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  • Well this is terrifying: The Guardian reports on a new survey which found that almost two-thirds of young American adults (between 18 and 39) do not know that six million Jews were killed during the Holocaust, and more than one in 10 believe Jews caused the Holocaust.
  • Experts are expecting and planning for an increase in coronavirus cases this fall because of the reopening of schools, indoor dining and other things. But why aren't we trying to prevent a resurgence from happening instead of just assuming it will?
  • PepsiCo delivers the drink of the pandemic: Driftwell, an enhanced water drink that "contains 200 miligrams of L-theanine and 10% of the daily value of magnesium" and probably some other stuff shhhhh don't worry about it just go to sleep.
  • The Trump administration had the Post Office send out postcards in March billed as “President Trump’s Coronavirus Guidelines for America,” but they never paid the Post Office the $20-25 million cost.
  • The Times looks at how SUNY Oneonta completely bungled their coronavirus response, resulting in the "worst outbreak of any college in New York State," with more than 670 cases, about 10 percent of the campus student population.
  • The Atlantic offers some startling and frightening data about the wildfires happening on the West Coast: "In the past few months, one in every 33 acres of California has burned. This year is already the most destructive wildfire season, in terms of acreage affected, in state history."
  • Eater throws down the gauntlet against kettle chips.
  • The parent company of Chuck E. Cheese wants to destroy about seven billion prize tickets that have piled up during the pandemic.
  • Chris Rock talked to the Times about the new season of Fargo, blackface, racism and Trump: "Part of the reason we’re in the predicament we’re in is, the president’s a landlord. No one has less compassion for humans than a landlord."
  • Better get to know Bartees Strange, a really exciting up-and-coming musician whose upcoming album Live Forever is a cross-genre classic.
  • Screencrush ranks every movie that has received an F from CinemaScore from worst to secretly not bad.
  • And finally, panda ASMR is something I never knew I needed (but I do):