Cline Center for Democracy is looking for a full time Software Engineer to design and implement software infrastructure to make operational a dynamically scalable service platform that embraces High Performance Computing (HPC) concepts and technologies. #UIRP Cline Center

We’ve published new SPEED event data on civil unrest and political violence in the Philippines, Liberia and Sierra Leone! Data were extracted from machine-classified translated media (1979-2008) with help from partners @ERDC-CERL, and FOI See: bit.ly/2ZpC5la

Anyone with experience in OCR or AI/ML looking for a challenge to solve which would help climate science? We have thousands of pages of historical weather observations which need numerical values extracting efficiently & accurately so we can better understand extreme weather.

We are hiring! Seeking an experienced software engineer who is excited to join an interdisciplinary team doing groundbreaking work to transform information into knowledge that advances human flourishing. Posting closes 9/16/2019, so apply soon! TO APPLY: bit.ly/30awhZ5

When you finish a PhD in statistics they take you into a special room and show you what raw data really looks like. After you recover, you're sworn to secrecy. For decades, statistics educators kept this secret safe, but it's starting to get out into courses.

Opinion: ‘I Have Nothing to Hide' is Wrong Way to Think About Surveillance bit.ly/150BTRc

Fisa court oversight: a look inside a secret and empty process | Glenn Greenwald gu.com/p/3gjcz/tw via The Guardian

BBC News - Selfish traits not favoured by evolution, study shows bbc.in/17okTWf

Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else; you are the one who gets burned. ~Buddha

That 3D camera takes a picture of the medallion & sends it to a 3D printer. Hours later...a perfect replica!

Amazing! Against all odds, Martyn Ashton's Road Bike Party 2 is finished w/help from Danny MacAskill & Chris Akrigg bikemag.com/videos/video-a…

After embarrassing incidents, scientists look to share more data wapo.st/1ztR6iJ via The Washington Post

As Silence Falls on Chicago Trading Pits, a Working-Class Portal Also Closes nyti.ms/1xZKX8p

Useful #data #science cheat sheet by RStudio: Data Visualization with R – bit.ly/1O6SlI0 #dataviz #bigdata

Watch video of Bruce @Springsteen performing “Ramrod” on the night Reagan was elected: cos.lv/1LSvWhi

On April 18th Prof. James A Robinson will be presenting the 2016 Linowes Lecture. For info: goo.gl/0k7gmT

The Chicago Cubs are going to their first World Series since 1945. They beat the Dodgers, 5-0 to advance. nyti.ms/2eiBdGi

World Series Champions. #FlyTheW

Time Lapse: A Total Solar Eclipse: apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap170820.…