Ben Trister @ben@librem.one

The Paris Agreement Isn't Enough to Stop the Seas From Devouring Our Coasts
https://earther.gizmodo.com/the-paris-agreement-isnt-enough-to-stop-the-seas-from-d-1839614695 #climatechange #climatecrisis

Facebook Isn’t Just Allowing Lies, It’s Prioritizing Them
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/04/opinion/facebook-political-ads.html

Facebook can, by tinkering with its rules for political ads, give itself a special, unregulated power over elections. Just that possibility gives Facebook political leverage and politicians reasons to want leverage over Facebook. The nation’s dominant social network is creating the kind of monopoly influence over politics that the framers of the Sherman antitrust law were concerned about. #bigtech #libremone

The Real Reason Facebook Won’t Fact-Check Political Ads
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/02/opinion/facebook-zuckerberg-political-ads.html #bigtech #libremone

This Perfect Shitstorm Crystallizes the Climate Crisis We Face
https://earther.gizmodo.com/this-perfect-shitstorm-crystallizes-the-climate-crisis-1839483105 #climatechange #climatecrisis

What caused the Big Bang?
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/10/191031154921.htm #science

Abrupt shifts in Arctic climate projected
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/10/191030132658.htm #climatechange #climatecrisis

What happened when Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez came face to face with Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/oct/26/what-happened-when-alexandria-ocasio-cortez-came-face-to-face-with-facebooks-mark-zuckerberg?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Librem_Social #privacy #security

Study casts doubt on carbon capture
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/10/191025170810.htm #climatechange #climatecrisis

They Know What You Watched Last Night

Recent deals involving the media conglomerate AT&T, the streaming device seller Roku, the advertising giant Publicis and other companies have expanded the surveillance infrastructure that operates in the background of streaming services. While viewers focus on the action onscreen, tracking technology quietly sops up information about their habits and uses it to target them with more relevant, traceable ads. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/25/business/media/streaming-data-collection-privacy.html #privacy #security

The Black-and-White World of Big Tech
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/24/opinion/facebook-zuckerberg-free-speech.html #libremone #bigtech

Why Big Oil faces court cases that echo the litigation against Big Tobacco in the 90s https://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/exxon-shell-climate-change-court-new-york-attorney-general-litigation-documents-1.5331228 #climatechange #climatecrisis

Study warns of security gaps in smart light bulbs
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/10/191023075139.htm #privacy #security

Supplying the Demand for the Librem 5 Phone – Purism
https://puri.sm/posts/supplying-the-demand/ #purism #librem5

Exxon Isn't the Only Fossil Fuel Giant Getting Its Ass Sued
https://earther.gizmodo.com/exxon-isnt-the-only-fossil-fuel-giant-getting-its-ass-s-1839268301 #climatechange #climatecrisis

Climate Change Will Cost Us Even More Than We Think
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/23/opinion/climate-change-costs.html #climatechange #climatecrisis

Google And Facebook Are Reading Your License Plates
https://jalopnik.com/google-is-reading-your-license-plates-1839259494 #privacy #security #librem5

Trump is Tracking Your Phone https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/22/opinion/trump-privacy-2020.html #privacy #security #librem5

Climate warming promises more frequent extreme El Niño events
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/10/191021153346.htm #climatechange #climatecrisis

Replacing coal with gas or renewables saves billions of gallons of water
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/10/191021171333.htm #climatechange #climatecrisis

No place like home: Species are on the move, but many have nowhere to go
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/10/191021104940.htm #climatechange #climatecrisis