Other Cool Stuff From Around the World, Mostly By Gina
Thursday, Oct. 16
The Atlantic: Don’t Blame the Democrats for Trump’s Revenge Tour
The Atlantic: America Is Sliding Toward Illiteracy
The Atlantic: Why So Many People Are Seduced by ChatGPT
BBC: How your hormones might be controlling your mind
Reuters: Nestle to cut 16,000 jobs as new CEO ignites 'turnaround fire'
Courthouse News Service: The $300 billion hostage: Europe's high-stakes gamble with Russia's frozen fortune
The Guardian: A surge of visitors to Yosemite overwhelms a skeleton crew: ‘This is exactly what we warned about’
The Guardian: Virginia Giuffre on her abuse at the hands of Epstein, Maxwell and the king’s brother
Courthouse News Service: Microplastics invade the gut and change its chemistry
Courthouse News Service: Texas sues to stop group from settling in far west county
Courthouse News Service: Supreme Court looks to neuter key protection for minority voters
Courthouse News Service: Scientists hope underwater fiber-optic cables can help save endangered orcas
Kaiser Health News: Trump’s Request To Remove Aluminum From Vaccines Is Risky, Experts Warn
The Guardian: JD Vance brushes off racist texts by adults in Republican group chat as ‘what kids do’
The Guardian: Plug-in hybrids pollute almost as much as petrol cars, report finds
The Guardian: 75% of Americans report soaring prices as Trump claims inflation ‘over’
The Oregonian: U.S. House Speaker calls Portland naked bike ride ‘most threatening thing I’ve seen yet’
SF Gate: University of Southern California grad student charged with drugging and raping
BBC: Last surviving member of first team to scale Everest dies aged 92
The Oregonian: Orca-saving experiment launches off the San Juan Islands
CBS News : Attendees of Dreamforce in San Francisco comment on state of the city
CBS News : Is the cinnamon on your shelf safe? The FDA says these 16 brands contain elevated levels of lead.
CBS News : Sonoma County farmers in danger of losing their farm partner with Oakland chef
CBS News : Some protein powders, shakes contain high levels of lead and other metals, Consumer Reports finds
CBS San Diego: Canadian boat captain arrested in $200K human smuggling attempt
East Bay Times: Otter steals surfboard in Santa Cruz. No, not that otter.
KTLA: 13 L.A. County employees charged with stealing over $400,000 in unemployment benefits
AP News: Journalists turn in access badges, exit Pentagon rather than agree to new reporting rules
BBC: Perovskite: The 'wonder material' that could transform solar
BBC: China arrested 30 Christians. Some fear it's the start of a bigger crackdown
BBC: What we know about White House plans for an 'Arc de Trump'
KCRA: Man in federal custody following multiple arrests on school campuses in Folsom
KTLA: Trump to withhold $40M from California over English requirement for truckers
AP News: Gun safety advocates warn of a surge in untraceable 3D-printed weapons in the US
East Bay Times: Public police radio channels go silent in Oakland, Alameda County
KRON: Cecil, new SF Zoo gorilla, to make public debut
SF Gate: U.S. Coast Guard operation run in Calif. seizes 100,000 pounds of cocaine
KRON: Santa Rosa detectives find house full of stolen Legos: SRPD
AP News: For the first time, a California county removed its sheriff over misconduct allegations
AP News: Alaska airlifting hundreds from storm-devastated coastal villages
Marin Independent Journal: San Rafael, Marin County to provide small dwellings for homeless
San Jose Mercury News: State audit calls out UC, CSU student housing and says $89 million should not be used for SJSU’s Spartan Village
San Jose Mercury News: Housing trust launches $200 million Bay Area fund, buoyed by Apple
SF Gate: Trump targets San Francisco, 'strongly' recommending National Guard deployment
SF Chronicle: Riverside sauna is tearing a California community apart
Tuesday, Oct. 14
State of Affairs: California kids will see warning labels on social media in 2027
KCRA: Nearly $1.1B to be spent on 'Smart Wall' at California border under ‘One Big Beautiful Bill’
CBS Bay Area: Salesforce will invest $15B to keep San Francisco as "world's AI capital"
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