Other Cool Stuff From Around the World, Mostly By Gina
Tuesday, July 6, 2021
NY Times: Opinion: For Native peoples, an apology never spoken is no apology at all
NY Times: How Bad Are U.S. Wildfires? Even Hawaii Is Battling a Surge.
CNN: Methamphetamine in waterways may be turning trout into addicts
CNN: More than 125 Covid-19 cases tied to South Texas church camp, pastor says
The Verge: Microsoft issues emergency Windows patch to fix critical ‘PrintNightmare’ vulnerability
The Guardian: Pentagon cancels $10bn Jedi contract with Microsoft after Amazon challenge
California Healthline: California’s Highest Covid Infection Rates Shift to Rural Counties
NBC News: German who ran think tank arrested for spying for China
NY Times: Cuomo Declares a Gun Violence Emergency in New York State
HackerNoon: How Free Streaming Websites Could Harm Your Online Security
Huffington Post: Terrified White Supremacists Run Away After Philadelphia March Goes Awry
Press Democrat: https://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/news/1-of-3-big-california-wildfires-still-a-threat-to-homes/
LA Times: Ammon Bundy seizes on housing shortage in new bid to take public lands in Idaho
LA Times: Containment of Northern California wildfires grows but wind a concern
The Guardian: Sixty years of climate change warnings: the signs that were missed (and ignored)
The Guardian: Nordic countries endure heatwave as Lapland records hottest day since 1914
NPR: Beware Of 'Shrinkflation,' Inflation's Devious Cousin
NPR: 4th Of July Shootings Across The Country Kill More Than 180
KRCR: Redding fireworks show ignites three small vegetation fires on Sunday
KRCR: Containment on Lava Fire jumps to 71% with 25,000 acres burned
Monday, July 5, 2021
Fox Sacramento: 14 backpackers rescued after getting caught in thunderstorm in Emigrant Wilderness
The Guardian: ‘We say it’s a racial paradise’: how two police killings are dividing Hawaii
The Guardian: ‘Killing spree’: Wisconsin’s wolf population plunges after protections removed
Yahoo News: What Smoking Marijuana Every Day Does to Your Body
CNN: 80 people feared missing in deadly 'tsunami' mudslide in central japan
East Bay Times: Here’s how California homeowners are trying to save their fire insurance
East Bay Times: Hemp farmers get the hint that they’re not welcome in Contra Costa
East Bay Times: Drought: The end of California’s groundwater free-for-all
LA Times: Massive scale, details of worldwide Kaseya ransomware attack emerge
NY Post: Faroe Islands slaughter hundreds of whales in gruesome tradition
Washington Post: 50 years after his death, fans honor Jim Morrison in Paris
Redding Record Searchlight: 530 Fire Watch: Overloaded electrical outlet starts fire
Redding Record Searchlight: Salt Fire updates: Fire burning north of Redding grows 22%, while containment also up
SFGate: Humboldt's peacock caper makes SF paper
SFGate: Report: 160 shopping carts were stolen from a San Francisco Safeway in a month
SFGate: Crisis averted after woman finds thousands of plastic balls in Lake Tahoe
Sunday, July 4, 2021
LA Times: Cuba evacuates 180,000 as Tropical Storm Elsa closes in
LA Times: This architect is trying to save cougars from becoming roadkill on California freeways
San Jose Mercury News: Here’s how California homeowners are trying to save their fire insurance
Press Democrat: Unhoused San Jose families find home in community of recycled shipping containers
NPR: Ticks Suck. Here's A Guide To Identifying Them And Avoiding Bites
NPR: She Struggled To Reclaim Her Indigenous Name. She Hopes Others Have It Easier
NPR: Backyard Grilling Seems Safe, Until It Isn't
Saturday, July 3, 2021
KRCR: Armed standoff with heavily armed men shuts down part of I-95
LA Times: No such thing as ‘safe and sane’ fireworks in a bone-dry California primed to burn
SF Chronicle: Body of California university professor found in Yosemite
Friday, July 2, 2021
Mt. Shasta News: Lava Fire Friday updates: 'Good line' around fire's west, south edges, bad air quality
NY Post: Exxon Mobil senior lobbyist duped by Greenpeace into spilling beans on efforts
The Guardian: Sha’Carri Richardson out of Olympic 100m after positive cannabis test
The Guardian: Yellowstone’s most famous geyser could shut down, with huge ramifications