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Dr Fauci, America's top infectious disease expert, warns of "a disturbing surge of infection" and "increased community spread" in many southern and western states. 1/24

The CDC’s director says Covid-19 has "brought this nation to its knees." 2/24

The US has handled the coronavirus so poorly, Americans may be barred from traveling to Europe. 3/24

India reports record numbers of new coronavirus cases almost every day. 4/24

People are drinking less alcohol during the pandemic; global alcohol consumption isn’t expected to return to pre-lockdown levels until 2024. 5/24

The lockdown proves how underprepared most economies are for dealing with novel threats to national security—like the climate crisis. 6/24

Saudi Arabia announces drastic curbs to numbers for the annual hajj pilgrimage to Mecca. 7/24

Barcelona's Liceu opera re-opens to a full house of 2,292 plants. 8/24

Opera performers offer Beethoven's An die ferne Geliebte (To the Distant Beloved) as a live, one-on-one phone encounter. 9/24

A comedian relates what it was like to watch her mother die from Covid-19 on an iPad. 10/24

Racial justice activists postpone demonstrations in South Carolina after at least 13 protesters test positive for the coronavirus. 11/24

Takeaways from Tuesday’s primaries: “the left, the right, the wait.” 12/24

A survey of 1,800 people between ages 13 to 21 finds the majority don’t identify as either conservative or liberal. 13/24

See also: “Gen Z Is Making Fun of Millennials and Honestly We Deserve It.” 14/24

Racial inequality in America, in charts. E.g., did you know Black girls are four times more likely to be arrested in school than white girls nationwide? 15/24

Racist stories from Black students at New York’s legendary arts-focused LaGuardia High School. 16/24

Eric Umansky witnessed a police car hit a kid on Halloween, and subsequently learned how NYPD impunity works. 17/24

Cops frequently single out trans people for violence, particularly Black trans Americans. 18/24

A video essay explains how modern policing was set up to protect the powerful from a "criminal underclass." 19/24

"Let us find time to speak of other cakes, the ones made with wheat flour." Nine recipes from ancient Greece and Rome. 20/24

Director Werner Herzog recommends reading widely—which reminds us of some classic satire of Herzog’s personal diaries. 21/24

Sometimes New York Times style articles read like satire of a privileged, tone-deaf monoculture. 22/24

Btw, how about a prefabricated, sculpted wooden orb for a glampy backyard workstation? 23/24

The minimum number of people required to feasibly settle on another planet has been calculated. The result is 110 individuals. 24/24

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