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, Aug. 23, 2021
LA Times: California National Guard plans 99-acre solar farm in Los Alamitos
LA Times: Op-Ed: The burning debate — manage forest fires or suppress them?
LA Times: Op-Ed: Here’s how the U.S. military can better fight the ‘existential threat’ of climate change
LA Times: Caldor fire burning east of Sacramento tops 100,000 acres, with winds expected to weaken
Growing Pains, with Nick Flores: 0.40 - Hailey Lamb
The Guardian: ‘The trashy stuff connects to the bigger picture’: the gossip-ification of America
RHBB: Mendocino County Grand Jury: ‘Homelessness in Mendocino County as a Community Concern’
RHBB: COVID Summer Surge (Mostly Among the Unvaccinated) Brings Humboldt to the Brink of Hospital Capacity as Staffing Crisis Worsens
Sunday, Aug. 22, 2021
RHBB: Monument Fire Containment Increases to 20% After Another Day of Heavy Smoke Suffocating the Flames
The Atlantic: California: THE WELL FIXER’S WARNING
FIRE UPDATE: Monument: Monument Fire North Zone Evening Update August 22 (Monument Fire Wildfire)
The Atlantic: All These Simultaneous Disasters Are Messing With Our Brains
The Atlantic: Cows: ‘What Is This Doing to Their Lungs?’
San Jose Mercury News: At least 5 South Florida officers died from Covid-19 over the course of one week
Reuters: Israel finds COVID-19 vaccine booster significantly lowers infection risk
Oregon Public Broadcasting: Gunfire erupts after Proud Boys and anti-fascists openly brawl in Portland without police intervention
NPR: 22 Dead, Many Missing After 17 Inches Of Rain In Tennessee
East Bay Times: Caldor Fire closes in on 100,000 acres after jumping Highway 50
LA Times: California recall reality: Newsom could be replaced by candidate with far fewer votes
KRCR: Disaster case managers play critical role in fire survivor's recovery
KRCR: Containment increases on the Monument Fire in Trinity County
FIRE UPDATE: McFarland: McFarland Fire Evening Update August 22 (McFarland Fire Wildfire)
Smithsonian Magazine: ‘World’s Worst Invasive Weed’ Sold at Many U.S. Garden Centers
Smithsonian Magazine: More Than 40 Million Acres of Land Have Burned in Siberia
Smithsonian Magazine: Researchers Transfer a Human Protein Into Plants to Supersize Them
NY Times Magazine: Superweeds: Herbicides are losing the war — and agriculture might never be the same again.
Non Sequitur: Non Sequitur by Wiley Miller for Mon, 23 Aug 2021
SoHum Parlance: Anti-vax protest at St. Joe’s
RHBB: Sunday’s Air Quality Report
FIRE UPDATE: Monument: Hayfork Community Gathering to be held Monday, August 23, 2021 (Monument Fire Wildfire)
RHBB: 11 Homes and 14 Other Structures Known to Be Destroyed so Far on the McFarland Fire
RHBB: Monument Fire Grew Another 2000 Acres in the Last Day, Containment Remains at 16%
FIRE UPDATE: McFarland: McFarland Fire Morning Update August 22 (McFarland Fire Wildfire)
RHBB: Garbage truck driver saves family from burning home
Humboldt Last Week: 218. Recology hero | Accused predator | Shot in privates | Nailed-up squirrel | Cop resigns | More
FIRE UPDATE: Monument: Monument Fire North Zone August 22, 2021 (Monument Fire Wildfire)
FIRE UPDATE: McCash: Pacific Southwest Region Emergency Forest Closure in Effect August 22, 2021 (McCash Fire Wildfire)
Digg: Watch This Scientist Debunk This Anti-Vaxxer's Misinformation Point By Point In Real Time
RHBB: Crash This Morning at Freshwater Corners
KTLA: Big waves and high tides bring hazardous conditions to SoCal beaches, cause some flooding
KTLA: Here are several convenient ways to keep a digital copy of your vaccination card on your smartphone
NY Times: Miscue After Miscue, U.S. Exit Plan Unravels
Washington Post: Biden set to update on evacuations; Pentagon orders commercial airlines to provide planes
KRCR: Rev. Jesse Jackson, wife Jacqueline hospitalized for COVID
The Guardian: Attack of the giant rodents or class war? Argentina’s rich riled by new neighbors
The Guardian: Constant craving: how digital media turned us all into dopamine addicts
The Guardian: Pentagon orders commercial airlines to help in Afghanistan evacuations
East Bay Times: Exclusive: First U.S. COVID deaths came earlier — and in different places — than previously thought
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