Ben Trister @ben@librem.one

Stop Begging Corporations to Behave

Fifty years after Milton Friedman blessed corporate greed, liberals are still trying to rebut his arguments. They’re fighting the wrong battle.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/18/opinion/milton-friedman-essay.html #socialresponsibility

WhatsApp's Encryption Hasn't Kept It Safe From Stalkerware
https://gizmodo.com/whatsapps-encryption-hasnt-kept-it-safe-from-stalkerwar-1845095325 #facebook #whatsapp #purism #libremone

Climate change threatens Komodo dragons
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/09/200917105400.htm #climatechange #climatecrisis #leadonclimate #extinction

Emissions could add 15 inches to 2100 sea level rise
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/09/200917122844.htm #climatechange #climatecrisis #leadonclimate

Hurricane Sally’s Fierce Rain Shows How Climate Change Raises Storm Risks

Staggering rain totals, fueled by a warming atmosphere that can hold more moisture, are being recorded from the storm.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/16/climate/hurricane-sally-climate-change.html #climatechange #climatecrisis #leadonclimate

Climate Change Is Now Killing Birds in Midair
https://earther.gizmodo.com/dead-birds-are-falling-out-of-the-sky-in-the-southwest-1845076744 #climatechange #climatecrisis #leadonclimate

How Climate Migration Will Reshape America: Millions will be displaced. Where will they go?
https://nyti.ms/3mnhHJd
#climatechange #climatecrisis #leadonclimate

A ‘Crossroads’ for Humanity: Earth’s Biodiversity Is Still Collapsing

Countries have made insufficient progress on international goals designed to halt a catastrophic slide, a new report found.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/15/climate/biodiversity-united-nations-report.html #extinction

The switch to remote learning has made schools even bigger cyber targets
https://www.engadget.com/check-point-school-hacks-100040968.html #privacy #security #purism #COVID19

Google’s Carbon Offset Plan Shows Where the World Has Failed on Climate Change
https://earther.gizmodo.com/google-s-carbon-offset-plan-shows-where-the-world-has-f-1845052789 #climatechange #climatecrisis #leadonclimate

Two major Antarctic glaciers are tearing loose from their restraints, scientists say
By Chris Mooney

https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2020/09/14/glaciers-breaking-antarctica-pine-island-thwaites/

#climatechange #climatecrisis #leadonclimate

The Arctic Is Shifting to a New Climate Because of Global Warming
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/14/climate/arctic-changing-climate.html #climatechange #climatecrisis #leadonclimate

When Good People Don’t Act, Evil Reigns
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/13/opinion/activism-trump-masks-climate.html #climatechange #climatecrisis

Multinationals' supply chains account for a fifth of global emissions
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/09/200907112325.htm #climatechange #climatecrisis #leadonclimate

Antarctica and Greenland Are on Track for the Worst-Case Climate Scenario
https://earther.gizmodo.com/antarctica-and-greenland-are-on-track-for-the-worst-cas-1844983642 #climatechange #climatecrisis #leadonclimate

Oh Crap, Major UN Climate Study Finds
https://earther.gizmodo.com/oh-crap-major-un-climate-study-finds-1844998039 #climatechange #climatecrisis #leadonclimate

Humans Are Pushing Animals to the Brink—But It Doesn’t Have to Be This Way
https://earther.gizmodo.com/humans-are-pushing-animals-to-the-brink-but-it-doesn-t-1845004610 #climatechange #climatecrisis #extinction

A Secret Recording Reveals Oil Executives’ Private Views on Climate Change
At a meeting last year, industry leaders contradicted public claims that emissions of climate-warming methane are under control
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/12/climate/methane-natural-gas-flaring.html #climatechange #climatecrisis #leadonclimate

Facebook: Privacy Is Cool, but Have You Guys Heard of Money? https://gizmodo.com/facebook-privacy-is-cool-but-have-you-guys-heard-of-m-1845025587 #facebook #bigtech #privacy #purism

A Climate Reckoning in Wildfire-Stricken California
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/10/us/climate-change-california-wildfires.html #climatechange #climatecrisis #leadonclimate