Ben Trister @ben@librem.one

Taking a Different Approach to Fighting Climate Change

The research of Narasimha Rao, a Yale professor, shows that reducing inequality could improve our ability to mitigate some of the worst effects on the environment.

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/07/climate/narasimha-rao-climate-change.html #climatechange #climatecrisis

Venice Mayor Blames Climate Change As ‘Dramatic’ Flooding Returns
https://www.huffingtonpost.ca/entry/venice-flooding_ca_5dcea313e4b0d2e79f8b2cf6 #climatechange #climatecrisis

What Will Be Missing at Next Month's Climate Talks
https://earther.gizmodo.com/what-will-be-missing-at-next-months-climate-talks-1839837477 #climatechange #climatecrisis

We Hate Data Collection. That Doesn’t Mean We Can Stop It.

Americans are wary of the fundamental trade-off we’re making for technology. Data-hungry corporations insist that we’re benefiting from the surveillance state — and that our very acquiescence to the collection is a signal of our contentment. In fact, the vast majority of Americans say that the potential risks of data collection by companies and the government outweigh the benefits.

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/15/opinion/privacy-facebook-pew-survey.html #climatechange #climatecrisis

Climate Change Poses Threats to Children’s Health Worldwide

A study from the Lancet points to infectious diseases, worsening air pollution, rising temperatures and even malnutrition as threats to child health as the climate changes. 

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/13/climate/climate-change-child-health.html #climatechange #climatecrisis

Intel's major chip flaw still hasn't been fixed
https://www.windowscentral.com/intels-major-chip-flaw-not-fixed-it-said-it-was #security

Climate Change Is Already Making Us Sick
https://earther.gizmodo.com/climate-change-is-already-making-us-sick-1839839965 #climatechange #climatecrisis

5 Global Trends Shaping Our Climate Future

Wind turbines, solar panels and electric vehicles are spreading far more quickly around the world than many experts had predicted. But this rapid growth in clean energy isn’t yet fast enough to slash humanity’s greenhouse gas emissions and get global warming under control.

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/12/climate/energy-trends-climate-change.html #climatechange #climatecrisis

Federal judge rules suspicionless device searches at the border are illegal
https://www.engadget.com/2019/11/12/federal-judge-rules-suspicionless-device-searches-at-the-border/ #privacy #security

Facebook is fixing a bug that turned on phone cameras
https://www.engadget.com/2019/11/12/facebook-bug-ios-app-camera/ #facebook #libremone #librem5

Intel Reportedly Warned of Critical Chip Security Flaws a Year Ago
https://gizmodo.com/intel-reportedly-warned-of-critical-chip-security-flaws-1839807262 #security #bigtech

Last Arctic ice refuge is disappearing
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/11/191112114009.htm #climatechange #climatecrisis

Google is reportedly gathering health data on millions of Americans
https://www.engadget.com/2019/11/11/google-ascension-patient-records-project-nightingale/ #google #bigtech #privacy

'It's Where People Die': Australia Faces Unprecedented 'Catastrophic' Bush Fire Weather

https://earther.gizmodo.com/its-where-people-die-australia-faces-unprecedented-cat-1839777881 #climatechange #climatecrisis

Europe Is Toughest on Big Tech, Yet Big Tech Still Reigns

Europe’s regulators have taken antitrust actions against numerous tech companies. None have faced more scrutiny over the past decade than Google — yet critics say it has emerged virtually unscathed. Its revenue rose to $137 billion in 2018, up from $23.7 billion in 2009, when rivals filed the first antitrust complaint.

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/11/business/europe-technology-antitrust-regulation.html #google #bigtech

Quitting Facebook could boost exam results
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/11/191111100931.htm #facebook #socialmedia

Iran discovers new oil field with over 50 billion barrels

http://flip.it/sjrICb #climatechange #climatecrisis

How Scientists Got Climate Change So Wrong

Had a scientist in the early 1990s suggested that within 25 years a single heat wave would measurably raise sea levels, at an estimated two one-hundredths of an inch, bake the Arctic and produce Sahara-like temperatures in Paris and Berlin, the prediction would have been dismissed as alarmist. But many worst-case scenarios from that time are now realities.

https://nyti.ms/34D2av8 #climatechange #climatecrisis

Arctic shifts to a carbon source due to winter soil emissions
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/11/191108132421.htm #climatechange #climatecrisis

Australia's Terrifying Bushfires Remind Us Climate Change Is Here
https://earther.gizmodo.com/australias-terrifying-bushfires-remind-us-climate-chang-1839718885 #climatechange #climatecrisis