Ben Trister @ben@librem.one

Climate Change Takes Center Stage in Davos
With businesses under pressure to act, solutions are emerging, but not fast enough, some participants fear.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/20/business/energy-environment/davos-climate-change.html #climatechange #climatecrisis

How the ‘Sharing’ Economy Erodes Both Privacy and Trust
To participate in services like Airbnb, you have to expose yourself.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/18/opinion/sunday/privacy-trust.html #privacy #security

Apple and Google accused of using market dominance to cripple competition
https://www.windowscentral.com/apple-google-and-facebook-used-market-dominance-cripple-competition-says-smaller-firms #bigtech

America's Most Powerful Woman Called Mark Zuckerberg a Crook. Facebook Has No Rebuttal
https://gizmodo.com/americas-most-powerful-woman-called-mark-zuckerberg-a-c-1841068465 #bigtech

Your online activity is now effectively a social ‘credit score’
https://www.engadget.com/2020/01/17/your-online-activity-effectively-social-credit-score-airbnb/ #bigtech #purism

How YouTube Profits From Climate Denial and Misinformation
https://earther.gizmodo.com/how-youtube-profits-from-climate-denial-and-misinformat-1841042989 #climatechange #climatecrisis

Teen Climate Strikers Have Capitalists Shook
https://earther.gizmodo.com/teen-climate-strikers-have-capitalists-shook-1841018129 #climatechange #climatecrisis

Earth: Still Hot
https://earther.gizmodo.com/earth-still-hot-1841022280 #climatechange #climatecrisis

New Climate Models Show That Clouds Could Screw the Paris Agreement
https://earther.gizmodo.com/new-climate-models-show-that-clouds-could-screw-the-par-1841000435 #climatechange #climatecrisis

This UN Treaty Would Tackle the Climate and Extinction Crises
https://earther.gizmodo.com/this-un-treaty-would-tackle-the-climate-and-extinction-1840999493 #climatechange #climatecrisis

Why the Climate Movement's Next Big Target Is Wall Street
https://earther.gizmodo.com/why-the-climate-movements-next-big-target-is-wall-stree-1840935715 #climatechange #climatecrisis

2019 Was a Record Year for Ocean Temperatures, Data Show
A new analysis found 2019 was the hottest for the world's oceans. The five hottest years have also be in the past five years. 
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/13/climate/ocean-temperatures-climate-change.html #climatechange #climatecrisis

‘Techlash’ Hits College Campuses

Facebook, Google and other major tech firms were every student’s dream workplaces. Until they weren’t.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/11/style/college-tech-recruiting.html #bigtech #purism

Want to Do Something About Climate Change? Follow the Money. Chase Bank, Wells Fargo, Citibank and Bank of America are the worst offenders.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/11/opinion/climate-change-bank-investment.html #climatechange #climatecrisis

How to Stop Freaking Out and Tackle Climate Change
Here’s a five-step plan to deal with the stress and become part of the solution.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/10/opinion/how-to-help-climate-change.html #climatechange #climatecrisis

How the oil industry has spent billions to control the climate change conversation

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2020/jan/08/oil-companies-climate-crisis-pr-spending?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Librem_Social #climatechange #climatecrisis

Pollutants from the bush fires in Australia will circle the globe
https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2020/01/07/pollutants-bush-fires-australia-will-circle-globe/ #climatechange #climatecrisis

At CES, Apple, Facebook and Amazon are preaching privacy. Don’t believe the hype.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2020/01/08/ces-apple-facebook-amazon-are-preaching-privacy-dont-believe-hype/ #bigtech #privacy #purism

My Journey to Radical Environmentalism

It’s never too late to take action aimed at protecting our planet.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/08/opinion/radical-environmentalism.html #climatechange #climatecrisis

The US Oil and Gas Industry's 5-Year Plan Is a Climate and Health Nightmare
https://earther.gizmodo.com/the-us-oil-and-gas-industrys-5-year-plan-is-a-climate-a-1840876323 #climatechange #climatecrisis