Ben Trister @ben@librem.one

Is global plastic pollution nearing an irreversible tipping point?
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/07/210701140931.htm #environment

Climate change has gotten deadly. It will get worse.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2021/07/03/climate-change-heat-dome-death/
#climatechange #climatecrisis #leadonclimate

Widespread ransomware attack is affecting hundreds of businesses

https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2021/07/02/kaseya-ransomware-attack/ #privacy #security #purism

Let’s hope we learned the lessons of COVID-19. Because the next crisis has arrived https://www.thestar.com/politics/political-opinion/2021/06/30/lets-hope-we-learned-the-lessons-of-covid-19-because-the-next-crisis-has-arrived.html #climatechange #climatecrisis #leadonclimate

Heat Wave Breaks New Records in the Pacific Northwest on Blistering Third Day
https://gizmodo.com/heat-wave-breaks-new-records-in-the-pacific-northwest-o-1847189317 #climatechange #climatecrisis #leadonclimate

It's Time to Treat Social Media Like the Climate Crisis, Researchers Argue https://gizmodo.com/its-time-to-treat-social-media-like-the-climate-crisis-1847185959 #privacy #security #purism

Ransomware is a bigger threat than many understand https://www.thestar.com/business/opinion/2021/06/26/ransomwares-a-bigger-threat-to-business-and-beyond-than-many-understand.html #privacy #security #purism

NASA: Earth Is Absorbing an 'Unprecedented' Amount of Heat
https://gizmodo.com/nasa-earth-is-absorbing-an-unprecedented-amount-of-hea-1847120967 #climatechange #climatecrisis #leadonclimate

Climate change: The long view
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/06/210615145604.htm #climatechange #climatecrisis #leadonclimate

Google’s Privacy Backpedal Shows Why It’s So Hard Not to Be Evil
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/14/opinion/google-privacy-big-tech.html?smid=url-share #privacy #bigtech #purism

António Guterres on the climate crisis: ‘We are coming to a point of no return’

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/jun/11/antonio-guterres-interview-climate-crisis-pandemic-g7?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other #climatechange #climatecrisis #leadonclimate

Landmark Report Links Earth’s 2 Biggest Existential Threats for the First Time
https://gizmodo.com/landmark-report-links-earth-s-2-biggest-existential-thr-1847067725 #climatechange #climatecrisis #leadonclimate #extinction

Despite Pandemic Lockdowns, We Broke a Carbon Dioxide Record
https://gizmodo.com/despite-pandemic-lockdowns-we-broke-a-carbon-dioxide-r-1847047364 #climatechange #climatecrisis #leadonclimate

Arctic sea ice thinning faster than expected
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/06/210603201040.htm #climatechange #climatecrisis #leadonclimate

Why Can’t We Call It an Emergency?
https://gizmodo.com/why-can-t-we-call-it-an-emergency-1847020403 #climatechange #climatecrisis #leadonclimate

The price is right: Modeling economic growth in a zero-emission society
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/05/210531120929.htm #climatechange #climatecrisis #leadonclimate