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- The Washington Post looks back at how Mayor Bill de Blasio downplayed the dangers of coronavirus in past comments, as recently as mid-March.
- The best interview of the day is with the woman who accidentally turned herself into a potato during a video meeting and couldn't figure out how to fix it.
- Here is some possibly positive news: a group of moderately ill people were given malaria drug hydroxychloroquine, which appeared to ease their symptoms quickly, but more research is needed.
- Michael McDonald sang "What A Fool Believes" and "Minute By Minute" for NPR Music's Tiny Desk (Home) Concert.
- Vice asks: WTF is NASA’s humanity-saving ion engine called the Evolutionary Xenon Thruster–Commercial (NEXT–C)?
- The Times reports on how late night TV shows have slowly begun to adapt to the new normal.
- Here are some NYC street signs redesigned for the social distancing era.
- U.S. Sen. Kelly Loeffler, who has been accused of dumping millions of dollars in stocks using insider information about coronavirus, also sold shares in retail stores such as Lululemon and T.J. Maxx and invested in a company that makes COVID-19 protective garments.
- You looking for a puppy cam to leave on all day? I got a puppy cam for ya.
- Watch the trailer for the second half of season four of Rick & Morty, which premieres May 3rd.
- More than half a dozen employees told BuzzFeed News that employees of at least four Trader Joe's store locations in New York and DC have tested positive for the coronavirus — but the locations have remained open with workers expected to come in as normal.
- Waxahatchee, who just released one of the best albums of 2020, has covered Caroline Polachek's "So Hot You're Hurting My Feelings," one of the best songs from 2019.
- And finally, this is how I feel at the end of most days now:
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