2024.11.12

Our cities finest running up your tax bill:
KARE 11 Investigates: Multimillion-dollar settlement in Hennepin jail death case
Hennepin County to pay $3.4 million to settle wrongful death lawsuit involving inmate Lucas Bellamy.
https://www.kare11.com/article/news/investigations/kare-11-investigates-multimillion-dollar-settlement-hennepin-jail-death/89-511c0c53-4732-4a91-bd7e-257134aa5a73

After Trump’s election, women are swearing off sex with men. This has been a long time coming
Cécile Simmons
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/nov/12/donald-trump-election-sex-men-misogyny-feminism

Sex worker allegedly assaulted in Sydney brothel as women strike for better pay
Protesters at Penthouse in CBD demand fairer conditions and allege club changed pricing structure
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2024/nov/13/penthouse-club-sydney-sex-worker-alleged-assault-strike-conditions-ntwnfb

Bluesky adds 700,000 new members as users flee X after the US election
Social media platform has become a ‘refuge’ from the far-right activism on X, experts say, after Elon Musk teamed up with Donald Trump
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2024/nov/12/us-election-bluesky-users-flee-x-twitter-trump-musk

Unseen desire: the radical gaze of Rotimi Fani-Kayode – in pictures
‘A sense of longing’ … Rotimi Fani-Kayode’s Untitled, 1988. Photograph: Rotimi Fani-Kayode
After escaping civil war in Nigeria, the ‘outsider’ photographer moved to the UK to capture Black queer self-expression. A new exhibition explores his legacy
Mee-Lai Stone
https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2024/nov/12/unseen-desire-the-radical-gaze-of-rotimi-fani-kayode-in-pictures

Nigel Slater’s recipe for orzo, smoked mozzarella and thyme
https://www.theguardian.com/food/2024/nov/12/nigel-slaters-recipe-for-orzo-smoked-mozzarella-and-thyme

‘Every hammer blow makes a difference’: handcrafting whisky stills in Scotland – photo essay
A visit to McMillan Coppersmiths in East Lothian, which makes copper pot stills and columns for the distilled spirits industry
By Severin Carrell, with photographs by Murdo MacLeod
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/nov/11/handcrafting-copper-whisky-stills-in-scotland-photo-essay