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U.S. President Donald Trump stands in front of a chart labeled “Goals of Community Mitigation” showing projected deaths from the coronavirus in the United States. — Tom Brenner / Reuters

Don’t Believe the COVID-19 Models

That’s not what they’re for.

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Here’s How to Fight Coronavirus Misinformation

Send this to the person in your life who needs to read it.

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There’s No Zoom Party Like a College Zoom Party

Gen Z’s impulse to congregate online and post constantly—which older adults often mock—is serving them well in self-quarantine.

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It Wasn’t Just Trump Who Got It Wrong

America’s coronavirus response failed because we didn’t understand the complexity of the problem.

The Art of Comedy in Quarantine

As China enters its eighth week in quarantine, citizens turn to TikTok for a comedic reprieve.

Salima KoromaVishakha Darbha

When the Checkpoints Come

How will Americans react when restrictions on their movements are no longer voluntary?

Ian Bogost
You Have a Moral Responsibility to Post Your Boring Life on Instagram

I’m lonely. Please let me look at your face.

Kaitlyn Tiffany
How to Understand Your State’s Coronavirus Numbers

As the outbreak spreads, state websites are still some of the best sources of information on how many people have been tested.

Alexis C. Madrigal
The Hand-Sanitizer Hawkers Aren’t Sorry

On Craigslist, you can find Purell for 10 times its normal price.

Kaitlyn Tiffany

A Chart to Explain Your Entire Worldview

A simple grid from Dungeons & Dragons has become a way to categorize people, food, fonts, Shia LaBeouf acting roles, and everything else.

Kaitlyn Tiffany
You Already Live in Quarantine

Being holed up at home has never been more pleasant.

Ian Bogost
The Official Coronavirus Numbers Are Wrong, and Everyone Knows It

Because the U.S. data on coronavirus infections are so deeply flawed, the quantification of the outbreak obscures more than it illuminates.

Alexis C. Madrigal
You Can’t Buy Memes

Michael Bloomberg is here to meme. But his controversial approach seems to misunderstand internet culture.

Kaitlyn Tiffany

The Gig Economy Has Never Been Tested by a Pandemic

Companies such as Uber and Instacart have transformed the urban experience, but would they hold up if the coronavirus spread across America?

Alexis C. Madrigal
Cameo Is Weirder Than Anyone Expected

Welcome to the dark, chaotic, utterly mesmerizing soul of modern celebrity.

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The Hard Drive With 68 Billion Melodies

Do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-re, do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-mi … you get the picture.

Alexis C. Madrigal
Where Everyone Goes When the Internet Breaks

Downdetector is a simple, ugly utility, which becomes a weird little life raft for displaced communities when their websites crash.

Kaitlyn Tiffany

The ‘Dating Market’ Is Getting Worse

The old but newly popular notion that one’s love life can be analyzed like an economy is flawed—and it’s ruining romance.

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It Doesn’t Matter If Anyone Exists or Not

What a website that generates infinite fake humans tells us about modern life

Ian Bogost
Mapping Wikipedia

An unprecedented data set shows where the encyclopedia’s editors are, where they aren’t, and why.

Michael Mandiberg
How the Coronavirus Revealed Authoritarianism’s Fatal Flaw

China’s use of surveillance and censorship makes it harder for Xi Jinping to know what’s going on in his own country.

Zeynep Tufekci

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