This will be a little convoluted at first, but please persevere.  I first got interested in this story because of an old book I was reading.  Like me, you may think that climate change is a relatively new concept.  Google says different, and it is right, the concept may have gained popularity and significance in the last 60 or 70 years, but it is not new. This is what Google has to say on the subject:  "While the concept of human-caused climate change dates back to the 19th century, the phrase "climate change" gained prominence in the 1950s-1970s. Gilbert Plass used the phrase in 1956". The old book mentioned above is called Ulster Folklore, by Elizabeth Andrews, which was published in 1913.  I can't say that I would recommend it (the supposed science in it can't have been good at the time, and age has not helped it), but at least the book is short.  From page one, it is filled with bad science, most of which seems to attempt to link all the old folk t...

 Personally, I wouldn't touch any products from Meta (Or many other tech companies) with the proverbial barge pole.  I even know a few ex-programmers who have left the business, and dumped their PC's entirely!  These machines have become (and are still becoming) far too intrusive, and I hate this kind of information/ marketing push.  If I want something, I'll go and look for it. There are alternatives which are less bad.  Take the snip of posts below.  These are fairly old now, but you can bet with absolute certainty that Farcebook et al are not providing this crap for your welfare.  If you do use Farcebook, please check your account settings as shown.  They should under no circumstances (IMHO), have this level of access to very personal information.

Did you ever see the 2006 film Idiocracy?  If not, see if you can find it.  It seems to be becoming more true every day. The ad below, or a version of it, for a very, very simple computer game pops up at the side of my screen sometimes when I'm on the internet.  On every version, there are a number of towers, each of which has an imprisoned girl at the top.  From watching the ad's animation, the point of it seems to be to rescue the girls by killing all those who stand in your way.  The method of killing is very simple too.  If the number beside them is lower than yours, you win, if not, they win.  So, the only 'skill' in the whole thing seems to be the ability to tell if one clearly displayed number is higher than another!  There are other, equally simplistic parts of this game advertised from time to time.  It really doesn't look like it ever gets better than the part I'm showing here. What a pathetic game.  Firstly, it can only be for...