2026.04.11

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Jubilant return of Artemis II shadowed by ‘extinction-level’ cuts to Nasa: ‘It’s discordant’
Even as a triumphant moon flyby primes agency for a 2028 landing, Trump’s proposed budget cuts cast pall on US space program
Richard Luscombe
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2026/apr/11/artemis-ii-nasa-budget-cuts

Awesome interview:
Talking with Lisa Graves
Paul Krugman
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jjv8Bu7YkIc

Native Americans were gambling with dice 6,000 years earlier than anyone else, study says
Archaeological record suggests hunter gatherers were playing games of chance at the end of the last ice age
Mark Brown
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2026/apr/11/dice-discovery-start-of-gambling-native-americans-archaeology

Zebras, wealth and power: Hungary’s election tests Orbán’s grip on power
Ashifa Kassam and Flora Garamvolgyi in Budapest
https://www.theguardian.com/news/ng-interactive/2026/apr/11/zebras-wealth-and-power-hungarys-election-tests-orbans-grip-on-power

Former New York City mayor Eric Adams obtains Albanian citizenship
Adams was granted citizenship and a passport from Balkan country by a special decree from the republic’s president
Ramon Antonio Vargas
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/10/eric-adams-albanian-citizenship

‘The danger and value of water are in my blood’: how rain fences are making Dutch homes more climate resilient
Housing corporations are adopting rainwater storage in garden fences, reducing pressure during downpours and preserving water for times of drought
By Senay Boztas in Veldhoven
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/apr/09/rain-fences-dutch-homes-climate-resilient
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/apr/09/rain-fences-dutch-homes-climate-resilient

Project Hail Mary to The Drama: Eight of the best films of 2026 so far (Paywalled?)
Nicholas Barber and Caryn James
https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20260409-the-best-films-of-2026

The week around the world in 20 pictures
Crisis in the Middle East, Russian shelling in Ukraine, Artemis’s lunar flyby and World Press Photo winners – the past seven days as captured by the world’s leading photojournalists
Warning: this gallery contains images some readers may find distressing
Jim Powell
https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2026/apr/10/the-week-around-the-world-in-20-pictures