Hey, when life hands you virii, make cosplay. Zoidberg cosplay.
![This Zoidberg 'Futurama' quarantine cosplay is pretty great](https://i0.wp.com/boingboing.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Screen-Shot-2020-04-17-at-2.49.49-PM.png?fit=1&ssl=1&resize=600%2C4000)
Hey, when life hands you virii, make cosplay. Zoidberg cosplay.
All for the love of Animal Crossing in the coronavirus pandemic.
A Reuters calculation published today shows that more than 150,000 have died of the novel coronavirus and COVID-19, the illness it causes.
The novel coronavirus is infecting and killing Black, Latinx, and Native American people in the U.S. at rates shockingly higher than whites, according to state public health data. Mother Jones… Read the rest of the article: Coronavirus infects and kills Black Americans at higher rates
Wow, Dr. Phil is awful. Mister Phil, really. Gentle reminder than "Dr. Phil" is not a licensed doctor.
U.S. telecommunications giant Verizon is today reported to be acquiring the videoconferencing company Blue Jeans Network in a transaction valued somewhere in the neighborhood of 500 million dollars.
Actor Brian Dennehy, best known for his role in the movies 'Tommy Boy' and 'First Blood', has died. He was 81. The Golden Globe and Tony award winner's career spanned… Read the rest of the article: Tommy Boy and First Blood actor Brian Dennehy has died
Senators Elizabeth Warren, Richard Blumenthal, and Thomas R. Carper have sent a letter to the White House Designated Agency Ethics Official, titled 'Ensure COVID-19 Decisions Serve the American Public, Not… Read the rest of the article: Senators to U.S. Ethics Official: 'Ensure COVID-19 Decisions Serve the American Public, Not President Trump's & Jared Kushner's Financial Interests'
• State propaganda declared insufficiently enthusiastic about regime. —@coreypein Trump's pissed off at Voice Of America, the United States of America's official government publication. Must be because the great news… Read the rest of the article: Trump calls Voice of America's work "disgusting", threatens to adjourn Congress so he can put a crony in charge of VOA
5.2 million more Americans joined the ranks of the jobless, as the coronavirus crisis continues to decimate the economy.
I would have completely lost it.
By 'grace of God,' no one was injured in a massive explosion at the Androscoggin Mill in Jay, Maine, earlier today, reports the Bangor News.
Check out these GLORIOUS images of a wonderful 1980s robot-space-tech themed watch with little pop-out mechanical arms.
Wow, man. Some of us take on more extreme projects during the Great Coronavirus Quarantine than others.
• In a first, by teleconference • Court will provide live audio feed of arguments to news media Today the United States Supreme Court announced that on May 12, it… Read the rest of the article: SCOTUS to hear Trump tax and financial records cases on May 12, remotely
The U.S. House of Representatives is now looking "very closely" at the possibility of congresscritters going to their home districts, and voting remotely from outside the Capitol as the coronavirus-forced… Read the rest of the article: U.S. House of Representatives is looking "very closely" at remote voting, as COVID-19 pandemic drags on
UPDATE: An AWS spokesperson responds to the IG's decision —- This report doesn't tell us much. It says nothing about the merits of the award, which we know are highly… Read the rest of the article: US DOD inspector general finds Pentagon decision to award $10B JEDI contract to Microsoft 'consistent' with acquisition standards
"I made this huge leather bound "spellbook" with traditional bookbinding techniques," says Nerdforge7 of NERDFORGE, on IMGUR. What an amazing project.
• Trump intent on "reopening" some U.S. states within weeks, ignoring medical experts and the state's rights the GOP is generally so concerned with. The Washington Post reports today on… Read the rest of the article: Here's what's in the CDC and FEMA plan to reopen America
During a coronavirus task force briefing, America learned today that impeached and manifestly unfit U.S. President Donald Trump has just ordered a halt to funding for the World Health Organization.