Links

Southern California Braces for Wildfire Threat Amid Triple-Digit Heat
https://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/western-wildfires/southern-california-braces-wildfire-threat-amid-triple-digit-heat-n813321


Typhoon Lan hits Japan leaving three dead
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-41717210


Jimmy Carter: The media has been harder on Trump than predecessors
[I despise Trump, but it is true that he gets much criticism for trivial things, or things that would have been looked at differently for other presidents. This actually works to the benefit of the budget and legal changes he and the republican Congress are making, taking away attention from serious things.]
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/onpolitics/2017/10/22/jimmy-carter-media-has-been-harder-trump-than-predecessors/788558001/


Mexico takes a big step in addressing carbon emissions
https://www.yaleclimateconnections.org/2017/10/mexico-launches-a-carbon-market/


Troubled By Flint Water Crisis, 11-Year-Old Girl Invents Lead-Detecting Device
http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/10/20/559071028/troubled-by-flint-water-crisis-11-year-old-girl-invents-lead-detecting-device


'Our minds can be hijacked': the tech insiders who fear a smartphone dystopia
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/oct/05/smartphone-addiction-silicon-valley-dystopia


The United States Has Lost One of Its Greatest Astronauts
https://gizmodo.com/the-united-states-has-lost-one-of-its-greatest-astronau-1819809463


Republican Sen. Jeff Flake of Arizona will retire, citing direction of GOP under Trump
https://www.washingtonpost.com/powerpost/sen-jeff-flake-will-retire-citing-direction-of-gop-under-trump/2017/10/24/f33acdfc-b8ec-11e7-9e58-e6288544af98_story.html?utm_term=.35f894eb15ae