2025.02.07

From Jon Bream at the Star Tribune: “It’s official: The controversial nine-hour authorized Prince documentary directed by Oscar-winning Ezra Edelman for Netflix will not be released.” Via MinnPost
https://www.minnpost.com/glean/2025/02/minnesota-ag-to-sue-trump-administration-over-doge/

Prince estate blocks release of Netflix documentary by Oscar-winning director Ezra Edelman
Nine-hour film will not be seen, after ‘mutual agreement’ between estate and Netflix, with estate announcing plans for its own film
Ben Beaumont-Thomas
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2025/feb/07/prince-estate-blocks-release-of-netflix-documentary-by-oscar-winning-director-ezra-edelman

Interview
New DNC vice-chair David Hogg on reaching young voters: ‘We need to be a tsunami of content’
Joan E Greve in Washington
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/feb/07/dnc-vice-chair-david-hogg

Sweden plans to tighten gun laws in wake of Örebro mass shooting
‘We have to ensure that only the right people have guns in Sweden,’ says the prime minister, Ulf Kristersson
Miranda Bryant Nordic correspondent
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/feb/07/sweden-to-tighten-gun-laws-in-wake-of-orebro-mass-shooting

Detox your kitchen: three things you can do right now to avoid toxic chemicals
Pfas and microplastics lurk everywhere – from pots and pans to storage containers and utensils. These simple changes are a first step in reducing them quickly
Tom Perkins
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2025/feb/07/how-to-remove-pfas-microplastics-chemicals-kitchen