Friday, March 27, 2020

Me, Myself And Island

Meet The Man Who Has Lived Alone On This Island For 31 Years, The Mystery Of Germany's Low Coronavirus Death Rate, and more.
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COST AND EFFECT
'AS IF THERE WERE AN ANVIL [ON MY CHEST]'
Diary Of A COVID-19 Patient
theatlantic.com
The thought of simply breathing in and out without coughing and reuniting with my children, wherever that might be, is goal enough. To —literally — live and let live will be enough.
SPILL THE BOHNEN
The Mystery Of Germany's Low Coronavirus Death Rate
vox.com
Germany has the fifth most coronavirus cases worldwide — but only a fraction of the deaths.
WHO'S BENEFITING THE MOST?
Where All The Money In The $2 Trillion Coronavirus Stimulus Bill Is Going, Visualized
digg.com
Earlier this week, the United States Senate passed a roughly $2 trillion coronavirus response bill, but where is all that money going?
PAY IT FORWARD
What Should The Government Spend To Save A Life?
fivethirtyeight.com
Economists have done the math.
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PICTURE THIS
Life In Earth's Deepest Deep Freeze, And More Best Photography Of The Week
digg.com
The weird and wonderful world of British car boot sales, a journey to Japan's centuries-old festivals and more best photos of the week.
GO YOUR OWN WAY
THE ART WORLD IS NUTS
The Auction Game: Can You Guess How Much Different Artworks Sold For?
neal.fun
Neal Agarwal's "Auction Game" is like "The Price Is Right," but way, way harder.
AT LEAST ONE MAN IS AN ISLAND
Meet The Man Who Has Lived Alone On This Island For 31 Years
nationalgeographic.com
Mauro Morandi has lived alone on Italy's Budelli Island for 31 years. "What I love the most is the silence," he says.
NOT GONNA CARRY THAT WEIGHT
The Technical Challenges Of Flying Near-Empty Planes
thepointsguy.com
Revenue aside, flying empty or near-empty planes requires operational changes due to physics. It's all because of weight and balance.
DECIPHERING THE MESS
Radical Solutions
damninteresting.com
French mathematician Évariste Galois lived a full life. When he wasn't trying to overthrow the government, he was reinventing algebra.
VIDEO OF THE DAY
FOUL PLAY
'Stunningly, Outrageously Weird': This Bonkers History Of The Seattle Mariners Will Fill The Sports Void In Your Life
youtube.com
Jon Bois and Alex Rubenstein's YouTube history of the Mariners gets off to a roaring start — "with 140 acts of arson."
DIGG PICKS | AFFILIATE
Six Card Games To Help Fight Boredom
digg.com
Need something to keep the cabin fever away? These card games are a great way to waste time with your quarantine buddies.
FROM THE ARCHIVES
SURVIVOR NO. 3
The Girl Who Survived The Brain-Eating Amoeba (2014)
buzzfeed.com
One year ago, Kali Hardig went swimming at an Arkansas water park and the next day was rushed to the hospital where doctors diagnosed her with a rare, 99% fatal condition: a brain-eating amoeba. This is the miraculous story of how she lived.
'TIGER KING' COMPANION READING
Joe Exotic And His American Animals (2019)
nymag.com
Joe Exotic bred lions, tigers, and ligers at his roadside zoo. He was a modern Barnum who found an equally extraordinary nemesis.
CIGARETTE BUTT OF A JOKE
The Most Hated Poet In Portland (2017)
theoutline.com
One tweet turned Collin Andrew Yost into a joke. Could he survive it?
BRB, we have to go finish 'Tiger King'