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Europe's forests

mardi 7 mai 2019 à 02:00

Europe's Forests Threatened by Biodiversity Collapse, Warn Campaigners.

The EU has adopted well-meaning policies meant to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by encouraging burning ethanol from corn and burning wood.

These practices are harmful, but the EU has been unable to amend them.

Ocean heatwaves

mardi 7 mai 2019 à 02:00

After only 1C of heating, devastating heatwaves are sweeping the oceans in many parts of the world. These kill off species such as coral and kelp that many other species need in order to continue. Humanity's supply of seafood, already reduced due to overfishing and heat of the water, will tumble.

Mobile phone numbers for Facebook

mardi 7 mai 2019 à 02:00

Facebook requested, even occasionally demanded, mobile phone numbers from its useds in the name of "security", then treated them as personal identifiers for lookups and advertising.

Since two-factor authentication requires a Stalin's Dream device, I am excluded from all digital services which demand two-factor authentication. MIT administrative services do this, so I cannot talk with them on line.

In September MIT demanded that I take an online course about sexual harassment; although I don't teach classes or even meet undergraduates, they treated me like a professor on the "be overcautious at every opportunity" principle. But I was unable to do so until MIT arranged to let me log in on an MIT kiosk terminal and bypassed the two-factor requirement for me.

US election outcome

mardi 7 mai 2019 à 02:00

If the conman loses the election and tries to hold power by force or lies, how will we defend the Constitution?

Pope Pius XII

mardi 7 mai 2019 à 02:00

The Vatican will examine the records of Pope Pius XII to judge his dealings with Hitler, and particularly with Hitler's murder of 6 million Jews and a million other civilians.