Ben Trister @ben@librem.one

They Found a Way to Limit Big Tech’s Power: Using the Design of Bitcoin

Companies inspired by the cryptocurrency are creating social networks, storing online content and hosting websites without any central authority.

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/26/technology/big-tech-power-bitcoin.html #privacy #security #libremone

Earth's ice melt has sped up dramatically in the past 30 years https://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/ice-melt-1.5886228 #climatechange #climatecrisis #leadonclimate

How to get more electric cars in the road
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/01/210121150933.htm #climatechange #climatecrisis #leadonclimate

Social-Media Algorithms Rule How We See the World. That Needs to Change.

What you see in your feeds isn’t up to you. What’s at stake is no longer just missing a birthday. It’s your sanity—and world peace.

https://www.wsj.com/articles/social-media-algorithms-rule-how-we-see-the-world-good-luck-trying-to-stop-them-11610884800 #privacy #security #purism #libremone

Businesses Aim to Pull Greenhouse Gases From the Air. It’s a Gamble.

A surge of corporate money could soon transform carbon removal from science fiction to reality. But there are risks: The very idea could offer industry an excuse to maintain dangerous habits.

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/18/climate/carbon-removal-technology.html #climatechange #climatecrisis #leadonclimate

A Global Tour of a Record-Hot Year
2021

2020 was effectively tied with 2016 for the hottest year on record, as global warming linked to greenhouse gas emissions showed no signs of letting up.

https://nyti.ms/3iaoC70 #climatechange #climatecrisis #leadonclimate

UN Warns World Is Failing to Prepare for Climate Change—But We Can Fix That
https://earther.gizmodo.com/un-warns-world-is-failing-to-prepare-for-climate-change-1846053810 #climatechange #climatecrisis #leadonclimate

Climate change is hurting children's diets, global study finds
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/01/210114085436.htm #climatechange #climatecrisis #leadonclimate

Earth to reach temperature tipping point in next 20 to 30 years, new study finds
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/01/210113144456.htm #climatechange #climatecrisis #leadonclimate

Climate change has caused billions of dollars in flood damages
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/01/210111190141.htm #climatechange #climatecrisis #leadonclimate

Future too warm for baby sharks
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/01/210112085353.htm #climatechange #climatecrisis #leadonclimate

Number of people suffering extreme droughts will double
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/01/210111125605.htm #climatechange #climatecrisis #leadonclimate

You won't be able to use WhatsApp unless you share data with Facebook
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/wmexperts/~3/zz4tfV3WhgA/whatsapp-now-requires-you-share-data-facebook #privacy #security #purism #libremone #librem5

Great Britain Set a Wind Energy Milestone
https://earther.gizmodo.com/great-britain-set-a-wind-energy-milestone-1845961853 #climatechange #climatecrisis #leadonclimate

Feds are tapping protesters' phones
https://theintercept.com/2020/09/25/surveillance-sim-cloning-protests-protect-phone/ #privacy #security #purism #librem5

The Gospel of Hydrogen Power
Mike Strizki powers his house and cars with hydrogen he home-brews. He is using his retirement to evangelize for the planet-saving advantages of hydrogen batteries.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/28/business/hydrogen-power-cars.html #climatechange #climatecrisis #leadonclimate

Not Just Another Pipeline
The expansion of Enbridge’s Line 3 pipeline is a breathtaking betrayal of Minnesota’s Indigenous communities — and the environment.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/28/opinion/minnesota-line-3-enbridge-pipeline.html #climatechange #climatecrisis #leadonclimate

Watching Earth Burn
For 10 days in September, satellites in orbit sent tragic evidence of climate change’s destructive power.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/28/opinion/climate-change-earth.html #climatechange #climatecrisis #leadonclimate

Climate change: Threshold for dangerous warming will likely be crossed between 2027-2042
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/12/201221160425.htm #climatechange #climatecrisis #leadonclimate

Buildings Are Becoming a Huge Source of Carbon Pollution
https://earther.gizmodo.com/buildings-are-becoming-a-huge-source-of-carbon-pollutio-1845890582 #climatechange #climatecrisis #leadonclimate