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- Ta-Nehisi Coates, Carmelo Anthony, Ava DuVernay, and long list of other writers, artists, celebrities, and academics have signed a letter, published on The Root, expressing their disapproval with the University of North Carolina for denying New York Times journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones tenure.
- I guess somebody had to say this (and that somebody had to be Vox): COVID-19 "could" have a reemergence in the fall.
- First-term Congressman Mondaire Jones, who represents parts of Westchester and Rockland Counties, has been the most productive freshman representative so far this year in terms of the number of bills he's sponsored and co-sponsored.
- GQ has an incredible story about a group of professional Ethiopian runners living in New York City who've struggled to get by during the pandemic but fear going back to a country where they'd face extreme violence.
- Today, it's Croatia's turn to make a plea for the return of American tourists.
- The "Charlie Bit My Finger" video is leaving YouTube after someone bought an NFT of it for $760,999.
- A Barcelona man who may have dropped his cell phone into a dinosaur statue and then crawled in to retrieve it — only to get trapped — was found dead inside the statue last Saturday.
- The creators of Billions are making a new show about the disgraced former Uber CEO Travis Kalanick that's set to star Joseph Gordon-Levitt.
- The founding bassist for Megadeath has been kicked out of the band over accusations that he "groomed a minor."
- And finally, enjoy the rest of your day looking at a screen:
Published May 25, 2021
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