YouTube's war on ad blockers is a war on your privacy.

I may still use YouTube, but it'll definitely be less often -- and it'll be in a browser instance that isn't connected in any way to anything else I do.

https://www.theverge.com/2023/10/31/23940583/youtube-ad-blocker-crackdown-broadening

For those who haven’t seen it before, here is my review of The Climate Book, by Greta Thunberg…
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I've read dozens of books about climate change, and this one is easily the best. It's packed with information, written to be accessible for anyone from high school (or a bright middle school student) on up, and most importantly it does NOT shy away from the true severity of our situation and the imperative need not only for individual action but for system change.

It's stunning to me that a young woman who just turned twenty years old was able to pull together such a massive project — coordinating the submissions of more than a hundred scientists, activists, and educators — while also writing a large part of the content herself. A truly amazing accomplishment.

This essential work should be in every school library and in every home. It will remain relevant for years to come, I believe, because although there certainly is plenty of data, mostly it's about *ideas* which will never age.
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https://bookwyrm.social/user/BreadAndCircuses/review/1196642/s/essential-reading#anchor-1196642

#Environment #Climate #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #ClimateEmergency #CO2 #Emissions #Capitalism #BusinessAsUsual #ClimateAction #ClimateJustice

Good news Everyone! 

I haven't been posting heaps on this account because I'm a real no news is good news kind of 

Aus.Social has always been built with the goal of being a safe, stable, and long term Mastodon instance.... and we're reached *3 months* without any major downtime as of today.  

via https://stats.uptimerobot.com/MARNVI2A8r

Thank you to all of the supporters, and patrons. Thanks to my moderation team. Thank you to everybody here, and I hope you're having a blast.  

Update: There is a MAJOR upgrade coming soon with 3 months of polish, so look forward to slightly less jank. 

#Spam is starting to hit the #fediverse, If you do not want direct messages from "strangers" go to the web interface of this instance, click on Preferences on the bottom right hand corner, then preferences again and then click on "Notifications"

Click the box that says "Block Direct Messages from people you do not follow"

Credit to @mookie for the screen shot. Thank you! ❤️