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- Some coronavirus survivors are feeling shunned by relatives and friends.
- A pro-Trump group from out of town staged a coronavirus shutdown "protest"—that was more of a sad publicity stunt—at a Williamsburg barber shop. They paid the barber $500 to open for the day, and cops shut it down within minutes.
- What do paparazzi do when all the stars are staying inside? Can Ben Affleck and Ana de Armas's romance fuel an entire industry?
- A four-day work week is sounding pretty good right about now.
- Zack Snyder's cut of Justice League is going to be released on HBO Max, either in a four-hour director's cut or in six TV-style "chapters," so...congratulations to people who like terrible movies?
- The Supreme Court has temporarily blocked the full release of the Mueller Report.
- ClickHole's editor-in-chief Steve Etheridge talked to Vulture about the site's long-awaited return now that staffers are the majority owners of the site. “If you liked ClickHole before, you’ll still like it now,” Etheridge said. “And if you hated it, you’ll probably still hate it, and there’s no need for you to remind us about this on social media if you have yelled at us in the past — we heard you loud and clear the first time.”
- Bolinas, a "tiny hippie enclave" north of San Francisco, mounted one of the most advanced COVID-19-testing efforts in America. The New Yorker reports on what it learned as a result.
- Does Jeremy Renner look like a portobello mushroom? Jezebel makes a convincing argument.
- Ruby Rose reportedly left Batwoman because she "was unhappy with the long hours required of her as the series lead, which led to friction on the set."
- Neil Young livestreamed another one of his fantastic live Fireside Sessions—though this time, it was a Barnyard Session.
- And finally, here is some very impressive catching:
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