Other Cool Stuff From Around the World, Mostly By Gina
Sunday, Jan. 28, 2024
Politico: The world’s biggest meat processor — a major polluter — is coming to Wall Street
The Guardian: ‘It’s not an Oedipus complex’: why Japan’s ‘silver porn’ market is booming
The Guardian: Protesters throw soup at Mona Lisa in Paris
The Guardian: A North Carolina PFAS factory claims its emissions fell by 99.99%. A Guardian test reveals otherwise
BBC: The Zone of Interest: How Oscars-nominated Auschwitz film borrows from Big Brother
BBC: Statue of baseball icon Jackie Robinson stolen from Kansas park
BBC: Stuck on tarmac, Aeromexico passenger opens plane door and walks on wing
The Oregonian: A purple martin dubbed Roxa flies 8,000 miles to Brazil before returning home to Oregon
Oregon Public Broadcasting: New fossils suggest kelp forests have swayed in the seas for at least 32 million years
LA Times: Opinion: I stopped drinking and built the life I always wanted. Why was I still so anxious?
The Oregonian: Firefighters rescue dog trapped on cliff in St. Helens
Oregon Public Broadcasting: Patients say keto helps with their mental illness. Science is racing to understand why
Oregon Public Broadcasting: The Oregon origins of the Mazamas Mountaineering Group
LA Times: Some homeless people refuse shelter beds. In one Bay Area county, that could soon be a crime
LA Times: Two Chilean films depict Tierra del Fuego’s brutal colonization — and with it, art’s role
LA Times: One man is preserving the legacy of the code talkers, America’s secret weapon in WWII
KCRA: 11-year-old stabbed by 2-year-old sibling in south Sacramento, sheriff's office says
LA Times: Disneyland’s new vision includes up to $2.5-billion investment and a plan to take over city streets
sac: Credit card skimmers have been popping up in California. How do you spot and report them?
KRCR: Sudden unannounced closure of multiple Northstate Subway stores leaves employees in limbo
SF Chronicle: New housing will add 160 affordable units to S.F.’s Haight — but no parking spots
East Bay Times: Oakland armed robbery suspect slips out of court hearing, disables ankle monitor and is on the run, authorities say
East Bay Times: Brentwood takes step to divert food scraps with $90 million facility
SF Chronicle: San Francisco has a $13.5 billion plan to fight off sea level rise. Now what?
SF Chronicle: West Coast’s largest boat race draws hundreds of competitors, and it’s a ‘Fiasco’
East Bay Times: Tahoe: A snowboarder spent 15 hours trapped in a ski gondola. She rubbed her hands and feet to keep warm
SFGate: Rite Aid to close 16 California stores, 1 in Bay Area
Thursday, Jan. 25, 2024
Washington Post: Talks over Ukraine aid, border deal are on the rocks after Trump comments
The Oregonian: This Oregon destination is one of the Top 50 places to travel worldwide, according to Forbes
The Atlantic: The Suburbs Have Become a Ponzi Scheme
The Guardian: ‘Laying claim to nature’s work’: plant patents sow fear among small growers
Smithsonian Magazine: French Tourist Finds 7.46-Carat Diamond at Arkansas State Park
AP News: In-N-Out to close first location in its 75-year history due to a wave of car break-ins and robberies
The Hill: FDA warns against using Neptune’s Fix, aka ‘gas station heroin’
The Guardian: Skiers leaving ‘forever chemicals’ on pistes, study finds
Yahoo News: Environmentalists, local agencies file lawsuits against California Delta tunnel project
Courthouse News Service: California bill would put the brakes on speeding
Oregon Public Broadcasting: Fourth dam breached on the Klamath River
Oregon Public Broadcasting: How fentanyl and social isolation have worsened youth homelessness crisis in Oregon
BBC: The dire shortage of volunteer firefighters in the US
BBC: Girl, 10, charged with threatening to shoot and kill classmates in S.C.
BBC: Man sentenced to death for Japan anime studio fire
The Hill: Trump warns Haley donors will be ‘permanently barred from the MAGA camp’
AP News: US economy grew at a surprisingly strong 3.3% pace last quarter, pointing to continued resilience
AP News: Deputies find six bodies at remote Mojave Desert crossroads
The Guardian: Florida advances law banning children under 16 from using social media
The Guardian: Nearly 65,000 US rape victims could not get an abortion in their state, analysis shows
KRCR: Officials find 33 lbs of illegal marijuana on flight landing in Roanoke
LA Times: Car crashes killed more people than homicides in Los Angeles last year
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