Other Cool Stuff From Around the World, Mostly By Gina
Wednesday, April 6, 2022
Washington Post: D.C. Council votes down bill targeting marijuana ‘gifting’ shops
The Guardian: Palestinians use social media to out the Israeli undercover agents haunting their protests
The Guardian: WTF: Microplastics found deep in lungs of living people for first time
The Guardian: From ‘tribes’ to ‘powwows’: summer camps finally reckon with abuse of Indigenous traditions
The Guardian: US rightwing figures in step with Kremlin over Ukraine disinformation, experts say
San Diego Union Tribune: Backlash against secret streetlight surveillance cameras prompts San Diego to create new privacy board
San Diego Union Tribune: Judge rules that San Diego County Fair contract was rigged, issues injunction throwing midway into doubt
LA Times: Newsom urged Californians to cut water use by 15%. In February they saved less than 1%
LA Times: Sacramento massacre was likely a shootout among rivals, not mass shooting, sources say
KCRA: Families, educators concerned city of Patterson can't support 9,000 new housing units planned
SF Chronicle: After a 6-year hiatus, the Mavericks big-wave surfing contest has a new leader pushing for equality
SF Chronicle: Number of 911 calls from one S.F. McDonald’s underscores fast-food crisis
SF Chronicle: San Francisco has highest COVID rate as California’s decline in cases stalls
Tuesday, April 5, 2022
NPR: As home births rise in popularity, some midwives operate in a legal gray area
NPR: Why nurses are raging and quitting after the RaDonda Vaught verdict
NPR: Los Lobos founding member Francisco González has died at 68
NPR: Biden's Coast Guard pick would become the 1st woman to command a military branch
NPR: Too much pleasure can lead to addiction. How to break the cycle and find balance
Washington Post: The FBI is spending millions on social media tracking software
NY Times: Some Ukrainian Refugees Are Returning Home, Despite the Risks
Jalopnik: What's The Worst Electric Car On Sale Today?
Politico: Tribes left behind by America's marijuana laws
Politico: Biden to nominate first woman to lead a military service
CNBC: Here’s an item-by-item look at how much more expensive groceries are, due to inflation
KCRA: Fox bites California congressman at the Capitol in Washington
KCRA: Sacramento Shooting: 3rd man arrested on gun charge; crime not directly related to shootings
KTVU: Invasive ‘jumping worms’ spreading across US
Press Democrat: Sonoma County supervisors vote 5-0 to oppose Koi Nation’s Windsor casino
Reuters: GM and Honda to produce 'attainable EVs' in bid to surpass Tesla sales
Press Democrat: 7 women file suit alleging sexual assault by former Windsor mayor
USA Today: Third arrest made in connection to Sacramento mass shooting that left 6 dead
USA Today: Dramatic rescue captured on video after van full of tourists rolls into Amsterdam canal
Siskiyou Daily News: Yreka city clerk arrested on suspicion of possession of child pornography
SFGate: 50 years ago, the Grateful Dead took Europe by storm and recorded an iconic live album
BBC: Intuition: When is it right to trust your gut instincts?
The Intercept: With Sweeps of Homeless Encampments, Liberal Cities Wage War on Poorest Residents
Mashable: How to stop Spotify from sharing your data, and why you should
NY Times : In the Ocean, It’s Snowing Microplastics
The Hill: CDC announces sweeping agency review
Washington Post: Migrants from Russia are smuggled into Key West by boat, officials say
Washington Post: The remarkable brain of a carpet cleaner who speaks 24 languages
Washington Post: THE GATEKEEPERS WHO OPEN AMERICA TO SHELL COMPANIES AND SECRET OWNERS
Washington Post: E.U. proposes ban on Russian coal in response to evidence of atrocities
The Guardian: Trucking: John Oliver on next-day shipping: ‘Someone somewhere pays the price’
The Guardian: How an ex-coalmining town in Virginia is turning to ecotourism to rebuild its economy
The Guardian: Yellowstone national park offers an annual pass – that won’t work until 2172
The Guardian: I didn’t win the election’: Trump admits defeat in session with historians; but says it was "rigged"
The Guardian: Scientists sound alarm at US regulator’s new ‘forever chemicals’ definition
AP News: US agency opens probe into electric vehicle batteries