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2024.12.04
Dec. 4th, 2024 08:48 amWhere to eat in Our Fair Cities:
Eater Twin Cities has published their 2024 Eater Awards.https://twincities.eater.com/2024/12/3/24299782/eater-awards-winners-twin-cities-minneapolis-st-paul-2024-restaurants
Eric Rasmussen at KSTP reports SeaQuest, a controversial chain of shopping mall aquariums with one location in Minnesota, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.
https://kstp.com/kstp-news/top-news/seaquest-declares-bankruptcy-following-yearlong-investigation-by-5-investigates-abc-news/
New Orleans clergy abuse: details emerge after retired priest admits to kidnapping and child rape
Victim was going to testify about being forced to see a psychiatrist for lying or face expulsion from school after rape by Lawrence Hecker, now 93
Ramon Antonio Vargas and David Hammer of WWL Louisiana in New Orleans
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/dec/04/new-orleans-clergy-child-sex-abuse-lawrence-hecker
US supreme court to hear arguments in pivotal trans youth healthcare case
US v Skrmetti challenges Tennessee’s ban on gender-affirming medical treatments for trans minors
Joan E Greve in Washington
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/dec/04/skrmetti-supreme-court-case
Bronze snakes and perfectly intact eggs among treasures found at ancient Italian thermal spa
Trove had been preserved by warm waters and mud at the Tuscan springs near Siena
https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2024/dec/04/bronze-snakes-and-perfectly-intact-eggs-among-treasures-found-at-ancient-italian-thermal-spa
Coming soon to a garden center near you (ifn you're quick): Firefly Petunia (No, not the TV series about spaceships and horses...): https://www.waysidegardens.com/firefly-petunia-44355-pk-3.html?srsltid=AfmBOooMrIxZWIBs449-mvQ57ajFNkoPjHA0HxqEW9cumDGsFOXeJU_Q
The brain microbiome: could understanding it help prevent dementia?
Long thought to be sterile, our brains are now believed to harbour all sorts of micro-organisms, from bacteria to fungi. How big a part do they play in Alzheimer’s and similar diseases?
Amy Fleming
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2024/dec/01/the-brain-microbiome-could-understanding-it-help-prevent-dementia
Eater Twin Cities has published their 2024 Eater Awards.https://twincities.eater.com/2024/12/3/24299782/eater-awards-winners-twin-cities-minneapolis-st-paul-2024-restaurants
Eric Rasmussen at KSTP reports SeaQuest, a controversial chain of shopping mall aquariums with one location in Minnesota, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.
https://kstp.com/kstp-news/top-news/seaquest-declares-bankruptcy-following-yearlong-investigation-by-5-investigates-abc-news/
New Orleans clergy abuse: details emerge after retired priest admits to kidnapping and child rape
Victim was going to testify about being forced to see a psychiatrist for lying or face expulsion from school after rape by Lawrence Hecker, now 93
Ramon Antonio Vargas and David Hammer of WWL Louisiana in New Orleans
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/dec/04/new-orleans-clergy-child-sex-abuse-lawrence-hecker
US supreme court to hear arguments in pivotal trans youth healthcare case
US v Skrmetti challenges Tennessee’s ban on gender-affirming medical treatments for trans minors
Joan E Greve in Washington
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/dec/04/skrmetti-supreme-court-case
Bronze snakes and perfectly intact eggs among treasures found at ancient Italian thermal spa
Trove had been preserved by warm waters and mud at the Tuscan springs near Siena
https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2024/dec/04/bronze-snakes-and-perfectly-intact-eggs-among-treasures-found-at-ancient-italian-thermal-spa
Coming soon to a garden center near you (ifn you're quick): Firefly Petunia (No, not the TV series about spaceships and horses...): https://www.waysidegardens.com/firefly-petunia-44355-pk-3.html?srsltid=AfmBOooMrIxZWIBs449-mvQ57ajFNkoPjHA0HxqEW9cumDGsFOXeJU_Q
The brain microbiome: could understanding it help prevent dementia?
Long thought to be sterile, our brains are now believed to harbour all sorts of micro-organisms, from bacteria to fungi. How big a part do they play in Alzheimer’s and similar diseases?
Amy Fleming
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2024/dec/01/the-brain-microbiome-could-understanding-it-help-prevent-dementia
