions of witchcraft shifted from a general belief in harmful magic practiced by individuals to a conspiratorial and organized threat that led to the witch hunts that shook northern Europe and went on to influence conceptions of diabolical witchcraft for centuries to come.

Origins of the Witches’ Sabbath makes freshly available a profoundly important group of texts that are key to understanding the cultural context of this dark chapter in Europe’s history. It will be especially valuable to those studying the history of witchcraft, medieval and early modern legal history, religion and theology, magic, and esotericism.

Jana Byars is the Academic Director of Netherlands: International Perspectives on Sexuality and Gender.

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Short Wave - What The Spread Of Coronavirus Variants Means For The U.S.

Different versions of the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus are emerging. Some are spreading quickly around the world, others more slowly — but several have the public health community and researchers worried because they are behaving differently than the older version of the coronavirus. Maddie talks with NPR science correspondent Michaeleen Doucleff about the coronavirus variant first identified in the UK in late 2020 — they discuss how big of a deal it is, how vaccines may be affected, and what needs to happen to slow its spread.

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In the Bubble with Andy Slavitt - Inside the National COVID-19 Plan (with Atul Gawande)

Dr. Bob calls up a friend – Dr. Atul Gawande – to bring clarity and empathy to some pretty complicated issues. Atul, a practicing surgeon and bestselling author, recently finished serving on the Biden transition’s COVID-19 task force. Atul discusses the work of the task force, how best to handle vaccines and the schools, and what COVID-19 has taught him about our healthcare system, our politics, and our approach to death and dying.

 

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Security Unlocked - All Your Pa$$w0rd Are Belong to Us

Special Edition! 

We’ve been told for years how important passwords are, taught how to make them stronger and longer and better, and we frantically tear up our home or office when we can’t find that sticky note where we wrote them down. Life feels like it comes to a screeching halt when we’ve lost our passwords, but… what would life be like if we didn’t need them? Can your passwords truly become a thing of the past? Sounds a bit unnerving, but we can promise you, it’s always security first here at Microsoft.  

On this special edition episode of the Security Unlocked podcast, hosts Nic Fillingham and Natalia Godyla explore the journey of becoming passwordless with Alex Weinert, Director of Identity Security at Microsoft, as he explains why your passwords don’t matter and how going passwordless can protect you from attackers.


In This Episode, You Will Learn:   

  • The risks that are being mitigated through passwordless authentication 
  • Where the challenges lie within using passwordless authentication 
  • The functions of Windows Hello, Microsoft Authenticator and FIDO tokens 
  • How ML is used in these technologies 


Some Questions We Ask:  

  • What does passwordless mean? 
  • What are some common misconceptions or risks? 
  • Where are customers on their journey to going passwordless? 
  • hat is the end goal for passwordless authentication? 


Resources:

Alex’s Blog Post

Alex’s LinkedIn

Microsoft Security Blog

Nic’s LinkedIn

Natalia’s LinkedIn


Related:

Listen to: Afternoon Cyber Tea with Ann Johnson

Listen to: Security Unlocked: CISO Series with Bret Arsenault 

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What A Day - All In A Hundred Days Work

Impeachment is moving forward in the Senate despite a Republican effort to dismiss it yesterday, but a conviction next month doesn't seem likely.

Meanwhile, Senate leaders finally came to an agreement on Monday on how the 50-50 chamber would run, with the filibuster intact. For many of President Biden’s larger goals, he will need Congress to cooperate. We spoke to Crooked Media’s Editor in Chief and host of Rubicon, Brian Beutler, about the new Congress and Biden’s first 100 days in office.

And in headlines: Biden signs four executive orders targeted at fighting racial inequality, farmers continue to protest in India, and Putin and Biden get on the phone.

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The Goods from the Woods - “The Corona Diaries #117” with Tom & Michelle from Apocalypse in Review Podcast

Comedian Rivers Langley is back in his hometown in Alabama for the rest of 2020 and a bit of 2021. Also, there's a global pandemic still happening. This podcast is him catching up with his funny friends; sometimes on the phone, sometimes socially-distanced outside. These are "The Corona Diaries" and this is Episode #117.  Joining us for this episode via phone from the Old Dominion, it's Tom and Michelle from the EXCELLENT podcast, Apocalypse in Review.  Listen to Carter Glascock's new album 'The Crystal Pistol' now streaming on all platforms!  Music at the end is "Move Over Babe, Here Comes Henry!" by Bill Slayback. RIP Hank Aaron!

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The Daily Signal - Why Biden’s Immigration Policy Will Harm Americans and Migrants Alike

A migrant caravan began moving toward America’s southern border after the Biden administration announced a pause in deportations for 100 days. 


A federal judge in Texas on Tuesday temporarily blocked Biden’s decision to suspend deportations, pending arguments. The president's immigration policy, such as the U.S. Citizenship Act of 2021, pose a grave threat to America, according to Ana Quintana, a Heritage Foundation senior policy analyst in Latin America and the Western Hemisphere. 


Quintana joins the podcast to explain the likely impact of Biden’s changes to immigration policy. 


We also cover these stories: 


  • President Biden signs four executive actions targeted at ending racial disparities and injustice.  
  • The Senate confirms Antony Blinken as secretary of state.
  • House and Senate Democrats reintroduce legislation to raise the minimum wage to $15 an hour by 2025.


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