Old Fucking Punk @lwriemen@librem.one

Shots Fired

Trump says there’s a liberal war on Thanksgiving now.

EFF joins over 40 civil society organizations in identifying the free speech and privacy risks of a proposed Department of Homeland Security rule to expand the agency's collection of social media information on key visa forms and immigration applications. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2019/11/deep-dive-eff-dhs-stop-mass-collection-social-media-information

Impact of #air #pollution on #health may be far worse than thought, study suggests | #Environment | The Guardian

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/nov/27/impact-of-air-pollution-on-health-may-be-far-worse-than-thought-study-suggests

I love this post:

"When we first approached hardware manufacturers almost two years ago with this project most of them instantly said “No, sorry, impossible, we can not help you.”. Others warned us, that it could never work, that it was too complicated, “the industry does not do that” and so forth.

And yet here we are, later than we wanted, but we are actually shipping first hardware! It is possible but it comes at a price." #Librem5

https://puri.sm/posts/breaking-ground/

TrackingTheTrackers: A free analysis tool to check if a website is disguising third-party trackers as first-party trackers.

https://trackingthetrackers.com/

#Climate #emergency: world 'may have crossed #TippingPoints’ | #Environment | The Guardian

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/nov/27/climate-emergency-world-may-have-crossed-tipping-points

#GlobalWarming #ClimateChange

#EU #ministers to vote on move to expose firms’ #tax #avoidance | #Business | The Guardian

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2019/nov/27/eu-ministers-to-vote-on-move-to-expose-firms-tax-avoidance

#GAFAM

If you think a single person is just too small to make a difference, you should read up on Jadav Payeng, the "Forest Man of India".

When he was 16 he started planting trees on a deforested sandbar. He made it a habit of planting at least one tree every single day - over the course of the last four decades.

His forest now encompasses an area of about 1,360 acres / 550 hectares and is home to not only over one hundred elephants, but also monkeys, tigers and deer.

Be the change you desire!

We Can Do This

It’s hard to think of a more alarming news story: The United Nations said yesterday that the world failed to reduce carbon emissions in recent years and was on pace for catastrophic damage from climate change.

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/27/opinion/united-nations-climate-change.html #climatechange #climatecrisis

Riddle Me This

If a President commits a crime but 42% of people don’t believe it, did it really happen?

Bolivia: The Serious People Weigh In

Finally, someone is defining the edges of rational discourse on your behalf!

We Take Away Rights From Children, Never Grant New Ones

Prosecutors like to try children as adults. But they never offer children the privileges of adults.

Bernie's plan to legalize marijuana will expunge records because it's time to repair some of the damage. The War on Drugs has failed and destroyed too many lives.

https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/bernie-sanders-marijuana-weed-plan-legalization-903726/

#bernie2020 #BernieisBetter #feelthebern #PresidentSanders

This opt-in clause is the critical reform we need. As in California, tech companies will lobby to remove it.

"Companies further would have to obtain a person’s permission to collect and share their sensitive data." #privacy

https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2019/11/26/top-senate-democrats-unveil-new-online-privacy-bill-promising-tough-penalties-data-abuse/

The Coalition For Women In Journalism is alarmed by WhatsApp’s decision to block the accounts of journalists sharing live updates in Palestine amid the recent attacks by Israel.
https://medium.com/the-coalition-for-women-in-journalism/incredible-new-low-we-condemn-whatsapps-move-to-block-palestinian-journalists-accounts-63721bd57ef6

MS linked to variant of common herpes virus

Researchers have developed a new method to separate between two different types of a common herpes virus (HHV-6) that has been linked to multiple sclerosis. By analyzing antibodies in the blood against the most divergent proteins of herpesvirus 6A and 6B, the researchers were able to show that MS-patients carry the herpesvirus 6A to a greater extent than healthy individuals.

If you are eligible and want to #vote in the #UK general #election, today is the last day you can register to do so if you haven't done so already.

#GE19

Call to Action

What finally made Mike Bloomberg enter the race?

Indian states must provide #clean #air and #water or pay damages, supreme #court rules | World news | The Guardian

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/nov/26/indian-states-must-provide-clean-air-and-water-or-pay-damages-supreme-court-rules

#Environment #Health #Pollution #India

Won’t Somebody Think of the Wealthy Democrats?

Where is the candidate who can protect the interest of our nation’s most vulnerable minority: The top one percent?