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.
Tuesday, April 15
NPR: Scientists worry about free speech rights under the Trump administration
NPR: Climate activists were hacked. There was a link between the victims and an alleged attacker
NPR: Another baby orca spotted with Northwest's endangered J Pod
NPR: A whistleblower's disclosure details how DOGE may have taken sensitive labor data
Science Alert: Ozempic Reshapes The Kinds of Food People Eat. Here's What Happens.
Science Alert: Pornography's Prevalence Could Have a Dire Impact on Our Brain, Studies Show
Smithsonian Magazine: Destinations Hit by Natural Disasters Need Tourists Back—but Maybe Not in the Same Way as Before
NY Times : Older People Seeking Care for Cannabis Use at Greater Risk for Dementia, Study Finds
BBC: The Taliban banned Afghan girls from school. Low-paid carpet weaving is now their lifeline
Reuters: Egypt’s tourism push puts pristine Red Sea beach at risk, say environmentalists
AP News: Wisconsin clerk who failed to count almost 200 ballots resigns amid internal investigation
The Atlantic: What Porn Taught a Generation of Women
The Atlantic: Kleptocracy, Inc. - Under Trump, conflicts of interest are just part of the system.
The Atlantic: The Constitutional Crisis Is Here
Idaho Statesman: ‘It’s a dire time’: Bernie Sanders, AOC draw 12,000-plus to Idaho rally
Politico: The FDA fired its tobacco enforcers. Now it wants them back.
Washington Post: China, where fat equals rich, tries to tackle a growing obesity crisis
BBC: Iraq sandstorm leaves many with breathing problems
NY Times : Inside Trump’s Plan to Halt Hundreds of Regulations
Washington Post: DOGE is collecting federal data to remove immigrants from housing, jobs
The Hill: Big law spends top dollar as Trump takes aim at firms
The Guardian: Documents reveal Trump’s plan to gut funding for Nasa and climate science
Politico: Trump weighs slashing State Department budget by nearly half
Politico: Gold bars and an FBI probe: Inside Trump’s effort to pry back $20B from Biden’s climate spending
Politico: POLL: California insiders say ‘meh’ to a potential Kamala Harris for governor run
Ars Technica: CT scans could cause 5% of cancers, study finds; experts note uncertainty
The Hill: Trump administration sued after taking down public spending tracker
The Hill: DOGE’s IRS cuts will cost the average American a fortune
BBC: What Trump really wants from Canada
BBC: Trump blames Zelensky for starting war after massive Russian attack
The Guardian: Caribbean activists step up fight to end homophobic laws that ‘breach fundamental rights’
BBC: Mark Zuckerberg defends Meta in social media monopoly trial
BBC: Watch: JD Vance drops college football trophy at White House ceremony
The Guardian: US’s $2.36tn tourism business fears ‘Trump slump’ over tariff turmoil
The Guardian: PR campaign may have fuelled food study backlash, leaked document shows
The Guardian: ‘Shock to the system’: farmers hit by Trump’s tariffs and cuts say they need another bailout
AP News: Despite a court order, White House bars AP from Oval Office event
AP News: Xi makes a case for free trade, presenting China as a source of ‘stability and certainty’
The Guardian: Sudan in ‘world’s largest humanitarian crisis’ after two years of civil war
The Guardian: Trump donors eye potential bonanza if US succeeds with Greenland land-grab
The Guardian: Obama condemns Trump’s $2.3bn Harvard funding freeze as ‘unlawful and ham-handed’
AP News: Trump administration freezes $2.2 billion in grants to Harvard over campus activism
AP News: These abortion abolitionists want women who get abortion to face criminal charges
AP News: Surveillance video shows federal agents tackling a Venezuelan man in New Hampshire courthouse
The Oregonian: Search continues for missing Willamette Falls kayaker
The Olympian: Squaxin Island Tribe plans to turn Olympia justice center into destination hotel
The Olympian: Gov. Ferguson says WA will appeal after FEMA denies state’s disaster-relief request
The Oregonian: 5 questions for Jane Goodall: On hope, the Oregon primate lab and Trump cuts
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