Other Cool Stuff From Around the World, Mostly By Gina
Saturday, June 2, 2018
NY Times: 6 Things You’re Recycling Wrong
Washington Post: Hands off my data! 15 default privacy settings you should change right now
Digg: What Is Actually Killing You — Sugar Or Fat?
Press Democrat: River otter recovery a Bay Area conservation success story
Seattle Times: Facing reassignment under Trump, top Yellowstone official instead retires
Seattle Times: ‘The Blob,’ a marine heat wave, caused massive die-off of West Coast birds
SF Chronicle: From distillers to farmers, trade war would cause casualties
SF Chronicle: Oregon marijuana prices plummet due to massive oversupply
SF Chronicle: How Cowgirl Creamery created a new cheese by accident
Friday, June 1, 2018
The Oregonian: Glut of marijuana in Oregon is cautionary tale, experts say
Washington Post: ‘A big moment for India’: Country sees one state’s ban on pesticides as a global model
Huffington Post: The Mexican Mafia’s Iron Grip on California’s Jails
NY Times: Move to Vermont. Work From Home. Get $10,000. (Or at Least Something.)
The Verge: COKE CLAIMS TO GIVE BACK AS MUCH WATER AS IT USES. AN INVESTIGATION SHOWS IT ISN’T EVEN CLOSE
The Atlantic: The Age of Grandparents Is Made of Many Tragedies
The Guardian: From Black Panthers to 'BBQ Becky': the displacement of black Oakland
The Guardian: How Philadelphia closed homeless 'heroin camps' amid US opioid crisis
The Oregonian: Librarians emerge as unlikely players in battle against opioid epidemic
The Oregonian: Gov. Kate Brown declares state of emergency over Salem tap water
Seattle Times: Opinion: Washington is breaking promise to keep illegal pot in check
Seattle Times: Costco boosting hourly wages for 130,000 U.S. employees
Daily Mail: Slackers compete in half-marathon on highlines in Zurich
Press Democrat: PD Editorial: Shutting down illegal marijuana grows benefits everyone
Press Democrat: Study: Toxic pesticide use 'alarming' at illegal cannabis farms in California
SF Chronicle: 17 tons of opium poppy plants found at 8 Monterey County grow sites
Washington Post: A 64-year-old put his life savings in his carry-on. U.S. Customs took it without charging him with a crime.
Thursday, May 31, 2018
The Guardian: Why is it so hard to charge motorists with murdering cyclists?
The Guardian: Avoiding meat and dairy is ‘single biggest way’ to reduce your impact on Earth
Washington Post: Everything must go: 72 more Sears and Kmart stores are slated to close
Washington Post: Insanity: Companies take first steps to drill for oil in Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
Marin Independent Journal: Marin accepting medical cannabis delivery applications
News Wire: MCIG Closes Escrow in California City to Grow & Process Cannabis at 30,000 sf facility
Washington Post: Carbon: How we can make beef less terrible for the environment
The Oregonian: Oregon to pause accepting marijuana license applications
The Guardian: Trump's hard-right judges will do lasting damage to America
NY Times: 122 Pregnant Whales Killed in Japan’s Hun
Axiox: White House set to "engage and enrage" with opioid ad push
Seattle Times: Charlotte Fox, survivor of 1996 Everest disaster, dies after an apparent fall at home
Seattle Times: Not your typical urban farm
Press Democrat: Santa Rosa powerless to 'pause' unwanted Verizon installations
San Jose Mercury: Major California landlord accused of ‘illegal fee-gouging’
San Jose Mercury: El Capitan speed record set by big-name climbers
LA Times: The end of cash. I'm going to miss it
LA Times: California is now paying for people to test their drugs for fentanyl
Wednesday, May 30, 2018
LA Times: City attorney launches crackdown on illegal pot shops in Los Angeles
Press Democrat: High Times’ Santa Rosa cannabis cup second event in nation to allow on-site consumption
Sacramento Bee: Jerry Brown has weak argument for 'large' prison guard raises, analyst says
SF Chronicle: Fires burn 500 acres in Altamont Pass area in just one hour