Ben Trister @ben@librem.one

Evaporation critical to coronavirus transmission as weather changes
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/09/200922112304.htm #COVID-19

2020 Arctic sea ice minimum at second lowest on record
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/09/200921170452.htm #climatechange #climatecrisis #leadonclimate

The Age of Electric Cars Is Dawning Ahead of Schedule

Battery prices are dropping faster than expected. Analysts are moving up projections of when an electric vehicle won’t need government incentives to be cheaper than a gasoline model.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/20/business/electric-cars-batteries-tesla-elon-musk.html #climatechange #climatecrisis #leadonclimate

Don’t quit Facebook. Change laws.

What to do if you think Facebook worsens misinformation and hate speech.

https://nyti.ms/3mxPsaJ #facebook #libremone #socialmedia

Facebook Has Been a Disaster for the World. How much longer are we going to allow its platform to foment hatred and undermine democracy?

https://nyti.ms/33ILpji #facebook #libremone #democracy #socialmedia

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