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If you get a pop-up message asking to update Firefox or plugins or scanning for malware then such a message is likely a scam and you should NEVER respond to such an alert to avoid getting infected with malware.
only update Firefox via "Help -> About" or by downloading and installing Firefox from the Mozilla server and never via a pop-up or link on a web page.
plugins should only be updated via the plugin itself or by visiting the home page of the plugin.
See also:
https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/i-found-fake-firefox-update
Maybe check for malware if you aren't sure.
https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/troubleshoot-firefox-issues-caused-malware
https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1196617


What a Simple Psychological Test Reveals About Climate Change
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/magazine/2018/06/embark-essay-tragedy-of-the-commons-greed-common-good/


Why identity politics benefits the right more than the left
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/jul/14/identity-politics-right-left-trump-racism


The inconvenient truth about cancer and mobile phones
big wireless has borrowed the very same strategy and tactics big tobacco and big oil pioneered to deceive the public about the risks of smoking and climate change, respectively. And like their tobacco and oil counterparts, wireless industry CEOs lied to the public even after their own scientists privately warned that their products could be dangerous, especially to children.
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/jul/14/mobile-phones-cancer-inconvenient-truths


The Trump Administration is planning to eliminate a vast trove of medical guidelines that for nearly 20 years has been a critical resource for doctors, researchers and others in the medical community.
Maintained by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality [AHRQ], part of the Department of Health and Human Services, the database is known as the National Guideline Clearinghouse [NGC], and it’s scheduled to “go dark,” in the words of an official there, on July 16.
Not even an archived version of the site will remain, according to an official at AHRQ. A report from the Sunlight Foundation’s Web Integrity Project found the agency announced the site’s retirement, as well as that of a related but less trafficked “Quality Measures” site, this Spring. Some of the NGC’s pages are preserved in a third party archive, but no comprehensive backup of the site’s contents or search functions exists.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/hhs-plans-to-delete-20-years-of-critical-medical-guidelines-next-week/ar-AAzXUJC?ocid=sf


a lawyer for Trump's Department of Justice argued that the Civil Rights Act of 1964 does not protect LGBTQ Americans from being fired because of their sexual orientation—a complete reversal of the government's position on such matters under previous presidents.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-administration-says-employers-fire-195610268.html?soc_src=hl-viewer&soc_trk=fb


I had a dog that didn't meet any people but me and the vet for the first year or so of his life, because I found him by the side of the road, and lived in a place that didn't allow dogs. He loved me, but was afraid of everybody else, so he acted mean to protect himself.
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-russia-cyber-coats/u-s-intel-chief-warns-of-devastating-cyber-threat-to-u-s-infrastructure-idUSKBN1K32M9


Scotland's national newspaper referred to President Donald Trump as an "appalling human being" as he visited the United Kingdom.
"Trump, due to arrive in the UK later today, is a racist, a serial liar and either a sexual abuser or someone who falsely brags about being one in the apparent belief that this will impress other men," the newspaper wrote.
http://www.businessinsider.com/scotland-national-newspaper-trump-appalling-human-being-2018-7


Heat Records Falling Around the World in 2018
https://www.wunderground.com/cat6/Heat-Records-Falling-Around-World-2018

tags: extreme weather, severe weather