Like other public serving institutions, libraries are navigating the uncharted COVID-19 waters to see how they can safely and responsibly live up to their mandate to connect the public with information and support. Given that most people are sheltering in place as part of stay-at-home orders, it may be hard to know what your local […]
It seems like no matter where we go (well, where we go virtually) people only can or want to talk about one thing: coronavirus. But as the global pandemic continues to unfold, not everyone is forgetting to celebrate the milestone. The phrase “Madam Speaker” has been trending on Twitter because the Speaker of the United […]
There aren’t to any facets of the global society that the COVID-19 pandemic hasn’t affected. And that extends to sport. While a few sports have trudged on, such as horse racing, 2020 was supposed to beset for one of the biggest spectacles of sport in the world: the Olympic summer games. After holding out hope […]
Any student of geography–or binge watcher of Netflix–knows who Carmen Sandiego is. The titular figure of a broad empire of video games, television shows, board games and more, Sandiego is a fictional villainess known for her red coat, fedora, and matching sports car who alongside her band of V.I.L.E. henchfolk havs been stealing monuments, timelines, […]
The coronavirus, or at least a specific strand known as COVID-19, has run amok throughout the world. The result has been university closings, public mandates barring large gatherings, or in the case of Italy, virtually a country-wide lockdown. The sports world has also not been immune to the virus. The effect stateside has been the […]
The nature of elections, especially primary elections, means that they are heavily dependent on the idea of momentum. Voters show up for candidates with “The Big Mo’” and capturing that momentum is the key to making or breaking an election. So how do you know when a candidate has momentum, and can that possibly predict […]
Sunday was International Women’s Day (IWD), and the conversation about the day online garnered more than 2.1 million mentions in a 24-hour span. The conversation truly was international, as more than 73% of the online chatter originated from outside of the United States. The United Kingdom (10.5%), Canada (4.2%), India (4.1%), Nigeria (3%) and Australia […]
On Monday, March 2nd the popular Brokerage App “Robinhood” crashed and was down almost all day due to a code mistake related to Leap Day. This coincided with a surge in the stock market resulting from the FED dropping rates after a run of market issues (you can read my previous post about Twitter’s reaction […]
2020 has gotten off to a rocking start! It’s hard for many to believe it is already March. Here in Social Studio, our staff has been busy bringing you insights into some of the biggest topics of the year including events from politics, entertainment, science, and popular culture. Here we spotlight a few of the […]
At this point, what hasn’t Dolly Parton done? The country music legend has had 25 songs reach No. 1 on the Billboard country music charts, won 10 Grammy awards, and two Academy Award nominations. And that’s not even getting to her having her own theme park, Dollywood, in Pigeon Forge. But what Parton has arguably had […]
