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Virtual art classes, social distancing brings new challenges to the arts |
Studio art classes are still adapting to COVID-19 changes a year later and it has brought challenges towards online art projects, flexibility and socializing for students and professors. Art assignments need to be submitted online and class sizes have decreased. Although most classes are in-person again with flexible absence rules […]
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5 surprising things you should never share on social media, according to a cybersecurity expert
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2 Ways Pinterest Is Growing Its Social Media Platform
Pinterest (NYSE:PINS) is the social platform for inspiration. It lets users collect and interact with visual media, helping them discover ideas, plan projects, or learn new things. For instance, you could use Pinterest to find the latest beauty or home décor trends, plan a vacation or party, build a home […]
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GOP pushes bills to allow social media ‘censorship’ lawsuits
Republican state lawmakers are pushing for social media giants to face costly lawsuits for policing content on their websites, taking aim at a federal law that prevents internet companies from being sued for removing posts. GOP politicians in roughly two dozen states have introduced bills that would allow for civil […]
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Amid COVID-19 rules, I wanted a social pod for my daughter
My 5-year-old started to resent her situation in late March, soon after the schools closed and after we barred play dates and trips to Chuck E. Cheese. As the pandemic enveloped Southern California and Cora realized she wouldn’t see her friends for some time, her growing frustration manifested itself in […]
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Social Worker job with USAJobs
Duties Summary The VAMHCS Primary Care Senior Social Worker Provides social work services at the Eastern Baltimore Community Based Outpatient Clinic (CBOC). The incumbent is a member of the health care team and access and treat the psychosocial problems that impact on the ability of the veteran to make adjustments […]
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College student creates her own 12-foot social distancing dress
College student creates social distancing dress Shay Rose, a 21-year-old senior at UCLA, spent two months creating a 12-foot wide social distancing dress. LOS ANGELES – Shay Rose proved there’s a dress for every occasion after designing a gown to help her stay socially distant. The 21-year-old, who uses the […]
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Uniqlo makes ‘social infrastructure’ its new mantra
TOKYO — Uniqlo, a subsidiary of Fast Retailing, is about to transform itself from a clothing store into “social infrastructure.” People around the world are finding their sense of values changing during the novel coronavirus pandemic, and support for the corporate attitude of single-mindedly pursuing growth is crumbling. As the […]
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Teacher engages students through social media
In lieu of physical cards, George H.W. Bush New Tech Odessa Graphic Design teacher Joshua Voyles recently had his students create Holiday Instagram stories. He has more than 100 students in all of his class periods combined. On a recent Wednesday, he had 19 in person and online. Every year, […]
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Retail hasn’t canceled Santa. Kids get it that they need social distancing to see the magical bearded guy
Children can’t sit in Santa’s lap this year. But they can still see him and talk to him and connect with him — seven feet away inside a new Santa’s experience at Nebraska Furniture Mart, from the end of his sleigh at Galleria Dallas, on the opposite side of a […]
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Gaming is the future of social good integrations
Lisa Sherman: Chauncey, let’s start with you. Why do you think video games make for a unique environment to address social issues? Chauncey Gammage: Video games have allowed people from all around the world to share experiences with one another in a way that no other media allows, and they […]
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Meet Rebekah Mercer, the deep-pocketed co-founder of Parler, a controversial conservative social network
Mecer is the daughter of Robert Mercer, a hedge fund manager and the co-founder of the now-defunct political data-analysis firm Cambridge Analytica. The Mercers have been prominent supporters of President Donald Trump and conservative causes. “John and I started Parler to provide a neutral platform for free speech, as our […]
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What is MeWe? Everything you need to know about the social network competing with Parler.
What is MeWe? Everything you need to know about the social network competing with Parler. Now that , the conservative social network that’s currently the number one free app in the App Store, there’s yet another social network popular with Trump supporters that you may want to know about. It’s […]
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Regulation of social media to protect children is needed now more than ever
As we enter week two of the second national lockdown in England the sense of déjà vu is palpable. And once again the NSPCC is having to highlight the scale of online grooming of children in the UK. We have been here before. Our Wild West Web campaign has been […]
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Social media that’s anti-social: Giants’ Golden Tate’s wife proves family members can cause locker room tension, too
It’s always been difficult for athletes to avoid controversy on social media. With the world at their fingertips, hundreds have made comments or thrown temper tantrums that have helped them alienate teammates, fans and front offices, who have forced them to make humiliating apologies or run them out of town. […]
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Kim Kardashian’s private island birthday mocked on social media
Yet, it also had a seemingly unintended consequence of unleashing the Internet’s wrath. For most on social media, her photos of the bash — which pictured plenty of people in her “closest inner circle,” all partying like it was 2019 — were about as out of touch as one could […]
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What the rise of digital handouts on Venmo and Cash App says about our fraying social safety net
A college student pleading for grocery money. A driver in need of an unexpected car repair. A worker out of a job because of the COVID-19 pandemic. A single mom who needs to pay the internet bill to support her kids’ distance learning. In all of these cases, people turned […]
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Covid means Zoom, social media and streaming dominate our lives. The mute button is sanity.
Where I currently live, the TV goes on before 7 a.m. each day and stays on until 10 p.m. every night. The awkward staccatos of morning news cascade into an endless cacophony of cable —the dour melodies of WWII documentaries, the tinny early-Western gunfights, the crunch and wail of cop […]