Other Cool Stuff From Around the World, Mostly By Gina
Thursday, Sept. 28, 2023
The Guardian: In the line of fire: Indigenous brigades battling forest blazes in the Amazon
Scientific American: Artificial Intelligence Could Finally Let Us Talk with Animals
Science: Changing bird migrations threaten to bring new infectious diseases to humans
The Guardian: Las Vegas hospitality workers vote to authorize strike
The Guardian: Joe Biden’s dog Commander bites another US Secret Service staffer
The Guardian: Remembering the Philadelphia ‘Pathetics’, the worst baseball team in history
The Guardian: New York is breaking free of Airbnb’s clutches. This is how the rest of the world can follow suit
The Guardian: The secret world of breast cancer: 17 surprising things I wish I’d known
The Guardian: ‘We are just getting started’: the plastic-eating bacteria that could change the world
Politico: Romney polled Senate Republicans. They want a clean funding bill.
CNN: Mysterious ‘fairy circles’ identified at hundreds of sites worldwide, new study says
ABC News: 7 cars stolen from Philadelphia dealership that has only been open for a week
CNN: Senate unanimously passes formal dress code
Politico: The earmarks Adam Schiff delivered for donors
KOIN: NOAA releases 2023-2024 winter predictions for Pacific Northwest
Forbes: Senate Committee Passes Cannabis Banking Bill
The Hill: More SNAP changes coming Oct. 1
The Hill: Milley says he will take ‘appropriate measures’ to ensure safety following Trump comments
The Hill: How a key OB-GYN org is deliberately confusing doctors and endangering patients
AP News: U.S. Invasive catfish poised to be "apex predators" after eating their way into Georgia rivers
CBS News : Searchers looking for 7 kidnapped youths in Mexico find 6 bodies, 1 wounded survivor
Phys.Org: Tree rings reveal a new kind of earthquake threat to the Pacific Northwest
The Guardian: California’s fast-food workers win fight for $20 hourly pay and industry council
Washington Post: Sitting all day increases dementia risk — even if you exercise
Washington Post: Origins of Parkinson’s may lie in the gut. Researchers hope to prove it.
The Guardian: ‘Genocide is happening before our eyes’: Armenian Americans push for US action against Azerbaijan
The Guardian: A 23-year-old was arrested for gun possession. It led the FBI to a global Satanic cult
The Guardian: Michael Gambon, star of Harry Potter and The Singing Detective, dies aged 82
LA Times: Child care is dropping off a federal funding cliff. What it means for California families
LA Times: Buddha is back: $1.5-million statue recovered, but mystery still surrounds theft
The Oregonian: Fire as medicine: Using fire to manage forests, prevent catastrophic wildfires in the Northwest
The Oregonian: Bill for preserving site of Wounded Knee massacre in South Dakota passes U.S. House
Oregon Live: Windows smashed at World Forestry Center in runup to timber-industry conference; protests continue
AP News: Biden to send disaster assistance to Louisiana, as salt water threatens the state’s drinking water
AP News: A board leader calls the new Wisconsin wolf plan key to removing federal protections for the animal
LA Times: Young Chinese adults can’t find work. Now many have a new job description: ‘Full-time children’
AP News: Chinese immigrant workers sue over forced labor at illegal marijuana operation on Navajo land
AP News: Wildfires can make your California red taste like an ashtray. These scientists want to stop that
Courthouse News Service: Judge allows Berkeley homeless encampment sweep, sets enforcement guidelines
Courthouse News Service: Cannabis banking bill clears Senate panel despite Dem fractures, GOP qualms
LA Times: Opinion: I spent 22 years in prison for a crime that never happened. That’s not even the worst part
LA Times: Meet Melanie Barcenas, the 15-year-old Latina trailblazer in the NWSL
LA Times: How powerful land barons shaped the epic floods in California’s heartland
Courthouse News Service: Michigan Supreme Court will require preferred personal pronouns
Courthouse News Service: Pacific lamprey numbers surge in Columbia River Gorge
Courthouse News Service: Biden orders feds to prioritize native fish recovery in Columbia River Basin
BBC: A QAnon 'queen' and the Canada town that wants her gone
BBC: Vietnam jails fifth climate activist on tax charges
SF Chronicle: Gavin Newsom sides with conservatives in urging Supreme Court to take up homeless encampments
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