Water levels across the Great Lakes are falling – just as US data centers move in
Region struggling with drought now threatened by energy-hungry facilities – but some residents are fighting back
Stephen Starr in Erie County, Ohio
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/dec/16/great-lakes-us-data-centers

Venezuela’s militia and a Statue of Liberty replica: photos of the day – Tuesday
The Guardian’s picture editors select photographs from around the world
Warning: graphic content
https://www.theguardian.com/news/gallery/2025/dec/16/venezuela-militia-statue-of-liberty-replica-photos-of-the-day-tuesday

Snow White to The Smashing Machine: 10 of the biggest film flops of 2025
Nicholas Barber (Paywalled)
https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20251212-10-biggest-film-flops-of-2025

50 years ago, Minneapolis redefined LGBTQ+ rights
On December 30, 1975, just before the New Year, the city council passed trans-inclusive protections unlike anything the U.S. has been able to achieve.
Kate Sosin
https://19thnews.org/2025/12/minneapolis-redefined-lgbtq-history-1975/

Why your early 2000s photos are probably lost forever
(Paywalled?)
Julia Bensfield Luce
https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20251212-why-your-early-2000s-photos-are-probably-lost-forever