Ben Trister @ben@librem.one

We Can Do This

It’s hard to think of a more alarming news story: The United Nations said yesterday that the world failed to reduce carbon emissions in recent years and was on pace for catastrophic damage from climate change.

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/27/opinion/united-nations-climate-change.html #climatechange #climatecrisis

UN calls for push to cut greenhouse gas levels to avoid climate chaos

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/nov/26/united-nations-global-effort-cut-emissions-stop-climate-chaos-2030?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Librem_Social #climatechange #climatecrisis

Climate Planners Use VR to Show Communities How Sea-Level Rise Decimates Them
https://earther.gizmodo.com/climate-planners-use-vr-to-show-communities-how-sea-lev-1840022810 #climatechange #climatecrisis

I Invented the World Wide Web. Here’s How We Can Fix It.

Communities are being ripped apart as prejudice, hate and disinformation are peddled online. Scammers use the web to steal identities, stalkers use it to harass and intimidate their victims, and bad actors subvert democracy using clever digital tactics... How we respond to this abuse will determine whether the web lives up to its potential as a global force for good or leads us into a digital dystopia.

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/24/opinion/world-wide-web.html #internet

Tech giants watch our every move online. Does that violate our human rights?

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2019/nov/23/facebook-google-human-rights-privacy-data?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Librem_Social #bigtech #privacy #security

The Real Cost of Tweeting About My Kids
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/22/opinion/social-media-kids.html #bigtech #privacy #security #libremone #twitter

Sacha Baron Cohen Says Social Media Companies Have Created the 'Greatest Propaganda Machine in History'
https://gizmodo.com/sacha-baron-cohen-says-social-media-companies-have-crea-1839994830 #bigtech #socialmedia #facebook #libremone

Amnesty International: Facebook and Google are a threat to human rights
https://www.engadget.com/2019/11/21/facebook-google-amnesty-international-human-rights/ #privacy #security #purism #bigtech

Amazon confirms police can keep Ring doorbell videos forever
https://www.engadget.com/2019/11/20/amazon-confirms-police-keep-ring-doorbell-videos-forever/ #bigtech #privacy #security

Building All the Fossil Fuel Projects Already in the Pipeline Would Wreck the Climate
https://earther.gizmodo.com/building-all-the-fossil-fuel-projects-already-in-the-pi-1839949666 #climatechange #climatecrisis

Stop! Don’t Charge Your Phone This Way
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/18/technology/personaltech/usb-warning-juice-jacking.html #privacy #security

Asking if behavior can be changed on climate crisis
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/11/191120121145.htm #climatechange #climatecrisis

Oxford Names ‘Climate Emergency’ Its 2019 Word of the Year
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/20/arts/word-of-the-year-climate-emergency.html #climatechange #climatecrisis

Ten Years After Climategate, the Scientists Have Won—But What About the Rest of the World?
https://earther.gizmodo.com/ten-years-after-climategate-the-scientists-have-won-bu-1839947721 #climatechange #climatecrisis

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