lsanderson | 2025.06.01

Bee-ware: truck carrying 250m honeybees overturns by US-Canada border
Washington state officials swarmed to scene to find 70,000lbs of hives and bees abuzz in a sticky situation
José Olivares
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/may/31/truck-bees-hives-overturns-washington

Why Trump is really going after Harvard
David Smith
in Washington
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/01/trump-harvard-authoritarianism-democracy

‘Empathy is a kind of strength’: Jacinda Ardern on kind leadership, public rage and life in Trump’s America
Young, progressive and relatable, the former prime minister of New Zealand tried to do politics differently. But six years into power, she dramatically resigned. In an exclusive interview with the Guardian’s editor-in-chief, she explains why
Katharine Viner
https://www.theguardian.com/world/ng-interactive/2025/may/31/jacinda-ardern-kind-leadership-public-rage-life-trump-america

‘It’s thrilling’: almost three centuries of the Belfast News Letter go online
The surviving editions of the world’s oldest, continuously published English-language daily can now be accessed free
Michael Savage Media editor
https://www.theguardian.com/media/2025/jun/01/worlds-oldest-daily-belfast-news-letter-go-digital

We decided to become a shoes-off house. It was more complicated than I thought
We are still in the beginning of our new shoeless lives, but already there is no turning back
Caroline Baum
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2025/jun/01/shoes-off-or-on-we-decided-to-become-a-shoeless-house

Recent Canadian wildfires are record-breaking – and will threaten US air quality for days
Eric Holthaus
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/may/30/canada-wildfires-air-quality

‘Try to stay on your feet’: Cheese-rolling champion reveals secrets to his success
Chris Anderson, who has won Gloucestershire event 23 times, says newcomers need to be brave and devise a plan
Steven Morris
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/jun/01/try-to-stay-on-your-feet-cheese-rolling-champion-reveals-secrets-to-his-success

This Mississippi town without a cinema inspired a hit - now it gets to see the film
Ana Faguy
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cy8nj2dm7keo