Other Cool Stuff From Around the World, Mostly By Gina
Thursday, May 18, 2017
Washington Post: The giant bugs on the sidewalks are cicadas that rose from the dead 4 years too early
Wednesday, May 17, 2017
The Oregonian: Coos County voters reject ban on Jordan Cove natural gas terminal
The Guardian: 'Narco-deforestation': cocaine trade destroying swaths of Central America
The Guardian: With drugs, there are no good choices, only less awful ones
The Guardian: Boy, 11, hacks cyber-security audience to give lesson on 'weaponisation' of toys
NY Times: California Today: Still Serving Time for Marijuana
SF Chronicle: Nearly half of California salmon species on track for extinction
Tuesday, May 16, 2017
San Jose Mercury: Marin coroner charged with sex crimes delays plea
The Guardian: 38 million pieces of plastic waste found on uninhabited South Pacific island
Monday, May 15, 2017
Washington Post: Jeff Sessions’s war on drugs has medical marijuana advocates worried
The Guardian: They hate the US government, and they're multiplying: the terrifying rise of 'sovereign citizens'
Sunday, May 14, 2017
Washington Post: Trump thinks that exercising too much uses up the body’s ‘finite’ energy
Washington Post: Healthcare: The painful truth about teeth
The Guardian: Popularity of sushi has brought rise in parasitic infections, warn doctors
The Guardian: ‘Turn it off’: how technology is killing the joy of national parks
The Oregonian: Author sets coming-of-age novel in Oregon Coast Range during timber battle
Press Democrat: Labor shortage hits hard in Sonoma County
Press Democrat: Pickup plunges over cliff at Sonoma Coast, nearly hits children on beach
Saturday, May 13, 2017
Washington Post: The labels on imported foods said ‘organic.’ But millions of pounds of corn and soybeans weren’t.
Friday, May 12, 2017
Fast Company: Boy Genius Boyan Slat’s Giant Ocean Cleanup Machine Is Real
Daily Beast: Legal Weed’s No. 1 Enemy
Press Democrat: California starting to test breathalyzer for drug users
Washington Post: Obama blocked this controversial Alaskan gold mine. Trump just gave it new life.
Washington Post: AG Sessions directs prosecutors to seek toughest drug charges
Thursday, May 11, 2017
Press Democrat: Drive-by shooting closes Highway 101 southbound in Healdsburg
The Guardian: Glacier National Park losing its glaciers with just 26 of 150 left
Press Democrat: Cannabis czar tells Santa Rosa audience: ‘Take a stand against nonlicensed activity’
Politico: California AG defends state's marijuana laws
Wednesday, May 10, 2017
The Guardian: Dakota Access pipeline has first leak before fully operational
Leafly: The Future of Cannabis May Lie in Terpene Isolation
Washington Post: Researchers have answered a big question about the decline of the middle class
Washington Post: Senate unexpectedly rejects bid to repeal a key Obama-era environmental regulation
Relix: Over 50 Theaters to Screen Grateful Dead Documentary Long Strange Trip for One Night Only
NY Times: Sessions to Toughen Rules on Prosecuting Drug Crimes
San Jose Mercury: Mendocino Farms picks San Jose for first Bay Area restaurant
Willits News: Mendol marijuana market day shows off branding
Press Democrat: Gov. Brown appoints veterinarian to vacant Mendocino County supervisor seat
Washington Post: We would need 1.7 Earths to make our consumption sustainable
Washington Post: Earth could break through a major climate threshold in the next 15 years, study says
Tuesday, May 9, 2017
Yahoo News: How Marijuana Might Help Aging Brains
Washington Post: Tunnel collapses at Hanford nuclear waste site in Washington state
NY Times: How Homeownership Became the Engine of American Inequality
Seattle Times: Seattle police officer charged in large-scale pot-smuggling operation
San Jose Mercury: Deadline: Time running out for new California redwoods license plate
Press Democrat: Death of Fort Bragg man is third logging tragedy for his fiancee
Press Democrat: State decides against salmon release in Bodega Bay
Washington Post: Could your local TV news start providing more conservative views? It might if it is a Sinclair station.
Monday, May 8, 2017
Reuters: Bumble Bee tuna to pay $25 million in U.S. price-fixing case
The Oregonian: Government official accused of accepting bribes from Ashland defense contractor
Washington Post: Goodbye Science: Interior Department suspends more than 200 advisory panels