Category Archives: Travel

2025.07.13

The Texas way: why the most disaster-prone US state is so allergic to preparing for disasters
It faces hurricanes, heat, drought, rising seas and – as last week showed – deadly floods. But despite the clear need for preventive action, that is not the political mood
Ed Pilkington US chief reporter
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jul/13/texas-disaster-weather-preparations-us

Some gut microbes can absorb and help expel ‘forever chemicals’ from the body, research shows
Previously, the only way to reduce levels of Pfas was by bloodletting or a drug with unpleasant side effects
Tom Perkins
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/jul/13/pfas-gut-microbes-forever-chemicals

Quality of scientific papers questioned as academics ‘overwhelmed’ by the millions published
Mainstream mockery of AI-generated rat with giant penis in one paper brings problem to public attention
Ian Sample Science editor
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2025/jul/13/quality-of-scientific-papers-questioned-as-academics-overwhelmed-by-the-millions-published

Rosie O’Donnell dismisses Trump’s threat to revoke her US citizenship
Actor says she is latest in long list of artists, activists and celebrities to be threatened by US president
Rory Carroll Ireland correspondent
https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2025/jul/13/rosie-odonnell-dismisses-donald-trump-threat-revoke-us-citizenship

Trump authorizes Ice agents to protect themselves using ‘whatever means’ necessary
Order comes after California raids resulted in clashes with protesters and a shooting outside a Texas detention center
Edward Helmore
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jul/12/trump-authorization-immigration-enforcement

Has America learned anything from the George Floyd uprisings?
Eric Morrison-Smith and David Turner III
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jul/13/has-america-learned-anything-from-the-george-floyd-uprisings

‘Alligator Alcatraz’ showcases Trump’s surreal brand of stylized cruelty
Moira Donegan
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jul/12/alligator-alcatraz-trump-cruelty

Where authors gossip, geek out and let off steam: 15 of the best literary Substacks
More and more writers are publishing newsletters – but which are worth your time? From Margaret Atwood to Hanif Kureishi, George Saunders to Miranda July, here’s our guide to the best
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2025/jul/12/where-authors-gossip-geek-out-and-let-off-steam-15-of-the-best-literary-substacks

It’s sexy! It’s Swedish! It’s everywhere! How princess cake conquered America
The retro Swedish dessert is popping up on US menus and TikTok feeds. The story of how we got here is as layered as the marzipan confection itself – and surprisingly subversive
Lois Beckett
https://www.theguardian.com/food/ng-interactive/2025/jul/12/princess-cake-sweden-america

2025.07.11

Paris rejoices as Moulin Rouge windmill sails turn again year after collapse
Cabaret venue marks restoration of red-painted windmill with 90-strong troupe performing signature can-can dance
Jon Henley in Paris
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jul/11/paris-moulin-rouge-windmill-sails-turn-again-year-after-collapse

DoJ whistleblower provides emails backing claim Emil Bove defied courts over deportations
Messages released by fired DoJ lawyer show officials were aware they might have to ignore judicial orders
Sam Levine
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jul/10/doj-whistleblower-deportations-emil-bove

‘I’d be proud to be thrown out of America!’ Eric Idle on Trump, life after Python and not talking before lunch
As told to Catherine Shoard
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/jul/11/id-be-proud-to-be-thrown-out-of-america-eric-idle-on-trump-life-after-python-and-not-talking-before-lunch

Denver museum known for dinosaur displays finds fossil under its parking lot
A hole drilled 750ft deep to study museum’s geothermal potential yielded an unexpected surprise
Associated Press
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jul/10/denver-museum-fossil-parking-lot

Trump’s inaugural fund received $19m from fossil fuel industry, analysis shows
President raised $239m for inauguration – more than previous three inaugural committees took in combined
Dharna Noor
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jul/10/trump-inaugural-fund-fossil-fuel-industry

The best recent science fiction, fantasy and horror – review roundup
Here and Beyond by Hal LaCroix; One Yellow Eye by Leigh Radford; I Who Have Never Known Men by Jacqueline Harpman; The Reaper by Jackson P Brown
Lisa Tuttle
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2025/jul/11/the-best-recent-science-fiction-fantasy-and-horror-review-roundup

2025.07.10

Redrawing Texas: the Republican plan to stack the decks for the midterms
Tyler Hicks
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jul/10/texas-republican-redistricting-maps

The CEO who never was: how Linda Yaccarino was set up to fail at Elon Musk’s X
Ex-NBC executive was tasked with building an ‘everything app’, but billionaire owner was biggest obstacle in her path
Johana Bhuiyan and Nick Robins-Early
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/jul/10/linda-yaccarino-resigns-x-elon-musk

Trump announces 50% tariff on Brazil, citing a ‘witch-hunt’ against Bolsonaro
Latest threats heighten fears that the president’s erratic trade strategy risks exacerbating inflation across the US
Callum Jones in New York
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jul/09/trump-tariffs-brunei-libya-moldova

US supreme court blocks Florida from enforcing anti-immigration law
Judge finds Republican-crafted law probably unconstitutional for encroaching on federal authority
José Olivares
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jul/09/supreme-court-florida-law-immigration

Think you know Trump’s new bill? Try this big, beautiful quiz
Lawrence Douglas
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jul/10/trump-bill-big-beautiful-quiz

Haze of confusion in Thailand as government flips on cannabis law
New rules banning recreational cannabis use have put Thailand’s $1bn cannabis industry in limbo, with some stores fearing they will have to close
Rebecca Ratcliffe in Bangkok
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jul/10/thailand-recreational-cannabis-ban-new-laws

Vienna has been declared a renters’ utopia – here’s why
Justin Kadi
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jul/10/housing-crisis-in-europe-vienna-renters-social-housing

DoJ subpoenas clinics and doctors who offer gender-affirming care to minors
It was not immediately clear to whom the requests were sent and the kind of information that was requested
Sam Levine in New York
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jul/09/gender-affirming-care-minors

High-risk HIV groups facing record levels of criminalisation as countries bring in draconian laws
Curbs on LGBTQ+ rights and a halt to US funding may reverse decades of progress in fight to end Aids epidemic, warns UNAids
Kat Lay, Global health correspondent
https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2025/jul/10/unaids-high-risk-hiv-groups-lgbtq-record-criminalisation-usaid-funding

Discovery of ancient riverbeds suggests Mars once wetter than thought
Scientists spot traces of 10,000 miles of rivers in area where many believed ‘there wasn’t any evidence for water’
Ian Sample Science editor
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2025/jul/10/mars-once-wetter-than-thought-surprise-discovery-10000-miles-ancient-riverbeds

Everybody’s favourite manic pixie dream aunt: Celia Imrie’s 20 best films – ranked!
As Imrie turns 73, and ahead of her star turn in next month’s The Thursday Murder Club, we revisit the greatest big-screen hits of the actor who is so much more than Miss Babs
Ryan Gilbey
https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2025/jul/10/everybodys-favourite-manic-pixie-dream-aunt-celia-imries-20-best-films-ranked

2025.07.08

Texas pediatrician ‘no longer employed’ after post about pro-Trump flood victims
Physician made a post wishing that Maga supporters in Kerr county ‘get what they voted for’ amid flash flooding
Ramon Antonio Vargas
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jul/08/texas-floods-pediatrician-maga

‘Deep rooted’ camp tradition continues in Texas despite flood devastation
Mothers say it is important to return to normalcy after deadly floods in which 27 campers and counselors were among those killed
Edward Helmore in Kerrville, Texas
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jul/08/texas-floods-campers-children-continue-camp

Floods are swallowing their village. Trump’s EPA cut a major lifeline for them and others
The administration has wiped over $2.7bn in climate grants, hitting underserved communities across the US the hardest
Ames Alexander for Floodlight
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/jul/07/trump-administration-epa-grants-floods

‘Could become a death spiral’: scientists discover what’s driving record die-offs of US honeybees
Experts scrambling to understand losses in hives across the country are finally identifying the culprits. And the damage to farmed bees is a sign of trouble for wild bees too
Phoebe Weston
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/jul/08/record-us-bee-colony-dieoffs-climate-stress-pesticides-silent-spring-aoe

The life swap dream – or a marketing gimmick? The Italian towns selling houses for €1
Frustrated with my life back in the US, I was captivated by the idea of a new home – and new life – for less than the price of an espresso. So I travelled to Italy to find out whether it was too good to be true
By Lauren Markham
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/jul/08/the-life-swap-dream-or-a-marketing-gimmick-the-italian-towns-selling-houses-for-1

Studios are rewriting movies steered by Reddit. A dangerous development – or long overdue?
Ben Child
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/jul/08/spider-man-no-way-home-director-jon-watts-reddit

Is the New York Times trying to wreck Zohran Mamdani’s mayoral bid?
Margaret Sullivan
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jul/07/is-the-new-york-times-trying-to-wreck-zohran-mamdanis-mayoral-bid

Review
Hidden Master: The Legacy of George Platt Lynes review – eye-opening snapshot of New York’s queer scene
Documentary celebrates the American photographer who lived, breathed and captured the shimmering fever dream of NYC’s gay culture in the 1940s and 50s
Leslie Felperin
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/jul/07/hidden-master-the-legacy-of-george-platt-lynes-review-eye-opening-snapshot-of-new-yorks-queer-scene

A new start after 60: I quit my job, bought a camera – and became a successful wildlife photographer
On retiring at 56, Michelle Jackson needed a big new challenge. So she picked up her first proper camera and was soon spending 20 hours a week in the field, and winning awards
Paula Cocozza
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2025/jul/07/new-start-after-60-quit-job-bought-camera-became-successful-wildlife-photographer

First malaria treatment for babies approved for use
Dominic Hughes
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c89e872jdjxo

2025.07.07

Mosquitos with West Nile found in Twin Cities. From Bring Me The News: “The findings suggest West Nile activity is starting to pick up in the area. Officials say the timing of the positive tests aligns with when mosquitoes have historically first shown signs of the virus.” Via MinnPost
https://bringmethenews.com/minnesota-news/first-west-nile-positive-mosquitoes-of-the-year-found-in-twin-cities-counties

Michael Douglas says he has ‘no real intentions’ of acting again: ‘I had to stop’
The 80-year-old, two-time Oscar winner said he had been ‘working pretty hard for almost 60 years’ – and is ‘quite happy’ watching his wife Catherine Zeta-Jones work
Sian Cain
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/jul/07/michael-douglas-says-he-has-no-real-intentions-of-acting-again-i-had-to-stop

‘Chipping away at democracy’: authors fear outcome of US supreme court’s LGBTQ+ book ruling
Some parents can now opt students out of LGBTQ+ book readings. The writers warn of increased book bans and bias
Melissa Hellmann
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jul/07/authors-lgbtq-book-ruling-supreme-court

The radical 1960s schools experiment that created a whole new alphabet – and left thousands of children unable to spell
Decades ago, a generation of UK schoolchildren unwittingly took part in an initiative aimed at boosting reading skills – with lasting consequences
Emma Loffhagen
https://www.theguardian.com/education/2025/jul/06/1960s-schools-experiment-created-new-alphabet-thousands-children-unable-to-spell

At least 81 dead and dozens missing in Texas floods as more rain looms
Gary O’Donoghue Chief North America correspondent
Ana Faguy BBC News
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cddzrj323zzo

2025.07.04

Palmer’s Bar to close after serving beers for 120 years on West Bank
The bar didn’t give a reason for its closure, but said it will have a “jam-packed” calendar and “plenty of time to party and say farewell” before shutting the doors.
Author: Samantha Fischer
https://www.kare11.com/article/entertainment/palmers-bar-to-close-after-serving-beers-for-120-years-on-west-bank/89-0c845523-e6cc-4fed-8be2-82e7540144cc

Trump’s Medicaid cuts are coming for rural Americans: ‘It’s going to have to hit them first’
Experts worry the tax-and-spending bill will gut healthcare and hospitals, especially in states like North Carolina
Jessica Glenza and George Chidi
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jul/04/rural-americans-medicaid-cuts-trump-bill

Trump’s big bill achieved what conservatives have been trying to do for decades
Chris Stein
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jul/03/trump-spending-bill-conservatives-law

The Nazi bunkers hidden underneath Berlin
In this episode of The Specialist, historian Kay Heyne guides us through the haunting remnants of Nazi-era bunkers. From Hitler’s final shelter in Berlin to a hidden underground ring tunnel linking eleven modest-looking farmhouses just south of the capital, Heyne uncovers the forgotten architecture of a dark chapter in history
Produced and directed by Ana Catala, Filmed by Jan Rödger, Edited by Elisabetta Abrami, Executive Producer Anna Bressanin
https://www.bbc.com/reel/video/p0lmjjmb/the-nazi-bunkers-hidden-underneath-berlin

Wildfire forces evacuation of thousands on Greek island of Crete
Nikos Papanikolaou
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cd0vdkry307o

Iron age settlement found in Gloucestershire after detectorist unearths Roman swords
When Glen Manning discovered two cavalry swords, a later dig revealed two distinct chapters of British history
Steven Morris
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2025/jul/04/roman-swords-gloucestershire-villa-iron-age-settlement-discovery

Gaylaxicon 2025 PR2: https://mailchi.mp/67977d404acf/announcing-the-special-guests-of-gaylaxicon-2025?e=a000f39080

2025.07.03

A Wisconsin brewery owner wants to shut down Fourth of July parades, both in Minocqua, where the brewery is located, and across the nation. Kirk Bangstad “says he ‘will not allow this town to comfortably celebrate its most important event of the year’ because he believes he’s been targeted by city officials,” according to Bring Me The News. Via MinnPost
https://bringmethenews.com/wisconsin-news/wisconsin-brewery-owner-plans-to-disrupt-parade-over-feud-with-officials

Scientists warn US will lose a generation of talent because of Trump cuts
Political interference and chaotic cuts to staff, programs and grants at the National Science Foundation are producing ‘devastating consequences’
Nina Lakhani
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jul/03/national-science-foundation-trump-cuts

New Orleans teacher fired by Catholic school for being gay says ‘it’s just time’ for discrimination to stop
Mark Richards was fired from St Francis Xavier school after an obituary identified him as his late husband’s widower
Ramon Antonio Vargas in New Orleans
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jul/03/new-orleans-teacher-mark-richards

US couple could face trial in France over stolen shipwreck gold
Novelist and husband suspected of helping to sell bullion taken decades ago from ship that sank off Brittany in 1746
Agence France-Presse
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jul/03/us-couple-could-face-trial-in-france-over-stolen-shipwreck-gold

America is over neoliberalism and neoconservatism. Trump is not
Samuel Moyn
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jul/03/trump-neoliberalism-neoconservatism

US researchers launch new mission to solve mystery of Amelia Earhart’s fate
Researchers to follow fresh clues that suggest pioneering aviator may have crash-landed on remote Pacific island
Marina Dunbar
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jul/02/amelia-earhart-missing-plane

The Sandman season two review – Neil Gaiman’s emo drama is so pretentious it ruins everything
The return of the mopey goth hero sees him stroppily shuffle through what could be fantastic adventures as if they are tedious obligations. And some of the dialogue: oof!
Jack Seale
https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2025/jul/03/the-sandman-season-two-review-neil-gaiman-netflix

Is this the end for Easter Island’s moai statues?
Sofia Quaglia
https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20250702-the-indigenous-restorers-of-easter-islands-moai-in-the-face-of-climate-change

Ancient Egyptian history may be rewritten by DNA bone test
Pallab Ghosh
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c1dnnyz0z6do

The European nation pioneering ‘beer diplomacy’
David Farley
https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20250627-the-european-nation-pioneering-beer-diplomacy

2025.06.27

Bill Moyers, Lyndon Johnson press chief and celebrated broadcaster, dies at 91
Moyers, who served as Johnson’s press secretary for two years, became one of television’s most revered journalists
Associated Press
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/26/bill-moyers-broadcaster-dies

Road rash: Construction to close 3 major interstates this weekend
Road and bridge projects will shut down I-494 in Bloomington and Richfield, I-35W in Richfield, and I-94 in St. Paul between Friday night and Monday morning.
Author: Dana Thiede
https://www.kare11.com/article/traffic/traffic-nightmare-stretches-of-3-major-interstates-closed-this-weekend/89-76c556df-9be4-4dfa-952c-e77d6978230c

Wild, safe and sober: An antique mall in Fridley centers the queer community
Married couple David Wenzel and Joshua Larson are co-owners of Wild Things Antiques in Fridley, pictured here on June 16. “It’s very important to us that our identity as a queer couple was going to be on the forefront of what we were doing as a business,” Larson says.
Alex V. Cipolle
https://www.mprnews.org/story/2025/06/26/wild-safe-and-sober-an-antique-mall-in-fridley-centers-the-queer-community

Fireball in the sky as suspected meteor rattles Georgia and the Carolinas
Possible meteor rattled windows in three states, with a fragment crashing through the roof of a house near Atlanta
George Chidi in Atlanta
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/26/fireball-meteor-georgia-north-south-carolina

Six arrested at protest of Palantir, tech company building deportation software for Trump admin
Six of demonstrators were arrested at protest against the company’s work for Ice to help deport people from the US
Johana Bhuiyan
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/26/trump-palantir-protest-arrests

Elizabeth Warren presses oil companies on tax break lobbying for Senate bill
Democratic senator leads calls for answers over provision that could cut fossil fuel firms’ income tax to zero
Dharna Noor
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/26/elizabeth-warren-oil-companies-tax-break-lobbying

Supreme court paves way for South Carolina and other states to defund Planned Parenthood
Decision could embolden red states in US to block clinics that provide abortions from receiving Medicaid funds
Carter Sherman
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/26/supreme-court-planned-parenthood-decision

RFK Jr’s new vaccine panel votes against preservative in flu shots in shock move
Decision to restrict thimerosal in immunizations could impact future vaccine availability on a global scale
Jessica Glenza
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/26/rfk-flu-shot-vaccines-panel

Group of high-profile authors sue Microsoft over use of their books in AI training
Writers alleged that company used nearly 200,000 pirated books to train its Megatron artificial intelligence
Guardian staff and agencies
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/jun/26/microsoft-ai-authors-lawsuit

Cuomo to stay in New York mayoral race despite Mamdani besting him in primary – report
Ex-governor failed to secure Democratic nomination this week but still plans to run on ‘Fight and Delivery’ ballot line
Edward Helmore in New York
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/27/cuomo-new-york-mayor-race-mamdani

Zohran Mamdani has struck a blow to the Democratic party’s passivity
Moira Donegan
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jun/27/zohran-mamdani-democratic-party

Superman to I Know What You Did Last Summer: 10 of the best films to watch this July
Nicholas Barber
https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20250625-10-of-the-best-films-to-watch-this-july

2025.06.26

Mamdani’s defeat of Cuomo offers Democrats a path out of the wilderness
David Smith in Washington
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/25/zohran-mamdani-nyc-mayor-election-democrats

Zohran Mamdani offered New Yorkers a political revolution – and won
Bhaskar Sunkara
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jun/25/zohran-mamdani-offered-a-political-revolution-and-won

Trump is angry with a world that won’t give him easy deals
Rafael Behr
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jun/25/donald-trump-angry-middle-east-ukraine

Dollar falls to three-year low after report Trump may name next Fed chair early
US president has clashed with incumbent Jerome Powell, whose term is due to run for 11 more months
Joanna Partridge
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/jun/26/us-dollar-falls-to-three-year-low-after-report-trump-may-name-next-fed-chair-early

Pam Bondi denies knowing Ice agents wore masks during raids despite video evidence
At hearing, US attorney general claims she’s unaware of reports that officials have hid their faces during roundups
Robert Tait in Washington
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/25/ag-pam-bondi-ice-masks-raids

The alarming rise of US officers hiding behind masks: ‘A police state’
Sam Levin in Los Angeles
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/25/immigration-officers-wearing-masks

RFK Jr’s new CDC vaccine panel holds first meeting amid controversy
Health secretary unilaterally appointed ACIP’s eight new members, several of which are critical of immunizations
Jessica Glenza
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/25/cdc-vaccine-panel-rfk-acip

RFK Jr’s vaccine panel recommends new RSV treatment for infants
Move comes after health secretary replaced advisory board with ideological allies and several vaccine skeptics
Jessica Glenza
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/26/rfk-jr-vaccine-panel-rsv-treatment-infants

Costa Rican court orders government to free migrants who were deported by US
About 200 people were brought to the country in February under an agreement with the Trump administration
Agence France-Press in San José
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jun/25/costa-rica-court-deportations-trump

BBC to start charging US-based consumers for news and TV coverage
‘Premium experience’ for US users will include BBC News livestream as broadcaster looks overseas for income boost
Michael Savage Media editor
https://www.theguardian.com/media/2025/jun/26/bbc-usa-paid-subscription-news

California vice-mayor under fire after allegedly urging gangs to ‘organize’ over Ice
Cynthia Gonzalez of Cudahy appeared to call on street gangs for ‘help’ amid immigration raids in Los Angeles
Associated Press
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/25/california-vice-mayor-cynthia-gonzalez-ice

James Webb telescope captures direct images of Saturn-sized exoplanet
TWA 7b is 110 light years away and by far the smallest-mass planet to be observed by direct imagery
Hannah Devlin Science correspondent
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2025/jun/25/james-webb-space-telescope-first-direct-images-exoplanet

A dog cemetery would not be treated like this’: the fight to preserve Black burial grounds in the US
In the absence of federal oversight, Black communities band together to stave off development on historic resting places
Melissa Hellmann
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/25/black-burial-grounds

Local News
Mikayla Raines, founder of Minnesota’s Save A Fox rescue, dies at 29, husband says
By Stephen Swanson
https://www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/news/mikayla-raines-dies-save-a-fox-rescue/

DOC updates Stillwater prison closing
Commissioner Paul Schnell says inmate transfers to other facilities have already begun, while decisions on what programs remain at Stillwater are being made.
Author: Dana Thiede
https://www.kare11.com/article/news/local/doc-updates-stillwater-prison-closing/89-7f18c013-a18f-415c-b880-e81e6e91ef81

Well! There’s a name you don’t see every day:  Patches Magickbeans
Man charged in North Shore tunnel crash that injured two construction workers
Estelle Timar-Wilcox
https://www.mprnews.org/story/2025/06/25/man-charged-north-shore-tunnel-crash-injured-two-construction-workers

Employment opportunities on the rise in Rochester
By Aaliyah Demry
https://www.kttc.com/2025/06/25/employment-opportunities-rise-rochester/

‘A belter of a movie’: Guardian readers’ best films of 2025 so far
From repressive military regimes in I’m Still Here to funny French teenage delinquents in Holy Cow, readers pick films that have moved them this year
Guardian readers
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/jun/25/a-belter-of-a-movie-guardian-readers-best-films-of-2025-so-far

Mel Brooks turns 99: the comedy icon’s best films – ranked!
Following the announcement of a sequel to Spaceballs, we assess the film-maker’s funniest movies, from the Hitchcock spoof High Anxiety to the impeccable Young Frankenstein
By Anne Billson
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/jun/26/mel-brooks-ranked-movies

The Bear season four review – finally becoming the show it was always destined to be
It’s outgrown the ‘Yes, chef!’ rages and screaming matches in the pantry and morphed into something more tender, beautiful – and endlessly moving. Let the happy tears flow
Jack Seale
https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2025/jun/26/the-bear-season-four-review-finally-becoming-the-show-it-was-always-destined-to-be

‘Intense’ novel about robot abused by her boyfriend/owner wins Arthur C Clarke science fiction award
Annie Bot by Sierra Greer wins £2,025 for ‘compelling tale that, like all good stories about robots, is ultimately about the human condition’
Lucy Knight
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2025/jun/25/arthur-c-clarke-science-fiction-award-annie-bot-sierra-greer

Unheard works by Erik Satie to premiere 100 years after his death
Pianist Alexandre Tharaud performs previously lost material by experimental French composer on a new album
Dalya Alberge
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2025/jun/26/unheard-works-by-erik-satie-to-premiere-100-years-after-his-death

How to turn the whole carrot into a Moroccan-spiced stew – recipe
Save those bright green carrot tops from the compost bin by whizzing them up into a spicy sauce for topping a North African-spiced carrot stew
Tom Hunt
https://www.theguardian.com/food/2025/jun/25/how-to-turn-the-whole-carrot-from-leaf-to-root-into-a-moroccan-spiced-stew-recipe-zero-waste-cooking

2025.06.25

Zohran Mamdani declares historic victory in New York City mayoral primary after Cuomo concedes
‘Tonight is his night,’ says ex-governor as progressive state representative tells supporters ‘we made history’
‘We made history’: Mamdani celebrates after shocking Cuomo in New York City mayoral primary – US politics live
Adam Gabbatt
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/24/new-york-mayoral-primary-results

Who is Zohran Mamdani?
Nada Tawfik and Rachel Hagan
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cly2rgzye9no

Union leaders’ exit from DNC exposes ‘mind-boggling’ tensions inside Democratic party
Lee Saunders and Randi Weingarten say party not standing up for working people amid ‘existential battle’ under Trump
Steven Greenhouse
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/25/dnc-union-leaders-democratic-party

CDC vaccine report cites study that does not exist, says scientist listed as author
Robert Berman, cited in report on preservative thimerosal, says he ‘doesn’t endorse this misrepresentation of research’
Reuters
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/24/cdc-vaccine-presentation-autism

RFK Jr grilled on vaccine policies and healthcare fraud in bruising House hearing
US health secretary faced hours of questioning over budget cuts and accusations he lied to senators
Joseph Gedeon in Washington
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/24/rfk-congress-hearing-vaccines

DoJ leader suggested defying courts over deportations, whistleblower says
Trump ally Emil Bove reportedly said the justice department would consider telling courts ‘fuck you’
Rachel Leingang
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/24/emil-bove-justice-department-whistleblower

Man charged in bombing of Palm Springs fertility clinic dies in prison
Daniel Park, 32, was accused of supplying chemicals to the bomber, Guy Edward Barktus, who died in May explosion
Associated Press
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/24/california-fertility-clinic-bombing-death-prison

Quebec provides universal childcare for less than $7 a day. Here’s what the US can learn
Public childcare network is a win for everyone – kids, parents and the government, and the Quebec model is a shining example
Isabeau Doucet in Montreal
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/24/quebec-universal-childcare-us-learn

Millions of children at risk as global vaccine rates fall, study finds
Decline blamed on health inequalities, Covid disruption and soaring levels of misinformation and hesitancy
Andrew Gregory Health editor
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/jun/24/children-global-vaccine-rates-fall-study-finds

How to get the most out of your window air conditioner during extreme heat
When a ‘heat dome’ hits, AC units can provide relief, but they need more maintenance than you think
Sarah Sloat
https://www.theguardian.com/wellness/article/2024/aug/05/how-to-choose-clean-ac-units-tips

Not just rice and peas: lifting the lid on the radical roots of Caribbean cuisine
Caribe is more than a cookbook, says its author Keshia Sakarah, it’s also a homage to family – with a dash of history and a sprinkling of joy
Nesrine Malik
https://www.theguardian.com/news/2025/jun/24/caribbean-cuisine-history-caribe-keshia-sakarah

It Used to Be Witches by Ryan Gilbey review – an idiosyncratic guide to queer cinema
This engaging and experimental book explores the complex politics of LGBTQ+ representation in film
Ralf Webb
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2025/jun/25/it-used-to-be-witches-by-ryan-gilbey-review-an-idiosyncratic-guide-to-queer-cinema

‘It validated the experiences of black women who loved women’: The 1928 song that is one the world’s first gay anthems
Deborah Nicholls-Lee
https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20250624-the-1928-song-that-is-one-the-worlds-first-gay-anthems-ma-rainey

Bobby Sherman, 60s teen idol and singer of hit Little Woman, dies aged 81
The teenage heartthrob, who become an LAPD instructor, had announced he had stage 4 cancer earlier this year
Associated Press
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2025/jun/24/bobby-sherman-death-singer