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Arkansas Agency Rules, Proton Sheets, Amazon Anime, More: Tuesday Afternoon ResearchBuzz, December 9, 2025

NEW RESOURCES

Arkansas Democrat-Gazette: Online database for Arkansas agency rules launches quietly after 5 years, $2.7 million. “Without any fanfare, an Arkansas legislative agency launched an online database of the administrative rules of state agencies earlier this year in a project that took more than five years of work to implement at an estimated price tag of $2.7 million.”

TWEAKS AND UPDATES

Engadget: Proton Sheets joins the company’s productivity suite. “The latest addition to Proton’s workplace suite is a spreadsheet tool called Proton Sheets. It will offer real-time collaboration, and users can control who has access to view and edit files. Proton Sheets can also be accessed on any device, including mobile ones. It supports importing CSV and XLS files, and the spreadsheets also support commonly used formulas for calculations.”

Ars Technica: Prime Video pulls eerily emotionless AI-generated anime dubs after complaints. “In videos shared by users, some of the AI-generated voice work was eerily deadpan. In one telling video Ash Lynx from Banana Fish tries to awaken a child who has been shot while speaking in a detached, dry tone. ‘Don’t leave me please,”’ he states like a robot before confronting someone without any anger in his voice. The person responds in a similarly emotionless manner.”

AROUND THE SEARCH AND SOCIAL MEDIA WORLD

Gizmodo: Musk, Bezos, and Zuckerberg Are Full of Shit (Literally) in New Art Exhibit. “The latest work of the artist Beeple, best known for selling a piece of NFT artwork to some poor schmuck for $69 million at the height of that craze, has attached the heads of the billionaires and some other notable figures to the bodies of robot dogs who aimlessly walk around and take pictures that are pooped out of their machine back ends. It is a comment on…something, for sure.”

ONE (Uzbekistan): Museum activities in Uzbekistan will be digitized and developed. “In this regard, an important draft decision aimed at developing museum services and increasing tourist flow through the introduction of modern technologies is being prepared. The document is expected to be approved by the Cabinet of Ministers. This decision aims to expand services in museums, create comfortable conditions for visitors, and introduce digital technologies.”

SECURITY & LEGAL

Krebs On Security: SMS Phishers Pivot to Points, Taxes, Fake Retailers. “Over the past week, thousands of domain names were registered for scam websites that purport to offer T-Mobile customers the opportunity to claim a large number of rewards points. The phishing domains are being promoted by scam messages sent via Apple’s iMessage service or the functionally equivalent RCS messaging service built into Google phones.”

BBC: Twitch star QTCinderella says she wishes she never started streaming. “Throughout 2025, several female content creators have spoken out about concerns of their safety, particularly when attending public events. In March, three US Twitch streamers, Cinna, Valkyrae and Emiru, were taking part in a week-long marathon stream when a man threatened to kill them. Then, at the annual streamer event TwitchCon in October, a man from the crowd grabbed Emiru and tried to kiss her without her consent.”

RESEARCH & OPINION

Mashable: People negatively judge others who glitch on video calls, according to study. “According to a new study published this week in Nature, audiovisual glitches can have far-reaching affects on users that extend beyond expected nuisances, but which have the power to fundamentally impact major areas of our life, including the outcome of a job interview, trust in medical professionals, and the result of legal proceedings. And for people who don’t have reliable internet access, including digitally disconnected, rural, or low-income households, the impact may be even more severe.”

PsyPost: Nonmedical TikTok creators outperform doctors in engagement on SSRI videos. “An analysis of TikTok videos on SSRIs showed that medical professionals generally maintained a neutral tone in those videos, while nonmedical professionals were more likely to adopt a positive tone. Videos by nonmedical professionals tended to have more views, likes, and comments.”

OTHER THINGS I THINK ARE COOL

The Times: Finnish PM agrees to apology after decades of abuse of Sami people. “For a country crowned the happiest place on Earth eight years in a row, Finland has a surprisingly dark history of human rights abuses against its own indigenous population, the Sami people. Now the conservative prime minister, Petteri Orpo, says his country should say sorry.” Good afternoon, Internet…

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