Other Cool Stuff From Around the World, Mostly By Gina
Sunday, Feb. 8
Study Finds: When Moths Freeze: How LED Streetlights Are Silencing the Night
High Country News: Trump’s call for deep-sea mining off Alaska raises Indigenous concerns
Study Finds: Bottled Water Has 3 Times The Plastic Contamination Of Tap Water, Study Finds
Reuters: Sports tourism booms with Super Bowl driving demand for experiences
NY Times : We Shouldn’t Want to Eat Like Our Great-Great-Grandparents
The Guardian: ‘An unqualified insurrectionist’: outcry over Trump nominee in Wyoming
The Atlantic: What Everyone Assumes About Jeffrey Epstein
The Atlantic: The Payoff of Deep Contemplation
The Atlantic: The Mysterious Devices Speeding Mining Exploration in Utah
Washington Post: Killers without a cause: The rise in nihilistic violent extremism
Politico: After 4 years, US figure skater reunites with family from war-torn Ukraine at Olympics
The Guardian: Trump’s family is embroiled in a $500m UAE scandal. We’ve hardly noticed
The Guardian: The man who turned a generation on to hallucinogens returns with a head-spinning book about consciousness
The Guardian: Rage against the machine: a California community rallied against a datacenter – and won
AP News: Facing high Trump tariffs, Africa’s leading economy says it’s close to a new trade deal with China
The Hill: Oz alleges Maine ‘looks a lot like Minnesota’ regarding entitlement fraud
The Hill: Judge extends block on Trump admin’s bid to slash social services funds to 5 states
The Guardian: From New York to New Mexico: new Epstein files shed light on his sprawling ranch outside Santa Fe
OPB: State Department will delete X posts from before Trump returned to office
OPB: Oregon’s on track to break low snowpack records, but there’s still hope for snow
Courthouse News Service: Why can't Alzheimer's patients remember? Scientists may have found the answer
The Oregonian: One of Oregon’s most iconic waterfalls is up for sale, putting public access at risk
Reuters: Lindsey Vonn's dream vanishes in 13 seconds after horror crash
Courthouse News Service: 4 people have died from eating death cap mushrooms as they spread in California after rains
OPB: Fin whale found dead on Oregon beach
Courthouse News Service: EU demands TikTok redesign 'addictive' app as Big Tech watches
Courthouse News Service: Judge eyes interim dam changes in revived Columbia Basin salmon fight
AP News: Oregon, Washington and tribes head back to court after Trump pulls out of deal to recover salmon
AP News: A crisis emerges across the US as ‘forever chemicals’ quietly contaminate drinking water wells
The Oregonian: Oregon 7-year-old detained by ICE with parents outside ER back home with them after 22 days
KTLA: O.C. man arrested for illegal BASE jumping in Yosemite claims stunt video was AI
KRCR: Young driver arrested after 120 mph CHP chase in Redding
SF Gate: Can apes play pretend? Scientists use an imaginary tea party to find out
KRCR: Kinetic Sculpture Lab seeks community help for move to new location
CBS News Sacramento: Man accused crashing truck into youth baseball team at Truckee Safeway, leaving 4 injured
KCRA: Is age 50 elderly? The California law that allows violent criminals to get out of prison early
Sacramento Bee: CA Sierra Club backs Alex Padilla’s water bill, worries about Delta tunnel risk
KRON: Son used metal pole to attack parents’ car as they fled, say Fremont police
CBS News Bay Area: BART could close 15 Stations, lay off 1,200 without sales tax measure
CBS News Bay Area: Coast Guard suspends search for possible missing surfers near Santa Cruz Lighthouse
Press Democrat: 3 dead, 6 hurt after 92-year-old driver hits bicyclist and crashes into California grocery store
SF Gate: ICE mobile app scans protester's face, revokes her TSA PreCheck status
SF Gate: Santa Clara is one of the most militarized places in America right now
Press Democrat: Former Sonoma County high school athlete stars in 2026 Super Bowl commercial
SF Gate: 6 rescued as boat capsizes off Santa Cruz shore, 2 surfers may be missing
Marin Independent Journal: San Rafael project opponents offer $4M buyout to developer
Thursday, Jan. 29
SF Gate: Officials confirm tuberculosis outbreak at San Francisco private school
Washington Post: The powerful tools in ICE’s arsenal to track suspects — and protesters
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