Bits

A custom version of #firefox focused on privacy, security and freedom. https://librewolf.net/

“If you hear hoofbeats, think horses, not unicorns.” https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/nope-its-never-aliens/

Comics

Politics & Economics

#technofeudalism #economics https://www.philosophizethis.org/podcast/episode-201-transcript-bkx3e-37rkx-bpl83-ysc9b-kkg62

It’s never been more evident that for-profit publishing simply does not align with the aims of scholarly inquiry. #openaccess #libraries #academia https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/article/2024/jul/16/academic-journal-publishers-universities-price-subscriptions

If a fire can burn the town of #Jasper in a national park that has the resources to deal with fire, what does the future hold for hundreds of small boreal forest towns across the country that do not have the means, know-how or resolve to accept that #fire will come someday? https://theconversation.com/the-2024-jasper-fire-is-a-grim-reminder-of-the-urgency-of-adopting-a-canadian-national-wildfire-strategy-235567