RIP, the fascinating Genesis Breyer P-Orridge, avant garde icon and founding member of cult experimental bands Throbbing Gristle and Psychic TV. From a TMN interview with h/er in 2009: The realization that by juxtaposing ANYTHING with any other thing one was creating a “world,” in a sense, that
Originally designed by the American magician Jerry Andrus. Via Futility Closet
Some musical comedy to kickstart your week.
Correction: An earlier version of this newsletter suggested we're switching to full-time Covid coverage. Not so! With all that's happening, we're simply switching to six days of newsletters, not five—to give you all the news and not-news we're known
For the foreseeable future, this newsletter will run six days a week and emphasize the best stories we find around the coronavirus outbreak. Feel free to tip us to great stories, and share with others if you like! There are now more reported cases of the coronavirus outside than inside
The House passes a coronavirus economic relief package that includes paid sick leave, unemployment insurance, free testing, and money for food stamps. 1/27 As to what’s next in the Senate: More legislating. 2/27 Some Covid-19 resources: Statistics updated live; envelope calculations by a virus expert; Johns
People across Italy have been making music and singing from the windows to keep up morale while locked inside. See also: "The Do's and Don'ts of Social Distancing."
Correction: The story we included in an earlier edition of this newsletter about the actor Tom Hanks was a spoof. (D'oh!) This is no time for misinformation, and we'll do better over the coming days to scrutinize our links. Our apologies.—ed. “No one alive has
“No one alive has ever experienced what the next two months will be like around the world, but here we are.” 1/24 In South Korea, the number of new cases now is less than the number of patients who recovered. 2/24 Italy has over 10,000 cases of
Here's a Stanford Medicine Grand Rounds lecture from yesterday in response to the developing spread of COVID-19. For example, around 26:20 you'll hear about different symptoms presented by flu and Covid patients when they arrive at the hospital.
