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.
Sunday, June 8
Washington Post: An AI app told me when I’ll die — and I liked it
NY Times : Corruption Has Flooded America. The Dams Are Breaking.
NPR: Salmonella outbreak linked to California egg distributor sickens 79 people
Phys.Org: New technologies help wood-burning stoves burn more efficiently, produce less smoke
Washington Post: Trump administration weighs broad cancellation of California funding
Washington Post: A powerful, opaque al-Qaeda affiliate is rampaging across West Africa
Phys.Org: E-bikes and e-scooters are popular—but dangerous. A transport expert explains how to make them safer
Smithsonian Magazine: How Harriet Beecher Stowe Turned Public Opinion Against Slavery
OPB: Former dam property along White Salmon River to be sold to Yakama Nation
AP News: South Dakota is on track to spend $2 billion on prisons in the next decade
KQED: Bay Area Civil Rights Attorney Calls for Teen Sprinter’s Win to Be Reinstated
KQED: Rare Purple Californian Flowers Are Blooming More Than Ever
The Guardian: 101 dogs rescued from apparent puppy mill in North Carolina
The Guardian: Looted from Syria, sold on Facebook: antiquities smuggling surges after fall of Assad
OPB: A new tiny home community for homeless seniors is coming to Medford
OPB: How photographer Ivan McClellan’s vision brought a Black rodeo boom to Portland
NPR: Trump's efforts to cut National Parks budget faces bipartisan pushback
NPR: A former police chief who escaped from an Arkansas prison is captured
NPR: Chile's Indigenous fishermen say the salmon industry threatens their way of life
AP News: Israel vows to prevent an aid boat carrying Greta Thunberg and other activists from reaching Gaza
BBC: National Guard to arrive in LA 'within 24 hours', as governor calls Trump's move 'inflammatory'
BBC: Doctors trialling 'poo pills' to flush out dangerous superbugs
BBC: Canada wildfires smoke turns UK skies orange
BBC: Italy citizenship referendum: 'I was born here - but feel rejected'
AP News: Video shows dolphin calf’s birth and first breath at Chicago zoo, with mom’s friend helping
The Guardian: America’s infatuation with boy geniuses and ‘Great Men’ is ruining us
The Atlantic: What Happens When People Don’t Understand How AI Works
The Atlantic: Oceans Awash in Plastic Waste
Mother Jones: The Trump White House Is a Giant National Security Red Flag
The Atlantic: Sometimes a Parade Is Just a Parade
AP News: Judge says administration can dismantle the Institute of Museum and Library Services
The Guardian: The river that came back to life: a journey down the reborn Klamath
The Guardian: Iran extends ban on dog-walking for ‘public order, safety and health’
The Guardian: Booming US gambling industry a ‘highway without speed limits’, top regulator warns
AP News: Chinese hackers and user lapses turn smartphones into a ‘mobile security crisis’
The Oregonian: Salmonella outbreak tied to eggs sickens dozens in Washington and 6 other states
The Oregonian: In Portland, intensive reading tutoring delivers eye-opening results, propels some children to grade-level in months
Courthouse News Service: Trump-appointed judges restore White House ban on AP
Courthouse News Service: Proud Boys convicted in Jan. 6 attack seek $100 million in civil rights suit
LA Times: What to know about Trump’s deployment of National Guard troops to LA protests
Sacramento Bee: California SEIU president out of hospital, in custody after immigration protest
KCRA: California family reunited with a century-old photo album that was found in a dumpster
KCRA: Innocent man dies after Sacramento police chase ends in crash involving 7 vehicles
KRCR: Humboldt Bay fire crews contain blaze at Eureka home caused by faulty solar shingle system
East Bay Times: Opinion: How much California government and taxes have exploded under Democrats’ control
East Bay Times: Mayors of California’s largest cities warn that funding loss will set back homelessness progress
KTLA: $150K Camaro stolen from influencer during Southern California event
CBS : Supreme Court lets DOGE access sensitive Social Security Administration information
CBS Bay Area: University of California researchers face uncertain future over possible federal funding cuts
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