Ben Trister @ben@librem.one

Russia Just Smashed Its Record for Hottest Winter
https://earther.gizmodo.com/russia-just-smashed-its-record-for-hottest-winter-1842290053 #climatecrisis #climatechange

Unchecked Climate Change May Erase Half of the World's Sandy Beaches by 2050
https://earther.gizmodo.com/unchecked-climate-change-may-erase-half-of-the-worlds-s-1842027069 #climatechange #climatecrisis

What Coronavirus Teaches Us About Climate Change
https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2020/02/what-coronavirus-teaches-us-about-climate-change.html #climatechange #climatecrisis

The Climate Crisis Is Causing 'Dramatic' Changes in the Pacific Arctic
https://earther.gizmodo.com/the-climate-crisis-is-causing-dramatic-changes-in-the-p-1841888282 #climatechange #climatecrisis

We Need To Change Every Part of Our Food System to Fight the Climate Crisis
https://earther.gizmodo.com/we-need-to-change-every-part-of-our-food-system-to-figh-1841837334 #climatechange #climatecrisis

World's Biggest Fossil Fuel Funder Notes Climate Change Could End 'Human Life as We Know it'
https://earther.gizmodo.com/worlds-biggest-fossil-fuel-funder-notes-climate-change-1841835204 #climatechange #climatecrisis

Warmest January Ever Puts 2020 on Track to Be One of Top 10 Hottest Years
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/20/climate/global-temperatures-climate-change.html #climatechange #climatecrisis

Methane emitted by humans vastly underestimated
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/02/200219113746.htm #climatechange #climatecrisis

How Climate Change Could Bring About the Next Great Recession
https://earther.gizmodo.com/how-climate-change-could-bring-about-the-next-great-rec-1841772236 #climatechange #climatecrisis

UN Warns Kids Face ‘Ecological and Existential Threats’ in Every Country on Earth
https://earther.gizmodo.com/un-warns-kids-face-ecological-and-existential-threats-1841787940 #climatechange #climatecrisis

All This Dystopia, and for What?

When privacy-eroding technology doesn’t deliver on its promises.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/18/opinion/facial-recognition-surveillance-privacy.html #privacy #security #purism

One-third of plant and animal species could be gone in 50 years
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/02/200212150146.htm #climatechange #climatecrisis #extinction

Last month was the hottest January on record
https://www.engadget.com/2020/02/13/january-2020-hottest-on-record/ #climatecrisis #climatechange

Why Clearview AI is a threat to us all
https://www.engadget.com/2020/02/12/clearview-ai-police-surveillance-explained/ #privacy #security

Adapting to climate change: We're doing it wrong
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/02/200210165721.htm #climatecrisis #climatechange

Global warming and extinction risk
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/02/200210133210.htm #climatecrisis #climatechange #extinction

Chinese Hacking Is Alarming. So Are Data Brokers.

Companies like Equifax threaten our personal privacy and our national security.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/10/opinion/equifax-breach-china-hacking.html #privacy #security #purism

The End of Privacy as We Know It?

An unregulated facial recognition app can probably tell the police your name, and help them find out where you live and who your friends are.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/10/podcasts/the-daily/facial-recognition-surveillance.html #privacy #security #purism

Ransomware Attacks Grow, Crippling Cities and Businesses
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/09/technology/ransomware-attacks.html #privacy #security #purism

Antarctica is hotter than it's ever been
https://www.engadget.com/2020/02/07/antarctica-is-hotter-than-its-ever-been/ #climatechange #climatecrisis