Compound Observer

Elon Musk is at it again

Published 2020-05-01 14:40:00 UTC

These AI-generated coronavirus memes are better than human-generated ones

Published 2020-05-01 15:30:00 UTC

Minutes after pledging to not lie, the new White House press secretary lied a whole bunch

Published 2020-05-01 15:55:00 UTC

Coronavirus’s new mystery: It’s causing strokes in healthy people

Published 2020-05-01 16:00:00 UTC

Pressure mounts on Trump to “drop the hammer” on China

Published 2020-05-01 16:30:00 UTC

Kamala Harris’s new bill would set up a task force to address racial disparities in coronavirus response

Published 2020-05-01 17:00:00 UTC

Why some labs work on making viruses deadlier — and why they should stop

Published 2020-05-01 17:50:00 UTC

Lovecraft Country’s first trailer teems with monsters, genre subversion, and social allegory

Published 2020-05-01 18:20:00 UTC

How voting by mail could save the US election

Published 2020-05-01 18:35:00 UTC

The May Day strike from Amazon, Instacart, and Target workers didn’t stop business. It was still a success.

Published 2020-05-01 18:28:01 UTC

Remdesivir receives emergency approval as a Covid-19 treatment

Published 2020-05-01 18:43:12 UTC

Kim Jong Un is alive. And he’s ... at a fertilizer factory.

Published 2020-05-01 19:15:15 UTC

This coronavirus model keeps being wrong. Why are we still listening to it?

Published 2020-05-02 08:00:00 UTC

The politics of the books we display behind us during video calls

Published 2020-05-02 09:00:00 UTC

The White House has blocked Anthony Fauci from testifying in front of a House committee

Published 2020-05-02 10:50:00 UTC

I offered free rent because of the pandemic. Other landlords should do what they can, too.

Published 2020-05-02 11:00:00 UTC

Canada just banned military-style assault weapons after its deadliest mass shooting

Published 2020-05-02 11:10:00 UTC

Can children spread the coronavirus? It’s complicated.

Published 2020-05-02 14:50:00 UTC

3 California counties are defying state orders on reopening businesses

Published 2020-05-02 15:30:00 UTC

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro’s failed coronavirus response, in one video

Published 2020-05-02 15:40:00 UTC

Trump’s purge of inspectors general continues. It’s an assault on good governance.

Published 2020-05-02 16:20:00 UTC

The Senate doesn’t have enough coronavirus test kits — but it doesn’t want ones from the White House

Published 2020-05-02 18:30:00 UTC

South Korea has brought new coronavirus cases under control. It’s taking steps to reopen public life.

Published 2020-05-03 10:30:00 UTC

North Korea and South Korea exchange gunfire across the DMZ for the first time since 2017

Published 2020-05-03 12:00:00 UTC

The Asian giant hornet, a.k.a. the Murder Hornet, has arrived. Bees beware.

Published 2020-05-03 12:20:00 UTC

US coronavirus data is at odds with Trump’s push to get the economy back up and running

Published 2020-05-03 13:10:00 UTC

Trump responds to Bush’s call for bipartisan unity with tweets attacking his enemies

Published 2020-05-03 16:45:00 UTC

The White House signals a pause on coronavirus aid, even as the economic situation becomes more urgent

Published 2020-05-03 17:00:00 UTC

Paranoia about cheating is making online education terrible for everyone

Published 2020-05-04 07:00:00 UTC

Contact tracing, explained

Published 2020-05-04 07:30:00 UTC

Supreme Court hears 2 cases about when religious employers can ignore civil rights laws

Published 2020-05-04 08:00:00 UTC

The closure of meatpacking plants will lead to the overcrowding of animals. The implications are horrible.

Published 2020-05-04 08:10:00 UTC

The buying and selling of “fuck”

Published 2020-05-04 08:30:00 UTC

Justin Amash’s first steps toward a third-party 2020 bid, explained

Published 2020-05-04 11:00:00 UTC

The Rise of Skywalker is now on Disney+

Published 2020-05-04 11:20:00 UTC

The actual experience of virtual experiences

Published 2020-05-04 11:20:00 UTC

An Amazon VP’s resignation shows internal unrest is rising to the top

Published 2020-05-04 11:43:52 UTC

Canada succeeded on coronavirus where America failed. Why?

Published 2020-05-04 11:40:00 UTC

From “it will disappear” to 100,000 deaths: Trump’s coronavirus projections have shifted dramatically

Published 2020-05-04 13:00:00 UTC

Mass unemployment is a choice. A federal job guarantee could eliminate it.

Published 2020-05-04 14:00:00 UTC

“Leave no vacancy behind”: Mitch McConnell remains laser-focused on judges amid coronavirus

Published 2020-05-04 14:30:00 UTC

Colson Whitehead wins the 2020 Pulitzer Prize for Nickel Boys

Published 2020-05-04 17:30:00 UTC

How to have a fulfilling staycation when you’re sick of your house

Published 2020-05-05 07:00:00 UTC

The essential worker trap

Published 2020-05-05 07:30:00 UTC

The best $42 I ever spent: A single ball of yarn

Published 2020-05-05 08:00:00 UTC

For immigrants without legal status, federal coronavirus relief is out of reach

Published 2020-05-05 08:00:00 UTC

Why the Covid-19 economy is devastating to millennials, in 14 charts

Published 2020-05-05 08:10:00 UTC

The Supreme Court hears the biggest presidential immunity cases since Nixon

Published 2020-05-05 08:30:00 UTC

A Republican lawsuit could force Wisconsin to reopen immediately

Published 2020-05-05 08:40:00 UTC

This week in TikTok: Pancake cereal, the newest viral food

Published 2020-05-05 09:00:00 UTC

April was another lost month for Trump’s coronavirus response

Published 2020-05-05 10:40:00 UTC

Covid-19 is way, way worse than the flu

Published 2020-05-05 10:50:00 UTC

The Good Fight is the only TV show that stares our absurd reality in the face

Published 2020-05-05 11:00:00 UTC

In the exquisite drama South Mountain, a woman’s broken dreams make space for new ones

Published 2020-05-05 11:10:00 UTC

What Google searches tell us about our coronavirus thoughts and fears

Published 2020-05-05 11:20:00 UTC

Trump just completely mischaracterized new models showing a coming surge in coronavirus deaths

Published 2020-05-05 13:00:00 UTC

Trump believes Americans are “starting to feel good” about Covid-19. They’re not.

Published 2020-05-05 13:10:00 UTC

Thousands will go uninsured in the Covid-19 outbreak because Republicans rejected Medicaid expansion

Published 2020-05-05 13:20:00 UTC

Millions of Americans are losing their jobs. It doesn’t have to be that way.

Published 2020-05-05 13:50:00 UTC

Demand for meatless meat is skyrocketing during the pandemic

Published 2020-05-05 14:50:26 UTC

The layoffs at Airbnb cast a dark shadow over Silicon Valley

Published 2020-05-05 15:17:55 UTC

Vietnam, Slovenia, and 3 other overlooked coronavirus success stories

Published 2020-05-05 15:40:00 UTC

The debate over what “believe women” means, explained

Published 2020-05-06 07:00:00 UTC

The economy is in free fall. So why isn’t the stock market?

Published 2020-05-06 07:30:00 UTC

Covid-19 is overwhelming the death system. Funeral directors keep it from spiraling into chaos.

Published 2020-05-06 07:40:00 UTC

At home with YouTube’s favorite yoga teacher

Published 2020-05-06 08:00:00 UTC

The Supreme Court weighs whether to make the Electoral College even less democratic

Published 2020-05-06 08:30:00 UTC

An unusually honest conversation about wielding political power, with Rep. Pramila Jayapal

Published 2020-05-06 08:53:35 UTC

US citizen spouses and children of unauthorized immigrants were shut out of stimulus relief. Now they’re suing.

Published 2020-05-06 09:00:00 UTC

Flattening the curve isn’t good enough

Published 2020-05-06 10:00:00 UTC

Recessions are always racist. This one could be catastrophic.

Published 2020-05-06 10:45:54 UTC

Trump’s trainwreck ABC interview illustrated why he rarely strays from Fox News

Published 2020-05-06 10:40:00 UTC

The radical possibilities of a box

Published 2020-05-06 10:57:36 UTC

The coronavirus killed American exceptionalism

Published 2020-05-06 10:52:00 UTC

In Netflix’s Becoming, Michelle Obama tells her story and encourages us to do the same

Published 2020-05-06 11:00:00 UTC

The New York state presidential primary is back on after a federal court ruling

Published 2020-05-06 12:30:00 UTC

How large “superspreader” events turned into coronavirus hot spots

Published 2020-05-06 12:50:00 UTC

The United Kingdom’s contact tracing app could be a preview of America’s digital tracing future

Published 2020-05-06 13:20:00 UTC

Missing your high school graduation? Strangers on Facebook might want to give you gifts.

Published 2020-05-06 13:30:00 UTC

1 million Americans live in RVs. Here’s how we’re coping with the pandemic.

Published 2020-05-06 13:55:00 UTC

A Supreme Court showdown over birth control got much messier Wednesday

Published 2020-05-06 13:50:00 UTC

Trump administration releases new campus sexual assault rules in the midst of the pandemic

Published 2020-05-06 14:00:00 UTC

Exclusive: Kamala Harris and Ayanna Pressley have a $125 billion plan to help the smallest businesses

Published 2020-05-06 14:10:00 UTC

Senators urge Trump to use Defense Production Act to make more Covid-19 tests

Published 2020-05-06 15:00:00 UTC

Andrew Cuomo is leaning on tech billionaires to help New York rebuild

Published 2020-05-06 15:15:38 UTC

Why are Russian coronavirus doctors mysteriously falling out of windows?

Published 2020-05-06 16:40:00 UTC

The killing of Ahmaud Arbery, an unarmed black jogger in Georgia, explained