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Climate change is already affecting global food production -- unequally

Researchers found that climate change is affecting different areas of global food production differently.

‘Robots’ Are Not 'Coming for Your Job'—Management Is https://prismo.xyz/posts/21a483dd-801b-4dd7-ae89-065189ebe7d6

Native plant species may be at greater risk from climate change than non-natives

Warming temperatures affect native and non-native flowering plants differently, which could change the look of local landscapes over time, according to new research.

"Apple says, 'What happens on your iPhone stays on your iPhone.' [But] our privacy experiment showed 5,400 hidden app trackers guzzled our data — in a single week."

If you haven't read @geoffreyfowler's latest @Washingtonpost column, make time for it: https://t.co/eLcxXpfbF4 tweeted by @mozilla

Elizabeth Warren Unveils Plan to End DOJ Policy Prohibiting Indictment of Sitting Presidents

If elected president, Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) said that she would reverse a longstanding Justice Department policy that prohibits sitting presidents from being indicted—a policy many believe is the legal rationale that prevented President Donald Trump from being charged with obstruction of justice in the special counsel’s Russia investigation. The Massachusetts senator, one of the […]

Quote of the Day: The Mueller Report Says Bad Things About Trump? Fox News Never Mentioned That.

From Cathy Garnaat, a Republican who attended a town hall meeting held by Rep. Justin Amash, who says the Mueller report contains enough evidence of wrongdoing to support the impeachment of President Trump: I was surprised to hear there was anything negative in the Mueller report at all about President Trump. I hadn’t heard that […]

How habitat loss can destabilize ecosystems

An international study has revealed new evidence to help understand the consequences of habitat loss on natural communities.

After Training Dozens of Democratic Campaigns on Email Security, This Programmer Thinks They Ought to Be Hacked

From late 2017 through 2018, Maciej Ceglowski—a tech entrepreneur and computer programmer—crisscrossed the country to educate Democrats on email security. Last fall, in an op-ed published by the Washington Post ahead of the 2018 midterm elections, Ceglowski referred to his effort to train the campaign staffers as “quixotic,” and relayed information security horror stories that […]

The Homophobic Hysteria of the Lavender Scare

Despite a thriving queer community in Washington, the 1950s State Department fired gay and lesbian workers en masse.

Great Moments in Pride History

Let's take a journey through history to celebrate some queer civil rights accomplishments!

The Center Falls Out in Europe

The EU Parliament election results are in - and what used to the be the fringe is now the norm.

Trump Authorizes $20 Billion Tax Increase

On Thursday President Trump announced a new 5 percent tariff on all goods coming from Mexico—nearly all of which will be paid by consumers in the form of higher prices. A new car imported from Mexico, for example, will cost $1-2,000 extra. Altogether, we’ll import nearly $400 billion from Mexico this year, so the tariff […]

#Google to limit access to modern ad blocking extensions in #Chrome to enterprise users who pay for Chrome. Users are not pleased https://9to5google.com/2019/05/29/chrome-ad-blocking-enterprise-manifest-v3/

Here’s What Powered the Democratic Win in 2018

Yair Ghitza at Catalist has a detailed look at the 2018 election that’s been updated with lots of new data. One of the things he looks at is the longrunning question of how important turnout is compared to changing minds. Here’s how it penciled out in 2018: Turnout: 37 million dropped off the rolls compared […]

The Anti-Abortion Strategy Closing the Last Clinic in Missouri Is Sneakier Than a Ban

Unless the courts step in, on Saturday June 1, Missouri will become the first state in the country without an abortion clinic since Roe v. Wade was decided almost 50 years ago. But it’s not because of the law Governor Mike Parson signed earlier this month banning abortions after eight weeks. Instead, the Planned Parenthood in St. […]