Ben Trister @ben@librem.one

The meat industry is doing exactly what Big Oil does to fight climate action
https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/the-meat-industry-is-doing-exactly-what-big-oil-does-to-fight-climate-action/2021/05/14/831e14be-b3fe-11eb-ab43-bebddc5a0f65_story.html #climatechange #climatecrisis #leadonclimate

Ransomware is a national security threat and a big business — and it’s wreaking havoc
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2021/05/15/ransomware-colonial-darkside-cyber-security/ #privacy #security #ransomware #purism

Climate change threatens one-third of global food production
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/05/210514134151.htm #climatechange #climatecrisis #leadonclimate

Antarctic ice sheet retreat could trigger chain reaction
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/05/210513123959.htm #climatechange #climatecrisis #leadonclimate

Ransomware attack leads to shut down of major U.S. pipeline system
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2021/05/08/cyber-attack-colonial-pipeline/ #privacy #security #purism

Research breakthrough in the fight against cancer
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/05/210506125753.htm #health

New Report Shows Phone Cracking Tech is Being Used to Target Journalists in Botswana
https://gizmodo.com/new-report-shows-phone-cracking-tech-is-being-used-to-t-1846832897 #privacy #security #purism #librem5

On Tech: Computer chips are the new toilet paper
https://messaging-custom-newsletters.nytimes.com/template/oakv2?campaign_id=158&emc=edit_ot_20210507&instance_id=30418&nl=on-tech-with-shira-ovide&productCode=OT&regi_id=91658101&segment_id=57514&te=1&uri=nyt%3A%2F%2Fnewsletter%2F9ea4f6ea-ba2f-5b59-bad8-d8736d6242ee&user_id=3593d0a3aec76354dafb17a2c0249e69

Apple’s AirTag trackers made it frighteningly easy to ‘stalk’ me in a test
By Geoffrey A. Fowler
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2021/05/05/apple-airtags-stalking/ #privacy #security #purism

Catastrophic sea-level rise from Antarctic melting possible with severe global warming
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/05/210505111347.htm #climatechange #climatecrisis #globalwarming #leadonclimate

Researchers create free-floating holograms that bring us one step closer to Star Trek's holodecks https://gizmodo.com/researchers-create-free-floating-animated-holograms-tha-1846828392 #science

New climate pledges give us 50-50 shot at meeting the Paris Agreement https://earther.gizmodo.com/new-climate-pledges-give-us-a-50-50-shot-at-meeting-the-1846824257 #climatechange #climatecrisis #leadonclimate

If the Paris agreement fails, sea levels could rise 33 feet https://earther.gizmodo.com/if-the-paris-agreement-fails-sea-levels-could-rise-33-1846827286 #climatechange #climatecrisis #leadonclimate

SolarWinds hacking campaign puts Microsoft in the hot seat
https://ca-finance-yahoo-com.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/ca.finance.yahoo.com/amphtml/news/solarwinds-hacking-campaign-puts-microsoft-114218764.html #privacy #security #bigtech #purism

The Ball and Supply Chain – Purism
https://puri.sm/posts/the-ball-and-supply-chain/

On Tech: Don’t ignore ransomware. It’s bad. (In Canada, the top target is hospitals.)
https://messaging-custom-newsletters.nytimes.com/template/oakv2?campaign_id=158&emc=edit_ot_20210429&instance_id=29942&nl=on-tech-with-shira-ovide&productCode=OT&regi_id=91658101&segment_id=56818&te=1&uri=nyt%3A%2F%2Fnewsletter%2F4589c06e-2ce3-5d2c-9dce-d7fa6b4c156c&user_id=3593d0a3aec76354dafb17a2c0249e69 #privacy #security #purism

The Wind and Solar Boom Is Here - The world is adopting renewable sources of power much faster than experts thought possible.
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/29/opinion/wind-solar-power.html #climatechange #climatecrisis #leadonclimate

The world's glaciers are melting faster than before, study says https://www.cbc.ca/news/science/glacier-loss-1.6005403 #climatechange #climatecrisis #leadonclimate

Halting the Vast Release of Methane Is Critical for Climate, U.N. Says
A major United Nations report will declare that slashing emissions of methane, the main component of natural gas, is far more vital than previously thought.
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/24/climate/methane-leaks-united-nations.html #climatechange #climatecrisis #leadonclimate