I'm Trapped In A Russian Airport. The US Embassy Told Me My Best Chance To Get Home Is To Flee To Finland

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WE'RE IN IT NOW A LONG, DIFFICULT MARCH The Daily Deaths From Coronavirus In The US Vs. Other Leading Causes Of Death, Visualized digg.com Here's how the number of people killed by COVID-19 has changed from March 1 to March 31 and how that compares with the average numbers of the top 15 leading causes of death in the US. BROAD (BUT IMPORTANT) STROKES Don't Believe The COVID-19 Models theatlantic.com Here's the difficult part: There is no right answer. But here's the simple part: Right answers are not what epidemiological models are for. C'MON, SEC COUNTRY Where America Didn't Stay Home Even As The Virus Spread, Visualized nytimes.com Travel patterns, based on anonymous cellphone data from 15 million people, suggests people living in Florida and the southeast have resisted calls to stay home. STRANGER IN MOSCOW I'm Trapped In A Russian Airport. The US Embassy Told Me My Best Chance To Get Home Is To Flee To Finland buzzfeednews.com Trenton Thurber says he feels like "there's no way to get out" of an airport in Moscow as the coronavirus crisis deepens. TECH WE DIGG | SPONSORED PayPal Has 300 Million Members — Yet Few Have This Upgrade joinhoney.com If you ever shop online, you need to read this. UNLIKELY HEROES INDIE ROCKERS The 50 Most Important American Independent Movies film.avclub.com In our attempt to assemble this list, we have included works by mavericks, film school grads and true outsiders; productions with multimillion-dollar budgets and labors of love; movies that played the arthouse, the grindhouse, or barely anywhere at all. CARE TO EXPLAIN? Ok, WTF Is NASA's Humanity-Saving Ion Engine? vice.com The NEXT-C thruster doesn't use volatile fuel, looks like Iron Man's repulsors and is being tested to one day save humanity from an incoming asteroid. JUST DOING THEIR JOB Why Do Physicists Keep Finding New States Of Matter? gizmodo.com In reality, physicists know about many states of matter — the number is likely in the thousands. And they keep finding new ones. There are probably millions of potential states to find. FROM OUR FRIENDS AT GENERAL ASSEMBLY Win A $3,000 Online Learning Giveaway giveaways.dojomojo.com This spring, our friends at General Assembly and Climb are partnering up to provide one lucky skill-seeker with free access to an On Demand learning path and a $3K credit for GA workshops in coding, data, marketing, and design. VIDEO OF THE DAY G H O S T C R A S H This Footage Of Car Crashes With One Of The Vehicles Digitally Removed Is Deeply Unsettling youtube.com It's like something out of a sci-fi movie with an invisible villain. IN THE NEWS US Weekly Jobless Claims Double To 6.6 Million Secret Service Signs Contract This Week To Rent Golf Carts In Town Of Trump Club Adam Schlesinger, Emmy-Winning Songwriter And Fountains Of Wayne Musician, Dies Of COVID-19 Complications 70 University Of Texas Students Flouted Public Health Advice And Chartered A Plane To Mexico For Spring Break. 28 Now Have Coronavirus FROM THE DIGG STORE Decode The True Power Of Microsoft Excel With Over 40 Hours Of Advanced Online Training store.digg.com Everybody knows Microsoft Excel, but few people really know Excel. In this ten-course bundle, you'll learn advanced functions and formulas, automation, and more. Get it for $49.99 today. FROM THE ARCHIVES SKELETON KEY Did A Violin Teacher From Plano, Texas Solve The World's Greatest Classical Music Mystery? (2017) newrepublic.com Bob Padgett used to work for large insurance companies in northern California, assessing property damage from fires and floods. But he was also a talented classical violinist, and he would moonlight for different orchestras, which is how he came to plumb a century-old mystery called the Enigma. THE REVOLUTION WILL NOT BE GILDED In Search Of Russia's Lost Gold (2017) bbc.com One hundred years ago, the Bolsheviks captured the entirety of Tsar Nicholas II's family gold reserve — or so they thought. IN SICKNESS AND IN HEALTH My Lovely Wife In The Psych Ward (2015) psmag.com We met at 18. We wed at 24. At 27, I checked my wife into a psych ward — for the first time. How mental illness re-shapes a marriage. Just keep streaming. View the Edition at Digg.com »

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