Category Archives: Travel

2025.06.14

Rain or shine, dozens of No Kings protests are planned throughout Minnesota on Saturday. The largest event will be at the Minnesota State Capitol in St. Paul, and FOX 9 has put together a list of protests and start times across the state. Via MinnPost
https://www.fox9.com/news/no-kings-protest-minnesota-list

Two Democratic lawmakers in Minnesota shot in their separate homes
Governor Tim Walz was briefed on ‘ongoing situation’ in which Minneapolis-area state senator and representative were attacked
Rachel Leingang in Minneapolis
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/14/democratic-lawmakers-minnesota-shot
https://www.youtube.com/live/VHtHNAbFnow

‘Hip-hop is innovation’: New street dance festival brings cyphers, dance battles to St. Paul
Also this weekend: the Asian Street Food Night Market returns with more than 35 food vendors; a new Somali arts festival debuts on Lake Street; and a film series highlighting communities of color screens in Minneapolis
by Myah Goff
https://sahanjournal.com/arts-culture/twin-cities-things-to-do-street-dance-somali-arts-asian-market/

After dry spells contributed to wildfires in northern Minnesota, we now have the opposite problem: a days-long deluge. As Bring Me The News reports, some parts of the state will see up to five inches of rain. “[C]onsistent rain will move slowly east Friday morning, continuing on and off through the weekend and into early next week, with central Minnesota and the Twin Cities potentially seeing the largest amounts.” Via MinnPost
https://bringmethenews.com/minnesota-weather/flooding-risk-as-storms-set-to-bring-over-5-inches-of-rain-to-minnesota

New murals will beautify Lake Street in Minneapolis and support small businesses
The 34 murals on Lake between Nicollet and 30th Ave. S. are part of the $8 million “Lake Street Lift” initiative.
by Sheila Regan
https://www.minnpost.com/artscape/2025/06/new-murals-will-beautify-lake-street-in-minneapolis-and-support-small-businesses/

Grilled cheese shop offers Minnesotans a second chance after prison
The Minneapolis restaurant All Square exclusively hires formerly incarcerated people
Claire Wang
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/jun/14/all-square-minneapolis-formerly-incarcerated-staff

EPA drops case against prison company that has donated heavily to Trump
Geo Group faced up to $4m in fines for violations involving the use of a toxic disinfectant at an immigration facility
Tom Perkins
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/14/trump-administration-epa-prison-company-donations

Tulane University scientist resigns citing environmental censorship
Kimberley Terrell’s research into health and job disparities had triggered a backlash from state and Tulane leaders
This story is co-published with Floodlight
Terry L Jones for Floodlight
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/13/tulane-university-scientist-resign

A map, a myth and a pre-Incan lagoon: the man who brought water back to a drought-ridden town
When historian Galo Ramón uncovered a long-forgotten pre-Incan water system in Ecuador, he set about restoring it, and helped transform the landscape and livelihoods
Mickal Aranha in Catacocha, Ecuador
https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2025/jun/13/ecuador-indigenous-map-pre-inca-myths-ancient-lagoon-water-drought-

Women’s prize winner Yael van der Wouden: ‘It’s heartbreaking to see so much hatred towards queer people’
Lisa Allardice
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2025/jun/13/womens-prize-winner-yael-van-der-wouden-its-heartbreaking-to-see-so-much-hatred-towards-queer-people

‘Liquid electricity’: Meera Sodha’s vegan recipe for grated tomato and butter beans with olive pangrattato
Few things in life are as simple and mouthwatering as tomatoes on toast sprinkled with salt, but here they hit new heights with olivey breadcrumbs, garlic and butter beans, too
Meera Sodha
https://www.theguardian.com/food/2025/jun/14/grated-tomato-and-butter-beans-recipe-with-olive-pangrattato-meera-sodha

Carrots in Coca-Cola?! This Recipe Shouldn’t Work… But It Does
Glen And Friends Cooking
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LzoZ1T6KA4E

Indian scientists search for the perfect apple
Priti Gupta
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c0l05762elpo

British Library to reinstate Oscar Wilde’s reader card 130 years after it was revoked
Exclusive: Pass to be presented to playwright’s grandson after original cancelled over conviction for gross indecency
Dalya Alberge
https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2025/jun/13/british-library-reinstate-oscar-wilde-reader-card

2025.06.13

There’s a lotta lotta stuff in The Glean on MinnPost this morning. North Minneapolis, book ban ban, Dakota people and the St. Anthony Falls, SC school ruling, and a ruling against UnitedHealth Group.
https://www.minnpost.com/glean/2025/06/will-a-1-5b-project-transform-north-minneapolis/

‘He stole a piece of our souls’: Christian music star Michael Tait accused of sexual assault by three men
Tait posted on Instagram days ago that for 20 years he lived a ‘double life’ but is working on ‘repentance and healing’
Josiah Hesse
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/13/michael-tait-sexual-assault-allegations

Millions in US expected to protest against Trump in ‘No Kings’ demonstrations
Rallies at roughly 2,000 sites planned for Saturday, same day as US president’s military parade and birthday
Rachel Leingang
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/13/no-kings-protests

Who are the eight new vaccine advisers appointed by Robert F Kennedy?
US health secretary announced new members for Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, after firing all 17 experts who held the post
Jessica Glenza
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/13/eight-new-cdc-vaccine-advisers-robert-f-kennedy

Trump’s pollution rollback rewards wealthy plant owners — at the expense of Americans’ health
Oliver Milman and Dharna Noor
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/12/trump-epa-pollution-rules

US immigration agency flies drones capable of surveillance over LA protests
CBP claims in statement that they are ‘providing officer safety surveillance when requested by officers’
Johana Bhuiyan
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/12/predator-drone-los-angeles-protests

Why is the media ignoring growing resistance to Trump?
Margaret Sullivan
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jun/13/why-is-the-media-ignoring-growing-resistance-to-trump

We are Nobel laureates, scientists, writers and artists. The threat of fascism is back
Open letter
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jun/13/nobel-laureates-fascism

Starvation alert as children fill Kenya refugee ward after US aid cuts
Anne Soy
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c1dew7zyg49o

World-first blood cancer therapy to be given on NHS
James Gallagher
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ckg4kj2nxjgo

‘Good karma’: Laos’ new monk-led travel experiences
Simon Urwin
https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20250611-laos-new-monk-led-travel-experiences

Liza: A Truly Terrific Absolutely True Story review – dazzling glamour and true grit
This indulgent but madly watchable documentary showcases Minnelli’s tremendous star wattage alongside the tragedy of a life lived in the full glare of show business
Peter Bradshaw
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/jun/13/liza-a-truly-terrific-absolutely-true-story-review-dazzling-glamour-and-true-grit

Puppies, ghosts and euphoric snogging: the 25 best queer films of the century so far
From coming-out fables and dancefloor make-outs to unsimulated sex and a madcap maternal quest, here is a feast of movies about LBGTQ+ lives
By Ryan Gilbey
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/jun/12/25-best-queer-films-century-pride-month-lesbian-gay-trans-movies

My unexpected Pride icon: Link from the Zelda games, a non-binary hero who helped me work out who I was
Video games are the closest you can get to trying a new body for a bit, and when I played as the androgynous Link, I felt subversive and empowered
Keza MacDonald
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/ng-interactive/2025/jun/13/my-unexpected-pride-icon-link-from-the-zelda-games-a-non-binary-hero-who-helped-me-work-out-who-i-was

The best recent science fiction, fantasy and horror – review roundup
Awakened by Laura Elliott; Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil by VE Schwab; Immaculate Conception by Ling Ling Huang; Esperance by Adam Oyebanji; The Quiet by Barnaby Martin
Lisa Tuttle
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2025/jun/13/the-best-recent-science-fiction-fantasy-and-horror-review-roundup

2025.06.12

The Minneapolis Courthouse Gets Corny
A new crop art exhibit, Seeds of Justice, is on display at the Diane E. Murphy U.S. Courthouse, featuring 17 pieces that depict significant figures and events about U.S. democracy.
by Madeline Cisneros
https://mspmag.com/arts-and-culture/the-minneapolis-courthouse-gets-corny/

From the Minnesota Star Tribune: “Federal searches conducted in eight places across the Twin Cities metro area last week were sparked by the discovery of more than 900 pounds of methamphetamine in a Burnsville storage unit, according to an indictment filed Tuesday. Via MinnPost

Minnesota lawmakers grit teeth, pass state budget in crammed special session
Legislators voiced ambivalence and frustration with spending bills as the 2025 session finally wrapped.
by Matthew Blake
https://www.minnpost.com/state-government/2025/06/minnesota-lawmakers-grit-teeth-pass-state-budget-in-crammed-special-session/

First crash of Boeing’s 787 model comes weeks after $1.1bn 737 Max payout
Air India tragedy comes after firm agreed US justice department payment to avoid prosecution over 2018 and 2019 crashes
Gwyn Topham Transport correspondent
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/jun/12/air-india-first-crash-of-boeing-787-model-comes-weeks-after-1bn-dollar-737-max-payout

Troops and marines deeply troubled by LA deployment: ‘Morale is not great’
Several service members told advocacy groups they felt like pawns in a political game and assignment was unnecessary
Andrew Gumbel in Los Angeles
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/12/los-angeles-national-guard-troops-marines-morale

Newsom calls Trump a ‘stone cold liar’ and says president didn’t speak to him about sending troops to LA
Joanna Walters
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2025/jun/12/la-protests-los-angeles-california-curfew-ice-immigration-marines-national-guard-donald-trump-latest-updates?CMP=share_btn_url&page=with%3Ablock-684ad0638f0814dfee5fe986#block-684ad0638f0814dfee5fe986

Families arrested in LA Ice raids held in basements with little food or water, lawyers say
Agents confiscated belongings and rushed deportees to California’s high desert or Texas, saying local facilities had not prepared for influx
Maanvi Singh in Los Angeles
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/11/la-ice-raids-immigration-conditions

‘This isn’t an isolated incident’: Trump’s show of military force in LA was years in the making
The president had been waiting for this made-for-TV clash that allows the administration to ‘manufacture’ a crisis
Rachel Leingang and Lauren Gambinoin Los Angeles
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/11/trump-military-force-plotting

Judge rules Trump administration can no longer detain Mahmoud Khalil on claims he’s a threat to foreign policy
But Columbia University graduate can be held for inaccurately filling out green card application, says judge
Maya Yang and Dani Anguiano
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/11/judge-trump-administration-mahmoud-khalil

Boos, cheers and a heavy dose of irony as Trump takes in Les Mis against backdrop of LA protests
The tuxedo-clad US president promised a ‘golden era’ for the US at his first Kennedy Center production in Washington
David Smith in Washington
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/12/boos-cheers-and-a-heavy-dose-of-irony-as-trump-takes-in-les-mis-against-backdrop-of-la-protests

David Hogg to exit Democratic National Committee after months of turmoil
Vice-chair and Parkland survivor, 25, to leave after members voted to hold elections that could have led to his ouster
Lauren Gambino
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/11/david-hogg-dnc-democrats

New species of dinosaur discovered that ‘rewrites’ T.rex family tree
Victoria Gill
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cy8dzv3vp5jo

Tamara de Lempicka’s ‘remarkable nude’ of lover Rafaëla to be auctioned
La Belle Rafaëla by ‘revolutionary’ art deco painter to go on sale at Sotheby’s with estimate of £6m-£9m
Nadia Khomami Arts and culture correspondent
https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2025/jun/12/tamara-de-lempicka-rafaela-portrait-sale

My unexpected Pride icon: The Green Roasting Tin, a cookbook no lesbian vegetarian can be without
Sure, Rukmini Iyer’s recipes are not specifically aimed at queer people, but the first time I cooked one, it was with my girlfriend – and she is now my wife
Lucy Knight
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/ng-interactive/2025/jun/12/my-unexpected-pride-icon-the-green-roasting-tin-a-cookbook-no-lesbian-vegetarian-can-be-without

How Pakistan fell in love with sushi
Once upon a time, Pakistanis scorned raw fish. Now sushi is everywhere from Ramadan meals to wedding buffets – and it all started with one man and a dream
By Sanam Maher
https://www.theguardian.com/news/2025/jun/12/how-pakistan-fell-in-love-with-sushi

‘The quality of Lebanese wine is absolutely incredible’
Lebanon is one of the most ancient wine-producing regions of the world, so it’s well worth our attention
Hannah Crosbie
https://www.theguardian.com/food/2025/jun/12/lebanese-wine-musar-hannah-crosbie

Scientists develop methanol breathalyser that could prevent thousands of poisonings each year
Prototype is able to detect small concentrations of the toxic substance in alcoholic drinks or on someone’s breath
Petra Stock
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/jun/11/scientists-develop-methanol-breathalyser-that-could-prevent-thousands-of-poisonings-each-year

BYD launches cheapest UK model in bid to overtake Tesla as biggest electric carmaker
Dolphin Surf will start at £18,650 – among the cheapest new vehicles on sale in Britain
Jasper Jolly
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/jun/12/byd-dolphin-surf-cheapest-uk-model-electric-carmaker-tesla

From Dubai to the Parthenon: the ‘strawberry moon’ around the world – in pictures
The strawberry moon, so named because it traditionally denoted the start of strawberry picking in the northern hemisphere was viewable on 10-11 June
https://www.theguardian.com/culture/gallery/2025/jun/12/from-dubai-to-the-parthenon-the-strawberry-moon-around-the-world-in-pictures

2025.06.11

Fact-check: Trump’s speech at Fort Bragg contained lies and conspiracy theories about LA
The US president reiterated falsehoods and misleading statements to troops at the North Carolina military base
Robert Mackey
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/10/fact-check-trump-speech-fort-bragg

Everything we know about the protests in LA and other US cities
Brandon Drenon and James FitzGerald
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cj93d3r0zz0o

In Los Angeles immigration protests, teachers, union members and children take to the streets together
No state in the U.S. has more immigrants than California, and most of them live in coastal cities like Los Angeles. Recent raids by immigration authorities have shaken and angered Angelenos, who place the blame for the latest escalations squarely on the federal government.
Marie-Astrid Langer (text), Ivan Kashinsky (photos), Los Angeles
https://www.nzz.ch/english/in-los-angeles-teachers-union-members-and-children-march-together-ld.1888310?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_term=2025-06-11&utm_campaign=2025-06-11%20Full%20Version&utm_content=%20L%20A%20protests%20escalate%20Israeli%20life%20increasingly%20politicized%20and%20tourist%20trends%20in%20the%20US

Trump’s war on Harvard was decades in the making. This letter proves it
Bernard Harcourt
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jun/11/trump-war-on-harvard

Note to self: Insurance actuarial tables are not based on government climate websites
Major US climate website likely to be shut down after almost all staff fired

Exclusive: Climate.gov, which supports public education on climate science, will soon no longer publish new content
Eric Holthaus
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/11/climate-website-shut-down-noaa

Weather makers: How microbes living in the clouds affect our lives
Carl Zimmer
https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20250610-the-microbes-that-thrive-in-the-clouds

Republican chair of House homeland security committee to retire early
Mark Green had announced he would not run in 2024 and then changed his mind when Republicans urged him to stay
Associated Press
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/10/mark-green-retires-republican-homeland-security-chair

This month’s best paperbacks
June
Looking for a new reading recommendation? Here are some brilliant new paperbacks, from moving memoirs to sequels of beloved novels
https://www.theguardian.com/books/ng-interactive/2025/jun/11/this-months-best-paperbacks-hanif-kureishi-alexei-navalny-and-more

2025.06.10

MyPillow founder Mike Lindell sticks by false 2020 election claims in defamation trial
Lindell took the stand for the first time during the trial in Denver.
by Colleen Slevin Associated Press
https://www.minnpost.com/national/2025/06/mypillow-founder-mike-lindell-sticks-by-false-2020-election-claims-in-defamation-trial/

From Bring Me The News: “Anxiety over current U.S. border and LGBTQ policies under the Trump administration has led a Canadian group to scrap the Minnesota leg of its annual cross-border Pride parade. Borderland Pride has announced that its cross-border Pride March will not start in International Falls this year. The event will instead take place entirely within Fort Frances on the Canadian side of the border.” Via MinnPost

Sumer is icumen in: From MPR News: “Our weather pattern will take a more typical summery and thundery June turn this week. Tuesday brings plenty of sunshine and warmer temperatures in the 80s to much of Minnesota. Then a warm front will stall across southern Minnesota along the Interstate 90 corridor between Wednesday and Friday. That front will be the focus of a few rounds of thunderstorms.” Via MinnPost

‘They tell you every minor inconvenience’: bartenders on which generation has the worst behavior
Gen Z patrons have stopped opening bar tabs and can’t order quickly, but older customers’ etiquette isn’t perfect either
Alaina Demopoulos
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/ng-interactive/2025/jun/10/gen-z-bar-tabs-etiquette

Compare the courage of Greta Thunberg’s Gaza aid mission with the inaction and complicity of western governments
Owen Jones
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jun/10/greta-thunberg-gaza-aid-mission-madleen

New blood test for coeliac disease can diagnose autoimmune condition without need to eat gluten
Australian researchers hope test is a ‘game-changer’ for diagnosing those following a strict gluten-free diet
Natasha May Health reporter
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/jun/10/new-blood-test-for-coeliac-disease-can-diagnose-autoimmune-condition-without-need-to-eat-gluten

Mythica: Stormbound review – new chunk of swords and sorcery tale ripe for avid franchise audience
The sixth instalment in this low-budget series has a meagre plot and shonky visual effects but the director and cast clearly care about the franchise’s audience
Leslie Felperin
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/jun/09/mythica-stormbound-review-new-chunk-of-swords-and-sorcery-tale-ripe-for-avid-franchise-audience

‘It makes me sick!’ How the French impressionists went from ‘lunatics’ to luminaries
The National Gallery of Victoria’s new show, French Impressionism, celebrates the likes of Monet, Renoir, Degas, Morisot and Pissarro, who painted in the face of public outrage
Sian Cain
https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2025/jun/09/it-makes-me-sick-how-the-likes-of-the-french-impressionists-went-from-lunatics-to-luminaries

Frederick Forsyth, Day of the Jackal author and former MI6 agent, dies aged 86
Writer used his experience reporting on De Gaulle’s France to plot his thriller, and continued to draw on real-world research for subsequent bestsellers
Richard Lea
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2025/jun/09/frederick-forsyth-day-of-the-jackal-author-and-former-mi6-agent-dies-aged-86

Sly Stone obituary
Funk and soul musician whose band, Sly and the Family Stone, had a profound effect on US music in the 1960s and 70s
Garth Cartwright
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2025/jun/10/sly-stone-obituary

2025.06.08

Kristi Noem: the made-for-TV official executing Trump’s mass deportations Noem has played a starring role in the second Trump administration with her goal to ‘Make America Safe Again’ – derided by critics as ‘cosplay’ with cruel consequences Lauren Gambino https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/07/kristi-noem-trump-secretary-homeland-security

Stop bending the knee to Trump: it’s time for anticipatory noncompliance David Kirp https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jun/08/trump-anticipatory-noncompliance

52 tiny annoying problems, solved! (Because when you can’t control the big stuff, start small) Experts, Guardian readers and writers share ingenious solutions to life’s everyday irritations, from wobbly tables to persistent hiccups Compiled by Sarah Phillips https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2025/jun/08/tiny-annoying-problems-solved

Doctors trialling ‘poo pills’ to flush out dangerous superbugs
James Gallagher
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/clyge290l4xo

An ancient writing system confounding myths about Africa
Penny Dale
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c5ye50xgw8vo

Local officials defend role following chaotic federal sting in Minneapolis
Hennepin County Sheriff Dawanna Witt said the enforcement action was one of eight search warrants carried out against a “transnational criminal organization.”
by Alfonzo Galvan, Katelyn Vue and Andrew Hazzard
https://sahanjournal.com/public-safety/minneapolis-lake-street-federal-sting-protest-response/

Dragonfly review – haunting, genre-defying drama of lonely city living Tribeca film festival, New York Brenda Blethyn and Andrea Riseborough, along with a very alarming dog, are superb as two neighbours thrown together by their neglected circumstances Peter Bradshaw https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/jun/07/dragonfly-review-andrea-riseborough-brenda-blethyn-tribeca-festival

Fancy some iconic celeriac? New Nordic cuisine, now a blockbuster exhibition Twenty years ago, a group of Scandinavian chefs announced a culinary revolution. But as Norway’s National museum celebrates the New Nordic manifesto’s impact on dining and the arts, has the movement betrayed its own ambitious ideals? Dan Hancox https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2025/jun/08/fancy-some-iconic-celeriac-new-nordic-cuisine-now-a-blockbuster-exhibition

The week around the world in 20 pictures Israeli airstrikes in Gaza, wildfires in Canada, the first day of Eid al-Adha, and the Champions League final in Munich: the past seven days as captured by the world’s leading photojournalists Warning: this gallery contains images that some readers may find distressing Jim Powell https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2025/jun/06/the-week-around-the-world-in-20-pictures

2025.06.06

Food additive titanium dioxide likely has more toxic effects than thought, study finds
Controversial additive may be in as many as 11,000 US products and could lead to diabetes and obesity
Tom Perkins
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/06/titanium-dioxide-food-additive-toxic

Don’t rinse raw chicken: nine food safety tips from microbiologists
We all have questionable kitchen habits – experts break down how to avoid spreading pathogens at home
Adrienne Matei
https://www.theguardian.com/wellness/2025/jun/05/how-to-avoid-food-poisoning-microbiologists-tips

Minnesota’s boundary waters are pristine. Trump’s ‘Big, Beautiful Bill’ could pollute them forever
A little-known provision would open thousands of nearby acres to a foreign mining company, risking acid drainage
Jimmy Tobias for Public Domain
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/06/minnesota-boundary-waters-pollution

A massive outbreak has made Ontario the measles epicentre of the western hemisphere
Three-quarters of cases are in unvaccinated children, and this week saw the first fatality: a premature baby
Olivia Bowden in St Thomas
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jun/06/measles-outbreak-ontario-canada

Diner dates and bathhouse chili: the colorful, defiant history of America’s gay restaurants
In his new book, Erik Piepenburg dishes on the US eateries that have served as LGBTQ+ havens and are still thriving
Tim Teeman
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2025/jun/06/american-gay-restaurant-history

Police now say they are investigating shooting of actor Jonathan Joss as possible hate crime
King of the Hill actor’s husband claimed killing was due to his sexual orientation, which police initially dismissed
Associated Press
https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2025/jun/06/jonathan-joss-killing-investigation-hate-crime

The inevitable Trump-Musk feud is finally here – and it’s pathetic
Moira Donegan
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jun/06/trump-musk-feud-pathetic

Trump’s tariffs have become his Vietnam – and the right is breaking ranks
Sidney Blumenthal
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jun/05/trump-tariffs-republicans

Impeachment, Epstein and bitter acrimony: Trump and Musk joust in astonishing social media duel
Tensions over the Republican spending bill burst into public view as the president’s relationship with his former adviser deteriorated
Hugo Lowell and Andrew Roth in Washington
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/05/trump-elon-musk-fallout

Trump says Musk has ‘lost his mind’ and dismisses peace offering
Trump says he’s ‘not particularly’ interested in reconciling with Elon Musk, who reportedly wanted to speak to president
Dan Milmo Global technology editor
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/jun/06/elon-musk-signals-he-may-back-down-in-public-row-with-donald-trump

Wake Up and Smell the Corruption
How far we’ve fallen, how fast
Paul Krugman
https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/wake-up-and-smell-the-corruption?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=apztr&triedRedirect=true

‘We have a geriatric problem’ – Democrats wrestle with age-old issue
Anthony Zurcher
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cpw7p2pjn11o

US supreme court sides with heterosexual woman in ‘reverse discrimination’ case
Judges rule 9-0 in case where Marlean Ames argued she was denied a promotion because she is heterosexual
Lauren Aratani and agencies
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/05/supreme-court-reverse-discrimination-case

Australian navy ship accidentally blocks internet and radio across parts of New Zealand
Incident happened as one of the Royal Australian Navy’s largest ships was on its way to Wellington this week
Elias Visontay
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/jun/06/australian-navy-ship-accidentally-blocks-wifi-across-parts-of-new-zealand

Dr Martens profits slump by more than 90%
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cm2kpwnr4rjo

2025.06.03

Philadelphia paper warns Fetterman to take Senate job seriously – ‘or step away’
Democratic senator hits back at ‘smear’ after being accused of missing votes and skipping committee hearings
Anna Betts
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/02/john-fetterman-senate-philadelphia-inquirer

US firms say Trump trade war is hitting production as dollar nears three-year low
Manufacturing survey signals third monthly decline in output in a row amid uncertainty over tariffs
Heather Stewart Economics editor
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/02/us-firms-say-trump-trade-war-is-hitting-production-as-dollar-nears-three-year-low

Outrage over Peru’s decision to nearly halve protected area near Nazca Lines
Shock decision has raised fears ancient site with almost 2,000-year-old geoglyphs will be exploited by illegal miners
Dan Collyns in Lima
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jun/02/peru-nazca-lines-protection-illegal-mining

Theater Mu’s new artistic director sees role as a call to arms in uncertain times
Writer and director Fran de Leon aims to elevate the theater’s profile and reach, while continuing to bring overlooked Asian-American histories to light.
by Macy-Châu Diễm Trần
https://sahanjournal.com/arts-culture/theater-mu-new-artistic-director-fran-de-leon/

How Bangkok’s Coolest Neighborhood is Taking On Gentrification
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6NHfQ7ox_is

2025.06.02

Much of Minnesota will be under an air quality alert, MPR News reports. The alert is expected to last until at least 6 p.m. Monday. “According to the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency, fine particle levels caused by large wildfires from Manitoba and Saskatchewan will push the air quality index to the red category, a level considered unhealthy for everyone, across the northern half of Minnesota. … For most of the southern and central part of Minnesota, the air quality index is expected to reach the orange category, which is considered unhealthy for sensitive groups.”  Via MinnPost
https://www.minnpost.com/glean/2025/06/smoggy-times-canadian-wildfires-contribute-to-minnesota-haze/

Key US weather monitoring offices understaffed as hurricane season starts
National Weather Service offices are reeling from job cuts and a hiring freeze imposed by Trump
Oliver Milman
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/02/trump-national-weather-service-hurricanes

Half of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders faced hate in 2024, study finds
Exclusive: rampant anti-Asian hate in 2024 reflected divisive election season, survey finds
Minnah Arshad
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/02/aapi-hate-study

A ‘war on children’: as US changes Covid vaccine rules, parents of trial volunteers push back
Frustration and anger mount as Trump administration contemplates new trials and restrictions for Covid vaccines
Melody Schreiber
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/02/vaccine-rule-change-child-trial-volunteers

Loan plan in Republican bill could worsen doctor shortage, experts warn
Proposal to limit student loans for ‘professional programs’ risks driving people away from medicine, critics say
Jessica Glenza
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/01/republican-trump-bill-doctor-shortage

Is it true that … taking collagen supplements slows signs of ageing?
Many people take collagen powders and pills in the hope of looking younger for longer, but there are better ways to improve your chances
Kate Lloyd
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2025/jun/02/is-it-true-that-taking-collagen-supplements-slows-signs-of-ageing

The deadlift difference: is this the exercise you need for an active and pain-free future?
Life is easier with a strong, flexible body – and this weightlifting move will help with everything from rearranging the furniture to picking up your groceries. You might even learn to love the barbell
Phil Daoust
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2025/jun/01/the-deadlift-difference-is-this-the-exercise-you-need-for-an-active-and-pain-free-future

How electric scooters are driving China’s salt battery push
Xiaoying You
https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20250530-how-electric-scooters-are-driving-chinas-salt-battery-push

Stakes are high for US democracy as conservative supreme court hears raft of cases
Former critics now hope the justices have enough fealty to the US constitution to mitigate Trump’s assault on rights
Robert Tait in Washington
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/01/us-supreme-court-democracy

Parks, libraries, museums: here’s why Trump is attacking America’s best-loved institutions
Margaret Sullivan
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jun/02/national-parks-libraries-museums-trump

Trump’s tax bill helps the rich, hurts the poor and adds trillions to the deficit
Katrina vanden Heuvel
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jun/02/big-beautiful-tax-bill-deficit-trump

The women saving Japan’s vanishing cuisine
Michelle Gross
https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20250530-the-women-saving-japans-vanishing-cuisine

Butt-naked Milton and a spot of fellatio: why William Blake became a queer icon
How did an ancient poet and painter who died in obscurity come to obsess everyone from Oscar Wilde to David Hockney, Robert Mapplethorpe, Derek Jarman and David Bowie? The writer of a new book explains his glorious allure
Philip Hoare
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2025/jun/02/william-blake-queer-icon-bowie-wilde-mapplethorpe-jarman

2025.06.01

Bee-ware: truck carrying 250m honeybees overturns by US-Canada border
Washington state officials swarmed to scene to find 70,000lbs of hives and bees abuzz in a sticky situation
José Olivares
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/may/31/truck-bees-hives-overturns-washington

Why Trump is really going after Harvard
David Smith in Washington
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/01/trump-harvard-authoritarianism-democracy

‘Empathy is a kind of strength’: Jacinda Ardern on kind leadership, public rage and life in Trump’s America
Young, progressive and relatable, the former prime minister of New Zealand tried to do politics differently. But six years into power, she dramatically resigned. In an exclusive interview with the Guardian’s editor-in-chief, she explains why
Katharine Viner
https://www.theguardian.com/world/ng-interactive/2025/may/31/jacinda-ardern-kind-leadership-public-rage-life-trump-america

‘It’s thrilling’: almost three centuries of the Belfast News Letter go online
The surviving editions of the world’s oldest, continuously published English-language daily can now be accessed free
Michael Savage Media editor
https://www.theguardian.com/media/2025/jun/01/worlds-oldest-daily-belfast-news-letter-go-digital

We decided to become a shoes-off house. It was more complicated than I thought
We are still in the beginning of our new shoeless lives, but already there is no turning back
Caroline Baum
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2025/jun/01/shoes-off-or-on-we-decided-to-become-a-shoeless-house

Recent Canadian wildfires are record-breaking – and will threaten US air quality for days
Eric Holthaus
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/may/30/canada-wildfires-air-quality

‘Try to stay on your feet’: Cheese-rolling champion reveals secrets to his success
Chris Anderson, who has won Gloucestershire event 23 times, says newcomers need to be brave and devise a plan
Steven Morris
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/jun/01/try-to-stay-on-your-feet-cheese-rolling-champion-reveals-secrets-to-his-success

This Mississippi town without a cinema inspired a hit – now it gets to see the film
Ana Faguy
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cy8nj2dm7keo