Water levels are so low at Canyon Lake in Texas that an underwater cave and remnants of communities that stood more than a century ago at the site are reappearing.
https://www.cnn.com/2023/09/30/us/canyon-lake-cave-texas/index.html
#Texas #ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #drought #GroundWater
@3799a16e 'Breaking into tears on the phone, Proctor said: "I have a moral decision to make here. What if one child hears this? When I stand before Jesus Christ on Judgement Day, what am I going to say?"'
@58fbd252 Same. I don't make assumptions about who subscribes to what.
(And of course there are ways that some people have to circumvent some paywalls, which is their business)
https://jacobin.com/2023/09/ursula-le-guin-space-crones-review-science-fiction-feminism/
Ursula Le Guin Has Given Us a New Posthumous Collection of Writings
Legendary science fiction writer Ursula Le Guin has a new posthumous collection out called Space Crone. Sometimes polemical and often hilarious, it discusses feminism and radical alternatives on an intergalactic scope.
#ageing #feminism #scifi
Canada's Metroland Media Group has sought bankruptcy protection and will cease print publication of more than 70 weekly community newspapers, a move that will mean a loss of 605 jobs
The Globe and Mail says separately in a paywalled article that almost 70 journalists will lose their jobs.
https://ca.finance.yahoo.com/news/canada-media-chain-stop-printing-195242807.html
#Canada #Ontario #newspapers #journalism #layoffs
#Québec journalists calling for a Facebook/Instagram free day on September 15 to protest Meta's block on Canadian media (in French)
Une journée sans Facebook et Instagram en soutien aux médias: https://lp.ca/oyjcOs?sharing=true
#Meta #Facebook #instagram #français #journalisme
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