2024.04.21
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lsandersonMinnesota boy fighting for life after rescuing younger brother from creek
Ashkan Thibodeaux, five years old, saved his kid brother Wyatt after he fell into ‘icy water’ of creek they were exploring
Ramon Antonio Vargas
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/21/minnesota-child-hospitalized-rescues-brother-in-creek
Some US farmers say federal rural energy grants cut by Trump were ‘about freedom’
The REAP grant and loan program and the clean energy tax credit have been rolled back under the Trump administration.
By Ayurella Horn-Muller, Melina Walling, Clayton Aldern, & M.K. Wildeman, AP and Grist
https://www.minnpost.com/environment/2026/04/some-us-farmers-say-federal-rural-energy-grants-cut-by-trump-were-about-freedom/
Three hundred nursing home workers were on strike across the Twin Cities on Monday, WCCO-TV reports. After failed contract negotiations, workers with SEIU Healthcare Minnesota & Iowa voted overwhelmingly to authorize an unfair labor practices strike at five nursing homes in the metro area. They are pushing for higher wages, better benefits and safe staffing levels, according to the union’s press release.
https://www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/news/nursing-home-workers-strike-twin-cities-2026/
https://www.seiuhealthcaremn.org/news/nursing-home-workers-with-seiu-hcmnia-file-notice-for-3-day-ulp-strike-at-five-homes-starting-april-20th/
‘Is it life? We can’t tell’: Nasa’s Curiosity rover finds organic molecules on Mars
Scientists think they are looking at chemical building blocks of life preserved for 3.5bn years
Hannah Devlin Science correspondent
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2026/apr/21/nasa-curiosity-rover-finds-organic-molecules-mars
Why is the Maga project teetering? Because not even Trump supporters voted for this dysfunction
Moira Donegan
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/apr/21/maga-project-teetering-trump-supporters-culture-war
Nine lessons for the US from Viktor Orbán’s defeat
Kenneth Roth
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/apr/21/viktor-orban-hungary-lessons
Why are straight white men overrepresented in positions of power?
Steve Phillips
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/apr/21/straight-white-men-overrepresentation
Trump wants $1.5tn for the Pentagon – and cuts to healthcare and housing
Steven Greenhouse
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/apr/21/trump-military-pentagon-budget
AI job scams are booming – and I was fooled by one. Here is how to avoid them
Fraudsters are using the promise of fake roles to trick job-seekers out of money, personal information or both, and with the help of AI they are more convincing than ever. But there are ways to spot them
Victoria Turk
https://www.theguardian.com/money/2026/apr/21/how-to-avoid-ai-online-job-recruitment-scams
Half Man review – more brave, brutal, blazing TV from the maker of Baby Reindeer
Richard Gadd’s at it again. His unforgiving new drama tackles the damage men do to each other head on, by pulling out his insides and smearing them everywhere. Every man should watch this queasy masterpiece
Lucy Mangan
https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2026/apr/21/half-man-review-richard-gadd-baby-reindeer-creator-bbc-iplayer-hbo-max-stan
The Illuminated Man by Christopher Priest and Nina Allan review – an unconventional portrait of JG Ballard
The biographer’s terminal illness and death is woven into this original and moving account of Ballard and his work
Adam Sisman
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/apr/20/the-illuminated-man-by-christopher-priest-and-nina-allan-review-an-unconventional-portrait-of-jg-ballard
Ashkan Thibodeaux, five years old, saved his kid brother Wyatt after he fell into ‘icy water’ of creek they were exploring
Ramon Antonio Vargas
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/21/minnesota-child-hospitalized-rescues-brother-in-creek
Some US farmers say federal rural energy grants cut by Trump were ‘about freedom’
The REAP grant and loan program and the clean energy tax credit have been rolled back under the Trump administration.
By Ayurella Horn-Muller, Melina Walling, Clayton Aldern, & M.K. Wildeman, AP and Grist
https://www.minnpost.com/environment/2026/04/some-us-farmers-say-federal-rural-energy-grants-cut-by-trump-were-about-freedom/
Three hundred nursing home workers were on strike across the Twin Cities on Monday, WCCO-TV reports. After failed contract negotiations, workers with SEIU Healthcare Minnesota & Iowa voted overwhelmingly to authorize an unfair labor practices strike at five nursing homes in the metro area. They are pushing for higher wages, better benefits and safe staffing levels, according to the union’s press release.
https://www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/news/nursing-home-workers-strike-twin-cities-2026/
https://www.seiuhealthcaremn.org/news/nursing-home-workers-with-seiu-hcmnia-file-notice-for-3-day-ulp-strike-at-five-homes-starting-april-20th/
‘Is it life? We can’t tell’: Nasa’s Curiosity rover finds organic molecules on Mars
Scientists think they are looking at chemical building blocks of life preserved for 3.5bn years
Hannah Devlin Science correspondent
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2026/apr/21/nasa-curiosity-rover-finds-organic-molecules-mars
Why is the Maga project teetering? Because not even Trump supporters voted for this dysfunction
Moira Donegan
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/apr/21/maga-project-teetering-trump-supporters-culture-war
Nine lessons for the US from Viktor Orbán’s defeat
Kenneth Roth
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/apr/21/viktor-orban-hungary-lessons
Why are straight white men overrepresented in positions of power?
Steve Phillips
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/apr/21/straight-white-men-overrepresentation
Trump wants $1.5tn for the Pentagon – and cuts to healthcare and housing
Steven Greenhouse
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/apr/21/trump-military-pentagon-budget
AI job scams are booming – and I was fooled by one. Here is how to avoid them
Fraudsters are using the promise of fake roles to trick job-seekers out of money, personal information or both, and with the help of AI they are more convincing than ever. But there are ways to spot them
Victoria Turk
https://www.theguardian.com/money/2026/apr/21/how-to-avoid-ai-online-job-recruitment-scams
Half Man review – more brave, brutal, blazing TV from the maker of Baby Reindeer
Richard Gadd’s at it again. His unforgiving new drama tackles the damage men do to each other head on, by pulling out his insides and smearing them everywhere. Every man should watch this queasy masterpiece
Lucy Mangan
https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2026/apr/21/half-man-review-richard-gadd-baby-reindeer-creator-bbc-iplayer-hbo-max-stan
The Illuminated Man by Christopher Priest and Nina Allan review – an unconventional portrait of JG Ballard
The biographer’s terminal illness and death is woven into this original and moving account of Ballard and his work
Adam Sisman
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/apr/20/the-illuminated-man-by-christopher-priest-and-nina-allan-review-an-unconventional-portrait-of-jg-ballard
