2026.06.04
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lsandersonMinneapolis could soon see the rebirth of its bicycling ride share program
Nice Ride vanished from the streets in 2023, but it could soon be back with a boost from e-bikes.
by Bill Lindeke
https://www.minnpost.com/cityscape/2026/06/minneapolis-could-soon-see-the-rebirth-of-its-bicycling-ride-share-program/
On HCMC’s list of financial troubles, generosity is a leading culprit
‘Charity care’ is fundamental to the hospital’s mission. But as costs climb, so do concerns about long-term sustainability.
by Maddie Robinson
https://www.minnpost.com/community-health/2026/06/on-hcmcs-list-of-financial-troubles-generosity-is-a-leading-culprit-charity-care-hennepin-county-medical-center/
Growing pains or do-over? Future of Minneapolis Office of Community Safety in limbo
Four years in and one police chief down, Minneapolis leaders are still lacking clarity on OCS’s role and effectiveness.
by Trevor Mitchell
https://www.minnpost.com/news/top-story/2026/06/growing-pains-or-do-over-future-of-minneapolis-office-of-community-safety-in-limbo/
The most expensive home ever built in Minnesota is still for sale two years after it first hit the market, Mpls.St.Paul Magazine reported Wednesday. Lake Point Estate, which sits on roughly 8 acres on Lake Minnetonka in Wayzata and cost more than $90 million to construct, could be yours for just $50 million. Via MinnPost
https://mspmag.com/home-and-design/lake-point-estate-most-expensive-listing-mn/
Why are US consumers so angry? It’s not just high prices
There’s a stew of factors at work behind the rise in consumer rage – but there are potential solutions, too
Heather Timmons in Washington
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2026/jun/04/us-consumer-rage-prices-economy
Always have a starter – and be wary of specials: restaurant critics on 14 ways to order the perfect meal
Restaurant dining is a terrific and expensive treat, so how can you be sure to get the best from every menu? Experts give their advice, from looking for the strangest dish to going easy on the booze
Sarah Phillips
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2026/jun/04/always-have-starter-be-wary-specials-restaurant-critics-14-ways-order-perfect-meal
Experts criticise plan for American-only Ebola quarantine centre in Kenya
Plan departs from policy of bringing CDC staff back to US for treatment and offering support to all health workers
Melody Schreiber
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jun/04/experts-criticise-plan-for-american-only-ebola-quarantine-centre-in-kenya
The race to combat Ebola: what vaccines and treatments are being developed and how long will it take?
With the Bundibugyo strain of the disease spreading across the DRC and Uganda, scientists and researchers are trying to find rapid solutions
Kat Lay
https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2026/jun/04/the-race-to-combat-ebola-what-vaccines-and-treatments-are-being-developed-and-how-long-will-it-take
Alarm as once-eradicated flesh-eating parasite found in calf in Texas
USDA confirms first case of New World screwworm in cattle in six decades, posing threat to livestock industry
Richard Luscombe and agency
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jun/04/new-world-screwworm-texas-cattle-industry
Dismay as Trump officials to dismantle key ocean monitoring system
Ocean Observatories Initiative, $368m network that has provided crucial climate data, latest victim of Trump cuts
Maya Yang
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/jun/02/trump-administration-ocean-observatories-initiative
Japan sees shortage of plastic bags, trays and gloves, as Iran war-induced naphtha shortage worsens
The Middle East is Japan’s main source of crude oil, from which naphtha is extracted and used to make items including printing ink and plastics
Gavin Blair in Tokyo
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jun/04/japan-naphtha-shortage-plastic-bag
‘We have a shared sky and stars’: the Indigenous American artists challenging our relationship to the natural world
As the largest display of Native North American art ever seen in Britain arrives in Yorkshire, its artists are asking timely questions about their history, our planet, and humanity’s place within it
Skye Sherwin
https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2026/jun/04/hold-this-earth-indigenous-american-artists-yorkshire-sculpture-park
‘A Pavarotti rebirth’: the Samoan tenor taking over the world’s most gilded opera stages
Born on a tiny, impoverished South Pacific island, Pene Pati remembers going to school without food. Now he is performing in operas at La Scala and the Met
Susan Chenery
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2026/jun/04/pene-pati-samoan-tenor-worlds-biggest-opera-stages-la-scala-met-royal-albert-hall
So yesterday was a forced march to the SLP Lund's. (Ittsa huge store, and it ain't my favorite, but it has a good selection of frozen food -- Tillamook ice cream in this case.) It was the last day of the sale price (~$6.99), and somebody absolutely loves peach ice cream, of which Tillamook is one of the best available this far from peach country. Somehow, four containers of peach ice cream fell into the cart along with a mysterious container of Tillamook orange ice cream. The checkout line manager opened up a till for us to check out so we didn't hafta wait in line behind one other person, and had trouble cashing a hundred-dollar bill from the till's bank. Nonetheless, he managed, and we managed and absconded back with a hoard of ice cream.
Marjane Satrapi, creator of Persepolis and acclaimed French-Iranian artist, dies aged 56
Family members said the author of the landmark comic book memoir ‘died of sadness’ after the death of her husband last year
Emma Loffhagen
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/jun/04/marjane-satrapi-creator-of-persepolis-and-acclaimed-french-iranian-artist-dies-aged-56
Nice Ride vanished from the streets in 2023, but it could soon be back with a boost from e-bikes.
by Bill Lindeke
https://www.minnpost.com/cityscape/2026/06/minneapolis-could-soon-see-the-rebirth-of-its-bicycling-ride-share-program/
On HCMC’s list of financial troubles, generosity is a leading culprit
‘Charity care’ is fundamental to the hospital’s mission. But as costs climb, so do concerns about long-term sustainability.
by Maddie Robinson
https://www.minnpost.com/community-health/2026/06/on-hcmcs-list-of-financial-troubles-generosity-is-a-leading-culprit-charity-care-hennepin-county-medical-center/
Growing pains or do-over? Future of Minneapolis Office of Community Safety in limbo
Four years in and one police chief down, Minneapolis leaders are still lacking clarity on OCS’s role and effectiveness.
by Trevor Mitchell
https://www.minnpost.com/news/top-story/2026/06/growing-pains-or-do-over-future-of-minneapolis-office-of-community-safety-in-limbo/
The most expensive home ever built in Minnesota is still for sale two years after it first hit the market, Mpls.St.Paul Magazine reported Wednesday. Lake Point Estate, which sits on roughly 8 acres on Lake Minnetonka in Wayzata and cost more than $90 million to construct, could be yours for just $50 million. Via MinnPost
https://mspmag.com/home-and-design/lake-point-estate-most-expensive-listing-mn/
Why are US consumers so angry? It’s not just high prices
There’s a stew of factors at work behind the rise in consumer rage – but there are potential solutions, too
Heather Timmons in Washington
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2026/jun/04/us-consumer-rage-prices-economy
Always have a starter – and be wary of specials: restaurant critics on 14 ways to order the perfect meal
Restaurant dining is a terrific and expensive treat, so how can you be sure to get the best from every menu? Experts give their advice, from looking for the strangest dish to going easy on the booze
Sarah Phillips
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2026/jun/04/always-have-starter-be-wary-specials-restaurant-critics-14-ways-order-perfect-meal
Experts criticise plan for American-only Ebola quarantine centre in Kenya
Plan departs from policy of bringing CDC staff back to US for treatment and offering support to all health workers
Melody Schreiber
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jun/04/experts-criticise-plan-for-american-only-ebola-quarantine-centre-in-kenya
The race to combat Ebola: what vaccines and treatments are being developed and how long will it take?
With the Bundibugyo strain of the disease spreading across the DRC and Uganda, scientists and researchers are trying to find rapid solutions
Kat Lay
https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2026/jun/04/the-race-to-combat-ebola-what-vaccines-and-treatments-are-being-developed-and-how-long-will-it-take
Alarm as once-eradicated flesh-eating parasite found in calf in Texas
USDA confirms first case of New World screwworm in cattle in six decades, posing threat to livestock industry
Richard Luscombe and agency
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jun/04/new-world-screwworm-texas-cattle-industry
Dismay as Trump officials to dismantle key ocean monitoring system
Ocean Observatories Initiative, $368m network that has provided crucial climate data, latest victim of Trump cuts
Maya Yang
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/jun/02/trump-administration-ocean-observatories-initiative
Japan sees shortage of plastic bags, trays and gloves, as Iran war-induced naphtha shortage worsens
The Middle East is Japan’s main source of crude oil, from which naphtha is extracted and used to make items including printing ink and plastics
Gavin Blair in Tokyo
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jun/04/japan-naphtha-shortage-plastic-bag
‘We have a shared sky and stars’: the Indigenous American artists challenging our relationship to the natural world
As the largest display of Native North American art ever seen in Britain arrives in Yorkshire, its artists are asking timely questions about their history, our planet, and humanity’s place within it
Skye Sherwin
https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2026/jun/04/hold-this-earth-indigenous-american-artists-yorkshire-sculpture-park
‘A Pavarotti rebirth’: the Samoan tenor taking over the world’s most gilded opera stages
Born on a tiny, impoverished South Pacific island, Pene Pati remembers going to school without food. Now he is performing in operas at La Scala and the Met
Susan Chenery
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2026/jun/04/pene-pati-samoan-tenor-worlds-biggest-opera-stages-la-scala-met-royal-albert-hall
So yesterday was a forced march to the SLP Lund's. (Ittsa huge store, and it ain't my favorite, but it has a good selection of frozen food -- Tillamook ice cream in this case.) It was the last day of the sale price (~$6.99), and somebody absolutely loves peach ice cream, of which Tillamook is one of the best available this far from peach country. Somehow, four containers of peach ice cream fell into the cart along with a mysterious container of Tillamook orange ice cream. The checkout line manager opened up a till for us to check out so we didn't hafta wait in line behind one other person, and had trouble cashing a hundred-dollar bill from the till's bank. Nonetheless, he managed, and we managed and absconded back with a hoard of ice cream.
Marjane Satrapi, creator of Persepolis and acclaimed French-Iranian artist, dies aged 56
Family members said the author of the landmark comic book memoir ‘died of sadness’ after the death of her husband last year
Emma Loffhagen
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/jun/04/marjane-satrapi-creator-of-persepolis-and-acclaimed-french-iranian-artist-dies-aged-56
