Other Cool Stuff From Around the World, Mostly By Gina
Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2020
NY Times: Trump Appointees Describe the Crushing of the C.D.C.
The Verge: Facebook criticizes Apple’s iOS privacy changes with full-page newspaper ads
CNBC: A $7 trillion climate change warning to the stock market from its biggest shareholder
Far Out Magazine: This is what Eric Clapton thought about The Grateful Dead
The Guardian: Psychedelic drug DMT to be trialled in UK to treat depression
Washington Post: A new Trump rule could shrink protected habitat for endangered wildlife
Washington Post: Biden picks former EPA chief Gina McCarthy as White House climate czar
Washington Post: Critique: Bill Barr was a disdainful block of gray
Washington Post: Hundreds of invitees skip Mike Pompeo’s indoor holiday party at State Department
Washington Post: The U.S. government spent billions on a system for detecting hacks. The Russians outsmarted it.
Washington Post: FDA authorizes first rapid, over-the-counter home coronavirus test
The Guardian: Shuteye and sleep hygiene: the truth about why you keep waking up at 3am
The Guardian: An app could catch 98.5% of all Covid-19 infections. Why isn't it available?
The Guardian: 'Like nothing seen in nature before': strange dinosaur has scientists enthralled
The Guardian: What you need to know about the biggest hack of the US government in years
The Guardian: Trump administration has executed more Americans than all states combined, report finds
The Hill: Senate GOP to Trump: The election is over
The Hill: DeVos urges Education Dept. staff to 'resist' when Biden takes office
The Hill: Neighbors stress Trump can't live at Mar-a-Lago resort after leaving White House
The Hill: Democrats press to bar lawmakers from carrying guns in the Capitol
NPR: All The Oomph, Minus The Vroom? Electric Pickups Take Aim At American Market
NPR: Distant Cousins Of Food Crops Deserve Respect And Protection
NPR: Scores Of Private Charitable Foundations Got Paycheck Protection Program Money
MIT Tech Review: How Russian hackers infiltrated the US government for months without being spotted
Discover Magazine: Solar Panel Waste: The Dark Side of Clean Energy
Smithsonian Magazine: These Conservation Stories Prove 2020 Was Not All Bad News
NY Post: Kansas mayor resigns amid threats after supporting COVID-19 mask mandate
NY Post: Jeff Bezo's ex-wife gives nearly $4.2B to charity in 4 months amid pandemic
KTLA: ‘Christmas Star’ to form this week for 1st time in 800 years; here’s how to watch
KTLA: Ongoing COVID-19 surge has ICUs at capacity, hospitals turning to desperate measures
EuroNews: Millions of kilos of plastic packaging from Amazon are devastating the environment, says report
Seattle Times: FDIC eases path for giants like Amazon and Facebook to become lenders
Seattle Times: Seattle plans to clear homeless encampment from Cal Anderson Park on Capitol Hill
The Oregonian: Klamath Falls cop arrested after drug-related car crash
The Oregonian: Kindergarten teacher delivering supplies carjacked at gunpoint in NE Portland, police say
The Oregonian: Uber driver — an Iraqi refugee working to bring new wife to U.S. — on life support after suspected mistaken shooting
The Oregonian: All of Oregon Coast now classified at ‘extreme risk’ of COVID-19 spread, Gov. Kate Brown says
Mt. Shasta News: Mount Shasta council won't fine businesses who defy mask mandate
AP News: A pandemic atlas: USA by the numbers, telling and horrifying
AP News: Negotiators make progress on long-delayed COVID-19 aid bill
AP News: Dutch court refuses to return painting to Jewish heirs
LA Times: ‘Stunned at the price tag,’ L.A. councilman asks city to study cost of tiny home villages
LA Times: Column: California’s ‘climate damn emergency’ can’t be ignored
LA Times: California shatters single-day COVID-19 death record, with 295
AP News: Minnesota juvenile lifer walks free after 18 years in prison
AP News: Germany enters harder lockdown as virus deaths hit new high
LA Times: Mitch McConnell warns GOP off electoral college brawl in Congress
KRCR: "Exposure Notifications" popping up on your phone? Here's how it works