Bᴬᴿᴼᴺ Vᴼᴺ WᵁᴺᴰᴵᴮᴬᴿAug 30, 2017

Oh boy. #RoyScranton is good.

http://mustarinda.fi/magazine/post-fossil-fuel-culture/anthropocene-city

This article is a stunner. Not only is it superbly written, dense with facts about the toxic industries surrounding the Houston Ship Canal, clear about the political incompetence dealing with storm flooding on Texas coastlines, and a focus on #DarkEcology and #hyperobjects via a discussion with #TimothyMorton (another dark ecologist and complex thinker, but...

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A more recent article in Esquire that covers the very political incompetence and looming catastrophe that Scranton wrote about with regard to Houston and hurricanes.

http://www.esquire.com/news-politics/politics/news/a57276/harvey-longterm-effects/

It doesn't have the eloquence of Scranton's piece, but it makes clear there's a long history of incompetent leadership in Texas. And that probably isn't surprising news, right?

H/T @risabee for link.

Aug 31, 2017 at 1:46pmWeb