Other Cool Stuff From Around the World, Mostly By Gina
Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2020
NY Daily News: ‘You are not listening’: Fauci scolds Sen. Rand Paul for misconstruing New York’s coronavirus battle
Politico: Trudeau: Canada already in second wave of coronavirus
LA Times: ‘Tsunami’ of hotel closures is coming, experts warn
LA Times: Police officers not charged in the killing of Breonna Taylor
The Counter: What does a vertical farm taste like?
NY Post: Massive trash ‘tsunami’ invades Honduras beaches
San Jose Mercury: Newsom bans sale of all new gasoline-powered cars starting in 2035, calls for fracking ban
San Jose Mercury: Judge: Eric Trump must testify before the election
SF Chronicle: Critical wildfire weather enters Bay Area's weekend forecast
SF Chronicle: This woman's tribe was evicted from Yosemite. Now it's her job to protect it from wildfire
The Guardian: 'I cry before work': US essential workers burned out amid pandemic
The Guardian: 'Bringing beaches back to life': the First Nations restoring ancient clam gardens
The Guardian: Major boost for Trump as Romney backs vote on supreme court nomination
The Guardian: Trump memo on Comey firing was 'tinfoil helmet material', Mueller prosecutor says
Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2020
The Hill: Woodward: Historians examining the Trump era will ask 'What the F happened to America?'
Dallas Morning News: No, Mr. President, you didn’t win Texas by ‘landslide’ and polls didn’t show dead heat four years ago
Sacramento Bee: California marijuana taxes won’t go up for a year under new bill signed by Gavin Newsom
Sacramento Bee: 5 of the 6 largest California wildfires in history started in the past 6 weeks
Sacramento Bee: California reverses course on nail salons, announces they can resume indoor operations soon
San Jose Mercury: Video released of 88-year-old man shot to death by Northern California police
San Jose Mercury: Feds: Major multi-state meth/heroin trafficking ring operated in Sacramento and Solano Counties, leader allegedly ran operations from jail
NY Times: The Russian Trolls Have a Simpler Job Today. Quote Trump.
NY Times: Trump’s Motto: Your Money or Your Life
Knowable Magazine: The accidental tree killers
The Guardian: More than 450 whales stranded in Tasmania in one of world's largest recorded stranding events
The Guardian: The old telly that brought down a Welsh village's broadband
The Guardian: He fought wildfires while imprisoned. California reported him to Ice for deportation
The Oregonian: Actress Drew Barrymore, touched by Oregon fire chief’s commitment amid loss, presents $10,000 check
Washington Post: Pentagon used taxpayer money meant for masks and swabs to make jet engine parts and body armor
Washington Post: Romney backs voting this year on Trump nominee to replace Ginsburg
NY Daily News: Sen. Romney supports vote to fill Supreme Court vacancy before Election Day - all but clinching nomination
KRCR: 77-year-old Red Bluff veteran attacked for wearing MAGA hat
KRCR: Governor Newsom announces $2.2 million for homeless project in Shasta County
The Guardian: 'It smells bad, it tastes bad': how Americans stopped trusting their water
The Guardian: Facebook suspends environmental groups despite vow to fight misinformation
Washington Post: White House recommends Ryan Maue, meteorologist and critic of dire climate predictions, for NOAA chief scientist
Washington Post: Omaha reels as man accused of killing Black Lives Matter protester found dead
Washington Post: No matter what the CDC says, here’s why many scientists think the coronavirus is airborne.
SF Chronicle: Why SF has the lowest COVID-19 death rate of any other major city
SF Chronicle: Inspiring Netflix documentary 'Kiss the Ground': A simple solution to the climate crisis?
Monday, Sept. 21, 2020
NY Times: Mueller’s Team Should Have Done More to Investigate Trump-Russia Links, Top Aide Says
NY Times: An Indigenous Canadian Journalist Was Covering a Protest. Then He Got Arrested.
NY Times: Many Hospitals Charge More Than Twice What Medicare Pays for the Same Care
NY Times: The Age of Electric Cars Is Dawning Ahead of Schedule
The Guardian: 'I picked up a drink and casually set fire to my life': how addiction nearly destroyed me
The Guardian: Can California's tourism industry survive a year unlike any other?
The Guardian: DoJ labels New York, Portland and Seattle 'anarchist jurisdictions'
The Guardian: Trump doubts Ruth Bader Ginsburg's dying wish, claiming Democrats wrote it
SF Chronicle: A dummy's guide to California 2020 ballot measures
SF Chronicle: NIH staffer to retire after he was exposed as the blogger behind anti-Fauci, anti-mask stories