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🚨I wrote a big piece about the future of the COVID-19 pandemic: how the US got to this point; what needs to happen in the coming weeks and months; what the endgame looks like; and what the world might be like in the aftermath. theatlantic.com/health/archive…

We just watched "Secrets of the Surface", a very nice documentary about the life of Maryam Mirzakhani. I enjoyed her close friendship with Roya Beheshti, & her collaborations with Alex Eskin. Recommended! You have to register to get access: may12.womeninmaths.org/screening-secr…

Do you live in the Bay Area? Time to follow The Oaklandside, the newly-launched local news site that has Darwin BondGraham as a news editor:

Here’s how this scene was viewed live in Australia. One of America’s closest and most dependable allies. Rendered speechless. Just watch.

Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., on the president’s photo op at St. John’s last night: “Didn’t really see it.”

I will never write anything as concise and explanatory about race in America as this.

The subtext of a lot of the “how to be a good ally” stuff is that a lot of liberal white folks still have pretty segregated social circles and the truth is if they started tugging on that thread they’d find some questions that lead to the answers they’re looking for.

BREAKING: The US surpasses 2 million positive COVID-19 cases. Three months go President Trump declared victory on Fox News when the US had just over 100 cases.

Let me share a nice thing. We could all use some nice things. I got an email yesterday, from a person I've never heard from before, but whose name I recognised. 1/

-*Out of 597 campers & staff, 344 were tested and 76% of those tests were positive -26% positives report no symptoms -Bottom line from CDC: Children of *all* ages are susceptible to #SARSCOV2 & "might play an important role in transmission" Paper online soon & here (2/2)

For months, Ed Yong is not here has wrangled the pandemic's complex science & politics into 1 journalistic masterwork after another. His searing, epic cover story brings together all that work & more to explain, with unsuprassed force & clarity, how we got here: theatlantic.com/magazine/archi…

🚨Here’s my new story about long-haulers who’ve had COVID-19 for months. I first wrote about them in early June, and much has changed since then. Notably, many are still sick. For some, it’s been 5+ months of debilitating symptoms. #LongCovid 1/ theatlantic.com/health/archive…

Introducing "Kottke Ride Home", a new daily podcast featuring some of the day's most interesting news and links in just 15 minutes. I'd love for you to check it out. kottke.org/20/08/introduc…

The President's message to the families of 209,000 Americans who've lost their loved ones: 'Don't let it dominate your life'

"Many of these staffers are people of color, and, especially among the butlers, are more than 50 years old—two qualities associated with higher risk for COVID-19." This is the piece to read tonight, by adam harris and Elaine Godfrey theatlantic.com/politics/archi…

You know the number of women who have given birth in masks these last seven months and the president thinks HE’s the one who looks tough cause he took his off?

Nell Rojas was the top American woman at the Boston Marathon today (with her fastest time ever!), running to raise money for the non-profit Black Girls Code. She hasn't reached her funding goal yet: gofundme.com/f/pv533-black-…

1/ Lots of exciting announcements at #MSIgnite this week across Copilot, Copilot devices, and Copilot & AI stack. Some highlights: