More plums.
The latest updates on the coronavirus from the Hong Kong Free Press, the Sydney Morning Herald, and African Arguments. 1/25
Related: An excellent round-up of links and news (COVID and other) from the past week in Africa. 2/25
A nice comic by Laura Gao, "The Wuhan I Know," about her hometown. 3/25
This is how we can beat the coronavirus: If we screen everyone, and do so regularly, "we can let most people return to a more normal life.” 4/25
Pictures of people helping others during the pandemic. 5/25
The Air Force quietly flew 500,000 swabs for COVID-19 testing kits from Italy to Tennessee. 6/25
Sea level rise is sending Miami homebuyers inland, displacing some of the city's only remaining affordable housing. 7/25
"Deep cleaning" firms are getting a surge of business, though no one seems to know what deep cleaning actually means. 8/25
A piece of fiction to explain what it’s like if you contract the coronavirus. And a round-up of what some people are doing right now. 9/25
“Nothing once created ever fully leaves us.” For those who find big-picture thoughts consoling at this time. 10/25
At least five senators made major stock sales right before the market tanked; a 2012 law prohibits senators from profiting off information that isn’t publicly available. 11/25
How the Bernie Sanders campaign fell apart. See also: Sarah Viren explains how to unmarry your wife. 12/25
In the past century, Switzerland has voted as many times as all of the other countries in the world put together. 13/25
Some good orchestral music for your weekend: Ryuichi Sakamoto and “Playing the Orchestra,” or maybe you prefer Handel with Tilda Swinton’s dogs. 14/25
With events cancelled, a bunch of sessions where Texas musicians stream for you. (Billboard is tracking live events offered online.) 15/25
Lessons in cooking: Dean Martin’s recipe for a hamburger. Maybe some of Vincent Price’s guacamole on the side? Or just the best of Alison Roman. 16/25
For grill enthusiasts, maybe now is a good time to clean your smoker? 17/25
Related/unrelated: Live coverage of a mama bird tending her eggs. 18/25
A volunteer army led by a local taxi driver scours streets in the middle of the night to save endangered birds in New Zealand. 19/25
In case you feel like getting really into maps, a backpacker explains his favorite kinds. 20/25
That Tibetan singing bowl accompanying your at-home yoga routine? Is not Tibetan—which fits with inaccurate portrayals of Tibet generally. 21/25
Remembrances of 1960s Joan Didion from her former house-sitter. 22/25
Instagram-ready feminism packaged as a public good—e.g., The Wing—can be great until you actually have to work there. 23/25
See similar articles in the TMN editors' longreads picks. Also, join the Tournament of Books crew on Zoom tomorrow (Sunday) at 4pm ET to chat about books! 24/25
I have eaten
the plums
that were in
the icebox
Alexa, order more plums.
Famous lines of poetry revised for the coronavirus age. 25/25
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