Other Cool Stuff From Around the World, Mostly By Gina
Tuesday, March 22, 2022
The Guardian: If you find everyone else boring you only have yourself to blame
The Guardian: Mercury found in skin lightening and anti-ageing creams sold online – study
The Guardian: ‘We have failed’: how California’s homelessness catastrophe is worsening
The Guardian: ‘I don’t know how we’ll survive’: the farmers facing ruin in Maine’s ‘forever chemicals’ crisis
SFGate: Search continues for Siskiyou man after dog found on Oregon road
SFGate: Another top California outdoor attraction, Fern Canyon, now requires a permit
Monday, March 21, 2022
High Times: How to Grow Shrooms for You and Your Buddies for Under $200 (Humboldt-Centric)
Politico: New York cannabis regulations are in limbo. But the pot industry is booming on reservations.
NPR: Millions of children will miss healthy school meals when pandemic relief expires
LA Times: Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas hospitalized with infection, high court says
LA Times: A Chumash tribe and conservationists fight offshore wind turbines
LA Times: Op-Ed: Why the California ‘mission bell’ road markers must come down
The Guardian: ‘They put two contracts out on me’: going undercover with the Pagan Motorcycle Club
The Guardian: ‘Tucker the Untouchable’ goes soft on Putin but remains Fox News’s biggest power
Press Democrat: Frustration builds in wait for California’s next rooftop solar proposal
KTLA: Bay Area Chevron refinery workers poised to strike
Sunday, March 20, 2022
The Guardian: ‘Crime against nature’: the rise and fall of the world’s most notorious succulent thief who poached in Mendo and Del Norte
Saturday, March 19, 2022
Press Democrat: California Gov. Newsom proposes $100 million plan for tribes to buy land
Wednesday, March 16, 2022
The Guardian: Once again, America is in denial about signs of a fresh Covid wave
The Guardian: The western elite is preventing us from going after the assets of Russia’s hyper-rich
Monday, March 14, 2022
The New Yorker: Exercise Is Good for You. The Exercise Industry May Not Be
SF Chronicle: Great Redwood Trail, stretching from S.F. Bay to Humboldt Bay along rail lines, moves forward
Washington Post: Immersive Super Mario theme park to open in California next year
Washington Post: As China’s covid outbreak expands, whole cities and provinces are sealed off and key industries closed
Washington Post: These schools did less to contain covid. Their students did better.
NY Times : Tree Planting Is Booming. Here’s How That Could Help, or Harm, the Planet.
NY Times : Frustrated With Utilities, Some Californians Are Leaving the Grid
Politico: CDC wants to monitor poop: States aren’t all on board
AP News: Cash for grass: Colorado bill would pay to abandon lawns
Mother Jones: Leaked Kremlin Memo to Russian Media: It Is “Essential” to Feature Tucker Carlson
KRCR: "Mullet March" Mount Shasta resident raising money for Chico's homeless population
Sunday, March 13, 2022
Siskiyou Daily News: Yreka to clean up contaminated site for possible ‘urban’ homeless camp near rescue mission
Politico: Budget deal is latest sign of Democrats’ empty weed promises
KTVL: Two wildfires reported in Siskiyou County, evacuation orders issued
Bloomberg: What Happened to Pickup Trucks?
Washington Post: Gas leak at ConocoPhillips Alaskan drilling site forces some to leave
Washington Post: Fearing crackdown, thousands of Russians crowd into few remaining trains and planes to flee
NY Times : These Weed Sellers Aren’t Waiting for Permits: ‘Like a Dream Come True’
LA Times: Liberal U.S. cities change course, now clearing homeless camps
LA Times: Russia strikes military base in western Ukraine, killing at least 35
The Guardian: Oregon’s psychedelic mushroom regulators accused of conflict of interest
The Guardian: Russia missile strike on Ukraine base close to Polish border kills 35, governor says
KRON: American filmmaker/journalist killed in Ukraine: police
Press Democrat: Acting sheriff in Del Norte county charged with voter fraud
SFGate: The ever-changing legacy of Merle Haggard, California's first country superstar
SFGate: 'Heartless': A group of mobile home residents are suddenly being forced out of Yosemite
Saturday, March 12, 2022
The Guardian: China battles worst Covid outbreak for two years as cases double in 24 hours
The Atlantic: The Story of Jack and Neal