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.
Saturday, Jan. 16, 2021
The Guardian: Not just for drunken sailors: how sea shanties took over TikTok
The Guardian: Outrage after Mexico exonerates ex-defense minister in drug case
The Guardian: Left stranded: US military sonar linked to whale beachings in Pacific, say scientists
The Guardian: Ice flies African asylum seekers to Nairobi in last-minute deportation push
The Guardian: Outcry as Trump officials to transfer sacred Native American land to miners
Mt. Shasta News: If dams are removed, will there be water for firefighting? KRRC says yes, with new plan
NPR: Amazon Warehouse Workers To Decide Whether To Form Company's 1st U.S. Union
NPR: Can The Forces Unleashed By Trump's Big Election Lie Be Undone?
NPR: U.S. Now Says No Direct Evidence Of 'Kill/Capture Teams' So Far In Capitol Riot
Reuters: Thailand serves up cannabis cuisine to happy customers
Reuters: Japan's suicides jump 16% in COVID-19 second wave after fall in first wave: study
Reuters: Forty seven players quarantined after COVID-19 cases on Australian Open flights
AP News: China builds hospital in 5 days after surge in virus cases
Yahoo News: Large bitcoin payments to right-wing activists a month before Capitol riot linked to foreign account
Wall St Journal: Covid-19 Vaccine Leaders Waited Months to Approve Distribution Plans
KRCR: Three suffer major injuries, passenger ejected in rollover crash on I-5 in Siskiyou
KTLA: PG&E to pay up to $190M to clean up San Francisco marina polluted by long-closed gas plant
LA Times: Biden plans early legislation to offer legal status to 11 million immigrants without it
LA Times: Column: How Trump cheapened one of America’s highest honors, the Medal of Freedom
LA Times: California unemployment fraud could top $9 billion, double previous estimate, expert warns
Santa Cruz Sentinel: After final draft of rail-trail project study causes a greater divide
San Jose Mercury: A hot meal: East Bay city to pay restaurants to feed those in need
East Bay Times: ‘It works:’ Oakland’s homelessness prevention program helps 5,000 families
East Bay Times: San Francisco: One detained after feds find chemicals to make explosives
SF Chronicle: 20-foot waves, 70-degree temps are recipe for danger at SF Bay Area beaches
SF Chronicle: 699 people died of drug overdoses in San Francisco last year compared to 235 from COVID-19
Politico: Retired general who led Katrina response tapped for immediate review of Capitol security
Politico: Judge blocks release of man pictured with feet on desk in Pelosi's office
NY Times: Confused About Masks? Here’s What Scientists Know
NY Times: One Mask Is Good. Would Two Be Better?
RHBB: Trinity County Offeres First Drive-Thru COVID-19 Vaccination
RHBB: Bureau of Land Management to Start Paradise Ridge Forest Health Project in King Range NCA
Friday, Jan. 15, 2021
Gizmodo: Leaked Parler Data Points to Users at Police Stations, U.S. Military Bases
New Republic: The Dream Job That Wasn’t: The Pitfalls of Doing What You Love
Huffington Post: Capitol Police Intelligence Warned Of Insurrection Days In Advance: Report
Huffington Post: Governors Furious That Promised Federal Vaccine ‘Reserves’ Are Already Gone
The Oregonian: Congress debates former presidents’ perks, including Secret Service protection, pension, office space
The Oregonian: University of Oregon to start environmental justice institute after receiving $4.5 million grant
The Oregonian: Crews search for body of woman swept away in Multnomah County landslide
The Oregonian: Feds back away from claim of assassination plot at Capitol
KTLA: 1 in 3 L.A. County residents has had COVID-19, new estimate shows
KTLA: 137 arrested as sheriff’s deputies bust series of Thursday night parties in L.A.
The Guardian: US set for flurry of ‘Christian nationalist’ bills advanced by religious right
The Guardian: Does Generation Z know how to email properly? An investigation
The Guardian: Billionaires add $1tn to net worth during pandemic as their workers struggle
SF Chronicle: Not just Boebert: Giants owner Charles B. Johnson maxed out donations to a dozen others on far right
KMUD: No CRV Buyback Yet in Southern Humboldt