Faucimania!

A coronavirus surge in Singapore raises fears of post-lockdown breakouts, perhaps a glimpse of what the US will face. 1/25

The Chinese government has been "hugely successful" in convincing China that the US Army brought the coronavirus to Wuhan. 2/25

Unlike the United States and other countries, New Zealand chose "elimination" over "containment," and it's working. 3/25

Unrelated: This is a low-res avocado. 4/25

Bernie Sanders ends his presidential bid, making Joe Biden the presumptive Democratic nominee. 5/25

Sanders was the best-performing socialist contender in US history, as well as the strongest Jewish presidential candidate. 6/25

“As Coronavirus Spreads, So Does Thirst for Dr. Anthony Fauci.” Faucimania is upon us. 7/25

Normally, if the President removed two inspectors general within a week out of self-interest, "there'd be a scandal." 8/25

Why is the White House so frequently wrongheaded right now? Possibly it's the Dunning-Kruger effect—the overconfidence of the ignorant. 9/25

Democratic and Republican governors enacted stay-at-home order on the same timeline, but all the holdouts are in the GOP. 10/25

Wimbledon took out a pandemic insurance policy following the 2003 original SARS outbreak. For this year's cancellation, it’s filing a claim in excess of £100 million. 11/25

Researchers studying wastewater find a far higher number of people likely infected with Covid-19 than reported cases suggest. 12/25

The coronavirus is not an “equalizer.” Black people are being infected and dying at higher rates. 13/25

The corona-pocalypse has been rough for adults, but its impact on teenagers is arguably far greater. 14/25

A college student designs a face mask with a see-through window for people who rely on lip-reading. 15/25

"Distanced Figures," a series of portrait drawings by George Condo, made in the recent weeks of quarantine. 16/25

Thanks to the pandemic, people are revealing their feelings to their crushes, “shooting their shot, so to speak.” (We’re all having vivid dreams right now.) 17/25

Sarah Hepola writes a tribute to Fountains of Wayne, dumb boyfriends, and "the kick drum" of sexual chemistry. 18/25

The largest public art program in the United States may be our "overlooked, forgotten, and discarded post office murals." 19/25

See also: Photos of American libraries. 20/25

An interactive map of the nearly 1,600 state and local police, sheriff, fire, and emergency services agencies in the United States that researchers believe to have acquired drones. 21/25

A bit of armchair travel through the Japan Travel & Tourism Association's 2020 tourism poster awards. 22/25

Bill Buford recalls learning how to bake bread from a master in Lyon. See more stories like this in the TMN editors' longreads picks. 23/25

See also: Skateboarding explained in 21 levels of difficulty and complexity. 24/25

In Maryland, an 11-year-old brindle boxer is handling deliveries for a winery. 25/25

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