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Tomorrow (Wednesday): Wednesday brings more clouds and more chances of rain. Most of the rain during the day should be light and scattered, but by evening some heavier activity could begin to target eastern parts of the area as a rain shield attempts to rotate in from a low pressure system off the coast. Highs should mainly head for the mid 70s..

Sun safety is never out of season. Summer’s arrival means it’s time for picnics, trips to the pool and beach and a spike in sunburns. But winter skiers and fall hikers need to be as wary of the sun’s rays as swimmers do. Last week, several alders sent the final recommendations to the National Guard Bureau regarding the beddown of F 35s at Truax for the Environmental Impact Statement scoping process. In late fall or early next year, the NGB will hold a public hearing to review the draft EIS. We are still in the front end of an approximately two year process.

The findings of my research indicate that factors external to the schools are more important than school level factors for academic attainment. Student academic attainment and academic self concept were found to be positively correlated. The interrelation between the two variables is significantly higher at school level than at class and student levels.

Starting in 2020, users can appeal moderation decisions to the board. The body will also be responsible for selecting “urgent” reviews and recommending policy generally.Facebook’s latest attempt at self regulation coincides with growing scrutiny from lawmakers over the company’s ability to rein in hate speech. Today, Facebook will join executives from Google and Twitter for the latest in a series of congressional hearings dedicated to discussing how social media companies can better prevent the spread of white supremacy and other extremist content.NIBBLES: The United States was not adequately prepared for foreign disinformation threats during the 2016 elections and isn’t equipped for election integrity challenges in the 2020 campaign, experts and policymakers warned during a symposium Tuesday on information and election security, my colleague Michelle Ye Hee Lee reports for the Technology 202.There has not been enough meaningful progress in the United States on protecting from foreign disinformation threats, and it remains difficult for policymakers and private companies to create systemic changes that do not impinge on freedom of expression, the speakers said.The event, co organized by PEN America, the Global Digital Policy Incubator at Stanford University’s Cyber Policy Center and Ellen Weintraub, chairwoman of the FEC, emphasized the need for lawmakers, public policy organizations, technology companies and the media to fulfill their responsibilities in ensuring election integrity and fight the spread of disinformation online, including new regulations, transparency on user data, increased fact checking in news coverage, and more, Michelle writes.Camille Francois, chief innovation officer at Graphika, a firm that identifies the spread of information online, said efforts by foreign actors during the 2018 midterm elections showed there are new and “more insidious” tactics since 2016, and that these actors had become better at hiding their traces.