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- Mike Bloomberg's campaign has reached out to Andrew Yang and reportedly floated the idea of Yang being his vice president.
- Stocks in the U.S. fell for the sixth consecutive day, with the S&P 500 dropping more than 10 percent in just a week, as fears over the spread of coronavirus continue.
- Here's a fun piece on "bizarre rich-people secrets" picked up at a Canyon Ranch spa.
- NY Times op-ed writers make the case for each of the remaining six major Democratic candidates.
- Huh, it's almost like most digital advertising metrics are fake and useless.
- Learn about Föhr, the German island obsessed with Manhattans (the drink).
- It's unlikely your ex is going to date Lady Gaga, and it's even less likely you're going to write a piece for the NY Times about it. But this Times editor did!
- A writer who previously wrote a thriller about being on a cruise ship writes about her experience being quarantined on the Diamond Princess due to coronavirus.
- Vox explores the concept of "mindful drinking."
- Watch the trailer for the remake of Candyman, produced by Jordan Peele.
- Disgraced pundit Mark Halperin appeared at a panel on "cancel culture, #MeToo, responsibility and reintegration into society and livelihoods," and complained that "the canceled are treated less fairly than murderers."
- Read a pair of fantastic interviews with musicians: Sonny Rollins and King Krule.
- Gorillaz released a new single “Désolé,” featuring the Malian singer Fatoumata Diawara.
- And finally, who needs a ball or toy when you have...glass:

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