Other Cool Stuff From Around the World, Mostly By Gina
Saturday, May 16, 2020
LA Times: Even vigilant Angelenos are fed up with distancing and are bending the rules
New Yorker Magazine: The Secret Lives of Fungi
The Hill: Texas Supreme Court halts expansion of mail-in voting during pandemic
The Hill: To help more Americans adopt social distancing, change the message
NY Times: How to Stay Optimistic When Everything Seems Wrong
NY Times: California’s Warning Signs for Democrats
NY Times: The Masked Versus the Unmasked
Washington Post: California nursing homes are examples of how cruel the coronavirus pandemic can be
Washington Post: Lancet editorial blasts Trump’s ‘inconsistent and incoherent’ coronavirus response
Washington Post: Trump sets goal of hundreds of millions of coronavirus vaccine doses by January, but scientists doubt it
Huffington Post: Secret Service Signs $179,000 Contract For Golf Carts At Trump Course This Summer
KOMO: COVID-19 antibodies found in 2 Wash. residents who were sick in December
The Atlantic: Biden’s Virtual Campaign Is a Disaster
The Atlantic: Welcome to the Coronavirus Class War
The Atlantic: How to Understand ‘Obamagate’
The Oregonian: Police recover $4,000 road bike, 14 others after tracking stolen phone to SE Portland ‘chop shop’
The Oregonian: Oregon prohibits overnight summer camps, allows day camps under new guidelines
The Guardian: 'It eats him alive inside': Trump's latest attack shows endless obsession with Obama
The Guardian: Truckers' noisy protest expressed frustration with Trump – not support
The Guardian: Trump's top health officials seen but not heard as coronavirus focus shifts
The Guardian: State Department official investigating Pompeo is fired
Ukiah Daily Journal: Newsom’s proposed budget cuts to higher education force difficult choices ahead
NPR: Replace Trump And Bolster The CDC, A Leading Medical Journal Urges
NPR: With Historic Vote, House Will Allow Proxy Voting, Remote Hearings During Pandemic
NPR: Trump Removes State Department Inspector General Steve Linick
KCRA: Sailors on sidelined Navy aircraft carrier get virus for second time
KCRA: California's budget cuts threaten environmental spending
KCRA: Despite losses, California hospitals left out of state budget
Sacramento Bee: Over 180 at Butte County religious service exposed to coronavirus on Mother’s Day
Sacramento Bee: Hospital giant Sutter Health points to first-quarter loss of $1 billion as tip of iceberg
Press Democrat: Sonoma County home sales tumble 33% in April during coronavirus restrictions
Press Democrat: Las Vegas-Reno highway cracked, closed after magnitude-6.5 Nevada quake
Press Democrat: State unveils new rules to govern crab fishery, minimize whale entanglements
Press Democrat: Teen wounded in suspected gang shooting at Santa Rosa area park
Friday, May 15, 2020
CNN: For 200 years, these villagers lived 2,600 feet up a remote cliff. Now they're in a housing estate
The Hill: French doctors believe they may have treated coronavirus patients last fall: report
The Hill: TSA to begin checking passengers' temperatures at several airports
The Hill: State Department inspector general fired: report
ABC News: Africa's endangered wildlife at risk as tourism dries up
Times of Israel: How an Israeli intel firm allegedly harassed pro-democracy activists in Ukraine
Reuters: India's farmers gather record wheat crop, but cannot move it
Daily Beast: Boris Johnson Thinks Coronavirus Hospitalized Him Because He’s Clinically Obese
NPR: Whistleblower: U.S. Lost Valuable Time, Warns Of 'Darkest Winter In Modern History'
New Atlas: ALS and gut bacteria linked in “remarkable” new Harvard study
Forbes: Trump: Without Coronavirus Testing ‘We Would Have Very Few Cases,’
Newsweek: TRUMP SAYS A SITTING PRESIDENT CAN'T BE INVESTIGATED. WILL THE SUPREME COURT TELL HIM HE'S WRONG?
Newsweek: TRUMP THREATENS TO 'CUT OFF THE WHOLE RELATIONSHIP' WITH CHINA, SAYS U.S. WOULD SAVE $500 BILLION
Marin Independent Journal: 8 Whole Foods workers in Marin contract coronavirus
Trinity Journal: Second confirmed COVID-19 case in Trinity
KRCR: Newsom announces 10% pay cuts for state workers due to budget concerns