Other Cool Stuff From Around the World, Mostly By Gina
Tuesday, May 9, 2023
Washington Post: Google promised to delete sensitive data. It logged my abortion clinic visit.
The Hill: After School Satan Clubs gain popularity amid legal victories
The Hill: Nearly half of baby boomers have no retirement savings
The Hill: Weed and greed: How marijuana taxation went up in smoke
AP News: Dam owner to pay $1M in rubber pollution of Washington river
AP News: Firefighters battle deadly wildfires raging in Siberia
AP News: Utah author of book on grieving death charged with murder
The Guardian: US truck drivers push for better working conditions: ‘We’ve lost our patience’
AlJazeera: Thailand’s cannabis sellers say US growers are eating their lunch
The Guardian: Documentary: the strange story of Clarence and Ginni Thomas
The Guardian: Don’t tumble, don’t soften and wash less often: how to save money on laundry
Courthouse News Service: Illinois defends its ban on assault weapons to Supreme Court
The Guardian: ‘Mind-boggling’ methane emissions from Turkmenistan revealed
The Guardian: ‘There’s no water’: migrants stranded in Chilean desert as Peru closes border
LA Times: Fighting the ‘isolation’ of homelessness, with the companionship of volunteer friends
The Guardian: High-end Sydney jeweller accused of allegedly orchestrating $2.8m heist in his store
The Guardian: US on track to set record in 2023 for mass killings after series of shootings
LA Times: Covelo: After recent killings on California reservation, tribes ask for help to stem violence
LA Times: South Pasadena’s police cars will soon all be Teslas
LA Times: ‘Paved Paradise’ explains why parking is both a local nuisance and a global blight
San Jose Mercury News: You won’t believe how much Americans bet in the last 5 years
San Jose Mercury News: Massive snowpack’s summer bonus: Clean, cheap electricity for California
San Jose Mercury News: 56 years after mental health reform failures, California tries again
Marin Independent Journal: California detects first case of COVID infection in wildlife
SF Chronicle: California wouldn’t pay reparations to every Black resident. How compensation would work
KRON: New study illuminates fentanyl crisis’ youngest victims
KRON: 80 vehicles seized in Oakland sideshow Friday night: police
East Bay Times: Former California Homeland Security special agent gets life in prison for sexually assaulting 2 women
SF Chronicle: A Bay Area Catholic diocese filed for bankruptcy in wake of hundreds of sex abuse lawsuits
SF Chronicle: Photos: Bay Area shark expert captures rare scene in Point Reyes waters
SF Chronicle: 80 vehicles seized by Oakland police during Cinco De Mayo sideshow
SFGate: 5 people, including a 16-year-old, injured in Bay Area shooting
Sunday, May 7, 2023
KSL: Clean energy, at what cost? BLM to decide what's next for Idaho Lava Ridge Wind Project
Native News Oline: A New Online Tool Will Let Native Americans Search for Relatives Who Attended Indian Boarding Schools
Washington Post: Israel readies ‘kosher electricity’ for ultra-Orthodox households
Smithsonian Magazine: With Their Knowledge Combined, Two Scholars Are Deciphering a Long-Lost Native Language
Smithsonian Magazine: How Did 500 Pounds of Pasta End Up in the New Jersey Woods?
Washington Post: West Oakland faces a test: Undoing decades of environmental injustice
Ars Technica: A a financial reporter writes about being surveilled by TikTok.
The Atlantic: The Water Turned a Shade of Sickly Green
NY Times: ‘I See No Future’: Sherpas Leave the Job They Made Famous
Wall St Journal: A TikToker exposes how much people pay for rent. Viewers can’t get enough.
Washington Post: New cars, once part of the American Dream, now out of reach for many
NY Times: An End to Pandemic Restrictions Could Bring Thousands to the Border
Washington Post: Editorial: Beijing is destroying the last vestiges of democracy in Hong Kong
AP News: Mexican families get quick reunions with migrant relatives
The Oregonian: Sinaloa drug cartel tied to murder in Oregon over $90K drug debt
The Oregonian: For 2 ‘lifers,’ a swift switch from Oregon prisons to insider politics
The Oregonian: What’s a sustainable, low-maintenance lawn with a tidy-ish look? Ask an Extension expert
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