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- GAO-11-654: SEC Post-Employment Controls (2011)
Government Record · 2011
U.S. Government Accountability Office
Government Accountability Office, July 2011: reviewed former SEC employees going to work for the firms the SEC oversees. It found 16 companies accounted for about 35…
- Gates Annual Letter: Three Myths That Block Progress for the Poor (2014)
Document · 2014
Bill and Melinda Gates
Bill and Melinda Gates, 2014 annual letter: argues that when more children survive, parents choose to have smaller families. The foundation's own explanation of its view.
- Gates: Innovating to Zero, TED Talk Transcript (2010)
Document · 2010
Bill Gates / TED
Bill Gates, TED talk, February 2010: says the world's 6.8 billion people are headed to about nine billion, and that good work on vaccines, health care…
- GBI: Explosion at the Georgia Guidestones (2022)
Government Record · 2022
Georgia Bureau of Investigation
Georgia Bureau of Investigation, July 2022: unknown people set off an explosive at the Georgia Guidestones around 4 a.m. on July 6, 2022. No one was…
- George Orwell, Letter to Francis A. Henson (June 1949)
Document · 1949
George Orwell; transcribed in Paul O’Flinn’s article
George Orwell's June 1949 letter to Francis Henson: the novel is meant to show the perversions a centralized state is open to, and warns that something…
- Getting Fewer “Likes” Than Others on Social Media Elicits Emotional Distress Among Victimized Adolescents
Peer-Reviewed Study · 2020
Child Development / PubMed Central
Peer-reviewed study (2020): teens randomly given fewer likes than their peers felt more rejected, more upset and had more negative thoughts about themselves, especially those already…
- Global Historical Climatology Network monthly (GHCNm), Version 4
Government Record · 2024
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information
NOAA explains that station moves, instrument changes, observing-protocol changes, and land-use changes can create non-climatic shifts, and documents automated homogenization and adjusted and unadjusted data.
- Google and YouTube Will Pay Record $170 Million for Alleged Violations of Children’s Privacy Law
Government Record · 2019
Federal Trade Commission
The FTC's 2019 announcement: Google and YouTube paid a record $170 million ($136 million to the FTC, $34 million to New York) to settle charges they…
- Gorillas in Our Midst: Sustained Inattentional Blindness for Dynamic Events
Peer-Reviewed Study · 1999
Daniel J. Simons and Christopher F. Chabris
The separate 12-observer chest-thumping condition produced the famous 50% miss rate. Across the main gorilla conditions, 44% noticed and therefore 56% missed; noticing varied substantially with…
- GRAMMY.com: LGBTQ+ Artists Who Made History at the Grammys (Unholy performance)
Document · 2025
Recording Academy
The Recording Academy describes Smith and Petras's 2023 Grammy performance of "Unholy": red glow, a cage dancer and Smith as a devilish ringmaster.
- GRAMMY.com: Sam Smith and Madonna’s “Vulgar” (Madonna’s Unholy introduction)
Document · 2023
Recording Academy
The Recording Academy, 2023: Madonna introduced Sam Smith and Kim Petras before their "Unholy" performance at the Grammys.
- Guinness: Baby Shark First YouTube Video to 10 Billion Views (2022)
Document · 2022
Guinness World Records
Guinness World Records, January 2022: "Baby Shark Dance" became the first YouTube video to pass 10 billion views.
- Guns, Drugs and Skin Bleaching: YouTube Kids Still Poses Risks to Children
Document · 2022
Tech Transparency Project
Tech Transparency Project, May 2022: test accounts on YouTube Kids found videos about drugs, hiding guns, skin bleaching and dieting. An advocacy group report.
- H.R. 3554: Close the Revolving Door Act of 2025
Government Record · 2025
U.S. House of Representatives (Sponsor: Rep. Neguse, D-CO)
Rep. Joe Neguse, May 2025: would permanently ban former members of Congress from lobbying and set a 6-year ban for senior staff. Companion Senate bill S.…
- Harris Campaign Paid Beyoncé Company $165,000
News Report · 2024
USA Today
USA Today, December 2024: FEC records show the Harris campaign paid Beyoncé's company, Parkwood, $165,000 for event production a month after the Houston rally.
- Harris for President: FEC Post-General Report (2024)
Government Record · 2024
Harris for President, committee C00703975
The Harris campaign's official post-general election report to the FEC (October 17 to November 25, 2024): $160 million raised and $277 million spent.
- Harvard English 183TS: Taylor Swift and Her World
Document · 2024
Harvard University Department of English
Harvard's English department: Stephanie Burt's course "Taylor Swift and Her World," on her songwriting and fan culture.
- Hasher, Goldstein and Toppino: Repetition and the Illusory Truth Effect (1977)
Peer-Reviewed Study · 1977
Lynn Hasher; David Goldstein; Thomas Toppino
Hasher, Goldstein and Toppino, 1977: people rated repeated statements as more true, whether they were true or false. The original "illusory truth" study.
- Hello Sunshine Announces Majority Investment from Newly Formed, Next Generation Media Company Backed by Kevin Mayer, Tom Staggs, and Blackstone
Document · 2021
Hello Sunshine; Blackstone
Blackstone's 2021 release launching the Mayer and Staggs media company, the same buyer that went on to acquire Moonbug (CoComelon).
- Henry Jackson Society: Hamas Casualty Reports Are a Tangle of Technical Problems (2025)
Peer-Reviewed Study · 2025
Lewi Stone and Gregory Rose
Henry Jackson Society, April 2025: Lewi Stone and Gregory Rose argue Gaza casualty reports have conflicting categories, unclear verification, natural deaths mixed in and no combatant…
- House Administration: Additional January 6 CCTV Footage Released (2024)
Government Record · 2024
Committee on House Administration, Subcommittee on Oversight
House Administration Committee, March 2024: released more Capitol Police January 6 camera footage, bringing almost 13,000 hours online, with over 40,000 hours viewable in person. The…
- House Democrats: Letter to Matt Taibbi on Testimony Errors (2023)
Government Record · 2023
Rep. Stacey E. Plaskett and House Judiciary Committee Democrats
Rep. Stacey Plaskett and House Judiciary Democrats, April 2023: a letter saying Taibbi's testimony wrongly turned the Center for Internet Security (CIS) into CISA, a government…
- House Democrats: Ruiz Statement on Pandemic Final Report (2024)
Government Record · 2024
Rep. Raul Ruiz and House Oversight Democrats
Rep. Raul Ruiz and House Oversight Democrats, December 2024: says Fauci, Collins, HHS and others filed formal objections to the majority's statements, and that the two…
- House Hearing: Fauci Testimony on Gain-of-Function Definition (2024)
Government Record · 2024
House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic; testimony by Anthony S. Fauci
House Coronavirus Subcommittee hearing, June 2024: Fauci said his 2021 denial used the official P3CO regulatory definition of gain-of-function, not a broader generic one, and maintained…