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2025.01.02
Jan. 2nd, 2025 06:26 amEXTRA! Beatings to increase and continue! Republican-run states see opportunity to push extreme policies under Trump
Emboldened red states could advocate for rightwing reforms from steep tax cuts to slashes to education
Eric Berger
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jan/01/republican-states-trump
Florida’s manatees are actually relative newcomers, historical research suggests
State’s beloved but under-pressure sea cows were barely recorded in the area before seas warmed in the late 1700s
Richard Luscombe in Miami
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/jan/02/florida-manatees-newcomers
Interview
MacArthur genius Alice Wong on resistance in the new year: ‘Life is a dumpster fire, but I’m not alone’
Maanvi Singh
The activist and ‘disabled oracle’ reflects on a moment that changed her life – and why she finds hope in sci-fi
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/jan/02/alice-wong-interview
‘Trump is a little guy, Musk is a big guy’: historian predicts trouble for president-elect
Timothy Snyder says world’s richest man is likely to exert uncomfortable influence over White House
Martin Pengelly in Washington
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2025/jan/01/elon-musk-donald-trump
Scandinavians came to Britain long before Vikings and Anglo-Saxons, finds study
Genetic analysis of Roman soldier or gladiator buried in York reveals 25% of his ancestry came from Scandinavia
Nicola Davis Science correspondent
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2025/jan/01/scandinavians-came-to-britain-long-before-vikings-and-anglo-saxons-finds-study
Review
Gobsmacked! by Ben Yagoda review – the British invasion of American English
After years of seemingly one-way traffic, anglicisms from ginger to kerfuffle are having their moment stateside
Emma Brockes
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2025/jan/02/gobsmacked-by-ben-yagoda-review-the-british-invasion-of-american-english
Trackways of large dinosaur footprints found in Oxfordshire quarry
Cetiosauruses and a megalosaurus are thought to have left prints at what is said to be largest site of its kind in UK
Geneva Abdul
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2025/jan/02/large-dinosaur-footprints-oxfordshire-quarry-cetiosaurus-megalosaurus
How the Swedes survive without small talk
In most cultures, small talk acts as a social lubricant. It connects people across demographic lines and creates a sense of belonging and companionship. But in Sweden, small talk doesn’t come naturally to people.
Video by Björn Nilsson
Executive Producer: Camelia Sadeghzadeh
https://www.bbc.com/reel/video/p08v2cjz/how-the-swedes-survive-without-small-talk
Emboldened red states could advocate for rightwing reforms from steep tax cuts to slashes to education
Eric Berger
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jan/01/republican-states-trump
Florida’s manatees are actually relative newcomers, historical research suggests
State’s beloved but under-pressure sea cows were barely recorded in the area before seas warmed in the late 1700s
Richard Luscombe in Miami
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/jan/02/florida-manatees-newcomers
Interview
MacArthur genius Alice Wong on resistance in the new year: ‘Life is a dumpster fire, but I’m not alone’
Maanvi Singh
The activist and ‘disabled oracle’ reflects on a moment that changed her life – and why she finds hope in sci-fi
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/jan/02/alice-wong-interview
‘Trump is a little guy, Musk is a big guy’: historian predicts trouble for president-elect
Timothy Snyder says world’s richest man is likely to exert uncomfortable influence over White House
Martin Pengelly in Washington
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2025/jan/01/elon-musk-donald-trump
Scandinavians came to Britain long before Vikings and Anglo-Saxons, finds study
Genetic analysis of Roman soldier or gladiator buried in York reveals 25% of his ancestry came from Scandinavia
Nicola Davis Science correspondent
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2025/jan/01/scandinavians-came-to-britain-long-before-vikings-and-anglo-saxons-finds-study
Review
Gobsmacked! by Ben Yagoda review – the British invasion of American English
After years of seemingly one-way traffic, anglicisms from ginger to kerfuffle are having their moment stateside
Emma Brockes
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2025/jan/02/gobsmacked-by-ben-yagoda-review-the-british-invasion-of-american-english
Trackways of large dinosaur footprints found in Oxfordshire quarry
Cetiosauruses and a megalosaurus are thought to have left prints at what is said to be largest site of its kind in UK
Geneva Abdul
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2025/jan/02/large-dinosaur-footprints-oxfordshire-quarry-cetiosaurus-megalosaurus
How the Swedes survive without small talk
In most cultures, small talk acts as a social lubricant. It connects people across demographic lines and creates a sense of belonging and companionship. But in Sweden, small talk doesn’t come naturally to people.
Video by Björn Nilsson
Executive Producer: Camelia Sadeghzadeh
https://www.bbc.com/reel/video/p08v2cjz/how-the-swedes-survive-without-small-talk
