DISCLAIMER: None of the stuff below is written or endorsed by the Outpost, and we’d be willing to bet that at least some of it is crazy and/or wrong. Use critical thinking.
Monday, Jan. 2, 2023
SFGate: Bay Area businesses grapple with severe flooding during New Year's Eve storm
SFGate: Drug-dealing executives: How potheads fell in love with LinkedIn
NPR: She was a popular yoga guru. Then she embraced QAnon conspiracy theories
Slate: The Law That Brought Down Mob Bosses Is Being Turned Against the Oil Industry
NY Times: The 7-Day Happiness Challenge
The Guardian: So you decided to stop drinking? I did - and these are my year’s lessons
The Guardian: The hidden underwater kelp forests that could help tackle the climate crisis
The Guardian: Martina Navratilova diagnosed with early-stage throat and breast cancers
The Guardian: Huge Swedish wolf hunt will be ‘disastrous’ for species, warn experts
The Guardian: Idaho student killings: suspect’s family vow to ‘promote his presumption of innocence’
LA Times: Five questions to ask before you buy a heat pump
LA Times: Scientists explore using psychedelics to treat alcohol, drug disorders
LA Times: Conservationists fight to end Los Angeles water imports from Eastern Sierra’s Mono Lake
KTLA: Storm causes flooding, prompts evacuations in Northern California
San Jose Mercury News: California’s snowpack near decade high. What’s it mean for the drought?
San Jose Mercury News: One of the Bay Area’s last fishing trawlers is once again without a home, forced out of Redwood City
East Bay Times: Internet goes berserk over Stanford ‘language guide’ that discourages use of ‘American’ and ‘survivor’
East Bay Times: Demand has quadrupled at some California abortion clinics since Roe fell
KTVU: Rain impact on California's mega reservoirs
KRON: Live updates: Storm leaves behind widespread flooding, mudslides and rockslides
KRCR: Route 299 one-way traffic control in effect due to slide in Trinity County; expect delays
KCRA: A look at wind damage in Sacramento County after Saturday's storm
KCRA: Dozens rescued from Highway 99 after vehicles get stuck in floodwaters; 1 found dead
KCRA: 2 levee breaches confirmed near Wilton, officials say
Times-Standard : 5.4-magnitude aftershock puts Rio Dell residents on edge
Times-Standard : Arcata sanctuary garden looks to add security after 5th act of vandalism
Sunday, Jan. 1, 2023
MIT Tech Review: A Roomba recorded a woman on the toilet. How did screenshots end up on Facebook?
MIT Tech Review: A startup says it’s begun releasing particles into the atmosphere, in an effort to tweak the climate
NY Times : Failing Septic Systems Create A Toxic Stew on Cape Cod: Human Waste and Warming Water
Wired: Alaska’s Arctic Waterways Are Turning a Foreboding Orange
Non Sequitur: Non Sequitur by Wiley Miller for Mon, 02 Jan 2023
LA Times: Storm pummels Northern California, compromising levee and leaving thousands without power
NCJ: 5.4 Earthquake Hits Near Redcrest
RHBB: [UPDATE 11:02 a.m.] Estimated 5.4 Quake Shakes in the New Year
EcoNews: California’s Third Shakiest Earthquake?
Reuters: Exclusive: Drugmakers to raise prices on at least 350 drugs in U.S. in January
CNN: Magnus Carlsen becomes triple world chess champion for the third time in his career
NY Times : This Nerve Influences Nearly Every Internal Organ. Can It Improve Our Mental State, Too?
NY Times : Waste Less: How Central Ohio Got People to Eat Their Leftovers
NPR: Mega Millions jackpot hits $785 million in time for the first drawing of 2023
NPR: A powerful storm in California is causing flooding, road closures and power outages
CNN: Why Planet Fitness hasn’t raised its $10 monthly gym price in 30 years
Washington Post: Suspect in Idaho stabbings expects to be ‘exonerated,’ lawyer says
Pro Publica: Medicare Keeps Spending More on COVID-19 Testing. Fraud and Overspending Are Partly Why.
SciTechDaily: Startling Discovery: 60% of Home “Compostable” Plastic Doesn’t Fully Decompose, Contaminating Our Soil
SciTechDaily: Key Micronutrients: Study Identifies Supplements That Benefit Cardiovascular Health
Reuters: Kim Jong Un orders new ICBM, bigger nuclear arsenal
WTTW: Illinois Supreme Court Pauses Plans to Eliminate Cash Bail on Eve Before Taking Effect
KCRA: Several teens rescued from tree limbs after car gets stuck in flooded area of Sacramento County
KCRA: 72-year-old man killed by tree during Santa Cruz storm
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