Ben Trister @ben@librem.one

Pandemics result from destruction of nature, say UN and WHO

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/jun/17/pandemics-destruction-nature-un-who-legislation-trade-green-recovery?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Librem_Social #COVID19

DOJ to Propose Limiting Internet Firms’ Protections https://www.wsj.com/articles/justice-department-to-propose-limiting-internet-firms-protections-11592391602 #bigtech

Tech Firms Are Spying on You. In a Pandemic, Governments Say That’s OK https://www.wsj.com/articles/once-pariahs-location-tracking-firms-pitch-themselves-as-covid-sleuths-11592236894 #privacy #security #purism #bigtech

Culprit for Mass Extinction 445 Million Years Ago? Global Warming
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/10/science/global-warming-ordovician-extinction.html #climatechange #climatecrisis #extinction

‘Morally Impossible’: Some Advertisers Take a Timeout From Facebook
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/09/business/media/facebook-advertisers-trump-zuckerberg.html #facebook

Mass Extinctions Are Accelerating, Scientists Report
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/01/science/mass-extinctions-are-accelerating-scientists-report.html #extinction

There has never been a better time to quit Facebook
https://www.businessinsider.com/opinion-quit-facebook-now-black-lives-matter-trump-2020-6 #facebook #libremsocial #libremone #purism

How to protect your identity while protesting police brutality
https://www.engadget.com/identity-protect-george-floyd-safety-police-brutality-170055038.html #privacy #security #purism #librem5

Atmospheric CO2 hits a record high while emissions drop
https://www.engadget.com/atmospheric-co-2-hits-record-high-while-emissions-drop-191834482.html #climatechange #climatecrisis

Earth accelerating towards sixth mass extinction event that could see ‘disintegration of civilisation’, scientists warn
https://www.independent.co.uk/environment/sixth-mass-extinction-endangered-animals-wildlife-markets-biodiversity-crisis-standford-study-a9544856.html #extinction

Ban This Shit
https://gizmodo.com/ban-this-shit-1843904434 #privacy #security #purism

Human activity threatens 50 billion years of vertebrate evolutionary history
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/06/200603194431.htm #extinction

Google Facing $5 Billion Lawsuit for Tracking People Using Chrome's Incognito Mode
https://gizmodo.com/google-facing-5-billion-lawsuit-for-tracking-people-us-1843886498 #privacy #security #bigtech #google #purism

BBC News: Extinction crisis 'poses existential threat to civilisation'
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-52881831 #climatechange #climatecrisis #extinction

Summers are growing longer due to climate change, while winters are dramatically shrinking
https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2020/06/01/summers-are-growing-longer-due-climate-change-while-winters-dramatically-shrink/ #climatechange #climatecrisis

Today's atmospheric carbon dioxide levels greater than 23 million-year record
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/06/200601194144.htm #climatechange #climatecrisis

Coronavirus Showed How Globalization Broke the World - Greed and globalization set us up for disaster.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/30/opinion/sunday/coronavirus-globalization.html #climatechange #climatecrisis #globalization

Economic Giants Are Restarting. Here’s What It Means for Climate Change.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/29/climate/coronavirus-economic-stimulus-climate.html #climatechange #climatecrisis

One million species may go extinct, and one nation may be the cause
https://www.dailykos.com/story/2020/5/25/1946478/-One-million-species-may-go-extinct-and-one-nation-may-be-the-cause #biodiversity #extinction

The Climate Case for the Four-Day Work Week
https://earther.gizmodo.com/the-climate-case-for-the-four-day-work-week-1843612429 #climatechange #climatecrisis