Pharrell Williams has written a powerful essay for Time in which he says that the protests sweeping the nation finally made him feel like an American. © Dimitrios Kambouris / Getty Images North America / Getty Images for Diamond Ball Pharrell Williams performs on stage during Rihanna’s 5th Annual Diamond …
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– Richard A typo created a 212-story monolith in Microsoft Flight Simulator Meet the Melbourne monolith. Ei Ito / Engadget Making a small error while editing the OpenStreetMap database is not usually a major issue. But if you’re nathanwright120, and you have a two-story building in Melbourne tagged as 212 …
Read More »Food trucks hit by virus find new foodies
LYNNWOOD, Wash. (AP) – On a hot summer night, two food trucks pulled up a tree-lined street in a hilltop neighborhood outside Seattle. The smell of grilled meat filled the air, and neighbors slurped on boba tea drinks. Toddlers, teens, their parents and dogs sat in the grass, chatting behind …
Read More »Sweden epidemiologist refuses to recommend face masks
Anders Tegnel, chief epidemiologist at Sweden’s Public Health Agency, told the Financial Times: “It’s very dangerous to believe that face masks would change the game when it comes to COVID-19.” “Face masks can be a complement to other things when other things are safely in place. But to start having …
Read More »Anderson Cooper tears MyPillow CEO open like a bag of chips / Boing Boing
Mike Lindell is the CEO of MyPillow. It’s a pillow business! So, when he claims that oleandrin is an incredible breakthrough in the fight against COVID-19, you know you can trust him. But hey, if the medical opinion of a pillow company manager is not enough for you, you can …
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