Other Cool Stuff From Around the World, Mostly By Gina
Monday, Oct. 30, 2017
New Yorker: Is Bigfoot Likelier Than the Loch Ness Monster?
Digg: Inspiration to Quit: What Smoking 30 Packs Of Cigarettes Does To Your Body, Visualized
Digg: Buying Booze Underage Is Easy With A Good Old Man Mask
Newsweek: Weed Science: Researchers Map Marijuana DNA to Unlock Cannabis's Full Potential
Seattle Times: Chinese crackdown may send more recycling to Northwest landfills
The Guardian: My brother was homeless for 25 years. He just got an apartment. Now what?
SF Chronicle: State's first "agrihood" is in Davis
Washington Post: National A massive storm flooded Houston. Experts say California’s state capital could be next.
SF Chronicle: Confusion coming with California's legal marijuana
Sunday, Oct. 29, 2017
NY Times: Editorial: Insect Armageddon - Why It's Important
LA Times: Wildfires devastate California pot farmers, who must rebuild without banks or insurance
CannabisNow: Denver Police Claim Illegal Grow Ops Are Increasing
Atlanta Journal-Constitution: Robots to help stock shelves at 50 Walmart stores
Huffington Post: They Were Homeless In California. Then The Fires Came.
Seattle Times: A farmer arrived at WSU with $6,000 to his name. Now he’s won $100,000 to help feed the world.
The Oregonian: Central Oregon's housing crunch forced people to camp in high desert. Now they must leave.
The Guardian: How Big Medicine can ruin Medicare for all
The Guardian: Hail to the chief: cyclist gives Trump the middle finger
NY Post: iPhone apps with access to your camera can secretly spy on you
LA Times: Wildfires devastate California pot farmers, who must rebuild without banks or insurance
LA Times: Pot dispensary security guard shoots at robbers in South Los Angeles, police say
LA Times: Possible tariff on imported solar panels makes the industry nervous
Press Democrat: Hewlett-Packard archives at Keysight destroyed in Santa Rosa fires
Saturday, Oct. 28, 2017
The Guardian: US winter has shrunk by more than one month in 100 years
LA Times: It's getting clearer — the diet-cancer connection points to sugar and carbs
Washington Post: Trump says he will shrink Bears Ears National Monument, a sacred tribal site in Utah
Friday, Oct. 27, 2017
LA Times: California’s opioid death rate is among the nation’s lowest. Experts aren’t sure why
Marijuana.com: California Medical Board Adopting New Cannabis Guidelines
Leafly: Washington Tops $1.1 Billion in Cannabis Sales at 9-Month Mark
The Spokesman Review: Rich history of cannabis on display at Seattle Museum
NY Times: The Battle of Brains vs. Brawn
The Guardian: World's witnessing a new Gilded Age as billionaires’ wealth swells to $6tn
The Guardian: Subsidy plan for coal and nuclear plants 'will cost US taxpayers $10.6bn a year'
Seattle Times: Orcas headed to extinction unless we get them more chinook and quieter waters, report says
Washington Post: The Health 202: There's a no-brainer way to solve the opioid crisis
LA Times: Trump's push to revive coal mining puts Utah dinosaur discoveries at risk, scientists say
The Oregonian: State warns of sick, stranded sea lions on Oregon coast
Willits News: Cannabis lab explosion destroys 4 units at Brooktrails apartments
Ukiah Daily Journal: ‘Mastering the Molten: Mendocino County Art Glass’ exhibit opens in Ukiah
Press Democrat: Gunfight rolls through the streets of Clearlake
Press Democrat: Comedy Central hails North Bay Fire Relief fund in Trump spoof
SF Chronicle: John Muir's gravesite will finally open to the public, under a very Muir-like plan
SF Chronicle: Wine Country fire benefit adds Dead & Company, Raphael Saadiq, Rancid
Thursday, Oct. 26, 2017
Bloomberg News: Some ranchers withholding access to public trails adjacent to their lands
The Guardian: Trump to declare health emergency over opioids but no new funds to help
Washington Post: With business booming under Trump, private prison giant’s leaders gathered at president’s resort
Washington Post: Is a $100,000 income middle class in America?
Wednesday, Oct. 25, 2017
Outside: Inside the Mind of Thru-Hiking's Most Devious Con Man
Press Democrat: 1 out of every 6 doctors in Santa Rosa lost their home in fire