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2025.02.09
Feb. 9th, 2025 09:19 amBad Meta! Bad! Bad! Bad!
Revealed: gambling firms secretly sharing users’ data with Facebook without permission
Meta accounts of those affected flooded with ads for casinos and betting sites
We didn’t click ‘consent’ on any gambling website. So how did Facebook know where we’d been?
Shanti Das and Jon Ungoed-Thomas
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/feb/08/gambling-firms-secretly-shared-users-data-with-facebook-without-permission
Matisse’s muse: new exhibition dedicated to the illegitimate daughter he spent a lifetime painting
Marguerite, who survived diphtheria and torture by the Gestapo, is the focus of Musée d’Art Moderne showcase
Kim Willsher in Paris
https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2025/feb/08/matisse-muse-new-paris-exhibition-dedicated-to-the-illegitimate-daughter-he-spent-a-lifetime-painting
Flat whites or long blacks? What our changing coffee tastes say about us
From a 13th-century Yemen brew to the latest full-on blast of beans, the quest for the perfect caffeine hit continues
Rachel Cooke
https://www.theguardian.com/food/2025/feb/09/flat-whites-or-long-blacks-what-our-changing-coffee-tastes-say-about-us
Anti-ageing jabs – they can rejuvenate mice, but will they work on humans?
Senescent cells power the body’s ageing process, and scientists are developing treatments to annihilate them
David Cox
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2025/feb/08/anti-ageing-jabs-they-can-rejuvenate-mice-but-will-they-work-on-humans
Frozen in time: Rare early images of the Himalayas from Italian pioneer
Sudha G Tilak
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c8edg6n5xp3o
How a former slave became the world's first drag queen
Over 100 years before RuPaul was telling us to "sashay away", William Dorsey Swann, who had been born into slavery in 19th Century America, was making a name for himself as the world’s first self-described “drag queen”.
LGBTQ+ historian Channing Joseph, author of House of Swann, explains how he discovered this forgotten history of one of the earliest efforts at queer resistance and liberation in America.
Video by Alva French
Animation by Dan John
https://www.bbc.com/reel/video/p08ts62f/how-a-former-slave-became-the-world-s-first-drag-queen
The dishes Singaporeans turn to when illness strikes
Daniel Seifert
https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20250205-rasam-to-congee-singapore-dishes-for-flu
Pastis: The French cocktail born from a banned spirit
Emily Monaco
https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20250207-pastis-the-french-cocktail-born-from-a-banned-spirit
Revealed: gambling firms secretly sharing users’ data with Facebook without permission
Meta accounts of those affected flooded with ads for casinos and betting sites
We didn’t click ‘consent’ on any gambling website. So how did Facebook know where we’d been?
Shanti Das and Jon Ungoed-Thomas
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/feb/08/gambling-firms-secretly-shared-users-data-with-facebook-without-permission
Matisse’s muse: new exhibition dedicated to the illegitimate daughter he spent a lifetime painting
Marguerite, who survived diphtheria and torture by the Gestapo, is the focus of Musée d’Art Moderne showcase
Kim Willsher in Paris
https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2025/feb/08/matisse-muse-new-paris-exhibition-dedicated-to-the-illegitimate-daughter-he-spent-a-lifetime-painting
Flat whites or long blacks? What our changing coffee tastes say about us
From a 13th-century Yemen brew to the latest full-on blast of beans, the quest for the perfect caffeine hit continues
Rachel Cooke
https://www.theguardian.com/food/2025/feb/09/flat-whites-or-long-blacks-what-our-changing-coffee-tastes-say-about-us
Anti-ageing jabs – they can rejuvenate mice, but will they work on humans?
Senescent cells power the body’s ageing process, and scientists are developing treatments to annihilate them
David Cox
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2025/feb/08/anti-ageing-jabs-they-can-rejuvenate-mice-but-will-they-work-on-humans
Frozen in time: Rare early images of the Himalayas from Italian pioneer
Sudha G Tilak
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c8edg6n5xp3o
How a former slave became the world's first drag queen
Over 100 years before RuPaul was telling us to "sashay away", William Dorsey Swann, who had been born into slavery in 19th Century America, was making a name for himself as the world’s first self-described “drag queen”.
LGBTQ+ historian Channing Joseph, author of House of Swann, explains how he discovered this forgotten history of one of the earliest efforts at queer resistance and liberation in America.
Video by Alva French
Animation by Dan John
https://www.bbc.com/reel/video/p08ts62f/how-a-former-slave-became-the-world-s-first-drag-queen
The dishes Singaporeans turn to when illness strikes
Daniel Seifert
https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20250205-rasam-to-congee-singapore-dishes-for-flu
Pastis: The French cocktail born from a banned spirit
Emily Monaco
https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20250207-pastis-the-french-cocktail-born-from-a-banned-spirit
