Other Cool Stuff From Around the World, Mostly By Gina
Sunday, Feb. 26, 2023
Motor1: Portland, Oregon Highway Becomes Parking Lot During Intense Winter Storm
Press Democrat: Massive riverfront resort near Guerneville appears headed for approval
Reuters: Turkey widens probe into building collapses as quake toll exceeds 50,000
Reuters: Dow Inc. said it was recycling our shoes. We found them at an Indonesian flea market
KTVU: National Weather Service reports Bay Area snow totals from latest storm
KRON: It’s nearly impossible to get a reservation at this California campground
Pro Publica: Wisconsin: Death on a Dairy Farm
Rolling Stone: Biden Administration to Curb Adderall, OxyContin Telehealth Prescriptions
Salon: California is racing to electrify trucks. Can the industry keep up?
Vice: El Chapo’s Inside Man Was America’s Closest Partner in Mexico
Rolling Stone: How Many More Governments Will American-Trained Soldiers Overthrow?
Washington Post: CDC issues warning about rise in highly drug-resistant stomach bug
The Atlantic: Biophobia: A Growing Fear of Nature Could Hasten Its Destruction
The Cut: What We Never Say About Parenting
The Hill: DEA announces proposed rules to make telemedicine permanently flexible, safeguarded
Washington Post: How inflammation in the body may explain depression in the brain
BBC: Crypto-mining scheme run from US school crawl space
Washington Post: Jury awards Va. teacher $5 million over wrongful sex abuse case
BBC: Thousands of tattooed inmates pictured in El Salvador mega-prison
BBC: Ohio train: Americans blind to toxic dangers rolling through towns
BBC: Alex Murdaugh trial: Power, privilege, murder and the downfall of a dynasty
The Hill: More than 450,000 remain without power in Michigan after ice storm
The Hill: Mental health is not a partisan issue
The Hill: Mexican president posts photo of what he claims is an elf
The Hill: ‘Saturday Night Live’ mocks Trump visit to East Palestine
The Guardian: US man dies from stroke days after realtor found him but didn’t call for help
The Guardian: Revealed: the US is averaging one chemical accident every two days
NY Times : Opinion: Why Fox News Lied to the Viewers It ‘Respects’
The Guardian: Parts of US see earliest spring conditions on record: ‘Climate change playing out in real time’
NY Times : Why You Should Listen to Twitter on Two-Factor Authentication
NY Times : After City Bans Sleeping at Homeless Youth Centers, a Center Resists
NY Times : The U.S. Has Billions for Wind and Solar Projects. Good Luck Plugging Them In.
The Guardian: Medieval medicine: the return to maggots and leeches to treat ailments
NY Times : REM Sleep Is Magical. Here’s What the Experts Know.
NY Times : Desperate for Babies, China Races to Undo an Era of Birth Limits. Is It Too Late?
The Guardian: Thousands protest in Berlin against giving weapons to Ukraine
AP News: Justice Thomas wrote of ‘crushing weight’ of student loans
The Guardian: How US corporations are quashing the new wave of organizing
The Guardian: ‘They were shot in the head’: morgue gives up truth of Rodrigo Duterte’s drug war
The Guardian: Red states leading the US in solar and wind production, new report shows
The Oregonian: House where University of Idaho students were killed will be demolished
The Oregonian: Work continues on huge lithium mine on Nevada-Oregon border
AP News: Rights to ‘Crying Indian’ ad to go to Native American group
AP News: Millions who rely on Medicaid may be booted from program
Seattle Times: TSA wants you to stop putting pets through the X-ray machine
Seattle Times: Historic photos shed new light on an Indian boarding school in the Yakima Valley
AP News: Official: Heavy ice a possible factor in Alaska gym collapse
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