COVID-19 Woman trapped with a blind date after Chinese COVID lockdown Thom Dunn

COVID-19 New COVID lockdown rules limit alcohol possession for certain Australians Thom Dunn

coronavirus The suicide rate in Colorado has dropped 40% during COVID quarantine Thom Dunn

coronavirus A bleakly touching webcomic compares our apocalyptic fantasies to the real experience of coronavirus quarantine Thom Dunn

Science It's fun to watch tardigrades squirm around on Twitch, adorably Xeni Jardin

Noname new album Sundial drops this summer Elías Villoro

bari weiss The rise and fall of the "Anti-Woke" industrial complex Thom Dunn

Comic Books Freaky finds: shopping for comics at Bizarro-Wuxtry Lee Keeler

books Book Gift Ideas: Black Feminist memoirs on justice, Africanfuturism, theoretical physics, and abolition. Elías Villoro

horror Watch Roger the Rat, a film created during South Africa's pandemic lockdown Popkin

qanon Ron Watkins, suspected of being Q, moving to Australia after humiliating defeat in Arizona Jennifer Sandlin

tabloids Joe Biden's "dementia" and alien abductions in last week's dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

neuroscience A new scientific study tried to crack the secret of creative hot streaks Thom Dunn

politics British Prime Minister opposed lockdown because he thought only old people were dying Rob Beschizza

Boing Boing Gadgets This dot grid journal is a brilliant way to give bullet journaling a try Boing Boing's Shop

COVID-19 Wuhan is known as Ground Zero for COVID-19. But it also has a thriving punk scene. Thom Dunn

minimalism Everyone (No One?) should read this New York Times Magazine article about the commodification of nothingness Thom Dunn

annals of design Gender-neutral playing cards Clive Thompson

tabloids Sexual frustration in Wyoming, Kim & Kanye's divorce, and Larry King's will in this week's dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

tabloids The tabloids use news stories to mirror and amplify their own Weltanschauung Peter Sheridan