<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">It's Spring!  People are out.  If you need reading matter, start here:  This mixes older and newer, since it's out early.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><p class="gmail-small_air_around" style="margin:4px 6px 4px 15px;padding:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px"><a href="https://berkeleydailyplanet.com/issue/2023-04-15/article/50261?headline=SMITHEREENS-Reflections-on-Bits-Pieces-SmitherBotsPotshots-Plots--Gar-Smith" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:rgb(0,51,153)"><br class="gmail-Apple-interchange-newline">SMITHEREENS: Reflections on Bits & Pieces: SmitherBotsPotshots&Plots</a> <i style="margin:0px;padding:0px">Gar Smith</i> <i style="margin:0px;padding:0px">04-16-2023</i></p><p class="gmail-small_air_around" style="margin:4px 6px 4px 15px;padding:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px"><a href="https://berkeleydailyplanet.com/issue/2023-04-15/article/50262?headline=ON-MENTAL-WELLNESS-Microcomputers-and-Paranoid-Delusions--Jack-Bragen" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:rgb(0,51,153)">ON MENTAL WELLNESS: Microcomputers and Paranoid Delusions</a> <i style="margin:0px;padding:0px">Jack Bragen</i> <i style="margin:0px;padding:0px">04-16-2023</i></p><p class="gmail-small_air_around" style="margin:4px 6px 4px 15px;padding:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px"><a href="https://berkeleydailyplanet.com/issue/2023-04-15/article/50260?headline=Berkeley-City-Council-Discusses-Permanent-Appointment-of-Police-Chief-With-No-Announced-Decision--Kelly-Hammargren" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:rgb(0,51,153)">Berkeley City Council Discusses Permanent Appointment of Police Chief With No Announced Decision</a> <i style="margin:0px;padding:0px">Kelly Hammargren</i> <i style="margin:0px;padding:0px">04-16-2023</i></p><p class="gmail-small_air_around" style="margin:4px 6px 4px 15px;padding:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px"><a href="https://berkeleydailyplanet.com/issue/2023-04-15/article/50263?headline=-PBS-FRONTLINE-exposes-catastrophic-mistakes-by-US-Pentagon--Jagjit-Singh" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:rgb(0,51,153)">PBS FRONTLINE exposes catastrophic mistakes by US Pentagon</a> <i style="margin:0px;padding:0px">Jagjit Singh</i> <i style="margin:0px;padding:0px">04-16-2023</i></p><p class="gmail-small_air_around" style="margin:4px 6px 4px 15px;padding:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px"><a href="https://berkeleydailyplanet.com/issue/2023-04-09/article/50248?headline=What-Has-Happened-with-Hopkins-and-Why--Kelly-Hammargren" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:rgb(0,51,153)">What Has Happened with Hopkins, and Why</a> <i style="margin:0px;padding:0px">Kelly Hammargren</i> <i style="margin:0px;padding:0px">04-10-2023</i></p><p class="gmail-small_air_around" style="margin:4px 6px 4px 15px;padding:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px"><a href="https://berkeleydailyplanet.com/issue/2023-04-09/article/50249?headline=SMITHEREENS-Reflections-on-Bits-Pieces-SmitherLaws-Flaws-Causes--Gar-Smith" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:rgb(0,51,153)">SMITHEREENS: Reflections on Bits & Pieces: SmitherLaws/Flaws&Causes</a> <i style="margin:0px;padding:0px">Gar Smith</i> <i style="margin:0px;padding:0px">04-10-2023</i></p><p class="gmail-small_air_around" style="margin:4px 6px 4px 15px;padding:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px"><a href="https://berkeleydailyplanet.com/issue/2023-04-09/article/50250?headline=ON-MENTAL-WELLNESS-The-Mental-Health-Treatment-System-is-my-Frenemy-Part-II--Jack-Bragen" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:rgb(0,51,153)">ON MENTAL WELLNESS: The Mental Health Treatment System is my Frenemy, Part II</a> <i style="margin:0px;padding:0px">Jack Bragen</i> <i style="margin:0px;padding:0px">04-10-2023</i></p><p class="gmail-small_air_around" style="margin:4px 6px 4px 15px;padding:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px"><a href="https://berkeleydailyplanet.com/issue/2023-04-09/article/50252?headline=Open-Gaza--Jagjit-Singh" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:rgb(0,51,153)">Open Gaza</a> <i style="margin:0px;padding:0px">Jagjit Singh</i> <i style="margin:0px;padding:0px">04-10-2023</i></p><p class="gmail-small_air_around" style="margin:4px 6px 4px 15px;padding:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px"><a href="https://berkeleydailyplanet.com/issue/2023-04-09/article/50259?headline=Getting-Ahead-on-Next-Week--" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:rgb(0,51,153)"><span class="gmail-green" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:green">New: </span>Getting Ahead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