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Saturday 25 April 2020

Good Will Quarantining

The Scariest Pandemic Timeline, A Seaside Irish Village Has Adopted Matt Damon, How A Random Guy Made The #2 Movie In America For $1,000, and more.
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WINTRY MIX
The Scariest Pandemic Timeline
theatlantic.com
If the flu and coronavirus hit at the same time this fall, America might have a longer, more severe lockdown.
TESTING, TESTING…
It Was My Job To Call People Whose COVID-19 Tests Were Positive. It Taught Me A Lot About Medicine, The Law And Society
statnews.com
The responses to the news I deliver are as varied as the people are.
A DAY THAT FELT LIKE A YEAR
An Oral History Of The Day Everything Changed
wired.com
On March 11, 2020, the coronavirus pandemic seemed to crystalize in the national consciousness. Americans look back on the turning point.
BUT STILL, KEEP YOUR DISTANCE
Why You're Unlikely To Get The Coronavirus From Runners Or Cyclists
vox.com
Understanding the key concepts of transmissibility and infectious dose should reassure you.
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PICTURE THIS
The Colorful Character On Board Ukrainian Trains, And More Best Photography Of The Week
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How rising sea levels are affecting Miami, a megachurch adopts to social distancing and more best photos of the week.
HERE WE ARE NOW, ENTERTAIN US
FIRST-PERSON PROBLEMS
The Doctor, The Disease And 'The Division'
kotaku.com
The irony isn't lost on me. Here I am, a Brooklyn physician in a time of pestilence, spending my few free hours playing a game set in a fictional America torn apart by plague.
TICKET TO SUCCESS
How A Random Guy Made The #2 Movie In America For $1,000
vice.com
Justin Ehrenhofer had an idea, a bit of money and a desire to have a box office smash during the pandemic while supporting closed theaters and promoting cryptocurrency. With community support and a movie that cost nothing to make, he did it. Sort of.
PICK OF THE BUNCH
The Remote NFL Draft Was Basically A Meme Super Bowl
vulture.com
These past few weeks have given us a new form of entertainment: seeing inside, and scrutinizing, celebrity houses on their endless livestreams. So as expected, a remote NFL draft was a comedic treasure trove.
BOURNE AGAIN
A Seaside Irish Village Adopts Matt Damon — But Don't You Dare Ask Them About It
nytimes.com
The scenario has Dalkey residents rallying against a new common enemy: outsiders who ask too many questions about their Matt O'Damon, as some now call him.
VIDEO OF THE DAY
ZOOM WITH A VIEW
Guy Does A Spot On Impression Of The Different Types Of Zoomers You'll Encounter
youtube.com
Preston Reid re-enacts the common Zoom personalities everyone encounters on the service.
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Oh, We're Definitely Making Our Own Artisanal Pizza During Lockdown
huckberry.com
Normal household ovens just don't get hot enough to deliver that crispy, bubbly crust we want. But with an Ooni in your back yard, you can hit over 900 degrees, and make your perfect pie.
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WHEN EVERYTHING IS A CODE
The Spy Who Couldn't Spell: How The Biggest Heist In The History Of US Espionage Was Foiled (2016)
theguardian.com
Ever since childhood, Brian Regan had been made to feel stupid because of his severe dyslexia. So he thought no one would suspect him of stealing secrets.
BIRDMAN
The Pigeon King And The Ponzi Scheme That Shook Canada (2015)
nytimes.com
Did Arlan Galbraith really think he could turn pigeon meat into the next chicken? Or was he running an elaborate Ponzi scam all along?
Merry Weekend. We celebrate it like a holiday now.

Friday 24 April 2020

Check Yourself Before You Disinfect Yourself

When Will Your State Reopen? Here's The Data Being Used To Decide, I Probed My Nasal Cavity For The New Coronavirus — Here's What I Found, The 100 Jokes That Shaped Modern Comedy (2016)
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STATE OF AFFAIRS
When Will Your State Reopen? Here's The Data Being Used To Decide
buzzfeednews.com
To help you judge how close your state is to meeting that goal, here's a plotted trajectory of new cases for each US state and territory.
SOMETHING TO NOT LOOK FORWARD TO
Inside The Dystopian, Post-Lockdown World Of Wuhan
bloomberg.com
The first epicenter is coming back to life, but not as anyone knew it.
BACK TO REALITY
How I Knew It Was Over
slate.com
People who lived through other major viral outbreaks — from SARS to Ebola to the 1918 flu pandemic — on what it felt like when life started returning to normal.
THIS IS OFF THE RAILS
WATCH: The Isolated Camera View Of Dr. Birx's Reaction To Trump's 'Disinfectant' Suggestion Is... Quite Something
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At Thursday's White House coronavirus press briefing, Donald Trump said the government was considering the possibility of irradiating people's bodies with UV light or injecting disinfectant as a way of treating COVID-19.
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QUARANTINE MEME CORNER
FETCH THE OIL
The Week's Best Quarantine Memes, Ranked
digg.com
All the internet can talk about is coronavirus, which means there are lots of memes about it. Here are some of the funniest.
I WILL SURVIVE
THE OTHER KIND OF 'PREPPY'
The Dawn Of Quarcore
gq.com
Prepper culture and dystopian fashion brands are colliding to create a new uniform for our troubled moment.
ONE-ROUTE TRAFFIC
The Ghost Airline That Has Linked Cairo And Tel Aviv For Decades
atlasobscura.com
Air Sinai is shrouded in mystery. But why?
THE NOSE KNOWS
I Probed My Nasal Cavity For The New Coronavirus — Here's What I Found
arstechnica.com
My anecdotal experience with what remains the United States' only free take-home COVID-19 testing program — and what health officials and citizens alike can learn from it.
WELCOME TO THE JUNGLE
I Thought Transforming My Apartment Into An Indoor Farm Was A Good Idea. It Was Not
gizmodo.com
A little over a year ago, I came up with an idea for story to turn my apartment into an indoor garden. This ended up being a terrible idea.
VIDEO OF THE DAY
CHUCK NORRIS EAT YOUR HEART OUT
Taekwondo God Breaks Four Boards With One Spinning Kick
youtube.com
We could maybe break one board. And definitely only the lowest of the four.
IN THE NEWS
House Gives Final Passage To $484 Billion Coronavirus Relief Bill
Lysol Manufacturer Warns Against Internal Use After Trump Comments
Some Georgia Businesses Reopen Despite Rise In Deaths
Cuomo Says 21% Of Those Tested In New York City Had Virus Antibodies
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MAKE 'EM LAUGH
The 100 Jokes That Shaped Modern Comedy (2016)
vulture.com
The bits, sketches, and one-liners that changed humor forever.
SYNANON'S SOBER UTOPIA
How A Drug Rehab Program Became A Violent Cult (2014)
paleofuture.gizmodo.com
What was once a small drug rehab facility in sunny Santa Monica would become a violent, abusive and well-funded cult with satellites throughout California and beyond.
Happy Friday. You're almost there.