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Robert Pattinson in Isolation

— Robert Pattinson in Isolation, Zach Baron in GQ

Second-guessing the modern web

— Second-guessing the modern web, Marc Wright

The real Lord of the Flies

— The real Lord of the Flies, Rutner Bregman in The Guardian

Profile of a killer: COVID-19

On the pathology: On the epidemiology: — Profile of a killer: the complex biology powering the coronavirus pandemic, David Cyranoski in Nature

PTSD: Pandemic Superpower

— My PTSD can be a weight. But in this pandemic, it feels like a superpower., Stephanie Foo in Vox

Negroni Season

— Negroni Season, Everlyn Everlane in The Awl

When Oil Derricks Ruled the L.A. Landscape

— When Oil Derricks Ruled the L.A. Landscape, Nathan Masters in Lost L.A.

The Distrust of LBJ-Era Filmmaking

— ‘Cool Hand Luke,’ ‘Strangelove,’ and the Distrust of LBJ-Era Filmmaking, Adam Nayman in The Ringer

That time Grimes thought she was Huckleberry Finn

— This boat don't float, Lora Pabst in Star Tribune

The Pandemic Shows What Cities Have Surrendered to Cars

— The Pandemic Shows What Cities Have Surrendered to Cars, Tom Vanderbilt in The Atlantic

Virtual rate cut forces Nintendo gamers into riskier assets

— Virtual rate cut forces Nintendo gamers into riskier assets, Leo Lewis in FT

Animal Crossing Isn't Escapist; It's Political

— Animal Crossing Isn't Escapist; It's Political - The Atlantic, Ian Bogost in The Atlantic

Inside the Public Hospitals Trying to Save New York

— Inside the Public Hospitals Trying to Save New York, Jonathan Mahler and Philip Montgomery in The New York Times Magazine

How We Use Our Bodies to Navigate a Pandemic

— How We Use Our Bodies to Navigate a Pandemic, Gia Kourlas in The New Yorker

Google to Slow Hiring for Rest of 2020, CEO Tells Staff

— Google to Slow Hiring for Rest of 2020, CEO Tells Staff, Mark Bergen in Bloomberg

Didn't I Write This Story Already?

In November 2015, Naomi Kritzer wrote a short sci-fi story called So Much Cooking. It was published in Clarkesworld, a science fiction and fantasy magazine. The story is told in the form of a cooking blog written by a woman living through a global pandemic of a flu-like virus. This week, Kritzer posted on another sci-fi blog to acknowledge how prescient she'd been in some aspects of her story. Of course being the author she mostly focused on where she got it wrong. Check this out from her story, on social distancing: On running out of things more than usual,...

There Is No Outside

— There Is No Outside, Karim Sariahmed in n+1

Here's How Those Hot Jigsaw Puzzles Are Made

— Here's How Those Hot Jigsaw Puzzles Are Made, Amie Tsang in The New York Times

Haruki Murakami Challenged On Women

— A Feminist Critique of Murakami Novels, With Murakami Himself, Mieko Kawakami in LitHub

How a French Midwife Solved a Public Health Crisis

— How a French Midwife Solved a Public Health Crisis

God be with you till we meet again

— Letters of Note: God be with you till we meet again

Get Static

— Get Static, Eric Meyer on his blog

The Crisis Could Last 18 Months. Be Prepared

— The Crisis Could Last 18 Months. Be Prepared, Juliette Kayyem in The Atlantic

The Markup Launches

— A Letter from the President

Sailors On Wikipedia

I just thought it was cool to think of modern sailors at sea for weeks at a time turning to Wikipedia to pass the time. Also nice that we have the technology to support it. — Going Offline | Tools for Dead Spots

The Runners

— The Runners

Kanye, Out West

— Kanye, Out West, Jonah Engel Bromwich in The New York Times

Places and Non-Places

— Places and Non-Places, Andrew Price in Strong Towns

There Is No Swing Voter

— An Unsettling New Theory: There Is No Swing Voter, Rachel Bitecofer in POLITICO

James Joyce’s grandson and the death of the stubborn literary executor

— James Joyce’s grandson and the death of the stubborn literary executor, B.D. McClay in The Outline