Ben Trister @ben@librem.one

An Estimated 1.25 Billion Animals Have Perished in Australia's Bushfires
https://earther.gizmodo.com/an-estimated-1-25-billion-animals-have-perished-in-aust-1840875792 #climatechange #climatecrisis

2019 Was the Second-Hottest Year on Record
https://earther.gizmodo.com/2019-was-the-second-hottest-year-on-record-1840874334 #climatechange #climatecrisis

There Is No Safe Global Warming
https://earther.gizmodo.com/there-is-no-safe-global-warming-1840791544 #climatechange #climatecrisis

The World's Largest Floating Wind Farm Is Here
https://earther.gizmodo.com/the-worlds-largest-floating-wind-farm-is-here-1840779221 #climatechange #climatecrisis

Apocalypse Becomes the New Normal

While it will take generations for the full consequences of climate change to play out, there will be many localized, temporary disasters along the way. Apocalypse will become the new normal — and that’s happening right in front of our eyes.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/02/opinion/climate-change-australia.html #climatechange #climatecrisis

Denmark Sets New Record for Wind Energy, Putting Us All to Shame
https://earther.gizmodo.com/denmark-sets-new-record-for-wind-energy-putting-us-all-1840777389 #climatechange #climatecrisis

Climate signals detected in global weather
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/01/200102143429.htm #climatechange #climatecrisis

10 Years Of Canadian Climate (In)Action Shows We Didn't Get Much Done
https://www.huffingtonpost.ca/entry/canada-climate-change-2010s_ca_5dfa3ea2e4b08083dc5d0df1 #climatechange #climatecrisis

Mark Carney: Climate Change Could Render Some Financial Firms' Assets Worthless
https://www.huffingtonpost.ca/entry/mark-carney-climate-change_ca_5e0b4074e4b0843d360be53b #climatechange #climatecrisis

This Was the Decade Climate Scientists Stopped Being Polite
https://earther.gizmodo.com/this-was-the-decade-climate-scientists-stopped-being-po-1840735992 #climatechange #climatecrisis

Our private data isn’t actually private. Congress can do something about that.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/our-private-data-isnt-actually-private-congress-can-do-something-about-that/2019/12/27/373c4964-2807-11ea-ad73-2fd294520e97_story.html #climatechange #climatecrisis

What Climate Change Looks Like in Canada
https://www.cbc.ca/news2/interactives/inourbackyard/
#climatechange #climatecrisis

Antarctic Ice Melt May Have Hit an All-Time High on Christmas Eve
https://earther.gizmodo.com/antarctic-ice-melt-may-have-hit-an-all-time-high-on-chr-1840679498 #climatechange #climatecrisis

What’s the Worst That Could Happen With My Phone Data?

Two Times Opinion writers answer readers’ questions on their investigation into how companies track smartphone users and profit off their data.

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/26/reader-center/location-tracking-phones-questions.html #bigtech #librem5

Well this is disappointing: starttherevolution.com is a site selling toasters. #society #politics #revolution

Colleges are turning students’ phones into surveillance machines - The Washington Post
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2019/12/24/colleges-are-turning-students-phones-into-surveillance-machines-tracking-locations-hundreds-thousands/ #librem5 #privacy

Giving the Gift of Surveillance

The grass-roots surveillance network in the United States is poised for yet another major expansion this Christmas season.

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/25/opinion/location-tracking-gifts.html #privacy #security #libremone #librem5 #purism

Be Paranoid About Privacy

We need to take back our privacy from tech companies — even if that means sacrificing convenience.

https://nyti.ms/395M7Jz #privacy #libremone #librem5 #purism

Photo of Koala and Firefighter Surrounded by Flames Perfectly Captures the Climate Emergency
https://earther.gizmodo.com/photo-of-koala-and-firefighter-surrounded-by-flames-per-1840612408 #climatechange #climatecrisis