2025.06.08
Jun. 8th, 2025 07:24 amKristi Noem: the made-for-TV official executing Trump’s mass deportations
Noem has played a starring role in the second Trump administration with her goal to ‘Make America Safe Again’ – derided by critics as ‘cosplay’ with cruel consequences
Lauren Gambino
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/07/kristi-noem-trump-secretary-homeland-security
Stop bending the knee to Trump: it’s time for anticipatory noncompliance
David Kirp
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jun/08/trump-anticipatory-noncompliance
52 tiny annoying problems, solved! (Because when you can’t control the big stuff, start small)
Experts, Guardian readers and writers share ingenious solutions to life’s everyday irritations, from wobbly tables to persistent hiccups
Compiled by Sarah Phillips
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2025/jun/08/tiny-annoying-problems-solved
Doctors trialling 'poo pills' to flush out dangerous superbugs
James Gallagher
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/clyge290l4xo
An ancient writing system confounding myths about Africa
Penny Dale
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c5ye50xgw8vo
Local officials defend role following chaotic federal sting in Minneapolis
Hennepin County Sheriff Dawanna Witt said the enforcement action was one of eight search warrants carried out against a “transnational criminal organization.”
by Alfonzo Galvan, Katelyn Vue and Andrew Hazzard
https://sahanjournal.com/public-safety/minneapolis-lake-street-federal-sting-protest-response/
Dragonfly review – haunting, genre-defying drama of lonely city living
Tribeca film festival, New York
Brenda Blethyn and Andrea Riseborough, along with a very alarming dog, are superb as two neighbours thrown together by their neglected circumstances
Peter Bradshaw
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/jun/07/dragonfly-review-andrea-riseborough-brenda-blethyn-tribeca-festival
Fancy some iconic celeriac? New Nordic cuisine, now a blockbuster exhibition
Twenty years ago, a group of Scandinavian chefs announced a culinary revolution. But as Norway’s National museum celebrates the New Nordic manifesto’s impact on dining and the arts, has the movement betrayed its own ambitious ideals?
Dan Hancox
https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2025/jun/08/fancy-some-iconic-celeriac-new-nordic-cuisine-now-a-blockbuster-exhibition
The week around the world in 20 pictures
Israeli airstrikes in Gaza, wildfires in Canada, the first day of Eid al-Adha, and the Champions League final in Munich: the past seven days as captured by the world’s leading photojournalists
Warning: this gallery contains images that some readers may find distressing
Jim Powell
https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2025/jun/06/the-week-around-the-world-in-20-pictures
Noem has played a starring role in the second Trump administration with her goal to ‘Make America Safe Again’ – derided by critics as ‘cosplay’ with cruel consequences
Lauren Gambino
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/07/kristi-noem-trump-secretary-homeland-security
Stop bending the knee to Trump: it’s time for anticipatory noncompliance
David Kirp
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jun/08/trump-anticipatory-noncompliance
52 tiny annoying problems, solved! (Because when you can’t control the big stuff, start small)
Experts, Guardian readers and writers share ingenious solutions to life’s everyday irritations, from wobbly tables to persistent hiccups
Compiled by Sarah Phillips
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2025/jun/08/tiny-annoying-problems-solved
Doctors trialling 'poo pills' to flush out dangerous superbugs
James Gallagher
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/clyge290l4xo
An ancient writing system confounding myths about Africa
Penny Dale
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c5ye50xgw8vo
Local officials defend role following chaotic federal sting in Minneapolis
Hennepin County Sheriff Dawanna Witt said the enforcement action was one of eight search warrants carried out against a “transnational criminal organization.”
by Alfonzo Galvan, Katelyn Vue and Andrew Hazzard
https://sahanjournal.com/public-safety/minneapolis-lake-street-federal-sting-protest-response/
Dragonfly review – haunting, genre-defying drama of lonely city living
Tribeca film festival, New York
Brenda Blethyn and Andrea Riseborough, along with a very alarming dog, are superb as two neighbours thrown together by their neglected circumstances
Peter Bradshaw
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/jun/07/dragonfly-review-andrea-riseborough-brenda-blethyn-tribeca-festival
Fancy some iconic celeriac? New Nordic cuisine, now a blockbuster exhibition
Twenty years ago, a group of Scandinavian chefs announced a culinary revolution. But as Norway’s National museum celebrates the New Nordic manifesto’s impact on dining and the arts, has the movement betrayed its own ambitious ideals?
Dan Hancox
https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2025/jun/08/fancy-some-iconic-celeriac-new-nordic-cuisine-now-a-blockbuster-exhibition
The week around the world in 20 pictures
Israeli airstrikes in Gaza, wildfires in Canada, the first day of Eid al-Adha, and the Champions League final in Munich: the past seven days as captured by the world’s leading photojournalists
Warning: this gallery contains images that some readers may find distressing
Jim Powell
https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2025/jun/06/the-week-around-the-world-in-20-pictures