ECP Nethappenings Newsletter 9-28-19

Why History? It’s all because of a Horse’s Ass
https://twitter.com/BillHolohanSolr/status/1177631604186996737

Cherokee Indians Can Now Harvest Sochan Within a National Park
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/cherokee-indians-harvest-sochan-national-park-180973089/
Cabe, a forest resource specialist for the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians and an enrolled tribal member in his 40s, grew up gathering sochan—a traditional Cherokee food akin to but milder than spinach that is rich in vitamin C and folic acid. For years, sochan gathering was relegated to small backyard plots, or along back roads. But one day this past May, clutching an official hunter-orange harvest bag, Cabe stood on a forested hillside in Great Smoky Mountains National Park, where his tribe became the first in generations to legally collect sochan within national park boundaries. Because of a new federal policy, 11 tribal members, as of now, are free to forage for sochan in tens of thousands of acres inside the park. The lifting on the prohibition of such foraging marks a reconciliation of sorts, with the federal government finally acknowledging American Indians’ claim to their ancestral homeland.

AI is coming to schools, and if we’re not careful, so will its biases
https://www.brookings.edu/blog/the-avenue/2019/09/26/ai-is-coming-to-schools-and-if-were-not-careful-so-will-its-biases/

Who protects K12 School System’s Children’s Privacy — No one
https://edu-cyberpg.com/Technology/PRIVACY_INFORMATION.html

Japan conservatives want to reverse how people write names
https://www.dw.com/en/japan-conservatives-want-to-reverse-how-people-write-names/a-50592729
A century ago, Japan promoted the Western custom of using a first name followed by a family name. Now some conservative Japanese politicians want a return to using a family name first, and young Japanese are asking why.

Army official at Mar-a-Lago accessed Russian child-porn website
https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/article235563497.html

AT&T redirected pen-test payloads to the FBI’s Tips portal
https://www.zdnet.com/article/at-t-redirected-pen-test-payloads-to-the-fbis-tips-portal/

A history lesson for people who think that history doesn’t matter: What’s the big deal about railroad tracks?
https://twitter.com/BillHolohanSolr/status/1177631604186996737

The trump White House just accidentally sent our office their talking points for deflecting trump’s treachery. They’re complete Orwellian lies and toxic trash, but maybe you’d like to read them to appreciate their corruption! Hazmat ☢️ suit possibly required.
https://twitter.com/BillPascrell/status/1176900159227269122