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A Scientist Took Climate Change Deniers to Court and Wrested an Apology From Them

This story was originally published by National Observer and is shared here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration.  In 2011, renowned scientist Michael E. Mann sued a Canadian think tank that published an interview suggesting his work on climate change was fraud. Eight years later, the Winnipeg-based Frontier Centre for Public Policy—which often promotes climate change denial—apologized […]

Saudi Arabia May Execute Teenager for His Protests — Including When He Was 10

Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has overseen an escalation in violent crackdowns on political protest. It's getting even worse.

The post Saudi Arabia May Execute Teenager for His Protests — Including When He Was 10 appeared first on The Intercept.

Electronic Waste Is Becoming a Global Environmental Problem | @Time@twitter.com
Do you own one of the 1.6 billion unused phones shoved into a drawer? These forgotten mobile phones are packed with valuable materials. So dig them out and start #recycling! https://bit.ly/2IezCQ9

Black Hat drama this week shows the risks in creating a machine/process w/ the power to censor a group for personal views. Always starts w/ dangerous/unsympathetic views, inevitably expands to censor other groups based on shakier grounds. #slipperyslope

do yourself a favor and avoid #spam by blacklisting this domain:
womenarestupid.site

some asshat is creating throwaway accounts and messaging random people with the same crap over and over

#mastoadmin #fediadmin (? what's the tag for admins who aren't running mastodon??)

I see the racist, misogynist "we just want to point out how easy it is to spam on Mastodon" concern trolls are back in action. (If they link to a site called "women are stupid", that's them.)

Remember: don't engage them. Report them, pass the report through to the remote instance if need be, block them, and move on.

Opinion: The Green New Deal and transformational changes | Ensia https://prismo.xyz/posts/67857bbb-73f4-45d6-9958-f2ac402af11a

Todd Weaver (CEO of Purism) interviewed on Digital Trends Live.

They talked about hardware kill switches, the Librem 5 smartphone, releasing hardware schematics, and ethical online services.

https://puri.sm/posts/todd-weaver-on-digital-trends-live/

Ayanna Pressley Wants to Ditch an Old Anti-Abortion Law. House Democrats Aren’t Listening.

The Democratic majority in the US House appears likely to pass a spending bill which will include the Hyde Amendment, a measure that blocks federal funds from being spent on abortions, despite clear opposition from the the party’s base and from 2020 candidates. On Tuesday, Rep. Ayanna Pressley’s (D-Mass.) proposal to strip the Hyde Amendment from an […]

Mike Pompeo Said Congress Doesn’t Need to Approve War With Iran. 2020 Democrats Aren’t Having It.

“If the administration wants to go to war against Iran, then the Constitution requires them to come to Congress to ask for an authorization for the use of military force.”

The post Mike Pompeo Said Congress Doesn’t Need to Approve War With Iran. 2020 Democrats Aren’t Having It. appeared first on The Intercept.

Power to the people: how Spanish #cities took control of #energy | #Environment | The Guardian

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/jun/14/power-to-the-people-how-spanish-cities-took-control-of-energy

#Spain #RenewableEnergy #Renewables #SolarEnergy #WindEnergy

America Needs a Lot More Labor Unions

Unionize! You have nothing to gain but your bosses’ obscene rents! “Deluded” is meaner than I’d be, but if you work at a place like Facebook, Amazon, Apple, etc — unions let workers grab a share of corporate rents. There’s more of that cash up for grabs in big tech companies than media companies. Go […]

Well damn... #Vim Users... https://thehackernews.com/2019/06/linux-vim-vulnerability.html