2026.06.03

[lsanderson]

How residential solar installers are weathering a downturn
by Brian Martucci
https://www.minnpost.com/newsletter/how-residential-solar-installers-are-weathering-a-downturn/

Cheeseheads? Nah. Minnesota hosts true fromagières.
At the American Cheese Society competition, hosted annually in Minneapolis, volunteers go home with samples. They’re pretty gouda.
by Sheila Regan
https://www.minnpost.com/artscape/2026/06/cheeseheads-nah-minnesota-hosts-true-fromagieres-cheese/

Minnesotans are being advised to throw away or return several flavors of ice cream sold by MilkJam Creamery in Minneapolis after the Minnesota Department of Agriculture announced the products may have been contaminated with metal fragments, WCCO-TV reported. Via Minnpost
https://content.govdelivery.com/accounts/MNMDA/bulletins/419f296
https://www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/news/possible-metal-fragments-milkjam-creamery-minneapolis/

House Speaker Lisa Demuth to run in GOP primary for governor
Dana Ferguson
https://www.mprnews.org/story/2026/06/02/house-speaker-lisa-demuth-to-run-in-gop-primary-for-governor

Frey names 30-year department veteran as interim Minneapolis police chief
Jon Collins
https://www.mprnews.org/story/2026/06/02/mayor-frey-names-bill-peterson-as-interim-minneapolis-police-chief

Fired 60 Minutes correspondent Scott Pelley says CBS told him to inject ‘falsehoods’ into reporting
Veteran journalist says executives pushed unverified claims and gave politicians a say in interviews
Anna Betts and Jeremy Barr
https://www.theguardian.com/media/2026/jun/03/60-minutes-scott-pelley-cbs-accusations

Ukrainian drones hit St Petersburg as ‘Russian Davos’ opens in city
Energy and military sites targeted as guests gather for economic forum where Putin is due to speak on Friday
Luke Harding, Pjotr Sauer and agencies
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jun/03/ukraine-drones-st-petersburg-russia-economic-forum

What the Hellenic! Why is Christopher Nolan’s new Greek epic entirely devoid of Greeks?
Set to be this year’s biggest blockbuster, The Odyssey’s cast has been selected to ‘represent the world’. Fair enough – except that one key country seems to have gone completely unrepresented …
Chris Cotonou
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/jun/03/christopher-nolan-no-greek-actors-the-odyssey-matt-damon-zendaya-charlize-theron

Cape Fear review – Amy Adams and Javier Bardem’s immaculate update is a wild, wild ride
Bardem has the absolute time of his life terrifying everyone in this remake of the classic thriller. It’s a masterclass in tension, sublime directing – and never forgets the power of a jump scare
Lucy Mangan
https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2026/jun/03/cape-fear-review-amy-adams-and-javier-bardem-patrick-wilson-apple-tv

My Only Boy by Rosa Rankin-Gee review – a darkly funny near-future dystopia
A surprising romance is set against a backdrop of climate crisis, political instability and corporate corruption in this bleak but witty novel
Sarah Moss
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/jun/02/my-only-boy-by-rosa-rankin-gee-review-a-darkly-funny-near-future-dystopia

Stormy weather and a footballer protest: photos of the day – Wednesday
The Guardian’s picture editors select photographs from around the world
Selected by Natasha Rees-Bloor
https://www.theguardian.com/news/gallery/2026/jun/03/stormy-weather-and-footballer-protest-photos-of-the-day-wednesday