mark @mark@metalhead.club

**Over 100 Economists Call for an Economic Recovery That Ends the Carbon Economy**

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https://www.commondreams.org/newswire/2020/08/04/over-100-economists-call-economic-recovery-ends-carbon-economy?cd-origin=rss

#news #bot

**Eco-defefenders are determined to stop shale oil drilling in Surrey**

"Eco-defenders slow-walked in front of trucks at the Horse Hill shale oil site in Surrey on the morning of 3 August. Campaigners are attempting … "

https://www.thecanary.co/uk/news/2020/08/03/eco-defefenders-are-determined-to-stop-shale-oil-drilling-in-surrey/

#news #bot

Mit Martin Häuer von @OSEGermany habe wir für @netzpolitik über den ersten DIN-Standard für Open Source Hardware gesprochen:
https://netzpolitik.org/2020/offene-din-norm-fuer-offene-hardware/ https://gitlab.com/OSEGermany/OHS/-/releases

Trees are amazing! 🌴🌳🌲

Did you know trees can reduce our stress levels and help us feel happier and healthier?

We must do everything we can to protect them.

https://act.gp/33lk0FK

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Ubuntu Touch Q&A 81 is today at 19:00 UTC.
Make your questions ahead of the streaming on our web forum (those will have priority), or ask them on the youtube livestream chat.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0TZafLis-fE

https://forums.ubports.com/topic/4684/ubuntu-touch-q-a-81-saturday-1st-of-august-at-19-00-utc

#UBports #UbuntuTouch #UBportsQandA #Lomiri #OTA13 #Ubuntu

"Trump says he will ban TikTok as the app could be used to collect the personal data of Americans"

Ban Facebook and Google too? Their data collection is so much more powerful. Never seen TikTok scripts anywhere while most apps and sites send your personal data to FB and Google.

**Chris Packham loses bid for legal challenge over HS2**

"The environmental campaigner said he was ‘deeply disappointed’ by the decision."

https://www.thecanary.co/discovery/2020/07/31/chris-packham-loses-bid-for-legal-challenge-over-hs2/

#news #bot

The North Sea's #FossilFuels industry is destroying the #climate and #ocean. Help us start a revolution: call on European governments to make a green transition from #Covid19.

Take action ➡️ https://act.gp/2BGL7zt

Read more ➡️ https://act.gp/33amZR6

#NorthSeaRevolution

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**Gap between rich and poor university students widest for 12 years**

"The proportion of white British boys eligible for free school meals entering higher education has also fallen."

https://www.thecanary.co/uk/news/2020/07/30/gap-between-rich-and-poor-university-students-widest-for-12-years/

#news #bot

♻ RT @EndWaterPoverty@twitter.com:

THREAD: 10 years ago today @UN recognised water & sanitation as human rights.

To show solidarity with activists, civil society & communities fighting for their rights, please join our online protest.

Simply click the link👇enter a slogan & 'manifest!'

https://manif.app/?lat=28.304380682962783&long=-4.921875000000001&zoom=2&lang=en

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Revealed: new evidence links #Brazil #meat giant #JBS to #Amazon #deforestation | #Environment | The Guardian

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/jul/27/revealed-new-evidence-links-brazil-meat-giant-jbs-to-amazon-deforestation

#Farming #Agriculture #Beef

If you think those pre-installed apps on your #Android device would stay dormant if you'd never touch them, you're in for a surprise: run "adb shell dumpsys batterystats > battstats", open that file, read it bottom up.

I had a test device lying on my desk for a day. Just connected via USB for testing #Adebar. No other use. Still: Google Photos had been running for 2h+, Contacts 3h+, Youtube 11.5h, Messenging 2.5h+, …

I wonder what they were doing WITHOUT THE USER. Especially YT and G Photos.

Hello fellow Europeans in the #Fediverse:

Do you know about any organisations promoting #FreeSoftware, #OpenSource, #OER to educational instiutions/public administrations?

Are you aware of any educational institutions already using FS?

Do you know about any other #education related activities in your country?

Asking for a friend @egnun
@fsfe

Please boost!

"The numbers are there. We cannot get away from that fact. Nature doesn’t bargain & you cannot compromise with the laws of physics. And either we accept & understand the reality as it is, or we don’t. Either we go on as a civilisation or we don’t." #Greta https://time.com/5863684/greta-thunberg-diary-climate-crisis/?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=editorial&utm_term=ideas_world-affairs&linkId=94456566

Slack-rival #Element (formerly Riot) wins largest ever collaborative software deal

https://sifted.eu/articles/element-germany-deal/