2024.11.13

Minnesota Orchestra concerts now free to stream online this season
https://www.fox9.com/news/minnesota-orchestra-concerts-free-stream-online

Guardian will no longer post on Elon Musk’s X from its official accounts
Platform’s coverage of US election crystallised longstanding concerns about its content, says Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/media/2024/nov/13/the-guardian-no-longer-post-on-x-twitter-elon-musk

For all you tomatoholics out there — you know who you are:
Scientists identify tomato genes to tweak for sweeter fruit
Gene-edited versions of large, domesticated varieties of tomato grew to be sweet like those from wild plants
Nicola Davis Science correspondent
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2024/nov/13/tomatoes-gene-editing-sweeter-fruit

'He has different personas’: inside Benjamin Franklin’s life as a scientist
A fascinating and revealing new book looks back on the inventor, writer, publisher and founding father’s scientific work
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2024/nov/13/ingenious-benjamin-franklin-biography

‘This is a book we need now’: Sara Collins on choosing this year’s Booker winner
After reading more than 150 books over seven months, the judges voted unanimously in favour of Samantha Harvey’s Orbital – which pulled them as far away as possible from our planet
Sara Collins
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2024/nov/12/choosing-booker-winner-samantha-harvey-orbital

‘Defend the product!’ How the French keep their artisan food culture alive
Medieval-style producer guilds, a glut of festivals and strict controls on quality and origin all combine to make sure that traditional gastronomie is honoured and protected
Carolyn Boyd
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2024/nov/13/defend-the-product-how-the-french-keep-their-artisan-food-culture-alive

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