2025.01.12

US supreme court curbed public scrutiny as it boosted security before Roe ruling
Memo obtained by the Guardian mandates that court would maintain ‘exclusive’ control of all security-related records
Jason Wilson
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jan/12/us-supreme-court-roe

‘What’s going on in Bob Dylan’s head’: Mr Tambourine Man lyrics up for auction
Rare drafts of one of Dylan’s best known songs found in journalist’s archive could fetch up to $1 million as part of wider legacy sale
Donna Ferguson
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2025/jan/12/whats-going-on-in-bob-dylans-head-mr-tambourine-man-lyrics-up-for-auction

Wall Street looks forward to a bonfire of capital and climate rules under Trump
Kalyeena Makortoff
Profits are poised to dominate in a new era shorn of years of hard-won regulatory restrictions
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/jan/11/wall-street-looks-forward-to-a-bonfire-of-capital-and-climate-rules-under-trump

Silicon Valley’s tycoons are bending the knee to Trump
Blake Montgomery
In 2017, Silicon Valley rebuked Trump’s travel ban. Today, it has reversed course and is bending over backwards with displays of deference to Trump
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/jan/11/trump-silicon-valley

‘White people shouldn’t mess with it’: Native American church laments psychedelic cactus shortage
Western ‘psychedelic renaissance’ is partly to blame for dwindling supplies of peyote, which produces mescaline
Edward Helmore
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2025/jan/11/white-people-shouldnt-mess-with-it-native-american-church-laments-psychedelic-cactus-shortage

Is it too early for a performance review? You decide!
Trump says meeting with Putin being arranged
Christy Cooney
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cz7e3qzpn9xo