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- The head of the CDC said today that the U.S. should have enough COVID-19 vaccine doses for Americans to return to "regular life" by the third quarter of 2021, assuming they can find an effective vaccine by then, assuming nothing else goes wrong and no other viruses emerge in the meantime, and honestly, these are all ballpark estimates, maybe we shouldn't put all our eggs in this basket.
- Cellino and Barnes, injury attorneys, what happened to their partnership, 8888.
- Anti-maskers paraded through a Target in Florida chanting about how much they don't care about people's health and safety.
- The Brooklyn Museum is putting 12 works up for auction at Christie’s next month to raise funds for the care of its collection.
- Kanye West was on a Twitter tear against the music industry today which culminated in him posting a video of him peeing on his Grammy.
- Facial expressions and body movements can give away a lot more than you intend.
- White House staff members have reportedly tested positive for COVID-19 less than 24 hours after Trump had a town hall in Philadelphia.
- R.I.P. jazz critic Stanley Crouch.
- What is the deal with Drew Barrymore's hilariously awful new morning show?
- Michael Caputo, the top spokesman for the Department of Health and Human Services who said a bunch of inflammatory and untrue things about CDC, will take a leave of absence.
- Listen to another gorgeous single from Faye Webster, "Better Distractions."
- And finally, the theme of today is clearly animal ASMR (in this case, dog mukbang):
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