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, March 3, 2024
Scientific American: Why Writing by Hand Is Better for Memory and Learning
NPR: UnitedHealth: A health care company ties Russian-linked cybercriminals to its prescriptions breach
NPR: ‘It’ll take years’: Panhandle residents contemplate rebuilding their lives after the fires
NPR: 'Everything is rising at a scary rate': Why car and home insurance costs are surging
Money: The Income Needed to Buy a Typical Home Has Soared 80% Since 2020
Spokesman-Review: Appeals court ruling means over 100 Jan. 6 rioters may be resentenced
CNET: How to Save Money on Disney Plus, Hulu, Netflix and Other Streaming Subscriptions
KOMO : Washington Senate approves education on dangers of high-potency cannabis products
The Guardian: ‘It feels like we’ve been lobotomised’: the possible sexual consequences of SSRIs
The Guardian: Jerusalem ‘land grab’: Armenian community fear eviction after contentious deal
Axios: Deaths from drinking surged to 500 a day during pandemic: CDC
The Guardian: Texas wildfire: strong winds continue to thwart firefighters’ efforts to contain blaze
NBC News: A ‘cowboy ski town’ where high earners can’t afford a home faces a housing battle
NY Times: ‘I’m Matt.’ For Some Politicians, Addiction Battles Drive Policymaking.
Washington Post: These Amazon villages are powering up without electric poles or cables
Washington Post: California rains resurrect a long-dead lake in dry Death Valley
The Atlantic: AI Is Taking Water From the Desert
The Atlantic: America’s Last Morse-Code Station
The Guardian: Entrance fees, visitor zones and taxes: how Europe’s biggest cities are tackling overtourism
East Bay Times: Tahoe storm brings wind gusts of 190 mph, closes I-80 indefinitely
The Guardian: Inside the Frozen Zoo, where scientists put disappearing species on ice: ‘It’s banking hope’
Oregon Public Broadcasting: The 50th anniversary of the Boldt Decision is a celebration of Native leadership
The Guardian: ‘As bad as it gets’: powerful blizzard hits California, closing roads and ski resorts
Oregon Public Broadcasting: What does it take to flee Gaza? Thousands of dollars, paid to an Egyptian broker
KPTV: Former Damascus Christian School principal, coach and his wife indicted for sexually abusing student
Oregon Public Broadcasting: Washington state lawmakers advance a bill to provide relief as opioids scourge devastates tribes
AP News: LeBron James reaches 40,000 points to extend his NBA career scoring record
Oregon Public Broadcasting: ‘I love this sport’: Oregon hosts first-ever state tournament for girls wrestling
Oregon Public Broadcasting: Recipe for disaster: Oregon Coast group puts a twist on emergency food preparedness
BBC: 'Office culture' as we know it is dead. Workers have other ideas
BBC: Can bright green 'super powders' really make you healthy?
BBC: Gazans crowdfund thousands for uncertain escape
Courthouse News Service: With solo shark kill, killer whale demonstrates adaptation, raises new ecological questions
LA Times: Ex-Dodger Steve Garvey’s remarkable rise to the top of poll in California U.S. Senate race
LA Times: San Francisco Art Institute is sold to a new nonprofit — along with the Diego Rivera mural inside
LA Times: Threatened in their homeland, feral Mexican parrots thrive on L.A.’s exotic landscaping
Action News Shasta: 2 people arrested for having about 1.5 pounds of suspected meth in Shasta County
KRCR: Japanese firefighters train with Butte County's Cal Fire to learn U.S. techniques
AP News: VIDEO: 2024 Iditarod gets underway with ceremonial start in Anchorage
KRCR: Oregon father arrested for drugging tween daughter's friends during sleepover: Docs
KRCR: Hundreds of thousands of fish found dead in Klamath River
KCRA: Iceland’s Blue Lagoon evacuated ahead of ‘imminent’ volcanic eruption
Marin Independent Journal: Marin zoning changes could significantly increase housing density
SFGate: 190-mph wind gust pummels Tahoe Basin, nearly breaks record
SF Chronicle: Here’s a first look at California’s massive high-speed rail stations
SF Chronicle: Historic California dam removal, meant to help salmon, sees massive die-off
Press Democrat: Assembly District 2 race turned into an expensive blizzard of campaign ads, replete with mud slinging
RHBB: Choosing Humboldt County’s Cannabis Future: The Measure A Debate
RHBB: Fall-Run Chinook Salmon Fry Succumb to Gas Bubble Disease in Klamath River
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