Other Cool Stuff From Around the World, Mostly By Gina
Tuesday, June 13, 2023
NPR: A loved one's dementia will break your heart. Don't let it wreck your finances
NPR: Revenge of the killer whales? Recent boat attacks in Europe might be driven by trauma
NY Times: Why the U.S. Electric Grid Isn’t Ready for the Energy Transition
NY Times: Inside a Remarkable Dance Program at a California Prison
The Atlantic: New Research: A Clear Indication That Climate Change Is Burning Up California
Smithsonian Magazine: The Race to Save Florida’s Manatees
Politico: Biden officials are publicly touting the lack of a migrant surge. Privately, they’re scared.
Politico: Why the rise of EVs has some fearing blackouts
Digg: The Fastest-Shrinking Jobs In The US, Visualized
Wired: Satellites Keep Photobombing Space Images. Astronomers Need a Fix
Wired: The US Is Openly Stockpiling Dirt on All Its Citizens
NY Times: How to Tell the Difference Between Regular Distraction and A.D.H.D.
NY Times: One of the Last Bastions of Digital Privacy Is Under Threat
Washington Post: Are all calories created equal? Your gut microbes don’t think so.
Washington Post: In scramble for EV metals, health threat to workers often goes unaddressed
Washington Post: Fentanyl has taken a record toll on the Army. Families demand answers.
Washington Post: Helicopter ‘mishap’ in Syria injures 22 U.S. service members
The Hill: Why are there so many parrots in Los Angeles?
The Hill: Don’t bring firewood to campsites: Here’s why
The Hill: Acid poured on slides at Massachusetts park, children report injuries
The Hill: How Biden’s big investments spurred a factory boom
The Hill: Inflation falls to lowest rate since March 2021
BBC: New book 50 Pies: 50 States celebrates pies across America
The Guardian: Bernie Sanders: America is facing a mental health crisis
The Guardian: Visitors warned away from Texas beach after thousands of dead fish wash up
The Guardian: ‘Things not going well’: plan to return cheetahs to India under fire after six die within months
The Guardian: From window boxes to farms, UK’s rewilding gurus bring out their bible
The Guardian: Whisper it, but the boom in plastic production could be about to come to a juddering halt
Yahoo News: Hundreds of tribal members, mostly Navajo, living on Phoenix streets amid fake sober home crackdown
Yahoo News: This Western WA tribe is becoming a leader in clean energy sustainability. Here’s how
Willamette Weekly: Cops Bust Psilocybin Grow Operation in Northeast Portland Mansion
The Oregonian: Hillsboro diesel repair shop owner accused of disabling pollution controls on more than 200 vehicles
KPIX: 1 dead, 6 wounded in deadly mass shooting at Antioch birthday party
The Oregonian: Mendelssohn’s bar is demystifying classical music with cocktails and Operaoke
The Oregonian: Avid angler assaulted by Portland security guard after false shoplifting accusation, lawsuit claims
Oregon Public Broadcasting: Photos: Joni Mitchell at the Gorge
Oregon Public Broadcasting: Oregon law protects state’s wetlands over Supreme Court ruling
Oregon Public Broadcasting: Jury finds PacifiCorp owes more than $73 million for causing 2020 Oregon wildfires
KRON: California Gov. Newsom spars with Fox News host Hannity over Biden, immigration and the economy
LA Times: On the brink of homelessness, she won the Medi-Cal lottery
LA Times: Rural towns lure California’s remote workers with cash, child care and other relocation perks
LA Times: Ocean temperatures are off the charts, and El Niño is only partly to blame
Courthouse News Service: Fukushima nuclear plant begins tests of wastewater release plan; fishing officials remain opposed
Courthouse News Service: Youth-led climate change trial, the first of its kind, opens in Montana
Press Democrat: PD Editorial: To make an informed judgment on Trump, read the indictment
Cal Matters: California’s budget whiplash: From a record-setting surplus to a massive shortfall in one year
AP News: Philippine villagers flee ashfall, sight of red-hot lava from erupting Mayon volcano
KTLA: Americans warned not to mail checks if possible as cases of check fraud spike dramatically
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