During the White House press briefing on Tuesday, April 7, Trump was asked about mail-in voting. He answered President Trump: "I think mail-in voting is horrible, it's corrupt." Reporter: "You… Read the rest of the article: Trump calls mail-in ballots "corrupt" but reiterates that it's fine when he does it
Over at Slate, Shannon Paulus kindly reminds us that correlation is not causation — especially when it comes to a novel coronavirus for which we have very little knowledge, let… Read the rest of the article: Stop spreading unconfirmed COVID-19 symptoms around
The new BBC documentary Scotland — Contains Strong Language explores the Bannatyne Manuscript from 1568. Written by Edinburgh Merchant George Bannatyne while he was quarantined during — appropriately enough — a… Read the rest of the article: The oldest written record of "fuck" has been discovered — and it comes from a plague quarantine
Jeremy Hunter A.K.A. Ska Tune Network is on a mission to make ska covers of everything. No exceptions. Like the Borg, ska will assimilate all. The latest — victim? Beneficiary?… Read the rest of the article: Here's a delightful ska medley of the Super Mario Otherworld music
Ice Cream Man is one of the comic books I most look forward to every month. Written by W. Maxwell Prince with art by Martín Morazzo and Chris O'Halloran, it's… Read the rest of the article: Check out these new Quarantine Comix from the creator of "Ice Cream Man"
From Nature.com (emphasis added): Here, we describe easily deployable hardware and software for the long-term analysis of a user’s excreta through data collection and models of human health. The ‘smart’… Read the rest of the article: A toilet with facial recognition for your butthole
From Nosy Crow Publishing: Axel Scheffler has illustrated a digital book for primary school age children, free for anyone to read on screen or print out, about the coronavirus and… Read the rest of the article: This free informational children's book will help you explain coronavirus to your kids
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From the Washington Post: During a time of global crisis, climbing death tolls and widespread uncertainty, New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has been hailed globally for her compassionate handling of… Read the rest of the article: Easter Bunny and Tooth Fairy officially deemed "essential workers" by New Zealand Prime Minister
In the early 2010s, I wrote a play called True Believers that was kind of a send-up and a love letter to comic-con culture. The play had a full production in… Read the rest of the article: Read the first 10 chapters of my serialized Comic-con satire novel
Around 1pm on Tuesday, March 31, a 44-year-old train engineer named Eduardo Moreno allegedly derailed a train at full-speed, careening it towards the USNS Mercy, a Navy medical ship for… Read the rest of the article: A train engineer in California took the Trolley Problem way too literally and did it bad
Theatre companies have been hit particularly hard by the coronavirus quarantine. While the communal accessibility of theatre is a large part of the artform's pedigree and appeal, professional productions are… Read the rest of the article: Stream this powerful theatre production about class and motherhood right now
From ProPublica: Most ER providers in the U.S. work for staffing companies that have contracts with hospitals. Those staffing companies are losing revenue as hospitals postpone elective procedures and non-coronavirus… Read the rest of the article: Medical professionals and Healthcare providers are getting their pay cut while dealing with COVID-19
From a 1938 school book transcribed by the Dúchas Project, the digital archives of the National Folklore Project at UC Dublin: Elf-shooting is a disease from which cows suffer. They… Read the rest of the article: Elf-shooting is a disease from which cows suffer.
Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker is technically a Republican, in as much as calling himself a "Republican" helped him to garner votes in the western part of the state, which is… Read the rest of the article: State governors are taking to smuggling PPE to get around the feds
Bird just hit the edge of the map pic.twitter.com/U9ruDPwJBZ — Nature is Lit🔥 (@NaturelsLit) April 2, 2020 Don't let the Flat-Earthers find out that our world is just an unrendered… Read the rest of the article: Pretty sure this bird just discovered that the Earth is a simulation
Prisons in America are already overcrowded, under-supported, and maddeningly profitable for the people who made them that way. And when people die in incarceration under more normal circumstances, it still… Read the rest of the article: County sheriffs claim that prisoners sleeping head-to-toe count as being "six feet apart" for coronavirus safety
Why couldn't the rest of the movie have been like this? The Death of Palpatine… but with Rage Against the Machine's "Killing in the Name of" pic.twitter.com/IGySw9IkMY — Adam Lance… Read the rest of the article: "The Rise of Skywalker" is so much better with Rage Against The Machine's "Killing In The Name Of" as the soundtrack
Mavis Staples (most famously of the Staples Singers) and Jeff Tweedy (most famously of Jeff Tweedy of Wilco) have a new song out — the latest in their decade-long collaboration… Read the rest of the article: Mavis Staples and Jeff Tweedy wrote a new song to raise money for the fight against COVID-19
As The New York Times reports: Invoking the Defense Production Act is hardly a rare occurrence. As recently as last summer, the Department of Defense used it to obtain rare earth metals needed… Read the rest of the article: Trump has been hesitant to invoke the Defense Production Act for medical gear. But he's already used it hundreds of thousands of times for weapons and bombs.
