2025.04.04

I worked in Trump’s first administration. Here’s why his team is using Signal
Kevin Carroll
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/apr/05/why-trump-administration-used-signal-hegseth-gabbard

What will Trump do when his tariffs backfire?
Nils Pratley
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/03/the-world-looks-on-and-wonders-how-much-pain-is-trump-willing-to-take

Chance of asteroid hitting Moon increases slightly
Maddie Molloy
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cpdznz83x8vo

This Hawaiian island's 'freakosystems' are a warning from the future
Matthew Ponsford
https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20250403-the-new-hawaiian-freakosystem-emerging-on-oahu-accidentally-created-by-humans

Did John and Yoko split because of Richard Nixon? The making of revelatory music film One to One
The director of One to One: John & Yoko reveals how he was given access to a trove of intimate and family archive material that changes how we see the star couple
Kevin Macdonald
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/apr/04/one-to-one-john-and-yoko-film-archive

From gun-toting monkeys to triple homicides: the wildest theories for the White Lotus finale
Will Gaitok go rogue? Might there be an incest-related shooting? Could primates do it? Here’s a rundown of the top rumours around the last episode’s looming death (or deaths)
Michael Hogan
https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2025/apr/04/from-gun-toting-monkeys-to-triple-homicides-the-wildest-theories-for-the-white-lotus-finale

Edwardian homes for sale in England and Scotland – in pictures
From a Devon terrace in need of modernisation to a vast six-bedroom house near Aberdeen, properties that exude craftsmanship
Anna White
https://www.theguardian.com/money/gallery/2025/apr/04/edwardian-homes-for-sale-england-scotland

Drop to A Minecraft Movie: 11 of the best films to watch this April
Nicholas Barber
https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20250404-11-of-the-best-films-to-watch-this-april

'I love my country': Ken Burns on showing the dark parts of US history
Christopher Luu
https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20250402-ken-burns-influential-interview-katty-kay

Your weekend: Minneapolis St. Paul International Film Festival, a Mexican-inspired opera
This year’s film festival features Latin dramas, Somali and Chinese documentaries, a film on Hmong identity and a documentary on Black liberation in the wake of George Floyd’s murder.
by Myah Goff
https://sahanjournal.com/arts-culture/things-to-do-minneapolis-international-film-festival-mexican-opera/