Orbifx ~ Ecological Jedi @orbifx@mstdn.io

Giant #African #baobab #trees #die suddenly after thousands of years | World news | The Guardian

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jun/11/giant-african-baobab-trees-die-suddenly-after-thousands-of-years

#GlobalWarming #ClimateChange #Environment

“Western Flag” is an installation by artist John Gerrard for #EarthDay

It’s a flag made of black smoke (non-polluting, hope), meant to represent rising CO2 in the atmosphere

#Art

#CantLogin

Our #plastic #pollution #crisis is too big for #recycling to fix | Annie Leonard | Opinion | The Guardian

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/jun/09/recycling-plastic-crisis-oceans-pollution-corporate-responsibility

#Environment #Waste

Today I learned that there are a number of Linux-based laptop shops in Europe.

Thank you, https://linuxpreloaded.com

Keep an eye on:

• StationX: https://stationx.rocks
• Star Labs: https://starlabs.systems
• Entroware: https://www.entroware.com/store/
• Tuxedo: https://www.tuxedocomputers.com
• Juno: https://junocomputers.com

The Cat’s Eye #Nebula from #Hubble
#Astronomy #Picture of the Day

https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap180610.html

#APOD #CatsEyeNebula

Bash tricks by Julia Evans

The lessons of Nature are constantly available, forever playing out in front of you.

Only for you.

Leaked Emails Show #Google Expected Lucrative Military Drone AI Work to Grow Exponentially

https://theintercept.com/2018/05/31/google-leaked-emails-drone-ai-pentagon-lucrative/

“I don’t know what would happen if the media starts picking up a theme that Google is secretly building AI weapons or AI technologies to enable weapons for the Defense industry.”

#FuckOffGoogle #Drones #Maven #KillerRobots

@dashie

FLOSS community:
> hey let's put all our eggs in this one GitHub basket
> what could possibly go wrong
> GitHub is so convenient

Microsoft:

New huge study says:
"Avoiding meat and dairy is ‘single biggest way’ to reduce your impact on Earth"
via - https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/may/31/avoiding-meat-and-dairy-is-single-biggest-way-to-reduce-your-impact-on-earth
#veganism #vegan

"The LocationSmart scandal is bigger than Cambridge Analytica. Here’s why no one is talking about it.

Wireless carriers are sharing your real-time location with shady third parties—and a bug lets anyone use that data to track you."

https://slate.com/technology/2018/05/the-locationsmart-scandal-is-bigger-than-cambridge-analytica-heres-why-no-one-is-talking-about-it.html

Found through @yaelwrites text on the subject https://slate.com/technology/2018/05/locationsmart-security-it-is-totally-legal-for-cellphone-companies-to-sell-location-data-to-third-parties.html