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, March 17, 2025
/r/humboldt: Sorry if asked a million times…mechanic recs
Times-Standard : Department of Education investigating Cal Poly Humboldt for equity partnership
Times-Standard : Humboldt County supervisors to consider supporting water legislation, more cannabis permits to be revoked
SoHum Parlance: Dutch parody of the Trump/Zelensky meeting
RHBB: Humboldt County Supes Make Short Term Rental Ordinance Less Permissive
Sunday, March 16, 2025
/r/humboldt: Dr. Jon/John Trefil (now 86) of Albion, Ca has confessed to numerous killings in the Northern California area and beyond. His daughter has taken all of the information she has to social media because it appears that law enforcement has turned a blind eye to these confessions for over a decade.
Washington Post: The free‑living bureaucrat
/r/humboldt: Improv Drop-in classes at Outer Space start tomorrow (3/17)!
RHBB: Traffic Backing Up on 4th Street in Eureka After a Collision
/r/humboldt: Printers at HSU that I can use early in the morning?
NY Times : Gotham FC forward Mak Whitham, 14, becomes youngest player in NWSL history
NY Times : It Fought to Save the Whales. Can Greenpeace Save Itself?
/r/humboldt: Trump and Doge closing Arcata and Eureka NOAA offices.
NY Times : Why Maids Keep Dying in Saudi Arabia
RHBB: [UPDATE 9:14 p.m.] Cabin on Fire on Covelo Road
NY Times : We Were Badly Misled About the Event That Changed Our Lives
Washington Post: How to prepare for a recession before it’s too late
Washington Post: Please. Stop. Spreading. Human. Ash. In. Public.
LA Times: Angst pervades a pair of Republican town halls — one in Trump country, the other in a swing state
The Atlantic: Tuberculosis: The World’s Deadliest Infectious Disease Is About to Get Worse
Reuters: Astronaut crew docks with space station to replace 'Butch and Suni'
Reuters: Doctor at Brown University deported to Lebanon despite US judge's order
The Guardian: Back to cash: life without money in your pocket is not the utopia Sweden hoped
Smithsonian Magazine: A Fisherman and His Son Noticed Strange Pieces of Wood on a Beach. They Turned Out to Be Fragments of a Polynesian Canoe
Smithsonian Magazine: How the Vienna Vegetable Orchestra Performs Music Using Carrots, Turnips, Radishes and Pumpkins
Smithsonian Magazine: Armed With Just a Badge, Los Angeles’ First Policewoman Protected the City’s Most Vulnerable in the Early 20th Century
The Hill: Opinion: The Republican Medicaid cuts will hurt everyone, not just those in need
The Hill: IRS to pause modernization efforts under Trump
AP News: Critics warn staff cuts at federal agencies overseeing US dams could put public safety at risk
OPB: Forget about rare earth minerals. We need more copper
The Hill: Rubio announces deportations day after judge blocks using Alien Enemies Act
The Hill: Trump signs order to dismantle 7 federal agencies focused on media, libraries, homelessness
Politico: Trump’s move to silence pro-democracy media sparks outrage
BBC: Clothes brand gets 100 complaints a day that models are 'too fat'
Politico: Macron to EU colleagues: Stop buying American, buy European
The Hill: Schumer on voting for funding bill: Trump, Musk ‘damage’ could be ‘much worse’ under shutdown
The Guardian: ‘Kids can bypass anything if they’re clever enough!’ How tech experts keep their children safe online
The Guardian: Notorious Blackwater founder is lobbying allies in White House for private contractors to assist in mass deportations
The Guardian: Netflix drama Adolescence has lessons for us all about alienated young men
The Guardian: Line 5, a Trump donor, is profiting off a pipeline deal threatening pollution
The Guardian: Man set on fire in New York’s Times Square
The Guardian: Black Medal of Honor recipient removed from US Department of Defense website
The Guardian: People return to their storm-ravaged homes in the US south – in pictures
OPB: 'Bloody Saturday' at Voice of America and other U.S.-funded networks
BBC: Trump and Putin to hold call on ceasefire deal soon, US envoy says
Texas Monthly: Spain Is the Latest Country to Have Caught the Texas Barbecue Bug
Texas Monthly: This Texan Wants to Leave His Trans Identity in the Past. The GOP Won’t Let Him.