Officially weird.

The United States passed 1 million confirmed Covid-19 cases on Tuesday. 1/19

Frontline officials from other countries explain what the US needs to do to re-open. 2/19

About rebuilding: “The notion of putting 7,000 people in a building may be a thing of the past.” 3/19

Amsterdam plans to embrace an Earth-friendly “doughnut model” to mend its post-coronavirus economy. 4/19

Belgians are urged to eat fries to save their potato farmers. 5/19

Headline of the day: "Singaporean man charged in court for leaving home 30 minutes before quarantine ended to get breakfast." 6/19

Men are more likely than women to die of the coronavirus, so scientists are treating them with female sex hormones. 7/19

Smoking is still the leading cause of preventable death, but smokers aren’t necessarily worse off against Covid-19. 8/19

Art house cinemas survive by relying on relationships they've built over decades. 9/19

Las Vegas is ground zero for the jobs crisis, with unemployment offices swamped by a surge of claims. 10/19

German doctors post nudes to protest a shortage of protective equipment. 11/19

A reporter went on Good Morning America without pants, also without realizing the audience could see. 12/19

One way science is reaching the White House: an eclectic group of legitimate scientists and the billionaires who love them. 13/19

You may have missed this amidst pandemic news, but the Pentagon officially released footage of UFOs. 14/19

Streaming metrics show listeners wanting comfort music right now, not new releases. 15/19

Justice Kavanaugh and other conservative justices make clear they want to take up Second Amendment issues “soon.” 16/19

A tattoo artist inks a new design on his body for every day of the lockdown, and he’s running out of space. 17/19

Unrelated to anything coronavirus: Seven cheesemakers in seven countries explain their work; mellow garden-y paintings by British artist Eleanor Taylor; a blog of architecture models. 18/19

Watch: Kate McKinnon has some cat(s) she’d like you to adopt. 19/19


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