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.
Thursday, Aug. 17, 2023
/r/humboldt: How is the Lone Pine Fire near Hoopa affecting the Willow Creek area? How’s the air quality?
Wild Rivers Outpost: Smith River Complex Sparks More Evacuations; No Estimated Time For Reopening U.S. 199, Caltrans Says
/r/humboldt: Should we expect a 30-meter tsunami scenario when the Cascadia quake happens?
KINS: Talkshop 081723 – Casey Day
/r/humboldt: Anyone looking for an RV spot to rent in Mckinleyville/Fieldbrook area?
SoHum Parlance: Is Barbie “woke?”
City of Eureka Meetings: Economic Development Commission - Aug 23, 2023
Times-Standard : HACHR executive director stepping down
Times-Standard : Local athletes highlight 18 new recruits for Humboldt men’s track
Times-Standard : Wildfires | Hoopa area blaze 5% contained, more resources sent to address steep terrain
Times-Standard : ‘I snapped’: Defendant testifies in Alderpoint murder trial
Military News: Air Force Won't Disclose Causes of 17 Deaths at Tinker Air Force Base This Year
Washington Post: National park hikers are dying from falls
NY Times: Peter Schumann’s Bread and Puppet Theater is going strong and, at 89, so is he
Washington Post: Uncured bacon really isn’t a better alternative. It’s still bacon.
CBS : Random drug testing for 7th to 12th graders raising eyebrows in Nebraska
Washington Post: Oil companies are hiring TikTok influencers to court young people
Washington Post: Opinion Marijuana keeps growing more dangerous. The FDA needs to step in.
NY Times: New Top Cop at the E.P.A. Aims to Get Enforcement Back on Track
Washington Post: Here’s where water is running out in the world — and why
Washington Post: The toxic aftermath of the Maui fires could last for years
NY Times: Can’t Hear the Dialogue in Your Streaming Show? You’re Not Alone.
NY Times: How the Narcotrafficking Industry Seized Power in Ecuador
NY Times: As Dead Dolphins Wash Ashore, Ukraine Builds a Case of Ecocide Against Russia
Idaho Statesman: Wait, what was found on the banks of the Salmon River? How did this fish get to Idaho?
Yahoo News: Tennessee hostage situation ends with brothers killed, 4 officers and victim wounded
NY Times: Nobody Knows Why the New Weight Loss Drugs Work
Courthouse News Service: Mexican scientists refute US, Canadian claims of genetically modified corn’s safety
Courthouse News Service: Water wars: Mexico conference denounces plunder of resources from Indigenous communities
The Atlantic: Photos: Brown Bears Fishing at Alaska’s Brooks Falls
The Atlantic: The Sriracha Shortage Is a Very Bad Sign
AP News: Ex-Anaheim mayor to plead guilty in federal corruption case over Angel Stadium sale
The Hill: Trump refusal to sign loyalty pledge puts RNC in bind
The Hill: Opinion: Latin America’s dictators are steering a new wave of migrants toward the US
BBC: Gotthard: World's longest rail tunnel shut for months after freight crash
BBC: Canada wildfire: Race to evacuate city as blaze approaches
The Guardian: Maui wildfires expose rift over island’s tourism: ‘We’re more vulnerable than anyone admits’
The Guardian: Climber arrested in Paris after jumping from Eiffel Tower with parachute
The Guardian: Wish you weren’t here! How tourists are ruining the world’s greatest destinations
The Guardian: ‘Out of reach’: median home price in Los Angeles nears $1m
SF Chronicle: Pacific Crest Trail closes in far Northern California as fires rage
The Guardian: Revealed: WHO aspartame safety panel linked to alleged Coca-Cola front group
AP News: Hawaii is vowing to protect landowners on Maui from being pressured to sell after wildfires
LA Times: Why Detroit, America’s poorest city, doesn’t have an L.A.-sized homeless problem
AP News: An appeals court backs some abortion drug limits, pending the Supreme Court’s approval
Vox: Americans can’t afford their pets. It’s pushing animal shelters to the brink.
AP News: Air evacuations are to begin for people in the path of wildfires in Canada’s Northwest Territories
AP News: California town of Paradise deploys warning sirens as 5-year anniversary of deadly fire approaches
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