Other Cool Stuff From Around the World, Mostly By Gina
Friday, Sept. 23, 2016
Leafly: U.S. Attorney General Says Cannabis Is Not a Gateway Drug
Press Democrat: State regulators solicit rules input from North Coast pot entrepreneurs
Press Democrat: Planning commission OKs Santa Rosa’s 1st commercial pot grow
Washington Post: New sexual misconduct complaints at Yosemite, Yellowstone in widening Park Service scandal
Washington Post: Killer robots: The latest weapon in the futile fight to destroy the invasive lionfish
The Guardian: Personality influences lifespan as much as socioeconomic status. Why is that?
SF Chronicle: Iconic Death Valley landmark vandalized
ABC News: Phoenix Chief: 3 Officers Resign After Man Forced to Eat Pot
Thursday, Sept. 22, 2016
NBC News: U.S. Court Rules Dreadlock Ban During Hiring Process is Legal
Vice: A Law Professor Explains Why You Should Never Talk to Police
Vice: Video: This Bong Costs $100,000
Press Democrat: Police: 4 men held at Calaveras Co marijuana farm, forced to work
Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2016
NY Times: California Voters Face Choice: End Death Penalty, or Speed It Up
Huffington Post: Dr. Bronner’s Just Made A Dank Donation In Fight For Legal Weed
Washington Post: Most Colorado voters say legal weed has been good for the economy
Washington Post: One of the world’s biggest diamond mines opens — in remote Canada
Press Democrat: Santa Rosa taps special tax for housing, homeless services
Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2016
NY Times: Co Housing: Modern Housing With Village Virtues
Patch: Marijuana Missionaries: First Cannabis Church Rolls Into Michigan
Denver Post: FusionPharm owners face federal securities fraud charges
Denver Post: Colorado Springs orders 9 cannabis clubs to “cease and desist”
Business Insider: MIT researchers made a machine that can read your feelings through radio waves
Marin Independent Journal: Good Ideas: San Rafael touts donation meters as panhandling mitigation
Audubon: The Organic Chicken Farm Terrorized By Bald Eagles
Washington Post: A wake-up call on the junk science infesting our courtrooms
The Guardian: Death By A Thousand Cuts: documentary charts the dangers of deforestation
The Oregonian: Explore Portland's newest tiny house hotel (photos)
San Jose Mercury: Big Sur fire becomes costliest to fight in US history
San Jose Mercury: California sea otter population reaches record high number
Monday, Sept. 19, 2016
NY Times: Following Its Country Music, Nashville May Loosen Up on Marijuana
NY Times: Ferndale ranch hiits NY Times for $12,000,000
The Guardian: 3 percent of Americans own 50% of the guns
NY Magazine: Too Much Tech: I used to be a human
Washington Post: France bans plastic plates and cutlery
The Oregonian: Police searching for suspects in robbery of northeast Portland marijuana dispensary
The Guardian: I left corporate life behind to live in a camper van. I am never going back
The Guardian: An American tragedy: why are millions of trees dying across the country?
Sunday, Sept. 18, 2016
Bloomberg News: Warning Indicator for China Banking Stress Climbs to Record
San Jose Mercury: Yelp warns California lawsuit could scrub critical reviews
San Jose Mercury: Toxic algae troubles many California lakes and waterways
Daily Beast: Bob Marley's bandmates sue "The Wailers"
LA Times: How a pension deal went wrong and cost California taxpayers billions
Press Democrat: Seafaring twin brothers paddling from Alaska to Mexico
Press Democrat: With Measure M, Sonoma County’s GMO foes seek to bolster organic agriculture
The Guardian: The hidden danger in your hand soap
The Guardian: Artsy afterlife: a new breed of urban taxidermists give animals 'life after death'
Saturday, Sept. 17, 2016
Digital Journal: Norway plans to cull 47 of its remaining 68 wolves
Chicago Tribune: New study finds that medical marijuana may be helping to curb the opioid epidemic
UK Telegraph: Chinese farmers take over former white-owned farms in Zimbabwe to cash in on tobacco