Interesting Links for 05-07-2019

[andrewducker]

At last, divestment is hitting the fossil fuel industry where it hurts

(tags:investment business globalwarming )

71% of university staff say insecure contracts have damaged their mental health

(tags:academia mentalhealth )

The Trans History of the Wild West

(tags:Transgender history usa )

UK immigration authorities separating children from parents

(tags:children immigration OhForFucksSake )

Calorie counting apps can exacerbate eating disorders

(tags:eatingdisorders food diet apps )

The most effective way to tackle climate change? Plant 1 trillion trees

(tags:trees globalwarming )

Could this be the worst cafe in the world? | Gene Marks

(tags:food cafe newzealand )

ISP Association Nominates Mozilla as "Internet Villain" (for maintaing user privacy)

(tags:firefox privacy internet )

Comments

[calimac]

Here's someone who says that planting a lot of trees will not save us from climate change, though it's still far better than not planting a lot of trees.

Divestment

[mtbc]

I was interested lately to notice that Vanguard's energy sector mutual fund hasn't really gained money overall for years despite the rise in other sectors; it's now not much higher than it was this time in 2010. Recently its top three holdings were Exxon Mobil, Chevron and ConocoPhillips which I guess gives a clear enough illustration of the fossil fuel industry not having been a great investment.

[symbioid]

As a lover of Mozilla, I am really disturbed that they're lumped in with Trump or anyone but heroes.