2025.05.15

Harvard’s unofficial copy of Magna Carta is actually an original, experts say
Document issued by Edward I in 1300 was bought by law school library for just $27 in 1946
Olivia Lee
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/may/15/harvards-unofficial-copy-of-magna-carta-is-actually-an-original-experts-say

Keep calm (but delete your nudes): the new rules for travelling to and from Trump’s America
Many people have decided a trip to the US isn’t worth the risk after recent border detentions. But if you are going, what do you need to
Arwa Mahdawi
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/may/15/travel-trump-america-us-border-detentions

US reportedly plans to slash bank rules imposed to prevent 2008-style crash
Watchdogs could cut capital rules as Trump’s deregulation drive opens door to rollback of post-crisis protections
Kalyeena Makortoff Banking correspondent
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/may/15/us-reportedly-plans-slash-bank-rules-imposed-prevent-2008-style-crash

Endangered New Zealand bird caught fighting ‘at risk’ reptile in rare footage
A video shows the large flightless takahē bird in hot pursuit of the tuatara – but the tables soon turn
Eva Corlett in Wellington
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/may/15/endangered-new-zealand-bird-caught-fighting-at-risk-reptile-in-rare-footage

‘Turning point’: claw print fossils found in Australia rewrite story of amniotes by 40 million years
The discovery by two local fossil hunters on a river bank in Victoria has ‘potentially far-reaching implications’, scientists say
Petra Stock
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/may/14/fossilised-claw-prints-australia-amniotes-fossils

A moment that changed me: I went to read to a blind man – and discovered his hidden gay heroism
As a 21-year-old student, I embarked on one of the most intimate experiences I have ever shared with another person. The friendship was an insight into the underground that existed when homosexuality was still a crime
Christopher Stephens
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2025/may/14/a-moment-that-changed-me-i-went-to-read-to-a-blind-man-and-discovered-his-hidden-gay-heroism

Eight simple steps to help you live longer
Presenter & Writer: Melissa Hogenboom
https://www.bbc.com/reel/video/p0l91c81/eight-simple-steps-to-help-you-live-longer

It’s property tax day here in Hennepin county.