A day for orcs and goblins.
The US has had more than 1 million jobless claims a week for 14 straight weeks. Millions face an “income cliff” if their CARES Act support ends in July.
1/18 | NBC News, CNBC
Across the United States, 39,327 new coronavirus infections were reported Thursday, topping the previous single-day record of 38,115, which was set on Wednesday.
2/18 | The Washington Post
Younger people make up a growing number of new coronavirus cases.
3/18 | The New York Times
The CDC says nearly 25 million Americans may have contracted the coronavirus—10 times higher than the amount of confirmed cases.
4/18 | The Hill
"How the Virus Won," a damning analysis of the United States' failure to tackle the coronavirus, likely killing tens of thousands.
5/18 | The New York Times
Sean Hannity asks Trump what his priorities are for a second term. Trump tells Hannity: nothing. (The whole exchange felt less like propaganda, more like palliative care.)
6/18 | Daniel Dale, James Poniewozik
The true story of Kentucky’s vote yesterday was a sacrifice in voting sites “for a robust vote-by-mail program that allowed anyone to vote absentee from home amid the coronavirus pandemic.”
7/18 | The Courier Journal
See also: A round-up of lessons for Kentucky and other states.
8/18 | Lawyers, Guns & Money
After Tuesday’s primaries, two openly gay Black men are probably headed to Congress.
9/18 | The Washington Post
Seventy Black photographers offer prints for $100 with proceeds benefiting Black Lives Matter.
10/18 | See in Black
NASA names its DC headquarters after Mary W. Jackson, its first African American female engineer.
11/18 | NASA
A professional softball squad quits en masse, Olympians included, after the owners brag to Trump about their players standing for the flag.
12/18 | The New York Times
Dungeons and Dragons' next update will no longer default any race to "evil," as orcs, goblins, and drow are now.
13/18 | PC Gamer
Children neglected in Ceasescu’s miserable orphanages are old enough that psychologists can study what was done to their brains.
14/18 | The Atlantic
Excerpt from a Buddhist monk’s travel journal from 1223, walking from Kyoto to Kamakura and back.
15/18 | A Public Space
Story of a bikepacking expedition across what remains of America's Great Plains.
16/18 | Patagonia
Given recent news, it's good to remember: the trouble with counting alien societies is our reliance on Earth-based assumptions.
17/18 | Nautilus
In case you missed it, Camp ToB—the summer version of the Tournament of Books—is discussing the end of Sharks in the Time of Saviors this week and voting for June’s “winner”.
18/18 | TMN
And now for a brief chat with a recent Sustaining Member, Deborah B.
Hi, Deborah. How did you find us? My friend Sigrid told me about you a few years ago, and then told me about Camp ToB a few months ago.
Well, welcome! Can you tell us something about what books or Camp mean to you? I was looking for a project to enhance this period—this Great Pause—and then as the country reacted to George Floyd’s murder, I wanted to educate myself. The Water Dancer reminded me of why reading is so, so critical. It also gives me a chance to support Folio Books, our local independent store here in San Francisco. Thank you for all you do!
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