Other Cool Stuff From Around the World, Mostly By Gina
Thursday, Feb. 3, 2022
NPR: Calls to volunteer fire departments are at a high but they have few first responders
NPR: A butterfly conservatory is shutting down due to right-wing harassment
NPR: Therapists say a new law requiring upfront cost estimates could discourage patients
The Atlantic: Read the Books That Schools Want to Ban
NY Times: Questions Remain After Highway Crash Involving Monkeys
NY Times: Opinion: Guess Who Wants Your Money
BBC: US unveils new policy for elite transgender swimmers
BBC: Juveniles investigated in bomb hoaxes against black colleges
Washington Post: Alexander Vindman sues Trump Jr. and Giuliani, alleging retaliation over first Trump impeachment
Washington Post: New Zealand announces plan to reopen to the world after nearly two years of coronavirus travel restrictions
Washington Post: Canada military may be needed to clear ‘Freedom Convoy’ anti-vaccine-mandate protesters, Ottawa police say
The Hill: NFL investigating Flores allegation that Dolphins owner offered $100K for each loss
KRON: Who caused the Colorado Fire near Big Sur? Cal Fire remains tight-lipped
Wired: North Korea Hacked Him. So He Took Down Its Internet
The Verge: Facebook lost daily users for the first time ever last quarter
Courthouse News Service: Shasta recall election pits far-right coalition against Republican official
Courthouse News Service: Deforestation in Brazilian Amazon hits January record
Courthouse News Service: Judge advances lawsuit over California offshore fishing net ban
Courthouse News Service: Partisan divisions cloud future of Virginia’s legal weed industry
Courthouse News Service: California bill would require students’ parents to detail gun ownership
KTLA: Former Navy captain pleads guilty in massive bribery case in San Diego
Yahoo News: One dead, others wounded in Northern California bus shooting
AP News: Strained US hospitals seek foreign nurses amid visa windfall
Sacramento Bee: Militia-aligned group will control a Shasta County if recall vote totals hold
Sacramento Bee: Newsom wants more money for California’s homeless. Will it get encampments off the streets?
LA Times: California snowpack dwindles after a dry January
LA Times: How climate change is threatening the future of the Winter Olympics
LA Times: A flutter of magical hope on the Central Coast, as monarch butterflies return
LA Times: Liberal Santa Monica versus the street vendors
East Bay Times: Tesla recalls over 800,000 vehicles for seat belt chime problem
SFGate: Landslides kill at least 24 as rains deluge Ecuador capital
SFGate: Citing mountain lions, wealthy Bay Area town blocks new housing development
Press Democrat: Watch: Guy Fieri stars in his 1st Super Bowl commercial
Press Democrat: Former Sonoma County sheriff’s deputy not guilty in 2019 death of Bloomfield man
Redding Record Searchlight: Editorial: Keep Leonard Moty, dump Shasta County's District 2 supervisor recall
KRCR: Latest exit leaves California Assembly with 5 vacancies
KRCR: BREAKING: 1 dead, 4 injured in mass shooting at Oroville gas station
The Guardian: After decrying Republican election rigging, Democrats embrace it in New York
The Guardian: First patients of pioneering CAR T-cell therapy ‘cured of cancer’
National Geographic: Superbugs were already on the rise. The pandemic likely made things worse.
Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2022
The Intercept: How CNN, The New York Times And Other Major Media Outlets Monetize Your Data And Lobby Against Regulation
Vox: This is how much meat and dairy hurt the climate
Vox: Dirty energy pays more than clean energy. That’s a problem.
Press Democrat: ‘Everybody’s at risk’: Plan to acquire Mendocino County power plant unravels
The Guardian: Extreme heat in oceans ‘passed point of no return’ in 2014
The Guardian: Exposure to one nasal droplet enough for Covid infection – study
The Guardian: The Tinder Swindler review – the gobsmacking true story of an internet con artist
NBC News: Study says COVID-19 lockdowns in U.S and Europe had little to no public health impact
ABC News: Johns Hopkins report: Lockdowns did not work.
Tuesday, Feb. 1, 2022
BBC: Germany: Police killing suspects may have been poachers