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“Prince Andrew has not had a good six months. But can it get worse? In Andrew’s case, the answer is: Always.” “There have also been hints, inferences from different countries’ mitigation strategies and some initial studies suggesting that mask wearing … Continue reading →

“Strong Social Distancing Measures In The United States Reduced The COVID-19 Growth Rate”. “A politician who desperately wanted re-election would’ve been hard at work, from the moment he or she was alerted to the danger, attempting to contain the pandemic … Continue reading →

“In the midst of the constant up-and-down of coronavirus news, both from science and the markets, it’s easy to lose sight of the scariest scenario of them all: the one where there’s no magic bullet. In this entirely plausible situation, … Continue reading →

A parable, or maybe just an allegory, about secrets, small towns, and people that everyone knows. “I feel like I’m hardly one to talk, since lockdown orders barely affect me at all. Still, these two charts suggest that Americans were … Continue reading →

If you are reading this, then we have not been obliterated by an asteroid. Whether that’s good news or bad news is a matter of opinion. A delightful Twitter thread featuring the creepiest objects in various museum collections. “Many security-conscious … Continue reading →

“The Answer to All of Your Social Distancing Loophole Questions Is No”. I happened to come across two strange but delightful stories about art on the same day late last week. They are about Pierre Brassau, Monkey Artist and the … Continue reading →

The most meme-worthy moments from every MLB team’s history, if social media had existed at the time. Some truly wacky stuff in there. “We’ve heard these arguments before. For years, they were offered by Republicans in defense of George W. … Continue reading →

“That’s more people than ever died in a single year from HIV/AIDS, drug overdoses, gun violence, or car crashes in the US. It’s more than American casualties during the entire Vietnam War. But it’s also a horrifying number, in part, … Continue reading →

“Aspects of America’s identity may need rethinking after COVID-19. Many of the country’s values have seemed to work against it during the pandemic. Its individualism, exceptionalism, and tendency to equate doing whatever you want with an act of resistance meant … Continue reading →

“Copper is antimicrobial. It kills bacteria and viruses, sometimes within minutes. In the 19th century, exposure to copper would have been an early version of constantly sanitizing one’s hands. Since then, studies have shown that copper is able to destroy … Continue reading →

“How the GOP’s War on Government Paved the Way for Trump’s Deadly Incompetence”. “Small disruptions create small societal shifts; big ones change things for good. The O.J. Simpson trial helped tank the popularity of daytime soap operas. The New York … Continue reading →

Beware The Ides of March. Especially the horn section. “I took a deep dive into the Trump administration’s failure to bring any new Voting Rights Act cases in the first three years of his term. This dry spell of new … Continue reading →

“Did Nate Silver and FiveThirtyEight Lower 2016’s Voter Turnout? A New Paper Says Yes.” “Now, as fears about the coronavirus spread, at least one historian is worried the Trump administration is failing to heed the lesson of one of the … Continue reading →

“Begun, the streaming wars have. Worse and far more harmful than the cable wars of years past. And with the new content wars will come a fresh internet hell.” “But why? What makes this cycle so unusual? This is a … Continue reading →

“On Feb. 14, 1990, NASA’s Voyager 1 spacecraft captured one of the most iconic photographs of the space age; to commemorate the moment’s 30th anniversary, NASA has digitally dusted off the image.” “High Fidelity, which was released in 2000, doesn’t … Continue reading →

If you’re a fan of Lost and some other shows, you’ll be able to stream them for free soon. “The New Majority Behind Sex Work Decriminalization”. Finally got around to reading Diana Moskowitz’s story about the Netflix show Cheer and … Continue reading →

“So because Republicans have now become the party of intransigence, that is the new norm and gets a pass when it comes to accountability. The burden is placed on Democrats to conjure up some magic trick to stop Republicans from … Continue reading →

What might have happened in the next season of some TV shows that got canceled. Gotta say, as a fan of “Castle”, I’m glad the Season 9 that might have been never did happen. “[Alan] Dershowitz’s career is a testament … Continue reading →

“Trump May Be Even More Unpopular Than His Approval Rating Shows”. “This passage is one of many reminders that the equation of Christianity with homophobic, racist, misogynist and false beliefs did not originate with any of these writers. It’s an … Continue reading →

A deep and myth-busting dive into the life of the notorious Countess Elizabeth Bathory. “After Floridians approved an initiative to restore voting rights to approximately 1.4 million people with felony convictions, Republican lawmakers immediately moved to sabotage the historic effort. … Continue reading →

“Imagine a city the size of Washington D.C. going an entire year without any pedestrians or cyclists being killed on its streets. That’s exactly what happened in Oslo, where officials reported this week that zero pedestrian or cyclist fatalities occurred … Continue reading →

Welcome to the third decade of the 21st century… Do better, Chuck Todd. And if you don’t know how, get out of the way and let someone else do it. “Americans may feel as though Christmas lasts forever, but at … Continue reading →

“Baseball’s plan to kill off dozens of [minor league] affiliate teams is a clear act of collusion.” “Among millennials, fewer than half identify as Christians. More than 40 percent identify as nothing in particular.” “Netflix Reportedly Lost 1 Million Subscribers … Continue reading →

Good call, Hallmark Channel. But really, you should have known better. The New England Patriots are here to remind you that when it comes to cheating, the Astros are a bunch of pikers. “The end result of their Christian faith … Continue reading →

“Below we have a roundup of the various Baby Yoda tattoos that have been published to social media by people from as far away as Florida, California, Alaska, and Russia. And while 39 tattoos might seem like a lot for … Continue reading →

All roads lead to Rudy. “The first and most important thing to understand about these deals is that there is no possible set of mitigating circumstances that might make the negotiations remotely ethical.” “Giuliani had been doing business in Ukraine … Continue reading →

“This article is not about PED allegations. Roger Clemens doesn’t belong in the Hall of Fame for an entirely different reason, and one which merits far more attention than it has thus far received.” “Doctors have placed humans in suspended … Continue reading →

Say what you want about Bill Belichick, but NFL coaches go for it more on fourth down now thanks to a famous failed fourth-down conversion attempt by the Patriots ten years ago. “The television show The Golden Girls was originally … Continue reading →

“I realized then that Leia is more than just a character. She’s a feeling. She is strength. She is grace. She is wit. She is femininity at its finest. She knows what she wants, and she gets it. She doesn’t … Continue reading →

“It is not my job to decide if Brett Kavanaugh is guilty. It’s impossible for me to do so with incomplete information, and with no process for testing competing facts. But it’s certainly not my job to exonerate him because … Continue reading →

“What these people are doing goes way beyond that. It’s a direct nuclear assault on the truth. It’s not: I didn’t break the figurine. Instead, it’s: Mom, not only did I not break it, but Susie broke it, and I … Continue reading →

“Trump now finds himself mired in a season of weakness. Foreign leaders feel emboldened to reject his pleas or to contradict him. Officials inside his administration are openly defying his wishes by participating in the impeachment probe. Federal courts have … Continue reading →

“Quiet places have been on the road to extinction at a rate that far exceeds the extinction of species.” When you’ve lost Matt Drudge… “For young people who have absorbed similar messages in Christian spaces, the redemption of Bathsheba matters … Continue reading →

AirBnB’s Antarctica tour is a bad idea. The story of Willie Ito, who went from an internment camp to being a Disney animator. “I don’t know who needs to hear this, but back in the day, when I was a … Continue reading →