2025.06.20

Pandemic preparedness ‘dramatically eroding’ under Trump, experts say
With misinformation and murky details on bird flu and measles outbreaks, experts worry about the next pandemic
Melody Schreiber
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/20/us-pandemic-preparedness-dramatically-eroding-trump

Judge blocks Trump plan to tie states’ transportation funds to immigration enforcement
States argued US transportation secretary lacks authority to impose conditions on funding appropriated by Congress
Reuters
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/19/transportation-funds-immigration-enforcement-trump-lawsuit

Fuel firms can challenge California’s emission limits, supreme court rules
Court votes to back challenge to state waiver that allows it to set tougher car emission standards than federal limits
Oliver Milman
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/20/supreme-court-ruling-california-emission-limits

‘My grandmother never used yuzu’: global gastronomy is out as Catalan chefs celebrate tradition
Top chefs in this year’s World Region of Gastronomy are looking back as they shift from avant-garde cuisine to something more homespun
Stephen Burgen in Barcelona
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jun/20/catalan-traditional-food-world-region-gastronomy

America made a catastrophic mistake with the Iraq war. Is it about to repeat it in Iran?
Stephen Wertheim
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jun/20/america-made-a-catastrophic-mistake-with-the-iraq-war-is-it-about-to-repeat-it-in-iran

‘True model of humility’: hundreds pay tribute to victims of Minnesota killings
Candlelight vigil honoring Melissa Hortman and husband at state capitol was attended by Tim Walz and couple’s son
Victoria Bekiempis
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/19/minnesota-capitol-vigil-killings-melissa-hortman

The 12 best books of 2025 so far
Rebecca Laurence and Lindsay Baker
https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20250619-the-best-books-of-2025

'I swapped nursing for erotic fiction - but I won't let mum read my books'
Steven McKenzie
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c1dewy56n04o

The science behind brewing tastier non-alcoholic beer
https://www.bbc.com/reel/video/p0ljxvlq/the-science-behind-brewing-tastier-non-alcoholic-beer