Other Cool Stuff From Around the World, Mostly By Gina
Monday, Oct. 25, 2021
Washington Post: Germany portrays itself as a climate leader. It’s razing villages for coal mines.
Washington Post: Inside PhRMA’s fight to kill Democrats’ drug pricing plan
Washington Post: Insiders say Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg chose growth over safety
The Guardian: Fox News’s Neil Cavuto ‘begs’ viewers to ‘stop the politics’ and get Covid vaccine
The Guardian: Rats, mold, roaches: Howard students stage sit-in over housing conditions
The Guardian: US plastics to outstrip coal’s greenhouse gas emissions by 2030, study finds
The Guardian: Abandoned children found living in Texas apartment with brother’s remains
The Guardian: Saudi crown prince a ‘psychopath’, says exiled intelligence officer
Politico: Dems weigh ditching Medicare expansion and paid leave in eleventh hour of social spending talks
Seattle Times: Fire contained on cargo ship off Victoria, B.C., and the hunt is on for 40 containers that went overboard
LA Times: Marin is one of California’s wealthiest counties. It could run out of water next summer
LA Times: California isn’t testing state workers for COVID as required
KTLA: Driver intentionally rams vaccine mandate protesters in Palmdale: Sheriff’s Department
East Bay Times: California’s veterans forced to leave homes to seek aid in dying
Marin Independent Journal: Deadheads and other fans of Phil Lesh’s Terrapin Crossroads are hoping for a miracle
Mt. Shasta News: Mom remains strong 'voice' for slain Native American daughter
Friday, Oct. 22, 2021
Seattle Times: Why losing daily walks to rainy season is hitting us hard — and what to do about it
The Oregonian: Missing mushroom picker, 80, found near Trillium Lake
The Oregonian: Why all this rain won’t end drought in the West
Washington Post: Climate change is turning the cradle of civilization into a grave
Washington Post: Putin slams ‘cancel culture’ and trans rights, calling teaching gender fluidity ‘crime against humanity’
Washington Post: Otters are taking over Singapore
NY Times: How Russia Is Cashing In on Climate Change
NY Times: Jane Goodall Still Has Hope for Humans
NY Times: Climate Change Poses a Widening Threat to National Security
NY Times: How the Supply Chain Broke, and Why It Won’t Be Fixed Anytime Soon
MelMagazine: WHY AREN’T ANTIDEPRESSANTS BETTER BY NOW?
Vanity Fair: How Pickleball Won Over Everyone From Leonardo DiCaprio to Your Grandparents
Detroit Free Press: Study compares electric vehicle charge costs vs. gas — and results were surprising
Business Insider: A worker in Florida applied to 60 entry-level jobs in September and got one interview
Courthouse News Service: Conservation groups sue US Forest Service over gold exploration
LA Times: Rep. Katie Porter presses Biden team on Marshall Islands nuclear waste, gets few answers
LA Times: Burned by fire, Northern California towns now fear flooding
The Guardian: Climate crisis likely to fuel conflicts over water and migration, US analyses say
The Guardian: Twitter admits bias in algorithm for rightwing politicians and news outlets
The Guardian: ‘This stuff won’t go away’: PFAS chemicals contaminate Wisconsin’s waterways and soil
Thursday, Oct. 21, 2021
SFGate: SF police seize enough fentanyl to theoretically kill 2.8 million people
LA Times: Major California earthquake would knock out cell service, communications, study finds
LA Times: LAUSD students face alarming drops in grades and test scores
Washington Post: A few idealistic Canadians are trying to replant the world’s forests with flying machines
Counterpunch: Petrolia's Ellen Taylor pens piece on PG&E’s "Tree Cutting Frenzy: Blaming Forests for Climate Change "
The Guardian: US border agents engaged in ‘shocking abuses’ against asylum seekers, report finds
The Guardian: California family found dead on hike likely killed by heat and dehydration, sheriff says
AP News: Desperate Haitians suffocate under growing power of gangs
AP News: Unvaccinated Minnesotans 30x more likely to die from COVID
CNN: Dental records show remains found at Carlton Reserve are those of Brian Laundrie, FBI says
CNN: A Black girl was arrested at school in Hawaii over a drawing that upset a parent
NBC News: Boys, nonbinary student suspended over long hair sue school district for gender bias
CNBC: Fed to ban policymakers from owning individual stocks, restrict trading following controversy