Category Archives: Food

2025.03.28

I hear the earth moved in Myanmar, a country under a brutal dictatorship even worse than ours.
Thailand and Myanmar earthquake: death toll rises as Bangkok declared disaster area with dozens trapped under skyscraper – live
https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2025/mar/28/myanmar-earthquake-thailand-bangkok-mandalay-latest-news-updates
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/crlxlxd7882o
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cvgwgmkmgzdo

Cities and developers want state money to convert office buildings to housing, other businesses
By: Madison McVan
https://minnesotareformer.com/2025/03/27/cities-and-developers-want-state-money-convert-office-buildings/

Crowded field emerges to replace former state Sen. Justin Eichorn
Seven Republicans and two Democrats have announced candidacies for the seat left vacant by Eichorn, who resigned after his arrest in a sex sting operation.
by Chelsey Perkins, KAXE/KBXE
https://www.minnpost.com/other-nonprofit-media/2025/03/crowded-field-emerges-to-replace-former-state-sen-justin-eichorn/

Bird flu reinfections at US poultry farms highlight need for vaccines, experts say
Aggressive prevention including wider changes to poultry raising needed after at least 56 US farms doubly infected
Melody Schreiber
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/mar/28/bird-flu-us-poultry-farms-vaccines

Off-season: has The White Lotus become a letdown?
The third season of the buzzy resort-set comedy drama has had its moments, but it’s starting to feel like the show is running out of ideas
Adrian Horton
https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2025/mar/28/the-white-lotus-third-season-letdown

‘At 60, the bulk of your life is lived. What’s left now?’ Ralph Fiennes and Uberto Pasolini on their ripped and radical take on The Odyssey
The actor and director on why The Return took 30 years to make, their joy at persuading Juliette Binoche to join them – and the punishing regime that earned Fiennes his battle-scarred physique
Tom Shone
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/mar/28/at-60-the-bulk-of-your-life-is-lived-whats-left-now-ralph-fiennes-and-uberto-pasolini-on-their-ripped-and-radical-take-on-the-odyssey

Russian scientist working at Harvard detained by Ice at Boston airport
Kseniia Petrova was returning to the US from a trip to France when officials revoked her visa and detained her
Maya Yang and Robert Mackey
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/27/russian-scientist-harvard-medical-school-ice-detention

‘We won’t be deterred or scared’: Hungary’s LGBTQ+ community fights for right to march in Pride
Some want to oppose ban, others are nervous, but all see it as a warning sign under Viktor Orbán’s government
Lili Rutai in Budapest
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/mar/28/we-wont-be-deterred-or-scared-hungarys-lgbtq-community-fights-for-right-to-march-in-pride

Why the weasel testicles? Cambridge show explains medieval medicine
Exhibition aims to help visitors get inside the minds that thought mercury and roasted apples would cure lice
Nicola Davis Science correspondent
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2025/mar/28/mercury-weasel-testicles-feature-uk-exhibition-medieval-medicine-curious-cases-cambridge-university-library

Raw, romantic and radical: Joan Baez’s 20 greatest songs – ranked!
With her Diamonds and Rust album turning 50, we rate the standout tracks from the American folk singer and political activist
By Alexis Petridis
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2025/mar/28/raw-romantic-and-radical-joan-baez-20-greatest-songs-ranked

How to watch Saturday’s partial solar eclipse
Maddie Molloy
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/crmjdy10rmmo

Is it healthier to use household cleaning products – or not?
Jessica Bradley
https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20250327-is-it-healthier-to-use-household-cleaning-products-or-not

‘Food is a language everyone understands’: Yotam Ottolenghi on how cuisine connects people
Christopher Luu
https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20250327-yotam-ottolenghi-interview-influential-katty-kay

New York county clerk blocks Texas abortion telehealth suit
Kayla Epstein
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c0l13r9dz0go

2025.03.27

Downtown St. Paul Lunds & Byerlys closes, leaving neighborhood without grocery store
https://www.mprnews.org/story/2025/03/26/downtown-st-paul-lunds-byerlys-closes

Lawmakers consider fixing ‘loophole’ that blocked records for police chief who resigned
Ryan Raiche KSTP
https://kstp.com/kstp-news/top-news/lawmakers-consider-fixing-loophole-that-blocked-records-for-police-chief-who-resigned/

Six reported dead after Egypt tourist submarine sinks in Red Sea – latest updates
Incident took place near the popular Egyptian Red Sea resort of Hurghada
Daniel Lavelle (now) and Tom Ambrose (earlier)
https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2025/mar/27/tourist-submarine-sinks-red-sea-egypt-hurghada-latest-news-updates

Johnny Mathis, 89, retires from performing due to ‘age and memory issues’
The US crooner, whose career stretches back to 1956, will play four more scheduled concerts but cancels remainder of 2025 run
Ben Beaumont-Thomas
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2025/mar/27/johnny-mathis-89-retires-from-performing-age-memory-issues

The White Lotus ‘goes too far’: Duke University unhappy over their prominence in show
Two characters in the troubled Ratliff family are Duke alumni, but the association has displeased the US university
Sian Cain
https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2025/mar/27/the-white-lotus-duke-university-complaints-ratliff

Arnold Schwarzenegger reacts to Patrick’s White Lotus incest scenes
Patrick Schwarzenegger’s wild incest storyline on The White Lotus season 3 has gotten a reaction from his dad, Arnold Schwarzenegger.
Taylor Henderson
https://www.out.com/celebs/white-lotus-patrick-schwarzenegger-incest-storyline-arnold-schwarzenegger

Kansas babysitter checking for monsters finds man hiding under bed
Police arrest suspect after sitter shocked to encounter man when trying to show child there was nothing under the bed
Guardian staff
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/27/babysitter-man-under-child-bed-kansas

‘I was surprised how common it is’: the director of Sebastian on his controversial film about an author who enters sex work
In Sebastian, a writer sells his body to provide material for his debut novel, then doesn’t give the night job up. Mikko Mäkelä explains what inspired his film – and remembers his cinematic sexual awakening
Ryan Gilbey
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/mar/27/sebastian-author-sex-work-mikko-makela

Let’s put it in language the Signal leakers will understand: what a bunch of pathetic sleazebags
Emma Brockes
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/mar/27/signal-leak-pathetic-sleazebags-maga-fratboy-lexicon

Yale professor who studies fascism fleeing US to work in Canada
Jason Stanley, who says grandmother fled Berlin with his father in 1939, says US may become ‘fascist dictatorship’
Rachel Leingang
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/26/yale-professor-fascism-canada

The simple trick to change other people’s minds
David Robson
https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20250326-the-mind-changing-method-measured-in-minutes

‘I have terminal cancer and lost my life savings to whisky barrel scammers’
Carla Basu
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cx2r7enl3d1o

I got ma bathroom window back from Hayes Windows. Two of the panes have been broken since I moved into the house a couple of years ago. 1907 textured window glass — I figured they could never match it, so I wanted them to switch the panes so that they ‘balanced’ rather than matched. (The other company I had bid said it was ‘impossible.’)

2025.03.17

How, err, convenient?
Jeff Wald at FOX 9 reports: “Minnesota’s Office of Cannabis Management licensing website shut down at 9 p.m. on Friday, leaving business applicants scrambling to complete the process by the 11:59 p.m. deadline.” Via MinnPost
https://www.fox9.com/news/mn-cannabis-licensing-down-hours-before-deadline

Happy trails, Peter Callaghan, your Minnesota legacy lives on
State government reporter Peter Callaghan ended his time at MinnPost on Friday after more than 10 years.
by Elizabeth Dunbar
https://www.minnpost.com/inside-minnpost/2025/03/happy-trails-peter-callaghan-your-minnesota-legacy-lives-on/

Let the heavy avalanche of sternly worded letter begin!
Democrats demand investigation into Musk over possible criminal corruption
Leading figures urge Pam Bondi to examine ‘Mr Musk’s activities at the FAA’ amid conflict-of-interest concerns
Martin Pengelly in Washington
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/17/democrats-elon-musk-investigation

A missile here, a missile there, pretty soon we’re talking WWIII.
Japan to deploy long-range missiles able to hit North Korea and China
Planned missiles on Kyushu said to be part of ‘counterstrike capabilities’, as fears grow over US security pact
Gavin Blair in Tokyo
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/mar/17/japan-long-range-missiles-north-korea-china-us-security-pact

From sewage and scum to swimming in ‘blue gold’: how Switzerland transformed its rivers
In the 1960s, the Swiss had some of the dirtiest water in Europe. Now, their cities boast pristine rivers and lakes – and other countries are looking to follow their lead
Phoebe Weston in Geneva
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/mar/17/from-sewage-and-scum-to-swimming-in-blue-gold-how-switzerland-transformed-its-waterways-aoe

‘All the birds returned’: How a Chinese project led the way in water and soil conservation
The Loess plateau was the most eroded place on Earth until China took action and reversed decades of damage from grazing and farming
By Helen Davidson
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/mar/14/how-china-led-way-water-soil-conservation

Bad Art Expert! Bad! Bad! Bad!
The art expert did it: LGG Ramsey revealed as 1951 thief of Van Dyck painting
Exclusive: How one historian’s investigative work led to artwork finally being returned to ‘English Versailles’
Dalya Alberge
https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2025/mar/17/art-expert-did-it-lgg-ramsey-revealed-1951-thief-van-dyck-painting

Avoid the White Lotus effect: Thailand travel without the tourists
The country is no stranger to pop-culture fuelled overtourism. But behind the scenes there are islands, wild places and temples to explore
Eloise Basuki
https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2025/mar/17/white-lotus-filming-location-setting-koh-samui-four-seasons

Ittsa chewing gum and a floor wax!
The explosive potential of custard powder
Veronique Greenwood
https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20250313-the-explosive-potential-of-custard-powder

May your green beer look half as fine coming up as it did going down:
Dublin goes green to celebrate St Patrick’s Day
Kevin Sharkey
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cwygjq5jv93o

2025.03.16

Russell T Davies: gay society in ‘greatest danger I’ve ever seen’ after Trump win
Exclusive: Doctor Who writer says he feels ‘a wave of anger heading towards us’ and hostility in UK as well as US
Hannah Al-Othman North of England correspondent
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/mar/16/russell-t-davies-gay-society-greatest-danger-ever-seen-trump

Back to cash: life without money in your pocket is not the utopia Sweden hoped
Miranda Bryant
Nordic countries were early adopters of digital payments. Now, electronic banking is seen as a potential threat to national security
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/mar/16/sweden-cash-digital-payments-electronic-banking-security

Rocks and racism? How geologists created and perpetuated a narrative of prejudice
Kathryn Yusoff sparked a culture war with her latest book, suggesting slavery and white supremacy informed the work of geology’s founding fathers. Here, she and other experts suggest that attitudes have changed little since
Miriam Frankel
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2025/mar/16/rocks-and-racism-how-geologists-created-and-perpetuated-a-narrative-of-prejudice

Unearthed notebooks shed light on Victorian genius who inspired Einstein
Michael Faraday’s illustrated notes that show how radical scientist began his theories at London’s Royal Institution to go online
Donna Ferguson
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2025/mar/15/notebooks-michael-faraday-victorian-scientist-einstein

They had a fairytale American childhood – but was radiation slowly killing them?
Sophie Williams
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c2e7011n03vo

The ancient drink serving the world for 13,000 years
Scientists have found evidence of ancient beer production from different kinds of crops all over the world.
From our modern point of view, beer might just be a mind-altering beverage. But in fact, it has played a significant part in human life since near the dawn of civilisation.
Video by Pierangelo Pirak
https://www.bbc.com/reel/video/p09h36ld/the-ancient-drink-serving-the-world-for-13-000-years

The fascinating history of the f-word
It’s one of the most versatile words in the English language, but where does it come from? Lexicographer, etymologist and broadcaster Susie Dent activates the f-bomb and takes us on a journey through time.
Animation by Adrian Hartrick and Dominika Ozynska
https://www.bbc.com/reel/video/p08fy0xs/the-fascinating-history-of-the-f-word

How Covid-19 changed the way we die
The pandemic forced many people in England and Wales to reflect how they might die with dignity, and the numbers of those wanting to die at home is on the rise
Harriet Sherwood, Pamela Duncan and Matthew Pearce with graphics by Tural Ahmedzade
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/mar/16/how-covid-19-changed-way-we-die-england-wales

Demon-child movie wows China – and smashes global box office records
Virtually unknown in the west, Ne Zha 2 is the world’s highest-grossing animation at £1.6bn – outdoing Inside Out 2 – just weeks after its release
Amy Hawkins Beijing
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/mar/16/ne-zha-2-animation-chinese-box-office-inside-out-2

‘I’ve always felt a little neurospicy. But it’s my factory setting!’ Natasha Rothwell on taking The White Lotus by storm
Michael Hogan
https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2025/mar/15/ive-always-felt-a-little-neurospicy-but-its-my-factory-setting-natasha-rothwell-on-taking-the-white-lotus-by-storm

2025.03.15

Minneapolis set a record Friday (75 degrees, fondly Fahrenheit or ~24 C for the rest of you). Of course, snow is forecast, but it ain’t here yet.

‘Brain pacemakers’: implants to be tested to help alcohol and opioid addicts
Trial will determine whether electrical pulses can control and decrease yearnings
Robin McKie, Science editor
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/mar/15/brain-implants-alcohol-opioid-addicts-trial

‘Spreadsheets of empire’: red tape goes back 4,000 years, say scientists after Iraq finds
Ancient Mesopotamian stone tablets show extraordinary detail and reach of government in cradle of world civilisations
Dalya Alberge
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2025/mar/15/stone-tablets-mesopotamia-iraq-red-tape-bureaucracy

‘They’re on. They’re off. We can’t plan’ – bourbon makers dazed by Trump tariffs
The president’s chaotic policy on import duties makes planning impossible, says the CEO of a Kentucky distillery – and state Republicans are unhappy, too
Callum Jones in Louisville, Kentucky
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/15/bourbon-makers-trump-tariffs

Baby wombat-snatching US influencer apologises and says she was ‘concerned’ for Australian animal
Sam Jones, who left Australia on Friday, posted a 900-word statement questioning outrage in country where ‘slaughter of wombats’ is permitted
Nino Bucci
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/mar/15/baby-wombat-snatching-us-influencer-apologises-and-says-she-was-concerned-for-australian-animal-ntwnfb

How a New Zealander working from her mum’s kitchen started a news service read by Madonna
The success of Shit You Should Care About has been down to Lucy Blakiston’s focus on social media at a time where news avoidance is growing
Eva Corlett in Wellington
https://www.theguardian.com/global/2025/mar/15/shit-you-should-care-about-lucy-blakiston-media

Clothes brand gets 100 complaints a day that models are ‘too fat’
Jennifer Meierhans
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cx2xjd41g33o

Trump is coming for your poppers: Major producer closes amid FDA crackdown
Several other companies seem to have followed suit.
By Mey Rude
https://www.out.com/news/poppers-fda-crackdown-double-scorpio

U of M Regents Pass Resolution Gagging Faculty
Plus the Wolves basketball boss, weird weed rulings, and don’t drive like a dumbass in today’s Flyover news roundup.
By Racket Staff
https://racketmn.com/university-of-minnesota-regents-pass-resolution-gagging-faculty-speech

Meera Sodha’s vegan recipe for Lebanese moussaka with five-garlic-clove sauce
The Lebanese take on moussaka is a simple vegetable stew of aubergines, chickpeas, spices and herbs, here spruced up with a lively garlic sauce
Meera Sodha
https://www.theguardian.com/food/2025/mar/15/lebanese-moussaka-five-garlic-clove-sauce-recipe-meera-sodha

Wallace and Gromit on the couch:

2025.03.14

Walz to tour red districts where GOP is too scared to face constituents by Walter Einenkel https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2025/3/13/2309950/-Walz-to-tour-red-districts-where-GOP-is-too-scared-to-face-constituent?pm_campaign=front_page&pm_source=top_news_slot_7&pm_medium=web

Shocker! Former Trump crony has been indicted for child sex crimes by Alex Samuels https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2025/3/13/2309952/-Shocker-Former-Trump-crony-has-been-indicted-for-child-sex-crimes?pm_campaign=front_page&pm_source=top_news_slot_8&pm_medium=web

ARTS & CULTURE Teatro del Pueblo celebrates a Broadway legacy with ‘Voces Latinas’ Also this weekend: a Latina art exhibit at CLUES Art Gallery, a Holi celebration at Midtown Global Market and a chance to help shape a Pan-African Museum in St. Paul by Myah Goff https://sahanjournal.com/arts-culture/twin-cities-things-to-do-teatro-del-pueblo-holi-fest-clues/

Freeloader Friday: 91 Free Things To Do This Weekend
St. Pat’s Day parties, band jams, a meat raffle, and more.
By Jessica Armbruster
https://racketmn.com/freeloader-friday-91-free-things-to-do-this-weekend-5

The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis May Be Closed by Summer
Plus feds defund the schools, celebrating Front Row Paul, and a skyway-walkin’ birthday in today’s Flyover news roundup.
By Keith Harris
https://racketmn.com/the-womans-club-of-minneapolis-may-be-closed-by-summer

Survivor who ignited US Catholic church’s reckoning with abuse killed in Louisiana
Scott Anthony Gastal, who at age 11 had testified in court in the 1980s that his priest had raped him, was beaten to death
Ramon Antonio Vargas
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/14/church-abuse-survivor-louisiana-killed

‘It’s an extremely sexy story’: How the legendary tale of ‘rebel’ saint Mary of Egypt became a medieval blockbuster
Donna Ferguson
https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20250313-how-the-legendary-tale-of-rebel-saint-mary-of-egypt-became-a-medieval-blockbuster

‘It’s human conceit to think we’re alone’: life must extend beyond Earth, leading space scientist says
Exclusive: It is imperative humans expand their understanding of space, argues Dame Maggie Aderin-Pocock
Nicola Davis Science correspondent
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2025/mar/14/life-must-extend-beyond-earth-leading-space-scientist-says

Meanwhile, back here on Earth: Fatberg weighing 30,000kg is pulled from a sewer in Western Australia
The blockage – thought to be the state’s biggest ever – was discovered at a wastewater facility during routine maintenance
Rafqa Touma
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/mar/14/fatberg-weighing-30000kg-is-pulled-from-a-sewer-in-western-australia

Baby wombat grabber Sam Jones leaves Australia after intense backlash including from PM and immigration minister
Montana-based hunting influencer flies out of Australia on Friday after home affairs minister said he couldn’t ‘wait to see the back of this individual’
Graham Readfearn
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/mar/14/sam-jones-baby-wombat-australia-backlash-leaving-australia

Holi celebrations and a lunar eclipse: photos of the day – Friday
Girls are smeared with coloured powder during Holi celebrations in Kolkata, India. Photograph: Dibyangshu Sarkar/AFP/Getty Images
The Guardian’s picture editors select photographs from around the world
https://www.theguardian.com/news/gallery/2025/mar/14/holi-celebrations-lunar-eclipse-photos-of-the-day-friday

Take your pic! Sony world photography open award winners – in pictures
Feasting polar bears, flying octopuses and gadgets galore – these stunning images won in their category at this year’s awards
https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2025/mar/13/sony-world-photography-open-award-winners-in-pictures

Om Ali: An ‘unforgettable’ sweet with a sinister history
Soumya Gayatri
https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20250312-om-ali-an-unforgettable-sweet-with-a-sinister-history

2025.03.12

The Star Tribune’s Elliot Hughes and Janet Moore report: “As expected, DFL candidate David Gottfried ran away with a victory in Tuesday’s special election for District 40B, securing shared power for his party in the Minnesota House.” Via MinnPost

Music icons Swizz Beatz and Alicia Keys share their collection of Black art with Mia
“Giants: Art from the Dean Collection of Swizz Beatz and Alicia Keys” features works of canvas, sculpture and photography on display until July 13.
by Sheila Regan
https://www.minnpost.com/artscape/2025/03/music-icons-swizz-beatz-and-alicia-keys-share-their-collection-of-black-art-with-mia/

Carrie H. Lippincott: The Pioneer Seedswoman of America
Lippincott moved to Minnesota where she created a mail-order company focused on selling flower seeds to women.
by Marjorie Savage
https://www.minnpost.com/mnopedia/2025/03/carrie-h-lippincott-the-pioneer-seedswoman-of-america/

‘Carers need care, too’: Bruce Willis’s wife speaks out after deaths of Gene Hackman and Betsy Arakawa
Emma Heming Willis, who is primary carer for the actor since his dementia diagnosis in 2023, says there is ‘a broader story’ to tell about their plight
Catherine Shoard
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/mar/12/emma-heming-willis-carers-gene-hackman-death-bruce-willis

CDC expects measles outbreak in west Texas to ‘expand rapidly’
Two people have died in outbreak in Gaines county, and doctors fear the spread of the extremely contagious disease
Jessica Glenza
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/12/texas-measles-outbreak-spread

Vermont confirms first case of measles of year in school-aged child
Case is not related to three ongoing outbreaks in US and authorities say there is a low risk to public
Marina Dunbar
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/11/measles-outbreak-vermont

MS patients in England to benefit from major roll out of take-at-home pill
Cladribine tablet for those with active multiple sclerosis will reduce hospital visits and free up appointments
Andrew Gregory Health editor
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/mar/12/nhs-england-first-in-europe-roll-out-take-at-home-pill-multiple-sclerosis

‘We’re on the edge of chaos’: families with trans kids fight for care as bans take hold
A federal judge blocked Donald Trump’s executive order banning trans youth healthcare, but access remains uncertain
Melissa Hellmann
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/12/trans-kids-healthcare-ban-south-carolina

Nasa’s new Spherex telescope lifts off to map cosmos in unprecedented detail
The $488m Spherex mission aims to explain how galaxies evolved over billions of years
Associated Press
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2025/mar/12/nasas-spherex-telescope-launch

Rembrandt to Picasso: Five ways to spot a fake masterpiece
Kelly Grovier
https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20250311-rembrandt-to-picasso-five-ways-to-spot-a-fake-masterpiece

The art curator saving the world’s rarest fruit
Lucy Lovell
https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20250307-the-art-curator-saving-the-worlds-rarest-fruit

Her grandpa brewed beer in his cellar in Iran. Last month she canned 30,000 brews that taste like home
Zahra Tabatabai’s Back Home Beer features select Middle Eastern flavors, and she’s looking to expand its reach nationally
Katerina Liakos
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/mar/12/back-home-beer-new-face-of-small-busines

Checking out early: who is going to die in this season of The White Lotus?
The third season of Mike White’s delicious resort-set comedy drama has teased yet another murder but we don’t yet know the whos or the whys
Stuart Heritage
https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2025/mar/12/the-white-lotus-theories-predictions

2025.03.07

O! O! O! They haz sadz! MAGA loyalists seethe after ‘Hamilton’ cancels shows over Trump by Alix Breeden https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2025/3/6/2308425/-MAGA-loyalists-seethe-after-Hamilton-cancels-shows-over-Trump?pm_campaign=front_page&pm_source=top_news_slot_9&pm_medium=web

The Wiggles on singing with Dolly Parton in their starry country era: ‘We are friends of Dorothy!’ From collaborating with Parton and Orville Peck to viral TikToks and, of course, the Tree of Wisdom: for their 63rd album (yes really), the Wiggles mean big business
Katie Cunningham https://www.theguardian.com/music/2025/mar/08/the-wiggles-wiggle-up-giddy-up-dolly-parton-interview

Patients with long Covid regain sense of smell and taste with pioneering surgery
Surgeons believe the technique called functional septorhinoplasty (fSRP) ‘kickstarts’ smell recovery in patients
Andrew Gregory Health editor
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/mar/07/long-covid-patients-regain-sense-smell-taste-functional-septorhinoplasty-surgery

Adult infected with measles dies in New Mexico, health officials say
Person from Lea county had been unvaccinated and did not seek care but virus not yet confirmed as cause of death
Guardian staff and agencies
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/06/measles-death-new-mexico

The grannies who saved Albanian cuisine
Tristan Rutherford
https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20250305-the-grannies-who-saved-albanian-cuisine

Gene-edited non-browning banana could cut food waste, scientists say
Fruit variety developed in Norwich remains fresh for up to 12 hours after being peeled
Hannah Devlin Science correspondent
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2025/mar/07/gene-edited-non-browning-banana-cut-food-waste-tropic-norwich

2025.03.06

Betel nuts, fresh mangos and wild boar: Twin Cities’ first Karenni grocery opens in Maplewood
The market represents a milestone for the growing Karenni community in Minnesota, which is largely centered around St. Paul and Austin.
by Alfonzo Galvan
https://sahanjournal.com/business-work/maplewood-minnesota-first-karenni-grocery-store/

‘Reduced to nonsense’: JRR Tolkien’s irritation with typist revealed in archive
Exclusive: Important collection of author’s letters and manuscripts, being sold in April, reveals his loathing of sloppiness and love of language
Dalya Alberge
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2025/mar/06/jrr-tolkien-irritation-with-typist-archive

‘The entire coastline will be cemented over’: the tiny Italian town set to become a dock for giant cruise ships
Only 20 miles from Italy’s capital, Isola Sacra was ignored for years but now Royal Caribbean has plans to turn it into a major new port
By Giorgio Ghiglione
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/mar/06/italy-fiumicino-cruise-ship-port-bilancioni-conservation-royal-caribbean

Plan to skewer US sanctuary city mayors backfires on Republicans
New York, Chicago, Boston and Denver mayors use platform at Capitol hearing to reject claims about crime and gangs
Joseph Gedeon in Washington
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/05/mayors-sanctuary-city-immigration

Moment Blue Ghost spacecraft landed on the Moon
https://bbc.com/news/videos/cvg5v5deg8yo

Why drinking coffee can benefit your health
https://bbc.com/reel/video/p0kvt6g6/why-drinking-coffee-can-benefit-your-health

Sweden is ‘no longer a country that cannot be trusted’
Jorn Madslien
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cdjyxljyjxno

Scientists discover new part of the immune system
James Gallagher
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cpv4jww3r4eo

Roy Ayers, jazz-funk pioneer behind Everybody Loves the Sunshine, dies aged 84
Family announces on Facebook that the musician died in New York City after a long illness
Lanre Bakare Arts and culture correspondent
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2025/mar/06/roy-ayers-jazz-funk-pioneer-everybody-loves-the-sunshine-dies

2025.03.03

‘I’m selling the Nazi mobile’: Tesla owners offload cars after Musk’s fascist-style salutes Tesla once appeared the future of vehicles. Then Musk’s salutes and support at Trump’s inauguration left owners feeling ‘saddled with a symbol of hate’ Dara Kerr https://www.theguardian.com/technology/ng-interactive/2025/mar/02/tesla-owners-selling-musk

Mysterious and vulnerable: the secret lives of Australia’s giant worms Australia has a huge of diversity of worms on land, sand and sea such as the giant Gippsland earthworm which can stretch up to 3 metres Petra Stock https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/mar/03/mysterious-and-vulnerable-the-secret-lives-of-australias-giant-worms

Earth’s strongest ocean current could slow down by 20% by 2050 in a high emissions future
Melting Antarctic ice is releasing cold, fresh water into the ocean, which is projected to cause the slowdown
Petra Stock
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/mar/03/antarctic-circumpolar-current-slow-down-ice-melting-climate

Mine copper without destroying the planet? London-based project gives scientists hope Experts hope research can create greener methods of extracting the metal vital for renewable energy revolution and boom in electrical devices Robin McKie https://www.theguardian.com/global/2025/mar/02/copper-scientists-london-energy-electrical

‘Gandalf’ accused of selling illegal medicinal cannabis in New Zealand
Outrage over targeting of one of New Zealand’s alleged ‘green fairies’ who provide cheaper medicinal cannabis without prescription
Eva Corlett in Wellington
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/mar/03/gandalf-alleged-sale-medicinal-cannabis-new-zealand-charges-ntwnfb

From the simple to the spectacular: the 20 best dessert recipes to comfort and delight
From crumbles to cheesecake, sticky toffee to tiramisu – the sweetest ways to finish any meal
Compiled by Max Olesker
https://www.theguardian.com/food/2025/mar/03/from-the-simple-to-the-spectacular-the-20-best-dessert-recipes-to-comfort-and-delight

How to make the perfect Taiwanese scallion pancakes – recipe
Flaky, crunchy, moist in the middle … and totally irresistible
Felicity Cloake
https://www.theguardian.com/food/2025/mar/03/how-to-make-the-perfect-taiwanese-scallion-pancakes-recipe-felicity-cloake

Scottish painter Jack Vettriano dies aged 73
Artist found dead at his apartment in Nice in southern France on Saturday, his publicist says
Lanre Bakare Arts and media correspondent
https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2025/mar/03/scottish-painter-jack-vettriano-dies

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