Stop the toast talk.
Half a million residents have been told to leave parts of Texas and Louisiana as Hurricane Laura made landfall overnight. / BBC News
New Covid-19 testing guidelines, crafted at the White House, alarm public health experts. / STAT
Usain Bolt tests positive just days after a party where he danced with dozens of people, most of whom weren’t wearing masks or social distancing. / The Guardian
Britain to pay low-income residents to self-isolate if they test positive for the coronavirus: £130 for 10 days of isolation. / World Economic Forum
An outbreak of the coronavirus in a Starbucks spares the employees who were wearing masks. / Bloomberg
Regarding women versus men when it comes to tackling COVID-19: gender doesn't have the same consequences for fighting a virus "as it does for social policy." / The Washington Post
See also: “Futures destroyed: COVID-19 unleashes 'shadow pandemics' on Africa's girls.” / Reuters
In the run-up to November, E. Jean Carroll is interviewing some of the 25-plus women who accuse Trump of rape, sexual assault, and sexual harrassment. / The Atlantic
The first excerpt appears from the new book by former Melania Trump friend Stephanie Winston Wolkoff. / New York Magazine
At the RNC, Trump surrogates use the past tense to claim the coronavirus has been defeated. / The Atlantic
One speaker uses false statistics to explain why police officers would be smart to racially profile her son. Another is canceled for promoting an anti-Semitic Twitter thread from a QAnon supporter. / VICE, The Washington Post
Michael Cohen: Trump talking about law and order is laughable when “virtually everyone who worked for his campaign has been convicted of a crime or is under indictment. Myself included.” / Twitter
Still, there are many signs “that should give the Trump-is-toast self-assured pause.” / Axios
A podcast recommendation: “Rabbit Hole,” building off Kevin Roose’s reporting on QAnon, PewDiePie, and YouTube radicalization. / The Morning News
Photographs of the University of Virginia's recently completed memorial to the 4,000 enslaved African Americans who built UVA. / designboom
The WNBA, NBA, MLB, and MLS stop games as players protest the shooting of Jacob Blake. / The Washington Post
Likewise, the Western & Southern Open cancels play for Thursday, led by Naomi Osaka. Also, Kenny Smith walked off his show’s set. / USA Today, Instagram, CNN
Black surfers paddle out 13 blocks in tribute to Breonna Taylor. / The New York Times
Yet another city in California, this time Long Beach, launches a trial program to study Universal Basic Income. / LAist
This week in armchair glamping: a "minimalist" mobile home for $98,000. / Uncrate
"What does another person’s legal declaration really say about you?" For some, marriage feels like yet another overhyped nightclub. / The New York Times
Interview with a surrogate who gave birth to four babies for her best friend. / The Atlantic
Your weekly soothe: “Blue” by South Korean musician Nijuu, animated by artist Cecilia Reeve. Or try the Mark Morris Dance Group in Brussels. / The Morning News, WQXR
Do you know the game Codenames? It works well for lockdown with an online adaptation. / Wikipedia, Horsepaste
Bryan Washington pays tribute to the pleasures of becoming a regular in a restaurant. / The Oxford American
The world's largest bronze gorilla statue offers free hugs to New Yorkers. / 6sqft
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