2025.05.30

[lsanderson]

Local News
These Minnesota cities were named among the top 250 "Best Places to Live" in the country
By Aki Nace
https://www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/news/minnesota-cities-best-places-to-live-2025/

Pfas detected in US beers in new study, raising safety concerns
Researchers point to contaminated water after ‘forever chemicals’ found in all but one of 23 sampled beers
Tom Perkins
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/may/30/beer-pfas-forever-chemicals

Over a barrel: lack of sugar throws Cuba’s rum industry into crisis
This year’s tiny harvest casts doubt on the spirit’s recent resurgence, once a bright spot in the island’s economy
Ruaridh Nicoll in Havana
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/may/30/over-a-barrel-lack-sugar-cuba-rum-industry-crisis-harvest

Is every memecoin just a scam? Experts on whether Andrew Tate and Trump are fleecing their followers
After I was turned into a memecoin, I looked into the hype behind the crypto that only a tiny percentage of people profit from
Matt Shea
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/may/30/is-memecoin-scam-crypto-trump

We’re minimizing the horror of Trump’s military birthday parade
Judith Levine
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/may/30/trump-military-parade-fascism

So long, Elon: the cuts didn’t go to plan, but you completely shredded your reputation
Marina Hyde
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/may/30/elon-musk-tesla-investors-doge

‘Death is not a mystery’: what happens to your body when you’re dying?
Experts say knowing more about death – or ‘death literacy’ – can actually help quell fears of dying
Katie Camero
https://www.theguardian.com/wellness/2025/may/29/what-happens-when-you-die

Remains of Mayan city nearly 3,000 years old unearthed in Guatemala
Pyramids and monuments suggest Los Abuelos was a significant ceremonial site, archaeologists say
Agence France-Press in Guatemala City u
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/may/29/mayan-city-remains-guatemala-los-abuelos-unearthed