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This is what your life will be like when the world hits a dangerous climate tipping point

Fast Company Tech

According to the World Resources Institute , As occasional reports arise of locally acquired malaria in Europe and the U.S., For many low-lying island nations , the challenge of higher seas and more intense tropical storms will be existential. Today’s extreme event becomes tomorrow’s normal event. Indeed, we already have.

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The best VPNs for staying anonymous and secure on the web

Mashable Tech

Don't freak out, but your gut is right: Your internet service provider (ISP) is tracking your every click to compile anonymous browsing logs they can potentially sell to advertising companies , or even cough up to government agencies in the interest of censorship. And yes, that includes the clicks that brought you to this article.)

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Democrats have a new plan to legalize marijuana federally

The Verge

the Northern Mariana Islands, and Guam. Guam, and the US Virgin Islands. ”a provide funding to eligible states and localities for loan programs for small cannabis businesses owned by “socially and economically disadvantaged individuals”. Medicinal marijuana is even more widespread, legal in 37 states, Puerto Rico, D.C.,

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Nonprofit Mailers Cautiously Laud Postage Increase Pause

The NonProfit Times

Plaskett, (D-Virgin Islands); Rep. But The Nonprofit Alliance’s Vice President, Government Affairs Mark Micali took a measured tone similar to the News/Media Alliance in giving praise. Cleaver, whose office pointed to several Postal Service governance and rate hike opposition actions he had undertaken, said.

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Where to look for data on mass government firings

Fast Company Tech

government workers have been fired in recent weeks , according to a Reuters tally of announcements tracking President Donald Trump’s plan to shrink the federal workforce. Economists will be keeping an eye on the data because federal government hiring has been a steady contributor to overall U.S. Tens of thousands of U.S.