Jen Tombs

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There’s a persistent myth that new solar farms don’t really help tackle climate change because panels are “made with coal” and “never pay back” their carbon debt. This is simply false. UN data show solar 8x cleaner than gas, 19x than coal per kWh. Solar repays CO2 in 4months.

At the turn of the 20th century, many Americans came to believe that Mars was inhabited by an advanced civilization. @Jon_Allsop writes about our obsession with Martians, and what it may reveal about our current mass delusions. nyer.cm/GYsPe6r

In recent years, music writers have grown markedly less likely to issue denunciations of popular music and more likely to say they loved it. Why? nyer.cm/FOwxDrq

If you are only in Banff for a day, will it still be good? Yes, obviously. Do these things bowvalleyinsider.com/p/one-day-banf…

Local annoying hiker reminding you you don't have to be good at hiking to enjoy it, like at all. Here's some gooduns bowvalleyinsider.com/p/easy-hikes-n…

Thanks to The Fantastic Other for chucking me in its summer edition. I don't always write weird stories about birds but those do seem to be the ones that get published fantasticother.com/issue-10-hungr…

Israeli tanks fired into a crowd trying to get aid from trucks in the Gaza Strip, killing at least 59 Palestinians, according to medics, in one of the bloodiest incidents yet involving desperate residents struggling to get food reut.rs/445SDxd

hot take: do go chasing waterfalls bowvalleyinsider.com/p/summer-water…

Considering all this *gestures broadly* I imagine every world leader at the G7 summit in Kananaskis will be desperate to escape into the wilderness and hike. Here is how they can bowvalleyinsider.com/c/hiking-trail…

Which Banff mini hike wins?? (answer: they both rule) bowvalleyinsider.com/c/tunnel-vs-su…

For other car-less hikers in the Bow Valley bowvalleyinsider.com/c/hikes-canmor…

This morning’s raid on Kamal Adwan Hospital has put this last major health facility in North #Gaza out of service. Initial reports indicate that some key departments were severely burnt and destroyed during the raid. 60 health workers and 25 patients in critical condition, including those on ventilators, reportedly remain in the hospital. The patients in moderate to severe condition were forced to evacuate to the destroyed and non-functional Indonesian Hospital. WHO is deeply concerned for their safety. This raid on Kamal Adwan Hospital comes after escalating restrictions on access for WHO and partners, and repeated attacks on or near the facility since early October. Such hostilities and the raids are undoing all our efforts and support to keep the facility minimal functional. The systematic dismantling of the health system in Gaza is a death sentence for tens of thousands of Palestinians in need of health care. This horror must end and health care must be protected. Ceasefire!

‘No sign’ of promised fossil fuel transition as emissions hit new high #Echobox=1731471372" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">theguardian.com/environment/20…

Salman Rushdie on what people often misunderstand about “Slaughterhouse-Five” and its refrain, “So it goes.” nyer.cm/qubojUg

James Baldwin, who died in December, 1987, “provides endlessly. You think, poring over his letters, that you are getting to know him better—the uncovered lover, et cetera—when the person you are getting to know better is yourself,” @dstfelix writes. nyer.cm/U04gENp

Friends! Gather round and let us tell you about Issue 6! It's got dimensions, witchery, spiders, spaceships and resistance. Basically everything you need. Mummer cover at by Alice M @itsbabypears

Issue 6 is out for subscribers! It's got ancient spaceships, witchery, godly shenanigans, mysterious birds, alien-spiders, and cuddly pets. Literally everything you need/want. Watch this space as we release free-to-read stories/poems each week heartlines-spec.com/issue-6/

How do you want to change the world? 'Visiting Birds' by @jentombs asks how far you'll go and how many bird friends you'll make/lose along the way. Coming to subscribers November 30!