Other Cool Stuff From Around the World, Mostly By Gina
Friday, Nov. 5, 2021
Seattle Times: An ambitious new alliance works to identify what’s happening to our crucial kelp forests
Seattle Times: Thousands of intelligence officers refusing vaccine risk dismissal
Thursday, Nov. 4, 2021
The Guardian: ‘We feel pride’: old Western gets new life dubbed in Navajo language
Times of San Diego: Jason Robo Loses NorCal Radio Gig After Racist Rant Against County Supervisors
SF Chronicle: 'It's not science fiction': New East Bay facility producing lab-grown meat plans to produce 400,000 pounds per year
BBC: HPV vaccine cutting cervical cancer by nearly 90%
Washington Post: This tribe helped the Pilgrims survive for their first Thanksgiving. They still regret it 400 years later.
CNN: Russian analyst who was source for Steele dossier arrested and charged with lying to FBI
NY Times : Authorities Arrest Analyst Who Contributed to Steele Dossier
NPR: Top officers of a Navy nuclear sub have lost their jobs over an undersea collision
NPR: Student loan borrowers say they were wrongly denied loan forgiveness. Now, help is on the way
NY Times : 3,000 Miles From Glasgow, a Town and Its Polar Bears Face the Future
KRCR: Wolf attack confirmed on livestock in Siskiyou County, two calves euthanized
Courthouse News Service: Maine anti-power line initiative is unconstitutional, suit claims
Courthouse News Service: Supreme Court leans toward expanding gun rights
Courthouse News Service: Produce piling up as California port crisis rolls on
Courthouse News Service: Baleen whales eat far more than once thought
LA Times: They were supposed to die in prison. Instead they earned freedom as college graduates
The Guardian: How faulty septic systems led to deadly parasite problem
Wednesday, Nov. 3, 2021
The Bulwark: Be very afraid: Donald Trump Is Now the Odds-On Favorite to Be President in 2025
Mashable: Ford has unveiled a retro '70s concept electric pickup
Tech Gate: China suffering its most widespread Covid-19 outbreak since Wuhan with 19 provinces seeing new cases
King5 TV: Family of WWII vet dissected at "pay per view" autopsy event says they didn’t give consent
The Hill: Opioid makers win major victory in California trial
The Hill: Is Joe Manchin positioning for a presidential run?
The Hill: Alaska Airlines getting rid of plastic bottles, cups
NY Daily News: Feds seize 920-kilo ‘storm of cocaine’ hidden in lawn rollers in largest NYC drug bust in a decade
Dallas Morning News: QAnon supporters gather in downtown Dallas expecting JFK Jr. to reappear
The Atlantic: What Becoming a Parent Really Does to Your Happiness
Washington Post: Guy Fieri and Sammy Hagar, travel buddies
Washington Post: The latest space race is all about improving Internet access. Here’s what you should know.
Washington Post: Avocado glut leaves Australian farmers crushed as prices hit guac bottom
Washington Post: A novel way to reduce emissions? China tries confiscating coal from households.
NY Times: How Fentanyl and Meth Took Over America
NY Times: A Sinking Student Housing Empire
NY Times: Shadow Docket: This Is the Shadiest Part of the Supreme Court
NY Times: Colorado hospitals are nearly full as the state battles a growing caseload.
The Oregonian: Democrats in D.C. reach prescription drug price deal
The Oregonian: More than 200,000 counterfeit oxycodone pills laced with suspected fentanyl seized in Oregon from 2 alleged trafficking networks
The Oregonian: Devil’s Lake overflow during heavy rains produced sea of dead fish on Lincoln City beach
Courthouse News Service: Judge advances claims over privacy of decades-old yearbook photos
Courthouse News Service: Maine voters accept novel constitutional amendment about right to food
KTLA: Outrageous hoarding house irks Koreatown neighbors
LA Times: L.A. just changed its entire approach to homelessness. Does it place politics above need?
LA Times: ‘Is this really green?’ The fight over solar farms in the Mojave Desert
LA Times: California changed the country with weed legalization — is it high time for the feds to catch up?
NPR: A 14-year-old won a prestigious award for his discoveries on 'antiprime' numbers
NPR: San Francisco's new rapid response teams race to save lives as ODs dramatically rise
NPR: A bad omen for Democrats and 4 other election night takeaways
NPR: Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen says bankers have a role to play in combatting climate change