2025.12.26

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Conservative and Christian? US right champions psychedelic drugs
Texas governor among those to call for expanded access to ibogaine, said to help with treating veterans with PTSD
Mattha Busby
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/dec/26/us-right-champions-psychedelic-drugs

A child is born: Italians celebrate village’s first baby in 30 years
Feted birth of bambina Lara in Pagliara dei Marsi highlights sticky national debate over country’s ‘demographic winter’
Angela Giuffrida in Pagliara dei Marsi
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/dec/26/italian-village-first-baby-in-30-years

Weapons of mass construction’: the US ‘craftivists’ using yarn to fight back against Trump
Fiber artists across the US are using their craft to protest against everything from national guard deployments to rollbacks on abortion rights
Cecilia Nowell
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/dec/26/knitting-craft-activists-against-trump

Pig organ transplants could one day be superior to human ones, says expert
Surgeon leading xenotransplantation trial aimed at solving shortage of human organs says edits can lessen risk of rejection
Nicola Davis Science correspondent
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2025/dec/26/pig-organ-transplants-could-one-day-be-superior-to-human-ones-says-expert

‘Keeps your mind alert’: older Swedes reap the benefits of learning for pleasure
Retirees with ‘fantastic hunger for education’ taking part in university organised events in record numbers
Miranda Bryant Nordic correspondent
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/dec/26/older-swedes-reap-benefits-late-life-education

My weirdest Christmas: it was our first year in Sweden – but I insisted on having a big British celebration
When my family emigrated to Malmö, I wanted to stick to our traditions, but my husband was keen to embrace the local customs. Why were we butting heads?
Kerry Hudson
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2025/dec/26/my-weirdest-christmas-sweden-big-british-celebration

I'm watching brain surgery to see if Alzheimer's can ever be cured (Paywalled?)
James Gallagher
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cn4dnwky48wo

Year in review: Sahan Journal’s best photos of 2025 captured celebration, community and struggle
The year in photos included moments that captured Minnesota’s joy, resilience and love of food in 2025.
by Aaron Nesheim
https://sahanjournal.com/arts-culture/top-10-photos-minnesota-2024-2/