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- Global Encryption Day: Encryption's Critical Role in Safeguarding Human Rights https://blog.torproject.org/global-encryption-day-2023/ 50 comments
- Youth Climate Movement to World Leaders: We Will 'Change Fate of Humanity, Whether You Like It or Not': Student climate strikers issue open letter ahead of global day of action on March 15 that will consist of more than 500 events in over 50 countries https://www.commondreams.org/news/2019/03/01/youth-climate-movement-world-leaders-we-will-change-fate-humanity-whether-you-it-or 15 comments worldnews
- The signal of human-caused climate change has emerged in everyday weather, study finds | For the 1st time, scientists have detected the “fingerprint” of human-induced climate change on daily weather patterns at a global scale. “Global mean temperature on a single day is already quite a bit shifted." https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2020/01/02/signal-human-caused-climate-change-has-emerged-every-day-weather-study-finds/ 4 comments worldnews
- North Korea has largest number of modern-day slaves in world, with just over one in 10 of population subjected to forced labour at hands of repressive state...shocking abuse outlined in newly released 2018 Global Slavery Index, largest survey in world of human slavery and forced marriage. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/07/19/north-korea-has-modern-day-slaves-world-report-reveals-rights/ 29 comments worldnews
- China filed a patent for US drug that has helped some coronavirus patients recover the day after it confirmed bug could infect humans, adding to concerns about global cover-up https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8257201/china-global-cover-concerns-filed-patent-drug-helps-patients-recover.html 36 comments worldnews
- Youth climate strikers: 'We are going to change the fate of humanity' - Students issue an open letter ahead of global day of action on 15 March, when young people are expected to strike across 50 nations https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/mar/01/youth-climate-strikers-we-are-going-to-change-the-fate-of-humanity?cmp=share_iosapp_other 47 comments worldnews
- Youth climate strikers: 'We are going to change the fate of humanity' | Students issue an open letter ahead of global day of action on 15 March, when young people are expected to strike across 50 nations https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/mar/01/youth-climate-strikers-we-are-going-to-change-the-fate-of-humanity 555 comments worldnews
- Why Every Degree of Warming Matters: Nearly unbeatable and difficult to identify fungus has adapted to global warming and can now survive the warm body temperature of humans. With a 50% mortality rate in 90 days, meet Candida auris, the first pathogenic fungus caused by human-induced global warming. https://projectvesta.org/why-every-degree-of-warming-matters-nearly-unbeatable-and-difficult-to-identify-fungus-has-adapted-to-global-warming-and-can-now-survive-the-warm-body-temperature-of-humans-with-a-50-mortality-rate/ 33 comments science
- First hand researcher to the Nazca Non-human Tridactyls teases a new discovery on Global Disclosure day. https://x.com/JosCRios/status/1848085610986094965?s=19&t=vbaK5J1Ulh9VStQV9rnBdw 32 comments aliens
- Groundbreaking Study Finds 'Fingerprint' of Human-Caused Climate Change in Global Daily Weather | "This new development means that every day will be marked by the impacts of #climatechange," tweeted Congresswoman Deb Haaland, calling on her colleagues to pass bills addressing the crisis. https://www.commondreams.org/news/2020/01/03/groundbreaking-study-finds-fingerprint-human-caused-climate-change-global-daily 18 comments worldnews
- Over the past 20 years, Earth Overshoot Day (day that humanity consumes more resources for the year than the planet can regenerate for the year) has moved up three months to July 29, according to the Global Footprint Network (GFN), which has been calculating Earth Overshoot Day since 1986. https://www.dw.com/en/world-marks-earliest-earth-overshoot-day/a-49781325 13 comments worldnews
- UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction: Humanity’s broken risk perception is reversing global progress in a ‘spiral of self-destruction’; World could undo social and economic advances and face 1.5 disasters a day by 2030 https://www.undrr.org/news/humanitys-broken-risk-perception-reversing-global-progress-spiral-self-destruction-finds-new 2 comments worldnews
- Extreme rainfall slows the global economy.A study in Nature suggests that an increase in the number of wet days a region experiences may lead to a reduction in economic growth. The findings highlight the potential negative impact that human-induced climate change could have on the global economy. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-021-04283-8 6 comments science
- Students rally in Azad Kashmir a day after IK vowed to globally highlight the issue of Kashmir. The demonstrators chanted “We want freedom” and denounced human rights violations in IHK. Also, reported Indian troops firing across the LOC on Tuesday, killing a 45-year-old man and a 3-year-old girl. https://apnews.com/94c9e1d42731450fbad58d27e4e9766f 10 comments pakistan
- Why Mark Daily joined the US Army (and recently died in Iraq): "I joined the fight because it occurred to me that many modern day "humanists" who claim to possess a genuine concern for human beings throughout the world are in fact quite content to allow their fellow "global citizens" to suffer under the most hideous state apparatuses and conditions" http://blog.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.listall&friendid=46348938&mytoken=6b586223-5669-44b2-9fdd-aa8e9fe5c9d1ml 3 comments reddit.com
- Human activity such as such as greenhouse gas emissions and land use change were a key factor in extreme precipitation events such as flooding and landslides around the world. Overall, intense rainfall is increasing globally, meaning the rainiest days of the year are getting wetter. https://www.newscabal.co.uk/human-activity-influencing-global-rainfall-study-finds/ 3 comments science