The loss of large carnivores around the world is causing damage to plants and animals through ecological effects.

More info.

NSA whistleblowers warn that Obama's "reforms" are being managed so as to avoid any real improvement. They make recommendations for real reform.

Ford says its cars have GPS so they know everywhere the car goes.

This is a consequence of the fact that the GPS data is stored by software that is nonfree, not controlled by the driver or car owner.

It is not clear to me whether this applies only when the car has a GPS navigator installed, or whether it means all new Ford cars.

More about surveillance of cars in the US.

Personal insults directed against Edward Snowden reflect a general pattern of smearing whistleblowers, but the real target is not Snowden but the act of whistleblowing.

US citizens: phone your congresscritter and say, oppose HR 2279, which would turn the laws requiring cleanup of polluted land into a sham.

The Capitol Switchboard numbers are 202-224-3121, 888-818-6641 and 888-355-3588.