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  • Want to go to Donald Trump's rally in Tulsa next week? Just be aware that you can't sue if you get coronavirus as a result.
  • The Times got an exclusive interview with Bob Dylan about his upcoming album, and it is as mysterious, elusive, humorous and poetic as his best songs.
  • The Wall Street Journal identified seven major missteps that New York made that helps explain why the state was hit so much worse than any other, which includes the delayed reactions of leadership, inadequate planning, and “sci-fi-movie-gone-wrong ICUs.”
  • Mayor Bill de Blasio said he’s "grateful" to staff who protested against his policies, but those staffers are not buying it.
  • Speaking of which, Tom Robbins has written a devastating piece for The New Yorker about de Blasio's utter ineffectiveness: "Leaders need to be either loved or feared, Machiavelli said. Bill de Blasio was never much loved, and he is clearly not feared. The city that he led has left him well behind."
  • According to the LA Times, kissing is going to be key to our mental recovery after coronavirus, so get your lips ready.
  • Will Anna Wintour be able to survive this moment and remain as Vogue's editor? The Times writes of her attempts to align herself with the Black Lives Matter movement, "For someone who had seemed so averse to activism as the world has roiled from inequality for years, it felt like a desperate grasp for relevance."
  • A Brooklyn resident thought he had found a clever bit of marketing by describing himself as an "IMMUNE HOST" on his Airbnb listing for a “Williamsburg Penthouse Guestroom.” Airbnb disagreed.
  • BuzzFeed reports that Starbucks won't let employees wear Black Lives Matter pins or t-shirts because it "could be misunderstood and potentially incite violence."
  • In defiance to the state rules, Asbury Park will allow its restaurants to have limited indoor dining.
  • A Williamsburg barber has also reopened in defiance of the state’s coronavirus lockdown rules.
  • And finally, this little guy is absurd: