Informative links

Loneliness now considered a big risk in premature death
https://www.aol.com/article/lifestyle/2017/08/07/loneliness-now-considered-a-big-risk-in-premature-death/23068791/


Fossil fuel subsidies are a staggering $5 tn [5,000,000,000,000] per year
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/climate-consensus-97-per-cent/2017/aug/07/fossil-fuel-subsidies-are-a-staggering-5-tn-per-year


$1bn [$1,000,000,000] to clean up the oil in Peru’s northern Amazon
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/andes-to-the-amazon/2017/aug/03/us1-billion-oil-perus-amazon


Study finds human influence in the Amazon's third 1-in-100 year drought since 2005
https://skepticalscience.com/human-influence-amazon-droughts.html


Environmental defenders being killed in record numbers globally, new research reveals
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/jul/13/environmental-defenders-being-killed-in-record-numbers-globally-new-research-reveals


Why you say yes, even when you don't want to
http://www.cnn.com/2017/08/04/health/science-of-persuasion-study/index.html


US Employers Are Skipping Out on Billions in Payroll Taxes
https://www.thefiscaltimes.com/2017/08/02/US-Employers-Are-Skipping-Out-Billions-Payroll-Taxes


Gov. Dayton calls Bloomington mosque blast "act of terrorism"
http://www.startribune.com/investigation-continues-into-bloomington-mosque-blast-dayton/438849813/


Loneliness Epidemic Growing into Biggest Threat to Public Health
https://psychcentral.com/news/2017/08/06/loneliness-epidemic-growing-into-biggest-threat-to-public-health/124226.html


Are You Dealing with a Vindictive Mother?
https://blogs.psychcentral.com/knotted/2017/08/are-you-dealing-with-a-vindictive-mother/


The ecological disaster that is Trump’s border wall: a visual guide
https://www.vox.com/energy-and-environment/2017/4/10/14471304/trump-border-wall-animals


Border Wall Push Creates Flap in House — and at the National Butterfly Center
http://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/border-wall-push-creates-flap-house-national-butterfly-center-n786241


How to turn off those annoying Facebook Post Tab pop-ups
https://www.imore.com/how-turn-those-annoying-facebook-post-tab-pop-ups


Judge sides with prosecution in NSA leak case
http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/2017-08-03/judge-sides-prosecution-reality-winner-nsa-leak-case


Brian Eno Explains the Loss of Humanity in Modern Music
http://www.openculture.com/2016/07/brian-eno-explains-the-loss-of-humanity-in-modern-music.html