2026.10.05

[lsanderson]

Kenya’s Lilian Chebii was crowned the women’s champion of the Twin Cities Marathon on Sunday and set a course record doing it, finishing in 2 hours, 25 minutes and 26 seconds. That’s more than a minute better than Zinaida Semenova of Russia did in 2001 when she set the previous record, and Chebii’s nearest competitor this year finished more than six minutes behind her. Via MinnPost
https://www.mprnews.org/story/2026/10/04/twin-cities-marathon-record-crowd

This nurse was assaulted by ICE – and it was caught on video. Now she wants her day in court
A woman in all black, with a stethoscope around her neck, pulls back the flap of a pop-up tent to look at the camera.
Norma Bowe, 69, was flung to the ground at Delaney Hall, the infamous New Jersey detention center. She sees her lawsuit against ICE as one step towards justice
Erika Hayasaki
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2026/oct/05/delaney-hall-nurse-ice-assault

Lab worker ‘possibly’ dies of plague in Siberia, prompting quarantine measures
Precautions in place in several hospitals in eastern Russia amid uncertainty over death of Darya Shipilova
Pjotr Sauer and Luke Harding
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/oct/05/russia-lab-worker-possibly-dies-of-plague-siberia-quarantine-measures-irkutsk

Woman in Cornell rape allegations case targeted with threats, her lawyer says
Attorney says people have threatened to silence or harm ‘Jane Doe’ if she does not withdraw civil lawsuit
Reuters
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/oct/04/cornell-jane-doe-rape-allegations

Shortages of crucial HIV medicines due to aid cuts are a ‘warning’, say experts
More than half of organisations providing HIV care surveyed by International Planned Parenthood Federation said they had run out of stock at some point during past 12 months
Sarah Johnson
https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2026/oct/05/shortages-of-crucial-hiv-medicines-due-to-aid-cuts-are-a-warning-say-experts

Nobel prize in medicine 2026 awarded for research into mysteries of brain
Three scientists to share 12m Swedish kronor prize for their work on ‘light-gated ion channels and optogenetics’
Nicola Davis Science correspondent
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2026/oct/05/nobel-prize-medicine-2026-winner

Skull fractures suggest servants of Egypt’s ancient kings were sacrificed
Study of remains taken from royal cemetery at Umm el-Qa’ab appears to confirm early Egyptologist’s theory
Nicola Davis Science correspondent
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2026/oct/05/skull-fractures-suggest-servants-of-egypts-ancient-kings-were-sacrificed

‘Each artist on their own terms’: why Lee Krasner was every bit the equal to husband Jackson Pollock
At a landmark exhibition at New York’s Met Museum, Mrs Pollock finally steps out of her spouse’s shadow
Veronica Esposito
https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2026/oct/05/krasner-pollock-past-continuous-met-museum

Pasture lives: the rebel cheesemakers preserving an Alpine tradition
A story of storico ribelle, produced by a small group of mountain herders according to a traditional farming system based on seasonal and rotational grazing
Photographs and text by Giuseppe Nucci
https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/ng-interactive/2026/oct/05/rebel-cheesemakers-alpine-tradition-storico-ribelle

ConFABulous, our local LGBTQIA+ friendly relaxacon, ended yesterday. We picked up quite a few at-the-door registrations. We had no vendors, but we had a charity auction. We had a surplus of hotel food. The parking lot, however, woulda made a great set for a horror movie. We ran a few panels, had a music circle on Saturday night, and the game room was the center of attention. Chocolate was consumed on Saturday and a nice woman brought me down some to the reg table. (I didn't mention that I'd brought it.)