Other Cool Stuff From Around the World, Mostly By Gina
Thursday, June 3, 2021
The Hill: Poll: 65 percent of voters say psychedelic substances do not have medical use
The Hill: Thousands of Olympic volunteers quit ahead of Tokyo Games
NY Post: Space junk slams into space station, leaving gaping hole in robotic arm
NY Times: A 20-Foot Sea Wall? Miami Faces the Hard Choices of Climate Change.
NY Times: A 7-Year-Old Was Accused of Rape. Is Arresting Him the Answer?
NY Times: Tasked to Fight Climate Change, a Secretive U.N. Agency Does the Opposite
Washington Post: Ecological disaster looms as ship with ‘dangerous goods’ aboard sinks off Sri Lankan coast
Washington Post: Trump ends blog after 29 days, infuriated by measly readership
Washington Post: Safety agency bans range of unregulated baby sleep products tied to at least 90 deaths
Washington Post: Explaining HIPAA: No, it doesn’t ban questions about your vaccination status
Washington Post: As a vet spoke about Memorial Day’s roots in Black history, his mic was cut. It was no accident.
Washington Post: Trump Justice Dept. secretly obtained New York Times reporters’ phone records
The Guardian: Microsoft Irish subsidiary paid zero corporate tax on £220bn profit last year
The Guardian: ‘Mind-blowing’: tenth of world’s giant sequoias may have been destroyed by a single fire
The Guardian: Bill Gates and Warren Buffett to build new kind of nuclear reactor in Wyoming
The Guardian: ‘It’s dehumanizing’: Texas valedictorian goes off script to attack abortion ban
The Oregonian: 6 early morning fires in N. Portland prompt arson investigation
Del Norte Triplicate: Increased fish kill is a troubling sign
KRCR: Cannabis in Chico: City council moves forward with application process for dispensaries
KRCR: Northstate wells are running dry forcing locals to find other sources of water
KTVU: Even vaccinated California workers may have to keep masks on
KTLA: 9-year-old driver, 4-year-old sister crash into big rig on way to California from Utah
KTLA: California’s reservoirs ravaged by drought ahead of hot summer
LA Times: California’s top court weighs overturning hundreds of death penalty sentences
LA Times: California rockhounding: How to find gems, crystals, minerals, rocks
Modesto Bee: Sierra logging projects won’t be halted while lawsuit is decided about endangered fishers
Sacramento Bee: California wants to buy nonlethal bear traps and pay ranchers when wolves kill their cows
AP News: Amsterdam tests out electric autonomous boats on its canals
East Bay Times: EDD fraud mess: Judge sides with jobless workers against big bank
Marin Independent Journal: College of Marin razes Bolinas marine lab for $5.9M center
Press Democrat: California Senate passes bills to promote prescribed burns, bolster firefighting tech
Press Democrat: Santa Rosa police investigating shooting after victim drives himself to fire station
Wednesday, June 2, 2021
The Oregonian: Man sentenced after largest single seizure of methamphetamine in Oregon history
KRCR: Study finds 10% of sequoias were destroyed in a single California fire
Politico: Why Covid rules on liquor, pot and telemedicine might last past the pandemic
The Hill: Haberman: Trump pressing conservative media to write election was 'stolen'
The Hill: Judge rebuffs Noem's bid for July 4th fireworks at Mount Rushmore
Huffington Post: The 139 Republicans Who Lied, Fueled An Insurrection And Then Voted To Cover It Up
NY Daily News: New York has lowest COVID positivity rate in country; Cuomo calls on tourists to return
NY Daily News: NY Metro Transit System Hit By Suspected Chinese Hackers
You Tube: How 800 Million Pounds of Himalayan Salt Are Mined Each Year in Pakistan
The Guardian: US troops accidentally raid sunflower oil factory in Bulgaria
SF Chronicle: Mendo gas station has most expensive gas in the U.S.
Forbes: More Than 100 Scholars Issue Warning That American Democracy Is In Danger, Call For Federal Reforms
Vice: The Canadian Military Has Been Encountering UFOs for Decades, Documents Show
NPR: Buried Alive In Mongolia's Worst Sandstorms In A Decade
Digg: Douchebag Boaters Taunt Family With Pride Flag, Get Some Instant Karma Fail Karma
Washington Post: New system to protect census data may compromise accuracy, some experts say
Washington Post: Arizona plans to execute prisoners with a lethal gas the Nazis used at Auschwitz
The Guardian: California launches first-in-nation taskforce to study reparations for Black Americans