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Extra, Extra: In The "Zone Of Avoidance," A Cosmic "Border Wall" Beckons
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Published Jul 12, 2020
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- These senior home residents are passing the time in self-quarantine by posing for photos recreating iconic album covers.
- Former Special Counsel Robert Mueller has written a rare op-ed for the Washington Post inventorying all the lies for which Roger Stone was justly convicted.
- The makers of the Netflix documentary Get Me Roger Stone suspect that Roger Stone "hasn’t just been set free — he has been unleashed" to save President Donald Trump's reelection campaign.
- The FDA has expanded the list of hand sanitizers you should avoid because they contain methanol, a toxic substance.
- The White House has not consulted with Dr. Anthony Fauci in over a month, and is now actively trying to discredit him, the Washington Post reports.
- In the so-called "zone of avoidance," astronomers "have discovered a vast wall across the southern border of the local cosmos," the Times reports, leaving it up to readers to insert their own lazy border wall joke.
- Tonight's your last night to experience Manhattanhenge this year; here's everything you need to know.
- Here's a sweet story about Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes bringing live music back to the Jersey Shore during the pandemic.
- Houston's mayor is calling for a two week "step back" shutdown to try to get the coronavirus outbreak in his city under control, as the state set a new record of over 10,000 new cases on Saturday.
- And finally, here's heartwarming video of an 80-year-old Texas man pulling a homeless dog train.
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John Del Signore
Originally from the Albany area, John Del Signore has called NYC home since 1995. In addition to his thousands of meticulously-crafted bespoke blog posts for Gothamist, his writing has also been published in The Awl, Deadspin, The Nervous Breakdown, and performed at The Brick Theater in Brooklyn.
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