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Elon Musk suspends and bans journalists. Twitter engineers are failing to honor their code of ethics.

Post author By Kathy E. Gill
Post date 16 December 2022
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December has been a beacon for advances in communication technology. That record made a hard 180º turn this week.

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Doris L. Pryor confirmed to Court of Appeals

Post author By Kathy E. Gill
Post date 5 December 2022
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US Appellate Judge Designate Doris Prior — Judge Doris Pryor before the Senate Judiciary Committee, 13 July 2022.

In a two-year period, Biden has successfully appointed nine Black women to U.S. District Courts of Appeals. When he took office, only eight Black women had held such a position.

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North American railroads create time zones

Post author By Kathy Gill
Post date 18 November 2022
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Rand McNally map of the US, 1892 — Rand McNally map of the US showing relief by hachures, drainage, cities and towns, state and county boundaries, time zones, and the railroad network with main lines emphasized, 1892. Via LOC.

The need for standardized time reflected an increasingly industrialized United States.

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