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- At least 12 American service members and many more Afghan civilians were killed today after two suicide bombers "struck a packed crowd outside the Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul."
- Experts say that the COVID guideline that "close contact" means six feet apart and 15 minutes of exposure should be revised.
- Everybody's quitting their jobs during "The Great Resignation"—well, everyone except people in the entertainment industry.
- Vox writes about how scientists have been trying to find new drugs to use to fight COVID-19, and one has stood out: "fluvoxamine, an antidepressant that the Food and Drug Administration has already found to be safe and that’s cheap to produce as a generic drug."
- Sam Pesin, whose father is considered the founder of Liberty State Park, has been fighting to protect the Jersey City park from most private development.
- Seventeen staffers at Vice and Refinery29 were laid off amidst yet another doomed pivot to video.
- New York Magazine examines the failures of the 9/11 Museum via a new documentary that questions its purpose.
- Watch the first trailer for Spencer, the Princess Diana biopic starring Kristen Stewart.
- Another lawmaker who opposed mask mandates has been placed on a ventilator fighting COVID-19.
- Gorillaz have surprise-dropped the Meanwhile EP, which has three new tracks that are a "celebration of the Notting Hill Carnival."
- A new expanded Beatles Let It Be box set is coming this October—here's everything you want to know about it.
- And finally, what lovely little paws you have:
Published Aug 26, 2021
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