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Extra Extra: Are You Writing A Coronavirus Diary For Future Historians?


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Published May 13, 2020


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  • A federal judge overseeing the criminal case of Trump’s former national security adviser Michael Flynn has opened the door for legal experts and other outside parties to oppose the Justice Department’s motion to drop the case, "suggesting he has at least some skepticism about the government’s argument that Mr. Flynn should never have been charged."
  • North Country has become the fourth New York region cleared to emerge from its coronavirus shutdown at week’s end.
  • Calvin & Hobbes is the ideal comic strip for the pandemic.
  • Here are some pandemic scams to watch out for.
  • Are you writing a coronavirus diary? And have you considered whether you'd want historians in the future to actually read it?
  • Listen to "Try," one of the lost gems from Neil Young's upcoming release of his lost album Homegrown.
  • People are still apparently hunting for Bigfoot even during the coronavirus.
  • PSA: please do not try to pull some incredibly lame prank on the subway right now for Tik Tok fame.
  • The honeymoon (and marriage) is over for Mary-Kate Olsen and Pierre Olivier Sarkozy, but they can't get divorced immediately like they want because of the virus.
  • Pet psychics answer the question we've all been wondering: do our dogs and cats know a pandemic is going on?
  • Are you exhausted by Zoom socializing? Welcome to the club.
  • The Prince estate will stream the 1985 concert film Prince and the Revolution: Live across three days on YouTube, starting Thursday, May 14th.
  • And finally, I could go for a good stick chase right about now:

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Ben Yakas was born and raised in New York, and has worked for Gothamist for over a decade, and WNYC for four years, covering literally everything. He has hung out with Dan Smith (who will teach you guitar), but still has yet to have a guitar lesson with him.

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