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- Los Angeles yesterday reported zero COVID-19 deaths for two days in a row, a first since March 2020.
- The FAA has fielded 1,300 reports of unruly airplane passengers since February. For context, the agency often gets between 100 and 150 unruly passenger reports in a year.
- "You may or may not know that human children below the age of approximately seven to eleven are able to regenerate their fingertips," says the Tufts professor at the center of this New Yorker story about using bioelectricity to regrow human parts.
- A massive organic farm in South Dakota meant to produce food for General Mills has come under scrutiny after the operators carelessly tilled the fragile soil, effectively creating dust that can blow around in dangerous windstorms.
- The director and star of La Bamba, the 1987 Richie Valens biopic, reflect on how the hit movie did and didn't change Hollywood's acceptance of Latino stories.
- Mr. P, a beautiful peacock that shrieks all night, pecks the paint off cars, and poops everywhere has divided the New Orleans neighborhood it calls home.
- Conan O'Brien will end his run hosting Conan on TBS on June 24th.
- A pair of SF Gate writers criticized Disneyland for keeping the part of the Snow White ride where the prince kisses her while she's asleep (i.e., without consent), and Fox News is terrified that the ride is being canceled.
- The Red Hot Chili Peppers are selling their song catalog for $140 million.
- And finally, so tender:
Published May 4, 2021
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