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  • Why is contact tracing failing in so many states?
  • Vanity Fair reports that Jared Kushner had a "secret testing plan" for coronavirus, but it never actually happened. One member of Kushner’s team expressed that was "because the virus had hit blue states hardest, a national plan was unnecessary and would not make sense politically."
  • The Hong Kong government announced it would delay legislative council elections for a year because of the coronavirus pandemic, "undermining one of the few partially democratic institutions left in the Chinese territory."
  • The hottest new dating app bragging point for dudes: having COVID antibodies.
  • A Texas auction house is currently selling a bunch of Fyre Fest merch (with proceeds going to victims, not Billy McFarland).
  • A dancer talked to Vox about the difficulties of continuing to work during the pandemic: "There’s no way to socially distance in a strip club. You’re wearing a mask but I’m on your lap. I baby-wipe between customers, which I did before COVID, but now it’s a normal precaution rather than a weird thing that I did."
  • The Phillie Phanatic talked to GQ about how weird it is being the only person in the stands at baseball ballgames right now.
  • Some deranged hardcore Taylor Swift fans have been harassing and doxxing music critics for not giving Swift's new album sufficient praise.
  • Food tourists are starting to trickle into the city again, driving thousands of miles to do so.
  • Dozens of former Ellen show employees tell BuzzFeed that executive producers engaged in rampant sexual misconduct and harassment.
  • The Hollywood Reporter takes a look back at the original X-Men movie, and how producers enabled director Bryan Singer and "created a monster."
  • Stereogum looks back at Arcade Fire's The Suburbs on its 10th anniversary.
  • And finally, I can say from experience that dogs really do not understand what the deal is with frogs: