Tuesday, March 31, 2020

Why Florida?

Why Florida Got The Emergency Medical Supplies It Requested While Other States Did Not, What Comes Next After Social Distancing, The Godfather Of Fake News
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STATE OF DISUNION
Here's Why Florida Got All The Emergency Medical Supplies It Requested While Other States Did Not
propublica.org
The Department of Health and Human Services has come under fire as several states' requests for supplies from the emergency medical stockpile go unfulfilled. A chaotic distribution plan is buckling under a big problem: Nobody has enough.
COME TOGETHER, RIGHT NOW, AND TEST
Social Distancing Can't Last Forever. Here's What Should Come Next
vox.com
Scientists say a moonshot effort is needed to end social distancing and this pandemic. Will leaders listen?
A DIFFERENT CURVE BALL
WATCH: A Helpful Visualization That Shows Whether Or Not We've Succeeded In Stopping Coronavirus
youtube.com
One of the scariest things about pandemics is the exponential growth of cases. Here's a useful graph that helps us understand whether or not we've made progress in stopping the disease.
KEEP IT UP, FOLKS
Social Distancing Yields $8 Trillion In Economic Benefits, Study Finds
washingtonpost.com
Saving lives and saving the economy are complementary goals, two University of Chicago researchers conclude.
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TALES AS OLD AS TIME
THE HULL TRUTH
The Mysterious Final Voyage Of The Alta, Ireland's Doomed Ghost Ship
wired.co.uk
The MV Alta drifted in the Atlantic ocean for 18 months, before crashing into the coast of Ireland. Tracking and current data gives us intriguing clues about its final, fateful voyage.
OLD NEWS
The Godfather Of Fake News
bbc.co.uk
Meet one of the world's most prolific writers of disinformation.
THE GRASS WASN'T GREENER
Operation Limelight: The Rise And Fall Of Pot's Superman
projects.sfchronicle.com
How a fearsome, fast-talking union boss helped legalize pot, took kickbacks and ended up in prison.
GETTING THE GREEN LIGHT
Green Screen: The Oral History Of 'Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles'
theringer.com
No one believed in a movie about four overgrown turtles who are trained in martial arts and named after Italian artists. Then it made more than $200 million and launched a nationwide phenomenon.
VIDEO OF THE DAY
WHO LET THIS DOG OUT
Dog Shows Off Its Virtuosic Athleticism On The Trampoline, Completely Overshadows Its Owner
rumble.com
"Kid, I'll show you what trampoline jumping really looks like."
IN THE NEWS
Amazon Fires Warehouse Worker Who Led Staten Island Warehouse Walkout
Three Out Of Four Americans Under Some Form Of Lockdown Because Of Coronavirus
General Electric Workers Launch Protest, Demand To Make Ventilators
FDA Authorizes Emergency Use Of Unapproved Drugs To Treat Coronavirus
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FROM THE ARCHIVES
THE SPORK, BUT FOR ZOMBIES
Meet The Entrepreneur Behind The Apocalypse's Must-Have Accessory (2012)
buzzfeed.com
Tim Ralston is building an empire selling the Crovel, a half-shovel, half-weapon for practical-minded doomsday preppers, spinning the American Dream out of our worst nightmares. In the woods and up the creek with the end times' greatest success story.
IT'S OK, THEY'RE WEARING A WIRE
The Mob's IT Department (2015)
bloomberg.com
How two technology consultants helped drug traffickers hack the Port of Antwerp.
SEX, DRUGS AND RADIATION
The Stalkers: Inside The Bizarre Subculture That Lives To Explore Chernobyl's Dead Zone (2014)
roadsandkingdoms.com
For the "post-apocalyptic romantics" who have taken to sneaking into the Zone, a visit to Pripyat has become the Holy Grail. Like trauma victims returning to the scene of the incident, they come here for reasons they can't fully explain.
Today is Tuesday, right?