I found this distressing global warming milestone at Think Progress:
“Rising seas, caused by global warming, have for the first time washed an inhabited island off the face of the Earth.” Some uninhabited islands have been covered in recent years, but disappearance of Lohachara, an island off the coast of India that was “once home to 10,000 people, is unprecedented.”
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I’m in South Carolina visiting my parents and have been watching CBS Evening News with Katie Couric for the first time. My mouth fell open last night when Katie introduced the story “Charm School Gives Troubled Girls Hope.” Apparently a juvenile detention center in Orange County, California has decided that the girls’ recidivism rate would…
My favorite radio station, KCRW (I’m listening to Metropolis as I write this),was accidentally removed from the button on my car radio. I had been too busy to focus on fixing it so I got out of the habit of listening to the station. Well, today I have it back. Although I found music to…
It’s kind of cathartic to watch someone else express your frustration in ways you can only fantasize about. (Thanks for giving me the link, Marilyn!) Tomorrow is day 20 in the HP computer kidnapping case… er, I mean since HP logged my computer in as received. Day 25 of being computer-less. ::banging head against desk::
I have to celebrate the coverage of Sarah Hammer in the newest issue of ROAD magazine. As the wife of the editorial director, I am often playing the role of social conscience when it comes to the coverage of female cyclists (or lack thereof) and the use of women’s images. I don’t hold back with…
I can’t officially claim to be Native American. I have no tribal membership and people see “white” when they look at me. Yet I grew up believing that I had “indian bones” under my white skin. Looking at my father you can see his Native American blood, but he doesn’t have the official proof for…
Aside from the fact that I don’t agree with the “abstinence only” model of sex education, the idea of purity balls focusing the whole abstinence approach on the girls has really infuriated me. Now I see this video clip on Feministing and it just makes me want to hurl. Some of the post comments bring…
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Here’s another chilling milestone for you. . .
You’re right avenger, very scary. Thanks for the link.