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Other Cool Stuff From Around the World, Mostly By Gina

Sunday, Jan. 28, 2024

New York Magazine: When America First Dropped Acid

Smithsonian Magazine: Alps-Style Hut-to-Hut Travel Is On Its Way to Alaska

NY Times: What It Took Young People in China to Get Their Jobs

The Guardian: ‘My life will be short. So on the days I can, I really live’: 30 dying people explain what really matters

Reuters: Three US troops killed, up to 34 injured in Jordan drone strike linked to Iran

NPR: Nepal wants its men back from Russia's war in Ukraine after deaths on the front

The Guardian: Canadian tar sands pollution is up to 6,300% higher than reported, study finds

Washington Post: Trump brags about efforts to stymie border talks: ‘Please blame it on me’

CNN: What we know about Israel’s allegations against UN staffers in Gaza

KTLA: California police chase nets huge haul of shrooms, marijuana

NY Times : In Winter, California Is for the Birds

NY Times : Negotiators Close In on Hostage Deal That Would Halt Fighting in Gaza for Weeks

Washington Post: Falling inflation, rising growth give U.S. the world’s best recovery

The Hill: Sex robots go to court: Testing the limits of privacy and sexual freedom

AP News: Avian flu is devastating farms in California’s ‘Egg Basket’ as outbreaks roil poultry industry

Politico: Biden says he’ll shut down the border if deal gives him authority

AP News: Ukraine says corrupt officials stole $40 million meant to buy arms for the war with Russia

Politico: Seeing viral pork TikToks? It’s a government-backed group pushing meat on Gen Z.

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