"With a software death date baked into each model, older versions of these inexpensive computers are set to expire three to six years after their release. Despite having fully functioning hardware, an expired Chromebook will no longer receive the software updates it needs, blocking basic websites and applications from use…

[Pictured] A pile of Chromebooks with expired software sit in a classroom at Montera Middle School in Oakland, Calif"

https://www.mercurynews.com/2023/07/24/built-in-software-death-dates-are-sending-thousands-of-schools-chromebooks-to-the-recycling-bin/

if you post leftist memes without alt text, YOU ARE PART OF THE PROBLEM.

spend 30 freaking seconds to include your comrades that use screen readers. it's the fastest and easiest part of making the meme.

without this you are no better than any other ableist scum.

our victories must be intersectional, and this includes disabled people!

"Having big UK meat-eaters cut some... out of their diet would be like taking 8 million cars off the road.

"While it is well established that producing meat has a bigger environmental footprint than plant-based food, it has never been calculated in such detail.

"What makes this assessment different is that it takes real people's diets and is based on the various production methods we have at the moment".

#Sustainability #Vegan #Vegetarian #ClimateCrisis #Agriculture

https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-66238584

In the last 48 hours:

Rome beat its all time temperature record by a whole two degrees Celsius.

China beat its all time temperature record by almost two degrees Celsius.

Death Valley narrowly missed the highest temperature ever recorded on Earth.

And there's more to come...